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CategoriesNews WorldFresh from his inauguration, US president Donald Trump has wasted no time in signing off on a suite of executive orders. Among them is a direction to rename the Gulf of Mexico the ”Gulf of America”. BBC Verify’s Jake Horton asks, can the president really do that? Source link
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CategoriesNews WorldElon Musk’s appearance at a Trump rally this afternoon is garnering significant attention online over a one-armed gesture. He made the gesture while thanking supporters for contributing to Trump’s victory. Musk thanked the crowd for “making it happen”, before placing his right hand over his heart and then thrusting the same arm out into air […]
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CategoriesNews WorldMelania’s hat appeared to get in the way, when Donald Trump leaned in to kiss her. Source link
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CategoriesNews WorldSome notable figures decided to give the inauguration a miss. Barack Obama attended without his wife Michelle, who announced last week that she would not be there, despite attending Trump’s first swearing-in in 2017. Her office did not provide an explanation. Also missing was Karen Pence, the wife of former Vice President Mike Pence, with […]
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CategoriesNews WorldEvery new president begins a fresh chapter in American history. And when Donald Trump is inaugurated in a freezing Washington DC on Monday, he will be hoping to usher in a new era for this country. The ceremony in the rotunda of the US Capitol, moved indoors for the first time in decades due to […]
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CategoriesNews WorldEyewitnesses have described the moment a ski lift failed in the Spanish Pyrenees, leaving at least 10 people injured. One boy said people were “flying and pirouetting”, when the “whole chair suddenly started bouncing”. Ambulances and helicopters ferried the injured to hospital. The cause of the chair-lift failure is currently unknown. Read more: Ski lift […]
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CategoriesNews WorldOut of the 87 who died, only two have been identified, police said on Thursday, explaining that the fact that many were undocumented migrants made the process harder. “We hold the view that government has blood on its hands,” Magnificent Mndebele from the Mining Affected Communities United in Action group (Macua), told the BBC. He […]
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CategoriesNews WorldThe BBC spoke to officials from both sides of the talks to piece together how the Gaza deal was done. Source link
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CategoriesNews WorldSerious. Ominous. A “message picture”. Those are some of the descriptions of Donald Trump’s newest official portrait, captured by his chief photographer, Daniel Torok. In the photo, the president-elect wears a stern expression, eyebrow cocked. “The official portrait of the president is the most printed, most seen image of the president, ever,” former White House […]
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CategoriesNews WorldTikTokers have been saying goodbye to the app and to their “personal Chinese spy” who has allegedly been surveilling them over the years. The BBC spoke to US influencers who participated in these trends and how they feel about a possible move to Chinese app RedNote. A TikTok ban in the US is set to […]
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