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Pew poll finds Islamic Republic is least popular in Scandinavian countries, Netherlands and US; South Koreans show least animosity, though majority still negative

Pro-Trump attorneys Sidney Powell, Lin Wood urge Georgians not to vote in Senate runoffs without changes  Fox News McConnell shrugs as Georgia Republicans excoriate Trump and Washington over bogus election claims  Yahoo News Fact-checking claims signature audits in Georgia would uncover fraud  CNN

Pro-Trump attorneys Sidney Powell, Lin Wood urge Georgians not to vote in Senate runoffs without changes  Fox News McConnell shrugs as Georgia Republicans excoriate Trump and Washington over bogus election claims  Yahoo News Fact-checking claims signature audits in Georgia would uncover fraud  CNN

In our news wrap Wednesday, several opposition activists in Hong Kong were sentenced for organizing demonstrations, President Trump sparked congressional opposition with a threat to veto a sweeping defense policy bill, and Afghanistan’s government and the Taliban have a breakthrough

Google is almost running out of AR/VR projects to kill off. The company announced today in an email to Poly users that they will be shutting 3D-object creation and library platform “forever” next year. The service will shut down on

A top Georgia election official on Tuesday had sharp words for President Trump and some Republicans, as the president continues to cast doubts on Georgia’s election results with disproven claims of widespread fraud. Gabriel Sterling, who works with the Georgia

Lawmakers are under pressure to reach another economic relief deal as COVID-19 cases and deaths spike across the country. Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin is the second-highest ranking Democrat in the U.S Senate. He joins Judy Woodruff to discuss a new

Former French president Valery Giscard d’Estaing has died aged 94 after contracting coronavirus, his office has said.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said in a statement Wednesday that the bipartisan COVID relief bill just unveiled should be the starting point for negotiations going forward. Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana is one

Donald Trump releases video statement repeating baseless vote fraud claims  The Guardian