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• Trump lawyers mix up Michigan and Minnesota in latest court filing fail

  20-11-2020 23:46 via independent.co.uk
  
  It follows an election lawsuit filed in the wrong court
  
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• Mayor: Wisconsin mall shooting injuries not life-threatening

  20-11-2020 23:45 via independent.co.uk
  
  A Wisconsin mayor says multiple people were shot at mall Friday but none of the injuries appear to be life-threatening
  
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• NY's Cuomo to receive International Emmy for virus briefings

  20-11-2020 23:43 via independent.co.uk
  
  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is set to soon receive an International Emmy award for his once-daily televised briefings on the coronavirus pandemic that killed tens of thousands of New Yorkers this spring
  
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• Wisconsin shooting: Active shooter at shopping mall, mayor says

  20-11-2020 23:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  None of victims suffered life-threatening injuries as gunman hunted
  
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• US move to police illegal fishing in South China Sea leaves allies wary

  20-11-2020 23:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE US has continued to assert its dominance in the South China Sea despite no sovereign claim on any part of the region after moving to police illegal fishing.
  
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• Senator Scott among 9,000 new Covid cases in Florida – but governor says it will never lock down

  20-11-2020 23:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  The GOP Senator from Florida has been quarantining at home all week after coming into contact with someone in Florida last Friday.
  
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• WW3 fears: Iran warns Trump risking ‘full-fledged war’ in final days as US President

  20-11-2020 23:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  IRAN has claimed Donald Trump is risking "full-fledged war" before the end of his presidency.
  
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• Blaming Trump for US foreign policy disasters 'would misread history' says expert

  20-11-2020 23:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  DONALD TRUMP should not be blamed for all US foreign policy disasters as Joe Biden prepares to take over at the White House, according to a leading political analyst.
  
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• Trump accuses Pfizer of delaying vaccine announcement until after election – video

  20-11-2020 22:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Donald Trump reiterated on Friday the false claim that he won the election and accused pharmaceutical companies of strategically delaying their announcements about a coronavirus vaccine because of his support for reducing medicine costs and in order to hurt his re-election efforts. 'We had big pharma against us,' Trump said at a news conference during which he accused Pfizer of waiting over a month to announce details about its coronavirus vaccine test results.US news – live updates Contin
  
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• EU on brink: Hungary and Poland warned they 'can no longer be members' if values ignored

  20-11-2020 22:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE European Union plunged into a new crisis after Hungary and Poland walked out of negotiations on the common budget over their refusal to agree to rule of law requirements to receive funds.
  
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• Kyle Rittenhouse: Alleged Kenosha shooter posts $2 million bail and leaves jail

  20-11-2020 22:19 via independent.co.uk
  
  He’s accused of fatally shooting two people during August civil rights protests in Wisconsin
  
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• ‘Election contest continues’: Pence refuses to break with Trump as he campaigns in Georgia Senate race

  20-11-2020 22:04 via independent.co.uk
  
  The run-off election in January 2020 will decide control of the Senate
  
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• Obamas spark fury over Netflix sketch comedy series mocking Trump

  20-11-2020 20:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BARACK and Michelle Obama have sparked fury over a new Netflix comedy series loosely based on an anti-Trump book.
  
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• Trump trade advisor makes wild claim China sent ‘thousands of people around the world’ to spread Covid

  20-11-2020 20:26 via independent.co.uk
  
  Navarro made the baseless claims during an appearance on Eric Bolling’s show, America This Week.
  
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• The Independent appoints editor of Independent en Español

  20-11-2020 20:26 via independent.co.uk
  
  Enrique Limón has been appointed the editor of Independent en Español, the latest international endeavour from The Independent, created to serve the Latin American audience in the US and other Spanish-speaking markets around the world.
  
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• Stanford condemns Trump Covid adviser Scott Atlas

  20-11-2020 20:08 via independent.co.uk
  
  The faculty resolution comes in response to the Hoover Institution fellow tweeting 'rise up' against pandemic lockdowns
  
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• Daily COVID-19 deaths in US reach highest level since May

  20-11-2020 20:06 via independent.co.uk
  
  The coronavirus surge is taking an increasingly dire toll across the U.S. just as a vaccine appears close at hand
  
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• Midwest health system CEO says he had virus, won't wear mask

  20-11-2020 19:41 via independent.co.uk
  
  The head of one of the largest health systems in the Midwest has told his employees he's recovered from COVID-19 and is back in the office — without a mask
  
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• Norway's King and Queen in self-isolation after coronavirus scare

  20-11-2020 19:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  NORWAY'S King Harald and Queen Sonja are in voluntary isolation after a royal court staff member tested positive coronavirus.
  
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• Covid vaccine: US military ready to deliver 40 million doses once FDA approves

  20-11-2020 19:01 via independent.co.uk
  
  The military will begin distributing the vaccine once the FDA grants an emergency use authorisation
  
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• Trump rhetoric is ‘so similar’ to Jim Jones, says Jonestown massacre survivor

  20-11-2020 19:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  'I say don't forget about the commander-in-chief who is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people’, says Yulunda Williams
  
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• Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers ask to pause civil suit due to ‘dramatic decline’ in health

  20-11-2020 18:56 via independent.co.uk
  
  Attorney Imran Ansari filed the request for a stay in the proceedings on Thursday, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The filing also references criminal charges currently pending in Los Angeles against the former producer.
  
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• It’s not just mink: Foxes and raccoon dogs on fur farms ‘may infect humans with coronaviruses’, scientists warn

  20-11-2020 18:38 via independent.co.uk
  
  Exclusive: The whole industry has the potential to act as a virus factory, say animal-welfare activists
  
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• Bobi Wine protests: arrest sparks Uganda’s worst unrest in years – video report

  20-11-2020 18:22 via theguardian.com
  
  At least 19 people have been killed in Uganda over two days in the country’s worst unrest in a decade, as security forces try to quell protests triggered by the arrest of presidential candidate Bobi Wine. Known by supporters as ‘the ghetto president’, Wine is one of a new generation of politicians across Africa who are challenging longtime leaders, including President Yoweri Museveni who has ruled the east African nation for nearly 35 yearsBobi Wine protests: death toll rises i
  
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• ‘God’s grace’: Woman survives after being thrown onto tracks in front of incoming train

  20-11-2020 18:19 via independent.co.uk
  
  Police describe attacker’s behaviour in surveillance footage of incident ‘disturbing’
  
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• Asian Americans called ‘yellow folk’ by US health official during meeting about combatting racism

  20-11-2020 17:46 via independent.co.uk
  
  Dr Peter Beilenson apologises for ‘significant mistake’
  
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• German police arrest man suspected of murder and ‘cannibalism’

  20-11-2020 17:42 via independent.co.uk
  
  Victim’s remains found near suspect’s home in northern Berlin
  
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• Fox pundit wants to name Covid vaccine after president

  20-11-2020 17:37 via independent.co.uk
  
  'Years from now, it would become just a kind of generic name'
  
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• Fox pundit Geraldo Rivera wants to name Covid vaccine after president

  20-11-2020 17:37 via independent.co.uk
  
  'Years from now, it would become just a kind of generic name'
  
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• Argentinian domestic abuse victim given ex-partner’s job at local council as ‘reparation’

  20-11-2020 17:21 via independent.co.uk
  
  Valeria Juárez now employed by Santa Rosa council after ex-partner fired and jailed
  
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• Saudi Arabia G20: What exactly is the G20 and why does it matter?

  20-11-2020 17:08 via independent.co.uk
  
  Ahead of the annual meeting of world leaders, Ben Chu offers a quick recap on what the G20 is and what to expect from this year’s event
  
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• Kim Jong-un fury: North Korean put life on line in claim tyrant ‘steals all our money’

  20-11-2020 16:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  KIM JONG-UN sparks the wrath of North Koreans, so much so that one woman put her life on the line by claiming he "takes money" from them.
  
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• Rudy Giuliani suggests cutting heads of Democrats in Fox interview after disastrous press conference

  20-11-2020 16:54 via independent.co.uk
  
  The former mayor made more headlines for his leaking hair dye and My Cousin Vinny impression than his evidence of election impropriety
  
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• Thirteen month old girl who died on migrant boat to Canary Islands gets proper grave

  20-11-2020 16:13 via independent.co.uk
  
  Sahé Sephore died when the boat she was travelling in with her mother foundered on rocks in May 2019
  
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• Bosnia marks 25 years since inking of US-brokered peace deal

  20-11-2020 16:06 via independent.co.uk
  
  Bosnians are marking the 25th anniversary of the U.S.-brokered peace agreement that ended more than 3 1/2 years of ethnic war in their country
  
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• Growing concern in West as Egypt arrests human rights activists after speaking to diplomats

  20-11-2020 15:43 via independent.co.uk
  
  Arrest of members of the most important human rights organization operating in Egypt 'underscores the extreme vulnerability of civil society activists’
  
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• Covid vaccine: Pfizer to request emergency approval today

  20-11-2020 15:21 via independent.co.uk
  
  Pfizer and BioNTech announced that they will submit their coronavirus vaccine candidate to the US Food and Drug Administration today for emergency use authorisation.  
  
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• British man blinded and paralysed after snakebite while battling suspected Covid in India

  20-11-2020 14:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  In the last four years, Ian Jones has already suffered from dengue, chikungunya and malaria 
  
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• All the presidents’ pets: a history of the strange animals that have lived in the White House

  20-11-2020 14:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  As Joe Biden prepares to move into Pennsylvania Avenue with his German shepherds, Derrick Bryson Taylor takes a look at some of the less traditional creatures to take up residence
  
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• All the presidents’ pets: a history of strange animals to live in the White House

  20-11-2020 14:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  As Joe Biden prepares to move into Pennsylvania Avenue with his German shepherds, Derrick Bryson Taylor takes a look at some of the less traditional creatures to take up residence
  
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• Ethiopia military airstrike hits school as UN warns millions of children need humanitarian assistance

  20-11-2020 13:58 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘Electricity continues to be cut off. Fuel for generators has run out. That leaves 96,000 Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia without clean water’, UN official warns
  
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• Rachel Maddow pays tribute to partner and ‘centre of her life’ who ‘nearly died’ with Covid

  20-11-2020 13:37 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘At one point, we really thought it was a possibility it might kill her,’ says MSNBC host
  
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• Pop star presidential candidate Bobi Wine released after dozens dead in Uganda protests

  20-11-2020 13:37 via independent.co.uk
  
  Hundreds more supporters arrested by police during violent clashes
  
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• Karachi Sweets: Indian bakery forced to cover up name of Pakistani city

  20-11-2020 13:29 via independent.co.uk
  
  Owner of the bakery has covered its name up with newspapers on orders of right-wing political leader
  
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• Madeleine McCann: German suspect loses appeal against rape conviction

  20-11-2020 12:07 via independent.co.uk
  
  Christian B is in prison in Germany
  
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• Ambassador visits Canadians detained in China in Huawei case

  20-11-2020 11:38 via independent.co.uk
  
  Canada's ambassador to China has visited two Canadians detained for almost two years amid a dispute over the arrest of an executive of Chinese technology giant Huawei
  
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• California imposes strict curfew as Covid cases spiral

  20-11-2020 11:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  Hospitalisations in the state have increased by 64 per cent in two weeks 
  
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• US executes man convicted of raping Texas teenager and burying her alive

  20-11-2020 10:57 via independent.co.uk
  
  Orlando Hall was one of five men involved in the 1994 abduction and killing of Lisa Rene
  
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• Covid-19: Serbian Orthodox Patriarch Irinej dies

  20-11-2020 10:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Patriarch Irinej, 90, tested positive after attending a large funeral for Montenegro's top cleric.
  
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• Tiger King star accused of mistreating endangered species

  20-11-2020 10:35 via independent.co.uk
  
  Jeff Lowe and his wife, Lauren, are accused of violating the Endangered Species Act
  
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