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• Florida police hunting suspect who stole car full of Covid vaccines

  04-02-2021 23:56 via independent.co.uk
  
  Authorities have offered $5,000 reward for information
  
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• Newly discovered bacterium linked to fatal chimp disease could jump to humans, research suggests

  04-02-2021 23:49 via independent.co.uk
  
  Chimpanzees at the Tacugama sanctuary in Sierra Leone had been suffering unexplained deaths for more than a decade
  
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• Orthodox Church under fire in Romania after baby dies following baptism

  04-02-2021 23:37
  
  Six-week-old suffered cardiac arrest during ceremony, which involves three immersions in holy waterThe Orthodox Church in Romania is facing growing pressure to change baptism rituals after a baby died following a ceremony which involves immersing infants three times in holy water.The six-week-old suffered a cardiac arrest and was rushed to hospital on Monday but he died a few hours later, the autopsy revealing liquid in his lungs. Prosecutors have opened a manslaughter investigation against the
  
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• France to ‘accelerate’ vaccine rollout out…thanks to ‘easy to use’ UK jab

  04-02-2021 23:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  FRANCE is ready to "accelerate" its vaccination programme in large part to the "easy to use" Oxford/AstraZeneca jab, despite Emmanuel Macron raising questions over its effectiveness.
  
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• 'America is back': Biden pledges return to diplomacy in US foreign policy – video

  04-02-2021 23:33
  
  Joe Biden outlined his vision for America's foreign policy agenda in a speech at the state department. The president reiterated the need for America to strengthen its global alliances after four years of Donald Trump belittling those relationships.'We will repair our alliances and engage with the world once again - not to meet yesterday’s challenges but today’s and tomorrow’s,' Biden said. 'We can’t do it alone.'US Politics live Continue reading...
  
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• Fears of open war EXPLODE as Joe Biden sends in warship - China on alert

  04-02-2021 23:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  FEARS of open conflict between the United States and China surged after an American warship was sent through the Taiwan Strait on Thursday.
  
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• UN backs democracy in Myanmar and urges release of detainees

  04-02-2021 23:05 via independent.co.uk
  
  The U.N. Security Council is strongly backing a return to democracy in Myanmar and calling for the immediate release of Aung San Suu Kyi and all those arbitrarily detained by the military
  
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• Texas authorities apologise for repeatedly putting out accidental ‘amber alert’ for Child’s Play’s Chucky

  04-02-2021 22:56 via independent.co.uk
  
  Department of Public Safety put it out while running a test on server
  
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• Epstein victim payouts paused because no one will buy former properties

  04-02-2021 22:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  The US Treasury collected $190m in estate taxes from Epstein's properties
  
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• Oregon looks at ban on using tear gas against crowds

  04-02-2021 22:19 via independent.co.uk
  
  Tear gas, pepper spray and other impact munitions have been deployed by police for months during protests in Portland, Oregon, enveloping neighborhoods and even a school yard
  
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• Popular baby foods contain toxic heavy metals, congress finds

  04-02-2021 22:03 via independent.co.uk
  
  'Exposure to toxic heavy metals causes permanent decreases in IQ, diminished future economic productivity, and increased risk of future criminal and antisocial behaviour in children,' report warns
  
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• Why are some European countries rejecting Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for over-65s?

  04-02-2021 21:54 via independent.co.uk
  
  There is limited data on the effectiveness of the vaccine in over 65s
  
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• Nancy Pelosi 'profoundly concerned' by Republican reaction to Marjorie Taylor Greene – video

  04-02-2021 21:34
  
  House speaker Nancy Pelosi said the House of Representatives would vote to remove Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene from committee positions after House Republican leaders declined to proactively discipline her. Pelosi said she was 'profoundly concerned about House Republican leadership's acceptance of an extreme conspiracy theorist'US Politics liveRepublicans take no action against Cheney or extremist Greene after vote Continue reading...
  
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• People shocked after video of mask-free supermarket in Florida goes viral

  04-02-2021 20:27 via independent.co.uk
  
  Store owner says 400,000 deaths are 'hogwash'and masks 'don't work'
  
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• Turkey student protests: teargas, pepper spray and pot-banging – video

  04-02-2021 20:25
  
  Escalating protests over the appointment of a state-approved rector at a prestigious Istanbul university have become an unexpected catalyst for Turkey’s disillusioned and underemployed youth to vent their frustrations at President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s government.Demonstrations by both staff and students erupted last month after the former political candidate Melih Bulu was appointed. The decision was denounced as undemocraticStudent protests grow as Tu
  
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• Norway won’t give Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to over 65s

  04-02-2021 20:04 via independent.co.uk
  
  MHRA assures UK vaccine recipients that jab is safe for all adults
  
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• Nine-year-old begs Biden to stop his father’s deportation

  04-02-2021 19:49 via independent.co.uk
  
  'It makes me very sad to see other parents playing with their children,' boy says
  
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• GameStop booster did well; many devotees won't as shares sag

  04-02-2021 19:49 via independent.co.uk
  
  Followers of YouTube personality Roaring Kitty, inspired by his enthusiasm for buying stock in the underdog retailer GameStop, made him an icon in the social media frenzy that shocked Wall Street
  
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• Prominent Hezbollah critic shot dead in southern Lebanon

  04-02-2021 19:37 via independent.co.uk
  
  Lokman Slim's body was found in his car
  
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• EU BLOW: Shambolic vaccine rollout to cost continent BILLIONS - new analysis

  04-02-2021 19:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  EUROPE is facing an economic catastrophe unless EU chiefs speed up the disastrous COVID-19 vaccination programme across the bloc, analysts have warned.
  
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• Less than half of Americans would vaccinate their child against Covid, survey shows

  04-02-2021 19:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  'Hopefully by the time we get to the late spring and early summer we will have children being able to be vaccinated,' says Dr Fauci
  
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• Oxygen thieves: Mexico mafia moves into stolen medical supplies market

  04-02-2021 19:14 via independent.co.uk
  
  Mexican cartels have found a new market during the coronavirus pandemic - oxygen - reports Chris Havler-Barrett from Mexico City
  
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• Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram blocked in Myanmar by generals following military coup

  04-02-2021 19:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  There are reports of citizens using virtual private networks (VPNs) to bypass the block
  
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• Myanmar coup: army blocks Facebook access as civil disobedience grows

  04-02-2021 19:06
  
  Instagram and WhatsApp – owned by Facebook and used to organise protests – also restricted as UN secretary general condemns coup
  Myanmar’s army has ordered internet service providers to block access to Facebook as it attempts to stamp out signs of dissent, days after it ousted the democratically elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi.Facebook, one of the most popular means of communication in Myanmar, has been used to coordinate a civil disobedience campaign that saw health wo
  
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• British woman held in Dubai after ‘swearing in a WhatsApp message’

  04-02-2021 18:44 via independent.co.uk
  
  Women said to be fighting over the use of their dining room table as a workplace during lockdown
  
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• Biden to announce end of US support for military operations in Yemen

  04-02-2021 18:21 via independent.co.uk
  
  The announcement will make good  on a campaign promise
  
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• 60-year-old Russian dies on YouTube livestream after drinking 1.5 litres of vodka

  04-02-2021 18:21 via independent.co.uk
  
  Senator calls for 'thrash streams' to be made illegal as he condemns incident
  
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• Chinese state-owned TV network CGTN has UK licence revoked by Ofcom

  04-02-2021 17:53 via independent.co.uk
  
  'We've provided CGTN with numerous opportunities to come into compliance, but it has not done so', says regulator
  
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• Six months ago Beirut blew up, now Lebanon is on the brink of collapse

  04-02-2021 17:31 via independent.co.uk
  
  Half a year after a massive explosion ripped through the capital,Lebanon is battling a new set of crises, that could tip it over the edge, reports Bel Trew
  
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• Former boy soldier convicted of war crimes at International Criminal Court

  04-02-2021 17:31 via independent.co.uk
  
  Dominic Ongwen faces life imprisonment
  
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• Elon Musk was bullied and 'knocked unconscious' as SpaceX CEO faced 'tough upbringing'

  04-02-2021 17:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  ELON MUSK was bullied and often "knocked unconscious as a child" as his "genius went unrecognised" in school in South Africa.
  
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• EU to trigger ‘severe disruption’ to world vaccine rollout- same as it did with PPE horror

  04-02-2021 17:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE EU has been blamed for "triggering the same domino effect" with its aggressive approach to its vaccine roll-out as seen with the "severe disruption" to PPE supplies at the start of the pandemic.
  
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• WHO team says it should inspect Wuhan bat caves to try to find Covid origins

  04-02-2021 17:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  'If you can find the sources of these lethal viruses you can reduce the contact with those animals,' says animal disease expert
  
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• Mother of pepper sprayed 9-year-old girl speaks out

  04-02-2021 16:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  'Under any circumstances it's not OK to pepper spray a 9-year-old that's already detained'
  
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• Oklahoma mass shooting: Man charged for murder of his brother and five children

  04-02-2021 15:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  Incident happened at around 1.30am on Tuesday
  
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• Archaeologists dug up 'two bodies under mysterious' ancient pub beneath UK site

  04-02-2021 15:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  ARCHAEOLOGISTS were horrified to find two unidentified bodies buried beneath an old tavern on the ancient site of Hadrian's Wall in Carlisle.
  
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• Macron suffers devastating vaccine blow as French company gives UK priority access

  04-02-2021 15:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  EMMANUEL MACRON has suffered a devastating blow as a French company has announced it will give Britain priority access to its vaccine rather than France.
  
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• Myanmar doctors deploy ‘Hunger Games’ salute in protest against military coup

  04-02-2021 15:29 via independent.co.uk
  
  After being banned in Thailand, the Hunger Games salute has been picked up by protesters in Myanmar 
  
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• 28 to a cell, one loo, no beds: Desperate conditions for inmates as Kremlin crackdown overwhelms jails

  04-02-2021 15:22 via independent.co.uk
  
  Activists are sounding the alarm over risk of mass coronavirus infection
  
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• Huge potential in India: UK closes in on £100billion trade deal as minister arrives

  04-02-2021 15:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BREXIT Britain is closing in on a bumper trade deal with India - with Liz Truss arriving there today for talks aimed at sealing an agreement which experts estimate could be worth as much as £100billion.
  
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• Kyle Rittenhouse claims he’s in secret ‘safe house’ after prosecutors file arrest warrant over pre-trial disappearance

  04-02-2021 15:09 via independent.co.uk
  
  Officials say that they became aware of the situation when a notice for a hearing was returned to sender without a forwarding address
  
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• Iranian diplomat sentenced to 20 years for part in failed Paris bomb plot

  04-02-2021 15:01 via independent.co.uk
  
  Diplomat suggests ruling could prompt some form of prisoner exchange
  
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• Ofcom revokes Chinese broadcaster CGTN's UK licence

  04-02-2021 14:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  English-language satellite news channel CGTN's licence was "wrongfully held", says watchdog Ofcom.
  
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• ‘Just lay low and cool it’: Fauci warns against Super Bowl parties

  04-02-2021 14:44 via independent.co.uk
  
  Centres for Disease Control and Prevention advises Americans to celebrate virtually
  
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• Farmers' protest: Why did a Rihanna tweet prompt Indian backlash?

  04-02-2021 14:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The singer's tweet drew global attention to Indian farmers protesting against new laws.
  
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• Dominic Ongwen convicted of war crimes for Uganda's LRA rebels

  04-02-2021 14:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dominic Ongwen was abducted as a child and had argued that he was a victim, not a perpetrator.
  
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• African nations fear more Covid deaths before vaccination begins

  04-02-2021 13:57
  
  Campaigners call for vaccines to be prioritised to frontline health workers and people at highest riskCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageCommunities across Africa are reeling as a second wave of Covid infections recedes, leaving thousands dead amid fears of further surges before mass vaccination campaigns can begin to make a difference.Few countries in Africa will start immunising even frontline health workers until much later this year, prompting accusations that
  
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• Iran asks Spain to extradite former diplomat's playboy son

  04-02-2021 13:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sasha Sobhani, a retired diplomat's son, displayed his lifestyle on Instagram's Rich Kids of Tehran.
  
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• France bomb plot: Iran diplomat Assadollah Assadi sentenced to 20 years

  04-02-2021 13:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Assadollah Assadi is convicted by a Belgian court of planning an attack on an opposition rally in 2018.
  
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• India ‘threatens to jail Twitter employees’ amid criticism over farmers protests

  04-02-2021 13:48 via independent.co.uk
  
  Twitter has pushed back against an Indian government directive, saying it was given 'insufficient justification' to block hundreds of accounts
  
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