WASHINGTON – The Biden administration on Friday added a layer of sanctions to a Russian vessel and the shipowner for their work on a new gas pipeline from Russia that is strongly opposed in the U.S.

and eastern Europe. But the move was immediately criticized as inadequate by senior Republican lawmakers who noted the administration had not penalized any additional companies or individuals for work on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.

They also said the new sanctions were redundant as they duplicate existing penalties that the Trump administration had imposed on the pipelaying ship Fortuna and its owner KVT-RUS in January.

The sanctions were announced in a report submitted to Congress by the State Department late Friday night, three days after a

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Depleted Raptors hand Rockets 10th straight loss

TAMPA, Fla. – Norman Powell scored 30 points, Kyle Lowry had a triple-double and the depleted Toronto Raptors beat the Houston Rockets 122-111 on Friday night.

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Covid vaccination: Over 1.37 cr doses administered in India, says Centre

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N.L. premier criticized over election amid growing frustration

Newfoundland and Labrador Liberal Leader and incumbent Premier Andrew Furey is under fire for mixing politics with public health. As Ross Lord reports, critics say Furey’s presence at the province’s COVID-19 briefings is helping his reelection campaign.

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Durham remains special counsel overseeing Trump-Russia probe

WASHINGTON – U.S. Attorney John Durham said Friday that he will resign from his position as the top federal prosecutor in Connecticut but is remaining as a special counsel to oversee the Justice Department's investigation into the origins of the Russia probe that shadowed Donald Trump’s presidency,

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Evidence conflicts over efficacy of monoclonal antibodies in severe COVID

The New England Journal of Medicine yesterday published two studies on the effectiveness of the interleukin-6 receptor antagonists tocilizumab and sarilumab in severely ill adult COVID-19 patients, one finding a benefit to a combination of the two drugs and the other showing no benefit with tocilizumab alone.

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McConnell says he would ‘absolutely’ support Trump if he’s GOP nominee for 2024 election

Sen. Mitch McConnell in an interview on Fox News Channel on Thursday said he would “absolutely” support former president Donald Trump should he become the Republican party’s nominee in 2024.

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Thirteen further countries added to 'high-risk' list

Another thirteen countries have been added to the Government's list of 'high-risk' category.

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‘Disgraceful’: Concerns raised over threats targeting Dr. Bonnie Henry

COVID-19 restrictions have taken a toll on those around her.“It really is not acceptable and what I find most disturbing is how it impacts the people I work with,” she said at a press conference on Thursday.In September, Henry said she had to have security in her home and had been targeted with death threats, along with abusive letters and phone calls to staff.Since then, B.C. has seen tighter COVID-19 restrictions that have been met with public protests, many of which featured signs and messages targeted at Henry.

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Berlin man convicted over threat to blow up British hospital

BERLIN – A 33-year-old Italian man was convicted Friday of attempted extortion for threatening to blow up a British National Health Service hospital unless he was paid off with 10 million pounds ($13.2 million) in crypto currency.

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WATCH LIVE: Gov. Ron DeSantis, first lady make announcement at Amway Center

ORLANDO, Fla. – Gov. Ron DeSantis and First Lady Casey DeSantis will be making an announcement in Orlando Friday morning.

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CPAC 2021 speakers on Friday include Sen. Rick Scott, Trump Jr.

ORLANDO, Fla. - The Conservative Political Action Conference, also known as CPAC, is underway in Central Florida with a number of high-profile conservatives scheduled to take the stage this weekend.All the speeches culminate with former President Donald Trump's appearance on Sunday, which will be his first public appearance since leaving office more than one month ago.The conference is being held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Orlando with thousands of conservatives from around the country in attendance. Friday marks the second day of CPAC with Attorney General Pam Bondi, Senator Rick Scott, Texas Senator Ted Cruz, and Donald Trump, Jr. all scheduled to take the stage. RELATED: 'Florida got it right' Gov. DeSantis touts state's pandemic

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Maharashtra reports over 8,000 COVID-19 cases for third straight day

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GPs expect vaccination of all over 50s in NI by end of April

The Chair of the British Medical Council's GP Committee in Northern Ireland has said he believes all people over 50 will be vaccinated by late April, as he described the vaccination programme in the North as a "great success to date".

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Florida FWC votes to ban ‘high-risk’ reptiles as snake lovers protest and beg for mercy

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Thursday voted unanimously for a set of rules that would ban owning or breeding six types of pythons, the green anaconda and nine other “high-risk” reptiles, News 6 partner Florida Today reports.

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CPAC 2021 speakers on Friday to include Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Trump Jr.

ORLANDO, Fla. - The Conservative Political Action Conference, also known as CPAC, is underway in Central Florida with a number of high-profile conservatives scheduled to take the stage this weekend.All the speeches culminate with former President Donald Trump's appearance on Sunday, which will be his first public appearance since leaving office more than one month ago.The conference is being held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Orlando with thousands of conservatives from around the country in attendance. Friday marks the second day of CPAC with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Attorney General Pam Bondi, Senator Rick Scott, Texas Senator Ted Cruz, and Donald Trump, Jr.

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Billie Eilish opens up about her mental health battles and meteoric rise to superstardom in new documentary

SITTING cross-legged on her brother’s bed, Billie Eilish looks like any other angst-ridden teenager as she angrily scrawls in a notebook. But these are not words of frustration at unrequited love or a row with friends.

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Once the mainstream model, Michigan GOP embraces right wing

LANSING, Mich. – Josh Venable, a longtime Michigan GOP operative and chief of staff to former U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, can trace the arc of the state's Republican Party clearly.

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People with SARS-CoV-2 antibodies may have low risk of future infection: Study

SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes covid-19, may have protection against future infection for a few months, a research published in the JAMA Internal Medicine showed.The findings could have important public health implications, including decisions about returning to physical workplaces and schools, and prioritising vaccine distribution.Also Read | The limits to India’s privatization pushResearchers from the National Institutes of Health, US, in collaboration with two health care data analytics companies, HealthVerity and Aetion, Inc, and five commercial laboratories obtained antibody test results for more than 3 million people who had a SARS-CoV-2 antibody test between January 1 and August 23, 2020.This represented more than 50% of the

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North Korea Covid rules force Russian diplomats to leave by hand-pushed trolley

North Korea's coronavirus restrictions left a group of Russian diplomats and their families using a hand-pushed trolley to leave the hermit state.

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Asia Today: 1st vaccines reach arms in S. Korea, Hong Kong

South Korea administered its first available shots of coronavirus vaccines to people at long-term care facilities Friday, launching a mass immunization campaign that health authorities hope will restore some level of normalcy by the end of the year.

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Covid-19 update: India clocks in 16,577 new infections, active cases rise again

Covid-19 across the country in the last 24 hours, showing a slight decline in new reported cases. The country had seen 16,738 fresh infections on Thursday.With this, the total number of cases in India has reached 1,10,63,491.The country also saw 120 deaths due to the disease in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative toll to 1,56,825.

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University of Delaware has seen over 200 COVID-19 cases this week

NEWARK, Del. - The University of Delaware is tightening its coronavirus restrictions and urging students to reduce time indoors with others amid an explosion of new coronavirus cases on campus over the last two days. According to the school's website, more than 140 new infections have been reported since Tuesday.

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India has provided over 361 lakh doses of Covid-19 vaccine to other countries so far: MEA

anti-Covid vials have so far been sent to various countries from India, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Thursday.While 67.5 lakh doses of the total vaccines have been supplied as grant assistance, 294.44 lakh on commercial basis, according to MEA spokesperson Anurag Srivastava.Also Read | The limits to India’s privatization push"The supply of vaccines to countries will continue in the coming weeks and months in a phased manner but it will be ensured that domestic requirements for the national vaccination programme are kept in mind," said Srivastava.He said India has also offered locally-made vaccines to all members of the diplomatic corps and their families based in the country."It has been offered not only to the diplomats

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Man stabbed over social distancing dispute in Nanaimo, B.C., speaks out

physical distancing turned violent in Nanaimo, B.C. on Wednesday.Nanaimo RCMP said it happened around 6 p.m.

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Former Montreal mayor Denis Coderre faces backlash over COVID-19 vaccine appointment tweet

COVID-19 vaccination appointment for his senior parents was ill-received by the public on Thursday.Coderre personally thanked Health Minister Christian Dubé and his team for helping him with a technical issue with the booking, saying the situation was resolved for him in under two minutes.Je tiens à saluer le ministre @cdube_sante et son équipe (notamment Sarah-Maude) ce matin. Il y avait problème informatique pour prendre rendez-vous pour la vaccination de mes parents et ils ont réglé la situation en moins de deux.

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Liberals questioned over reports two travellers allegedly sexually assaulted during mandatory hotel quarantine

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland and Health Minister Patty Hadju faced tough questions in the House of Commons on Thursday following news that the Public Health Agency of Canada is launching an investigation and reviewing its practices after two returning travellers were allegedly sexually assaulted during their mandatory quarantine periods.

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Coronavirus: Guelph area health unit already vaccinating seniors over 80

COVID-19, despite the provincial officials saying that wouldn’t happen until the third week of March.Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health says it is still following the provincial prioritization process but the agency appears to be ahead of schedule. Ontario lays out COVID-19 vaccine timeline for seniors Medical officer of health Dr.

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Ontario lacked updated pandemic response plan before COVID-19 hit: province’s top doctor

COVID-19 began cutting a deadly swath through the province last spring, a public commission was told.In testimony before the panel released on Thursday, the province’s chief medical officer of health, Dr. David Williams, denied responsibility for the shortcoming.

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US shifts state grant focus to extremism, cyberthreats

WASHINGTON – State and local governments will be required to spend a portion of nearly $1.9 billion in annual federal public safety grants on the fight against domestic extremism and improved cybersecurity, the Department of Homeland Security said Thursday.

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All Florida Publix locations will offer COVID-19 vaccine

All Florida Publix locations will soon be offering COVID-19 vaccines to those who are eligible to get them.

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Mandatory masks for elementary students in Quebec red zones will ‘lower risk’ of COVID-19 outbreaks

coronavirus and variants.The province made the official announcement Thursday after the news began circulating Wednesday as the break for schools looms.Dr. Horacio Arruda, director of Quebec public health, described the measure as “preventive” to protect students, teachers and the community in regions that have been hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.“There is a new thing in the equation of the disease in Quebec, which is the new variants, which are more transmissible,” he told reporters during a press conference in Montreal.

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Bus drivers and teachers aged over 50 should get Covid jabs at half-empty Etihad, says Andy Burnham

direct to your inboxBus and taxi drivers and teachers over the age of 50 should be given Covid jabs at the half-empty mass vaccination centre at the Etihad, say local leaders.Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, has repeated calls on the government to give local authorities greater flexibility over how to use spare capacity at the site.Covid jabs are said to be ‘sitting in fridges’ as people belonging to the four groups on the government's vaccine priority list are waiting to be called by their local GP instead.They include care home residents and staff, health and social workers, over 70s and above and people aged 65 and under who are at a higher risk of the virus.Mr Burnham said there was ‘frustration’ around the lack of takeup

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Former Michigan Gov. Granholm confirmed as energy secretary

WASHINGTON – Former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm won Senate confirmation Thursday to be President Joe Biden’s energy secretary. The vote was 64-35.

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Maharashtra reports over 8,000 new Covid-19 cases for second straight day

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Kremlin critic Navalny sent to prison outside Moscow

MOSCOW – Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been sent to a prison outside Moscow to serve his sentence, his lawyer said Thursday, a move that comes despite a demand by Europe's top human rights court for his release.

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Covid-19 cases on rise, cabinet secretary to schedule review meet with 7 states

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HSE 'concerned' over high movement levels in community

HSE Chief Executive Paul Reid has said while there is "room for optimism" due to the vaccination roll-out, the HSE "remains concerned" at the high level of movement across the community.

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Developing nations at risk of debt crisis due to Covid-19: World Bank head

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University of Delaware has seen over 140 COVID-19 cases since Tuesday

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Breaches of Covid rules see over 9,000 fixed charge notices issued

Over 9,000 fixed charge notices have been issued to date for breaches of Covid-19 rules, Minister for Justice Helen McEntee has told the Dáil.

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Kamloops student sent home from school over dress code concerns

A Kamloops grade 12 student was sent home from school over concerns about dress code infractions. But she says her attire did not violate the dress code, and she’s being punished for other people’s behaviour. John Hua reports

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Fraudsters offer 400 million 'ghost' Covid vaccines in EU: officials

BERLIN/BRUSSELS : Fraudsters have offered 400 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines worth some 3 billion euros to European Union countries, two officials, showing how criminals seek to capitalise on a botched inoculation campaign weighing on the bloc's economic recovery.EU leaders will discuss by videoconference on Thursday how to protect their 450 million citizens from new, more contagious variants of the coronavirus, ensure stable vaccine deliveries, ramp up production and update jabs to counter new strains.Two officials with the bloc's executive European Commission estimated that around 400 million doses of "ghost" vaccine had been offered by fraudsters at a price of up to €3 billion ($3.67 billion)."There is a really large quantity," one

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Electric Reliability Council of Texas under investigation starting Thursday following storm outages, says Gov. Abbott

Starting Thursday, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) will be under investigation by state legislature following the snow storm that left much of the state without power, said Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday evening.

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GMB's Dr Hilary urges caution over boozy festivals and clubs as Covid 'still a problem'

Good Morning Britain star Dr Hilary Jones has shared his concerns about the return of packed festivals and the re-opening of nightclubs this summer, ahead of coronavirus lockdown restrictions being lifted across the country.

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Watchdog reviews complaint about FBI surveillance warrant

WASHINGTON – The Justice Department's internal watchdog is reviewing a former Boeing engineer's allegations that he was unfairly investigated by the FBI on suspicion that he was spying for China, according to correspondence and court filings reviewed by The Associated Press. It's the latest challenge related to secretive surveillance powers used in some terrorism and espionage cases.

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India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
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