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An aerobics instructor has gone viral after failing to realise the Myanmar military coup behind her. Middle school physical education teacher Khing Hnin Wai was live-streaming a video of herself on Facebook on Monday (February 1) – blissfully unaware of any trouble. She had taken to the social media site to…
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Captain Sir Tom Moore has passed away at the age of 100 after battling Covid-19 and pneumonia. The army veteran was admitted to hospital on January 31. In a statement posted to his social media accounts, Sir Tom's daughters Hannah Ingram-Moore and Lucy Teixeira said: "It is with great sadness…
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A Black teenager who was body-slammed onto the floor by a school resource officer is now suffering memory loss, according to her mother. In a video shared on Twitter by Attorney Ben Crump, Deputy Ethan Fournier can be seen throwing 16-year-old Taylor Bracey to the ground. He then handcuffs the high…
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On Thursday, January 28, President Joe Biden signed an executive order expanding Obamacare, also known as the Affordable Care Act, the BBC reports. "I'm not initiating any new law, any new aspect of the law," he said in the White House Oval Office on Thursday, in response to criticism that…
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A judge has ordered the "entitled" man who was photographed with his foot on Nancy Pelosi's desk to be kept in jail. Per Buzzfeed News, Richard Barnett of Arkansas was being held in jail following the January 6 insurrection as he waited for his case going forward. "His entitled behavior…
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The man who stormed the US Capitol wearing a horned hat earlier this month is reportedly willing to testify against Donald Trump at his impeachment trial, his lawyer said according to Fox News. Jacob Anthony Chansley, a self-titled QAnon Shaman, did not take too kindly to being "duped" by Trump…
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Last week, the board of the Trump Plaza condominium voted unanimously to remove Trump's name from the 32-story, twin-tower complex in West Palm Beach, the Palm Beach Post reports. Following the deadly Capitol riot earlier this month, many of those who live in the South Florida condo complex have been…
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Joe Biden's 100-day freeze on deportations has been temporarily blocked nationwide by US District Judge Drew Tipton for 14 days, as reported by Reuters. Per the outlet, the Biden administration is expected to appeal the order, which blocks the 100-day moratorium while both sides submit briefs on the issues. Before…
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A teenager has spoken out about making the decision to turn in his own father to the FBI after he allegedly took part in the January 6 Capitol riot. As reported by the Daily Mail, 48-year-old Texas resident Guy Reffitt was arrested at his home on Friday, following a tip-off…
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President Joe Biden has apologized after troops in the National Guard stationed at the US Capitol were seen in images sleeping in a parking lot, the BBC reports. Over 25,000 troops were deployed to Washington DC for Biden's inauguration after the deadly Capitol riot on January 6. Pictures surfaced the…
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Legendary television presenter Larry King has passed away in hospital in Los Angeles, it has been reported. Representatives for King shared the sad news on Twitter in a statement. "With profound sadness, Ora Media announces the death of our co-founder, host and friend Larry King, who passed away this morning…
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Texas has become the first state to sue the Biden administration in a dispute over its plan to pause most deportations for the next 100 days, Forbes reports. On Friday, (January 22), the state's attorney general Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in an attempt…
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Capitol Police are now investigating after a congressman was discovered in possession of a gun while attempting to go onto the House floor. This comes less than two weeks after the Capitol riots, which left five people dead and led to the second impeachment of then-President Trump. Sources told CNN…
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Kamala Harris has taken her Vice Presidential oath at today's Inauguration, sworn in by Supreme Court Justice Sonya Sotomayor. Harris has made history by becoming the first woman, the first African American and the first Asian American to serve in the role of Vice President. Doug Emhoff, Harris' husband, held…
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Joe Biden has taken to Twitter to post his first tweet on Inauguration Day. Writing to his 24.5 million followers on the platform, he declared: "It's a new day in America". The tweet comes after Donald Trump left the White House as President for the very last time earlier today.…
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Donald Trump has vowed that he will be "back in some form" after he left the White House for the final time as President of the United States. Delivering his final speech as President at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland after flying there with his wife, First Lady Melania Trump,…
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A woman who was declared legally dead in 2017 is now fighting for a court rule that she is, in fact, alive. Jeanne Pouchain, 58, the former boss of a cleaning firm from the rural commune of Saint-Joseph in eastern France, told Reuters that she clearly remembers the day she…
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Pablo Escobar's so-called cocaine hippos must be culled as they pose a threat to the natural wildlife of Colombia, scientists argue. Otherwise, scientists warn, the species could become impossible to control. As reported by the New York Post, the animals were brought to the country illegally by the late founder…
