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21/02/2021

Director Martin Scorsese says the art form of cinema needs to be protected against streaming services For many stuck inside during lockdown, streaming services have kept the movie-going experience alive - offering a safe alternative while cinemas remain shut. But film director Martin Scorsese isn't such a fan. In an essay for Harpers magazine, he's warned that cinema is being "devalued......

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For many stuck inside during lockdown, streaming services have kept the movie-going experience alive – offering a safe alternative while cinemas remain shut.

21/02/2021

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Protesters gathered again Sunday all over Myanmar, a day after security forces shot dead two people at a demonstration in the country’s second biggest city. A funeral was also held for a young woman killed earlier by police. Mya Thwet Thwet Khine was the first confirmed death among the many thousands who have taken to the streets to protest the Feb....

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Mya Thwet Thwet Khine was the first confirmed death among the many thousands who have taken to the streets to protest the Feb. 1 coup that toppled the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi. The woman was shot on Feb. 9, two days before her 20th birthday, at a protest in the capital Nayptitaw, and d...

21/02/2021

Photograph: Michael Holahan/AP Some four dozen Republican donors were on a fundraising conference call on 5 February with Liz Cheney, the congresswoman and only Republican House leader to vote for Donald Trump’s impeachment for his role in the mob attack on the Capitol on 6 January. Many of the donors on the Cheney call are expected to donate the maximum amount of $5,800 to her 2022 re-election campaign before the end of the first quarter of this year, to ward off a primary challenge to her which Trump loyalists like congressman Matt Gaetz are encouraging, said Michael Epstein, a leading Maryland Republican donor....

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Some four dozen Republican donors were on a fundraising conference call on 5 February with Liz Cheney, the congresswoman and only Republican House leader to vote for Donald Trump’s impeachment for his role in the mob attack on the Capitol on 6 January.

21/02/2021

President Joe Biden has declared a major disaster in Texas, clearing the way for more federal funds to be spent on relief efforts in the US state. Power is returning across Texas and temperatures are set to rise, but at least 14 million people still have difficulty accessing clean water. Mr Biden has said he will visit Texas as long as his presence is not a burden on relief efforts....

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Power is returning across Texas and temperatures are set to rise, but at least 14 million people still have difficulty accessing clean water.

21/02/2021

US Customs and Border Protection seized 44 pounds of co***ne coated corn flakes, which could be worth up to $2,822,400 on February 13. US Customs and Border Protection CBP agents in Cincinnati, Ohio seized 44 pounds of co***ne-coated corn flakes last week. The product could be worth up to $2,822,400. The shipment came from Peru and was on its way to a private residence in Hong Kong....

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US Customs and Border Protection agents seized 44 pounds of co***ne-coated corn flakes in Cincinnati, Ohio, the agency said in a news release titled “That’s Not Frosted Flakes.”

21/02/2021

Trump to speak at CPAC in first post-White House appearance Source link

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21/02/2021

When police were called to the upscale Gainesville, Florida, home of Mike and Sue Reuschel in the early morning hours of February 3, 2018, they found the couple stabbed and bleeding. Mike told cops an intruder had crept into their house and attacked them. But when Sue awoke from surgery for her life-threatening in juries, she gave police a different story—saying Mike was her true attacker....

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When police were called to the upscale Gainesville, Florida, home of Mike and Sue Reuschel in the early morning hours of February 3, 2018, they found the couple stabbed and bleeding.

21/02/2021

MMA Weekly UFC Vegas 19 results: Derrick Lewis ties record with Curtis Blaydes knockout Derrick Lewis finished a stacked UFC Vegas 19 with an exclamation point, taking out Curtis Blaydes in a main event that followed a night full of finishes. UFC Vegas 19 results: Derrick Lewis lands record-tying knockout on Curtis Blaydes Derrick Lewis was ranked No. 4 in the UFC heavyweight division coming into Saturday night....

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Derrick Lewis finished a stacked UFC Vegas 19 with an exclamation point, taking out Curtis Blaydes in a main event that followed a night full of finishes. UFC Vegas 19 results: Derrick Lewis lands record-tying knockout on Curtis Blaydes Derrick Lewis was ranked No. 4 in the UFC heavyweight division....

21/02/2021

CAIRO (AP) — The U.N. special envoy to Libya on Friday met with the country’s east-based military commander as part of efforts to unite rival factions in the war-torn North African nation ahead of elections in December. During their meeting in the eastern city of Benghazi, U.N. envoy Jan Kubis and the Libyan commander, Khalifa Hifter, agreed on the importance for all Libyan parties to commit to and facilitate the Dec....

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During their meeting in the eastern city of Benghazi, U.N. envoy Jan Kubis and the Libyan commander, Khalifa Hifter, agreed on the importance for all Libyan parties to commit to and facilitate the Dec. 24 balloting, according to a statement for the U.N. mission in Libya.

21/02/2021

The New York Times Erik Prince, Trump Ally, Violated Libya Arms Embargo, UN Report Says NAIROBI, Kenya — Erik Prince, the former head of the security contractor Blackwater Worldwide and a prominent supporter of former President Donald Trump, violated a United Nations arms embargo on Libya by sending weapons to a militia commander who was attempting to overthrow the internationally backed government, according to U.N....

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NAIROBI, Kenya — Erik Prince, the former head of the security contractor Blackwater Worldwide and a prominent supporter of former President Donald Trump, violated a United Nations arms embargo on Libya by sending weapons to a militia commander who was attempting to overthrow the internationally ba...

21/02/2021

Zalmay Khalilzad has been retained by President Biden as U.S. representative to talks over the future of Afghanistan. (Associated Press) The United States last year signed an agreement with the Taliban that contemplated the withdrawal of all U.S. and allied forces from Afghanistan by May of this year. At long last, it seemed that America’s longest war, which began with the October 2001 invasion, might be coming to an end....

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The United States last year signed an agreement with the Taliban that contemplated the withdrawal of all U.S. and allied forces from Afghanistan by May of this year. At long last, it seemed that America’s longest war, which began with the October 2001 invasion, might be coming to an end.

21/02/2021

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — A young woman who was shot in the head by police last week during a protest against the military coup in Myanmar died Friday, her family said. It was the first confirmed death among thousands of protesters who have faced off against security forces since the junta took power on Feb. 1, detained the country's elected leaders and prevented Parliament from convening....

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It was the first confirmed death among thousands of protesters who have faced off against security forces since the junta took power on Feb. 1, detained the country’s elected leaders and prevented Parliament from convening.

21/02/2021

The New York Times Erik Prince, Trump Ally, Violated Libya Arms Embargo, UN Report Says NAIROBI, Kenya — Erik Prince, the former head of the security contractor Blackwater Worldwide and a prominent supporter of former President Donald Trump, violated a United Nations arms embargo on Libya by sending weapons to a militia commander who was attempting to overthrow the internationally backed government, according to U.N....

https://iamdigitalindia.com/biden-declares-major-disaster-in-texas-as-federal-aid-flows/

NAIROBI, Kenya — Erik Prince, the former head of the security contractor Blackwater Worldwide and a prominent supporter of former President Donald Trump, violated a United Nations arms embargo on Libya by sending weapons to a militia commander who was attempting to overthrow the internationally ba...

21/02/2021

Members of the Proud Boys march towards Freedom Plaza during a protest on December 12, 2020 in Washington, DC. Thousands of protesters who refuse to accept that President-elect Joe Biden won the election are rallying ahead of the electoral college vote to make Trump's 306-to-232 loss official. Stephanie Keith/Getty Images A man was expelled from the Sacramento County GOP committee for his Proud Boys affiliation....

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A member of the far-right Proud Boys was expelled from a Sacramento County GOP committee on Wednesday, and threatened to sue the members, vowing, “I’m coming for you,” The Sacramento Bee reported.

21/02/2021

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — American security contractor Erik Prince, a close ally of former U.S. President Donald Trump, violated the U.N. arms embargo against Libya along with three United Arab Emirates-based companies and their top managers during an operation to help a rebel military commander take the capital Tripoli, U.N. experts said. In a key section of a report to the U.N....

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In a key section of a report to the U.N. Security Council obtained Saturday by The Associated Press, the panel of experts outlined “a well-funded private military company operation” called “Project Opus” designed to provide military equipment to eastern-based commander Khalifa Hifter.

21/02/2021

TipRanks 3 Stocks Flashing Signs of Strong Insider Buying For an individual investor to beat the market, you need an edge. Investing strategies come in different forms and you can rely on several factors to achieve the end goal of strong returns. Be it following analyst ratings, upcoming catalysts or recognizing the latest market moving trends. There is another option: following the signal from those in the know – the corporate insiders....

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For an individual investor to beat the market, you need an edge. Investing strategies come in different forms and you can rely on several factors to achieve the end goal of strong returns. Be it following analyst ratings, upcoming catalysts or recognizing the latest market moving trends. There is an...

21/02/2021

The New York Times Extreme Cold Killed Texans in Their Bedrooms, Vehicles and Backyards SAN ANTONIO — Carrol Anderson spent much of his life in southeast Texas, where the most feared natural disasters spin up from the Gulf of Mexico during the warm months of hurricane season. But last week, Anderson, a 75-year-old who breathed with the help of oxygen tanks, knew that a different kind of storm was heading his way....

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SAN ANTONIO — Carrol Anderson spent much of his life in southeast Texas, where the most feared natural disasters spin up from the Gulf of Mexico during the warm months of hurricane season. But last week, Anderson, a 75-year-old who breathed with the help of oxygen tanks, knew that a different kind...

21/02/2021

The New York Times Democrats Beat Trump in 2020. Now They're Asking: What Went Wrong? Democrats emerged from the 2020 election with full control of the federal government and a pile of lingering questions. In private, party leaders and strategists have been wrestling with a quandary: Why was President Joe Biden’s convincing victory over Donald Trump not accompanied by broad Democratic gains down ballot?...

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Democrats emerged from the 2020 election with full control of the federal government and a pile of lingering questions. In private, party leaders and strategists have been wrestling with a quandary: Why was President Joe Biden’s convincing victory over Donald Trump not accompanied by broad Democra...

21/02/2021

The Telegraph Drugs seized as evidence in police investigations going missing almost once a fortnight Drugs seized as evidence in police investigations are going missing from storage almost once a fortnight, new data suggests. A Freedom of Information request by the Telegraph reveals that between the start of 2013 and May 2020, there have been more than 158 instances of drugs going missing from custody of the Metropolitan Police....

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Drugs seized as evidence in police investigations are going missing from storage almost once a fortnight, new data suggests. A Freedom of Information request by the Telegraph reveals that between the start of 2013 and May 2020, there have been more than 158 instances of drugs going missing from cust...

21/02/2021

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference - AP An Emmy, a best-selling book and potential presidential nomination: Andrew Cuomo was basking in a media-driven political paradise as the coronavirus ravaged New York. But less than a year later the governor has fallen from a tremendous height. While Mr Cuomo filled a vacuum left by Donald Trump’s fumbling, New York state was underreporting Covid-19 deaths in care homes....

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An Emmy, a best-selling book and potential presidential nomination: Andrew Cuomo was basking in a media-driven political paradise as the coronavirus ravaged New York.

21/02/2021

Miami Dolphins star cornerback Xavien Howard’s name appears on police documents as a person of interest in an unsolved Atlanta-area shooting from last summer in which no one was hurt but one round pierced a child’s playroom. The home is owned by sports agent Damarius Bilbo, who represented Howard until the two parted ways over a business dispute sometime after October....

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The home is owned by sports agent Damarius Bilbo, who represented Howard until the two parted ways over a business dispute sometime after October.

21/02/2021

The claim: NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo is facing calls for impeachment It has been almost a year since the coronavirus pandemic began ravaging the U.S. and elsewhere. In that year, the virus has infected at least 28 million Americans and killed nearly 500,000 others. When the virus first landed in the U.S., the state of New York, particularly New York City was hit the hardest…...

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It has been almost a year since the coronavirus pandemic began ravaging the U.S. and elsewhere. In that year, the virus has infected at least 28 million Americans and killed nearly 500,000 others.

21/02/2021

A detail of the new eruption of the Etna volcano seen from the port of Riposto in the province of Catania, Italy, on February 18, 2021. Fabrizio Villa/Getty Images Mount Etna, one of the world's most active volcanoes, erupted on Tuesday. Italian officials said there was no danger to the surrounding villages but closed a nearby airport. Scroll down to see amazing images of the volcano, which spewed smoke, ashes, and glowing lava....

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Sicily’s Mount Etna, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, spewed smoke, ashes, and lava in a new eruption earlier this week.

21/02/2021

Criminal Complaint A retired Ohio couple who joined the Oath Keepers have been charged with conspiracy for allegedly plotting for months with other members of the far-right militia group to storm the U.S. Capitol. Sandra Parker, 60, and her husband, Bennie Parker, 70, have been charged with several federal crimes, including conspiracy, destruction of government property, and aiding and abetting, for their plan to disrupt the Jan....

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A retired Ohio couple who joined the Oath Keepers have been charged with conspiracy for allegedly plotting for months with other members of the far-right militia group to storm the U.S. Capitol.

21/02/2021

Courtesy Vanessa Kon At 11 years old, Olivia Nguyen was the oldest of three siblings. She was smart and sassy, and loved making playlists with songs from Coldplay and U2, music written before she was born. Her brother, Edison, 8, was quiet and articulate. He loved the color green and taking photos of anything in his path, especially sunsets. Their youngest sibling, Colette, turned everything into a song....

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At 11 years old, Olivia Nguyen was the oldest of three siblings. She was smart and sassy, and loved making playlists with songs from Coldplay and U2, music written before she was born.

21/02/2021

During a meeting next week, the Southern Baptist Convention's executive committee will discuss a recommendation that a Kennesaw, Georgia church be ousted from America's largest Protestant denomination because it accepted LGBTQ people as members. (Feb. 19) Video Transcript JIM CONRAD: I was baptized in a Southern Baptist church, licensed to ministry in a Southern Baptist church, ordained by a southern Baptist church, so I am a product of the Southern Baptist system....

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JIM CONRAD: I was baptized in a Southern Baptist church, licensed to ministry in a Southern Baptist church, ordained by a southern Baptist church, so I am a product of the Southern Baptist system. When we made the decision to welcome LGBTQ persons who had professed faith in Jesus, had been baptized,...

21/02/2021

The New York Times Extreme Cold Killed Texans in Their Bedrooms, Vehicles and Backyards SAN ANTONIO — Carrol Anderson spent much of his life in southeast Texas, where the most feared natural disasters spin up from the Gulf of Mexico during the warm months of hurricane season. But last week, Anderson, a 75-year-old who breathed with the help of oxygen tanks, knew that a different kind of storm was heading his way....

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SAN ANTONIO — Carrol Anderson spent much of his life in southeast Texas, where the most feared natural disasters spin up from the Gulf of Mexico during the warm months of hurricane season. But last week, Anderson, a 75-year-old who breathed with the help of oxygen tanks, knew that a different kind...

21/02/2021

The New York Times Extreme Cold Killed Texans in Their Bedrooms, Vehicles and Backyards SAN ANTONIO — Carrol Anderson spent much of his life in southeast Texas, where the most feared natural disasters spin up from the Gulf of Mexico during the warm months of hurricane season. But last week, Anderson, a 75-year-old who breathed with the help of oxygen tanks, knew that a different kind of storm was heading his way....

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SAN ANTONIO — Carrol Anderson spent much of his life in southeast Texas, where the most feared natural disasters spin up from the Gulf of Mexico during the warm months of hurricane season. But last week, Anderson, a 75-year-old who breathed with the help of oxygen tanks, knew that a different kind...

21/02/2021

President Joe Biden receives his first dose of the coronavirus vaccine. Carolyn Kaster/AP On Friday, President Joe Biden secured a commitment from US pharmaceutical company Pfizer to double its COVID-19 vaccine supply to the nation, Reuters reported. Biden has set a target to fill the country's vaccine stockpile by summer, a situation that Pfizer may have just made a reality....

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On Friday, President Joe Biden secured a commitment from US pharmaceutical company Pfizer to double its COVID-19 vaccine supply to the nation, Reuters reported.

21/02/2021

The New York Times Extreme Cold Killed Texans in Their Bedrooms, Vehicles and Backyards SAN ANTONIO — Carrol Anderson spent much of his life in southeast Texas, where the most feared natural disasters spin up from the Gulf of Mexico during the warm months of hurricane season. But last week, Anderson, a 75-year-old who breathed with the help of oxygen tanks, knew that a different kind of storm was heading his way....

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SAN ANTONIO — Carrol Anderson spent much of his life in southeast Texas, where the most feared natural disasters spin up from the Gulf of Mexico during the warm months of hurricane season. But last week, Anderson, a 75-year-old who breathed with the help of oxygen tanks, knew that a different kind...

21/02/2021

A Pennsylvania police officer has been arrested by the FBI in connection with the U.S. Capitol riot in January. Joseph Fischer, 54, a police offer for North Cornwall Township in Lebanon County, is being detained in Dauphin County Prison, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney's office said. He has been charged with obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder, knowingly entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds without lawful authority, violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol Grounds and obstruction of justice/Congress....

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Joseph Fischer, 54, a police offer for North Cornwall Township in Lebanon County, is being detained in Dauphin County Prison, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney’s office said.

21/02/2021

After a seven-month, 300 million mile journey to the Red Planet, NASA's Perseverance rover has sent back the first high-definition color pictures of Mars, including a selfie. On Friday, NASA released a photo of the rover in mid-descent as it was suspended under the sky crane moments before it touched down on the Martian surface. “This is something that we’ve never seen before....

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On Friday, NASA released a photo of the rover in mid-descent as it was suspended under the sky crane moments before it touched down on the Martian surface.

21/02/2021

Nanda Devi, India's second highest peak, is near the country's north-eastern border with China. In a village in the Indian Himalayas, generations of residents have believed that nuclear devices lie buried under the snow and rocks in the towering mountains above. So when Raini got hit by a huge flood earlier in February, villagers panicked and rumours flew that the devices had "exploded"...

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In a village in the Indian Himalayas, generations of residents have believed that nuclear devices lie buried under the snow and rocks in the towering mountains above.

21/02/2021

The Daily Beast This Is What’s Passing as ‘Food’ in Texas Prisons Right Now Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/HandoutPrisoners are defecating in paper bags and overflowing toilets, there aren’t enough extra blankets to go around, and mess hall kitchens are churning out half-rations of unidentifiable cold food.As a once-in-a-generation snowstorm walloped the Lone Star State this week and led to widespread power outages, prisoners and corrections officers agree: already-dire conditions inside Texas prisons somehow got even worse.This story was published in partnership with The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S....

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Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/HandoutPrisoners are defecating in paper bags and overflowing toilets, there aren’t enough extra blankets to go around, and mess hall kitchens are churning out half-rations of unidentifiable cold food.As a once-in-a-generation snowstorm walloped the Lone Star ...

21/02/2021

The New York Times Erik Prince, Trump Ally, Violated Libya Arms Embargo, UN Report Says NAIROBI, Kenya — Erik Prince, the former head of the security contractor Blackwater Worldwide and a prominent supporter of former President Donald Trump, violated a United Nations arms embargo on Libya by sending weapons to a militia commander who was attempting to overthrow the internationally backed government, according to U.N....

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NAIROBI, Kenya — Erik Prince, the former head of the security contractor Blackwater Worldwide and a prominent supporter of former President Donald Trump, violated a United Nations arms embargo on Libya by sending weapons to a militia commander who was attempting to overthrow the internationally ba...

21/02/2021

The summit in Hanoi in February 2019 did not go to plan President Trump's meetings with Kim Jong-un were among the most eye-catching moments of his presidency. In the third and final episode of a new BBC series Trump Takes On the World, directed by Tim Stirzaker, we discover new details about how these summits came about, and speak to those who were in the room when the two men met....

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In the third and final episode of a new BBC series Trump Takes On the World, directed by Tim Stirzaker, we discover new details about how these summits came about, and speak to those who were in the room when the two men met.

21/02/2021

The Daily Beast Another GOP Rep Fled Texas—Via Private Jet—at Height of Deep Freeze Crisis KPRC 2Texas state lawmaker Gary Gates lost power at his Fort Bend County home on Tuesday evening, and on Wednesday morning he hopped on his private jet to the magical land of Orlando, Florida.His ill-timed escape came on the same day Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and his family flew to Cancun, just as the extreme winter storm was unfolding into a once-in-a-generation crisis in Texas....

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KPRC 2Texas state lawmaker Gary Gates lost power at his Fort Bend County home on Tuesday evening, and on Wednesday morning he hopped on his private jet to the magical land of Orlando, Florida.His ill-timed escape came on the same day Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and his family flew to Cancun, just as the ex...