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1. Capitol riot
2. Withuis
Two cabinet members resigned following the riot in Capitol. Transport Secretary Elaine Chao offered her resignation, saying she was “deeply upset” about the events in the Capitol. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos later resigned, saying President Trump’s role in inciting the Capitol gang was ‘the turning point’. Meanwhile, House President Nancy Pelosi and her leadership team are considering a speedy indictment process as Vice President Mike Pence and the cabinet refuse to take steps to remove Trump from office in the coming days. Pelosi, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, and other Democratic lawmakers have called on the government to call for the 25th Amendment and strip Trump of his presidential powers. Trump publicly conceded his defeat in public for the first time yesterday, acknowledging that a transfer of power was underway.
Coronavirus
The U.S. reported more than 4,000 Covid-19 deaths in a single day for the first time yesterday as more gloomy statistics piled up. In Los Angeles County, the number of people who die from Covid-19 in a day is equal to the number of deaths the city sees in an entire year. China has shut down Shijiazhuang, a city of 11 million people near Beijing, to curb the country’s worst boom in months. In Japan, Tokyo and three neighboring prefectures experienced an emergency today. Here’s some good news: A new study provides early evidence that Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine may be effective against the two new coronavirus variants, first identified in South Africa and the UK, which are now across the board. the world emerges.
4. Iran
The U.S. military has flown two B-52 bombers to the Middle East to demonstrate its “sustained commitment to regional security and aggression deterrence,” the air force said. This is the fourth kind of protest in the last two months as tension over the commemoration of the death of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani with the tension leading to the transfer of presidential power in the US. There is a great deal of concern that opponents could exploit the domestic unrest in the US, but so far there is no concrete evidence that anything is going on. Meanwhile, a judge in the Baghdad investigative court has issued a warrant for Trump who was on his way out of office over the assassination of an Iraqi paramilitary leader during the assassination of Soleimani last year.
5. Boeing
Boeing has reached a $ 2.5 billion settlement with the Department of Justice over criminal charges that the company defrauded the Federal Aviation Administration when it first received approval for its destroyed 737 Max jet. The settlement includes a $ 243.6 million fine, $ 1.77 billion in compensation payments to Boeing’s airline customers and $ 500 million in a fund to compensate family members of accident victims. The planes were grounded by the FAA in 2019 after two fatal accidents in which 346 people were killed, and the Department of Justice said Boeing was not honest about the safety and performance of its planes. The FAA re-approved the planes in November to allow passengers to fly, but not before making serious changes to the flawed safety system that caused the crashes.
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TODAY’S NUMBER
$ 91,000
That’s how much a South Korean judge ordered the Japanese government to pay damages to each of the 12 survivors of wartime sexual slavery. The girls and women who were forced into sexual acts during World War II were known as ‘comfort women’.
TODAY’S QUOTE
“The job of reuniting America, of truly repairing what is broken, is not the job of any individual politician or political party. It is up to each of us to do our part. To reach out. To reach out. And to hold fast to the truth and values that this country has always led forward. It will be an awkward, sometimes painful process. But if we continue to do so with an honest and unwavering love for our country, then maybe we can finally start healing. ‘
Former first lady Michelle Obama, in a statement on the violence on Wednesday at the US Capitol
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AND FINALLY
L’Heure acquisition
The first time I heard this work by Reynaldo Hahn, sung here by Susan Graham, I burst into tears. I hope it will give you some peace after a difficult week. (Click here to see.)