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• Obamas producing comedy series about chaos of Trump administration

  21-11-2020 23:06 via independent.co.uk
  
  Series to ask if government is a dirty word or a trusted institution
  
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• Obamas producing comedy series about chaos of the Trump administration

  21-11-2020 23:06 via independent.co.uk
  
  Series to ask if government is a dirty word or a trusted institution
  
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• Christmas in lockdown preferred by UK public over new restrictions in January

  21-11-2020 21:39 via theguardian.com
  
  Observer/Opinium poll also finds switch in support for political leadershipCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMost of the public would rather have a locked-down Christmas than have a new lockdown imposed in January, a new poll suggests.With the government considering the extent to which restrictions should be lifted to limit the impact on Christmas family gatherings, the latest Opinium poll for the Observer found that the public opted for a locked-down Christmas ov
  
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• Black man killed by security guards is buried in Brazil

  21-11-2020 21:36 via independent.co.uk
  
  A Black man who died while being beaten by supermarket security guards has been buried following protests that echoed those of the racial justice movement in the United States
  
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• Boy, 7, is rescued 52 days after being kidnapped by suspected paedophile in Russia

  21-11-2020 20:48 via independent.co.uk
  
  Russian special forces found him after US police tipoff from the dark web
  
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• Sudan boycotts talks over controversial mega-dam in Ethiopia

  21-11-2020 20:34 via independent.co.uk
  
  Ethiopia’s downstream neighbours fear the structure could reduce Nile water supplies
  
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• Trump appointed judges in Florida overturn ban on conversion therapy for minors

  21-11-2020 19:56 via independent.co.uk
  
  The judges ruled that the practice violates the First Amendment
  
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• Long lines form at coronavirus testing centres ahead of expected Thanksgiving travel rush, despite advice to stay home

  21-11-2020 19:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  Lack of national coordination for testing means vast tapestry of differing requirements and advice nationwide
  
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• Biden's popular vote lead over Trump stretches to more than 6m

  21-11-2020 18:23 via theguardian.com
  
  President-elect currently has 79,823,827 votes as he continues to rack up the highest number of votes in US historyJoe Biden’s popular vote lead over Donald Trump has now stretched to more than 6m as he continues to rack up the highest number of votes in American history.The Democratic challenger, and now president-elect, currently has 79,823,827 compared to the president’s 73,786,905 – itself a record for a losing candidate in terms of sheer number of votes cast. Continue read
  
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• Saudi opens virtual G20 with call for global action on pandemic as critics highlight human rights

  21-11-2020 18:20 via independent.co.uk
  
  It is the first time an Arab country has held the prestigious event
  
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• Andrew Cuomo to receive International Emmy for daily coronavirus briefings

  21-11-2020 17:16 via independent.co.uk
  
  Some have criticised the Academy’s recognition as failing to recognise problems in the states handling of the pandemic
  
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• Bodies of man and slave unearthed from ashes at Pompeii

  21-11-2020 16:21 via independent.co.uk
  
  Men escaped the initial fall of ash from Mount Vesuvius then succumbed to a powerful volcanic blast next day 
  
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• Bodies of man and his slave unearthed from ashes at Pompeii

  21-11-2020 16:21 via independent.co.uk
  
  Men escaped the initial fall of ash from Mount Vesuvius then succumbed to a powerful volcanic blast next day 
  
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• Violence erupts in Brazil after a black man is beaten to death outside supermarket – video

  21-11-2020 16:20 via theguardian.com
  
  A black man has died after being beaten by supermarket security guards in the city of Porto Alegre on the eve of Black Consciousness Day. Videos of the incident circulated on social media and have sparked outrage and protests across Brazil, with people entering Carrefour supermarkets and demanding justice for FreitasProtests erupt in Brazil after black man dies after being beaten outside supermarketContinue reading...
  
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• Families of detained Hong Kong dozen protest on island near Chinese prison

  21-11-2020 16:09 via independent.co.uk
  
  Last week the seven detainees wrote handwritten letters to their family, but the group said in a statement that "they seem to have been compiled under duress".
  
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• ICYMI: Piano playing in surgery and Covid safety robots

  21-11-2020 15:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A look at some of the stories you may have missed this week.
  
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• Kabul explosions: Three killed in rocket attacks on Afghanistan capital

  21-11-2020 13:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  Explosions come ahead of meetings between US secretary of state Mike Pompeo, negotiators from the Taliban and Afghan government 
  
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• Afghanistan: footage shows aftermath of rocket strikes in Kabul – video

  21-11-2020 13:19 via theguardian.com
  
  Several rockets hit residential areas of the Afghan capital in the early rush hour on Saturday, killing at least three civilians and wounding a dozen more, police officials said. The explosions, close to the diplomatic quarter, set embassies' warning sirens blaring two days before a major donor conference for Afghanistan in GenevaKabul explosions: three die in rocket attacks on Afghan capitalContinue reading...
  
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• The show goes on at Madrid�s opera house despite pandemic

  21-11-2020 11:03
  
  MADRID (AP) — No one performing onstage in Spain’s Teatro Real opera house is masked, and that alone looks odd these days amid a pandemic. And that's even before the second act scene in Antonín Dvořák’s “Rusalka” — about a water nymph who falls in love with a mortal — in which cast members kiss and grope in a feigned, non-socially distanced orgy. While many of the world's major venues are shut down, including the Metropolitan Opera in
  
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• The Latest: Japan hits record number of new cases again

  21-11-2020 11:03
  
  TOKYO — Japan is scaling back on the government-backed “GoTo” campaign to encourage travel and dining out, as the number of confirmed coronavirus cases reached a record for the third day straight on Saturday, at 2,418. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced the decision at a government panel on coronavirus pandemic measures. Stressing the need for “utmost caution,” he said the campaign’s travel discounts will no longer apply to hard-hit areas, and discounts o
  
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• She fled Ethiopia's fighting. Now she warns of 'catastrophe'

  21-11-2020 11:03
  
  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Shaken by the gunfire erupting around her town in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, the woman decided to get out. She joined a long line at the local government office for the paperwork needed to travel. But when she reached the official, he told her she had wasted her time. “This is for people who are volunteering to fight,” he said. As Ethiopia's government wages war in its Tigray region and seeks to arrest its defiant leaders, who regard the fede
  
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• Mortar shells hit Kabul residential areas; at least 8 dead

  21-11-2020 11:03
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — About 23 mortar shells slammed into different parts of the Afghan capital on Saturday, killing at least eight people and wounding 31 others, an official said. The shells were fired from two cars, Interior Ministry spokesperson Tariq Arian said. No one took immediate responsibility for the early morning attack that also targeted the posh Wazir Akbar Khan area of Kabul, which houses diplomatic missions. At least one...
  
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• Free agency opens: Fox and Kings agree on $163 million deal

  21-11-2020 11:03
  On the first night of free agency, De'Aaron Fox was the first huge winner. Huge, as in $163 million — or even more. Fox and the Sacramento Kings agreed on a max deal Friday night, agent Chris Gaston said. It's a five-year pact that will pay Fox $163 million, and that figure could rise to nearly $200 million if Fox makes an All-NBA team or receives other league honors. Fox's numbers have improved in each of his three NBA seasons. He averaged 11.6 points as a rookie, then 17.3 points two sea
  
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• EXPLAINER: What's with all the election audits?

  21-11-2020 11:03
  As they seek to overturn — or at least cast doubts on — the results of the Nov. 3 presidential election, President Donald Trump and his Republican allies have zeroed in on a routine and common process: post-election audits. Until now, the Trump campaign's flurry of legal challenges hasn't unearthed any evidence of widespread voter fraud, and election experts as well as state and federal officials have said there was none. Still, Trump and Republicans are calling for audits in states
  
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• EXPLAINER: Trump's election challenges falling flat in court

  21-11-2020 11:03
  While President Donald Trump vows to press ahead with efforts to overturn the election, judges across the country have consistently swatted down his legal challenges. Trump's campaign has failed to make any real headway in court without proof of widespread fraud, which experts widely agree doesn't exist. Over the course of a single day this week, Trump and his Republican allies dropped or lost cases seeking to block the certification of election results in three different states. Experts say Tru
  
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• Biden could announce Cabinet picks as soon as next week

  21-11-2020 11:03
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden is moving quickly to fill out his administration and could name top leaders for his Cabinet as early as next week. Biden told reporters on Thursday that he's already decided on who will lead the Treasury Department. That pick, along with his nominee for secretary of state, may be announced before Thanksgiving, according to people close to the transition who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.
  
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• Asia Today: South Korea, Japan mull steps as new cases rise

  21-11-2020 11:03
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has reported 386 new cases of the coronavirus in a resurgence that could force authorities to reimpose stronger social distancing restrictions after easing them in October to spur a faltering economy. The figures released by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency on Saturday brought the national caseload to 30,403, including 503 deaths. More than 270 of the new cases came from the densely populated Seoul metropolitan area, where health workers
  
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• Analysis: With silence, GOP enables Trump's risky endgame

  21-11-2020 11:03
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans in Congress are engaged in a risky but calculated bet that once President Donald Trump has exhausted his legal challenges to the election, he will come to grips with his loss to President-elect Joe Biden. But the opposite is happening. As one Trump court case after another falls by the wayside, Trump is doubling down on efforts to disrupt the election outcome. Rather than accept the reality of the vote, the president is using the weight of his office to try to
  
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• Violence erupts in Brazil after Black man beaten to death at Carrefour store

  21-11-2020 11:02
  
  Read full article By Diego Vara21 November 2020, 10:50 am·3-min read orlMarch in Sao Paulo during the National Black Consciousness Day and in protest against the death of Joao Alberto Silveira Freitas By Diego Vara PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (Reuters) - More than 1,000 demonstrators attacked a Carrefour Brasil supermarket in the southern Brazilian city of Porto Alegre on Friday after security guards beat to death a Black man at the store. The killing, which has sparked protests across Brazil, o
  
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• Senegal to further facilitate convergence of views between Africa, China – Foreign Minister

  21-11-2020 11:02
  Share this with more people! Senegal will continue to facilitate the “convergence of views” between China and Africa on key issues such as global governance, poverty reduction and the fight against COVID-19, said Senegal’s Foreign Minister, Aissata Tall Sall. In an article published Wednesday on local newspaper, Le...
  
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• Japan dials back domestic travel campaign as virus cases hit record

  21-11-2020 11:02
  
  Read full article 21 November 2020, 9:47 am·1-min read FILE PHOTO: People wearing protective face masks walk on the street, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan said it will suspend a domestic travel campaign in areas where coronavirus infections are especially high as cases nationwide hit a record high on Saturday. The partial suspension of the domestic...
  
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• Google, Facebook and Twitter Threaten to Leave Pakistan Over New Data Regulation Rules Issued by Imran Khan Government

  21-11-2020 11:02
  Read full article Team Latestly21 November 2020, 10:30 am·2-min read Islamabad, November 21: Tech giants and social media companies including Facebook, Google and Twitter have threatened to leave Pakistan after the Imran Khan-led government in the Islamic nation introduced new rules and allowed authorities to censor digital content. As per critics, the new rules are believed to be a move which was aimed at curtailing freedom of expression in the conservative nation. The Asia Internet Coal
  
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• Donald Trump Jr. and son of Rudy Giuliani test positive for coronavirus

  21-11-2020 11:02
  Donald Trump Jr., the son of US President Donald Trump, tested positive for Covid-19 this week, although he is experiencing no symptoms, according to his spokesman. Trump Jr. tested positive at the start of the week and has been "quarantining at his cabin since the result," the spokesman said. "He's been...
  
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• Brexit: The key dates ahead with 40 days until transition period ends

  21-11-2020 11:02
  The UK left the...
  
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• More than a second gentleman: why Doug Emhoff is Kamala Harris’ secret weapon | Hadley Freeman

  21-11-2020 11:01
  I’m not obsessed with Doug, but he could probably be my pub quiz subject There is much to say about Joe Biden and Kamala Harris ’s historic win, but I’d like to focus on a man called Doug. Doug Emhoff is a lawyer and – more relevantly to your interests and mine – Harris’s husband, and unless you are...
  
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• Donald Trump Jr. tests positive for coronavirus

  21-11-2020 11:01
  Washington: Donald Trump Jr., the president’s son, tested positive for the coronavirus at the beginning of the week and has been isolating since Monday, a spokesman for Trump said Friday. He added that Trump had shown no symptoms and was following virus protocols. Trump is the latest person close to the president who...
  
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• Asia Today: South Korea mulls steps as new virus cases rise

  21-11-2020 11:01
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has reported 386 new cases of the coronavirus in a resurgence that could force authorities to reimpose stronger social distancing restrictions after easing them in October to spur a faltering economy. The figures released by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency on Saturday raised the country's total number of confirmed cases to 30,403, including 503 deaths. More than 270 of the new cases have come from the Seoul metropolitan area, where heal
  
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• A satellite that will track Earth's sea level rise is ready to launch

  21-11-2020 11:01
  More than 830 miles above Earth's surface, a next-generation satellite will launch today to keep an eye on global sea levels. ......
  
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• The show goes on at Madrid �s opera house despite pandemic

  21-11-2020 10:58
  
  MADRID (AP) " No one performing onstage in Spain's Teatro Real opera...
  
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• WATCH | Protests in Brazil after security guards beat black man to death

  21-11-2020 10:57
  
  The death of a black man beaten by white security guards at a supermarket sparked protests across Brazil Friday as the country celebrated Black Consciousness Day. ......
  
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• Singapore, Hong Kong to go ahead with air travel bubble

  21-11-2020 10:57
  
  The flights will proceed on Nov. 22 with an additional COVID-19 test for travellers from Hong Kong, Channel News Asia reported ......
  
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• Singapore-Hong Kong air travel bubble postponed

  21-11-2020 10:57
  HONG KONG (AP) — Singapore and Hong Kong have postponed a planned air travel bubble meant to boost tourism for both cities, amid a spike in...
  
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• Pompeo to meet Taliban negotiators in Qatar

  21-11-2020 10:57
  
  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet negotiators from the Afghan government and Taliban on Saturday amid signs of progress in their talks as the United States speeds up its withdrawal. ......
  
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• World Hello Day: How to greet someone like an Irish person

  21-11-2020 10:56
  It's probably no surprise that Ireland, the land of 'Cead Mile Failte,' has plenty of ways to say 'Hello!' ......
  
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• We are facing an unprecented global challenge to protect every country from Covid-19

  21-11-2020 10:55
  
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• Lie Told By Pizza Worker Led To One Of Australia's Harshest COVID-19 Lockdowns Yet

  21-11-2020 10:54
  
  “Had this person been truthful to the contact tracing teams, we would not have gone into a six-day lockdown,” said South Australia state Premier Steven Marshall. ......
  
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• 1st Drug for Rare Rapid-Aging Disease Extends Kids' Lives

  21-11-2020 10:52
  The first drug was approved Friday for a rare genetic disorder that stunts growth and causes rapid aging in children after studies showed it can extend their lives. Kids with the genetic disorder progeria typically die in their early teens, usually from heart disease. But in testing, children taking the drug Zokinvy lived 2 1/2 years longer on average. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the capsules for progeria and a related condition. Health abortion Feb 24 9th Circuit Upholds Ban
  
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• Ethiopia says it has taken Tigrayan town of Adigrat

  21-11-2020 10:46
  
  Ethiopia's government said Saturday its troops had seized another town, Adigrat, in its push towards the capital of Tigray province where it is seeking to topple rebel forces. ......
  
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• Death toll in Kabul rocket attack rises to at least 8

  21-11-2020 10:46
  
  About 23 mortar shells slammed into different parts of the Afghan capital Saturday, killing at least eight people and wounding 31 others, an official said. ......
  
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• Armenia PM urges stronger military links with Russia

  21-11-2020 10:46
  Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan called Saturday for greater military cooperation with Russia, a day after Azerbaijani troops began moving into territory in Nagorno-Karabakh previously held by Armenian separatist forces. ......
  
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