Antony Blinken confirmed by Senate as Secretary of State
Senate confirms Blinken with bipartisan vote, 78 to 22
Senate confirms Blinken with bipartisan vote, 78 to 22
A senior White House official says President Joe Biden will formally call on the federal government to end its reliance on private prisons and acknowledge the central role the federal government has played implementing discriminatory housing policies
Turkmenistan's autocratic leader has established a national holiday to honor the local dog breed
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‘Unfortunately, the concept of anecdotal as opposed to science-driven information seemed to prevail’ in previous administration, NIAID director says
The violent response to lockdown measures has shocked many with the defence minister calling rioters ‘scum’, reports Rory Sullivan
Latest milestone is also more than double the death toll from the Blitz during World War Two
Scientists, politicians and celebrities had called for Danone and Harrogate Spring Water to reconsider plans to expand bottling site onto a forest planted by children
The Baywatch star also urged her followers to ‘find the strength and inspiration to follow your purpose’ and ‘not to be seduced by wasted time’
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President Joe Biden will sign an executive order directing the Department of Justice to end its contracts with privately run prisons, part of the incoming administration’s efforts to address racial injustice.
Incoming Budget Committee chairman intends to pass legislation through budget reconciliation process without Republican support
‘We risk handing perpetrators yet another tool for continuing coercion and abuse,’ warns London’s Independent Victims’ Commissioner
‘The Malaysian government seems to be sinking even deeper in its disregard for human rights’
Google searches for pregnancy-related terms are a sign of decrease
For as long as the deaths keep coming, which they will, there is nothing ignoble about making the same point over and over again: that it isn’t right to become inured to all this, writes Tom Peck
Request for higher authorisation meant Major General Walker ‘did not have that authority’ to deploy National Guard
'You're asking me to spy on this woman that I'm sharing an office with, who is on our team, when we know that this pandemic is about to be out of control?'
A top ally of Alexei Navalny is vowing to keep up the fight to free the jailed Russian opposition leader and his battle to influence this year’s parliamentary election despite a government crackdown on nationwide protests
Carrying goods across the Iran-Iraq border is how thousands make a living
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The Senate has confirmed President Joe Biden’s nominee to serve as secretary of state
A senior Russian diplomat says Moscow and Washington are making quick progress to negotiate an extension of their last remaining nuclear arms control treaty
Prime minister says he is ‘deeply sorry’
One offender claimed to be unaware of pandemic, officers say