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• US Covid-19 vaccine: Where am I in line for the coronavirus jab?

  07-12-2020 23:59 via independent.co.uk
  
  First recipients of the vaccine will likely be the 21 million healthcare workers 
  
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• ‘People in their ICU beds will feel so much better’: Melania Trump scorned for White House tennis pavilion announcement

  07-12-2020 23:41 via independent.co.uk
  
  Inevitable comparisons drawn to Marie Antoinette and much-attributed but disputed, “Let them eat cake” quote
  
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• Trump election fraud claims are hurting our state, says Georgia official – video

  07-12-2020 23:37 via theguardian.com
  
  Brad Raffensperger, Georgia's secretary of state, warned that Donald Trump's repeated claims the election had been stolen were causing damage, after two separate recounts confirmed Joe Biden had won the state. 'We have now counted legally-cast ballots three times, and the results remain unchanged,' Raffensperger said. 'Disinformation regarding election administration should be rejected. Integrity matters. Truth matters.'Georgia recertifies election results, confirming Biden's victory Continue re
  
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• Monoliths: Why are strange monuments appearing around the world?

  07-12-2020 23:11 via independent.co.uk
  
  Shiny pillars have been erected without explanation at sites across world
  
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• What is Covid vaccine made of? Scientist behind Pfizer and Moderna vaccine technology explains

  07-12-2020 23:08 via independent.co.uk
  
  'They can be made entirely synthetically, you don't need a biologist on board to make these, you need a chemist’
  
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• Covid-19 vaccine in US: When will a vaccine be available and who will get it? OLD

  07-12-2020 23:04 via independent.co.uk
  
  Vaccine distribution could start as early as mid-December 
  
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• Adventurer who found Forest Fenn treasure worth over $1m in Wyoming reveals identity

  07-12-2020 22:38 via independent.co.uk
  
  In June it was announced someone found the treasure trove, yet no one but Forest Fenn knew who—until now
  
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• Covid: Fauci warns Christmas is 'greater challenge' than Thanksgiving

  07-12-2020 22:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US diseases expert says a surge after Thanksgiving could be even worse after the longer holiday.
  
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• Trump summit aims to boost faith in vaccine; excludes Biden

  07-12-2020 22:31 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Trump administration is hoping to instill public confidence in forthcoming vaccines for the coronavirus with a White House summit on Tuesday featuring experts who will outline the distribution and administration process
  
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• The struggle of social-distancing in a crowded refugee camp

  07-12-2020 22:27 via independent.co.uk
  
  For these extremely vulnerable populations, the pandemic has added pressure to already strained living conditions, writes Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson
  
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• Matt Hancock: vaccine rollout 'beginning of the end' of Covid pandemic – video

  07-12-2020 22:15 via theguardian.com
  
  The arrival of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid vaccine marks the 'beginning of the end' of the pandemic, the health secretary said, as hospitals across the country prepare to begin vaccinating the public on 8 December.About 800,000 doses are expected to be available within the first week, with care home residents and carers, the over-80s and some health workers first to receive the shotsCoronavirus live news Continue reading...
  
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• Officials: Flint makes progress toward ending water crisis

  07-12-2020 22:07 via independent.co.uk
  
  Officials say Flint is making progress toward resolving the lead contamination crisis that made the Michigan city a symbol of poor drinking water
  
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• Firefighters tackle huge blaze at Russian firework factory

  07-12-2020 22:06 via independent.co.uk
  
  More than 400 personnel brought in to deal with blaze
  
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• World War I trench sickness found in Canada's homeless population

  07-12-2020 21:55 via independent.co.uk
  
  The illness can lead to a fatal heart infection
  
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• The little-known Midwest town carrying America’s vaccine hopes: ‘Everyone is working day and night’

  07-12-2020 21:45 via independent.co.uk
  
  Portage, Michigan, is helping manufacture the Covid vaccine, but it hasn’t been able to escape the pandemic’s toll. Josh Marcus writes
  
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• Pfizer and Moderna reportedly turn down White House invitation to a ‘vaccine summit’

  07-12-2020 21:44 via independent.co.uk
  
  The White House gathering is seen as a stunt for Donald Trump to claim credit for the vaccine
  
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• ‘We messed up, we let our guard down’: Former Alabama senator issues warning with last words before dying of Covid-19

  07-12-2020 21:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  Larry Dixon’s last wishes were to prevent others suffering same fate as him
  
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• Fifth mysterious monolith discovered in the Netherlands

  07-12-2020 21:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘It was just as if it was placed from above,’ finder says
  
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• New York City could end indoor dining next week, says Andrew Cuomo

  07-12-2020 21:14 via independent.co.uk
  
  Andrew Cuomo said a decision will be made at the end of the week
  
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• Trump to sign Covid order preventing international access until Americans get vaccine

  07-12-2020 21:07 via independent.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump is set to sign a Covid executive order preventing international vaccine assistance until Americans have received the shots, a report says.
  
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• Republicans slammed for inviting anti-vaxxer scientist to testify before Senate committee

  07-12-2020 21:03 via independent.co.uk
  
  'Giving platform to conspiracy theorists to spread myths and falsehoods about Covid vaccines is downright dangerous,' says Chuck Schumer
  
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• ‘We messed up, we let our guard down’: Former Alabama senator dies of Covid-19

  07-12-2020 20:53 via independent.co.uk
  
  Former Republican Alabama state senator Larry Dixon has died of Covid-19 at the age of 78.
  
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• Why Trump and Kushner’s push for a deal between Saudi Arabia and Qatar might fail

  07-12-2020 20:39 via independent.co.uk
  
  The blockade of Qatar began in 2017 and until recently there have been few signs of an end to the dispute between some of the world’s richest nations, writes Borzou Daragahi
  
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• Second World War veteran who survived Covid released from hospital just in time for 104th birthday

  07-12-2020 20:19 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘Words can not describe the honor it is to know this man,’ grandaughter says
  
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• Former head of FDA says he won’t dine inside due to Covid risk

  07-12-2020 20:08 via independent.co.uk
  
  Physician’s comments come after CNBC colleagues got  into heated on-air argument
  
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• Why Trump and Kushner’s push for a deal between Saudi and Qatar might fail

  07-12-2020 19:57 via independent.co.uk
  
  The blockade of Qatar began in 2017 and until recently there have been few signs of an end to the dispute between some of the world’s richest nations
  
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• 2020 indelible TV moments: Trebek, debate bluster and Floyd

  07-12-2020 19:56 via independent.co.uk
  
  When the coronavirus pushed people out of the world and into homebound isolation, the small-screen’s role grew bigger than ever
  
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• Fauci warns Covid vaccine won’t immediately stop deaths, as Christmas could make pandemic worse than ever

  07-12-2020 19:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘We’ve got to not walk away from the facts and the data,' Dr Fauci says. 'This is tough going for all of us.’
  
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• ‘B****, kill yourself’: Woman hurling abuse in breakdown over anti-lockdown protestors goes viral

  07-12-2020 19:32 via independent.co.uk
  
  Oregon has imposed severe pandemic restrictions on businesses and families
  
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• Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2020

  07-12-2020 18:13 via independent.co.uk
  
  In a year defined by a devastating pandemic, the world lost iconic defenders of civil rights, great athletes and entertainers who helped define their genres
  
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• Trudeau: Canada to get Pfizer vaccine by end of this year

  07-12-2020 18:10 via independent.co.uk
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says that Canada will get  up to 249,000 doses of the vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech before the end of the December
  
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• Trump health secretary says Biden’s complaints over vaccine roll-out plan are ‘nonsense’

  07-12-2020 18:07 via independent.co.uk
  
  Alex Azar also confirmed that distribution could begin 24 hours after FDA approval
  
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• France far from isolated in tough Brexit stance

  07-12-2020 17:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Analysis: Paris’s concerns about UK demands are widely shared, analysts, politicians and EU diplomats sayEmmanuel Macron may be talking tougher than the rest of the EU27 as Brexit talks reach their endgame, but despite claims to the contrary in London and by a UK media that always enjoys pointing fingers across the Channel, France is far from isolated.Headlines such as “Le bust-up” and “France derails Brexit talks” do not reflect European reality, analysts, politici
  
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• China turns on nuclear-powered ‘artificial sun’ for first time

  07-12-2020 17:35 via independent.co.uk
  
  Nuclear fusion reactor uses a powerful magnetic field to fuse plasma at more than 10 times the heat of sun’s core
  
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• Every week of lockdown increases binge drinking, study finds

  07-12-2020 17:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  Of the 2,000 respondents, 89 per cent were white and 70 per cent were females
  
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• How the killing of an autistic Palestinian man shone a light on Israeli police brutality

  07-12-2020 17:15 via independent.co.uk
  
  "Prosecutors have recommended that the officer who shot Mr al-Hallaq be charged with manslaughter, but a conviction would be as exceptional as the killing was shocking"
  
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• Iran nuclear scientist assassinated ‘using machine gun controlled by AI’

  07-12-2020 17:03 via independent.co.uk
  
  Weapon was mounted on truck, Iranian deputy commander quoted saying
  
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• Global arms sales top $360bn as US and China dominate

  07-12-2020 16:52 via independent.co.uk
  
  Weapons sales increased by more than eight per cent in 2019
  
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• First lady announces new White House tennis pavilion

  07-12-2020 16:47 via independent.co.uk
  
  Weeks before her family turns the White House over to President-elect Joe Biden, Melania Trump announced Monday that a tennis pavilion on the south grounds is ready
  
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• Going undercover in the schools that chain boys

  07-12-2020 16:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Reporter Fateh Al-Rahman Al-Hamdani writes about his experience of secretly filming inside Sudan's Islamic boarding schools to expose abuse, and reveals why the investigation was so personal to him.
  
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• Man arrested forty years after murder but unfit for trial: ‘It’s like it just happened yesterday’

  07-12-2020 16:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  Forty years ago, Brett Woolley’s dad was shot in the parking lot of a small-town bar in the Idaho mountains
  
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• Georgia debate: Loeffler and Warnock spar over Trump election loss – video

  07-12-2020 16:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Republican senator Kelly Loeffler repeatedly dodged questions about Donald Trump's election defeat during her debate with Democratic opponent Raphael Warnock ahead of a crucial Senate runoff election in January. Declining to acknowledge Joe Biden had won after a direct question from Warnock, Loeffler said Trump had the right to 'legal recourse' . Warnock replied by attacking Loeffler's response to the Covid-19 pandemic in Georgia.Georgia runoff debate: senator Kelly Loeffler refuses multiple tim
  
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• Global arms sales top $360 billion as US and China dominate

  07-12-2020 16:07 via independent.co.uk
  
  Weapons sales increased by more than eight per cent in 2019
  
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• Man arrested after break-in at Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen’s mansion

  07-12-2020 16:06 via independent.co.uk
  
  Suspect is expected to be charged later on Monday
  
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• Fort Bragg soldier found dead ‘was decapitated’

  07-12-2020 15:56 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘A definitive cause of death cannot be determined,’ report says
  
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• Tough budget talks risk delaying EU's new emissions target

  07-12-2020 15:33 via independent.co.uk
  
  European Union leaders are under pressure to deliver an updated climate target this month
  
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• Monoliths: Why are mysterious monuments appearing across the globe?

  07-12-2020 15:22 via independent.co.uk
  
  Shiny pillars have been erected without explanation at sites across world
  
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• Australia to use drones to count every Koala in the country as threat of extinction looms

  07-12-2020 15:11 via independent.co.uk
  
  WWF says 60,000 killed or injured in bushfires last summer
  
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• Two children dead after truck crashes into Florida mini-golf course

  07-12-2020 14:33 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family,’ says Panama Beach police spokesperson
  
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• Spain: Ex-King Juan Carlos I won't get special treatment

  07-12-2020 14:32 via independent.co.uk
  
  A Spanish government official says Juan Carlos I deserves no special treatment by the legal system, amid reports the former monarch is preparing to admit alleged undeclared income
  
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