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• US Covid vaccination: 'The mission begins'

  12-12-2020 23:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Gen Gustave Perna says he is confident of the safe distribution of the "precious commodity" across the US.
  
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• Covid: First round of US vaccinations to begin on Monday

  12-12-2020 23:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine was approved earlier this week and doses are being distributed this weekend.
  
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• New Orleans stage and screen actor Carol Sutton dies at 76

  12-12-2020 21:37 via independent.co.uk
  
  Actor Carol Sutton, a fixture on stages in her native New Orleans, has died from complications from COVID-19
  
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• Nigeria school attack: Hundreds missing in Katsina after raid by gunmen

  12-12-2020 21:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Gunmen on motorbikes raid a boarding school, home to some 800 boys, in north-western Katsina state.
  
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• 'Not enough' climate ambition shown by leaders

  12-12-2020 21:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  UK minister Alok Sharma says world leaders are failing to show the necessary level of ambition.
  
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• Donald Trump news: Supreme Court overturns Trump legal bid - what can he do now?

  12-12-2020 20:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE Supreme Court handed Donald Trump another brutal defeat today, as the conservative-leaning chamber slapped down a Republican bid to overturn the results of this year's election in several states. What can Donald Trump do now?
  
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• First US Covid vaccine shipments will arrive on Monday, army general says

  12-12-2020 20:44 via independent.co.uk
  
  The announcement comes after federal authorities granted the Pfizer vaccine emergency use authorization 
  
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• Car plows into protesters at New York City Black Lives Matter demonstration – video

  12-12-2020 20:23 via theguardian.com
  
  Footage shows a vehicle driving into a crowd of about 50 people at a protest on Friday afternoon in the middle of Manhattan, injuring multiple people. The incident happened after 4pm at the corner of 39th Street and Third Avenue in midtown east, police said, adding that the woman behind the wheel of the BMW sedan who drove into the crowd was detained for questioning by law enforcement.Multiple people injured after vehicle plows into crowd at New York protest Continue reading...
  
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• First US Covid vaccine shipments will arrive next week, army general says

  12-12-2020 19:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  The announcement comes after federal authorities granted the Pfizer vaccine emergency use authorization 
  
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• Taiwan responds to China threats and unveils new fleet of coastguard ships

  12-12-2020 19:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  CHINA'S threat to Taiwan has forced the island democracy to build a new fleet of coastguard ships they have called "aircraft carrier killers".
  
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• Joe Biden son: Who is Hunter Biden? Why is he being investigated in the USA?

  12-12-2020 19:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  JOE BIDEN'S son Hunter is now under investigation in the US, he announced on Wednesday, with renewed attention now focussed on his tax returns following the pre-election controversy. Who is Hunter Biden, and why is he being investigated?
  
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• Spanish police rescue 21 'exploited' migrant workers from warehouse

  12-12-2020 19:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Three people are arrested after police find workers in a secret room hidden behind piles of clothes.
  
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• Virgin Galactic forced to abort key test flight of space plane

  12-12-2020 18:58 via independent.co.uk
  
  Virgin Galactic was forced to abort a key test flight of its space plane after an apparent issue with its rocket motor.
  
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• Boris Johnson on climate change, mung-bean munching and creating jobs

  12-12-2020 18:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  From mung-bean munching to being the Saudi Arabia of wind power generation, here's a summary of the UK PM's climate speech.
  
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• He ran a website the Iranian regime didn’t like. He was executed for it

  12-12-2020 18:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  Ruhollah Zam was brought from exile into Iran against his will 
  
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• Brexit trade deal warning: 'China won’t hesitate to punish UK like it has done Australia'

  12-12-2020 18:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A BREXIT free trade deal with Beijing could come with harsh consequences as "China will not hesitate to do to the UK what it has done to Australia", a leading academic has claimed.
  
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• Covid kills 3,309 people on deadliest day in the US as vaccine approval hailed as ‘monumental moment’

  12-12-2020 17:47 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Federal Drug Administration granted emergency authorization for Pfizer’s vaccine on Friday
  
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• American Legion, Pelosi joining calls for VA chief's ouster

  12-12-2020 17:47 via independent.co.uk
  
  The nation’s largest veterans organization and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi are joining the growing calls for the ouster of President Donald Trump’s Veterans Affairs chief
  
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• UN chief António Guterres urges countries to declare climate emergencies – video

  12-12-2020 17:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Every country should declare a state of climate emergency until the world has reached net-zero carbon emissions, the UN secretary general told a virtual summit of world leaders on Saturday. António Guterres said countries had a responsibility to young people to reduce and eliminate high-carbon activities after borrowing trillions to cushion the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemicUN secretary general urges all countries to declare climate emergenciesUK to stop f
  
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• Letter from Zodiac Killer decoded after 51 years

  12-12-2020 17:01 via independent.co.uk
  
  Amateur code-breakers crack decades-old mystery posed by infamous cipher
  
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• Black Lives Matter: Driver charged after crashing into New York protest

  12-12-2020 17:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Six were injured when the car ploughed into a crowd of 50 protesters on Friday in New York City.
  
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• Flamethrower drone incinerates wasp nests in China

  12-12-2020 16:59 via independent.co.uk
  
  Volunteer group raises £9,000 to convert drone with petrol tank and nozzle
  
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• 'It's unacceptable!' UN boss LOSES IT in live TV rant at nations 'Facing an emergency!'

  12-12-2020 16:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  ANTONIO GUTERRES has demanded nations across the world do more to become carbon-neutral as we deal with the issues of coronavirus.
  
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• Russian nuclear submarine test-fires four missiles

  12-12-2020 16:39 via independent.co.uk
  
  A Russian nuclear submarine has successfully test-fired four intercontinental ballistic missiles in a demonstration of the readiness of the nation’s nuclear forces amid the tensions with the United States
  
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• Germany erupts in protests: Armed police with water cannons brace for riots in Dresden

  12-12-2020 15:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  RIOT cops with water cannons are gearing up for protests against ongoing coronavirus restrictions, piling more pressure on Chancellor Angela Merkel.
  
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• Ruhollah Zam: Iran executes journalist accused of fanning unrest

  12-12-2020 15:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ruhollah Zam, who ran a website that Iran accused of inciting violence, was detained last year.
  
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• In a year dominated by pandemic, many other dramas unfolded

  12-12-2020 15:03 via independent.co.uk
  
  Not since World War II has a single phenomenon dominated the news worldwide as the COVID-19 pandemic has in 2020
  
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• ICYMI: Whales in New York to crossing the border for a haircut

  12-12-2020 14:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  In this week's In Case You Missed It, we round up some of the video stories that might have passed you by.
  
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• After the fact: the five ways Trump has tried to attack democracy post-election

  12-12-2020 14:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Republicans in 2020 have established what may be a new template for subverting the vote that could haunt elections for yearsThe decisive rejection by the US supreme court of an attempt by one state, Texas, to throw out election results in four other states might prevent the recurrence of such an effort in future presidential elections.But the Texas lawsuit was not the only unprecedented attack to be leveled on US democracy during the November presidential election, and other such efforts could e
  
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• Joe Biden headache as protests hit US in response to his election

  12-12-2020 14:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  CONSERVATIVE groups that claim President-elect Joe Biden stole the US election from Donald Trump are planning protests nationwide today, including a Washington rally headlined by Trump's recently pardoned former national security adviser.
  
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• Zodiac Killer: Code-breakers solve San Francisco killer's cipher

  12-12-2020 13:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A three-strong amateur team decodes one of several messages attributed to a US serial killer.
  
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• Letter from Zodiac Killer decoded after 50 years

  12-12-2020 12:49 via independent.co.uk
  
  Amateur code-breakers crack decades-old mystery posed by infamous cipher
  
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• Covid pandemic: South Korea sees record rise in daily cases

  12-12-2020 12:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The country has been praised as a model of how to deal with coronavirus but cases have surged.
  
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• Furious Russia threatens to retaliate against the UK after fresh round of sanctions

  12-12-2020 12:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  RUSSIA has threatened to hit back against "unfounded" UK sanctions against Russian individuals over alleged human rights abuses, the country's foreign ministry has warned.
  
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• Mathematician explains cracking California Zodiac Killer cipher – video

  12-12-2020 12:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Australian mathematician Samuel Blake describes how he and and two other cryptologists finally solved an encrypted message written by the unnamed serial killer 51 years ago.The FBI confirmed the code, cracked with help from a supercomputer called Spartan, is accurate, but they said it did not help with identificationZodiac: cipher from California serial killer solved after 51 years Continue reading...
  
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• Alfred Bourgeois: Second death row inmate executed in two days

  12-12-2020 11:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  President Donald Trump has planned three more executions before he leaves office on 20 January.
  
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• World Must Invest In Strong Health Systems That Protect Everyone — Now And Into The Future

  12-12-2020 07:28
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• As He Rails On Election, Trump Largely Mum On Toll Of Virus

  12-12-2020 07:28
  
  President Donald Trump has been...
  
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• Analysis: The Election Is Over; Trump's Attacks Will Linger

  12-12-2020 07:28
  The 2020 presidential...
  
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• Wisconsin Supreme Court in Saturday session for Trump case

  12-12-2020 07:26
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) " The Wisconsin Supreme Court is set to meet in a...
  
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• Protesters hurl eggs as South Korea releases child rapist

  12-12-2020 07:26
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) " Angry protesters threw eggs and shouted insults...
  
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• DNA: Terrorist training camps resume in Pakistan’s Balakot, video surfaces

  12-12-2020 07:26
  Pakistan's Balakot, where India had last year...
  
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• 'The virus is moving in': why California is losing the fight against Covid

  12-12-2020 07:25
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• Pompeo slams China for charging Jimmy Lai under National Security Law

  12-12-2020 07:25
  Read full article ANI12 December 2020, 6:10 am·1-min read US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo (File Photo) Washington [US], December 12 (ANI): US Defence Secretary Michael Pompeo slammed China for charging Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai under the draconian National Security Law and demanded that charges must be dropped. Pompeo further went on to accuse the Chinese Communist Party of its authoritarian rule and making a mockery of the justice in the region. "Hong Kong's National...
  
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• Pakistan registers 2,729 new Covid-19 cases, 71 deaths

  12-12-2020 07:25
  Read full article ANI11 December 2020, 10:16 pm·1-min read Representative Image Islamabad [Pakistan], December 12 (ANI): Pakistan on Saturday recorded 2,729 new Covid-19 cases and 71 deaths in the last 24 hours, reported ARY News. According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), the national tally of cases now...
  
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• More than 200 Covid-19 deaths and 8,300 new cases in 24 hours

  12-12-2020 07:25
  SA recorded more...
  
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• Canada, US Border To Stay Closed Until January 21

  12-12-2020 07:25
  
  The longest international border in the world, between Canada and the United States, will remain closed until January 21 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday. ......
  
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• BioNTech CEO Reveals "Biggest Challenge" After Covid Vaccine Gets US Nod

  12-12-2020 07:25
  The chief executive of Germany's BioNTech SE said the biggest challenge facing it and partner Pfizer Inc now that their COVID-19 vaccine is authorized for use in the United States will be to scale up... ......
  
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• 1 killed, 2 wounded in Kabul rocket attack

  12-12-2020 07:25
  
  Read full article ANI12 December 2020, 6:21 am·1-min read Representative Image Kabul [Afghanistan], December 12 (ANI): Kabul woke up to a gruesome rocket attack on early Saturday morning with one killed and two wounded. The Interior Affairs Ministry reported that ten rockets were fired from the Lab-e-Jar area in Kabul on various...
  
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• Live COVID-19 updates: Germany reports 28,438 new COVID-19 cases

  12-12-2020 07:23
  BEIJING, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. - - - - BERLIN -- Germany on Saturday reported 28,438 more COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the national tally to 1,300,516, according to data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI). The country's new COVID-19 deaths in the same period totaled...
  
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