tech time: January 2021

Sunday, January 31, 2021

Day Of Tough Choices For Budget Like "Never Before": 10 Points

Will it be a budget like "never before" or just another in a series of "mini budgets" presented over the last year to resuscitate a sputtering economy, that's the trillion-dollar question waiting to...

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Donald Trump announces new legal team for impeachment trial after exodus

DONALD TRUMP has announced the new legal team that will represent him for his upcoming impeachment trial less than a day after his previous lawyers walked away.

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Covid could have originated in China THREE months earlier than thought US scientists claim

COVID-19 did originate in China according to a major new study - despite senior Chinese officials suggesting it could have been imported.

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Prince Harry in heartfelt pandemic plea – ‘Children should not be forgotten!’

PRINCE HARRY has urged people to think about vulnerable children through the coronavirus pandemic as the Duke celebrates a charity close to his heart.

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Aung San Suu Kyi And Other Myanmar Leaders Arrested, Party Spokesman Says

Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior figures from the ruling party have been detained in an early morning raid, the spokesman for the governing National League for Democracy (NLD) said on Monday.

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Trump Names New Lawyers To Lead His Impeachment Defense Team

Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday named two new lawyers to lead the defense in his upcoming Senate impeachment trial after abruptly parting ways with his prior counsel.

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Myanmar Leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Is Detained Amid Coup Fears

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Britain's Prince William Attacks "Despicable" Racist Abuse Of Footballers

Britain's Prince William has branded racist abuse directed at footballers "despicable" and said it "must stop now" after Manchester United's Marcus Rashford became the latest player to be targeted.

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Myanmar Leader Aung San Suu Kyi Detained, Ruling Party Spokesman Says

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior figures from the ruling party have been detained in an early morning raid, the spokesman for the governing National League for Democracy said on...

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Man Shoots Cousin Dead While Playing Game In Ghaziabad: Police

A 31-year-old man allegedly shot dead his cousin while playing a game following a petty dispute, police said on Sunday.

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Trump humiliated as exodus of top legal experts leaves impeachment defence in chaos

DONALD TRUMP suffered a major setback in his preparations for his upcoming impeachment trial, after a number of key lawyers quit his legal team.

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Rishi Sunak set to HIKE taxes in bid to save UK economy from covid crisis

RISHI SUNAK is poised to hike capital gains and corporation taxes to help meet the massive cost of the pandemic.

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Neanderthals interbred with modern-day humans, new analysis of teeth from Jersey reveals

NEANDERTHALS native a cave on the island of Jersey may have been the offspring of Neanderthals interbreeding with modern humans, researchers have announced today after analysing a set of 48,000-year-old teeth.

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Authorities Seek To Boost Trust, Low COVID Vaccination Rates Among Black New Yorkers

Black New Yorkers' skepticism about vaccines developed at record speed to fight COVID19 means they lag behind other racial groups in inoculations to fight the pandemic that has killed more than 400,000 people in the United States, officials said on Sunday.

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Israel Extends Lockdown, Sees Delay In COVID-19 Turnaround

Israel extended a national lockdown on Sunday as coronavirus variants offset its vaccination drive and officials predicted a delay in a turnaround from the health and economic crisis.

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Melvin Capital, Squeezed by Its Bets Against GameStop, Lost 53 Percent in January

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Effort to Include $15 Minimum Wage in Relief Bill Poses Test for Democrats

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If Marjorie Taylor Greene Isn’t Beyond the Pale, Who Is?

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77 Days: Trump’s Campaign to Subvert the Election

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Black Power: Now or Never

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Captain Tom raised millions for Britain’s coronavirus response. Now he is hospitalized with Covid-19.

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Myanmar Leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Is Detained Amid Coup Fears

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Saturday, January 30, 2021

Queen to meet Joe Biden in royal charm offensive with eye on UK-US relations post-Brexit

QUEEN ELIZABETH II will lead a royal charm offensive to help cement the "special relationship" between the UK and the US, when she hosts Joe Biden at Buckingham Palace before the June G7 summit in Cornwall.

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Kate Middleton's caring video message to locked down parents - ‘Look after yourselves'

KATE, the Duchess of Cambridge, has released a warm video message to parents struggling during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Pope Francis told he must stop eating pasta and diet to cure health woes - or face surgery

POPE Francis has been told to scale back on the pasta and pizza if he wants to avoid surgery for his sciatica.

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China sets ambitious global domination bid in vaccination race with the West

CHINA has set an ambitious target of becoming the first country to vaccinate its entire population against coronavirus - as it seeks to dominate the West on the global stage.

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Black Lives Matter Movement Proposed for Nobel Peace Prize

Founded in the United States in 2013, the movement received an impetus in May after George Floyd died. A white policeman had knelt on Floyd's neck for eight minutes ignoring Floyd's pleas that he couldn't breathe.

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Clashes at French Rallies Over Law That Would Allow Lesbian Couples to Conceive Children

The biggest protest against the legislation took place in Angers, western France, where around 900 people marched, and roughly the same number rallied in favour of it.

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China Reports Biggest Rise In New Coronavirus Cases In Six Days

China reported on Sunday the biggest daily increase in new coronavirus cases in six days, driven by a jump in infections in a northeastern city.

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China Reacts with Anger as Britain Opens Visa Scheme for Millions of Hong Kongers

Britain has accused China of tearing up its promise ahead of Hong Kong's 1997 handover that the financial hub would maintain key liberties and autonomy for 50 years.

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Federal officials pause plan to vaccinate Guantánamo detainees.

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Protesters disrupt motorists from entering Dodger Stadium vaccination site.

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Live Updates: Serum Institute Hopes To Launch Covovax Vaccine By June

Serum Institute of India, the world's biggest vaccine maker, is hopeful of launching Covovax - developed in partnership with American vaccine developer Novavax - by June, its CEO Adar Poonawalla said...

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Hundreds Of Birds Culled In Kathmandu To Stop Spread Of Bird Flu

Hundreds of birds are culled in Nepali capital Kathmandu on Saturday as fresh cases of Bird-Flu (H5N8) were confirmed after several samples underwent tests in recent days.

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Coronavirus crisis: Social distancing may need to remain in place all year report warns

SOCIAL distancing restrictions may need to remain in place throughout the year to prevent a third wave of coronavirus even after much of the population has been vaccinated according to a new report.

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UK Opens Special Visa Route For Hong Kong Residents To Become Citizens

Hong Kong residents can apply from Sunday for a new visa offering them an opportunity to become British citizens after Beijing's imposition of a national security law in the Asian financial hub last year.

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