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Täna hommikuks on vähemalt neljal riigikogu Isamaa fraktsiooni saadikul ning kolmel Toompea ametnikul tuvastatud koroonaviirus. 

Uue koalitsiooni läbirääkimistel on täna ees viies päev. Sel korral on mõlemad erakonnad öelnud, et tuleb keerulisem päev kui eelmised. Arutelu all on digiriik ja haridus. 

Tänavune autoralli MM-sarja hooaeg algab juba sel nädalal Monte Carlo ralliga. Valitsev maailmameister Sebastien Ogier tunnistas, et ootab seda väga.  

Kapitooliumi ründamise järel blokeeriti sotsiaalmeedias president Donald Trumpi konto ning rohkem tähelepanu hakati pöörama QAnoni ja teiste vandenõuteooriate levitamisele. Meediaekspert Raul Rebane tõi Kuku raadio saates «Välismääraja» välja, et maailm on globaalne küla ning Eestis levivatel vandenõuteooriatel on otsene side USAga.

Pühapäeval lahkus ootamatult meie hulgast Eesti Põllumajandus-Kaubanduskoja juhatuse liige Vahur Tõnissoo.

Meile tuli tööle uus töötaja, kellega pean enamuse ajast koos töötama. Ta on suitsetaja ning käib tihti suitsu tegemas, mina aga pean seetõttu rohkem tööd tegema ega saa minna pausile siis, kui soovin või vajan, sest korraga tööpostilt lahkuda ei tohi. Kas suitsetajatele on ette nähtud nn suitsupausid lisaks puhkepausidele? Lisaks on tal tagasi tulles tugev suitsuhais juures ning mul on väga ebameeldiv tema läheduses olla, räägib lugeja. 

Austraalia juhtiva tervishoiuametniku sõnul on vähetõenäoline, et riik avab oma piirid käesoleval aasta täielikult, isegi kui enamik austraallasi vaktsineeritakse tänavu, nagu kava ette näeb.

Haridusministeerium otsib direktoreid kuuele riigikoolile. Uut juhti otsitakse ka 2022. aasta sügisel alustavale Rakvere riigigümnaasiumile.

Eelmisel aastal leiti merepõhja hüdrograafiliste mõõdistuste käigus kuus varem avastamata vrakki ning Pärnu lahest seni teadmata veealuse ehitise.

Toidutehnoloog Mariliis Holm ei ole veel 30, ometi on tal ette ­näidata haridus- ja töökogemus mitmes riigist ning hiljuti koos abikaasaga asutatud fondi kaudu on ta investeerinud globaalselt 19sse tulevikutoiduga tegelevasse idufirmasse. Lisaks sellele on eestlanna loonud mitmeid kogemuslõhnasid ja plaanib augustis välja tulla maailma esimese kogemuslõhnade näitusega.

Terviseameti ida regiooni juhataja Marje Muusikus tõdes, et kartused nagu mõjutaks Ida-Viru ja Harju maakonnale täiendavalt seatud piirangud inimeste liikumist ja seeläbi koroonaviirusesse nakatunute arvu kasvu Lääne-Virumaal, pole paika pidanud.

Harjumaa Omavalitsuste Liit tunnustas Leelo Tungalt Harjumaa aukodaniku teenetemärgiga.

Põhjamaade suurim värvi- ja lakitootja Tikkurila on kuum kaup. Kui mullu  detsembris teatas USA värvi- ja lakitootja PPG oma ülevõtupakkumises, et on nõus maksma ettevõtte aktsia eest 25 eurot, siis täna teatas Hollandi keemiatoodete ettevõte AkzoNobel, et pakub aktsia eest 31,25 eurot.

Jaapani peaminister Yoshihide Suga lubas esmaspäeval, et tema valitsus tegeleb uue koroonalainega ja taastab normaalse elu niipea kui võimalik.

Austraalia lahtistel tennnisemeistrivõistlustel osaleb tänavu esimest korda Suurbritannia tennisist Francesca Jones, kellel on sünnist saadik vaid kaheksa sõrme ja seitse varvast.

Over the past several weeks, Biden has laid out several things he wants to do in his first 100 days to address some of the nation's most pressing issues. […]

Trump plumbed the depths of so many 'new lows' that the phrase became a cliché. Dramatic lows only lasted until an even worse moment came along.       

Experts blame the Trump administration's pandemic response for the United States' world-leading death toll. "This loss of life was preventable."       

Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the U.S. nears 400,000 COVID-19 deaths and more news you need to know Monday.       

The Los Angeles Chargers are hiring Los Angeles Rams defensive coordinator Brandon Staley as their next head coach.       

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s pursuit was for racial and economic justice. Joe Biden has pledged to bridge racial gaps in pay and lending for Blacks.       

The championship round, which features a pair of regular-season rematches, should be compelling in light of a somewhat lackluster quarterfinal round.       

U.S. stock markets and most banks will be closed Monday in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. But most stores and restaurants are open.      

Patrick Mahomes is a superstar, but the Chiefs and backup QB Chad Henne didn't panic when Mahomes was knocked out of the game with a concussion.       

The top-seeded Chiefs will play host to second-seeded Buffalo next Sunday in the AFC championship game with a trip to the Super Bowl on the line.       

The NFC championship game will be held next Sunday in Green Bay, Wisconsin where the Packers are the top seed. Possible snow is in the early forecast.       

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris in a few days will step into the West Wing, a heartbeat away from holding the most powerful office in the world.       

Video taken by a New Yorker reporter inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 shows rioters rifling through documents and trying to intimidate police.       

There was increased security in all 50 state capitals while Washington, D.C., locked down ahead of planned inauguration protests. Live updates.      

Nathan Chen has not lost a competition since finishing fifth at the 2018 Winter Olympics. He picked up his fifth consecutive national title Sunday.       

For many Egyptians, a video offered a rare and uncensored view of the coronavirus’s real toll at the peak of Egypt’s second wave of the pandemic.

As Secretary of State Mike Pompeo looks to his political future, his turbulent tenure is characterized by investigations into his leadership and ethics.

Japan’s prime minister says every measure will be taken to ensure safety of Games; Russia reaches 3,591,066 cases; China identifies ‘superspreader’Biden plan to vaccinate 100m […]

Security forces block a group of thousands that could pose an early test for the Biden White House.

Poisoned Russian opposition leader was detained on return to Moscow from Berlin on SundayThe arrest of Alexei Navalny has provoked condemnation around the world, as the US and Europe, as well as […]

Rescuers say at least 12 workers are alive a week after an explosion blocked the mine's exit.

Jeffrey Yass, Club for Growth donor, told associate he did not foresee senator’s role in attempt to overturn US democracyJamie Raskin: ‘I’m not going to lose my son and my […]

Tobias Lindholm disliked the media circus that followed the murder of the journalist onboard a submarine in Denmark. Instead, his new series tells the story of the police, the divers and her […]

Lee Jae-yong was convicted of bribing Park Geun-hye, the former president of South Korea who was impeached in 2017.

UK-based security firm faces calls to repay charges made by recruitment agents for jobs in Gulf states and conflict zonesMigrant workers working for the British security company G4S in the United […]

Australian prime minister laments ‘things that were said’ to encourage Capitol Hill mob but says it’s not for him to lecture anybodyThe Australian prime minister, Scott Morrison, […]

As the art form has come into its own in Covid-19, our writers reflect on surprise hits, what readers are watching, and how it’s evolvingTV has traditionally been seen as one of the poorer […]

On 20 January 2020, the US saw its first confirmed coronavirus case – the beginning of a tsunami of infection that Trump failed to properly addressAt around 5pm on 20 January 2020, Dr George […]

A South Korean court sentenced Lee Jae Yong to two and a half years in prison.

Small armed groups gathered in several US cities but most state capitols were quiet amid high security.