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• Chile earthquake: Massive 6.8 magnitude quake strikes South American country

  27-12-2020 23:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A MASSIVE 6.8 magnitude earthquake has struck Chile today leaving thousands at risk in the South American country.
  
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• Man believed responsible for Nashville Christmas Day bombing died in explosion, say police

  27-12-2020 23:33 via independent.co.uk
  
  The man believed to be responsible for the Christmas Day bombing in Nashville died in the explosion, police have confirmed.
  
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• Tennessee bomb squad finds no explosives in second truck playing same audio as the Nashville RV

  27-12-2020 23:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  A suspicious vehicle was investigated in Lebanon, Tennessee - 30 miles from Nashville
  
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• Marco Rubio accuses Fauci of having ‘lied’ about face masks and ‘distorting’ facts

  27-12-2020 21:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Florida senator attacked Dr Fauci for changing his guidance on Covid-19, which the public health expert said was due to evolving understanding of the virus
  
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• Tennessee bomb squad investigating second truck playing the same audio as the Nashville RV

  27-12-2020 21:49 via independent.co.uk
  
  A suspicious vehicle has been reported in Lebanon, Tennessee - 30 miles from Nashville
  
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• Central African Republic election held amid violence

  27-12-2020 21:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The polls are held in a country where rebels controls key towns and UN troops face deadly attacks.
  
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• Florida coronavirus death toll: Latest Covid-19 figures

  27-12-2020 21:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  State’s Trump-supporting governor refused to introduce mask mandate
  
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• Dr Fauci says ‘worst is yet to come’ from coronavirus as December becomes deadliest month of pandemic

  27-12-2020 20:26 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘We are really at a very critical point’ says infectious disease expert
  
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• 18 care home residents die after Santa visit followed by coronavirus outbreak

  27-12-2020 20:07 via independent.co.uk
  
  More than 120 residents have been infected, council says
  
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• Top associate of Russia's Navalny released from detention

  27-12-2020 19:53 via independent.co.uk
  
  A top associate of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been released from detention Sunday
  
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• California coronavirus death toll: Latest Covid-19 figures

  27-12-2020 19:15 via independent.co.uk
  
  Virus spike sees almost all of state’s 40 million residents under stay-at-home order
  
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• Bangladesh film director charged after rape victim interrogation scene enrages police

  27-12-2020 19:08 via independent.co.uk
  
  Anonno Mamun and actor Shaheen Mridha could face up to seven years in prison
  
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• Hundreds of British holidaymakers ‘flee Swiss ski resort’ despite being told to self-isolate

  27-12-2020 18:56 via independent.co.uk
  
  Many left ‘under cover of darkness’ said a local official
  
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• FBI investigating whether man linked to Nashville bombing was paranoid about 5G networks

  27-12-2020 18:55 via independent.co.uk
  
  Steve Fridrich said he was asked by FBI agents whether Anthony Warner ever mentioned being concerned about 5G networks
  
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• Covid: Trump fails to sign economic relief bill into law

  27-12-2020 18:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Millions of Americans temporarily lose unemployment benefits after the deadline for signing passes.
  
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• Brodie Lee dead: AEL wrestler and former WWE star Jonathan Huber dies, aged 41

  27-12-2020 18:36 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘No words can express the love I feel or how broken I am right now,' says wife Amanda Huber
  
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• Cher fights to free Bangkok’s ‘King Kong’ from rooftop cage

  27-12-2020 17:47 via independent.co.uk
  
  Bua Noi, whose name means Little Lotus, lives on top of shopping centre
  
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• ‘Kicking Covid’s ass’: Why 2021 will be the year of the vaccine

  27-12-2020 17:42 via independent.co.uk
  
  The rollout is under way but the politics of distribution is only just getting started, reports Borzou Daragahi
  
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• Man walks circumference of earth without leaving home city

  27-12-2020 17:31 via independent.co.uk
  
  Vinod Bajaj, 70, completes 40,075-kilometre hike over four years
  
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• US former wrestler Brodie Lee dies aged 41

  27-12-2020 17:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The wrestling world pays tribute to Jon Huber, who was known to fans as Brodie Lee or Luke Harper.
  
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• Trump news – live: President ‘returns to golf course’ as Republican anger grows over his refusal to sign bill

  27-12-2020 17:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  Follow the latest updates on President Donald Trump and US politics
  
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• 'Let's get vaccinated': Europe rolls out Covid-19 vaccine – video report

  27-12-2020 17:15
  
  European nations launched a massive vaccination drive on Sunday, with pensioners and medics lining up to take the first shots to see off the coronavirus pandemic that has claimed more than 1.7 million lives worldwide. With surveys pointing to high levels of hesitancy about the vaccine in countries from France to Poland, leaders of the EU27 are promoting it as the best chance of getting back to something like normal life in 2021Coronavirus news – live updates
  EU launches mass Covid-19
  
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• Trump ally Devin Nunes’ defamation case against the Washington Post thrown out by DC judge

  27-12-2020 17:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  California congressman sued the newspaper over story about Russia wanting to see the president re-elected
  
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• Boy Scouts of America accuse Girl Scouts of starting 'war'

  27-12-2020 17:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The two organisations are caught in a legal battle after the Boy Scouts started recruiting girls.
  
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• Beyonce donates $500,000 to people facing eviction due to US housing crisis

  27-12-2020 17:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  Artist’s charity foundation has donated millions to provide covid testing and support during the pandemic
  
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• Trump ‘returns to golf course’ as Republican anger grows over his refusal to sign Covid bill - follow live

  27-12-2020 17:06 via independent.co.uk
  
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• Germany's Covid vaccine rollout PAUSED after potential temperature failures detected

  27-12-2020 16:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Germany's coronavirus vaccination campaign faced delays in several cities on Sunday after medical staff found potential irregularities in the cooling of the shot produced by BioNTech and Pfizer .
  
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• Seven killed in knife attack in China's Liaoning province

  27-12-2020 16:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  At least seven people are killed in a stabbing frenzy in the city of Kaiyuan, with a suspect in custody.
  
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• Man accused of shooting brother-in-law while wearing Trump mask, Santa Claus hat and curly white beard

  27-12-2020 16:03 via independent.co.uk
  
  Victim did not recognise family member due to elaborate disguise, police say
  
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• The vaccines are here – but what has America already lost?

  27-12-2020 15:48 via independent.co.uk
  
  More than 300,000 Americans have died and millions of lives have been upended by Covid-19, as the promise of a drug remains a final hope for a government that failed, Alex Woodward writes
  
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• Hundreds of Syrians flee refugee camp as blaze destroys site in Lebanon

  27-12-2020 14:53 via independent.co.uk
  
  Official says 375 people were living at informal settlement
  
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• Seven killed in knife attack outside sauna in China, state media reports

  27-12-2020 13:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  Seven people were also reportedly injured in the attack
  
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• Pompeii excavation reveals fast food diet of ancient Romans

  27-12-2020 13:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  Entire eatery, known as a thermopolium, unearthed 
  
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• Covid: EU starts mass vaccination in 'touching moment of unity'

  27-12-2020 13:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Care home residents and health staff are first to get jabs as the 27-state bloc begins immunisations.
  
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• Turkish human rights groups face being shut down as Erdogan passes law stifling NGOs

  27-12-2020 12:58 via independent.co.uk
  
  Move gives interior minister power to replace members of organisations being investigated for terrorism charges
  
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• Rahane gives India control of Boxing Day Test

  27-12-2020 12:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Stand-in captain Ajinkya Rahane's brilliant unbeaten century gives India control of the second Test against Australia on day two.
  
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• Snack bar in Pompeii offers insights into ancient eating habits – video report

  27-12-2020 12:35
  
  The director of archaeology at Pompeii shows an exceptionally well-preserved snack bar, or thermopolium, which served food and drink to passers-by. Traces of food have been found in some of the jars, and the frescoes offer insights into Pompeiian eating habits. Human remains were also found of a victim of the volcanic eruption in AD79 that buried the ancient Roman cityExceptionally well-preserved snack bar unearthed in PompeiiContinue reading...
  
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• ‘The day we have been waiting for’: EU countries start vaccine rollout

  27-12-2020 12:26 via independent.co.uk
  
  'Let's see if we can all behave and make this virus go away,' 96-year-old woman in Spain says after getting jab
  
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• Dog invades football pitch in Bolivia

  27-12-2020 12:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A dog paused a football game for three minutes, as it ran around with a football boot in its mouth.
  
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• Christians slaughtered by Islamist terrorists in sickening attack on Christmas Eve

  27-12-2020 12:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  ISLAMIST terrorists massacred a group of Christians in a remote village in Nigeria on Christmas Eve after promising to carry out an attack during the church's holy season.
  
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• Why 2021 will be the year of the vaccine

  27-12-2020 12:07 via independent.co.uk
  
  The vaccine rollout is underway but the politics of distribution is only just getting started, reports Borzou Daragahi
  
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• Trump news live — President blames China over Covid bill delay as Fox star calls him ‘entitled frat boy’

  27-12-2020 11:58 via independent.co.uk
  
  Follow the latest updates on President Donald Trump and US politics
  
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• Turkey earthquake: 5.3 tremor strikes eastern Elazig province

  27-12-2020 10:20 via independent.co.uk
  
  An earthquake with a 5.3 magnitude shook Elazig province in eastern Turkey on Sunday.
  
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• Iran: Climbers die in blizzards and avalanche

  27-12-2020 08:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  At least 10 climbers are killed and seven others are missing in the Alborz mountains near Tehran.
  
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• Nashville explosion 'probably suicide bombing'

  27-12-2020 03:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Investigators conduct DNA tests after human remains are found and a house is searched.
  
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• Why is India denying prisoners spectacles and straws?

  27-12-2020 02:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jail officials have been called out for being cruel to prisoners - especially the government's critics.
  
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• How Ugandan Nasa scientist Catherine Nakalembe uses satellites to boost farming

  27-12-2020 02:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Catherine Nakalembe won this year's Africa Food Prize for pioneering work using satellite images.
  
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• How Covid-19 altered world events in 2020

  27-12-2020 01:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The pandemic affected us all - and shaped global issues, with knock-on effects for millions.
  
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• Canada, Sweden and Spain become latest countries to report new coronavirus variant

  27-12-2020 01:18 via independent.co.uk
  
  They join Japan, Denmark, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore and France in detecting highly contagious new version of bug – believed to have emerged in UK
  
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• Coronavirus: What has Covid done for climate crisis?

  27-12-2020 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lockdowns around the world have led to record falls in CO2 emissions. But will this lead to long lasting change?
  
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