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Jill Biden thanks National Guard members with chocolate chip cookies

Jill Biden told the group that her late son, Beau, was a Delaware Army National Guard member who spent a year deployed in Iraq in 2008-09

US: Texas sues Joe Biden's administration over halt to deportations

The federal lawsuit seeks a halt to the deportation moratorium "for certain noncitizens" that was to begin Friday

US: Joe Biden orders review of domestic violent extremism threats

The announcement Friday by White House press secretary Jen Psaki is a stark acknowledgment of the national security threat that officials see as posed by American extremists

Brazil receives Covid-19 vaccine cargo from India amid supply concern

Brazil's Health Ministry announced that the vaccine, developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford, landed in Sao Paulo before being flown to Rio de Janeiro

Andy Murray pulls out of Australian Open, says he's 'gutted'

Five-time Australian Open finalist Andy Murray withdrew from the year's first Grand Slam tournament

President Biden orders review of domestic extremism threat in US

President Joe Biden has directed his intelligence community to study the threat of domestic extremism in the United States

House Speaker to send impeachment article against Trump on Monday

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to send the article of impeachment against Donald Trump to the Senate on Monday

WI vs BAN ODIs: Hasan's 4 wkts helps Bangladesh bowls out Windies for 148

Off-spinner Mehidy Hasan claimed a career-best four wickets for 25 runs as West Indies was bowled out for 148 against Bangladesh in the second One-Day International

After Trump setbacks, North Korea's Kim Jong Un starts over with Biden

The change of government could see North Korea revert to its old behavior

Google threatens to pull search engine in Australia over charging for news

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison quickly hit back, saying "we don''t respond to threats." "Australia makes our rules for things you can do in Australia," Morrison told reporters in Brisbane

European Union leaders agree to keep borders open, want to limit travels

Though worried that another surge of deaths across the EU was imminent, they could not immediately agree on whether or not to halt non-essential travel

European Union leaders call on Russia to immediately release Alexei Navalny

EU summit host Charles Michel said the leaders "expect Russia to urgently proceed with the independent and transparent investigation into the attack on his life"

US Capitol attack: Democrats ask panel to investigate senators Cruz, Hawley

Hawley and Cruz led objections in the Senate to Biden''s victory, despite the widespread recognition that the effort would fail

Covid-19 vaccine shortages in US force cancellations, postponements

Over the past few days, authorities in California, Ohio, West Virginia, Florida and Hawaii warned that their supplies were running out

National Guard troops head home after helping secure Biden inaugural

The National Guard Bureau said on Thursday that of the nearly 26,000 Guard troops deployed to DC for the inaugural, just 10,600 remain on duty

Twin suicide bombings rock central Baghdad; at least 32 dead, 100 injured

No one immediately took responsibility for the attack, but Iraqi military officials said it was the work of the Islamic State group

Some athletes shelving plans to run for Olympics amid delayed Tokyo Games

Driving to Dublin it's, well, a long way from Tipperary. Too long for Dean Gardiner, especially with a new baby and full-time university courses.

Portugal shuts schools for 2 weeks, blames variant for Covid-19 surge

"The risk of this virus spreading through society has increased," Prime Minister António Costa told a news conference

Earthquake of magnitude 5.0 shakes Cyprus; no reports of injuries, damage

Many people in Cyprus took to social media to say how strongly they felt the quake with furniture shifting and lamps swaying, especially in high-rise buildings

Amazon offers to assist President Biden with US Covid vaccine distribution

Amazon is offering its colossal operations network and advanced technologies to assist President Joe Biden in his vow to get 100 million COVID vaccinations to Americans in his first 100 days in office