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  1. January 6 hearings: Trump urged armed supporters to storm Capitol

    In explosive public testimony, a former White House aide on Tuesday told the committee investigating the January 6 insurrection that Donald Trump knowingly directed armed supporters to march to the US Capitol in a last-gasp effort to invalidate the results of the 2020 presidential election that he lost.

    Region:
    USA
    Category:
    Politics
    Ex-aide Cassidy Hutchinson testified to the committee probing the 6 January riots that Mr Trump and his top staff knew the potential for violence.
  2. US urges Canada to use federal powers to end bridge blockade

    For the fourth straight day, scores of truckers taking part in what they dubbed the Freedom Convoy blocked the Ambassador Bridge connecting Windsor, Ontario, to Detroit, disrupting the flow of auto parts and other products between the two countries.

    Region:
    America
    Category:
    Politics
    Author/s:
    By AP
    US urges Canada to use federal powers to end bridge blockade
  3. Top Huawei executive arrested on U.S. request

    The daughter of Huawei’s founder, a top executive at the Chinese technology giant, was arrested in Canada and faces extradition to the United States, roiling global stock markets as it threatened to inflame Sino-U.S. trade tensions afresh.

    Region:
    World
    Category:
    Society
    China has urged the US and Canada to "clarify" the arrest of Meng Wanzhou, Huawei's chief financial officer.