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Joe Biden And Kamala Harris’ Public Schedule On Inauguration Day – At noon, Joseph R. Biden, Jr. will be sworn in as the 46th President of the United States at the United States Capitol in Washington, DC. [cnn]

Covid-19 Vaccine Rollout: Military Roped In – Health professionals will be on standby at Covid-19 vaccination sites to tend to anyone who might have an adverse reaction to the vaccines, while the military is set to be deployed to safeguard distribution. [news24]

Western Cape On Downward Trend After Second Covid Peak – It’s official: we have come off the peak of the Covid-19 second wave, with most indicators such as hospital admissions, positivity rate, oxygen usage and mortality starting to decline or plateau. [timeslive]

Starbucks Customer Compensated Over ‘Slanty’ Eyes Drawing On Cup – The incident happened on 12 January 2020 when Ms Foley went into the outlet to buy a matcha tea latte. [bbc]

Wouter Basson AKA Dr Death Found Working At A Cape Mediclinic – Basson was a notorious figure during the apartheid regime, and headed the Apartheid government’s chemical and biological warfare programme‚ Project Coast. [capetownetc]

Jailed Alexei Navalny Releases Investigation Into Vladimir Putin’s ‘£1bn Palace’ – Drone footage over the grounds which the team says are 39 times the size of Monaco shows an underground ice hockey complex, and tunnel leading out to the Black Sea. [sky]

Trump Talked Out Of Pardoning Kids And Republican Lawmakers – He was warned the pardons he once hoped to bestow upon his family and even himself would place him in a legally perilous position, and potentially make him more vulnerable to reprisals. [cnn]

Mitch McConnell Says Capitol Rioters Were ‘Provoked’ By Trump – “The mob was fed lies,” McConnell said on the Senate floor. “They were provoked by the president and other powerful people.” [huffpost]

Ghislaine Maxwell Court Hearing Disrupted By Apparent QAnon Followers – An unlawful live stream was viewed by numerous followers of the conspiracy theory before being shut down. [guardian]

UK Records Worst Daily Covid-19 Death Rate In The World – The UK reported its highest daily death toll since the Covid-19 pandemic began, as data suggested one in eight people in the UK have had the disease. [busday]

Tiffany Trump Gets Engaged At White House Hours Before Father Leaves Office – President’s daughter says she is feeling ‘blessed and excited for the next chapter’. [independent]

New Rules For SA Restaurants Mean Staff Must Get Bonuses, Weekly Payments To Wash Clothes – From this week, all restaurants and fast-food outlets in SA face a costly set of new rules for staff remuneration, which includes December bonuses. [businsidersa]

Why Great White Sharks Are Disappearing From South Africa’s Coastline – 11 years ago, out in the cool, coastal waters of Gansbaai on the Western Cape’s Atlantic seaboard, Dr Sara Andreotti was awed by how many great white sharks she would encounter. [mg]

Some Motivation For Those Giving Dry January A Bash – We’re already more than halfway through ‘Dry January’, and a few of us may already have fallen off the wagon, but with a little motivation, it’s not too late to get back in the game. [here]

Klaasen To Captain New-Look Proteas T20 Squad To Pakistan – Okuhle Cele, Ryan Rickleton and Jacques Snyman have received their maiden national team call-ups, while Glenton Stuurman returns after missing the Test tour. [citizen]

Harry Brant, Once ‘NYC’s Most Beautiful Teen,’ Dead At 24 – The precocious son of supermodel Stephanie Seymour lived a glamorous life, hanging out with the elite of the fashion and art worlds from his teenage years. He died Sunday. [dbeast]

Alec Baldwin Quits Twitter In Wake Of Backlash Over Wife Hilaria’s Heritage Claim – The Hilaria Baldwin controversy started in December when a Twitter user pointed out the influencer and yoga studio entrepreneur had a very inconsistent Spanish accent. [ew]

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