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Former top Johnson adviser: Early UK COVID-19 response was disaster Joseph Choi © Getty Former top Johnson adviser: Early UK COVID-19 response was disaster Dominic Cummings, a former chief adviser to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, reportedly said in a series of since-deleted tweets on Saturday that the British governments early response to the COVID-19 pandemic was a "disaster." "If wed had the right preparations + competent people in charge, we wd probably have avoide...

Former US ambassador calls Putin a coward after Navalnys lawyer arrested Lexi Lonas © Getty Former US ambassador calls Putin a coward after Navalnys lawyer arrested A former U.S. ambassador to Russia called Russian President Vladimir Putin a "coward" after police in Moscow arrested opposition leader Alexei Navalnys lawyer. Michael McFaul, who served as ambassador to Russia for two years during the Obama administration, took to Twitter to criticize Putin after Navalnys lawyer ...

Greensill scandal: ex-civil servant waited year to tell watchdog he had started own firm Kalyeena Makortoff One of Britain’s most senior civil servants, now embroiled in the Greensill scandal, waited more than a year to inform the business appointments watchdog he had started his own firm while still serving in Whitehall. Documents suggest Bill Crothers, who was the government’s chief commercial officer until 2015 and founded its £15bn-per-year business contracts division �...

Former Sen. Chris Dodd, ex-State Department officials visit Taiwan amid China tensions Jordan Williams © Getty Former Sen. Chris Dodd, ex-State Department officials visit Taiwan amid China tensions Former Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) and two former State Department officials are visiting Taiwan amid increasing tensions with China. The Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs shared photos of Foreign Minister Joseph Wu with Dodd and former State Department Deputy Secretaries Richard...

Joseph Parkers lawyer discusses meth trafficking case © Getty Former WBO Heavyweight boxing champion Joseph Parker. Former world heavyweight boxing champion Joseph Parker is denying any involvement in an international meth trafficking ring, and says he has not had a chance to defend himself against the unfounded allegations. Parker was named in evidence in the 2019 trial of three drug dealers who were found guilty and later sentenced to between eight and a half and 18 years behind bars. He f...

Michelle Obama Denounces Partisan and Unpatriotic Efforts to Limit Voting Newsweek 3/5/2021 Aila Slisco © Handout/DNC/Getty Former first lady Michelle Obama appears in a livestream during the 2020 Democratic National Convention on August 17, 2020. Former first lady Michelle Obama has lashed out at "partisan and unpatriotic" efforts to limit voting while urging the Senate to pass a voting rights bill championed by Democrats. Obama said that "nothing is more important to our ...

Opposition again exposed by nominating Yusuf Raza Gilani as joint candidate: Murad News Desk Federal Minister for Communications and Postal Services Murad Saeed Sunday said the opposition was once again exposed by opposing open ballot for Senate elections and nominating Yusuf Raza Gilani as a joint candidate from on Islamabad seat. Addressing a press conference here at PID, he said the opposition opposed open ballot as it wanted continuation of corrupt system. He said the Pakist...

Obama, Bush and Clinton Reunite to Note Importance of Peaceful Transfer of Power as They Wish Biden Luck People 1/21/2021 Ashley Boucher © getty images From left: former Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama appearing in the Celebrating American inauguration special on Wednesday Former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton attended Joe Bidens inauguration ceremony on Wednesday morning, went with him to a ceremonial wreath-laying that a...