[ad_1] US President-elect Joe Biden has chosen his longtime aide Ron Klain as his chief of staff. Klain first worked for Biden in 1989 when the latter was a United States senator. He was also in charge of America’s response to the Ebola crisis under Barack Obama in 2014 when …
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[ad_1] He fired his defense secretary, installed a conspiracy loyalist as lead counsel at an intelligence agency, and hired a retired military colonel who supported martial law on the Mexican border for a high-level position in the Pentagon. And all this within days of being declared the loser of a …
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[ad_1] Croydon Goes Berserk: Worker-Run Council Nearly Bankrupt, Blaming Coronavirus … But Minister Says Authority ‘Dysfunctional’ Croydon Council becomes second council in two decades to file for bankruptcy The neighborhood has Imposed emergency spending restrictions under Section 114 Officials blamed the coronavirus crisis along with ‘a decade of austerity’ The …
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[ad_1] Users started reporting problems shortly after midnight UK time, according to Down Detector, which monitors whether or not a site is working. According to its live map, the problem was reported all over the world, in Europe and the US, but also in South America, Australia and Southeast Asia. …
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[ad_1] It’s still almost a couple of years away, but plans are already being made for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. The May holiday weekend in 2022 will be moved to Thursday June 2, with another holiday on Friday June 3 to mark Her Majesty’s 70th anniversary as monarch. It will …
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[ad_1] By Alexander GabuevCarnegie Moscow Center image copyrightfake images ScreenshotAzerbaijanis have been celebrating victory after the end of the conflict, but two great powers have also made progress A bloody six-week war in Nagorno-Karabakh has ended, after the leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a peace agreement negotiated by Moscow. …
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[ad_1] The US state of Georgia has begun hand-counting every vote cast by its voters in the presidential election as part of an audit of initial results showing Joe Biden narrowly leading Donald Trump. Brad Raffensperger, Georgia’s Republican secretary of state, announced the audit Wednesday, a day after the Trump …
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[ad_1] The capital gains tax could be raised to help pay back the billions of pounds borrowed to support the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic. A report commissioned by Chancellor Rishi Sunak has said that the Treasury could raise £ 14bn by raising tax rates on capital gains to bring …
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[ad_1] A CONTROL zone has been implemented in North Herefordshire following a suspected outbreak of bird flu. To reduce the risk of transmission of avian influenza (avian flu), the Secretary of State has declared a temporary control zone in the areas surrounding the property. The government-enforced zone of control has …
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[ad_1] The White House has reportedly demanded a list of the names of the people who applauded as a Pentagon official left the building, having resigned after their boss was fired by Donald Trump. James Anderson, the acting undersecretary of defense for policy, was a key adviser to Mark Esper, …
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