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A 27-year-old man was accidentally shot dead at a 'Peaky Blinders-themed' party after a guest brought a gun as a fancy dress prop. Thomas Bernabé attended the party on New Year's Eve in Monbazillac in Dordogne, southern France, where he was accidentally shot in the chest, the Daily Mail reports.…
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Carl Bernstein, one of the two journalists who broke the Watergate Scandal back in 1972, has branded Donald Trump's phone call with Georgia's top election officials a "far worse" controversy. Famously, Bernstein's reporting alongside fellow-journalist Bob Woodward eventually led to President Richard Nixon's resignation over the botched cover-up of his…
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Kamala Harris has branded Donald Trump's leaked call with Georgia election officials as a "bold abuse of power." At a drive-thru rally in Savannah in Georgia, on Sunday (January 3), the Vice President-elect addressed the crowd while campaigning for Democratic Senate runoff candidates. Take a look at Harris' speech in…
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Nancy Pelosi has been narrowly re-elected to her position as House Speaker. "It gives [me] great pride to serve as speaker of the most diverse House of Representatives in the history of our country," said Pelosi. As per CNN, Pelosi was unopposed as she ran for the position after serving…
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David J. Worley, an Atlanta lawyer and the only Democrat on the state election board in Georgia, has called on Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to investigate potential civil and criminal violations committed by Donald Trump during a phone call over the weekend, it's reported. Worley said that a…
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Julian Assange cannot lawfully be extradited to the United States to face charges relating to WikiLeaks due to his mental health and suicide risks, a judge has ruled. District Judge Vanessa Baraitser pointed to the isolated conditions Assange would likely face in the United States, saying that in the context…
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President Donald Trump has reportedly told Georgia's top election official to "find" enough votes to overturn the election result, in a recording obtained and released by The Washington Post. Per The Post, the hour-long phone call was made on Saturday (January 2), and sees outgoing President Donald Trump telling Georgia…
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Today (January 3) marks Greta Thunberg's 18th birthday, and she's vowed to never buy new clothes again. To mark her birthday, the climate change activist spoke to the UK's Sunday Times magazine about her future. During the interview, Thunberg revealed that she will never purchase brand new clothes again, and…
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Donald Trump has taken to social media to claim that the number of Covid-19 cases and deaths in the United States has been "exaggerated". Taking to Twitter on Sunday (January 3), the outgoing president wrote to his 88.6 million followers: "The number of cases and deaths of the China Virus…
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The homes of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have been vandalized, police have confirmed. As reported by CNN, the homes of the two highest-ranking members of Congress were targetted by vandals over the New Year's weekend, police have confirmed. The two separate incidents come after…
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The Trump International Hotel in Washington DC has increased its room prices to over three times their usual rate over the dates of president-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration. Per a recent report by The Independent, the hotel - located at 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue - recently unblocked the dates after months of…
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Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has stated that the decision to legalize abortion should be made by women. Speaking to reporters on Thursday (December 31), 67-year-old President Lopez Obrador was asked whether or not Mexico should follow Argentina in legalizing abortion for women. In response, Lopez Obrador said that…
