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• Yemen attack: At least 25 killed in large explosion at Aden airport as government officials land

  30-12-2020 23:41 via independent.co.uk
  
  Death toll expected to rise with dozens critically injured
  
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• Hilaria Baldwin speaks out amid accusations she faked being Spanish

  30-12-2020 23:29
  
  Baldwin accuses critics of ‘misrepresenting’ her, and addresses her background and that cucumber ‘brain fart’ incident Hilaria Baldwin has accused critics of “misrepresenting” her amid allegations she spent years faking being Spanish.Speaking out in a New York Times interview on Wednesday, Baldwin addressed the controversy surrounding her heritage after it emerged she was born in Boston, not Spain, and was originally named Hillary. Continue reading...
  
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• Mitch McConnell says 'no realistic path' for $2,000 relief checks bill

  30-12-2020 23:15
  
  Attempts by Donald Trump and Democrats for bigger coronavirus relief checks fade in the Senate Donald Trump’s demand for $2,000 relief checks to Americans struggling financially with the pandemic was all but dead after Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell said on Wednesday that a proposal from Democrats had “no realistic path to quickly pass the Senate”.Declaring that he would not be “bullied” by Democrats into quickly approving the measure, McConnell effectively
  
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• Woman filmed wrongly accusing Black teen of phone theft claims she was assaulted

  30-12-2020 23:07 via independent.co.uk
  
  22-year-old woman says she ‘actually tries very hard to make sure that I am always doing the right thing’
  
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• Covid-19 variant discovered in California, governor says

  30-12-2020 22:56 via independent.co.uk
  
  A more-contagious coronavirus variant discovered in the UK has been identified in California, Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Wednesday.
  
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• Feds investigating if Nashville bomber believed in ‘lizard people’ conspiracy: report

  30-12-2020 22:55 via independent.co.uk
  
  Investigators are digging through the suspect’s digital devices for clues  
  
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• Several missing after landslide hits Norwegian town – video

  30-12-2020 22:43
  
  More than 20 people are unaccounted for after a landslide hit the town of Gjerdrum in the early hours of 30 December. Several homes were swept away and emergency services are still searching for the missing. About 500 people have had to be evacuated from their homesNight-time landslide injures at least 10 in Norwegian town Continue reading...
  
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• Walmart apologizes for tweet calling Sen. Hawley sore loser

  30-12-2020 22:24 via independent.co.uk
  
  Walmart apologized Wednesday for a tweet that called Republican Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley a sore loser for contesting President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the U.S. presidential election
  
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• First case of Covid-19 variant in US is a National Guard member at Colorado nursing home

  30-12-2020 22:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  Second possible case involving another National Guard service member also discovered
  
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• ‘I wasn’t on the conga line’: One hospitalized with Covid after infamous GOP Christmas party

  30-12-2020 21:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  Video of the party in question was viewed more than three-and-a-half million times
  
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• Watch out, Macron! Michel Barnier refuses to rule out running for French President

  30-12-2020 21:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  MICHEL BARNIER has refused to rule out running for French President in the 2022 election, in what will be seen as a warning to Emmanuel Macron.
  
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• SHELL – Familias con estatus migratorio mixto recibirán cheque de estímulo

  30-12-2020 21:09 via independent.co.uk
  
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• SHELL – Cómo Argentina se convirtió en el primer gran país latinoamericano en legalizar el aborto

  30-12-2020 21:02 via independent.co.uk
  
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• Aden airport attack targeting Yemeni cabinet kills 26 – video

  30-12-2020 21:02
  
  An attack at Aden international airport has killed at least 26 people, leaving another 60 injured. A large explosion rocked the airport shortly after a plane carrying members of Yemen's newly formed government landed. A second attack targeted Aden's Mashiq Palace, where cabinet members had been taken following the initial incident. No group has claimed responsibility for the attackAden airport blasts kill 26 in attack 'directed at Yemen government' Continue reading...
  
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• Antibiotics banned in UK but fed to US animals ‘may undermine drugs for cancer, Covid and infections’

  30-12-2020 20:39 via independent.co.uk
  
  Ban on hormone beef and chlorinated chicken in UK-US trade deal would not be enough to protect consumers, report warns
  
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• Questions hang over UK's rollout of Oxford/AstraZeneca jab

  30-12-2020 20:13
  
  Analysis: regulator surprises by approving 12-week gap between first and second shots of vaccine as well as Pfizer/BioNTech shotCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIt’s a pragmatic solution to an incredibly urgent problem – how to immunise very large numbers of people at risk from a rampaging variant of Covid-19 in the shortest possible time. The answer that government advisers have come up with is to give them all – more than 20 million of them &n
  
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• Russell Okung claims to be first NFL player ‘paid in Bitcoin’ after announcing half his salary will be converted to cryptocurrency

  30-12-2020 20:11 via independent.co.uk
  
  'Money is more than currency; it's power' 
  
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• Man who fled custody after allegedly shooting police officer arrested following nine day man hunt

  30-12-2020 20:08 via independent.co.uk
  
  Gerasimos Athans sustained non-life-threatening injuries 
  
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• Boris Johnson on tier 4: ‘No one regrets these measures more than I do’ – video

  30-12-2020 20:07
  
  The prime minister said now was a ‘critical moment’ to take action and ‘redouble efforts’ to contain the rapid spread of the new variant of coronavirus. Boris Johnson went on to explain that the restrictions would affect the return to schools for students in the worst affected areas, but expressed hope that the situation would be 'much better' in April, if vaccination programmes are successful in coming monthsUK records its highest daily Covid death toll since AprilOxford
  
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• Ireland returns to FULL national lockdown as PM warns of 'extremely serious' situation

  30-12-2020 19:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  IRELAND is being placed back into a full lockdown for "at least" a month as the new strain of coronavirus accelerates throughout the country, with Prime Minister Micheal Martin warning of an "extremely serious" situation.
  
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• Covid bill includes 180-day countdown for Pentagon to make UFO disclosures

  30-12-2020 19:35 via independent.co.uk
  
  It follows the official release of military UFO videos earlier this year
  
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• Joe and Jill Biden to appear with Ryan Seacrest on ‘New Year’s Rockin’ Eve’

  30-12-2020 18:48 via independent.co.uk
  
  Jennifer Lopez is headlining the New Year spectacle
  
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• Elderly forced to sleep in lawn chairs to queue for vaccines in Florida amid chaotic first-come-first-served rollout

  30-12-2020 18:39 via independent.co.uk
  
  Florida Governor Ron DeSantis flouted CDC guidelines, making the vaccine available to more people than recommended by the CDC
  
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• Thousands in Colorado left without heat following ‘intentional attack; on gas service lines

  30-12-2020 18:26 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘It’s trying to destroy a mountain community at the height of the holiday season,’ claims Pitkin County Commissioner Patti Clapper
  
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• Three-year-old boy abandoned with pet dog in Ohio cemetery at Christmas

  30-12-2020 18:21 via independent.co.uk
  
  'Tony is doing very well in the loving home of a foster family in Medina County,’ authorities said
  
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• 2020: A year where the fist-bump became mainstream greeting

  30-12-2020 18:20 via independent.co.uk
  
  Safety is the primary reason why the status of the fist bump elevated big-time this year
  
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• India’s 2021 Covid-19 challenge: delivering 1.7 billion cheap shots

  30-12-2020 18:13 via independent.co.uk
  
  India faces a host of challenges if it is to inoculate the majority of its adult population, as Stuti Mishra reports
  
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• California nurse contracts Covid a week after receiving vaccine, but doctors say no cause for alarm

  30-12-2020 18:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  It is still possible to contract Covid-19 after getting the first dose of the vaccine
  
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• Matt Hancock confirms tier 4 to cover most of England – video

  30-12-2020 17:45
  
  Three-quarters of the country will be under tier 4 restrictions from 00:01 on Thursday. Following the announcement in the House of Commons, the health secretary, Matt Hancock, said this was primarily due to the rapid spread of the new variant of coronavirus. The shadow health secretary, Jon Ashworth,  said the virus was 'out of control' and that the situation his Leicester constituents were enduring  was 'horrific'Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our Covid coverage Continue re
  
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• Atlanta proposes spending $1.6m on private police force for wealthy suburb known as ‘Beverly Hills of the East’

  30-12-2020 17:43 via independent.co.uk
  
  Homicides have risen by more than 60 per cent in Atlanta, Georgia in 2020
  
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• Authorities investigating if Nashville suicide bomber also blew up his dogs

  30-12-2020 17:21 via independent.co.uk
  
  Warner told a friend he was going to spend time away with his dogs
  
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• Tyson manager fired for betting on employee Covid tests defends actions as ‘morale boost’

  30-12-2020 16:24 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘It was a group of exhausted supervisors that had worked so hard and so smart,’ former manager says
  
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• Being Judy Garland won Zellweger an Oscar. Is a Grammy next?

  30-12-2020 15:49 via independent.co.uk
  
  Renée Zellweger is known for acting but you could easily write a thesis about her love for music
  
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• Yemen war: Video shows moment Aden airport attacked

  30-12-2020 15:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Television cameras were positioned for the arrival of the new government when the attack happened.
  
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• In Greece, ‘vaccination selfies’ anger unions, opposition

  30-12-2020 15:44 via independent.co.uk
  
  Greece’s center-right government is ending a priority program for vaccinating senior state officials after posts on social media by Cabinet ministers receiving the shot triggered a backlash from health care unions and opposition parties
  
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• Pompeo reportedly considering designating Cuba a terrorism sponsor

  30-12-2020 15:33 via independent.co.uk
  
  Obama era deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes calls possible move ‘complete nonsense’
  
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• Yemen attack: ‘At least 20 killed’ in large explosion at Aden airport as government officials land

  30-12-2020 15:21 via independent.co.uk
  
  No one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack
  
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• Anger as Spanish PM hints at pardon for jailed Catalan leaders

  30-12-2020 15:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘When we talk about Catalonia, no one is blameless,’ said the Spanish PM
  
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• NYC public relations impresario Howard Rubenstein dies at 88

  30-12-2020 15:07 via independent.co.uk
  
  New York City public relations veteran Howard Rubenstein has died at age 88
  
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• Iran gives $150,000 to families of victims of shot down Ukrainian plane

  30-12-2020 15:02 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Iranian Government initially denied responsibility for the strike, but admitted fault after three days of investigations by the public and western intelligence agencies.
  
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• Ten injured and 21 missing after landslide destroys houses near Oslo

  30-12-2020 14:57 via independent.co.uk
  
  Hundreds evacuated as rescue services assess devastation in Gjerdrum
  
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• Yemen attack: ‘At least 15 killed’ in large explosion at Aden airport as government officials land

  30-12-2020 14:49 via independent.co.uk
  
  No one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack
  
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• Coffin manufacturer running out of wood as coronavirus deaths soar

  30-12-2020 14:47 via independent.co.uk
  
  As deaths accelerate in Los Angeles, one funeral director says ‘sometimes, the coffins don’t arrive on time for the funeral’ 
  
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• ‘Affront to justice’: UN condemns Trump’s pardon of Blackwater guards who massacred Iraq civilians

  30-12-2020 14:35 via independent.co.uk
  
  Human rights experts say move violates US obligations under international law
  
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• Sydney announces new lockdown measures for New Year’s Eve - but fireworks to go ahead

  30-12-2020 14:33 via independent.co.uk
  
  Australia is battling a worsening outbreak after over three months of successfully containing the virus
  
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• Russia summons UK ambassador and blacklists high-level Brits in retaliation for Navalny sanctions

  30-12-2020 14:31 via independent.co.uk
  
  Six Britons were placed on the sanctions blacklist for ‘escalating anti-Russian sanction activity’
  
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• Joe and Jill Biden to appear on 'New Year’s Rockin’ Eve'

  30-12-2020 14:31 via independent.co.uk
  
  Ryan Seacrest will have a special pair of guests alongside the music stars at this year’s New Year’s Eve celebration on ABC — the president-elect and the future first lady
  
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• Virus, policing topped 2020 issues in state legislatures

  30-12-2020 14:14 via independent.co.uk
  
  Responses to the coronavirus pandemic and police brutality dominated legislative sessions in 2020 and led to many new laws that will take effect in the new year
  
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• Covid: How is New Year’s Eve being marked around the world?

  30-12-2020 13:59 via independent.co.uk
  
  Celebrations will look different after a year in which coronavirus killed an estimated 1.8 million people
  
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• Argentina abortion: Activists celebrate Senate vote

  30-12-2020 13:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Crowds from both sides gathered in Buenos Aires to hear the results of the vote.
  
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