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Senator urges more Facebook whistleblowers to come forward – live
9.53am EDT09:53 Bipartisan anger over the Facebook whistleblower testimony Greetings, live blog readers. Yesterday, Frances Haugen, a 37-year-old former Facebook…
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Coronavirus live news: California deploys National Guard, Pfizer jab ‘highly effective’ against hospitalisations
1.59am EDT01:59 New Zealanders are grieving for the end of the country’s Covid elimination strategy and anxious about what the…
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US stocks plunge amid coronavirus variant fears – live
3.50pm EDT15:50 Quick recap on the infrastructure situation: reminder that today Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer was set to file…
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Trump supporters storm Capitol as McConnell warns of democracy ‘death spiral’ – live
2.45pm EST14:45 Pro-Trump protesters are now surrounding the House chamber, and members are reportedly being evacuated from the floor. John…
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Coronavirus live news: ‘Highly likely’ BioNTech vaccine works against new variant; Taiwan confirms first local case since April
More from our Kate Connelly at the BioNTech presser in Germany: Uğur Şahin, the CEO of BioNTech, the German biotechnology…
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Trump’s hospital stay for Covid fuels concerns condition is serious as new White House cases emerge – live
10.26am EDT10:26 Adam Gabbatt On Friday morning, ex-White House doctor Ronny Jackson confidently told Fox News that Donald Trump was…
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Covid-19 live news: Paris faces being placed on ‘maximum alert’; Turkey condemned for underreporting cases
Poland reported a record number of new daily coronavirus infections on Thursday, with 1,967 new cases, while the country’s health…
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Religious group scrubs all references to Amy Coney Barrett from its website
A tiny religious organization tied to Amy Coney Barrett, Donald Trump’s supreme court nominee, sought to erase all mentions and…
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California fires: three killed as new blazes force tens of thousands to evacuate
Destructive new wildfires in northern California have killed three people, officials said on Monday, as strong winds fanned flames in…
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Donald Trump set to nominate Amy Coney Barrett to supreme court – live
9.20am EDT09:20 In the words of the White House pool report, at last night’s rally in Newport News, Trump “called…
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