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• Native American man ‘tasered by park ranger’ after stepping off a trail in New Mexico

  29-12-2020 23:38 via independent.co.uk
  
  The man was visiting the site to pray and honour his ancestors 
  
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• First US case of Covid-19 variant found in Colorado

  29-12-2020 22:56 via independent.co.uk
  
  The first reported US appearance of a highly contagious coronavirus variant discovered in the UK has been confirmed in Colorado. 
  
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• New US dietary guidelines say no candy or cake for children under two, but avoid new restrictions for adults

  29-12-2020 22:52 via independent.co.uk
  
  Guidelines make no reference to challenges presented by coronavirus pandemic
  
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• Rommell Broom, inmate who survived execution in Ohio, dies of Covid-19

  29-12-2020 22:20 via independent.co.uk
  
  Rommell Broom, who is only the second inmate to survive a modern execution, died on Monday
  
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• Millions of families with mixed immigration status in US are eligible for Covid relief for first time

  29-12-2020 22:07 via independent.co.uk
  
  Families with an undocumented person who pays taxes were excluded from the first Covid relief bill earlier this year
  
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• Mitch McConnell blocks Senate Democrats' move to fast track $2000 Covid payments – video

  29-12-2020 21:44
  
  The Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, blocked an effort by Democrats to quickly increase coronavirus relief payments to US citizens from $600 to $2,000. Donald Trump demanded the raise on Tuesday, tweeting that Americans had ‘suffered enough’ from the Covid pandemic. But amid mounting pressure from fellow Republicans,  McConnell objected to a move by Chuck Schumer, the minority leader, to swiftly pass the measureMcConnell blocks initial Democratic effort for $2,000 Covid
  
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• 33-year-old California mother dies of Covid before she could hold newborn daughter

  29-12-2020 21:24 via independent.co.uk
  
  Vanessa Cardenas Gonzalez tested positive for coronavirus just days before giving birth
  
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• Algerian President Tebboune returns after Covid treatment in Germany

  29-12-2020 21:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Abdelmadjid Tebboune had been receiving coronavirus treatment in Germany for two months.
  
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• Inside The Lincoln Project: The Never Trumpers who can’t quit Trump

  29-12-2020 21:07 via independent.co.uk
  
  The group was an early election season curio until the president, as the president has been known to do, stepped in it, Justin Vallejo reports
  
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• Woman filmed making false phone theft accusation against musician’s Black teenage son

  29-12-2020 21:04 via independent.co.uk
  
  Fourteen-year-old said incident left him ‘shell-shocked’
  
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• Croatia earthquake: At least seven killed and 26 injured in 6.3-magnitude tremor

  29-12-2020 20:58 via independent.co.uk
  
  Rescuers pull man and boy from car buried under rubble in town of Petrinja
  
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• Croatia earthquake: Six dead as rescuers search rubble for survivors

  29-12-2020 20:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes Petrinja and nearby towns, trapping people under rubble.
  
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• Croatia earthquake: At least six killed and 20 injured in 6.3-magnitude tremor

  29-12-2020 20:19 via independent.co.uk
  
  Rescuers pull man and boy from car buried under rubble in town of Petrinja
  
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• Coronavirus: 'No liquor in teapots', South Africa's restaurants warned

  29-12-2020 20:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Alcohol sales have been banned in South Africa to prevent "reckless behaviour" amid a Covid spike.
  
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• Canadian man receives his severed leg taxidermied in time for Christmas

  29-12-2020 20:08 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘This was my closure, basically,’ says Justin Fernandes
  
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• FBI investigating ‘highly suspicious’ fire at Black church as potential hate crime

  29-12-2020 19:49 via independent.co.uk
  
  Fire officials said there had been three blazes in the area the last three weeks
  
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• Inside Lincoln Project: The Never Trumpers who can’t quit Trump

  29-12-2020 19:47 via independent.co.uk
  
  The group was an early election season curio until the president, as the president has been known to do, stepped in it, Justin Vallejo reports
  
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• Hiker rescued after surviving 100ft drop from mountain

  29-12-2020 19:35 via independent.co.uk
  
  29-year-old spent over five hours stuck on cliff edge, authorities said
  
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• VIRUS TODAY: State legislatures to convene amid pandemic

  29-12-2020 19:29 via independent.co.uk
  
  State legislatures across the country will be convening in 2021 with a common theme at the center of their work
  
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• Trump ends Obama’s 12-year run as most admired man on Gallup poll, but Michelle tops women’s list

  29-12-2020 19:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  Incumbent presidents almost always tops poll, though Trump rarely did
  
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• Ahmed Bassem Zaki: Egypt jails harassing student who sparked MeToo campaign

  29-12-2020 19:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The notorious case began in July when a series of women posted claims of sexual harassment online.
  
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• Christmas bombing marks another dark day for Nashville

  29-12-2020 18:39 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Christmas Day explosion has sparked shock across the country after a bomb detonated in the heart of Nashville’s historic downtown
  
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• Going nowhere: Europe’s right wing populists will survive the end of Trump

  29-12-2020 18:36 via independent.co.uk
  
  Any hope that the the defeat of the US president might mean the political end for the central European populists does not match the reality on the ground, reports Rima Marrouch in Warsaw
  
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• Croatia earthquake: At least five killed and 20 injured in 6.3-magnitude tremor

  29-12-2020 18:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  Rescuers pull man and boy from car buried under rubble in town of Petrinja
  
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• Croatia earthquake: Rescuers search rubble for survivors

  29-12-2020 18:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A powerful earthquake kills at least six people and tears down buildings in central Croatia.
  
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• 'Human error' causes loss of 500 Moderna coronavirus vaccine doses in Wisconsin

  29-12-2020 18:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Moderna vaccine can not be outside of refrigeration for more than 12 hours
  
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• Russia suggests coronavirus death toll is three times higher than reported

  29-12-2020 18:10 via independent.co.uk
  
  Deputy prime minister implies around 186,000 deaths have been linked to the virus
  
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• Nashulai: The community trying to conserve Kenya's wildlife

  29-12-2020 17:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Nashulai conservancy, on the edge of the Maasai Mara, is reviving ancient practices to protect the ecosystem.
  
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• Russia police arrest Covid-denying priest Father Sergiy

  29-12-2020 17:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Father Sergiy seized control of a women's monastery in the Urals in June and refused to leave.
  
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• Why it may not be full speed ahead for India’s plan to bring back cheetahs

  29-12-2020 17:08 via independent.co.uk
  
  Plans to reintroduce cheetahs to India may not go to plan, and it might well be nothing more than a vanity project, writes Simon Evans
  
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• Trump allies pardoned by president could be legally forced to testify against him, predicts Cohen

  29-12-2020 16:39 via independent.co.uk
  
  Mr Trump’s former fixer suggests that pardoned allies could be forced to testify because they would not be able to plead the fifth
  
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• Virginia deputy fired over ‘disturbing’ social media posts on right-wing site

  29-12-2020 16:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  Deputy denies making comments saying account had been hacked
  
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• Nashville explosion: Bodycam footage shows moments before and after bomb

  29-12-2020 16:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Video released by police shows the van playing a recorded warning moments before it exploded.
  
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• Pierre Cardin: French fashion giant dies aged 98

  29-12-2020 15:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  He helped revolutionise fashion with his futuristic and stylish designs in the 1950s and 60s.
  
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• Tennessee man charged after driving truck playing ‘similar’ audio to Nashville RV

  29-12-2020 15:40 via independent.co.uk
  
  Warning message blared from a loudspeaker before Christmas Day explosion
  
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• Croatia earthquake: Girl killed and at least 20 injured in 6.3-magnitude tremor

  29-12-2020 15:39 via independent.co.uk
  
  Rescuers pull man and boy from car buried under rubble in town of Petrinja near Zagreb
  
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• Nice to meet you, America: Notes from a foreign correspondent’s first year in the United States

  29-12-2020 15:26 via independent.co.uk
  
  Richard Hall arrived in New York for his new posting in February. A lot has happened since. 
  
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• Iran begins human trials of its homegrown Covid vaccine

  29-12-2020 15:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  Iran is the nation hardest hit by coronavirus in the Middle East
  
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• Pierre Cardin: The French fashion designer 'one step ahead of tomorrow'

  29-12-2020 15:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The French designer, who's died aged 98, challenged the status quo and influenced decades of fashion.
  
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• Covid-denying renegade priest detained in police raid on Russian convent

  29-12-2020 14:55 via independent.co.uk
  
  Father Sergiy had been charged with encouraging minors to commit suicide
  
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• Two 2008 Banksy murals in New Orleans defaced over Christmas

  29-12-2020 14:41 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘This public art piece is a source of comfort and joy,’ says local street art tour guide Carlos Fundora
  
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• '60 Minutes' keeps on the news and is rewarded by viewers

  29-12-2020 14:37 via independent.co.uk
  
  One of television's hottest shows is also among its oldest
  
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• India to extend UK flights ban as other nations consider measures to contain new Covid variant

  29-12-2020 14:36 via independent.co.uk
  
  The aviation minister of India made the announcement as the country recorded six cases of the coronavirus variant
  
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• Boeing 737 Max to make its first US flight for almost two years

  29-12-2020 14:23 via independent.co.uk
  
  The aircraft will be operating the Miami to New York route
  
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• Tony Chung: Hong Kong jails teenager for insulting Chinese flag

  29-12-2020 14:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  The pro-democracy activist is the first political figure to be prosecuted under the controversial new national security law
  
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• Covid: Sydney beach party sparks 'backpacker' deportation threat

  29-12-2020 13:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Australian minister says temporary visa holders who flout coronavirus restrictions could be deported.
  
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• Bell stolen by Nazis to be returned to Poland

  29-12-2020 13:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Polish church pastor has spent two years looking for the bell, which dates back to 1555.
  
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• Zhang Zhan: EU demands China release citizen journalist jailed over Wuhan virus reports

  29-12-2020 13:35 via independent.co.uk
  
  EU also demands immediate release of human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng 
  
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• The designer who was 'one step ahead of tomorrow'

  29-12-2020 13:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The legendary French fashion designer will be remembered for his futuristic designs and huge range.
  
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• Russian Covid deaths three times the official toll

  29-12-2020 13:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The country's deputy prime minister reveals more than 80% of excess deaths are linked to coronavirus.
  
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