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Trump breaks tradition, to skip Biden's swearing-in
"To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th," tweeted Trump, who faces uncertainty as calls for his removal gain ground ahead of his term in the wake of the violence at the Capitol on Wednesday.
'Beautiful Sight': China mocks US capitol chaos, draws parallel with 2019 Hong Kong protests
State media tabloid Global Times on Thursday tweeted a side by side photo of Hong Kong protests and American riots to display the “sharp contrast” between the two protests. Hong Kong protesters had earlier occupied the city's Legislative Council Complex back in July 2019.
Taliban attacks pushed back in Kandahar: Afghan official
The attacks took place in the districts of Arghandab, Zherai, Panjwai, Dand, TOLO News quoted Farid Mashal, the security officer at the Kandahar Police Headquarters, as saying. He said that "698 Taliban fighters were killed in air and ground operations over the last month in the province".
Capitol Hill Riots: Wounded police officer succumbs to his injuries
Brian D. Sicknick "was responding to the riots on Wednesday at the US Capitol and was injured while physically engaging with protesters", Xinhua news agency quoted the USCP as saying in a statement issued on Thursday night. "He returned to his division office and collapsed," the statement added.
Beijing-Islamabad nexus turns the heat on Pakistan's religious minorities
After the shock police custody of Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) leader Ali Wazir, a sitting member of the Pakistan parliament,on charges of hate speech, another senior leader of PTM and a senior Pashtun politician, Said Alam Mehsud was arbitrarily arrested from his home on January 3.
Nepal stops importing all poultry items from India
The ban came into effect on Thursday. Nepal's Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development has directed all its offices to halt the import of poultry items from India, which is the primary market for the Himalayan nation's multi-billion poultry industry.
2020 tied with 2016 as hottest year on record: Copernicus Climate Change Service
The unusually high temperatures throughout 2020 happened despite the occurrence of La Nina, a recurrent weather phenomenon that has a cooling effect on global temperatures. The announcement confirms the continuation of a worrying trend, with the last six years on the calendar corresponding to the six hottest on record. It also highlights the need for countries to cut greenhouse gas emissions, which are the main responsible for global warming.
Warrant issued for Donald Trump over death of Iraqi paramilitary commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis
On January 3, 2020, a US drone strike struck a convoy near Baghdad International Airport that killed al-Muhandis, as well as Qasem Soleimani, commander of the Quds Force of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps.
Jack Ma might take another hit as US plans to ban Chinese tech companies: Report
Ant's Alipay and Tencent's WeChat Pay were banned from their operations by the US, citing concerns that Beijing will have access to the data collected by the platform. Meanwhile, companies like Alibaba and Tencent splashed out billions of dollars after the Chinese regulators had started to crack down on their manoeuvres last year. This led to overseas acquisitions of major companies which could’ve challenged its Western rivals.
Senior-level Biden nominee Vanita Gupta recalls experience of racial bigotry
Speaking on Thursday after Biden introduced her as "one of the most respected civil rights lawyers in America", Gupta spoke of her parents as "proud immigrants from India", and the family's experience of bias, "an early memorybut one that is seared in my mind".
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