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  • Russell Dawson of the Koomurri Aboriginal Dancers participates in a smoking ceremony during Australia Day ceremonies in Sydney, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
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    Russell Dawson of the Koomurri Aboriginal Dancers participates in a smoking ceremony during Australia Day ceremonies in Sydney, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
  • People protest against new anti-abortion laws near the ruling Law and Justice party headquarters in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, Jan. 29, 2021, after the country's top court confirmed its highly divisive ruling that will further tighten the predominantly Catholic nation's strict anti-abortion law. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
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    People protest against new anti-abortion laws near the ruling Law and Justice party headquarters in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, Jan. 29, 2021, after the country's top court confirmed its highly divisive ruling that will further tighten the predominantly Catholic nation's strict anti-abortion law. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
  • People clash with police during a protest against the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021. Police on Saturday arrested hundreds of protesters who took to the streets in temperatures as low as -50 degrees Celcius (-58 degrees Fahrenheit) to demand the release of Alexei Navalny, the country's top opposition figure. Navalny, President Vladimir Putin's most prominent foe, was arrested on Jan. 17 when he returned to Moscow from Germany, where he had spent five months recovering from a severe nerve-agent poisoning that he blames on the Kremlin. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
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    People clash with police during a protest against the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021. Police on Saturday arrested hundreds of protesters who took to the streets in temperatures as low as -50 degrees Celcius (-58 degrees Fahrenheit) to demand the release of Alexei Navalny, the country's top opposition figure. Navalny, President Vladimir Putin's most prominent foe, was arrested on Jan. 17 when he returned to Moscow from Germany, where he had spent five months recovering from a severe nerve-agent poisoning that he blames on the Kremlin. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
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  • Police form a barricade against protesting farmers as they march in Mumbai, India, Monday, Jan. 25, 2021. Farmers have been protesting to press the Indian government to suspend contentious agricultural reform laws. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
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    Police form a barricade against protesting farmers as they march in Mumbai, India, Monday, Jan. 25, 2021. Farmers have been protesting to press the Indian government to suspend contentious agricultural reform laws. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
  • In this long exposure photo, Norway's Petter Overby scores past Iceland's Viktor Gisli Hallgrimsson during the World Handball Championship between Iceland and Norway in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, Pool)
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    In this long exposure photo, Norway's Petter Overby scores past Iceland's Viktor Gisli Hallgrimsson during the World Handball Championship between Iceland and Norway in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, Pool)
  • Capitol Police officers talk in the Capitol Rotunda on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday evening, Jan. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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    Capitol Police officers talk in the Capitol Rotunda on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday evening, Jan. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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  • Patti Herring sorts through the debris of her home in Fultondale, Ala., on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021, after it was destroyed by a tornado. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)
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    Patti Herring sorts through the debris of her home in Fultondale, Ala., on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021, after it was destroyed by a tornado. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)
  • Workers bury a man as family members watch in the special section of the Jombang cemetery opened to accommodate the surge in deaths during coronavirus outbreak in Tangerang, Indonesia, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. Indonesia has reported more cases of the virus than any other countries in Southeast Asia. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
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    Workers bury a man as family members watch in the special section of the Jombang cemetery opened to accommodate the surge in deaths during coronavirus outbreak in Tangerang, Indonesia, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. Indonesia has reported more cases of the virus than any other countries in Southeast Asia. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
  • People look at mountains recently covered with snow, Monday, Jan. 25, 2021, at the Red Rock National Conservation Area near Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
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    People look at mountains recently covered with snow, Monday, Jan. 25, 2021, at the Red Rock National Conservation Area near Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
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  • A tree lies across a small creek after a heavy snow fall in the Taunus region near Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
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    A tree lies across a small creek after a heavy snow fall in the Taunus region near Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
  • A Shariah Law official uses a rattan cane to whip one of two men convicted of gay sex in Banda Aceh, Aceh province, Indonesia, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. Neighbors reported them to the Shariah Police in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province, and they were caned 77 times each. (AP Photo/Riska Munawarah)
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    A Shariah Law official uses a rattan cane to whip one of two men convicted of gay sex in Banda Aceh, Aceh province, Indonesia, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. Neighbors reported them to the Shariah Police in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province, and they were caned 77 times each. (AP Photo/Riska Munawarah)
  • A couple share a blanket as they watch the sunrise in front of the Mediterranean Sea in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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    A couple share a blanket as they watch the sunrise in front of the Mediterranean Sea in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Russell Dawson of the Koomurri Aboriginal Dancers participates in a smoking ceremony during Australia Day ceremonies in Sydney, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
People protest against new anti-abortion laws near the ruling Law and Justice party headquarters in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, Jan. 29, 2021, after the country's top court confirmed its highly divisive ruling that will further tighten the predominantly Catholic nation's strict anti-abortion law. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
People clash with police during a protest against the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021. Police on Saturday arrested hundreds of protesters who took to the streets in temperatures as low as -50 degrees Celcius (-58 degrees Fahrenheit) to demand the release of Alexei Navalny, the country's top opposition figure. Navalny, President Vladimir Putin's most prominent foe, was arrested on Jan. 17 when he returned to Moscow from Germany, where he had spent five months recovering from a severe nerve-agent poisoning that he blames on the Kremlin. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Police form a barricade against protesting farmers as they march in Mumbai, India, Monday, Jan. 25, 2021. Farmers have been protesting to press the Indian government to suspend contentious agricultural reform laws. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
In this long exposure photo, Norway's Petter Overby scores past Iceland's Viktor Gisli Hallgrimsson during the World Handball Championship between Iceland and Norway in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, Pool)
Capitol Police officers talk in the Capitol Rotunda on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday evening, Jan. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Patti Herring sorts through the debris of her home in Fultondale, Ala., on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021, after it was destroyed by a tornado. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)
Workers bury a man as family members watch in the special section of the Jombang cemetery opened to accommodate the surge in deaths during coronavirus outbreak in Tangerang, Indonesia, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. Indonesia has reported more cases of the virus than any other countries in Southeast Asia. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
People look at mountains recently covered with snow, Monday, Jan. 25, 2021, at the Red Rock National Conservation Area near Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
A tree lies across a small creek after a heavy snow fall in the Taunus region near Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
A Shariah Law official uses a rattan cane to whip one of two men convicted of gay sex in Banda Aceh, Aceh province, Indonesia, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. Neighbors reported them to the Shariah Police in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province, and they were caned 77 times each. (AP Photo/Riska Munawarah)
A couple share a blanket as they watch the sunrise in front of the Mediterranean Sea in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

JAN. 23 - 29, 2021

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  • Kremlin critic Navalny moved to penal colony outside Moscow to serve jail term

    Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has been transferred to a penal colony outside Moscow to serve his prison sentence, a public commission said on Sunday, weeks after he returned to Russia after being poisoned. Navalny's whereabouts had been unknown since Thursday when his allies learned that he was transferred out of one of Moscow's most infamous jails to an undisclosed location. He has been transferred to a penal colony in the Vladimir region, the Moscow Public Monitoring Commission that defends the rights of prisoners and has access to people in custody, said on its website.

  • Israel to vaccinate Palestinian labourers against COVID-19

    Israel will administer COVID-19 vaccines to Palestinians who work in Israel or in its settlements in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli liaison office COGAT said on Sunday. The vaccination campaign, which could apply to around 130,000 Palestinians, will begin within days, COGAT said. Shaher Saad, secretary-general of the Palestinian Workers' Union, said thousands of Palestinians who work in the Israeli service and industrial sectors had already been vaccinated privately by their employers inside Israel.

  • Heavy Snow Falls in Minneapolis–Saint Paul Metropolitan Area

    Heavy snow falling in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area was forecast to cause “rapidly deteriorating” road conditions in Minnesota on Sunday, February 28, the National Weather Service (NWS) said.The NWS said “very heavy snow” was moving across the Twin Cities region, with one to three inches of accumulation expected.Quinn E Casey said this footage was filmed on Sunday morning in White Bear Lake, a city in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area. Credit: Quinn E Casey via Storyful

  • Trump to proclaim himself as the future for Republicans in speech

    Former President Donald Trump on Sunday will declare himself the dominant figure in the fractured Republican Party and attack President Joe Biden in his first major appearance since leaving the White House nearly six weeks ago. "I stand before you today to declare that the incredible journey we began together four years ago is far from over," Trump will tell the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida, according to speech excerpts released by his team. "We are gathered this afternoon to talk about the future --the future of our movement, the future of our party, and the future of our beloved country," he will add.

  • Late Tadic penalty keeps Ajax in control of title race

    Dusan Tadic netted an injury-time penalty to secure Ajax a 1-1 draw at second-placed PSV Eindhoven on Sunday to stay six points clear at the top of the Eredivisie.

  • Sri Lanka hires Tom Moody as cricket director

    Sri Lanka hired former Australia international Tom Moody as its cricket director on Sunday in a move to revamp the struggling national team. Sri Lanka Cricket said Moody was appointed on the advice of the board's cricket committee.

  • US children could receive vaccine by year-end: Fauci

    The United States could start vaccinating older children against Covid-19 by the fall and younger ones by year-end or early 2022, the White House's top pandemic advisor Anthony Fauci said Sunday.

  • Here's what Arashi's members are up to during their hiatus

    Arashi, one of the most successful J-pop idol groups, officially entered hiatus since the start of this year. After almost two months have passed, what are the five guys up to with their solo careers?

  • Italy reports 192 coronavirus deaths on Sunday, 17,455 new cases

    Italy reported 192 coronavirus-related deaths on Sunday, while the daily tally of new infections declined to 17,455, the health ministry said. Italy has registered 97,699 deaths linked to COVID-19 since its outbreak emerged in February last year, the second-highest toll in Europe after Britain and the seventh-highest in the world. There were 131 new admissions to intensive care units, down from 163 on Saturday.

  • Dannii Minogue reveals heartbreaking reason she's looking forward to turning 50

    "Each year when I have a birthday I think about when my sister was very sick."

  • Fraud overwhelms pandemic-related unemployment programs

    With the floodgates set to open on another round of unemployment aid, states are being hammered with a new wave of fraud as they scramble to update security systems and block scammers who already have siphoned billions of dollars from pandemic-related jobless programs. The fraud is fleecing taxpayers, delaying legitimate payments and turning thousands of Americans into unwitting identity theft victims. Fraud perpetrators, sometimes in China, Nigeria or Russia, buy stolen personal identifying information on the dark web and use it to flood state unemployment systems with bogus claims.

  • Quick-fire Lukaku helps Inter pull seven points clear

    Romelu Lukaku scored after 33 seconds and then set up a second as Inter Milan beat Genoa 3-0 to extend their lead at the top of the Serie A table on Sunday.

  • Israeli police break up Purim celebrations

    Drawn from the biblical Book of Esther's account of how the Jews were spared genocide in ancient Persia, Purim is commemorated with the wearing of all kinds of fancy dress costumes, donating food for feasts - and drinking to excess.But this year, Israel, which began emerging from its third national lockdown on Feb. 21, reimposed night curfews for the long Purim weekend and limited access to Jerusalem.Purim parties were banned, with fines for anyone hosting them. That led to spontaneous street parties in Tel Aviv. Police commander Ziv Saguy said they were giving out 200 fines an hour.Long traffic jams formed on the road to Jerusalem as police tried to stop large groups of reaching the holy city for the festival. Some people ditched their vehicles and walked up the highway instead.Some ultra-Orthodox have also defied state-ordered closures of schools and synagogues, touching off clashes with police.

  • Chadwick Boseman, Olivia Colman and Others Who Could Set Golden Globe Records This Year

    This year’s Golden Globe Awards will be singular in a lot of ways, from its live-virtual hybrid to the fact that virtually all of its movie awards will go to films that premiered on VOD or streaming services. In virtually every category, the movie that wins will be the lowest-grossing movie ever to win in that category. You can thank the COVID-inspired theater closings for that. Here are some other records that might be broken Sunday night: • If “Nomadland” or “Promising Young Woman” wins Best Motion Picture – Drama, it would be the first movie directed by a woman to win in the category, and the second to win in either of the best-picture categories. (The first was Barbra Streisand’s “Yentl,” which won in the Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy category in 1984.) • If Chloe Zhao (“Nomadland”), Regina King (“One Night in Miami”) or Emerald Fennell (“Promising Young Woman”) wins best director, it’ll be the second time that award has gone to a woman, after Streisand for “Yentl.” Also Read: 'Mank,' 'The Crown' Lead 2021 Golden Globe Nominations - The Complete List • If Zhao wins Best Director, she would be the first Asian woman to win, and the second Asian person after Ang Lee (who won in 2001 and 2006). • If King wins, she would be the first Black winner of either sex in the category. • If Zhao or Fennell wins, it would be the fourth consecutive year that the award has gone to a director not born in the U.S.A., as well as the fifth time in six years and the sixth time in eight years. The other winners were Sam Mendes from the U.K. and Alfonso Cuaron, Guillermo del Toro and Alejandro G. Inarritu from Mexico. • If Chadwick Boseman wins in the Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama category for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” he would become the second posthumous best-actor winner, after Peter Finch for “Network” in 1977. If he wins in the Best supporting Actor in a Motion Picture category for “Da 5 Bloods,” he would become the second posthumous winner in that category, after Heath Ledger for “The Dark Knight” in 2009. Also Read: Watch Chadwick Boseman's Widow Tearfully Accept His Gotham Award: 'Keep Shining Your Light on Us' • If Sacha Baron Cohen wins in the Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy category for “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” and in the Best Supporting Actor category for “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” he’d be the fifth person, and the first man, to win two acting awards in the same year, and the third person and first man to win two film acting awards in the same year. Sigourney Weaver won film awards for “Working Girl” and “Gorillas in the Mist” (in a three-way tie) in 1988 and Kate Winslet won for “The Reader” and “Revolutionary Road” in 2009, while Joan Plowright in 1993 and Helen Mirren in 2007 each won one film award and one television award – Plowright for “Enchanted April” and “Stalin,” Mirren for “The Queen” and “Elizabeth I.” • If Olivia Colman wins for both “The Father” and “The Crown,” she’ll become the fifth actress to win two acting Globes at the same show, and the third to win in a film and a TV category. • Those two wins for Colman would also make her the only person to win five acting Globes in only five nominations. (It took Ed Asner 11 nominations to get to five wins, which would be the second quickest.) • If Colman only wins in one of those two categories, she’ll still have four wins in fewer nominations than any other actor. • If Baron Cohen he wins for “Borat,” he’ll be the second actor to win Globes for two different film performances as the same character, after Peter O’Toole for performances as King Henry II in 1964’s “Becket” and 1968 “King Henry II.” He would be the first to do so in the comedy categories. • If Maria Bakalova wins for “Borat,” she’ll be the first Bulgarian actor or actress to win a Golden Globe. (She’s the only one ever nominated.) She’ll also be the first Eastern European actress to win. Also Read: Maria Bakalova on Her 'Completely Insane' Journey From Bulgaria to 'Borat' • If Helena Zengel wins Best Supporting Actress for “News of the World,” she’d be the youngest winner in any current Golden Globes category, beating Claire Danes, who was 15 when she won for “My So-Called Life.” But Zengel would not be the youngest winner ever, because Ricky Schroder won in the now-defunct New Star of the Year in a Motion Picture – Male category when he was 9, for “The Champ.” • If Anthony Hopkins wins for “The Father,” he’d become the oldest Globe acting winner ever, at 83. The current oldest is Henry Fonda for “On Golden Pond,” at 76. The oldest winner in any category is Ennio Morricone, who won for his score to “The Hateful Eight” when he was 87. • If Viola Davis wins for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” it’ll be her second Globe win, which will tie her with Denzel Washington, Whoopi Goldberg, Louis Gossett Jr., Gail Fisher, Don Cheadle and Bill Cosby for the most wins for any Black actor. • If Davis wins Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama for playing Ma Rainey, or if Andra Day wins for playing Billie Holiday in “The United States vs. Billie Holiday,” it’ll be the second consecutive win for an actress playing a real-life singer, after Renee Zellweger’s win last year for playing Judy Garland in “Judy.” • If “Hamilton” wins for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, it’ll be the first filmed record of a stage production to win that award (as opposed to a theatrical musical restaged for the screen, many of which have won). It’ll also be the first winner in the category that isn’t eligible for the Academy Awards. • If Andra Day (“The United States vs. Billie Holiday”) or Leslie Odom Jr. (“One Night in Miami”) win for acting and for Best Original Song, it’ll be the first time a person has won in both categories since Barbra Streisand did it for “A Star Is Born” in 1977. • If “Minari” wins the award for Best Foreign Language Film, it’ll be the first winner in that category from the United States since Clint Eastwood’s “Letters From Iwo Jima” in 2007. • If “Music” wins for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, it’ll set a record for the lowest Rotten Tomatoes score (11%) for any Globes best-picture winner ever. And by the way, this year’s Globes won’t set a record for the smallest audience or the weirdest show — because in 2008, the ongoing Writers Guild of America strike caused the HFPA to cancel the show and instead announce the awards during a 32-minute press conference. Read original story Chadwick Boseman, Olivia Colman and Others Who Could Set Golden Globe Records This Year At TheWrap

  • Spurs need Bale to keep shining: Mourinho

    Jose Mourinho admits Tottenham will need Gareth Bale to reproduce the dazzling display that destroyed Burnley after the Wales forward netted twice in Sunday's 4-0 win.

  • Lukaku takes seconds to score as Inter thump Genoa to extend Serie A lead

    Inter Milan moved seven points clear at the top of Serie A on Sunday as Romelu Lukaku scored after 32 seconds and bagged an assist in a 3-0 win over midtable Genoa. The Belgian striker drove through the heart of the visiting defence and fired in his 18th league goal of the season to register his club’s second fastest Serie A strike since Opta started taking records in 2004. Lukaku teed up Matteo Darmian for Inter’s second after 69 minutes and was again involved for their third, when his shot was saved but headed in on the rebound by substitute Alexis Sanchez.

  • Bale double helps Tottenham crush Burnley

    Gareth Bale produced his most impressive performance since returning on loan to Tottenham Hotspur with two goals in his side's 4-0 win over Burnley in the Premier League on Sunday. He then set up Harry Kane for Tottenham's second after 15 minutes before Lucas Moura made it 3-0 before halftime. Bale then claimed his second of the game with a clinical finish after 55 minutes as Tottenham returned to form in the league having lost five of their previous six games.

  • Watch D’Angelo Duet With H.E.R., Method Man, Redman and Himself in Unconventional Verzuz Team-Up

    When Verzuz announced on Valentine’s Day that the reclusive R&B superstar D’Angelo, who has been under the radar since his brief tour in support of 2014’s “Black Messiah” album, would come out of his lair to perform with unnamed “Friends” at Harlem’s historic Apollo Theater on February 27, the Internet immediately lit up with speculation […]

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    The simple tape trick has proved popular on TikTok...