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• Obituary: Valéry Giscard D'Estaing

  02-12-2020 23:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The former president of France, who has died aged 94, was a force for greater European integration.
  
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• Moderna to begin testing coronavirus vaccine on children

  02-12-2020 23:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  Pfizer is already testing its vaccine on children and teens
  
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• Men called 'Karens of the hiking world' after removing Utah monolith to protect the land

  02-12-2020 23:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  The men said they removed the monolith because traffic to the site was destroying the land
  
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• Gloria Estefan reveals she caught COVID-19, is now recovered

  02-12-2020 23:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  Cuban-born singer Gloria Estefan said she's emerging from isolation after testing positive for COVID-19, days after dining outdoors at a Miami-area restaurant
  
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• Families of dive boat fire victims react as captain charged with manslaughter over 34 deaths

  02-12-2020 22:59 via independent.co.uk
  
  Jerry Boylan faces up to ten years in prison on each count if convicted
  
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• Why Donald Trump keeps outperforming the polls

  02-12-2020 22:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  He lost the election, but did better than most experts were predicting. How does this keep happening?
  
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• Baby girl born from record-setting 27-year-old embryo

  02-12-2020 22:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  One-month old Molly Gibson has broken the record set by her own sister, Emma, now three years old.
  
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• Pat Patterson, first openly gay professional wrestler, dies aged 79

  02-12-2020 21:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tributes are paid to the "trailblazer" and WWE Hall of Fame member whose career spanned six decades.
  
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• Police bodycam footage shows arrest of three armed men who tied up several people during Florida burglary

  02-12-2020 21:20 via independent.co.uk
  
  Attempted burglary took place at around 10pm on Saturday
  
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• Coronavirus sweeps through New Jersey family of eight due to single act of charity

  02-12-2020 21:19 via independent.co.uk
  
  All eight of the family members were infected by the virus
  
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• US airlines can ban emotional support animals from flights

  02-12-2020 20:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  Move will bring an end to bizarre variety of animals being seen on flights
  
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• Russia says it has already vaccinated 100,000 people against Covid

  02-12-2020 19:57 via independent.co.uk
  
  Health minister’s disclosure came as president Vladimir Putin ordered mass roll-out of the country’s Sputnik V jab
  
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• Silicon Valley executive gets $10m payout after police shooting left him paralyzed

  02-12-2020 19:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  The engineering manager at Facebook is bound to a wheelchair, uses a colostomy bag and says he lives in constant pain
  
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• Amazon's Panorama box lets firms check if staff follow coronavirus rules

  02-12-2020 19:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  AWS Panorama adds a range of employee monitoring powers to existing workplace camera systems.
  
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• Alexis Sharkey: Husband of influencer found dead says he has been receiving death threats

  02-12-2020 19:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  He says his wife was an ‘amazing woman’ 
  
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• UN and Ethiopia reach agreement to allow aid into embattled Tigray

  02-12-2020 19:18 via independent.co.uk
  
  Humanitarian groups had been pleading for access as food and medical supplies run low
  
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• New York will receive 170k vaccines by mid-December as state reports biggest one-day case spike since April

  02-12-2020 19:11 via independent.co.uk
  
  Long-term care residents and health workers to receive first doses as Pfizer and Moderna vaccines prepare for federal approval
  
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• Ethiopia and UN 'reach Tigray aid deal'

  02-12-2020 19:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Food and medicines are said to be running out for millions of people in the conflict-torn region.
  
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• South Africa's lottery probed as 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 drawn and 20 win

  02-12-2020 18:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Twenty ticketholders win in South Africa after the unusual sequence, sparking claims of fraud.
  
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• 'Our lives depend on climate change fight'

  02-12-2020 18:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sir David Attenborough discusses the climate crisis with the UN Secretary-General António Guterres.
  
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• Fauci gets lifetime achievement award for HIV/AIDS work

  02-12-2020 18:23 via independent.co.uk
  
  'When Covid essentially becomes the rearview mirror, HIV is still going to be there, and that's the thing that we have to do’
  
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• US officials criticise the FDA for moving slowly on Covid vaccine as UK approves drug

  02-12-2020 18:22 via independent.co.uk
  
  The head of the agency said its doctors will take the time needed to review the vaccine data before giving its approval
  
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• French restaurateur killed over plot to steal five bottles of wine

  02-12-2020 18:04 via independent.co.uk
  
  Baptiste Lormand and business partner Luis Orozco were found dead after arranging meeting to sell high-end alcohol near Mexico City
  
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• New York set to receive 170,000 coronavirus vaccines by mid-December, Cuomo says

  02-12-2020 18:03 via independent.co.uk
  
  New York could receive 170,000 doses of a Covid-19 vaccine as early as 15 December, if the federal governemnt authorises the drug for widespread distribution this month.
  
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• Ivy becoming increasingly widespread in European forests as temperatures rise

  02-12-2020 17:45 via independent.co.uk
  
  Despite its reputation for strangling trees, ivy is not a parasite and supports a wide array of species
  
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• Americans warned Covid risk to country at ‘historic high’

  02-12-2020 17:44 via independent.co.uk
  
  First vaccine from Pfizer will reportedly begin distribution on 15 December with Moderna vaccine to follow seven days later 
  
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• Animal crossing for Utah wildlife is 'working'

  02-12-2020 17:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The overpass aims to help animals cross between two mountains while avoiding highway traffic.
  
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• NYC bar owner who defied coronavirus restrictions arrested

  02-12-2020 17:32 via independent.co.uk
  
  The New York City sheriff's office says a bar owner who was providing indoor service in defiance of coronavirus restrictions has been arrested
  
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• Trump-supporting Georgia chief turns on POTUS as Biden handed state in second recount

  02-12-2020 17:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Joe Biden is headed toward victory in Georgia in the 2020 US presidential election after the state's second recount, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said on Wednesday, rejecting false claims of fraud in the race. "It looks like Vice President Biden will be carrying Georgia, and he is our president-elect," Raffensperger, a Republican, said at a news conference after noting that no substantial changes have been seen in a second recount demanded by Republican President Donald Trump's campaign
  
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• Female trafficking survivors in UK forced into unsafe housing, report finds

  02-12-2020 17:28
  
  Large proportion of victims not placed in specialist safe housing, leaving them vulnerable to further exploitation, says charityFemale trafficking survivors in the UK who have the legal right to be placed in safe housing are being forced to live in “inappropriate and insecure” accommodation where they risk being re-trafficked and exploited, according to a new report.Anti-trafficking charity Hibiscus Initiatives says that 98% of modern slavery victims referred to it in the past two ye
  
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• Quarantine time can be cut from 14 days to 10 days, CDC says

  02-12-2020 17:23 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated its coronavirus quarantine guidance to state people can now quarantine for just 10 or even seven days following exposure to the novel virus instead of its previous 14-day recommendation. 
  
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• We did nothing wrong, says organiser of Brussels male sex party attended by anti-gay Hungarian MEP

  02-12-2020 17:21 via independent.co.uk
  
  David Manzheley revealed that police demanded ID from participants, even though they were naked
  
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• CDC tells Americans to cancel vacations to Mexico over ‘worrisome’ surge in coronavirus cases

  02-12-2020 17:14 via independent.co.uk
  
  Mexico holds the fourth-worst death rate in the world from the novel virus
  
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• Coronavirus vaccine: Not enough stock to prevent more surges of cases over next six months, WHO warns

  02-12-2020 17:11 via independent.co.uk
  
  The World Health Organisation has warned there will not be enough vaccine stock to prevent more surges in coronavirus cases over the next three to six months. 
  
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• Mango dress: Teen makes 1,400-mango gown to highlight food waste

  02-12-2020 17:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Australian teenager Jess Collins says she wants to draw attention to how many mangoes are left to rot.
  
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• Elizabeth Warren fires at ‘unqualified billionaire’ Betsy DeVos over student loan forgiveness

  02-12-2020 16:55 via independent.co.uk
  
  Massachusetts senator claims education secretary ‘made this problem worse’
  
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• 'Day to remember in a year to forget': Hancock says first 800,000 doses of vaccine tested – video

  02-12-2020 16:47
  
  Matt Hancock has reiterated that the UK is the first country in the world to have a clinically approved coronavirus vaccine for supply, and the government was prepared for it to be 'ready to go' once approval came through.Batch testing has been completed for the first 800,000 doses of the vaccine that will be available for the whole of the UK, Hancock said. Britain has ordered stocks of seven different vaccines, comprising 350m doses in total. The NHS will start vaccinating from 'early
  
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• George Washington’s bodyguard 'planned to assassinate him' in chilling foiled plot

  02-12-2020 16:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  GEORGE WASHINGTON'S bodyguard "planned to assassinate him," but the first US President foiled the chilling plot, an author revealed.
  
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• Doctor left stunned and ‘disappointed’ after Trump uses his image to falsely suggest Covid is a ‘scam’

  02-12-2020 16:29 via independent.co.uk
  
  Dr Jacob Keeperman says he was ‘completely caught off guard’ after his selfie became the subject of right-wing misinformation - and a tweet from the president
  
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• Amnesty condemns Egypt's 'execution spree'

  02-12-2020 16:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The campaign group says Egypt executed at least 57 people in October and November alone.
  
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• Yemen war: 11 children killed in past three days

  02-12-2020 15:58 via independent.co.uk
  
  UN warns of record numbers of children suffering from starvation
  
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• Guy Verhofstadt mocked after gloating over Polish support for EU – ‘Hold a referendum!’

  02-12-2020 15:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  GUY VERHOFSTADT has been mocked after the EU chief claimed the majority of Polish people wanted to remain in the bloc despite ongoing internal divisions.
  
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• Who are Rishi Sunak’s in-laws, the Indian entrepreneurs wealthier than the Queen

  02-12-2020 15:53 via independent.co.uk
  
  The personal story of Narayan Murthy, father-in-law to the UK chancellor, mirrors India’s own path to becoming a successful global IT hub
  
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• China lands spacecraft on moon to collect lunar rocks – video

  02-12-2020 15:40
  
  China has successfully landed a probe on the moon's surface, according to state media. The Chang'e-5 spacecraft drilled into the surface of the moon to collect soil early on Wednesday, the first probe to collect lunar samples in four decades.If the return journey is successful, China will be only the third country to have retrieved samples from the moon, following the US and the Soviet Union in the 60s and 70sChina to collect first moon rocks since 1970s after successful probe landingChina
  
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• 76 nuns test positive for coronavirus in outbreak at German convent

  02-12-2020 15:35 via independent.co.uk
  
  A further 85 tested negative for Covid-19, church says 
  
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• 'I saw people dying on the road': Tigray's traumatised war refugees

  02-12-2020 15:15
  
  People who fled fighting in northern Ethiopia tell of atrocities and gruelling journey to SudanWhen Ethiopia’s army shelled Humera, a small agricultural city in Tigray, in mid-November, 54-year-old Gush Tela rushed his wife and three children to safety in a nearby town.A few days later, he felt compelled to find out what had become of his home. As he approached the city on his motorbike, riding through the arid countryside, he said the stench of countless dead bodies filled the air. Contin
  
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• Trump pardons: US justice department unveils bribery inquiry

  02-12-2020 14:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  US prosecutors investigate claims that lobbyists sought a presidential pardon by offering kickbacks.
  
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• Twitter flags post by ruling party official in what appears to be first for India

  02-12-2020 14:53 via independent.co.uk
  
  Twitter's ‘synthetic and manipulated media’ policy says: ’You may not deceptively promote synthetic or manipulated media that are likely to cause harm’
  
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• New Orleans swingers convention linked to 41 Covid infections

  02-12-2020 14:43 via independent.co.uk
  
  If I thought for one minute that anyone would end up in the hospital, I would certainly not have had our event, organiser explains
  
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• Coronavirus: France to impose border checks to stop skiing abroad

  02-12-2020 14:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Swiss ski resorts are open and Prime Minister Jean Castex says he wants to stop people going.
  
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