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• First US Covid vaccines should go to health workers and nursing home residents, CDC panel says

  01-12-2020 23:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  Long-term care residents and the nation’s 20 million health workers should be the first recipients of a coronavirus vaccine, according to an advisory panel with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  
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• Trier: Five killed including baby as car driven into pedestrians in Germany

  01-12-2020 22:54 via independent.co.uk
  
  Man arrested after at least 13 other people injured by ‘brutal act’
  
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• Bank robbers take over entire Brazilian city and leave locals to pick up cash left on streets

  01-12-2020 22:04 via independent.co.uk
  
  Thirty armed and masked robbers flee scene remain on the loose
  
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• On the Aids frontline in Pakistan as one town tries to stem the growing number of deaths

  01-12-2020 21:47 via independent.co.uk
  
  One father took his young daughter to several hospitals but could not find her any treatment and she died
  
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• US vacationers claim British Virgin Islands holding them hostage for breaching Covid rules

  01-12-2020 21:45 via independent.co.uk
  
  The group claims they are being forced to stay in a hotel room infested with bugs
  
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• Covid could have been in US as early as December 2019

  01-12-2020 21:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  Virus found in blood samples taken by American Red Cross
  
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• Leaked government map reveals almost entire US is a Covid hotspot

  01-12-2020 21:15 via independent.co.uk
  
  And the Midwest is leading the surge 
  
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• Bipartisan group of senators releases $908bn Covid relief bill proposal without funds for more stimulus checks

  01-12-2020 20:03 via independent.co.uk
  
  Majority of funding would be repurposed from CARES Act signed in March
  
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• India hits out at Canada’s Justin Trudeau for comments backing farmer protests

  01-12-2020 19:52 via independent.co.uk
  
  Estimated 20,000 protesters camp on outskirts of Delhi protesting new laws deemed anti-farmer
  
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• Trier: Four killed including baby as car driven into pedestrians in Germany

  01-12-2020 19:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  Man arrested after at least 13 other people injured by ‘brutal act’
  
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• FDA chief called to White House as Trump pushes for vaccine

  01-12-2020 19:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  The head of the agency responsible for approving any COVID-19 vaccine has been summoned to the White House as an increasingly frustrated President Donald Trump complains approval isn't coming faster
  
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• Tony Hsieh: Zappos boss dies after accidental house fire

  01-12-2020 19:48 via independent.co.uk
  
  Death ruled an accident but cause of Connecticut blaze still under investigation
  
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• Anger in LA after Covid testing site closed for ‘She’s All That’ sequel

  01-12-2020 19:44 via independent.co.uk
  
  A coronavirus testing site was briefly scheduled to be closed to accommodate a film shoot
  
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• Brussels ‘sex party’: Hungarian MEP admits breaking Covid rules at gathering

  01-12-2020 19:13 via independent.co.uk
  
  Admission comes after Jozsef Szajer resigned from role at weekend
  
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• ‘It popped out and landed on the ground with a loud bang’: Photographer reveals what happened to Utah monolith

  01-12-2020 18:55 via independent.co.uk
  
  Spoiler alert: Not aliens
  
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• As Christmas arrives, I’m truly starting to miss the UK

  01-12-2020 18:53 via independent.co.uk
  
  For Holly Baxter, the loneliness and monotony of pandemic living is starting to become apparent as the festive season begins. What she really needs is soaking weather and a cosy English pub
  
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• Toxic rice wine kills 7 and injures 130 in Cambodia

  01-12-2020 18:42 via independent.co.uk
  
  Popular cheap alcohol contained high doses of methanol
  
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• Veteran delivery man struggling to drop off groceries goes viral

  01-12-2020 18:39 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘It just blew up like crazy, there’s so many nice people around here,' delivery man says
  
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• Petri Hawkins Byrd deliberates on life after 'Judge Judy'

  01-12-2020 18:33 via independent.co.uk
  
  Petri Hawkins Byrd has stood side-by-side with Judith Sheindlin during approximately 12,500 cases on the hit show “Judge Judy.”
  
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• What will happen to Northern Ireland after Brexit?

  01-12-2020 17:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  It will become harder to trade with the rest of Great Britain
  
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• UN seeks urgent access to 96,000 refugees in Eritrea as food begins to run out

  01-12-2020 17:31 via independent.co.uk
  
  Fears that fighting could continue despite Ethiopia claiming victory
  
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• Bipartisan group of senators releases $908bn Covid relief bill proposal

  01-12-2020 17:01 via independent.co.uk
  
  A bipartisan group of senators is unveiling a compromise $908bn Covid relief bill.
  
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• Cabbage wars: South Korean anger after China claims kimchi as its own

  01-12-2020 16:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  China has received ISO certification for pao cai, a pickled vegetable dish that closely resembles South Korea’s kimchi
  
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• Egypt arrests model who posed at Saqqara necropolis

  01-12-2020 16:03 via independent.co.uk
  
  Detention comes amid crackdown on online self-expression
  
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• Trier: At least two killed as car drives into pedestrians in Germany

  01-12-2020 15:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  A further 15 people are seriously injured
  
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• Bill Cosby's sex assault conviction gets high court review

  01-12-2020 15:05 via independent.co.uk
  
  Lawyers for Bill Cosby on Tuesday will ask Pennsylvania's highest court to overturn his 2018 sex assault conviction
  
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• West Papua declares ‘government in waiting’ from Indonesia and install UK-based leader

  01-12-2020 15:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  The exiled leader, Benny Wenda has been nominated as interim president of West Papua
  
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• Hiker rescued after being trapped under boulder for nine hours

  01-12-2020 14:56 via independent.co.uk
  
  Jason Koch says he was looking for a lost drone near Calistoga, northwest California
  
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• 7ft phallus sculpture disappears from German countryside

  01-12-2020 14:36 via independent.co.uk
  
  Attraction is rumoured to have been an unwanted prank birthday present
  
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• Germany says coronavirus vaccine will be safe

  01-12-2020 14:16 via independent.co.uk
  
  Vaccination will not be mandatory, science minister says
  
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• Pakistan court resumes appeal hearing in Daniel Pearl murder

  01-12-2020 14:14 via independent.co.uk
  
  Pakistan’s top court has resumed the hearing of an appeal from the family of American journalist Daniel Pearl against the acquittal of a British-born Pakistani man convicted over the 2002 beheading of the Wall Street Journal reporter
  
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• Swedish woman arrested ‘after imprisoning son for up to three decades’

  01-12-2020 14:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  Man in his 40s taken to hospital after being found by relative
  
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• Doctor pictured in viral photo hugging elderly Covid patient speaks out: ‘I was feeling sad just like him’

  01-12-2020 13:47 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘When you are an elderly individual, it’s even more difficult because you feel that you are alone, you feel isolated,' the doctor says
  
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• China ‘gives North Korea’s Kim Jong-un and family experimental Covid vaccine’

  01-12-2020 13:44 via independent.co.uk
  
  Analyst claims jab given to leader and his close network within last three weeks
  
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• With a month until split, Brexit trade deal hangs in balance

  01-12-2020 13:43
  LONDON (AP) — The British government told businesses on Tuesday to make sure they are ready for big changes when the U.K. makes its final Brexit break from the European Union in exactly a month. But with negotiations on a ......
  
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• Europe's medical agency eyes safety of 2 COVID-19 vaccines

  01-12-2020 13:43
  BERLIN (AP) — The European Medicines Agency said it would convene a meeting on Dec. 29 to decide if there is enough data about the safety and efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech for it to ......
  
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• European regulator to decide Dec. 29 on 1st virus vaccine

  01-12-2020 13:43
  By FRANK JORDANS, MARIA CHENG and SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The European Medicines Agency will convene a meeting on Dec. 29 to decide if there is enough data about the safety and efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech for it to be approved, the regulator said Tuesday. The agency also said Tuesday it could decide as early as Jan. 12 whether to approve a rival COVID-19 vaccine developed by Moderna Inc. The German pharmaceutical company BioNTec
  
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• EU medicines regulator says first coronavirus vaccine could be approved by Dec. 29

  01-12-2020 13:43
  BERLIN (AP) — EU medicines regulator says first coronavirus vaccine could be approved by Dec. 29. ......
  
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• World AIDS Day: TV stars talks of need to remove the stigma

  01-12-2020 13:42
  Tuesday, on World AIDS Day, celebrities from the world of television opened up on the need to continue the efforts to remove stigma that is often associated with the ailment. Actress Devoleena...
  
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• Singapore-Hong Kong travel bubble deferred till next year amid spike in COVID cases

  01-12-2020 13:42
  In a statement on Tuesday, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) said the travel bubble will be deferred beyond December and the exact start date will be reviewed late this month. ......
  
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• Revealed: UK imported 1m tonnes of soya with deforestation risk in 2019

  01-12-2020 13:42
  
  Following Guardian investigation, analysis finds 40% was brought in without sourcing checks from Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay More than 1m tonnes of soya used by UK livestock farmers to produce chicken and other food last year could be linked to deforestation, according to a new analysis. Large...
  
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• On World AIDS Day, South Africa finds hope in new treatment

  01-12-2020 13:42
  
  A new drug, Cabotegravir, has been...
  
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• No-trade deal Brexit is still possible, UK minister says

  01-12-2020 13:42
  Just 30 days before Britain leaves the EU's orbit following a standstill transition period since it formally quit the bloc, the sides are trying to agree a trade deal to avoid a rupture that could snarl almost $1 trillion in annual trade. ......
  
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• 'Mock Cop26' activists vote on treaty ahead of 2021 climate summit

  01-12-2020 13:42
  Young people from 140 countries presented policies to UK climate action champion Young people from 140 countries who attended an online “mock Cop26” climate summit have presented a treaty of 18 policies to Nigel Topping, the UK’s high level climate action champion. After two weeks of negotiations,...
  
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• Lloyds chief António Horta-Osório to chair Credit Suisse

  01-12-2020 13:42
  Portuguese banker to take over at Swiss bank in wake of spying scandal The outgoing boss of Lloyds Banking Group is taking over as chairman at Credit Suisse, where he will deal with the fallout of the Swiss lender’s spying scandal . Credit Suisse announced on Tuesday it had chosen António...
  
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• Janet Yellen set to lead Biden's barrier-breaking economic team

  01-12-2020 13:42
  
  Former Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen will be nominated by President-elect Joe Biden to head the US Treasury. Yellen is one of the many officials Biden plans to elect who will break barriers, race and gender alike, in the American government. ......
  
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• In another dark day for UK retailing, Debenhams set to close

  01-12-2020 13:42
  The 242-year-old department store chain said administrators had decided to start winding down operations while continuing to seek offers "for all or parts of the business." ......
  
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• Hugging set to resume in England's care homes with rapid Covid tests

  01-12-2020 13:42
  
  Protective equipment will still be needed and not everyone will be able to visit before Christmas Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Hugging is set to resume in England’s care homes with the rollout of rapid testing for visitors from Wednesday but care operators are...
  
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• French skipper rescued after yacht breaks in half during round-the-world race

  01-12-2020 13:42
  Kevin Escoffier forced to abandon ship in Vendée Globe race Sailor found off Cape of Good Hope 11 hours after sending alert French sailor Kevin Escoffier, who was forced to abandon ship during the Vendée Globe yacht race, was rescued off the Cape of Good Hope on Tuesday morning 11 hours after...
  
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• Europe's medical agency eyes safety of two COVID-19 vaccines

  01-12-2020 13:42
  In a statement the EU medicines regulator said it had already begun a ``rolling review'' of the vaccine based on laboratory data previously submitted by Moderna and would now assess data on how well the vaccine triggers an immune response. ......
  
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