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Joe Biden
personPierce O'Loughlin, 9, was found dead at his home in San Francisco on Wednesday. Arizona bill would effectively make the Grand Canyon State a "Second Amendment sanctuary" Chief Justice John Roberts reportedly wants no part of President Trump's impeachment trial. Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus package misses the mark.
Janet Yellen
personFutures tied to the S&P 500 gained 0.6%, and contracts linked to the Nasdaq-100 advanced 0.9%. Energy and industrials sectors led gains while the consumer discretionary sector lost ground. EasyJet added 2.7%. John Wood Group declined 3.1%.
Joe Biden
personEnvironmental groups celebrated the ruling by a three-member panel of the Court of Appeals. Biden is expected to ‘do the right thing regarding world affairs’ by 79 percent of Germans, 72 percent of the French and 65 percent of Britons. Trump will lift entry bans for most non-US citizens who were recently in Brazil.
Associated Newspapers
organizationThe Duchess is suing Associated Newspapers for invasion of privacy and copyright infringement. The articles featured excerpts from a handwritten letter to her dad after her marriage to Prince Harry in 2018. Meghan is seeking a summary judgment in her favor, arguing that the publisher had no real chance of winning the case.
Riley June Williams
personRiley June Williams, 22, was charged with illegally entering the Capitol, violent entry, and disorderly conduct. A person called the FBI tip line to identify Williams and claimed that she told them she planned to send the computer device to a friend in Russia. It's alleged the friend planned to then sell it to Russia’s foreign intelligence service.
Rishabh Pant
personIndia beat Australia by three wickets to win the series 2-1. Australia suffered their first defeat at the Gabba since 1988. India's 329 for seven smashed the 69-year-old record for the biggest run-chase.
Pfizer
organizationGitHub apologizes for firing Jewish employee who warned of Nazis in U.S. Capitol. Joe Biden may end Keystone XL pipeline project as one of his first acts in office. Nick Kyrgios called Novak Djokovic ‘a tool’ on Twitter after the world No 1 reportedly wrote to Australian Open organisers asking them to ease quarantine restrictions for players.
Kremlin
organizationUK government says it is "deeply concerned" by the arrest. Navalny, 44, was returning to the country five months after he was almost killed. In August, he collapsed on a plane flying from Tomsk in Siberia to Moscow. Russian officials allowed him to be airlifted to Germany in an induced coma. He was treated following a poisoning that he had blamed on the Kremlin.
Lionel Messi
personBarcelona lose 3-2 to Athletic Bilbao in Spanish Super Cup final. Inaki Williams' goal in extra time gave Athletic the lead. Antoine Griezmann had given Barca the lead before Oscar De Marcos equalized. Lionel Messi was sent off for the first time in his club career.
Athletic Bilbao
organizationBarcelona lost 3-2 to Athletic Bilbao in the Spanish Super Cup final. Inaki Williams' goal in extra time gave Athletic the lead. Antoine Griezmann and Oscar De Marcos scored for Barca. Asier Villalibre scored for the visitors.
Barcelona
organizationLionel Messi was sent off in Barcelona's 3-2 defeat to Athletic Bilbao. Referee Jesus Gil Manzano has opened up on his red card decision. Barcelona are reportedly planning to appeal the decision. Lionel Messi is expected to leave Barcelona when his contract expires.
Drew Brees
personTampa Bay Buccaneers beat New Orleans Saints 30-20 in NFC divisional playoff game. Four Saints turnovers, including three interceptions by Drew Brees, were the difference. Buccaneers will face Aaron Rodgers and Packers in NFC championship game on Jan. 24.
Patrick Mahomes
personKansas City Chiefs beat Cleveland Browns 22-17 to reach AFC Championship. Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes knocked out of game with concussion. Chiefs and Buffalo Bills will meet in Super Bowl on Feb. 7.
Alexei Navalny
personKremlin critic Alexei Navalny was detained when returning to Russia for the first time since a suspected poisoning by the FSB last year. Moscow’s prison service has applied to convert a suspended three-and-a-half year embezzlement sentence. Navalny has for years campaigned against alleged corruption in Russia's political elite. He was hauled into the Moscow police station on Monday after allegedly being denied access to his lawyers.
Vladimir Putin
personNavalny was detained at a Moscow airport on Sunday after spending five months in Germany recovering from nerve agent poisoning. The 44-year-old has violated parole terms from a suspended sentence on a 2014 embezzlement conviction. His allies say he was denied access to a lawyer during the hearing.
Samsung Electronics
organizationLee Jae-yong, the de facto head of South Korea's giant Samsung group, was sent to jail on Monday. He was found guilty of bribery involving the country's former president Park Geun-hye.
Alexei Navalny
personRussian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was detained at a Moscow airport after returning from Germany. The prison service said he was detained for multiple violations of parole and terms of a suspended prison sentence. Navalny had spent the previous five months in Germany recovering from a nerve agent attack. He says the case that he says was trumped up could see him jailed for 3-1/2 years.
Liverpool
organizationManchester United and Liverpool draw 0-0 at Anfield on Sunday. United remain top of the Premier League, two points ahead of Leicester. United are now unbeaten in 12 league games for the first time since Alex Ferguson retired.
Kremlin
organizationKremlin critic Alexei Navalny detained by Russian police at passport control. Plane carrying Navalny Sunday landed at a different Moscow airport than had been scheduled. Navalny announced his decision to return from Germany this week, saying he missed Moscow.
NRA
organizationNRA filed for Chapter 11 protection in federal bankruptcy court in Dallas. Gun rights group said it plans to reincorporate in Texas to escape "a corrupt political and regulatory environment" in New York. Move comes just months after New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit to dissolve the NRA.