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Nadine Dorries
personCulture Secretary appeared affronted when asked when she last spoke to PM. She shrugged, looked quizzically into her webcam, and replied: "Why?" Comes amid rising anger over a clip of comedian Jimmy Carr's most recent Netflix special.
Liz Cheney
personHouse Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger's congressional careers are effectively over. RNC formally censured the two Republicans on Friday. Resolution accuses them of "participating in a Democrat-led persecution of ordinary citizens" Resolution passed on a voice vote as 168 members of the RNC gathered in Salt Lake City.
Vladimir Putin
personRussia's largest oil producer Rosneft said on Friday its new oil deal with China was worth $80 billion. Putin announced a new 30-year contract to supply 10 billion cubic meters of natural gas per year to China.
RNC
organizationReps. Liz Cheney (Wyo.) and Adam Kinzinger (Ill.) are on the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. The action marks the first time in history that the RNC has censured sitting lawmakers of its own party.
Michael Avenatti
personMichael Avenatti was convicted Friday of swiping nearly $300,000 in book-advance money from his then-client Stormy Daniels. He faces a maximum of 22 years in prison for his conviction on wire fraud and aggravated identity theft charges. Sentencing was set for May 24.
Adam Kinzinger
personReps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger censured by the Republican Party. They sit on the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. Resolution accuses them of “participating in a Democrat-led persecution of ordinary citizens”
Amir Locke
personAmir Locke, 22, was shot and killed by a Minneapolis police SWAT team member during a no-knock-warrant raid on his apartment on Wednesday. Locke's family said he had no criminal record and had a legal permit to carry a weapon. The officer involved in the shooting has been placed on administrative leave, as per policy, pending the investigation.
DUP
organizationDUP's Paul Givan is understood to have written a letter standing down. Decision will effectively collapse power-sharing government between DUP and Sinn Fein. Northern Ireland Assembly will be paralysed ahead of the May 5 elections.
Meta Platforms Inc.
organizationNewly-renamed Meta is investing heavily in its futuristic “metaverse’ project, but for now, relies on advertising revenue for nearly all its income. So when it posted sharply higher costs but gave a weak revenue forecast late Wednesday, investors got spooked. The stock was down 24% in Thursday morning trading and on track to log its worst single-day percentage decline on record.
Meta Platforms
organizationFacebook-owner Meta Platforms' dour forecast sent its stock plummeting. Meta shares sank 26.4%, wiping around more than $200 billion off its market value. The decline in market capitalization was the largest ever recorded by a U.S. company.
CNN
organizationRadar Online, a popular gossip site, claimed that Zucker pushed CNN chief media correspondent and anchor of Reliable Sources Brian Stelter to drag the site in his popular newsletter. Media critics have been calling for Stalter to be fired because of his 'rant' about Radar and because he failed to report the 'open secret' affair between Zucker and Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer Allison Gollust.
Robin Thicke
personFormer New York mayor and adviser to Donald Trump unmasked on show. Two judges - Ken Jeong and Robin Thicke - walked off the set in protest. Episode with Giuliani will not be aired until next month.
Islamic State
organizationAbu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi was “taken off the battlefield,” some speculated that the Islamic State (IS) leader didn’t even exist. President Joe Biden confirmed the death of the leader of the Islamic state in an operation by US military.
ISIS
organizationU.S. special operations forces conducted a large-scale counterterrorism raid in northwest Syria overnight. Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, the current leader of ISIS, was "taken off the battlefield" in the operation. Thirteen are believed to have died, including six kids and four women.
Keir Starmer
personPM has been criticised for falsely saying Sir Keir Starmer failed to prosecute Jimmy Savile. Johnson has backtracked to an extent but has refused to apologise for the claim. Munira Mirza, one of the PM’s most trusted lieutenants, has walked out.
Mark Zuckerberg
personMeta's stock fell 26%, erasing more than $200 billion in the biggest ever single-day market value wipeout for a U.S. company. Zuckerberg told staff to focus on short-form video feature Instagram Reels.
Ofgem
organizationOfgem confirmed it will hike its energy price cap from April 1. Move will affect 22 million households and follows a 12% rise in October. Those on default tariffs will see an increase of £693. Prepayment customers will be worse hit, with a rise of £708.
Jimmy Savile
personMunira Mirza, 44, has worked with the PM for 14 years, including when he was mayor of London. She quit over his use of a “scurrilous’ Jimmy Savile smear.
Edwin Poots
personPaul Givan is expected to announce his resignation by the end of the week. His colleague Edwin Poots has ordered a halt to agri-food checks at Northern Ireland's ports. European Commission has said the decision by Mr Poots to stop the checks creates “further uncertainty and unpredictability’
Ken Jeong
personRudy Giuliani is said to have been revealed on The Masked Singer in the US. Judges Ken Jeong and Robin Thicke walked off the set in protest. Giuliani is accused of leading a scheme to overturn the 2020 election.