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• Social justice riding shotgun with NASCAR as new year begins

  13-02-2021 22:59 via independent.co.uk
  
  As a new NASCAR season begins Sunday with the Daytona 500, a new era of social consciousness has enveloped the sport
  
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• Trump’s acquittal seals his grasp on the Republican party

  13-02-2021 22:02
  
  The former president and his supporters are likely to claim victory as they did after his first impeachment trial a year agoDonald Trump’s highly anticipated acquittal at his US Senate impeachment trial is the least surprising twist in American politics since … well, his acquittal at his first US Senate impeachment trial a year ago. Related: Democrats fail to secure enough votes to convict Trump in historic second impeachment trial - liveContinue reading...
  
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• Trump impeachment: Watch live after Senate acquits former president

  13-02-2021 21:58 via independent.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial continues as vote expected
  
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• Massive crash on icy road involving 20 vehicles leaves several injured

  13-02-2021 21:40 via independent.co.uk
  
  At least seven people are injured after 21 vehicles were involved in a crash on an icy Nashville road on Saturday morning.
  
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• Canons don’t only belong to dead white Englishmen. We have a Māori canon too | Alice Te Punga Somerville

  13-02-2021 20:00
  
  Literary canons have real-world effects – they steal limelight from everyone else. We can challenge them by drawing attention to how they work
  I feel sheepish to admit how deeply affected I was when I encountered the research of Gauri Viswanathan, a professor in English at Columbia University in New York City. In Masks of Conquest: Literary study and British rule in India, she traces the history of English back to when it was first systematically taught as a secular discipline. I ask my st
  
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• Five Republicans join vote for witnesses in Trump Senate trial – video

  13-02-2021 18:23
  
  Five Senate Republicans voted with the Democrats on Saturday, that the Senate should call witnesses in the impeachment trial of Donald Trump.Before the 55-45 vote, Trump’s impeachment lawyer Michael van der Veen warned senators that if Democrats wished to call a witness, he would ask for at least 100 witnesses and insist they give depositions in person in his office in Philadelphia – a threat that prompted laughter from the chamber.Impeachment: five Republicans join vo
  
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• Far-right Le Pen could win French presidency in 2022, minister warns

  13-02-2021 18:22 via independent.co.uk
  
  Bruno Le Maire says the possibility ‘must be opposed’
  
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• 'We've made huge progress' says Johnson on UK vaccine rollout – video

  13-02-2021 17:44
  
  During a visit to the Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies plant in Billingham, Teesside, where the new Novavax vaccine will be manufactured, the prime minister hailed the coronavirus vaccine rollout, but said the infection rate was still high.Johnson said he would announce an outline for the 'roadmap forward' on 22 February, with priority being given to schoolsBoris Johnson 'optimistic' about easing some England lockdown measures Continue reading...
  
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• Man stabs wife, daughters and mother-in-law to death before killing himself, German police say

  13-02-2021 17:39 via independent.co.uk
  
  Five bodies found after suspect set fire to house in town of Radevormwald-Herbeck
  
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• Lawyers seek justice for women jailed for killing abusive partners

  13-02-2021 16:52
  
  A failure to account for previous violence has led to at least 20 unsafe murder convictions, campaigners claimIt was a specific moment in which she thought she might die that drove Stella to the brink. “He had strangled me at the bottom of the stairs and that frightened me because you can get punched in the face or your hand broken, but I had never lost my breath before,” she recalled.For Nicole, she was “pushed over the edge” when violence by her partner triggered a post
  
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• Jack Dorsey and Jay-Z launch Bitcoin fund

  13-02-2021 16:32 via independent.co.uk
  
  Its mission statement is to ‘make Bitcoin the internet’s currency’
  
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• Trump impeachment: Watch live as trial continues as vote expected

  13-02-2021 16:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial continues as vote expected
  
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• Japan earthquake: 7.1-magnitude tremor hits off Fukushima coast

  13-02-2021 16:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  The meteorological agency has confirmed a tsunami warning has not been issued.
  
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• Top Asian News 2:44 p.m. GMT

  13-02-2021 15:53 via article.wn.com
  Read full article 13 February 2021, 5:00 am·1-min read Strong earthquake shakes Japan's northeastern coast TOKYO (AP) — The Japan...
  
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• The Latest: Senators await closing arguments in Trump trial

  13-02-2021 15:53 via article.wn.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) " The Latest on former President Donald Trump's second...
  
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• The Latest: China holiday travel down amid restrictions

  13-02-2021 15:53 via article.wn.com
  
  BEIJING — Railway journeys in China during the usually busy Lunar New Year holiday travel rush are down by almost 70% amid calls for people to stay where they are to avoid a new outbreak of the coronavirus. The China State Railway Group reported 52.33 million passenger trips from Jan. 28 to Feb. 11. The travel rush is considered the world’s largest annual human migration, when urban residents, migrant workers and students return to their hometowns for family gatherings. Air and bus t
  
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• Strong earthquake shakes Japan's northeastern coast

  13-02-2021 15:53 via article.wn.com
  Read full article 13 February 2021, 2:44 pm·1-min read TOKYO (AP) — The Japan Meteorological Agency says a strong earthquake has hit off the coast of...
  
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• Steve Schmidt quits Lincoln Project but defends anti-Trump group's finances

  13-02-2021 15:53 via article.wn.com
  Read full article Martin Pengelly13 February 2021, 2:32 pm·4-min read Steve Schmidt resigned from the Lincoln Project on Friday, amid scandal over the anti-Trump conservative group’s handling of alleged sexual harassment of young men by another co-founder and questions about its finances. Related: Lincoln Project: Steve Schmidt resigns from group hit by harassment allegations He went on to appear on Real Time with Bill Maher, where the HBO host said “I’m not here to pros
  
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• Myanmar's Premier League fans join team opposing army's coup

  13-02-2021 15:53 via article.wn.com
  YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Fans in Myanmar of soccer teams from England’s Premier League have banded together to join the popular movement protesting the country’s recent military takeover. “Even though we’re rivals, we now show the world that we are holding hands with each other for our country,” soccer fan Aung Thu Htun said Saturday. Several senior players from Myanmar’s national team similarly cast their lots with the protesters, announcing that they wil
  
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• Birmingham jail logs with MLK signatures up for sale

  13-02-2021 15:53 via article.wn.com
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) " Arrested for leading a march against racial...
  
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• AP source: GOP leader McConnell will vote to acquit Trump

  13-02-2021 15:53 via article.wn.com
  
  Read full article ALAN FRAM13 February 2021, 5:50 am·6-min read 1 / 2 Trump Impeachment In this image from video, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., speaks before the Senate voted to award the Congressional Gold Medal to U.S. Capitol Police offer Eugene Goodman for his actions during the Jan. 6 riot, as the Senate took a break from the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Friday, Feb. 12, 2021. (Senate Telev
  
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• 5 found dead after stabbings, fire at house in Germany

  13-02-2021 15:50 via article.wn.com
  
  BERLIN (AP) — Emergency services found five bodies after a fire at a house in western Germany, and investigators said Saturday they believe that a man fatally stabbed his wife, young daughters and mother-in-law before killing himself. ......
  
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• Tennis star's coach walks out as he blows two-set lead

  13-02-2021 14:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Daniil Medvedev's coach walks out of his Australian Open third-round match as the Russian blows a two-set lead before winning.
  
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• ICYMI: A dog rescue and a dog detective

  13-02-2021 14:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Here's some of the news you may have missed this week.
  
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• Coronavirus: Irish tourists 'booking dental appointments in Tenerife' to get around travel ban

  13-02-2021 14:36 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘We are used to Irish people coming for treatment but we thought it strange the number who are asking for written confirmation of appointments’
  
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• Covid: Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to be tested on children

  13-02-2021 14:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A trial will assess whether the vaccine produces a strong immune response in six to 17-year-olds.
  
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• What will the military do after seizing power in Myanmar?

  13-02-2021 13:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The military is in charge of Myanmar after deposing Aung San Suu Kyi. Do they know what to do next?
  
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• White tiger cubs likely died of Covid, zoo says

  13-02-2021 13:34 via independent.co.uk
  
  Autopsy reveals severe lung damage, with pathologists concluding they died from Covid-19
  
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• Pakistan's Ali Sadpara: The climber who never came back from K2

  13-02-2021 13:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mohammad Ali Sadpara will be remembered as a versatile climber who was revered in his native Pakistan.
  
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• Catalonia votes as coronavirus concerns look set to dampen independence push

  13-02-2021 13:05 via independent.co.uk
  
  The far-right could make gains in a vote likely to stall separatist ambitions and watched with keen interest across Europe, reports Graham Keeley in Madrid
  
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• Mario Draghi sworn in as Italy's new prime minister

  13-02-2021 12:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The former head of the European Central Bank must guide his country out of the Covid pandemic.
  
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• Soldiers killed in Napoleon's 1812 retreat buried

  13-02-2021 11:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The remains of French and Russian soldiers who died in the disastrous retreat are laid to rest.
  
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• Cover that red nose! Circus festival adapts to virus rules

  13-02-2021 11:02 via article.wn.com
  MARSEILLE, France (AP) — It’s been a tough year for the performing arts in most countries, with virus lockdowns canceling shows and shuttering venues. But the world's top circus festival has found a way to flourish between the cracks in the rules — even without the huge crowds that would normally have attended. Ending Saturday in the Mediterranean port city of Marseille, the fourth edition of the Circus Biennale...
  
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• Australian Open goes quiet as lockdown keeps crowds away

  13-02-2021 11:02 via article.wn.com
  
  JUSTIN BERGMAN Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Inside an empty Rod Laver Arena, the fluttering of a photographer's camera suddenly seemed all too distracting before a player served. Other sounds not normally heard also felt amplified: the creaking of electronic sunshades rising into position on changeovers, the pitter-patter of the ball kids' shoes. Terrific rallies were greeted with the lonely claps of a coach and physio. The cries of the new electronic line-calling system su
  
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• Interview: Zimbabwean president says China's achievements under CPC leadership "tremendous beyond belief"

  13-02-2021 11:01 via article.wn.com
  
  HARARE, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- The strides the Communist Party of China (CPC) has made over the past decades are "tremendous beyond belief," said Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa here on Friday. Congratulating on the 100th anniversary of the founding of the CPC this year, Mnangagwa...
  
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• Indiscriminate firing kills five, injures two more in India's Haryana

  13-02-2021 11:01 via article.wn.com
  
  A firing which occurred at...
  
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• Gender identity bill divides Spain's feminists, left-wing

  13-02-2021 11:01 via article.wn.com
  
  MADRID (AP) — Victòria Martínez continues to sign official documents with the name that she, her partner and their two daughters ditched four years ago. Barring any surprises, she expects the Spanish government to recognize her as Victòria by May, closing a patience-wearing chapter familiar to transgender people around the world. Changing her legal identity at a civil registry office in Barcelona will allow Martínez to update her passport and driver's license an
  
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• Suicide bomber detonates near Somalia's presidential palace

  13-02-2021 11:00 via article.wn.com
  
  MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Police say a suicide bomber died and seven civilians were wounded when a vehicle exploded near a checkpoint outside the presidential palace in...
  
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• Florida water hack highlights risks of remote access work without proper security

  13-02-2021 10:59 via article.wn.com
  Cybersecurity experts have long warned that insecure remote work software is a major source of weakness for hacking. The issue was brought into stark relief on February 5, when hackers gained access to a Florida water treatment facility by using a dormant remote access software and then tried to poison the water supply. The hack was quickly caught by a human operator at the facility, but the incident highlights a potential economy-wide...
  
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• Medvedev in 5, finally, advances to 4th round in Australia

  13-02-2021 10:58 via article.wn.com
  
  MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Daniil Medvedev finally worked out how to a win a five-setter. All by himself. The fourth-seeded Medvedev was 0-6 in career five-setters, and his match against No. 28-seeded Filip Krajinovic looked like it was going all the way in the third round of the Australian Open. After some angry outbursts from an increasingly animated and chatty Medvedev directed at his box in an otherwise empty Rod Laver Arena — fans have been banned as a COVID-19 precaution &mdas
  
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• As impeachment vote draws near, McConnell revealing little

  13-02-2021 10:58 via article.wn.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Seldom has Mitch McConnell signaled so little about such a consequential vote. While many expect the Senate's top Republican to back acquitting former President Donald Trump of inciting rioters who assaulted the Capitol last month, no one is really sure. The Washington political universe and the world beyond will collectively hold its breath when the Senate impeachment trial roll call reaches the Kentuckian's name. Over 36 years in the Senate, the measured McConnell has e
  
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• Impeachment: Three key arguments by Trump’s lawyers

  13-02-2021 09:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  On the fourth day of the impeachment trial, the former president’s defence set out their case.
  
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• Jaguars, accused racist strength coach Chris Doyle part ways

  13-02-2021 05:26 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Jacksonville Jaguars and embattled strength coach Chris Doyle parted ways Friday night, a few hours after a diversity group blasted the team and called the hiring “simply unacceptable.”
  
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• US to allow in thousands of asylum seekers waiting in Mexico

  13-02-2021 03:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Biden administration will start by processing some 25,000 people, reversing a Trump-era policy.
  
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• Letter from Africa: How the Nairobi Expressway is changing Kenya's capital

  13-02-2021 02:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The building of an expressway in Kenya's capital could divide Nairobi in more ways than one.
  
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• Week in pictures: 6-12 February 2021

  13-02-2021 02:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A selection of striking images taken around the world this week.
  
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• Nasa's pioneering black women

  13-02-2021 02:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The mathematicians who worked behind the scenes on the American space programme.
  
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• The 'saviour' loan apps that trapped pandemic-struck Indians

  13-02-2021 02:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of apps offering "instant" loans drew people who were out of work and desperate for cash.
  
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• Coronavirus live news: WHO cautions against relaxing restrictions; Australian state of Victoria begins lockdown

  13-02-2021 01:15
  
  Coronavirus R number falls below 1 in UK; Cuomo faces calls to resign amid allegations of hiding nursing home deaths; High-risk groups missed off UK’s vaccine priority list. Follow the latest updates liveCharities urge clarity over who qualifies for next UK vaccine waveAustralian Open: fans shut out as Covid-19 lockdown impacts tennisEpidemiologists back Victoria’s lockdown but say evidence not yet in on ‘shorter incubation’ 12.14am GMT The rules for people living on the
  
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• How Mike Pence became a villain in Trump world

  13-02-2021 01:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A pro-Trump mob called the loyal former vice-president a traitor who should be hanged. What changed?
  
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