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Former policeman Derek Chauvin, accused of murdering African American George Floyd, is being trialed in Minneapolis. The prosecutor and lawyer presented the basic arguments of their lines of conduct during the trial.more

Mr Markle also appeared on Good Morning Britain the day after the couple's interview.more

Czech billionaire Petr Kellner, owner of investment group PPF, has died in a helicopter accident in Alaska, the New York Times reported on Monday. more

To speed up the state’s reopening efforts, New York has unveiled a new pass. It’s a way for people to present proof of a negative COVID test or a vaccination when attending larger events like pro sports matches or concerts.more

Anthony Fauci has been saying that the country needs to vaccinate 70% to 85% of the population to reach herd immunity from Covid-19. But he inexplicably ignores natural immunity. If you account for previous infections, herd immunity is likely close at hand - the "Wall Street Journal" reports.more

A gunman has killed 10 people, including a police officer, following an hours-long stand-off at a grocery market in the US state of Colorado.more

Large-scale clinical trials in the US have shown that the British AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine has 79 percent. effectiveness in the prevention of the symptomatic form of this disease and 100 percent. protects against its severe course - the company informed.more

Former President Donald Trump is planning to launch his own social-media platform within the coming months, longtime Trump adviser Jason Miller said during a Sunday appearance on Fox News "Media Buzz."more

Amazon has announced that it will start offering telemedicine-related services throughout the United States. It will be the first initiative of the internet giant in the area of health services.more

British media reports that Meghan Markle is in talks with senior Democrat politicians about her possible run in the US presidential election.more

A group of consumers has filed a lawsuit against Google in a US court, pointing out that the global giant collects personal data even if users use the so-called privacy control. A Google spokesman explains the "confusion" by the fact that most people do not fully understand what incognito mode is.more

In the US, the National Weather Service had issued a warning for a winter storm, saying that it expects 18 to 24 inches of heavy snow to fall in Denver and Boulder from Saturday afternoon through Sunday night.more

A California father-of-three was sentenced on Thursday to 212 years in federal prison for intentionally driving his ex-wife and two autistic sons off of a wharf, and drowning the children to collect on accidental death insurance policies he had taken out on them.more

Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, stretched his net worth to $100 billion on Thursday, making him the sixth richest person in the world. more

AccuWeather forecasters on Wednesday continued tracking the potential for a monster snowstorm to pound the Denver area in the coming days and possibly become one of the biggest snowstorms in the Mile High City's history.more

The European Commission announced the completion of negotiations with the United States on the division of WTO tariff quotas in trade in agricultural products. The agreement had to be renegotiated after Great Britain left the Community. The EU will keep part of the current quotas. The agreement concerns, inter alia, trade in beef, poultry, rice, dairy products, fruit, vegetables and wine.more

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced that fully vaccinated Americans can return to some sense of normalcy. Those who have received the required jabs can visit with other vaccinated people and some unvaccinated people, according to the new guidelines.more

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle delivered a devastating indictment of the U.K. royal family in their conversation with Oprah Winfrey: Both said unnamed relatives had expressed concern about what the skin tone of their baby would be. And they accused "the firm" of character assassination and "perpetuating falsehoods."more

The US and the UK are considering introducing new sanctions against Russia - for using banned chemical weapons against the oppositionist Alexei Navalny. The possible options include: hitting the oligarchs or restrictions on Russian public debt.more

A woman from Meriden, Kansas, bought her first lottery ticket four days after her 18th birthday. She hit the main prize in the amount of 25 thousand. dollars - reported the organizer of the Kansas Lottery.more

British Prince Harry, in a published excerpt from an interview with Oprah Winfrey, said he feared that the story with his mother, Princess Diana, would repeat itself and that leaving the royal family was "incredibly difficult" for him and his wife.more

The winner of the 78th edition of the Golden Globes, the awards of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, was the series "The Crown" on Sunday, which won four awards. "Nomadland" and "Another Film About Borat" won two each, and the Korean-language Minari was the best foreign film.more

Donald Trump says he has no plans to launch a new political party, telling a conservative conference in Florida that it would split the Republican vote. In his first speech since Democrat Joe Biden became president, he also hinted that he might run for office again in 2024.more

Prince Harry says he stepped back from royal duties because the UK press was "toxic" and was "destroying" his mental health. more

Two separate teams of researchers said this week they have found a worrying new coronavirus variant in New York City and elsewhere in the Northeast that carries mutations that help it evade the body's natural immune response - as well as the effects of monoclonal antibody treatments.more