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During the first press conference of his presidency, Biden said that his administration is sending back “the vast majority of families that are coming” over the US-Mexico border. Axios reports that only 13 percent of families were sent back in the past week.
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Germany will enter a strict shutdown for five days over Easter amid surging virus rates, Chancellor Angela Merkel and regional leaders agreed Tuesday as criticism mounted over the government’s handling of the pandemic.
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According to the UN human rights office, at least 18 people were killed and several others were injured after police and military forces “confronted peaceful demonstrations, using lethal force” in multiple locations in Myanmar on Sunday.
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The ride-hailing taxi app has lost its final appeal against an employment tribunal brought by two former drivers. Britain’s highest court ruled that the company must classify drivers as workers, entitling them to a minimum wage and other benefits, with potential implications for the wider gig economy.
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The ongoing protests of contentious agriculture laws to deregulate the farming sector gained some international momentum with Tweets from both Rihanna and climate activist Greta Thunberg.
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Canada’s Public Safety Minister Bill Blair announced on Wednesday that the Canadian government is declaring the Proud Boys a terrorist entity, along with 12 other new groups.
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Health officials in South Carolina announced on Thursday that they have discovered two cases of the COVID-19 variant initially detected in South Africa.
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January 27 is the 76th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp, when 7,000 prisoners of the German Nazi camp were liberated by the soldiers of the Soviet Army.
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Johnson and Biden spoke for 35 minutes by phone on Saturday, during which the UK prime minister expressed his hopes of “deepening the longstanding alliance between our two countries as we drive a green and sustainable recovery from COVID-19.”
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Remarkable footage has emerged from Russia on Saturday, showing protesters in Moscow hurling snowballs at police in riot gear. Across the country, tens of thousands of protesters have gathered in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
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