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• Women's Hall of Fame honors Aretha Franklin, Morrison, Lacks

  09-12-2020 23:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  The National Women's Hall of Fame plans a virtual induction ceremony Thursday for its latest honorees
  
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• More than half of Americans are willing to receive covid vaccine, poll finds

  09-12-2020 23:15 via independent.co.uk
  
  About 53 per cent of Americans said they would receive the vaccine
  
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• State officials raise alarm of potential to steal Covid-19 vaccines, report says

  09-12-2020 22:26 via independent.co.uk
  
  States like Michigan called on their National Guard to assist in vaccine distribution 
  
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• Hunter Biden under federal investigation over taxes

  09-12-2020 22:26 via independent.co.uk
  
  President-elect’s son says tax affairs handled ‘legally and appropriately’
  
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• Major US lawsuits seek break up of Facebook

  09-12-2020 22:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Facebook, which owns Instagram and WhatsApp, is accused of taking illegal steps to crush rivals.
  
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• Pompeo unloads on US universities for China ties

  09-12-2020 21:46 via independent.co.uk
  
  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has unloaded on U.S. universities for allegedly caving to Chinese pressure to blunt or bar criticism of the Chinese Communist Party
  
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• Republican lawyer resigns government position over treatment of coronavirus whistleblower Rebekah Jones

  09-12-2020 21:35 via independent.co.uk
  
  A Republican lawyer has resigned over the treatment of coronavirus whistle-blower Rebekah Jones after a judge orded a police raid on her home.
  
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• California church fined $55,000 for flouting coronavirus orders

  09-12-2020 21:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  Pastor says he believes in masks but does not believe it is his job to police congregants 
  
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• Veteran Palestinian official Hanan Ashrawi resigns

  09-12-2020 21:29 via independent.co.uk
  
  Hanan Ashrawi, a senior official in the Palestine Liberation Organization, has announced her resignation, saying the Palestinian political system needs “renewal and reinvigoration.”
  
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• Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine documents hacked in cyber attack on European Medicines Agency

  09-12-2020 21:29 via independent.co.uk
  
  Attack will not impact timeline for vaccine review, according to regulators
  
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• California church pastor fined $55,000 for flouting coronavirus orders

  09-12-2020 21:27 via independent.co.uk
  
  Pastor says he believes in masks but does not believe it is his job to police congregants 
  
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• Covid: Canada latest country to approve Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine

  09-12-2020 21:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The country has 14 distribution sites with the cold storage needed for the vaccine, officials say.
  
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• Wait Continues for Launch of SpaceX's Futuristic Starship, Which Could Come Today

  09-12-2020 21:20
  The livestream of the launch will begin above a few minutes before takeoff. The first high-altitude test flight of SpaceX’s futuristic Starship could happen Wednesday afternoon -- a potentially big step for the experimental craft Elon Musk says could end up taking humans...
  
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• Pamela Anderson writes to Taoiseach seeking 'cruel' hare coursing ban

  09-12-2020 21:20
  Actress Pamela Anderson has written to the Taoiseach to urge him to ban hare coursing in Ireland. The former Baywatch star said coursing, which involves hares being chased by greyhounds, was "cruel and reckless" and was at odds with the "warmth and goodwill" that the country was known for. Hare coursing is already banned in Northern Ireland and in Great Britain. Coursing events were recently suspended in Ireland due to Covid restrictions. Ms Anderson,...
  
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• COVID-19 Relief Talks Hit Another Wall as Congress Runs Short on Time to Send Help

  09-12-2020 21:20
  Congress is struggling to reach a consensus on another round of coronavirus relief as unemployment benefits and an eviction moratorium are set to expire.State and local government aid, liability protections for businesses, unemployment benefits, and direct payments continue to divide Republicans and Democrats.Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell criticized House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for rejecting the latest Trump administration offer, which did not incl
  
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• World of Warcraft: Shadowlands - The Great Vault Location

  09-12-2020 21:19
  World of Warcraft: Shadowlands players are finally exploring the Great Vault feature of the new expansion. The Great Vault provides players with free loot every week as long as they meet certain conditions. While the Great Vault’s location is given to players during their introduction to the World of Warcraft: Shadowlands expansion, how to access it and what it contains needs some more explanation. In basic terms, the Great Vault contains treasure for players....
  
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• Spain's ex-king pays tax debt amid ongoing financial probes

  09-12-2020 21:19
  
  MADRID (AP) — The law firm representing Juan Carlos I said Wednesday that Spain's former monarch has paid tax authorities nearly 680,000 euros ($821,000) following a voluntary declaration of previously undisclosed income. ......
  
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• Russian police hunt thieves who plundered top secret 'doomsday' plane

  09-12-2020 21:19
  Police in Russia said on Wednesday they were searching for thieves who plundered technical equipment from a top-secret military aircraft known as the Doomsday Plane that is designed for use during a nuclear war. ......
  
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• Israel's Netanyahu: Vaccination campaign to begin Dec. 27

  09-12-2020 21:19
  
  ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP)...
  
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• Gold down on higher government bond yields

  09-12-2020 21:18
  CHICAGO, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange fell on Wednesday on higher government bond yields. The most active gold...
  
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• 1st LD Writethru: Chinese envoy calls for more int'l support for Central Africa

  09-12-2020 21:18
  UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese envoy on Wednesday called for more international support for Central Africa to help the countries in the region in their fight against COVID-19 and in their economic recovery. Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, countries in Central Africa have adopted strict measures and have implemented a regional strategy coordinated by the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS). As a result, the pandemic has been alleviated, said Dai Bing, C
  
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• Mass eviction fears as 12 million will owe ‘$6,000 in unpaid rent and bills by January’

  09-12-2020 21:17
  Millions of Americans out of work due to the coronavirus pandemic are falling further behind in rent and bill payments, raising the prospect of mass evictions next year. Some 12 million renters will owe an average of $5,850 in rent and utilities by January, according to a report Moody's Analytics. Meanwhile, the government's federal eviction moratorium is set to...
  
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• Weeks after election, YouTube cracks down on misinformation

  09-12-2020 21:16
  
  More than a month after the U.S. presidential election, YouTube says it...
  
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• Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey donated $15 million to help fund program for guaranteed income to ...

  09-12-2020 21:16
  While the economic crisis brought on by the pandemic has ravaged communities around the world, the concept of a guaranteed basic income has become increasingly more attractive to many, including Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. Dorsey is using his wealth to further that idea by donating $15 million to help fund a pilot program by the organization Mayors for a Guaranteed Income (MGI). The $15 million is in...
  
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• The Latest: Austin reveres idea of civilian military control

  09-12-2020 21:16
  WASHINGTON (AP) " The Latest on President-elect Joe Biden (all times...
  
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• Tensions rise over masks as virus grips smaller US cities

  09-12-2020 21:16
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) " Arguments over mask requirements and other...
  
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• Retiring Rep. Kennedy says greed hinders aid to needy

  09-12-2020 21:16
  WASHINGTON (AP) " Retiring Rep. Joe Kennedy III used his farewell...
  
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• Pennsylvania governor says he's tested positive for COVID-19

  09-12-2020 21:16
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) " Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has tested positive...
  
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• Michigan will borrow $600M for Flint water settlement

  09-12-2020 21:16
  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan...
  
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• Hackers accessed vaccine documents in cyber-attack on EMA

  09-12-2020 21:16
  Papers relating to Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine reportedly targeted in attack on European Medicines Agency German biotech firm BioNTech said on Wednesday that regulation documents related to the Covid-19 vaccine it has developed with Pfizer were “unlawfully accessed” after a cyber-attack on Europe’s...
  
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• GM's Cruise to deploy fully driverless cars in San Francisco

  09-12-2020 21:16
  SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) " General Motors' self-driving car company is...
  
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• France unveils legislation aimed at fighting Islamist radicalism

  09-12-2020 21:16
  The French government unveiled a draft law Wednesday aimed at better arming France to fight Islamist radicalism, a project promoted by President Emmanuel Macron to root out what he calls "separatists" undermining the nation. ......
  
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• EU plan to sanction Turkey will backfire, Erdoğan aide warns

  09-12-2020 21:16
  Turkish president’s chief adviser speaks out against intervention in dispute with Greece over gas An EU plan to impose additional sanctions on Turkey will backfire and only make the chance of reaching agreement over the growing Greek-Turkish contest in the Eastern Mediterranean regarding gas...
  
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• Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf says he's tested positive for COVID-19, has no symptoms and ...

  09-12-2020 21:16
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf says he's tested positive for COVID-19, has no symptoms and is isolating at home. ......
  
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• Cambridge University rejects proposal it be 'respectful' of all views

  09-12-2020 21:16
  Vote by governing body welcomed by vice-chancellor as ‘reaffirmation of free speech’ for staff and students Proposals requiring Cambridge University staff and students to be “respectful” of differing views under a freedom of speech policy have been overwhelmingly rejected in a vote by its governing...
  
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• 'Are they just gonna dump us here?' Refugees given a number for a name on Nauru

  09-12-2020 21:16
  They felt like prisoners. Then Ali Kharsa and his father became the first to leave Australian offshore detention for a new life in a western country Seven years of Australia’s offshore detention program – a timeline Lives in limbo: more than 1,500 asylum seekers still face uncertain future Ten years...
  
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• Video: Liverpool concede from penalty despite linesman ruling offside after brilliant eagle-eyed decision from referee ...

  09-12-2020 21:14
  
  Liverpool have found themselves on the wrong end of a tight VAR call in tonight’s final Champions League Group Stage tie against FC Midtjylland. In the 58th minute of the tie, centre-back Alexander Scholz did his best Virgil van Dijk impression with an amazing ball over the top which Anders Dreyer latched on to. After Dreyer had beaten Leighton Clarkson, whose acting...
  
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• Video: Gareth Bale has teammates in fits of laughter after ‘Karius’ joke in Spurs training ...

  09-12-2020 21:14
  Liverpool fans might want to look away for the sake of their own health after Gareth Bale joked about their 2018 Champions League defeat to Real Madrid in Tottenham Hotspur training earlier today. Spurs face Belgian outfit Antwerp in the Europa League tomorrow night, hence the cameras were on them for their training session. Heung-Min Son took up the...
  
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• University of Wyoming bans sports ticket sales until 2021

  09-12-2020 21:14
  CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — The University of Wyoming has banned new ticket sales to home sporting events until at least 2021 as new statewide public health orders imposed by Republican Gov. Mark Gordon went into effect Wednesday. The university said no new tickets will be sold starting Wednesday until at least Jan. 8. There will be no additional...
  
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• UN rights chief expects US will be 'much better' under Biden

  09-12-2020 21:14
  
  GENEVA (AP) — The U.N human rights chief says she expects the U.S. administration of President-elect Joe Biden will be “much, much better” when it comes to human rights, and warned of shrinking “democratic space” in Hong Kong — saying her office will be monitoring the rights situation there. Michelle Bachelet spoke to reporters...
  
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• UN-African Union envoy says mistrust deep in Sudan’s Darfur

  09-12-2020 21:14
  CAIRO (AP) — The joint U.N.-African Union envoy for Darfur cautioned on Wednesday that mistrust still runs deep in Sudan’s troubled region and urged the transitional government in Khartoum to embark on the “huge task” of gaining the trust of the local people. Jeremiah Mamabolo's remarks came as U.N. Security Council members remained divided on the timing to end the mandate of the joint mission, known as UNAMID. The people of Darfur “have been betrayed A lot of crime
  
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• Sources: EU close to sealing major budget, virus fund deal

  09-12-2020 21:14
  BRUSSELS (AP) — EU nations were heading Wednesday for a compromise deal with recalcitrant members Hungary and Poland over the bloc's landmark 1.82 trillion-euro ($2.21 trillion) long-term budget and coronavirus recovery package, and its controversial linkage to respect for the rule of law. One diplomat of an European Union nation said “a happy end is in the making," with the relentless work of Germany, which holds the EU's rotating presidency, paying off only hours before the 27-nati
  
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• Netanyahu: Israel to start coronavirus vaccination Dec. 27

  09-12-2020 21:13
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his government will begin administering vaccines against the coronavirus to the general public on Dec. 27. In a televised news conference on Wednesday night, Netanyahu said Israel is prepared to vaccinate some 60,000 people a day. He called it a “great number” for a country of 9 million people. He spoke hours after the first shipment of Pfizer vaccines arrived in the country. Hundreds of thousands of doses are expe
  
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• Migrant caravans head to US border, giving Biden an early test

  09-12-2020 21:13
  President-elect Joe Biden says his priorities when he takes office next month will be the pandemic and economic recovery, but he's facing another crisis that won't wait: a wave of desperate migrants on his southern border. Two ruinous hurricanes that wrecked and flooded swathes of Central America last month have increased the number of families planning a risky journey northward. And after a year of travel bans and soaring unemployment, demand to reach the U.S. was already high. "There are going
  
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• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says government to begin vaccinating the public against coronavirus on ...

  09-12-2020 21:13
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
  
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• International kingpin held for forgery, cheating and criminal conspiracy

  09-12-2020 21:11
  Accused carried out money laundering, hawala transactions ......
  
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• UN: Ethiopia’s conflict has ‘appalling impact on civilians’

  09-12-2020 21:10
  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s situation is “spiraling out of control with appalling impact on civilians” and urgently needs outside monitoring, the United Nations human rights chief warned Wednesday, but Ethiopia rejects calls for independent investigations into the deadly fighting in its Tigray region, saying it “doesn’t need a baby-sitter.” The government’s declaration came amid international calls for more transparency into the month-long fig
  
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• UK probing if allergic reactions linked to Pfizer vaccine

  09-12-2020 21:10
  LONDON (AP) — Britain’s medical regulator warned Wednesday that people with a history of serious allergic reactions shouldn’t receive the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech as investigators look into whether two reactions on the first day of the country’s vaccination program were linked to the shot. Professor Stephen Powis, medical director for National Health Service in England, said the advice was issued on a “precautionary basis” and that the people
  
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• UAE says Chinese vaccine 86% effective, offers few details

  09-12-2020 21:10
  
  ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates said Wednesday a Chinese coronavirus vaccine tested in the federation of sheikhdoms is 86% effective, in a statement that provided few details but marked the first public release of information on the efficacy of the shot. The announcement brought yet another shot into the worldwide race for a vaccine to end the pandemic, a scientific effort that has seen China and Russia compete with Western firms for an effective inoculation
  
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• The Latest: UK: 2 people report allergic reaction to vaccine

  09-12-2020 21:10
  
  WASHINGTON — A new poll find only about half of Americans are ready to roll up their sleeves for COVID-19 vaccines even as states prepare to begin months of vaccinations. The survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows about a quarter of U.S. adults aren’t sure if they want to get vaccinated when their turn comes. Roughly another quarter say they won’t. The Food and Drug Administration is poised to decide whether to allow emergency use of two
  
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