Updated: May 24 2021, 21:33 ET
JOE Biden slammed the arrest of Belorussian journalist Raman Pratasevich as outrageous after a confession video was made under duress.
The president also called the removal and arrest of the journalist a direct affront to international norms, in a statement released on Monday.
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Biden said the video of Pratasevich appears to have been made under duressCredit: Reuters The United States condemns in the strongest possible terms both the diversion of the plane and the subsequent removal and arrest of Mr. Pratasevich, the statement says. This outrageous incident and the video Mr. Pratasevich appears to have made under duress are shameful assaults on both political dissent and the freedom of the press.
Brit model Stephanie Dubois, 39, dies from ‘very rare’ blood clot after getting Covid jab in Cyprus
Updated: 5:11 ET, May 25 2021
A BRITISH model who suffered a very rare blood clot has died days after being given the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in Cyprus.
Stephanie Dubois, 39, suffered a “serious thrombotic episode” after being given the jab in the town of Paphos.
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The model died after slipping into a comaCredit: Facebook
Dubois received the first dose of the vaccination on May 6 and posted on Facebook: “So I had the vaccination today! I hate needles, today was no exception . . . And now I feel horrendous . . . pizza and bed for me.”
Jordan Independence Day 2021: Google Doodle celebrates Eid al-Istiklaal
Updated: 19:31 ET, May 24 2021
TODAY S Google Doodle celebrates Jordan Independence Day.
Known locally as Eid al-Istiklaal, it is the most important event in the history of Jordan.
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What is Jordan Independence Day?
On this day 75 years ago, British control over Jordan ended and it was declared a Kingdom in its own right.
It came after the London treaty was signed by Emir Abdullah and the British government.
This day is used to honour the sacrifices made in the past that allowed Jordan to become independent.
It is also used to recognise the future generations of Jordanians.
Updated: May 24 2021, 19:51 ET
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DONALD Trump has said he is all but certain that Covid-19 originated from a lab in Wuhan, China, after a bombshell report claimed three scientists there fell ill at the beginning of the outbreak in November 2019.
Speaking to Fox Nation s Dan Bognino on Monday, the former president said: I think you can take the word ‘potential’ out that it came from the lab.
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Trump s comments come after it was revealed three scientists were hospitalized in November 2019 with Covid-like symptomsCredit: AP
Bongino and Trump were talking about the theory that the virus did originate in a lab in Wuhan, which the president often mentioned on the campaign trail.