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• Ky Derby and Breeders' Cup Classic winner Authentic retired

  09-11-2020 23:59
  
  Authentic, winner of the Kentucky Derby and Breeders’ Cup Classic, has been retired to stud.The 3-year-old colt will stand at Spendthrift Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, next year for a breeding fee of $75,000.The farm is owned by B. Wayne Hughes, who co-owns Authentic with MyRacehorse, Starlight Racing and Madaket Stables.
  
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• Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia reach agreement to end Nagorno-Karabakh fighting

  09-11-2020 23:59
  
  A Kremlin spokesman said the leaders of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia have signed a deal on complete stoppage of combat actions over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, Russian agencies reported on Tuesday. Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a statement on Tuesday that Russian peace keepers will be deployed along the front line in Nagorno-Karabakh following an agreement to stop military conflict between Armenian and Azerbaijan’s forces.He said he hoped the agreements “will set up nec
  
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• New Jersey governor says ‘second wave is here’ as New York mayor says city is at ‘a dangerous moment’

  09-11-2020 23:58 via independent.co.uk
  
  Utah on Monday began enforcing a mask mandate as states across the midwest struggle with the virus
  
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• Lords Inflict Huge Defeat On Boris Johnson’s Plan To Break International Law On Brexit

  09-11-2020 23:56
  
  PM on collision course with Joe Biden and EU if he pushes ahead with "lamentable" proposals.
  
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• Packers' ability to avoid slumps has them in enviable spot

  09-11-2020 23:46
  
  During a year in which so much else has changed across the NFL, one constant has allowed Green Bay to maintain its status as the NFC North leader.The Packers never allow one bad performance to carry over to the next week.Green Bay hasn’t suffered back-to-back losses since Matt LaFleur took over as coach last year.
  
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• Top recruit Evan Mobley leads new-look roster at USC

  09-11-2020 23:44
  
  Entering coach Andy Enfield’s eighth year, the Trojans haven’t been to the NCAA Tournament since 2017.The Trojans lost 84% of their scoring and 73% of their rebounding from last season, leaving Enfield with several holes to fill.USC was 22-9 overall and 11-7 in the Pac-12.
  
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• Trump fires US Defense Secretary Esper, names fifth Pentagon chief in four years

  09-11-2020 23:42
  
  U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he had “terminated” Defense Secretary Mark Esper, signaling he may use his final months in office after defeat at the polls to settle scores within his administration. Trump had split with Esper over a range of issues and was particularly angered by his public opposition to Trump’s threats to use active duty military forces this summer to suppress street protests over racial injustice after police killed George Floyd in Minneapolis.Dem
  
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• Miami Covid testing site suffers major damage as Eta dumps heavy rain

  09-11-2020 23:42
  
  Hard Rock Stadium site, under 16in of rain, forced to closeStorm leaves scores dead in Mexico and Central AmericaFlorida officials said on Monday that one of the major Covid-19 testing sites in the state suffered major damage due to the extensive rain dumped by Tropical Storm Eta in the south of the state. Related: Was Donald Trump's White House watch party a super-spreader event?Continue reading...
  
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• Trump campaign holds press briefing to address election lawsuits

  09-11-2020 23:40
  
  Kayleigh McEnany details Trump team's allegations of election irregularities.
  
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• No. 10 Hoosiers used culture change to steadily progress

  09-11-2020 23:40
  
  When Indiana coach Tom Allen reflects on that mid-October afternoon now, it all seems vividly clear.Last season's 34-28 victory at Maryland gave the Hoosiers a badly needed confidence boost, sent expectations soaring and renewed the motivation to defy critics of the program.At the time, Allen sensed Reese Taylor's game-sealing interception with 82 seconds left would make an impact.
  
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• The Crown's fourth season: Charles and Diana tour Australia in festival of nostalgia

  09-11-2020 23:36
  
  The Crown's fourth season: Charles and Diana tour Australia in festival of nostalgiaIn the new episodes, which land on 15 November, we revisit the 1983 trip that marked the global rise of the ‘people’s princess’ – and the beginning of the end of her marriage
  
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• Labour urges government to avoid austerity and beat coronavirus recession by creating 400,000 jobs with vast green new deal stimulus

  09-11-2020 23:34
  
  Labour is urging the government to enact a vast green stimulus to create 400,000 jobs and jolt the UK of out of the economic depression triggered by Covid-19.The party wants chancellor Rishi Sunak to commit to at least £30 billion in capital investment over the next year and a half - warning that "austerity isn't the answer".Shadow business and industrial strategy secretary Ed Miliband told The Independent that there was "work crying out to be done" - as the party publishes a new economic
  
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• Paul Pogba ‘cannot be happy’ with Manchester United role - Didier Deschamps

  09-11-2020 23:32
  
  France boss Didier Deschamps believes Paul Pogba is “unhappy” with his situation at Manchester United, and says the midfielder must find his rhythm again.Pogba, 27, has lost his role in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s United side this season, starting just four of United’s seven Premier League matches and one Champions League game so far.The midfielder has been increasingly utilised as an impact substitute in the second half of games, and the key matches he has started - against T
  
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• As cases rise, states say they'll work with Biden on virus

  09-11-2020 23:29
  
  The incoming Biden administration is promising a cohesive national strategy to combat the worsening coronavirus outbreak, something many public health officials and Democratic governors say they welcome after months of mixed messaging under the Trump administration.Consistency about the need to wear a mask to reduce the virus spread is just a start.Among other things, they say they need help with testing and contact tracing, deploying an eventual vaccine and more money to shore up their budgets,
  
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• Herbert exceeding expectations despite Chargers' 2-6 record

  09-11-2020 23:28
  
  Justin Herbert has exceeded expectations for the Los Angeles Chargers while the rest of the team has been a disappointment.Herbert is a contender for Offensive Rookie of the Year honors with four 300-yard games and 17 touchdowns in seven starts.All but two of Los Angeles' games have come down to the final play, including Sunday's 31-26 loss to the Las Vegas Raiders. Herbert appeared to throw a 4-yard touchdown to Donald Parham Jr., but it was overruled by instant replay when it was determined Pa
  
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• 'One down, one to go': Sacha Baron Cohen in fresh attack on Mark Zuckerberg

  09-11-2020 23:23
  
  Sacha Baron Cohen has targeted Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg in a tweet that shows the tech billionaire shaking hands with Donald Trump.The British comedy actor, whose latest film Borat Subsequent Moviefilm was released last month, has suggested Zuckerberg should be the next one to lose his job after Mr Trump was defeated in the US election.The tweet had attracted more than 130,000 likes and 17,500 retweets as of Monday evening.
  
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• 2020 election litigation and recount demands: Roles were reversed in 2000

  09-11-2020 23:23
  
  Election law attorney Prof. Steven Mulroy offers analysis on 'Your World'
  
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• Peace seems impossible on Afghanistan's front lines

  09-11-2020 23:21
  
  The dry and dusty village of Aziz Abad sits on the frontline of Afghanistan's war and is currently under government control -- but only just.
  
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• Slow-starting Denver Broncos aim to quit playing catch-up

  09-11-2020 23:20
  
  The Denver Broncos have a knotty path to avoid infamy.The Broncos had high hopes of catching the Chiefs in the AFC West this season after adding speed through the draft and muscle through free agency.Von Miller aims to beat the odds and return from ankle surgery next month, but Courtland Sutton (knee), Jurrell Casey (biceps), Mike Purcell (foot) and Ja’Wuan James (opt-out) are all done for 2020 as is rookie Albert Okwuegbunam (ACL).
  
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• NSW promises to build more renewable energy than Victoria and Queensland combined

  09-11-2020 23:15
  
  NSW promises to build more renewable energy than Victoria and Queensland combinedGladys Berejiklian’s government says it will support 12 gigawatts of wind and solar and 2 gigawatts of energy storage
  
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• Ivory Coast's Ouattara wins third term, final results show from vote boycotted by opposition

  09-11-2020 23:12
  
  Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara won a third term with 94.27% of the vote, final results showed on Monday, after an election that opposition parties largely boycotted and dismissed as illegal.Main opposition figures are facing criminal charges afterdenouncing the Oct. 31 vote and creating a rival government in protest.Ouattara signalled on Monday evening that he was open to dialogue with the opposition to enable calm to return to the world's top cocoa growing nation following violent prot
  
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• Perhaps, it's time to start taking the 7-2 Bills seriously

  09-11-2020 23:11
  
  It was only a week ago when Bills coach Sean McDermott encouragingly acknowledged he was starting to see his team forming an identity.“I think we’re getting there,” McDermott said, with a hint of caution by emphasizing the season is far from over.Given the Patriots’ struggles minus Tom Brady this year, the 24-21 result — capped byJustin Zimmer forcing Cam Newton’s fumblewith 31 seconds remaining — was important, but not altogether surprising.
  
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• Trump news – live: Fox cuts away from McEnany ‘fraud’ presser, as election tsar tests positive for Covid

  09-11-2020 23:10
  
  Donald Trump has "terminated" Mark Esper, his defence secretary, as White House personnel are told that anyone found to be looking for another job will also be fired.House speaker Nancy Pelosi has accused the president of trying to “sow chaos” in his final days in office.Mr Trump's inner cicle have been told the president is not backing down on his objections to the result of the US presidential election after losing to Joe Biden, — though there is now speculation that were the
  
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• Brexit: Government suffers heavy defeat on controversial Brexit bill

  09-11-2020 23:06
  
  The government has suffered a heavy defeat in the first of two votes on removing parts of its Brexit legislation that ministers have admitted will allow them to break international law.The government has already vowed to reinstate them when the legislation returns to the Commons.The bill, which has been condemned by critics both in Westminster and abroad, seeks to allow ministers to override the Withdrawal Agreement signed with the EU.
  
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• Fox News Cuts Off Kayleigh McEnany Press Conference for Spreading Election Lies

  09-11-2020 23:04
  
  In an unprecedented move on Monday afternoon, Fox News cut away from a press conference that White House Press Secretary was holding—likely illegally given her government role—on behalf of the Trump campaign.As McEnany baselessly accused Democrats of actively stealing the 2020 presidential election from President Trump, host Neil Cavuto interrupted the event to tell Fox viewers what was actually going on.“Whoa, whoa, whoa, I just think we have to be very clear,” he said,
  
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• Fox news cuts away from McEnany press conference: ‘I can’t in good countenance continue showing this’

  09-11-2020 23:04
  
  Fox News cut away from a Trump campaign press conference outlining its allegations of so-called election fraud in the presidential election.Host Neil Cavuto cut into White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany’s opening statement saying the election was far from over.
  
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• Pfizer Said a Vaccine Was Almost Here. Anti-Vaxxers Lost It.

  09-11-2020 23:01
  
  A safe, effective COVID-19 vaccination is finally on the horizon. Cue the people who say they won’t take it—or that vaccines are the harbingers of a dictatorship.On Monday, the pharmaceutical company Pfizer released early analysis that suggested its COVID-19 vaccine was 90 percent effective. The announcement, while no guarantee of a vaccine, was a ray of hope for Americans awaiting an end to the pandemic at a time when new cases are setting records nationally by the day. But a vocal
  
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• My Family, the Holocaust and Me with Robert Rinder review – remarkably moving TV

  09-11-2020 23:00
  
  My Family, the Holocaust and Me with Robert Rinder review – remarkably moving TV. On Who Do You Think You Are?, the barrister and television personality learned of his family’s painful past. In this new series, he and others in similar situations delve deeper still
  
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• Georgia Senate runoffs: How Trump’s ongoing war against elections is endangering the GOP’s Senate majority

  09-11-2020 23:00
  
  Just as the Georgia Senate runoff elections in January carry implications far beyond the state’s borders, what happens in Washington, DC, over the next few weeks will frame how voters in the Peach State view their choices.President-elect Joe Biden — who, with a 10,000-vote lead, appears on his way to victory in the state — and Donald Trump will surely be spending time in Georgia over the coming weeks stumping for their respective parties’ candidates.Mr Trump is still refu
  
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• Fox news cuts away from McEnany press conference: ‘I can’t in good countenance continuing showing this’

  09-11-2020 22:58
  
  Fox News cut away from a Trump campaign press conference outlining its allegations of so-called election fraud in the presidential election.Host Neil Cavuto cut into White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany’s opening statement saying the election was far from over.
  
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• Washington turns to third starting QB still in race at 2-6

  09-11-2020 22:55
  
  Washington will start its third quarterback in nine games this season, and that’s only the start of the problems.“We’re still in it,” coach Ron Rivera said.Rivera considered Kyle Allen the quarterback best positioned to win games for Washington.
  
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• What's the economic fallout of potential Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine?

  09-11-2020 22:54
  
  Real Clear Politics reporter Philip Wegmann reacts on 'Your World'
  
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• Baylor loses Big 12 top tackler Bernard for year to injury

  09-11-2020 22:54
  
  Baylor junior linebacker Terrel Bernard, the Big 12's top tackler, will miss the rest of the season because of a shoulder injury.Coach Dave Aranda said Monday that Bernard has a torn labrum and likely a fracture in his shoulder.Bernard and freshman running back Craig Williams were both hurt in Saturday's loss at Iowa State.
  
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• Teenage girl, 15, charged after kettle of boiling water thrown at police

  09-11-2020 22:53
  
  A police officer has been left needing plastic surgery after suffering "horrific injuries" when a kettle of boiling water was thrown over him.A 15-year-old girl, who was arrested at the scene, has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm and assaulting an emergency worker over the alleged attack in Northampton.Two officers were hurt when boiling water was thrown at them after they were called to an address in Abington shortly before midnight on Saturday.
  
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• Dr. Bob Lahita: New coronavirus vaccine development 'very exciting news'

  09-11-2020 22:53
  
  Dr. Bob Lahita, professor of medicine at New York Medical College and chairman of medicine at St. Joseph's University Hospital reacts to the recent breakthrough in Pfizer clinical trial
  
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• Guatemala landslide could be final resting place for many

  09-11-2020 22:52
  
  Days after a landslide buried half the community of Queja in central Guatemala, rescuers have recovered only a handful of the more than 100 people believed to be buried there.The location is so remote and the conditions so perilous that Queja could become the latest in a string of Guatemalan disaster sites that become the final resting places of their victims.It had been raining heavily for days as Tropical Depression Eta passed.
  
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• US election results – live: Biden lead grows in Georgia as GOP senators call for secretary of state to resign

  09-11-2020 22:51
  
  President-elect Joe Biden held his first policy speech on Monday that focused on the coronavirus pandemic.In the speech, he implored Americans to wear a mask due to fears an additional 200,000 people could die in the country from the novel virus.The speech came after Mr Biden praised scientists working on Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine, which was shown to be 90-per cent effective, but warned the jab will not be in play for months yet.
  
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• Ravens enter 2nd half striving for consistency on offense

  09-11-2020 22:49
  
  The Baltimore Ravens reached the midpoint of the NFL season with the same record they had last year, though that might be the only comparison between this team and the record-breaking squad of 2019.A year ago, the Ravens strolled through the second half unbeaten to finish an NFL-best 14-2.This season, Baltimore (6-2) is chasing undefeated Pittsburgh in the AFC North while operating with an erratic offense and striving to overcome several key injuries.
  
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• ‘Flat of horrors’ couple found guilty of murdering Julia Rawson

  09-11-2020 22:48
  
  A fan of horror films and his boyfriend have been found guilty of murdering and dismembering a woman after luring her to their “flat of horrors”.Nathan Maynard-Ellis, aged 30, and his partner, 25-year-old David Leesley, cut Julia Rawson's body into 11 pieces and hid her remains.The couple’s home in Tipton, West Midlands, had a workbench stocked with tools including an axe and also featured stuffed creatures, snakes and “gory” home-made horror masks, jurors at Covent
  
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• Bolivia's Morales back from year in exile

  09-11-2020 22:47
  
  Bolivia's former president Evo Morales waves behind ex-vice-president Alvaro Garcia as he returns to Bolivia after a year in exile, with supporters greeting him in Villazon on November 9, 2020
  
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• England-Iceland Nations League game could take place in Albania

  09-11-2020 22:45
  
  Albania has emerged as a potential venue for England’s Nations League game against Iceland next week.
  
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• Analysis: How well-managed was the U.S. election? Scoring five key areas

  09-11-2020 22:41
  
  Republican President Donald Trump claimed beforehand, without evidence, that voter fraud could hand the presidency to Democratic challenger Joe Biden.Democrats sounded alarms that voter intimidation and efforts to cast suspicion on mail-in ballots by Republicans would discourage minorities, in particular, from voting.Despite the fears expressed on both sides, the election was deemed "well managed" by international observers.
  
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• Trump campaign advisor shuts down idea he may concede ‘that word is not in our vocabulary’

  09-11-2020 22:40
  
  One of Donald Trump’s leading campaign advisers has shut down rumours that the president may concede.Jason Miller predicted that Mr Trump will not concede the election to Joe Biden any time soon as the word is “not even in our vocabulary.”Mr Trump and leading Republicans have continued to push wild election conspiracy fraud theories despite Mr Biden’s widely accepted victory.
  
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• Families ‘waiting in limbo’ to find out if their dead children’s identities used by police, inquiry told

  09-11-2020 22:38
  
  Families have been left waiting “in limbo” to hear whether the identities of their dead children were assumed by undercover police officers, an inquiry has heard.While some families know for certain that their loved ones’ identities were used, some fear they may not live long enough to discover the truth, the Undercover Policing Inquiry was told on Monday.The practice of using the names of dead children, and details of their lives, began in about 1973, and started to be phased
  
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• El Paso, Texas, calls in ten morgue trucks as coronavirus cases surge

  09-11-2020 22:38
  
  Six morgue trailers had already been deployed as of Monday, according to County Judge Ricardo Samaniego, the most senior government executive in the county, which borders on Mexico.Management Agency to be sent to local funeral homes as demand dictates, Samaniego said during a meeting of county commissioners.Texas became the first U.S. state to surpass a million cumulative coronavirus cases on Saturday and currently accounts for over 10% of total cases in the country, which is contending with the
  
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• Historian reportedly behind Biden’s victory speech raised the alarm early about Trump’s personality

  09-11-2020 22:34
  
  As he prepares to take office in January, Joe Biden has been receiving help from one of the US’s most prominent historians in writing his major speeches, including the victory address he delivered after the election was called.According to a report from the New York Times, sources close to the Biden campaign have confirmed that Jon Meacham has contributed greatly to many of Mr Biden’s most important campaign speeches.Among those he apparently helped with was the candidate’s add
  
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• U.S. criticised for police brutality, racism at U.N. rights review

  09-11-2020 22:33
  
  Major powers, including allies, criticised the United States for its human rights record on Monday during a U.N. review, citing the use of the death penalty, police violence against African Americans and the separation of migrant children from their families.Activists also said that the Human Rights Council's examination of the United States, the first since May 2015, amounted to an indictment of the Trump administration's policies and called for President-elect Joe Biden to usher in reforms."Wh
  
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• Strong recruiting class should help Cougars build momentum

  09-11-2020 22:33
  
  Kyle Smith's first season at Washington State was better than expected.Keeping the Cougars moving forward means building on that success in Year 2 with a number of key players having moved on.The Cougars went 16-16 last year, 6-12 in the Pac-12, and won their first game in the league tournament in a decade when they beat Colorado before the rest of the tournament was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Blue Ivy Carter narrates audiobook Hair Love

  09-11-2020 22:33
  
  Beyoncé and Jay Z’s eldest daughter Blue Ivy Carter will narrate the audiobook for Hair Love, based on Matthew Cherry’s Oscar-winning short film.Cherry announced the eight-year-old would be narrating the audiobook on Monday on Twitter, where he shared a sample audio clip along with an illustration of the book by Vashti Harrison.
  
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• Great plague of 1660s bears sad similarities to Covid pandemic

  09-11-2020 22:30
  
  Great plague of 1660s bears sad similarities to Covid pandemic. Inner-city poor suffered most while rich decamped to countryside – but numbers started falling as winter cold killed off rats
  
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