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Joseph Randall Biggs, the leader of the all-male extremist group Proud Boys, was arrested on Wednesday due to his alleged participation in the U.S Capitol riot early this month.

Alexei Navalny, Russia’s opposition leader, was arrested at a Moscow airport last Sunday. Authorities has placed him in custody for 30 days for violating the conditions of his parole due to an embezzlement case back in 2014.

The CDC has warned the public that the new Coronavirus variant may lead to a surge of cases and death in the U.S by March.

A team of World Health Organization scientists arrived in Wuhan on Thursday, to investigate the origins of the Coronovirus, as Mainland China reported their first case of Covid-19 related death in more than 6 months.

this year’s annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) went virtually via Zoom due to the pandemic. Some of the new products have been inspired by the Covid-19 situation.

Diplomats from the US, UK, Australia and Canada issued a joint statement on Sunday condemning the recent detention of opposition activists in Hongkong.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that it has blocked Trump’s official Facebook and Instagram accounts indefinitely in the aftermath of the recent mob riot at the U.S Capitol.

Clinical reports show that Covid-19 patients regain their sense of taste and smell after they recover, but for some, the loss continues and may be permanent.

U.K scientists have recently discovered a new SARS-CoV-2 variant known as B.1.1.7. They say this appears to be more contagious as it tends to be transmitted quickly compared to the other existing strains.

38 attorneys general and 4 private publishers filed complaints against Google for allegedly violating the Sherman Act by crushing its competitors and manipulating search results in favor of their products and services.

Over 40 organizations have been compromised by the suspected Russian cyber breach campaign, 80% of which were from the U.S while the rest were from Canada, Mexico, Belgium, Spain, the United Kingdom, Israel and the United Arab Emirates.

Experts are pointing their fingers on the Russian government for allegedly masterminding the attack on SolarWinds’ Orion software’s security vulnerabilities.

The latest report from the investigative site detected that Russia’s Federal Security Service has been trailing and spying on Navalny for four years prior to the flight in August.