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• Tahini chicken and sausage with fritters: easy midweek dinner recipes

  14-11-2020 08:00
  
  Tahini chicken and sausage with fritters: easy midweek dinner recipesFour simple dishes for a busy working day: sprout galette, a polenta soup, veg fritters with bangers, and baked chicken
  
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• Kamala Harris didn't become vice-president-elect by saying 'no worries if not'

  14-11-2020 08:00
  
  Kamala Harris didn't become vice-president-elect by saying 'no worries if not'For a demonstration of a woman who is unafraid to speak with confidence, look no further than Harris’s victory speech
  
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• Study adds to calls to ban dogs from beaches during nesting season

  14-11-2020 07:59
  
  Study adds to calls to ban dogs from beaches during nesting seasonResearch reveals how ground-nesting birds frequently scared from nest by off-lead canines
  
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• How to get good at chess

  14-11-2020 07:56
  
  How to get good at chess. You don’t have to be a polymath like Beth Harmon in The Queen’s Gambit to improve your game
  
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• Yachtsmen Rescued 200 Nautical Miles Off New South Wales Coast

  14-11-2020 07:43
  
  New South Wales Police rescued three yachtsmen more than 200 nautical miles off the state’s coast on November 12 after the sailors’ boat was demasted and a distress call was put out.The 11.5-meter Solar Coaster yacht put out a mayday call on Monday, November 9, after being damaged 100 nautical miles west of Lord Howe Island.An Australian Maritime Safety Authority jet dropped supplies and a satellite phone to the stranded vessel on November 10. It was located by the police vessel two
  
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• Rockets fired at two Ethiopian cities as Tigray conflict continues

  14-11-2020 07:37
  
  Two explosions hit cities in Ethiopia's Amhara state, which neighbours the northern state of Tigray where federal troops are fighting local forces, and the human rights commission warned against rights violations in the conflict. Hundreds of people have been killed in clashes since Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed sent the national defence force on an offensive against well-trained local troops in Tigray on Nov. 4, after accusing them of attacking a federal military base in the area.The explosions in A
  
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• Airport damaged after rockets were fired towards two cities in Ethiopia's Amhara state

  14-11-2020 07:35
  
  Ethiopia said on Saturday that forces loyal to the ruling party in the northern Tigray region had fired into neighbouring Amhara region, raising fears that ongoing fighting could draw in other parts of the country. "In the late hours of Nov. 13, 2020, a rocket was fired towards Bahir Dar & Gondar cities. As a result, the airport areas have sustained damages," a government statement said. "The TPLF junta is utilising the last of the weaponry within its arsenals," the statement said, referring
  
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• Northern Philippines Experiences 'Worst Flooding' in Years After Typhoon Vamco

  14-11-2020 07:23
  
  Northern parts of the Philippines battled with severe flooding on November 14 after Typhoon Vamco, known locally as Ulysses, battered the nation days before.Tuguegarao City Mayor Jefferson Soriano called for help, telling local media the region was dealing with the “worst flooding” in years. The Manila area was in a similar situation. This video shows the extent of the flooding in Tuguegarao City.At least 42 people were killed due to the typhoon.The storm has since moved west into th
  
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• The Latest: North Dakota governor orders mask mandate

  14-11-2020 07:13 via independent.co.uk
  
  North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has ordered a statewide mask mandate and imposed several business restrictions in an effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus that has stressed the state’s hospital capacity
  
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• Trump supporters head to the streets as he pushes false election claims

  14-11-2020 07:07
  
  President Donald Trump's supporters will take to the streets on Saturday to back his unsubstantiated claims of election fraud as he pushes ahead with a flurry of longshot legal challenges to overturn President-elect Joe Biden's victory.Trump has made little headway in the courts with his lawsuits and for the first time on Friday he began to sound doubtful about his prospects, telling reporters "time will tell" who occupies the White House from Jan. 20.There have been other pro-Trump protests aro
  
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• Italy extends 'red zones' as record number of new cases registered

  14-11-2020 07:04
  
  Restrictions aimed at slowing a surge in coronavirus cases will be extended in various Italian regions, with both Tuscany and Campania set to be designated as high-risk "red zones", the health ministry said on Friday. Italy registered a record 40,902 new coronavirus infections over the previous 24 hours, bringing the total since the disease came to light in February to 1.107 million - a threefold increase in barely a month.Looking to limit the spread, the government last week created a three-tie
  
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• When Will You Admit Black Lives Don’t Matter?

  14-11-2020 07:00
  
  The silence to a new report on human rights abuses suffered by Black British people has been deafening, writes Nadine White.
  
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• TV tonight: the return of pop-rockers McFly

  14-11-2020 07:00
  
  TV tonight: the return of pop-rockers McFly. The boyband are back with a new album and documentary examining their time away from the spotlight. Plus: the story of David Crosby. Here’s what to watch this evening
  
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• Lockdown Won’t Stop My Diwali Lights Shining Brighter Than Ever

  14-11-2020 07:00
  
  I’m dreading being apart from my family and my community this Diwali. But I’m determined to celebrate too.
  
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• Is Netflix's 'The Crown' a true story?

  14-11-2020 07:00
  
  The show uses lots of experts to bring the events of the past to life, but they are dramatised.
  
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• Bruised or old apples are perfect for this chocolate charlotte – recipe

  14-11-2020 07:00
  
  Bruised or old apples are perfect for this chocolate charlotte – recipe. Even a tired-looking apple can be turned into storable sauce, vinegar and any number of desserts, including this, winter’s answer to summer pudding
  
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• 5 Sweet And Savoury Comfort Food Recipes For A Cosy Lockdown

  14-11-2020 07:00
  
  These easy-to-make suppers and sweet treats are perfect for some nourishing time in.
  
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• Biden faces tough choice of whether to back virus lockdowns

  14-11-2020 06:44
  
  Joe Biden faces a decision unlike any other incoming president: whether to back a short-term national lockdown to finally arrest a raging pandemic.In the week since he defeated President Donald Trump, Biden has devoted most of his public remarks to encouraging Americans to wear a mask and view the coronavirus as a threat that has no regard for political ideology.One member, Dr. Michael Osterholm, suggested a four- to six-week lockdown with financial aid for Americans whose livelihoods would be a
  
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• Bloomberg's big spending struggles to sway election outcomes

  14-11-2020 06:39
  
  After pouring more than $1.2 billion of his personal fortune into presidential politics this election, former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg has little to show for it.Bloomberg, who built a media and financial services empire before turning to electoral politics, has long used his $55 billion in estimated wealth to play kingmaker, with no shortage of candidates and causes seeking favor.
  
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• Vietnam bracing for Typhoon Vamco as death toll in Philippines rises to 53

  14-11-2020 06:34
  
  Vietnam was bracing for Typhoon Vamco to make landfall in the country's central coast early on Sunday, as the death toll in the Philippines rose to 53 from that country's deadliest storm this year. Packing winds of up to 165 kph (103 mph), Vamco is forecast to hit a swathe of Vietnam's coast from Ha Tinh to Quang Ngai province, the government's weather agency said on Saturday. "This is a very strong typhoon," Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said, warning provinces in Vamco's projected path to pr
  
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• Can Trump win with 'fantasy' electors bid? State GOP says no

  14-11-2020 06:34
  
  Republican leaders in four critical states won by President-elect Joe Biden say they won’t participate in a legally dubious scheme to flip their state’s electors to vote for President Donald Trump.State GOP lawmakers in Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin have all said they would not intervene in the selection of electors, who ultimately cast the votes that secure a candidate's victory.“I do not see, short of finding some type of fraud — which I haven’t he
  
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• Country diary: a walk to the estuary is a real hoot

  14-11-2020 06:30
  
  Country diary: a walk to the estuary is a real hoot. Talsarnau, Gwynedd: The brindled presence of a sleeping tawny owl brings back childhood memories
  
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• Australia may see first week of no local COVID-19 transmissions

  14-11-2020 06:26
  
  Australia's three most populous states on Saturday recorded at least a week with no local transmissions of the new coronavirus, boding well for the country's recovery from the pandemic after a flare-up marred an impressive early response.Neighbouring New South Wales, the most populous state, saw seven days without local transmissions, while Queensland has had no new community infections for two months.This latest data may mean Australia can record its first week of no local transmissions since t
  
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• Progressives look to make early mark on Biden White House

  14-11-2020 06:25
  
  Leading progressives are pressuring President-elect Joe Biden to embrace their policy agenda even as more centrist Democrats argue such proposals prevented the party from retaking full control of Congress.For now, much of the lobbying centers on who Biden should — or should not — appoint to key posts as he builds out the administration that will take office in January.The left-leaning think tank Progressive Change Institute partnered with more than 40 activist groups and on Friday re
  
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• Asia Today: India virus surge continues in New Delhi

  14-11-2020 06:11
  
  India's overall tally of new coronavirus cases remained steady on Saturday, but officials were watching a surge of cases in the capital that comes as people socialize during the festival season.India's Health Ministry reported 44,684 new positive cases in the past 24 hours and 520 deaths.Of those, 7,802 new cases were reported in New Delhi, with 91 deaths.
  
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• The Ballad of ‘La Madrina’: A Once-Feared Gang Leader Cleaning Up New York City

  14-11-2020 06:08
  
  Two years ago, filmmaker Raquel Cepeda started looking for tapes. Specifically, she was searching for leftover footage from 80 Blocks from Tiffany’s, a 1979 documentary about two gangs in the South Bronx: the Savage Nomads and the Savage Skulls. Cepeda was researching the life of the Skulls’ former “First Lady” Lorine Padilla. But the movie had long been MIA—never released commercially, it wasn’t available on DVD until 2010—and the footage was even more
  
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• Trump Election Challenges Hamstrung by Hapless Witnesses

  14-11-2020 06:00
  
  Donald Trump’s last-ditch campaign legal efforts have centered on witnesses who allege that they witnessed voter fraud and other suspicious activity in battleground states across the country. White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany has brandished stacks of papers detailing what she said were hundreds of affidavits from allegedly aggrieved voters or poll-watchers in TV appearances, and the MAGA faithful have seized on the allegations as proof that Trump secretly won the election.But wh
  
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• Trump, still not conceding defeat, trumpets vaccine progress

  14-11-2020 05:59
  
  Gliding over significant challenges still to come, President Donald Trump offered a rosy update on the race for a vaccine for the resurgent coronavirus as he delivered his first public remarks since his defeat by President-elect Joe Biden.Trump spoke from the the Rose Garden Friday as the nation sets records for confirmed cases of COVID-19, and as hospitalizations near critical levels and fatalities climb to the highest levels since the spring.Public health experts worry that Trump’s refus
  
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• A Connecticut Mom Was Slaughtered. Everyone Was a Suspect.

  14-11-2020 05:58
  
  On March 3, 2010, Barbara Hamburg was found murdered outside her home at 44 Middle Beach Road in the quiet, affluent seaside town of Madison, Connecticut. It was a slaying that shocked the region and shattered the Hamburg family, and the ensuing investigation’s failure to come up with a single potential culprit worth charging only compounded the air of mystery surrounding the crime. In an attempt to find out who committed this atrocity, Barbara’s son Madison began a documentary inqui
  
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• New Biden Chief Turned Outbreak ‘Calamity Into a Triumph’

  14-11-2020 05:56
  
  Defending himself against the federal government’s increasingly indefensible handling of the coronavirus, President Donald Trump has routinely declared that “nobody” could have predicted, or prepared for, a deadly pandemic that could strike at any moment.But the man now tasked with running President-elect Joe Biden’s incoming administration saw it coming—and according to public health officials, may be the only person with the first-hand experience necessary to turn
  
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• Help! I’m 32, Back Living With My Parents, and Trying to Date

  14-11-2020 05:56
  
  At 32, I definitely didn’t expect to be single, unemployed, and sleeping in the same room I lost my virginity over a decade prior. You’d assume it’s the worst introduction to any guy you’d meet on a dating app, but unfortunately, the most challenging part seems to be explaining to my parents why I won’t be home for dinner.We’ve all experienced the bitterness of dating after the second “Mike” of the week goes for a high five, and all you have to sho
  
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• Kylie Minogue becomes first woman to top album chart five decades in a row

  14-11-2020 05:52
  
  Kylie Minogue has become the first female artist to have a number one album in the UK across five decades.Mostly recorded at home during lockdown, Disco - her 15th studio album in which she revisits her dance music roots - notched up the best opening week for any UK release so far in 2020 with 55,000 chart sales.It is the eighth time the singer has topped the Official Charts Company album rankings, surpassing Sir Elton John, Sir Cliff Richard and George Michael.
  
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• NYC GOP congresswoman-elect forming 'Freedom Squad' to counter far left

  14-11-2020 05:49
  
  Rep.-elect Nicole Malliotakis joins Shannon Bream to discuss her victory on 'Fox News @ Night'
  
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• Pelosi hammered for planning indoor gala for freshman lawmakers

  14-11-2020 05:37
  
  Raymond Arroyo has more in this week's edition of Friday Follies on 'The Ingraham Angle'
  
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• President Trump taps Rudy Giuliani to take over election legal fight: Sources

  14-11-2020 05:22
  
  President Donald Trump has installed Rudy Giuliani to lead the legal efforts he has mounted to resuscitate his failed bid for a second term in office, a move that comes after a series of court defeats Friday, two sources told ABC News.A spokesperson for Giuliani confirmed his expanded role for the president.The decision, first reported by The New York Times, also came following court filings from the law firm that had been handling some of the Trump campaign's legal efforts.
  
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• Explosions reported in two cities in Ethiopia's Amhara state

  14-11-2020 05:21
  
  Two explosions went off in two different cities in Ethiopia's Amhara state, which neighbours the northern state of Tigray where federal troops are fighting local forces.The explosions were reported in Bahir Dar and Gondar, Amhara's communication office and the state's news service said late on Friday.Investigations had started to establish if the explosions were linked to the fighting in Tigray, the Amhara communications office said, without giving details of any casualties.
  
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• Ethiopia's Amhara rocked by explosions, rights group warns on Tigray

  14-11-2020 05:21
  
  Two explosions hit cities in Ethiopia's Amhara state, which neighbours the northern state of Tigray where federal troops are fighting local forces, and the human rights commission warned against rights violations in the conflict.Hundreds of people have been killed in clashes since Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed sent the national defence force on an offensive against well-trained local troops in Tigray on Nov. 4, after accusing them of attacking a federal military base in the area.
  
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• College students target professor for removal over pro-Trump tweets

  14-11-2020 05:21
  
  University of Miami law professor Daniel Ravicher tells 'Ingraham Angle' administrators demanding apology, retraction
  
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• Ridder, No. 7 Cincinnati roll over East Carolina, 55-17

  14-11-2020 05:20
  
  Desmond Ridder had another big game, and Cincinnati’s defense got some revenge.Ridder threw for 327 yards and three touchdowns and ran for another score to help No. 7 Cincinnati rout East Carolina 55-17 on Friday night.Cincinnati (7-0, 5-0 American Athletic) extended its school-record home winning streak to 19 games, the fourth-longest streak among FBS schools, and kept its hopes alive for a College Football Playoff berth.
  
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• Vietnam braces for Typhoon Vamco, 53 dead in Philippines

  14-11-2020 05:11
  
  Vietnam was bracing for Typhoon Vamco to make landfall in the country's central coast early on Sunday, as the death toll in the Philippines rose to 53 from that country's deadliest storm this year.Packing winds of up to 165 kph (103 mph), Vamco is forecast to hit a swathe of Vietnam's coast from Ha Tinh to Quang Ngai province, the government's weather agency said on Saturday."This is a very strong typhoon," Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said, warning provinces in Vamco's projected path to prep
  
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• Philippines scrambles to rescue thousands after Typhoon Vamco

  14-11-2020 05:11
  
  Philippine coast guard and disaster agencies scrambled on Saturday to rescue thousands in a northern province flooded by Typhoon Vamco, the country's deadliest cyclone this year.Dozens of towns in Cagayan region north of the capital Manila remain submerged, affecting thousands of families, some of whom fled to rooftops to escape two-storey high floods, officials said.The coast guard sent teams of rescue personnel, vehicles and rubber boats to Tuguegarao early on Saturday, and will bring in more
  
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• Tennessee voter claims his name was used to cast ballot in Arizona

  14-11-2020 05:07
  
  Nahshon Garrett discusses his personal experience with voter fraud on 'The Ingraham Angle'
  
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• Candace Owens: Shutting down schools a 'dream' for Democratic Party

  14-11-2020 04:56
  
  'Blackout' author joins 'The Ingraham Angle' to react to possibility of schools closing due to increased COVID-19 cases
  
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• Bill Maher Embarrasses Trump Legal Adviser Jenna Ellis

  14-11-2020 04:56
  
  On Friday night, Real Time host Bill Maher opened his show by mocking presidential loser Donald Trump, who keeps—against all logic, or reason—trying to convince the American public that he didn’t lose the recent election to Joe Biden, despite the fact that Biden took home 306 electoral votes to Trump’s 232, and also received well over 5 million more votes in the popular count.“This guy reminds me—remember the movie The Sixth Sense? Remember that movie? The mai
  
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• Pakistani man held by Australia freed after 1,490 days in arbitrary detention

  14-11-2020 04:53
  
  Pakistani man held by Australia freed after 1,490 days in arbitrary detentionNauroze Anees released from Villawood after administrative appeals tribunal finds he is not of bad character
  
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• Laura Ingraham: 'Scranton Joe' Biden fooled millions of voters

  14-11-2020 04:52
  
  'The Ingraham Angle' host claims Joe Biden promised to defend workers but has globalist, open-borders platform
  
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• Nagorno-Karabakh: Russia peacekeepers move in as body exchange begins

  14-11-2020 04:39
  
  Russian peacekeeping troops have moved into Nagorno-Karabakh after the country secured a peace deal with Armenia and Azerbaijan.The Moscow-brokered ceasefire secured territorial advances for Azerbaijan around the ethnic Armenian region within Azeri borders, where Azeri troops have been battling ethnic Armenian forces over the past six weeks.Russian border guards have placed five posts in Nagorno-Karabakh, two of them on the border with Iran.
  
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• Iowa drubs Minnesota 35-7 for 6th straight win for the pig

  14-11-2020 04:36
  
  Tyler Goodson rushed for a career-high 142 yards and two touchdowns on 20 carries, and Iowa's defense clamped down hard on Minnesota for a 35-7 victory on Friday night that gave the Hawkeyes possession of the Floyd of Rosedale trophy for the sixth season.Jack Koerner and Riley Moss each picked off Tanner Morgan for the Gophers quarterback's first two-interception game in two years, and Zach VanValkenburg had three of the team's four sacks.Iowa's defense has a streak of 11 straight games with at
  
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• Trump skips Southeast Asia summit for third year in a row

  14-11-2020 04:28
  
  U.S. President Donald Trump skipped a virtual summit with his Southeast Asian counterparts on Saturday, the third year in a row that the U.S. is being represented at a lower level.National security adviser Robert O'Brien said Trump regretted he was unable to attend the online summit with the 10-members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations but stressed the importance of ties with the region.“At this time of global crisis, the U.S.-ASEAN strategic partnership has become even more im
  
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• Israeli operatives in Iran killed al-Qaeda’s second-in-command in August, report claims

  14-11-2020 04:27
  
  Al-Qaeda’s second-in-command, accused of helping to mastermind the 1998 bombings of two US embassies in Africa, was killed in Iran in August by Israeli operatives acting at the behest of the United States, the New York Times reported on Friday, citing intelligence officials. Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah, who went by the nom de guerre Abu Muhammad al-Masri, was gunned down by two men on a motorcycle in the streets of Tehran on Aug. 7, the Times reported. The killing of Masri, who was seen as a l
  
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