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Pardon Me! Republican Senators Warn Trump Against Pardons for Allies, Family and Himself

In this photo taken with permission from the Twitter feed of @jawadburhan98, police officers attend the scene of a large explosion, Thursday Dec. 3, 2020

Live Updates: Major Incident Declared as Blast ‘Involving Chemical Tank’ Rocks Bristol Suburb

Former Vice President Joe Biden, participates in a Democratic presidential primary debate at CNN Studios in Washington, Sunday, March 15, 2020

Project Veritas Reveals Tapes Allegedly Exposing How CNN Buried Biden Bombshell Stories

Centrifuge machines in Natanz uranium enrichment facility

Iran Speaks of Right to Reduce Nuke Deal Commitments Over EU's 'Failure to Comply With Obligations'

France's former President, Valerie Giscard d'Estaing, in 1980

Why Giscard d’Estaing Might Be Mourned More in Berlin Than in Paris

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Last update: 17:35 GMT 03.12.2020
17:35 GMT 03.12.2020
US
Bias, Lies, and Fakes: Six Times When CNN Suffered Fiasco in Recent Years
The self-styled "guerrilla journalism" group Project Veritas has recently started to release leaked tapes of recorded morning briefings involving top CNN executives, promising to unveil over 50 conference calls by Christmas, revealing “more evidence of Jeffrey Adam Zucker’s manipulation of the news to fit his own world view".
Last update: 15:33 GMT 03.12.2020
15:33 GMT 03.12.2020
US
United States Imposes Sanctions on Shahid Meisami Group in Iran, Treasury Department Says
The move is another attempt by the White House to put pressure on the Tehran. Reports say President Donald Trump wants to drown Tehran in sanctions in order to make it difficult for Democrat Joe Biden, who is projected to win the 2020 presidential election, to return the United States to the JCPOA agreement, commonly known as the Iran nuclear deal.
Last update: 13:54 GMT 03.12.2020
13:54 GMT 03.12.2020
US
Census Bureau May Be Unable to Release Data for New Congress Buildup Before Trump Leaves, Leaks Say
The Census Bureau reportedly spotted a suite of irregularities in this year's population count, which made the timeline for the census results "fairly fluid”, as acting Solicitor General Jeffrey Wall put it the other day.
Last update: 13:34 GMT 03.12.2020
13:34 GMT 03.12.2020
World
US Tightens Visa Limits on Chinese Communist Party Officials Amid Spike in US-China Trade Tensions
The measures come after US secretary of state Mike Pompeo said in November the US was "not finished yet" with China, calling the nation's ruliing party a "Marxist-Leninist monster" that was "authoritarian, brutish and antithetical to human freedom".
Last update: 13:35 GMT 03.12.2020
13:35 GMT 03.12.2020
Society
Bill Clinton Did Visit Jeffrey Epstein's 'Paedophile' Island, Claims Ex-President's Top Adviser
The 42nd president of the United States is just one of the many high-profile figures the disgraced financier maintained ties with. According to Epstein's flight logs, Clinton flew more than a dozen times on the billionaire's private plane, where his alleged victims claim the sexual abuse took place.
Last update: 11:50 GMT 03.12.2020
11:50 GMT 03.12.2020
Society
EU Budget Crunch: George Soros Changes Mind on European Perpetual Bonds, Doubts Bloc's Future
The Hungarian-American investor has stressed that lenders will eagerly buy bonds from entities whose long-term existence and prosperity are certain, which is not currently the case with the EU. However, such a goal "is worth striving for", Soros acknowledged.
Last update: 14:42 GMT 03.12.2020
14:42 GMT 03.12.2020
Viral
Actress in Ariana Grande Music Video Accused of Uploading Child Porn
This is not the first time that the actress, Gabi DeMartino, has found herself in hot water. Last year she was criticised for furthering stereotypes about black women having masculine features after she and her sister released a video in which African-American singer Normani was portrayed by a man.
Last update: 15:53 GMT 03.12.2020
15:53 GMT 03.12.2020
Society
Great Pyramid of Giza Was Built Differently Than Previously Believed, Engineer Says
The common quarry theory suggests millions of huge limestone blocks were transported from a location a few kilometres away from the Giza Plateau and assembled one by one by over 20,000 labourers.