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Stacey Abrams
personLast month, the Senate voted 50-49 in favor of starting debate on the "the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act" In the 2018 election, she was the first Black woman from a major party to be a nominee for governor in the US.
Supreme Court
organizationJustices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett showed their cards. Neither showed any appetite for incremental steps or half-measures. Liberal justices argued vociferously that if the court were to change abortion protections, it would erode public confidence. A decision on the Mississippi case is expected by late June.
WTA
organizationWTA bans all events taking place in China. Announcement comes after Peng Shuai made allegation of sexual assault against top Chinese official. European Union calls on China to provide "verifiable proof" of Peng's well-being.
Brian Kelly
personBrian Kelly agreed to a contract extension with Notre Dame before the 2020 season. Kelly is getting a 10-year contract that will pay him at least $9.5 million per year. With incentives, Kelly could earn upwards of $100 million over the course of the contract.
UK antitrust watchdog blocks Facebook's acquisition of GIF-sharing site Giphy. It says the deal hurts social media users and advertisers by stifling competition. Facebook has indicated that it will appeal the decision.
Moderna
organizationDrugmaker Moderna set off fresh alarm bells in financial markets. Firm's chief warned that COVID-19 vaccines are unlikely to be as effective against the Omicron variant as they have been against the Delta version. Losses accelerated after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell told Congress that high inflation will persist until the middle of next year.
Richard Moore
personHead of MI6 said he has no James Bond-style Aston Martin and his pen emits nothing more exotic than green ink. Despite admitting he 'did some skulking' in his career, he insisted it was a long way from 'colourful' popular image of spy tradecraft.
Robyn Rihanna Fenty
personBarbados is now an independent state after removing The Queen as head of state. Rihanna was on hand to witness the historic moment inaugural president Dame Sandra Mason was sworn in.
Donald Trump
personPeter Bergen says he might succeed, at least temporarily, in muzzle testimony from someone who apparently communicated with Trump about his corrupt efforts. Trump is the first president since Herbert Hoover nearly a century ago to lose the House, the Senate and the White House during a single term.
CNN
organizationCharlotte Bennett, a former New York state employee and the second woman to accuse now-ousted Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment, is calling on CNN to fire its embattled anchor Chris Cuomo. Bennett said "anything short of firing Chris Cuomo" shows CNN lacks "both morals and a backbone" Fox News contributor Newt Gingrich said CNN's Chris Cuomo "has got to go"
NATO
organizationNATO worried about Russian buildup of heavy equipment and troops near Ukraine’s northern border. Ukraine says Russia kept about 90,000 troops near their common border following massive war games in western Russia. Russia denied the allegation and rejected the assertion that it is planning to invade Ukraine.
Chris Cuomo
personNewt Gingrich: 'By any reasonable journalistic standard, Chris Cuomo has to go. He lied to his viewers' Newly released documents reveal CNN's Chris Cuomo was more involved with his big brother's sexual misconduct scandal than previously known. Cuomo appeared on his 9 p.m. ET show on Monday night, only a few hours after the bombshell documents were released, and went about his business as if nothing was going on.
Andrew Cuomo
personChris Cuomo, who hosts Cuomo Prime Time on the network, was revealed on Monday to have had extensive communications with the crisis team working for his embattled brother, former New York governor Andrew Cuomo. Cuomo returned to the CNN anchor chair last night for his show and ignored the revelations that emerged in transcripts and exhibits released by Attorney General Letitia James hours earlier.
Tiger Woods
personTiger Woods says he won't play full-time golf again. The 15-time major winner hopes to 'pick and choose a few events a year' The 45-year-old would love to feature in The Open in 2022.
AWS
organizationAWS has introduced its latest machine learning chip, the Trn1. The Graviton 3 will be 25 percent faster and use 60 percent less power. Oracle provides data analytics to the Red Bull Racing team.
Notre Dame
organizationBrian Kelly is expected to take over at LSU. He is the winningest coach in Notre Dame history with 113 wins. He will replace Ed Orgeron, who left for LSU in October.
Josephine Baker
personU.S.-born entertainer, anti-Nazi spy and civil rights activist Josephine Baker was inducted into France's Pantheon on Tuesday. She is only the sixth woman to be immortalized, joining the likes of Victor Hugo, Marie Curie, Jean Jacques Rousseau and Voltaire.
Giphy
organizationUK competition watchdog orders Facebook to sell off Giphy. Facebook bought the GIF-sharing search engine last year for a reported $315m (£236m)
Stéphane Bancel
personStéphane Bancel, CEO of drugmaker Moderna, says existing vaccines are unlikely to be as effective against the Omicron variant as they have been against Delta. His comments have hit Asia-Pacific stocks, and the oil price, just a day after markets had stabilised. News has knocked risk-sensitive currencies, with the Australian dollar dropping to a one year low.
Lauren Boebert
personRep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado was harshly criticized for making anti-Muslim comments. She likened Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota Democrat, to a bomb-carrying terrorist. It was not immediately clear whether House Democrats would seek to punish Boebert.