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Capitol Hill Riots: 3 White House aides resign after violent protests
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Grisham was one of the longest-serving Trump administration officials, previously serving as White House Communications Director and Press Secretary. The second aide who resigned was White House Social Secretary Anna Cristina Niceta, an administration official confirmed to CNN.
Public emergency extended in Washington D.C. for 15 days
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"Today, First Amendment protests turned violent. Many persons came to the District armed and for the purpose of engaging in violence and destruction and have engaged in violence and destruction," Bowser said in a statement on Wednesday night.
Pak soldier killed in firing from across Afghan border: Army
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In a statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that terrorists fired on a Pakistani military post from the Afghan side of the border in the Mohmand tribal district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, on Wednesday night, Xinhua news agency reported.
Israeli missile attack targets Syrian military sites
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The sounds of Syrian anti-air weapons were heard in Damascus following the attack on Wednesday night. The report cited a military source as saying that the attack was carried out from over the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and targeted some military sites in south of Damascus.
Donald Trump finally concedes against Joe Biden
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In a statement, Trump said: "Even though I totally disagree with the outcome of the election, and the facts bear me out, nevertheless there will be an orderly transition on January 20.
Zero US oil imports from Saudi Arabia for the first time in 35 years
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This seemingly sudden drop has only become apparent now since tankers from Saudi Arabia take about six weeks to reach import terminals on either the west or Gulf coasts and this is the first week America had no deliveries based on available weekly data through June 2010 from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Obama calls out Trump for violence at Capitol Hill as a moment of 'great dishonour and shame' for US
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“History will rightly remember today's violence at the Capitol, incited by a sitting president who has continued to baselessly lie about the outcome of a lawful election, as a moment of great dishonour and shame for our nation. But we'd be kidding ourselves if we treated it as a total surprise,”
Two patients reported dead in Norway after receiving Pfizer doses
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A 41 year old nurse, Sonia Acevedo, faced a "sudden death" at her home on Friday (January 1), 48 hours after being vaccinated with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, according to Daily Mail. 
Capitol Hill Riots: 4 killed, 52 arrested; curfew imposed in Washington D.C.
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Addressing the media here on Wednesday night, Metropolitan Police Department Chief Robert Contee confirmed that a woman was shot and killed, while the three others died after apparently suffering "separate medical emergencies" near the Capitol grounds.
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