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Israeli missile attack targets Syrian military sites
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
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.
US Congress affirms Biden's win over Trump after Capitol chaos
At about 4 a.m., Vice President Mike Pence announced before a joint session of Congress that Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris had won 306 votes over his and Trump's 232. Pence's announcement came after lawmakers formally tabulated each state's Electoral College votes, a final step before Biden will be inaugurated as the country's 46th President.
Zero US oil imports from Saudi Arabia for the first time in 35 years
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
“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
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.
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.
US Congress rejects Republican-led challenge to Joe Biden's win in Arizona
The US Congress convened in a joint session earlier in the day to certify Biden's victory, but both the House and the Senate, which were separately debating an objection to the counting of Arizona's electoral votes, had to recess and evacuate after thousands of Trump supporters breached the Capitol.
Capitol Hill Violence: Curfew imposed in Washington D.C. following chaos
In a statement late Wednesday, Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said the curfew, which came into effect at 6 p.m., would last until 6 a.m. on Thursday morning. The curfew however, will not apply to essential workers, including media professionals, she said.
Capitol Hill Violence: Congress expresses concern over chaos in Washington
On Wednesday, Trump-backers stormed the Capitol that houses Congress, TV broadcasts showed what appeared to be flash bombs going off and smoke, which may be from teargas, coming out of a part of the building and some of the mob leaving the area jumping out of a window.
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