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• Empty seats, delivered feasts as virus changes Thanksgiving

  26-11-2020 23:15 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘It’s a painful Thanksgiving. You don’t even know, should you celebrate?’
  
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• France may ban discrimination against people without French accents

  26-11-2020 22:23 via independent.co.uk
  
  Millions say they have been discriminated against for how they speak, French MP says 
  
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• DC chef offers to deep-fry turkeys for free this Thanksgiving

  26-11-2020 21:37 via independent.co.uk
  
  Mark Bucher, owner of restaurant Medium Rare, has been deep-frying turkeys on Thanksgiving Day for more than a decade
  
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• Diego Maradona: Fans weep by football legend's coffin

  26-11-2020 21:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Huge crowds gather at Argentina's presidential palace, seeking to pay their final respects to Diego Maradona.
  
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• Boris Johnson: 'If we ease off now, we risk losing control of this virus' – video

  26-11-2020 20:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Boris Johnson said he was sorry that most of England would exit lockdown into tiers 2 or 3 with the toughest restrictions. Johnson said the measures 'strike a balance' between limiting the spread of the virus and protecting freedoms. 'If we ease off now, we risk losing control of this virus,' Johnson added.Chris Whitty, the government’s chief medical adviser, urged people to 'have sense' over the festive period, and bluntly warned against hugging and kissing elderly relatives at ChristmasU
  
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• Feeding America at Thanksgiving: Miles-long lines at food banks and soup kitchens as 25m struggled with hunger this week

  26-11-2020 20:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  More than 25 million Americans reported not having enough food to eat in the past week
  
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• AP Exclusive: Letter from Venezuelan jail: 'Give me freedom'

  26-11-2020 20:11 via independent.co.uk
  
  A U.S. oil executive jailed for three years in Venezuela says all he hopes for is a fair trial so that he can walk free, with his name cleared, and go home to his family in the United States
  
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• Former Romanian PM accused of copying Gary Lineker message mourning death of Diego Maradona

  26-11-2020 19:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  The former PM has a history of plagiarism, according to those in Romania
  
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• Men interested in paying for sex duped into listening to harrowing true stories about trafficking

  26-11-2020 19:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘This publicity campaign exploits women’s experience of violence and trauma to promote the criminalisation of prostitution which in reality is making it more dangerous and difficult for women to work,’ says campaigner
  
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• Covid vaccine ‘saviour’ Dolly Parton performs at Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

  26-11-2020 19:23 via independent.co.uk
  
  The pandemic means no in-person attendance at the 94th annual event
  
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• National US maths and reading exams postponed until 2022, amid the coronavirus pandemic

  26-11-2020 19:13 via independent.co.uk
  
  Education secretary Betsy DeVos claims that Congress will have to sign off on decision
  
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• Animal crossing: watch wildlife use sky bridge to cross interstate safely

  26-11-2020 19:11 via independent.co.uk
  
  'It's working!', Utah Division of Wildlife says
  
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• Florida governor Ron DeSantis accused of ‘killing spree’ after extending ban on cities from imposing own mask mandates

  26-11-2020 19:05 via independent.co.uk
  
  Miami-Dade mayor Daniella Levine Cava calls decision ‘deeply frustrating’
  
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• Police believe body of missing teen Jalajhia Finklea found in Florida

  26-11-2020 18:44 via independent.co.uk
  
  Ms Finklea last seen on 20 Oct
  
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• Covid vaccine 'savior' Dolly Parton performs at Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

  26-11-2020 18:43 via independent.co.uk
  
  The three-hour broadcast airs on NBC from 9am EST to 12pm EST
  
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• Embrace the winter weather like a Scandinavian

  26-11-2020 18:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  With coronavirus restrictions in place it’s likely we’ll be spending more time outdoors – so it’s time we learnt how to like the cold, writes Kari Leibowitz
  
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• Egypt: Desperate efforts to get food and blankets to ‘save lives’ of jailed activists

  26-11-2020 18:14 via independent.co.uk
  
  British wife barred from contact with activist husband, describing his detention as a ‘hostage-taking situation’
  
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• Apple moving iPad production from China to Vietnam for the first time ever, reports say

  26-11-2020 17:57 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘It wants to diversify production following the trade war,' claims person familiar with plan
  
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• Volunteers discuss side-effects after receiving Moderna and Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines

  26-11-2020 16:54 via independent.co.uk
  
  Moderna and Pfizer announced their potential vaccines had been tested to 94.5 per cent and 95 per cent efficacy respectively
  
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• The hostages: Iran’s relentless detention of foreigners and dual nationals a roadblock to relations with the West

  26-11-2020 16:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  Despite the release of Kylie Moore-Gilbert, the horror continues for many others held in Iranian jails
  
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• Tigray conflict: What is happening in Ethiopia

  26-11-2020 16:41 via independent.co.uk
  
  Fighting has been raging for three weeks, causing hundreds to be killed and thousands forced from their homes as they try to escape the bloodshed in Ethiopia
  
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• Amy Coney Barrett plays key role in overturning New York covid restrictions on religious gatherings

  26-11-2020 16:37 via independent.co.uk
  
  Ruling highlights new justice’s influence on key decisions
  
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• ‘He made the poor feel rich’: Napoli fans break coronavirus lockdown to mourn Maradona

  26-11-2020 16:34 via independent.co.uk
  
  Diego Maradona, who died on Wednesday, played in Napoli for seven, often turbulent years
  
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• Harvey Weinstein’s former lawyer sues him over unpaid legal fees, report says

  26-11-2020 16:24 via independent.co.uk
  
  Charles Harder allegedly made filing in LA County Superior Court on Wednesday
  
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• Algerians ask where their ‘missing’ president is

  26-11-2020 16:06 via independent.co.uk
  
  Abdelmadjid Tebboune last seen in public in mid-October 
  
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• S Jaishankar interacts with Indians in UAE; assures them of govt's responsiveness post-Covid normalcy

  26-11-2020 16:01
  External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Thursday interacted virtually with the members of the Indian community in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and assured them of the government's responsiveness on issues pertaining to post-Covid normalcy. ......
  
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• Pakistan and Saudi Arabia urged to enhance parliamentary ties

  26-11-2020 16:01
  Islamabad: Pakistan’s national assembly speaker has called for improved interaction between the parliamentarians of Pakistan and Saudi Arabia to further enhance high-level contacts. Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser stressed for greater parliamentary exchanges between the two friendly countries in a meeting with Saudi Ambassador to Pakistan Nawaf...
  
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• London, most of England to move to high COVID alert level after lockdown

  26-11-2020 16:01
  UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock told the House of Commons these are incredibly hard decisions but urged the public to “dig deep” in order to help bring the rate of infection, or R number, below one. ......
  
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• G20 must lead world by addressing climate change, working towards universal healthcare: Suresh Prabhu

  26-11-2020 16:01
  
  Addressing a virtual event organised by the Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), Prabhu said the lack of multilateralism is going to create more challenges for the world. ......
  
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• Burkina Faso president Roch Marc Christian Kabore re-elected

  26-11-2020 16:01
  OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — President Roch Marc Christian Kabore will serve another five years as Burkina Faso’s president, according to provisional results announced by the National Independent Electoral Commission on Thursday. Kabore won with nearly 58% of the vote, beating 12 opponents and claiming victory in the first round, said Newton Ahmed Barry, the commission’s president. Kabore received 1.6 million votes of the nearly 3 million cast, with voter turnout at 50%, he
  
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• AstraZeneca faces difficult questions about its vaccine

  26-11-2020 16:01
  
  Washington: The announcement this week that a cheap, easy-to-make coronavirus vaccine appeared to be up to 90% effective was greeted with jubilation. “Get yourself a vaccaccino,” a British tabloid celebrated, noting that the vaccine, developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford, costs less than a cup of coffee. But since unveiling the preliminary results, AstraZeneca has acknowledged a key mistake in the vaccine dosage received by some study participants, adding to questions
  
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• Rome airport to offer COVID-tested flights to U.S. with Delta, Alitalia

  26-11-2020 15:59
  ROME — Rome’s Fiumicino airport will run COVID-tested flights to and from the United States operated by Delta Air Lines and Alitalia, it said on Thursday, adding it will be the first airport in Europe to offer the service on transatlantic flights. From December, passengers flying between Rome and some U.S. destinations can be tested for the coronavirus 48 hours before departure and on arrival at the airport, to avoid the mandatory 14-day quarantine...
  
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• Azerbaijan slams French Senate's vote on Nagorno-Karabakh

  26-11-2020 15:59
  BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Azerbaijani officials have criticized a resolution adopted by the French Senate that urges the French government to recognize the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh as an independent republic. The resolution, adopted on Wednesday, is symbolic and does not mean the French government will recognize a sovereign Nagorno-Karabakh. No U.N. member state...
  
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• Man stabbed to death ‘with broken bottle’ after ‘defending girlfriend from yobs’

  26-11-2020 15:58
  Cam Smith, 26, had a ‘heart of gold’ and ‘everything to live for’ (Picture: 7NEWS Melbourne/Twitter/Nine) A young man was stabbed to death ‘with a broken bottle’ after allegedly defending his girlfriend from a group of yobs. Cam Smith, 26, was knifed in the heart near Seaford train station in Melbourne, Australia at 6.55pm on Wednesday. The carpenter – who had a ‘heart of gold’ and ‘everything to live for’ – died at the scen
  
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• Exploring the First Few Zones of World of Warcraft: Shadowlands

  26-11-2020 15:58
  World of Warcraft: Shadowlands is the newest...
  
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• Europe signs $102M deal to bring space trash home

  26-11-2020 15:57
  
  The European Space Agency says it is signing a 86 million-euro ($102 million) contract with a Swiss start-up company to bring a large piece of orbital trash back to Earth. ......
  
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• 'God is dead': newspapers pay tribute to Argentina great Maradona

  26-11-2020 15:56
  Read full article 26 November 2020, 2:39 pm·2-min read 'God is dead': newspapers pay tribute to Argentina great Maradona A worker arranges the front pages of Spanish newspapers paying tribute to late soccer legend Diego Maradona at Las Ramblas, in Barcelona (Reuters) - Diego Maradona's death dominated the front and back pages of newspapers as the world bid farewell to the 'god of football', with his renowned "Hand of God" quote featuring prominently. Maradona died after suffering a heart
  
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• Ethiopian army ordered to march on Tigray capital: prime minister

  26-11-2020 15:55
  Ethiopia's prime minister said...
  
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• CIA officer killed during combat in Somalia

  26-11-2020 15:55
  A senior CIA officer was killed during combat in Somalia, according to reports. ......
  
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• Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade: NY event kicks off without spectators for first time in 94 ...

  26-11-2020 15:53
  A very different Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade kicked off on Thursday morning in New York City, as organisers aimed to capture the holiday magic amid coronavirus restrictions. The pandemic means that there will be no in-person attendance of the 94th annual event. The event will be geared to a TV audience versus the huge crowds...
  
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• 'We're ready': Schiphol airport gears up for chilled vaccine cargos

  26-11-2020 15:52
  
  SCHIPHOL AIRPORT, Netherlands (Reuters) -...
  
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• Indianapolis Colts buying up parking lots near stadium

  26-11-2020 15:52
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indianapolis Colts are on a property-buying spree around Lucas Oil Stadium to control more of its game day parking. The Colts have spent at least $6.3 million in recent months to buy about...
  
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• Burkina Faso president Kabore secures re-election, preliminary results show

  26-11-2020 15:52
  OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Burkina Faso...
  
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• After COVID blip, Croatia's truffle hunters back on track

  26-11-2020 15:52
  MOTOVUN, Croatia (Reuters) - A COVID-19...
  
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• UNEP says Africa needs green stimulus to hasten recovery

  26-11-2020 15:51
  
  NAIROBI, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) said on Thursday that a recovery plan based on green stimulus is urgently needed in Africa. Juliette Biao Koudenoukpo, UNEP regional director for Africa said that the ravaging climate change and loss of biodiversity calls for urgent action in the continent. "The recovery plan is...
  
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• Feature: Namibian woodcarvers optimistic about recovery amid COVID-19

  26-11-2020 15:51
  by Ndalimpinga Iita WINDHOEK, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- The sound of gouges, shaping wood into products could be heard from the workshop along the main road in Windhoek, capital of Namibia. There, seasoned woodcarver, Phillip Kambinda was sculpting a table to perfection. "It is an order from a client. It should be perfect, so I scoop up the next client," he said...
  
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• World markets subdued as US trading shut for Thanksgiving

  26-11-2020 15:49
  
  TOKYO (AP) — Global stock markets were subdued on Thursday after significant gains in recent days and as U.S. trading remained closed for the Thanksgiving holiday. Investors have been in an upbeat mood this week, pushing the Dow above 30,000 for the first time, on news of the development of coronavirus vaccines and treatments. They then became more cautious as coronavirus infection rates remain high in many major economies and after the release of a batch of...
  
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• London bridge is falling down - so annual Boat Race to relocate for first time ...

  26-11-2020 15:49
  LONDON (REUTERS) - Next year's Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge will take place outside London for the first time since World War II�- because a bridge that passes over the usual course is close to collapsing. The annual event between rowing crews of England's top two universities usually...
  
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• German far-right party member charged with drug smuggling

  26-11-2020 15:49
  BERLIN (AP) — A former regional official with the far-right Alternative for Germany party has been...
  
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• Fast spreading bird flu puts EU poultry industry on edge

  26-11-2020 15:49
  
  PARIS (REUTERS) - A highly contagious and deadly form of avian influenza is spreading rapidly in Europe, putting the poultry industry on alert with previous outbreaks in mind that saw tens of millions of birds culled and significant economic losses. The disease, commonly called bird flu, has been found in France, the Netherlands, Germany, Britain, Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, Sweden and, for the first time this week in...
  
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