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Joe Biden to sign executive orders to promote ‘Made in America’ products

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Prominent among the executive orders include a strict enforcement of procuring products made inside the country by Federal agencies.

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Center-right incumbent wins Portugal's presidential election

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Rebelo de Sousa, a center-right moderate and former leader of Portugal's Social Democratic Party, will serve a second and final 5-year term.

Re-elected Portugal's President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa addresses journalists after the announcement of electoral results in Lisbon, Portugal on January 24, 2021.

Plane crash kills 4 soccer players, club president in Brazil

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Players of Palmas were on their way to Goiania to play a match against Vila Nova.

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Israel opens embassy in U.A.E expanding new relations

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The embassy would be in a temporary office while a permanent location is prepared.

The Tel Aviv City Hall is lit up with the flag of the U.A.E. File Photo

U.S. President Joe Biden. File

Joe Biden to sign executive orders to promote ‘Made in America’ products

Re-elected Portugal's President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa addresses journalists after the announcement of electoral results in Lisbon, Portugal on January 24, 2021.

Center-right incumbent wins Portugal's presidential election

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Plane crash kills 4 soccer players, club president in Brazil

The Tel Aviv City Hall is lit up with the flag of the U.A.E. File Photo

Israel opens embassy in U.A.E expanding new relations

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Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks at a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra on January 25, 2021. Australia's medical regulator has approved use of its first coronavirus vaccine, paving the way for inoculations to begin next month.

Australia okays Pfizer vaccine, to begin in February 2021 AP

Residents and workers at aged-care facilities, frontline healthcare workers and quarantine workers are among the groups being prioritised for the first doses.

New Zealand confirms first coronavirus case in months

Thousands take to streets protesting Brazil's Bolsonaro

Italy to take legal action against vaccine makers over delays

Trump administration had no coronavirus vaccine distribution plan: White House

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Prachanda-Nepal faction expels PM Oli from Nepal Communist Party
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Pakistan court jails Hafiz Saeed’s 3 aides in terror financing case
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Pakistan man killed during TikTok stunt on railtrack
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U.S. government to review Taliban deal
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Europe

After failed Trump romance, France seeks reset under Biden
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Scottish leader seeks ‘legal referendum’
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Coronavirus | Vaccinated people may still transmit COVID-19, warns England’s Deputy Chief Medical Officer
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‘We will go after the aggressors’: Macron says France will tighten legislation on incest
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Israel opens embassy in U.A.E expanding new relations
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Houthis | Yemen’s rebels and revivalists
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Saudi Arabia intercepts ‘hostile target’
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Twitter bans Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei after Trump threat
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Uganda High Court orders end to Bobi Wine’s house arrest

At Davos forum, Xi warns world leaders against ‘new Cold War’

Signal rolls out some WhatsApp features in own app

Joe Biden to sign executive orders to promote purchase of American products

SpaceX launches record spacecraft in cosmic rideshare programme

Oxfam urges radical economic rejig for post-COVID world

Australia okays Pfizer vaccine, to begin in February 2021

Residents and workers at aged-care facilities, frontline healthcare workers and quarantine workers are among the groups being prioritised for the first doses.

Former Trump White House press secretary plans to run for governor of Arkansas: U.S. media

The daughter of former Gov. Mike Huckabee, Sarah Sanders had been widely expected to run for the office after leaving the White House

New Zealand confirms first coronavirus case in months

New Zealand Health Chief Ashley Bloomfield said 15 people had been identified as close contacts of the woman and were being contacted.

Center-right incumbent wins Portugal's presidential election

Rebelo de Sousa, a center-right moderate and former leader of Portugal's Social Democratic Party, will serve a second and final 5-year term.

Thousands take to streets protesting Brazil's Bolsonaro

Sunday's protests were called by conservative groups that had once backed the President, while those on Saturday had come from the Left.

After failed Trump romance, France seeks reset under Biden

Joe Biden “stressed his commitment to bolstering the transatlantic relationship” via NATO and the EU.

Plane crash kills 4 football players, club president in Brazil

Players of Palmas were on their way to Goiania to play a match against Vila Nova.

Israel opens embassy in U.A.E expanding new relations

The embassy would be in a temporary office while a permanent location is prepared.

WEF's online Davos summit begins; Modi to address the meet on Thursday

The physical meeting will be held in Singapore in May.

U.S. vows support to Taiwan as Chinese incursions enter Day 2

Aircraft carrier enters South China Sea to promote ‘freedom of the seas’

Scottish leader seeks ‘legal referendum’

If SNP wins May polls, Sturgeon says she will seek another vote despite Johnson’s opposition

Italy to take legal action against vaccine makers over delays

Pfizer had said it was slowing supplies to Europe

Estonia to get first woman Prime Minister as government deal clinched

The party councils of the the opposition, center-right Reform Party and the ruling left-leaning Center Party were expected on Sunday to vote in favor of joining a Cabinet headed by Reform's prime minister-designate and chairwoman Kaja Kallas

Trump administration had no coronavirus vaccine distribution plan: White House

The process to distribute the vaccine, particularly outside of nursing homes and hospitals out into the community as a whole, did not really exist when we came into the White House, says President Joe Biden's chief of staff, Ron Klain

Prachanda-Nepal faction expels PM Oli from Nepal Communist Party

Mr. Oli had been accused of violating party statute by the splinter group.

Kremlin says Vladimir Putin ready for dialogue if U.S. willing

Relations between Moscow and Washington have been at their lowest since the end of the Cold War, with the two sides at oddsover Russia's role in Ukraine

Kremlin says U.S. interfering in Russian 'domestic affairs'

President Vladimir Putin's spokeswoman Dmitry Peskov told a State TV channel

Coronavirus | Vaccinated people may still transmit COVID-19, warns England’s Deputy Chief Medical Officer

Protection takes up to three weeks to kick in and we don’t yet know the impact of vaccines on transmission, says Professor Jonathan Van-Tam

U.S. condemns Russia’s use of harsh tactics against protesters, journalists

The United States has strongly condemned Russia’s use of harsh tactics against protesters and journalists demanding the release of jailed opposition

Ageing dams in India, U.S., other nations pose growing threat: UN report

The analysis includes dam decommissioning or ageing case studies from the U.S., France, Canada, India, Japan, and Zambia and Zimbabwe

11 of 22 trapped miners rescued from gold mine in China

Twenty-two miners were trapped about 600 meters underground following an explosion on Jan 10 at a partially built gold mine in Qixia, in Shandong Province

One of 22 workers trapped in China gold mine rescued

Reports said the worker was in weak condition but no other details were given.

Citizenship data is latest rollback of Trump census efforts

The U.S. Census Bureau is suspending efforts to create neighbourhood-level statistics on the citizenship and age of residents, using 2020 census

Argentina’s abortion law enters force under watchful eyes

Supporters of the law say they expect lawsuits from anti-abortion groups in Argentina’s conservative provinces and some private health clinics might refuse to carry out the procedure.

‘We will go after the aggressors’: Macron says France will tighten legislation on incest

The French President’s comments came after the publication of a book accusing a top French political commentator of abusing his stepson sparked outrage across the country.

Britain’s Boris Johnson presses Joe Biden for new trade deal

White House press secretary has said that the administration had no timeline for forging a new trade deal as Mr. Biden's attention is largely focused on getting the coronavirus pandemic under control

Pakistan court jails Hafiz Saeed’s 3 aides in terror financing case

Six-month jail term for Saeed’s brother-in-law, two others

Pakistan man killed during TikTok stunt on railtrack

A young man was hit and killed by a train in Pakistan while being filmed walking along the tracks for a TikTok stunt, police and rescue officials said

U.S. charges Texas man with threatening to ‘assassinate’ Rep. Ocasio-Cortez

Prosecutors asked a judge to keep the man in jail ahead of a court appearance, according to court records.

The Hindu Explains | What are the implications of U.S. President Joe Biden rejoining the Paris climate agreement?

What areas will Mr. Biden focus on to cut emissions? What does his policy mean for other countries?

Armin Laschet | The man who may succeed Merkel

Germany’s ruling party CDU has elected a Merkel-confidant as its new chief

U.S. government to review Taliban deal

It wants to ascertain if the outfit is ‘living up to its commitments to reduce violence in Afghanistan’

Trump impeachment trial to begin on February 8: Chuck Schumer

It will give the ex-President more time to prepare a defence

Houthis | Yemen’s rebels and revivalists

Ansar Allah, which began as a Zaydi socio-religious movement, is now the country’s strongest war machine that has withstood Saudi attacks

Taiwan reports Chinese air incursions

Air Force warned away the Chinese jets and deployed missiles to monitor them

U.S. television host Larry King dies at 87

He had interviewed world leaders, entertainers and other celebrities on CNN's "Larry King Live", which ran from 1985 to 2010

Police arrest 1,500 at Navalny rallies

Hundreds of protesters staged demonstrations across Russia seeking his release

Coronavirus | U.K. doctors seek review of 12-week gap between vaccine doses

Britain has recorded 95,981 deaths among people who tested positive, the highest confirmed virus toll in Europe.

Wuhan returns to normal as world still battling pandemic

The city has been largely free of further outbreaks since the lockdown was lifted on April 8.

Sri Lanka Health Minister, who endorsed potion for COVID-19, tests positive

Sri Lanka’s health minister, who has faced criticism for consuming and endorsing a herbal syrup made by a sorcerer, has tested positive for COVID-19.

Saudi Arabia intercepts ‘hostile target’

Saudi-led coalition says it destroyed the air target headed towards Riyadh

Pak media watchdog suspends licence of news channel for airing 'contemptuous' remarks against judges

Pakistan's media watchdog has suspended the licence of a TV channel for 30 days and imposed a fine of Rs. 1 million on it after one of its

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The Income Tax department searched Paul Dhinkaran’s residence and official premises on January 20

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Chinese civilians reportedly entered Indian territory and asked villagers to leave the area. Photo: Special Arrangement

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A nurse fills a dose of Covishield vaccine in an injection to administer it to a frontline worker at Rajawadi hospital in Mumbai on January 16, 2021.

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Chinese civilians reportedly entered Indian territory and asked villagers to leave the area. Photo: Special Arrangement

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Tension mounted at the GGH with hundreds of ASHA workers, CITU members and activists staging a sit-in in front of the hospital, alleging the ASHA worker’s death was due to the advers effect of the vaccine.

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‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ will release worldwide on March 26

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