How Newsmakers and News Hosts Are Remembering Larry King
Date: 23 January 2021
By Bryan Pietsch
Bryan Pietsch
CNN colleagues like Wolf Blitzer and Christiane Amanpour were joined by celebrities including Oprah Winfrey, Bill Clinton, Magic Johnson and Celine Dion in mourning the longtime broadcaster.
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Biden Administration Removes Trump Allies From U.S.-Funded News Outlets
Date: 23 January 2021
By Pranshu Verma
Pranshu Verma
The Trump administration had been accused of trying to turn the federally funded news agencies into partisan mouthpieces for his presidency.
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Larry King, Breezy Interviewer of the Famous and Infamous, Dies at 87
Date: 23 January 2021
By Robert D. McFadden
Robert
Over five decades, he chatted with an estimated 50,000 people from all walks of life, from presidents and pundits to swindlers and U.F.O. “experts.”
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Tens of Thousands Protest Arrest of Russian Opposition Leader
Date: 23 January 2021
By The Associated Press
Demonstrators across Russia clashed with the police on Saturday as they turned out in support of the jailed opposition leader Aleksei A. Navalny.
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Vaccine Producers Must Fulfill Supply Contracts, E.U. Official Says
Date: 24 January 2021
By Reuters
Charles Michel, president of the European Council, said the European Union would use “all legal means” to enforce the agreements pharmaceutical companies made to supply Covid-19 vaccines.
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Anti-Lockdown Protesters Clash With Officers in the Netherlands
Date: 24 January 2021
By The Associated Press and Reuters
The police used tear gas, horses and water cannons to disperse anti-government demonstrators in Amsterdam and Eindhoven in the Netherlands on Sunday, who had gathered to protest a national coronavirus lockdown.
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Israel to Halt Most Air Travel
Date: 24 January 2021
By The Associated Press
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would “hermetically” close air travel, stopping most flights in and out of the country for at least a week to try to keep out coronavirus variants.
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Chinese Miners Pulled to Surface 2 Weeks After Underground Explosion
Date: 24 January 2021
By Austin Ramzy
Austin Ramzy
At least 11 miners who were trapped 2,000 feet below ground in the blast have been rescued. Others are still missing.
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Senate Impeachment Trial to Begin Week of Feb. 8
Date: 23 January 2021
By The Associated Press
Chuck Schumer, the Senate majority leader, laid out the schedule for impeachment proceedings against former President Donald J. Trump.
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Long Lines as Beijing Starts Mass Coronavirus Testing
Date: 23 January 2021
By Storyful and Reuters
Storyful
The authorities in Beijing set up temporary testing sites after a spike in coronavirus infections. Long lines formed as the city tested nearly two million people on Friday.
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