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Joe Biden to name civil rights activist Vanita Gupta as associate attorney general: Reports
The reports on Wednesday also said that he will name Merrick Garland, a federal appeals court judge, as the attorney general. Gupta had served as the principal deputy assistant attorney general and head of the Civil Rights Division at the Justice Department in former President Barack Obama's administration when Biden was the Vice President.
United States: 4,400 adverse events reported after receiving Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine
The US Food and Drug Administration issued an Emergency Use Authorization for Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine on December 11, 2020, administered as two doses separated by 21 days. As of December 23, 2020, a total of 1,893,360 first doses of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine had been administered in the US, according to the CDC report.
United Nations welcomes swap of detainees between Libyan factions
The LNA and the UN-backed GNA had been engaged in a deadly armed conflict for more than a year in and around the capital Tripoli, which ended in early June 2020 when the latter announced its takeover of all western Libya after the withdrawal of the east-based army.
Congress defiantly resumes ratifying Joe Biden's victory after violence
Sitting President Donald Trump was roundly condemned for his role in instigating the rioters on Wednesday who stormed the Capitol, the domed building that houses Congress, resulting in the death of a woman from gunfire inside it and sending members of Congress to seek refuge in secure areas when mobs invaded.
Joe Biden condemns 'insurrection' at US Capitol
"This is not protest, it's insurrection," Biden said in Wilmington, Delaware. "This is not dissent. It's disorder. It's chaos. It borders on sedition." The Democrat went on saying that he's calling the Republican incumbent, Donald Trump, to "go on national television now to fulfill his oath and defend the Constitution and demand an end to this siege".
Woman killed by gunfire as Donald Trump supporters launch assault on Congress
Smoke was seen emanating from the Capitol that was under occupation by supporters like the National Guard and federal law enforcement personnel moved in to remove the rioters. On Wednesday, nearly three hours after 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 a window.
Georgia changes everything for Biden and Harris: Here's how
Warnock became the first Black Senator in his state's history, defeating Republican incumbent Kelly Loeffler in a stinging rebuke of Trumpism. News networks called the election for Warnock after an analysis of outstanding votes showed his rival Kelly Loeffler could not catch up.
Covid-19: England's third lockdown legally comes into force
The measures, which include a stay-at-home order and the closure of schools to most pupils, were announced by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday. It comes after the number of new daily confirmed cases of Covid in the UK topped 60,000 for the first time.And it is thought one in 50 people in private households in England had the virus last week - rising to one in 30 in London.
US Congress set to certify Biden's victory amid protests
Some Republicans have pledged to support Trump's efforts to overturn the result by formally objecting at the session, in a bid that is almost certain to fail. Hundreds of National Guard members are being mobilised. Supporters of Trump have begun gathering in Washington DC to rally against the certification of his defeat, and counter-protests are expected.
US: Democrats win 1 Senate seat in Georgia, lead in another
A Christian priest, Rafael Warnock, who is the Democratic Party's candidate, defeated the Republican incumbent Kelly Loeffler by 1 per cent of the votes in the elections held on Tuesday.
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