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• 'Will you pardon yourself?': Trump ignores questions after pardoning turkey – video

  24-11-2020 23:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Appearing with first lady Melania Trump in front of the White House, the president made brief remarks thanking healthcare workers and researchers working on a Covid-19 vaccine.According to tradition, two turkeys named Corn and Cob stayed at the Willard Intercontinental Hotel before the official ceremony. After an online poll, Corn was chosen to be pardoned.Trump did not take questions at the event, and ignored a shouted question about whether he was considering pardoning himself.Trump pardo
  
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• YouTube suspends OAN after network shares fake coronavirus cure

  24-11-2020 23:22 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘Pro-Trump’ cable news network temporarily banned from monetising videos on platform
  
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• Niger's former President Mamadou Tandja dies at age 82

  24-11-2020 23:16 via independent.co.uk
  
  Niger’s government says former President Mamadou Tandja has died
  
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• CDC may soon reduce the 14-day quarantine after Covid exposure

  24-11-2020 23:01 via independent.co.uk
  
  The current 14-day quarantine following potential coronavirus exposure may be adjusted
  
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• Biden gets permission from White House to receive top-secret national security briefings

  24-11-2020 22:58 via independent.co.uk
  
  President-elect will get the President’s Daily Brief from intelligence chiefs
  
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• Scott Peterson among death row prisoners who got Covid unemployment benefit from California

  24-11-2020 22:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  Officials say more than 35,000 prisoners have filed claims during the pandemic
  
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• Michael Gove announces relaxation of Covid measures over Christmas – video

  24-11-2020 22:13 via theguardian.com
  
  Families across the UK will be able to gather in three-household groups of any size over Christmas, Michael Gove announced, after the heads of the devolved governments agreed on a relaxation of Covid restrictions over the festive period.The long-planned idea of 'Christmas bubbles' – which Gove insisted demonstrated a 'cautious approach' – was thrashed out in a meeting involving the four UK nations. It will allow people to travel around freely from 23 to 27 December, irrespective of w
  
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• 'Covid testing' shoots to the top of Google search trends ahead of Thanksgiving

  24-11-2020 21:55 via independent.co.uk
  
  Doctors warn that testing negative for coronavirus is not a ‘free pass’
  
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• Ivanka Trump boasts about decline in greenhouse gas emissions - caused by Covid lockdowns

  24-11-2020 21:45 via independent.co.uk
  
  Emissions dropped by 9.2 per cent with most Americans stuck at home during the pandemic
  
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• Ivanka criticised for boasting about greenhouse gas emissions drop under Trump administration

  24-11-2020 21:45 via independent.co.uk
  
  Emissions dropped by 9.2 per cent with most Americans stuck at home during the pandemic
  
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• New York Governor Andrew Cuomo cancels Thanksgiving plans with mother and daughters after being accused of hypocrisy

  24-11-2020 21:35 via independent.co.uk
  
  Gov. Cuomo has urged New Yorkers not to travel and to limit Thanksgiving gatherings to ten people or fewer
  
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• 'A cabinet that looks like America': Harris hails Biden's diverse picks

  24-11-2020 21:33 via theguardian.com
  
  President-elect pledges global role and emphasises climate fight‘Close friend’ John Kerry to be America’s full-time climate leaderUS politics – live coveragePresident-elect Joe Biden formally introduced his first round of cabinet nominations on Tuesday, a move broadly welcomed as a restoration of the old Washington and international order after the turmoil of the Trump administration. Related: Joe Biden's cabinet picks: what we've learned from his choices so farContinue r
  
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• President Trump pardons US Thanksgiving turkey, Corn, at White House

  24-11-2020 21:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US president officially pardons "Corn" in the annual White House tradition.
  
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• Man leaves $3,000 tip for beer hours before restaurant closes

  24-11-2020 20:45 via independent.co.uk
  
  Amid a Covid-19 surge in Cleveland, a customer tipped a local business with $3,000 and promised to return 
  
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• Wealthy New Yorkers are hiring people to stand in coronavirus testing lines for them

  24-11-2020 20:44 via independent.co.uk
  
  Residents use TaskRabbit to hire people to stand in line
  
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• Breonna Taylor protest leader is shot dead in Louisville

  24-11-2020 20:39 via independent.co.uk
  
  Family members of activist Hamza ‘Travis’ Nagdy, 21, confirmed him as the victim
  
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• When will Trump leave the White House?

  24-11-2020 19:49 via independent.co.uk
  
  Inauguration Day on 20 January, 2021 officially marks the end of Donald Trump’s presidency
  
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• Vaccines may not prevent the transmission of Covid-19 from vaccinated to unvaccinated, Moderna chief doctor warns

  24-11-2020 19:46 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘I think we need to be careful, as we get vaccinated, not to over-interpret the results,’ Dr Tal Zaks says
  
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• Two New York police officers injured in Queens shooting

  24-11-2020 19:35 via independent.co.uk
  
  A shooting was reported around 1pm on Tuesday
  
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• Shamima Begum: Government ‘cannot assume Isis bride is a terror threat’, Supreme Court told

  24-11-2020 19:21 via independent.co.uk
  
  Judges deciding whether former Isis bride should be allowed to return to UK to fight for British citizenship 
  
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• OxyContin maker Purdue admits role in opioid crisis after pleading guilty to criminal charges

  24-11-2020 19:20 via independent.co.uk
  
  The company also admitted to paying doctors through a speaking program in exchange for them writing more prescriptions for painkillers
  
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• OxyContin maker admits role in opioid crisis pleading guilty to criminal charges

  24-11-2020 19:20 via independent.co.uk
  
  The company paid doctors to push painkillers 
  
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• 12 Grammy facts: BTS and Dr. Luke in, The Weeknd out

  24-11-2020 19:09 via independent.co.uk
  
  Tuesday's Grammy Award nominations included numerous surprises and snubs
  
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• Chinese residents appear to set tap water on fire after gas leaks into supply

  24-11-2020 19:05 via independent.co.uk
  
  Complaints of oily residue when washing hands prompts investigation
  
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• Joe Biden's cabinet picks: what we've learned from his choices so far

  24-11-2020 18:50 via theguardian.com
  
  The president-elect has gone for experience and diversity in his first slate of picks – but it also doesn’t hurt to have worked for ObamaUS politics – live coverageOn Tuesday, Joe Biden formally introduced his first slate of picks for cabinet posts. Related: Will New York's elite give Ivanka and Jared a warm welcome or the cold shoulder?Continue reading...
  
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• ‘Pandemic party’ held at Uber CEO’s $37 million New York penthouse

  24-11-2020 18:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  Travis Kalanick has said he was lending the lavish apartment to a friend at the time
  
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• Greece strike to disrupt public transport

  24-11-2020 18:28
  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Airlines are rescheduling or canceling flights to, from and within Greece this week as air traffic controllers join a nationwide public sector strike scheduled for Thursday. The strike is set to disrupt public transport, including ferry services between the islands and the mainland. The civil servants’ union called the strike on a variety of demands, including the...
  
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• Belgium approves more money for care homes hit by pandemic

  24-11-2020 18:28
  BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium’s northern region of Flanders approved 575 million euros ($680 million) Tuesday to support staff at nursing home and welfare facilities that has come under intense pressure during the coronavirus crisis. During the first wave of the pandemic during the spring and again now, care homes have been centers of infections and deaths. Over the past several weeks,...
  
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• Kurdish and Turkey-backed fighters clash in Syria, 18 killed

  24-11-2020 18:27
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — Clashes between Kurdish fighters and Turkey-backed opposition gunmen in northern Syria left at least 18 fighters dead in some of the most intense fighting in weeks, an opposition war monitor and a Kurdish news agency said Tuesday. ......
  
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• Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches 30,000 for first time with Trump authorising transition

  24-11-2020 18:27
  Read full article ANI24 November 2020, 5:14 pm·1-min read Dow Jones Industrial Average on Tuesday reached 30,000 for the first time. Washington [US], November 24 (ANI): With US President Donald Trump finally authorising the federal authority to begin the transition process with President-elect Joe Biden, the Dow Jones Industrial Average reached 30,000 for the first time. According to a...
  
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• Can you repeat that? Hearing trouble more obvious with masks

  24-11-2020 18:27
  Read full article 1/8 Virus Outbreak-Trouble Hearing Nurse Teri Wheat poses for a photo in Fort Worth, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020. As Wheat recently made her rounds at a Texas maternity ward, she began to realize she was having a hard time understanding the new mothers who were wearing masks due to the coronavirus pandemic. Hearing specialists across the U.S. say they have seen an uptick in visits from people like Wheat, who only realized how much they relied on lip reading and facial expres
  
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• Douglas Stuart hopes Booker win helps working-class writers

  24-11-2020 18:26
  LONDON (AP) — Fittingly in this year of work-from-home and lockdowns, Douglas Stuart’s life-changing moment came to him on his sofa. The Scottish writer was at home in Manhattan when he was announced as the winner of the 2020 Booker Prize last week. Stuart won the 50,000-pound ($66,000) literary award for “Shuggie Bain,” the powerful story of a boy coming of age with an alcoholic mother in poverty-scarred 1980s Glasgow. It’s an astonishing feat for a first novel tha
  
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• Germany warns of anti-Semitism among lockdown protests

  24-11-2020 18:25
  
  BERLIN (AP) — A German government official warned Tuesday that anti-Semitism is emerging as a common position among people protesting pandemic lockdown measures who otherwise come from widely differing political backgrounds. Felix Klein, who was appointed...
  
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• Massive MIMO Gears Up for a $21,9 Billion Opportunity as the World Awaits 5G Rollout

  24-11-2020 18:24
  NEW YORK, Nov. 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The global market for Massive MIMO is projected to reach US$21.9 billion by the year 2027, trailing a post COVID-19 CAGR of 44.8% over the analysis period 2020 through 2027. 5G will enable a new wave of digital innovation and capabilities that will push up the technology's contribution to global GDP. An entire cluster of powerful digital technologies are awaiting the launch of 5G like IoT, AI, AR, edge computing, smart cities & autonomous vehicles. Bas
  
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• World Of Warcraft: Shadowlands' level cap was smashed in a brisk three hours

  24-11-2020 18:23
  So, you’ve just bought World Of Warcraft: Shadowlands, a fresh new...
  
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• With America getting spicy, Cholula is snapped up for $800M

  24-11-2020 18:23
  With millions dining at home for safety and a swing to the spicier side in the U.S. in recent years Cholula, the hot sauce with the distinctive wooden cap and a cult following, has become a very valuable brand. McCormick & Co., the spice maker that dominates U.S. grocery shelves, said Tuesday that it was buying Cholula for $800 million from...
  
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• Russia carries out mass raids on Jehovah's Witnesses, makes arrests

  24-11-2020 18:23
  Masked law enforcement officers carried out mass raids on the Jehovah's Witnesses across Russia and made a number of arrests as part of a new criminal case against the group. ......
  
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• Pennsylvania certifies Biden as winner of presidential vote

  24-11-2020 18:23
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democrat Joe Biden was certified Tuesday as winner of the presidential election in Pennsylvania, culminating three weeks of vote counting and a string of failed legal challenges by President Donald Trump. Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf first disclosed in a tweet that the Department of State had certified the vote count for president and vice president. Wolf sent a “certificate of...
  
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• 'Hometown' News: Morgan Wallen Adds Fourth No. 1 on Country Airplay Chart

  24-11-2020 18:23
  Morgan Wallen earns his...
  
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• Elon Musk now world’s second wealthiest person

  24-11-2020 18:23
  Elon Musk, the charismatic chief of electric automaker...
  
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• Dow crests 30,000 points on vaccine hopes, Biden transition

  24-11-2020 18:23
  The Dow Jones Industrial Average traded above 30,000 points for the first time Tuesday as investors were encouraged by the latest progress on developing coronavirus vaccines and news that the transition of power in the U.S. to President-elect Joe Biden will finally begin. Traders were also encouraged by news that Biden had selected Janet Yellen, a widely respected former Federal Reserve chair, as treasury secretary. The Dow rose more than 400 points, or 1.4%, to trade just over 30,000 at midday
  
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• Iconic Cholula hot sauce is snapped up for $800m

  24-11-2020 18:22 via independent.co.uk
  
  Cholula, the hot sauce with the distinctive wooden cap, has become a very valuable brand
  
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• Officials: Roadside bomb attack in Afghanistan kills 14

  24-11-2020 18:21
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) � Roadside bombs exploded in central Afghanistan on Tuesday killing at least 13 civilians and a traffic policeman, officials said, even as government negotiators and the Taliban meet to try to end decades of war. Tariq Arian, spokesman for the Interior Ministry, said 45 people were also wounded in a late afternoon blast in Bamiyan city in Bamiyan province. Several shops and vehicles were...
  
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• Keep the mask: A vaccine won't end the US crisis right away

  24-11-2020 18:21
  
  NEW YORK (AP) � Don�t even think of putting the mask away anytime soon. Despite the expected arrival of COVID-19 vaccines in just a few weeks, it could take several months � probably well into 2021 � before things get back to something close to normal in the U.S. and Americans can once again go to the movies, cheer at an NBA game or give Grandma a hug. The first, limited shipments of the vaccine would mark just the beginning of what could be a long and messy road towa
  
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• Coronavirus report from Brazil: Yanomami mothers beg for their babies’ bodies

  24-11-2020 18:21
  The indignity with which the Indigenous people are being treated in the COVID-19 pandemic opened a new and appalling chapter in the Brazilian government’s violation of the rights of its original inhabitants. Yanomami mom and baby / Sam Valadi (CC) Three women are living a nightmare for which it will be necessary to invent a name. They are Sanömas, part of the Yanomami ethnic group, and their village, Auaris, is part of what white people know as the Brazilian state of Roraima, which bo
  
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• Colorado panel OKs sweeping changes to oil, gas regulations

  24-11-2020 18:21
  
  DENVER (AP) � After delays caused by the pandemic and a nearly full change in members, the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission has unanimously approved a broad swath of new rules seen as some of the strictest in the country. The rules approved Monday include what�s considered the strongest statewide well setback requirement: 2,000 feet (600 meters) between new wells and schools and homes, The Denver Post reports. Colorado will join Alaska as the only other state to ban rou
  
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• America get spicy and Cholula is snapped up for $800 million

  24-11-2020 18:21
  With millions dining at home for safety and a swing to the spicier side in the U.S. in recent years Cholula, the hot sauce with the distinctive wooden cap and a cult following, has become a very valuable brand. McCormick & Co., the spice maker that dominates U.S. grocery shelves, said Tuesday that it...
  
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• US to Provide $600Mln for Civilian Assistance in Afghanistan in 2021, Under Secretary of State Says

  24-11-2020 18:20
  
  WASHINGTON, (Sputnik) - The United States will provide $600 million for civilian assistance in Afghanistan next year but half of those funds will depend on progress made in peace talks, Under Secretary of State David Hale said on Tuesday. ......
  
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• Russian virus vaccine to cost less than $10 per dose abroad

  24-11-2020 18:20
  MOSCOW (AP) — Russia released new results Tuesday claiming its experimental COVID-19 vaccine was highly effective, and promised it would cost less on international markets than vaccines by some of its Western competitors. According to the Russian Direct Investment Fund, which...
  
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• After weeks of delay, formal transition of power to Biden begins

  24-11-2020 18:20
  WILMINGTON — U.S. President-elect Joe Biden focused on building his incoming administration and offered a message of healing on Tuesday as his transition team began contacting federal agencies to prepare for a handover of power in January from President Donald Trump. The Democratic former vice president has been moving swiftly to build his team and make choices for his Cabinet after defeating the Republican incumbent in the Nov. 3 election. Trump has waged a flailing legal battle to try to
  
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