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Lewis Hamilton
personRed Bull's Max Verstappen claims pole position for Bahrain Grand Prix. Dutchman beats defending champion Lewis Hamilton by three-tenths of a second. Hamilton qualifies second ahead of team mate Valtteri Bottas. Sebastian Vettel is third in the drivers' standings.
Dominion Voting Systems
organizationDominion Voting Systems says Fox News intentionally aired false allegations that its software rigged the election. Fox says it will "vigorously defend against this baseless lawsuit in court" Fox is facing a separate $2.7 billion lawsuit by unaffiliated voting system Smartmatic.
Supreme Court
organizationSupreme Court rules Asda workers are entitled to compare themselves to workers at the group's distribution centres. Law firm Leigh Day is representing 44,000 current and former Asda shop floor workers in the equal pay claim. If the Supreme Court rules in favour of the employees it would be a victory for a huge number of women.
Brian Kemp
personGeorgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed a sweeping voter suppression bill into law on Thursday in a closed-door ceremony attended by fellow white Republicans. The bill also prohibits the use of drop boxes starting four days before an election, shortens the voting period for runoff races and sharply curtails early voting. There are currently 253 similar bills in 43 states, according to the Brennan Center for Justice think tank.
Fox News
organizationDominion Voting Systems is the second voting tech company to sue Fox News. The company is seeking $1.6 billion in damages and expenses for security and combating a 'disinformation campaign' Fox News has similarly denied the claims.
H&M
organizationSome physical stores are closing and signs are being taken down in response to the backlash. Chinese foreign ministry dismisses Nike and H&M accusations of forced labor in Xinjiang.
Johnny Depp
personHigh Court judge Andrew Nicol ruled in November that allegations against Depp were “substantially true’ The judge ruled Mr Depp, 57, assaulted Ms Heard, 34, on a dozen occasions. Depp sought to challenge the ruling by lodging an application for permission to appeal at the Royal Courts of Justice. On Thursday, a judge refused his application and said his appeal had "no real prospect of success"
Hearing is taking place via video call, led by Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee. President Trump will launch his own social media service in the next two or three months, an adviser says.
Mark Zuckerberg
personMark Zuckerberg testified Thursday in front of a joint session of two House subcommittees. Representatives repeatedly returned to the Jan. 6 siege of the U.S. Capitol in their questioning.
The model, TV personality, author and entrepreneur joined the social network in May 2009. Teigen amassed more than 13.7 million followers over the years.
Chrissy Teigen
personThe Cravings author, 35, confirmed she was leaving the social media site. Teigen previously took a break from Twitter in 2014 after facing a torrent of vitriol.
Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa
personAhmad Al Aliwi Alissa, 21, is charged with 10 counts of murder in the first degree and one count of attempted first-degree murder. Jody Waters, 65, Tralona Bartkowiak, 49, and Lynn Murray, 62, were among those gunned down inside the store. Boulder Police officer Eric Talley, 51, and Neven Stanisic, 23, were also shot dead in the massacre. Alissa was pictured leaving the store handcuffed and bloody following the rampage and was booked into the Boulder County Jail today.
Elon Musk
personElon Musk tweeted that SpaceX will land Starship rockets on Mars "well before 2030" He urged Europe to aim higher with its rocket technology to keep up in the space race. Musk said China will be Tesla's biggest market.
Tesla
organizationCEO Elon Musk announced the move on Twitter. The automaker invested $1.5 billion in Bitcoin last month. Bitcoin stock was up nearly 2.5% in early trading.
Kamala Harris
personVice President Joe Biden said he could think of “nobody who is better qualified to do this’ The migration challenge is the first issue Biden has publicly asked Harris to lead.
Boris Johnson
personForeign travel due to restart no earlier than May 17 but he was more pessimistic. Threat of Scottish independence has long been the issue that most threatens Boris Johnson’s premiership. Home Secretary Priti Patel dodged today when asked about Mr Johnson's 'greed' remarks.
Zara Tindall
personThe Queen's granddaughter, 39, gave birth on Sunday evening. Mike shared the news on his podcast The Good, The Bad and The Rugby. The baby boy, Lucas Philip, is the Queen's 10th great-grandchild.
Angela Merkel
personAngela Merkel has performed a U-turn on plans to put Germany under a hard lockdown over Easter. The German chancellor described the decision to close churches and shops over a five-day period as a mistake. Support for Merkel's conservatives has slumped three percentage points in a week to its lowest in over a year.
Moncef Slaoui
personMoncef Slaoui, 61, is accused of 'wholly inappropriate' behaviour. He was hired to lead former president Donald Trump's 'Operation Warp Speed' Christopher Corsico will take over as board chairman.
Derek Draper
personKate Garraway allowed cameras into her home to document her family’s life. Her husband Derek Draper has spent almost a year in hospital. Kate has no plans to step down from her day job in order to provide round the clock care for Derek when he is released from hospital.