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Moderna
organizationModerna says it will ask the FDA for emergency use authorization for its low-dose COVID vaccine. Company also is seeking to have larger-dose shots cleared for older children and teens. Construction on a new manufacturing plant to be built in Victoria is expected to begin by the end of the year.
Madeleine Albright
personAlbright, born Marie Jana Korbelova, migrated from Prague to the U.S. in 1948. For decades Albright believed she was Catholic. In fact her family was Jewish and dozens of relatives were killed in the Holocaust.
Rishi Sunak
personSenior Tories unhappy that he rejected calls to axe NI rise altogether. Follows opposition to the 1.25% increase by Cabinet ministers and senior MPs. VAT rate on hospitality, food and non-alcoholic beverage sales was already set to rise to 20%. Businesses were hoping Mr Sunak was going to change his mind and keep it at the lower rate.
Rishi Sunak
personRishi Sunak announced on Wednesday that fuel duty would be cut by 5p per litre. He also pledged to cut the lowest rate of income tax by 1%. VAT on energy-saving materials will be reduced from 5% to zero for five years. Green technology will also be exempt from business rates.
Supreme Court
organizationSupreme Court threw out Wisconsin state legislative maps that were preferred by the state’s Democratic governor. Republicans had complained that Gov. Tony Evers’ maps moved too many people to create more districts with a majority of Black and Hispanic voters in violation of the Voting Rights Act. Supreme Court declines to say whether 73-year-old Justice Clarence Thomas remains in the hospital.
Ted Cruz
personRon Perlman sent a video message to Ted Cruz on Twitter in which he slammed the Texas senator for his questions at the Supreme Court confirmation hearings of Ketanji Brown Jackson. Cruz asked Jackson about her role as a board member of the Georgetown Day School. Cruz: “Babies are taught to be racist or anti-racist — there is no neutrality.”
Donald Trump
personFormer president Donald Trump withdrew his endorsement of Rep. Mo Brooks (R) in the U.S. Senate race in Alabama. Brooks is a Freedom Caucus firebrand and one of the GOP's most vocal supporters of overturning 2020 election results. Trump accused Brooks of making a 'horrible mistake' by abandoning talk of the 2020 election.
Ash Barty
personTennis star Ash Barty quits saying she is ‘spent’ Barty had initially withdrawn from Indian Wells and Miami, saying she would be back in action next month for Australia's Billie Jean King Cup. The 25-year-old won all 11 matches she had played this year, including her third Grand Slam title at the Australian Open.
Ketanji Brown Jackson
personKetanji Brown Jackson is President Joe Biden's nominee to become the first Black woman on the U.S. Supreme Court. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., brought up transgender issues in her questioning and asked Jackson, "Can you provide a definition for the word ‘woman?’" GOP strategist Greg Price noted the irony of Jackson's response.
Erik ten Hag
personErik ten Hag was the first manager to hold a formal interview with United. The Ajax boss is now the clear favourite to be handed the Old Trafford reins. United will speak to other candidates, including Paris Saint-Germain’s Mauricio Pochettino.
Alexei Navalny
personRussian court finds jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny guilty of embezzlement. Conviction could result in his prison sentence being significantly extended. Navalny is already serving a two-and-a-half year sentence for parole violations. He had pleaded not guilty to new charges of fraud and contempt of court.
Jen Psaki
personJen Psaki tested positive for COVID-19 Tuesday, she said in a statement. It is the second time Psaki, 43, has tested positive to COVID. She missed President Joe Biden's last Europe trip in October.
Tesla
organizationMr Musk will attend an opening ceremony of the €5billion (£4.17billion) Gruenheide plant alongside German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. The plant aims to eventually employ up to 12,000 people and make up to 500,000 vehicles a year.
Ketanji Brown Jackson
personKetanji Brown Jackson is under fire for her judicial views. Republicans say she is extremist and soft on crime. Democrats and Republicans disagree over whether she called George W. Bush war criminals. Sens. Marco Rubio and Marsha Blackburn are both wrong on a key issue.
Boeing
organizationWall St opens lower as oil climbs, Boeing slips after 737 crash. Energy stocks bounced, tracking Brent crude above $111 a barrel. Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 85.08 points, or 0.24%, at the open. S&P 500 opened lower by 0.02%, at 4,462.40.
Real Madrid
organizationBarcelona thrashed Real Madrid 4-0 in El Clasico at the Bernabeu. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored twice, with Ronald Araujo and former Manchester City star Ferran Torres getting the others. Luka Modric deployed as false nine behind Vinicius and Rodrygo in place of Karim Benzema.
Supreme Court
organizationPresident Joe Biden's nominee for the Supreme Court, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, faced senators Monday in the first day of hearings. If confirmed, Judge Jackson would be the first Black woman on the high court. She would take the seat of Justice Stephen Breyer, who announced in January that he would retire this summer after 28 years on the court.
China Eastern Airlines
organizationBoeing shares were down to $180.89 each on Monday morning from $192.83 at closing on Friday afternoon. China Eastern Airlines flight MU5735 was en route from Kunming to Guangzhou. It entered a near-vertical dive and plummeted almost 30,000ft in two minutes.
Ketanji Brown Jackson
personKetanji Brown Jackson, 51, currently sits on DC's federal appellate court. She'd succeed the retiring Justice Stephen Breyer, for whom she once clerked. Republicans don't intend to let her off easy, raising concerns on everything from her past work as a public defender representing Guantanamo Bay detainees.
Max Verstappen
personFerrari's Charles Leclerc won the Bahrain Grand Prix. Carlos Sainz finished second with Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton third. Red Bull's Valtteri Bottas finished fifth and Kevin Magnussen sixth.