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A farewell to @realDonaldTrump, gone after 57,000 tweets

Saturday, 9 January 2021, 10:51 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

@realDonaldTrump, the Twitter feed that grew from the random musings of a reality TV star into the cudgel of an American president, has died. It was not quite 12 years old.  The provocative...

Biden calls Trump 'unfit' but doesn't endorse impeachment

Saturday, 9 January 2021, 09:11 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

President-elect Joe Biden says that President Donald Trump isn't “fit for the job,” but he repeatedly refused to endorse growing Democratic calls to impeach him a second time. House...

President Trump won't attend Joe Biden's inauguration

Friday, 8 January 2021, 18:51 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

President Donald Trump said Friday he won’t attend President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on Jan. 20, undercutting his message a day earlier that he would work to ensure a “smooth,...

EU regulators OK increasing doses from virus vaccine vials

Friday, 8 January 2021, 15:33 Last update: about 7 years ago

The European Union's drug agency on Friday approved doctors drawing one more dose from each vial of the coronavirus vaccine made by Pfizer-BioNTech, in a move that — combined with the purchase...

Pfizer study suggests vaccine works against virus variant

Friday, 8 January 2021, 13:26 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

New research suggests that Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine can protect against a mutation found in two highly contagious variants of the coronavirus that erupted in Britain and South...

Biden blames Trump for violence at Capitol that's shaken US

Friday, 8 January 2021, 08:21 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

President-elect Joe Biden has denounced the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol as “domestic terrorists” and he blamed President Donald Trump for the violence that has shaken the nation's...

World leaders appalled by US rioting, urge peaceful transfer

Thursday, 7 January 2021, 07:03 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Teargas and bullets in the U.S. Capitol building. Outrage and condemnation from leaders across the world. “What is happening is wrong,” New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said...

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