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BioNTech
organizationWall St inches higher at open after encouraging vaccine update. All three indexes closed higher. S&P 1500 Airlines index touched its highest point since Nov. 24. Pfizer and BioNTech said their three-shot course of the vaccine was able to neutralize the new Omicron variant.
Joe Root
personEngland bowled out for 147 in their first innings before tea on day one of the first Ashes Test in Brisbane. Rory Burns was bowled by Mitchell Starc on the first ball of the innings. David Malan and Joe Root both fell shortly after. England captain Joe Root was caught at first slip for a duck. Ben Stokes was dismissed for five in his Test return to Australia.
Boris Johnson
personDouglas Ross says 'party' is 'unforgivable' and calls for PM's resignation. MSP for Moray says 'no-one should continue in their post' for misleading parliament. Backbenchers make their anger clear to party whips after being contacted by constituents.
Bipin Rawat
personBipin Rawat, India’s chief of defence staff, was killed in a helicopter crash. The 23-year-old Russian-built helicopter slammed into a wooded slope. Rawat is seen as close to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Allegra Stratton
personAllegra Stratton resigned as the Prime Minister's spokeswoman over leaked footage. It showed Number 10 advisers joking about a Christmas party. Mr Johnson said he was 'furious' to see No 10 staff making light of lockdown measures. Scotland Yard is set to probe the exchanges which took place.
Yusaku Maezawa
personJapanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa blasted into space for a 12-day trip. The 46-year-old fashion magnate and art collector will reach the ISS in about six hours. He is also set to become the first private passenger on the SpaceX moon trip in 2023.
Keir Starmer
personPM said he was'sickened and furious' at clip of staff laughing about party. But he denied all responsibility, and continued to claim he was told rules were followed. Ex-No10 aide Dominic Cummings said the PM would need 'a f***ing dead cat army'
Amazon Web Services
organizationAmazon Web Services, the cloud computing unit of Amazon, suffered a major outage on Tuesday. Thousands of users were unable to access huge portions of the internet, including a broad range of apps. Over 13,000 Amazon users are reporting outages within the website as of December 7, 2021.
the New England Patriots
organizationNew England Patriots beat Buffalo Bills 14-10 on Monday Night Football. Patriots leaned heavily on their ground game out-gaining the Bills 229 to 99 in yards rushing. Damien Harris scored on a 64-yard run in blustery conditions.
White House
organizationWhite House correspondent Emerald Robinson will not have her contract renewed when it ends in January. U.S. will not send government officials to the 2022 Winter Olympics due to China's human rights "atrocities," the White House said on Monday. Beijing threatened unspecified "countermeasures" against any diplomatic boycott.
Raphael Marshall
personPM branded claims he personally intervened to order evacuation of animals 'nonsense' Claims made by former Foreign Office official Raphael Marshall. Government falsely claimed each request for evacuation was logged. Thousands of emails – including many sent by MPs – went unread.
Champions League
organizationLiverpool host AC Milan at the San Siro (8pm kick-off) Reds have already qualified to the Last 16 and are aiming to make it six wins out six tonight. Manchester City are the 3/1 favourites with Betfair ahead of Bayern Munich at 7/2 and Liverpool at 11/2.
Champions League
organizationManchester City lost 2-1 to RB Leipzig in their final Champions League group game. Kyle Walker was shown a straight red card for fouling Andre Silva. Pep Guardiola refused to reveal what he said to Walker after the match. CLICK HERE for all the latest Manchester City news.
the Foreign Office
organizationRaphael Marshall said soldiers had to be drafted in for desk work. Claims thousands of pleading emails were opened, but not dealt with. Jobseekers have complained of weeks-long wait times.
the Buffalo Bills
organizationN’Keal Harry was expected to use his head when fielding a punt on Monday night. The oft-criticized former No. 1 pick used his facemask, instead. New England ran the ball 46 times for 222 yards and a touchdown.
Dominic Raab
personFormer FCDO desk officer Raphael Marshall estimated over 95 percent of people who applied to be evacuated were unable to flee Afghanistan. Tory MP Tom Tugendhat said Mr Marshall’s account revealed the Foreign Office put ‘bureaucracy over humanity’ Dominic Raab defended his role amid criticism he was slow to make decisions.
Mark Meadows
personMeadows' attorney, George Terwilliger, informed the committee on Tuesday that his client would not be appearing for a deposition. Meadows is seen as a key witness to Trump's role in efforts to stop the certification of President Joe Biden's election win.
Vladimir Putin
personUS Sen. Menendez Preparing ‘Mother of All Sanctions’ on Russia in Case of Ukraine Invasion. CIA Director William Burns said that the United States has observed a build-up of Russian troops near Ukraine. Moscow is holding new military drills involving 500-plus tanks while insisting it has no plans to invade its neighbour.
Max Verstappen
personMercedes' Lewis Hamilton won the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix in Jeddah. Red Bull's Max Verstappen finished second despite being hit with two time penalties totalling 15 seconds. The pair are now level on 369.5 points with just one Grand Prix left in Abu Dhabi.
Brian Kemp
personFormer U.S. senator David Perdue announced Monday that he will run for governor of Georgia. Perdue will challenge incumbent Brian Kemp, the secretary of state, in what is expected to be an ugly race. Trump has been pushing Perdue to challenge Kemp, whom he has blasted for not helping him overturn the 2020 election results.