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The White House was not informed for days that US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin was hospitalised, according to two US officials, The New York Times reported. Senior defence officials said that Austin did not inform them until Thursday that he was admitted to the intensive care unit at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda.

According to reports, Austin has accepted responsibility for the lack of communication. "I recognise I could have done a better job ensuring the public was appropriately informed. I commit to doing better,” Austin said in a statement, reported BBC.

After a minor elective medical surgery, Austin, 70, remained hospitalised due to complications, according to his press secretary Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder.

The US Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear Donald Trump's appeal of a ruling by Colorado's highest court that would keep him off the presidential primary ballot in the western state.

The conservative-majority Supreme Court, which includes three justices appointed by the former president, said it would hear oral arguments in the high-stakes election case on February 8.

The Colorado Supreme Court barred Trump last month from appearing on the Republican presidential primary ballot in the state because of his role in the January 6, 2021 assault on the US Capitol by his supporters.

A day after some documents related to Jeffrey Epstein were released, more of newly released documents have now named some rich and the famous.

Some of the named elites, including former US President Donald Trump, George Mitchell and Bill Richardson are believed to have been associated with Epstein and his girlfriend, the socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, who serving a 20-year prison term for helping recruit and abuse Epstein's victims. 

Russian president Vladimir Putin's close ally Sergei Markov said that a new civil war in the United States would be “good for the world.” The pro-Kremlin political scientist and former adviser to the Russian leader, suggested during a recent broadcast that the outbreak of a civil war in the US would be beneficial to Russia and would end Ukraine conflict as well.

Sergei Markov said explained Russia's symbol for the new year, the “Wood Dragon” saying, "I think this means there will be a civil war in America. I think it's logical...Yes, the dragon will get them, that's good for the world.”

Russian president Vladimir Putin's close ally Sergei Markov said that a new civil war in the United States would be “good for the world.” The pro-Kremlin political scientist and former adviser to the Russian leader, suggested during a recent broadcast that the outbreak of a civil war in the US would be beneficial to Russia and would end Ukraine conflict as well.

Sergei Markov said explained Russia's symbol for the new year, the “Wood Dragon” saying, "I think this means there will be a civil war in America. I think it's logical...Yes, the dragon will get them, that's good for the world.”