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America awaits election result that holds the key to the Senate

If the election fever was a little low-key at the Dunbar Neighbourhood Center polling station in Atlanta, the anticipation about what it might mean was palpable.

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Olympics official says prioritise athletes for COVID jab so Games can go ahead

Olympic athletes should be given priority access to coronavirus vaccines to save the Tokyo Games from cancellation, according to a prominent International Olympic Committee (IOC) member. 

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Regulators get plan for undoing the Atlantic Coast Pipeline

The developers of the now-canceled Atlantic Coast Pipeline have laid out plans for how they want to go about unwinding the work that was done for the multistate natural gas project and restoring disturbed land.

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WATCH: Georgia officials deliver remarks on Senate elections

Georgia election officials say voting is going smoothly across the state, despite claims from President Donald Trump that some machines are not working in Republican areas.

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Grammys Postponed Until March as Coronavirus Cases Surge in California

(NEW YORK) — The 2021 Grammy Awards will no longer take place this month in Los Angeles and will broadcast in March due to a recent surge in coronavirus cases and deaths. The Recording Academy told The Associated Press on

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Judge bans Proud Boys leader from Washington after arrest

The order bans Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, 36, from entering the District of Columbia, with very limited exceptions to meet with his attorney or appear in court.

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Gulf Arab leaders sign declaration to ease rift with Qatar

Saudi Arabia also said it was restoring full diplomatic relations with Qatar, although it was not clear how soon the step would be followed by the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt.

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Pompeo hints at returning ‘evil’ Cuba to terror list

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has hinted that he wants to redesignate “evil” Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, a late-term move that would pile pressure on the communist island. In an interview released Tuesday, Pompeo confirmed that

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India’s plan to vaccinate 300 million people against the coronavirus, explained

Members of ground staff walk past a container stacked at a cargo terminal of the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi on December 22, 2020. The airport will be used as a handling and distribution center for coronavirus vaccines.

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There’s not enough space in this newspaper to chronicle all of Mike Pompeo’s lies: Conservative Max Boot

Conservative columnist Max Boot revealed in his Tuesday column that the slate of lies from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo over the course of his tenure in office are so extensive that the Washington Post couldn’t fit them all in

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