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Biden-Trump transition
Saturday
16 January 2021
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Planners have been forced to be inventive after the deadly pandemic and now last week’s Capitol insurrection dictated a pared-down event -
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A slew of aides have deserted the president and the Pentagon has decided not to hold an armed forces farewell tribute -
The first woman and first south Asian to hold the office will be key to securing Biden’s legislative agenda in a Senate split 50-50
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Headlines
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Trump’s Operation Warp Speed led to vaccines in record time but was a communications and logistical ‘failure’, experts say -
Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stepped up removals of Africans and could send a final flight on Tuesday
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Experts were not surprised that officers were part of the mob, given the ties between some police and white supremacist groups in recent years -
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Critics condemn ‘callous betrayal’ after Trump officials set in motion transfer of Oak Flat in Arizona to Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton
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Death toll reaches 2 million people; UK shuts travel corridors and requires negative tests to enter; German vaccine officials forced to guess who is eligible from names -
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County has seen 898% increase in cases since surge began in November, with 1,125% increase in deaths, official says -
Country of 1.3 billion people hopes to vaccinate 300 million citizens by August
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Spotlight
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His skills as a fixer are finely honed – but they cannot restore a pre-Trump normality. As president, Biden’s private self, shadowed by loss, must come into its own -
Twenty-five years after his Booker prize‑winning novel was published, Swift reflects on how his story of a dark day trip to Margate became a celebration of life -
Away from the vitriol, researchers are investigating concrete steps companies, officials and the rest of us can take to tackle the crisis
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Nearly two-thirds of congressional Republicans made themselves complicit in Trump’s lie by voting to overturn the election, even after a deadly riot -
Editorial: These have been 10 days that shook America and the world. Congress has made the right response
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Victoria Azarenka, Sloane Stephens and Kei Nishikori confined to hotel rooms after two people on chartered flight test positive -
Cleveland are looking to shock the Super Bowl champions, while there is a battle of veteran quarterbacks down in New Orleans
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As the celeb-stuffed show returns for a final season, we look at what makes it such a hit on both sides of the Channel -
His skills as a fixer are finely honed – but they cannot restore a pre-Trump normality. As president, Biden’s private self, shadowed by loss, must come into its own
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Charges so far include hurling fire extinguisher at officer and beating another with flagpole -
Facing a financial bind, the San Francisco Art Institute has considered selling the 1931 work, a testament to the power of labor -
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New leader of centre-right CDU will run for chancellor in September, or have a big say in who does -
PM Mark Rutte will stay on in caretaker capacity until general elections scheduled for 17 March
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Gen Salvador Cienfuegos was arrested last October for allegedly shielding a conspiracy to smuggle drugs into the US -
Despite growing alarm from intelligence agencies, no far-right group has been designated as a terrorist organisation in Australia -
Child was buried at beginning of first century surrounded by vases and animal offerings -
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From a thatched cottage to glass and steel, they are all far away from city life -
The new biopic Stardust takes a wry look at the star’s first attempt to break America in 1971. Here’s how he went on to define his own style in the decades that followed -
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