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Members of the US Congress and former Senate Intelligence Chairman announced renewed legislation calling for the declassification of a 28 page chapter of the Joint Intelligence Committee report

15:18 GMT 06 March 2021 / updated: 15:18 GMT US

Record-Breaking Open Vote in Senate Sees Dems Scramble to Push Through Biden’s COVID-19 Relief Bill

Third stage of Israeli space launch vehicle Shavit

Iran Asks Why Israel Gets Preferential Treatment With IAEA Despite Its Arsenal of Nukes

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An official carries a Union Jack flag ahead of a news conference by Britain's Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union David Davis and European Union's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier in Brussels, Belgium July 20, 2017

Welsh First Minister Claims 'The UK is Over' as Calls for Independence Grow

The wind blows Pope Francis's mantle as he speaks at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil during the World Youth Day on July 25, 2013. The first Latin American and Jesuit pontiff arrived in Brazil mainly for the huge five-day Catholic gathering World Youth Day. On the fourth day of his visit to Brazil and borne along by adoring crowds, Pope Francis waded into the country's ramshackle slums and onto the front line of its fierce national battle over poverty and corruption, before going to the much wealthier district of Copacabana for his welcome by the youth.

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Viral
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Last update: 15:37 GMT 06.03.2021
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Latin America
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Last update: 13:47 GMT 06.03.2021
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US
Russia Effectively Halts Confirmation of Biden Pick for CIA Chief as Senators Squabble Over Nord Stream 2
On Wednesday, 40 GOP senators wrote President Biden a letter demanding new sanctions against Nord Stream 2. The lawmakers claimed that a failure to impose the restrictions would allow Russian President Vladimir Putin to “gain a stranglehold over Europe’s gas supplies.”
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Life
Jordan Peterson Makes TikTok Debut With Poetry Rendition
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Last update: 04:12 GMT 06.03.2021
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World
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Asia & Pacific
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Society
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