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• LAPD launches probe into claims cops shared George Floyd image with phrase ‘you take my breath away’

  14-02-2021 22:34 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘The Department will have zero tolerance for this type of behavior,’ the LAPD said on Saturday
  
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• Biden calls for gun law reform on anniversary of Parkland shooting

  14-02-2021 22:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US president asks Congress to pass new laws, including a ban on assault weapons.
  
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• Police say Nicki Minaj's father killed by hit-and-run driver

  14-02-2021 21:27 via independent.co.uk
  
  Police say the 64-year-old father of singer-rapper Nicki Minaj has died after being struck by a hit-and-run driver in New York
  
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• Nicki Minaj's father, Robert Maraj, killed in hit-and-run accident

  14-02-2021 21:09
  
  Maraj, 64, was walking along a road on Long Island at on Friday when he was hit by a car that kept going, police sayThe 64-year-old father of the rapper Nicki Minaj has died after being struck by a hit-and-run driver in New York, police said.Robert Maraj was walking along a road in Mineola on Long Island at 6.15pm on Friday when he was hit by a car that kept going, Nassau county police said. Continue reading...
  
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• India activist Disha Ravi arrested over farmers' protest 'toolkit'

  14-02-2021 20:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Disha Ravi was held for sharing a document designed to help ongoing protests against new farming laws.
  
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• Ministers flatly reject Tory demands to end Covid controls by May

  14-02-2021 20:15
  
  Backbenchers’ calls dismissed but clamour for a more fixed schedule seems set to increase Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageDowning Street is pushing back against pressure from Conservative MPs to set a swift timetable to end the lockdown in England after meeting its first major vaccination target, saying any hastiness in reopening could risk undoing the progress made in combating the coronavirus pandemic. In a sign of the likely battle ahead in the coming w
  
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• Larry King’s cause of death revealed

  14-02-2021 19:35 via independent.co.uk
  
  The veteran interviewer had contracted Covid-19 in January
  
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• US cold snap: Why is Texas seeing Arctic temperatures?

  14-02-2021 19:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Freezing temperatures have been recorded across the usually hot southern US state.
  
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• What are the pros and cons of Covid vaccine passports?

  14-02-2021 19:09
  
  The UK government is reconsidering the idea of certificates of vaccination to help reopen travel and businessCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageDesperate to return to pre-pandemic normality, many countries where vaccination campaigns for Covid-19 are in full swing are considering endorsing “vaccine passports” to reignite international travel and reopen economies.A week ago, the UK government ruled out plans for such passports – with vaccine minist
  
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• Schools need more resources to reopen safely amid pandemic, CDC says

  14-02-2021 19:08 via independent.co.uk
  
  The CDC has said in-person learning in schools should be viewed as a higher priority than opening restaurants and nonessential businesses
  
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• CT scan catches 70% of lung cancers at early stage, NHS study finds

  14-02-2021 19:00
  
  Exclusive: early detection hailed as ‘major breakthrough’ for treatment of Britain’s deadliest form of cancer‘This was a life-saver’: ex-smoker learned she had lung cancer after joining studyThousands of lives could be saved if people at risk of developing Britain’s deadliest cancer were screened to diagnose it before it becomes incurable, a major NHS study has found.Giving smokers and ex-smokers a CT scan uncovers cancerous lung tumours when they are at an ea
  
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• Endangered baby whale found dead on Florida beach

  14-02-2021 18:43 via independent.co.uk
  
  Fewer than 400 of the North Atlantic right whale species remain
  
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• Tourney director on planning Slam in pandemic: 'relentless'

  14-02-2021 18:37 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Australian Open will take a massive financial hit this year
  
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• Guinea declares Ebola epidemic: First deaths since 2016

  14-02-2021 18:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  These are the first cases in West Africa, five years after the end of the world's deadliest outbreak.
  
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• France seeking to ban far-right, anti-migrant group

  14-02-2021 18:16 via independent.co.uk
  
  Interior minister says ‘dissolution is very likely within 15 days’
  
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• Spain migrant worker camp fire: 'Our house is burning'

  14-02-2021 18:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A fire destroyed dozens of shacks, home to hundreds of undocumented workers, in southern Spain last night.
  
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• Hospitals ‘told to go into crisis mode’ in France amid calls for new lockdown in country’s east

  14-02-2021 17:53 via independent.co.uk
  
  It comes as contagious new Covid-19 variants are spreading fast in some areas
  
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• New York City serial subway stabber is in custody, report says

  14-02-2021 17:14 via independent.co.uk
  
  Two people are dead and two are injured following the attacks this weekend
  
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• How Italian mafia bosses are cashing in on the pandemic

  14-02-2021 16:55 via independent.co.uk
  
  The financial problems caused by coronavirus have opened valuable markets for Italy’s crime families to exploit, reports Stefano Fasano
  
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• Guinea reports first Ebola cases since 2016, including three deaths

  14-02-2021 16:47 via independent.co.uk
  
  Four cases have also been confirmed in Democratic Republic of Congo
  
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• Elon Musk invites Vladimir Putin to connect on Clubhouse app

  14-02-2021 15:58 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘It would be a great honour to talk to you,’ world’s richest man writes in Russian
  
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• Tens of thousands protest in Myanmar nine days after coup – video

  14-02-2021 15:56
  
  Tens of thousands of people took part a ninth day of anti-coup demonstrations on Sunday. Students marched through the centre of Yangon, the country's biggest city, carrying placards demanding the release of Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been in detention since Myanmar’s military overthrew the elected government on 1 FebruaryMyanmar coup: mass protests continue as citizens patrol streets at nightWhy Myanmar protesters see Aung San Suu Kyi as their greatest hope – video explainerConti
  
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• The Latest: French leader promotes vaccine efforts for poor

  14-02-2021 14:46 via independent.co.uk
  
  French President Emmanuel Macron is urging stepped-up international efforts to get vaccines to poor countries
  
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• Trump impeachment trial: Biden warns democracy is fragile

  14-02-2021 13:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former President Trump is acquitted of a charge of inciting deadly violence in the US Capitol.
  
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• Strong earthquake off Fukushima shakes Japan – video

  14-02-2021 12:21
  
  A 7.3-magnitude earthquake that shook Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures off the coast of Japan, injuring more than 100 people, was an aftershock of the devastating 2011 quake that caused the Fukushima nuclear meltdown, the nation’s meteorological agency has said.The Japanese prime minister, Yoshihide Suga, expressed his sympathy to all affected and injured, although no deaths have been reportedJapan earthquake off Fukushima an aftershock of 2011 disaster, say scientists Continue r
  
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• ‘World’s oldest known beer factory’ unearthed in Egypt

  14-02-2021 12:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  The beer may have been used in sacrificial rites as part of royal ceremonies
  
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• Germany tightens border checks to keep out virus variants

  14-02-2021 11:20 via independent.co.uk
  
  Germany has implemented tighter border controls on its frontiers with the Czech Republic and Austria’s Tyrol province in an effort to stem the spread of more contagious coronavirus variants
  
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• Mitch McConnell lambasts Donald Trump but votes not guilty in impeachment trial – video

  14-02-2021 10:57
  
  The Senate minority leader, Mitch McConnell, said on Saturday that Donald Trump was 'practically and morally responsible' for the insurrection at the US Capitol on 6 January – minutes after voting to acquit the former president in his impeachment trial for that very same act.The House majority leader, Nancy Pelosi, criticised McConnell’s remarks in a press conference on Saturday and said the issue of timing 'was not the reason that he voted the way he did; it was the excuse
  
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• Auckland under three-day lockdown after Covid found in New Zealand’s biggest city

  14-02-2021 10:19 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘Please remember, we are going to be okay,’ assures Jacinda Ardern
  
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• ‘We cannot hope for anything good’: Myanmar coup sparks despair for Rohingya

  14-02-2021 09:00
  
  While Aung San Suu Kyi defended a genocidal campaign against the Muslim minority, refugees fear military rule will end dreams of a return homeFor the Rohingya Muslims of Myanmar, news of the fall of Aung San Suu Kyi after the military coup was bittersweet.After all, no community had felt more betrayed by Myanmar’s civilian leader. When she came to power in 2015, the belief was that she would overturn decades of persecution and finally bring about peace and citizenship, following in the foo
  
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• Putin and his successor can capitalise on Navalny by controlling Russia's opposition space

  14-02-2021 08:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  ALEXEI Navalny can prove useful to Vladimir Putin and his successor as the Kremlin will be able to control what their main opposition space looks like by funnelling all the attention on an "imperfect" opponent.
  
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• ‘Real-life Indiana Jones trap’ found while exploring ‘unseen’ passage of Egypt pyramid

  14-02-2021 07:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  AN EGYPT researcher has found a "real-life Indiana Jones trap" inside a passageway of the Bent Pyramid that he explored in great detail for the first time since it re-opened.
  
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• 'We took a huge risk': the Indian firm making more Covid jabs than anyone

  14-02-2021 06:00
  
  Adar Poonawalla, chief executive of the Serum Institute of India, on vaccines, regulation and what comes nextCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAdar Poonawalla, 40, is the chief executive of the Serum Institute of India (SII), the Pune-based, family-owned vaccine manufacturer that is producing more Covid-19 vaccines by dose than any other in the world. For now it’s the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine rolling off its production lines, but SII has signed contracts w
  
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• New Zealand announces largest city Auckland to go into Covid lockdown after outbreak

  14-02-2021 05:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  NEW ZEALAND has announced that its largest city Auckland will go into a three-day Covid lockdown after fears over a fresh outbreak.
  
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• Alexei Navalny: The women fighting against Russian corruption

  14-02-2021 03:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jailed Putin critic Alexei Navalny relies on several women in key roles - who are they?
  
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• Trump impeachment: The debate that led to acquittal

  14-02-2021 03:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch highlights of the Senate vote to clear the former president of inciting the attack on the US Capitol.
  
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• South China Sea: Beijing’s escalating war threats ‘should be taken seriously’ expert warns

  14-02-2021 02:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  CHINA's war threats to Taiwan and increased military activity near the independent island should be taken seriously, an expert has warned.
  
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• Donald Trump’s children celebrate after ex-POTUS impeachment 'show trial' acquittal

  14-02-2021 02:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  DONALD TRUMP's sons have celebrated after the former president was acquitted in his second impeachment trial, blasting overseers as "establishment clowns".
  
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• Bill Gates issues stark warning about climate change - 'Could have greater death toll'

  14-02-2021 02:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BILL Gates has issued a stark warning about climate change, claiming that the world needs to take action now to avoid a human catastrophe.
  
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• White House: Press aide resigns day after suspension for sexist, threatening comments to reporter

  14-02-2021 01:54 via article.wn.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — White House: Press aide resigns day after suspension for sexist, threatening comments to reporter. ......
  
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• White House aide resigns after threatening reporter

  14-02-2021 01:54 via article.wn.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — White House deputy press secretary T.J. Ducklo has resigned, the day after...
  
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• UK's Johnson: Vaccines worldwide takes a 'colossal mission'

  14-02-2021 01:54 via article.wn.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson plans to appeal to leaders of the world’s richest nations to unite in a “colossal mission’’ to get COVID-19 vaccines to every country and to lead a sustainable recovery from the pandemic, according to remarks released Saturday....
  
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• No. 19 Creighton rolls past No. 5 'Nova behind Zegarowski

  14-02-2021 01:54 via article.wn.com
  OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Marcus Zegarowski scored a season-high 25 points, Mitch Ballock had 17 of his 20 points...
  
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• Arraignment set for Alabama teen accused of killing family

  14-02-2021 01:54 via article.wn.com
  HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — An arraignment date has been set for a teenager accused of killing five members of his family, setting the case on a trajectory for trial. A judge on Thursday set the April 7 court date for Mason Sisk, who's charged as an adult with capital murder in the deaths of his father,...
  
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• Biden White House seeks to turn page on Trump

  14-02-2021 01:51 via article.wn.com
  
  The end of former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial opens a new chapter for his successor in the White House. But while President Joe Biden and his team are eager to move past the impeachment, the bitterly partisan tone of the proceedings underscores the deep challenges ahead as the president and his party try to push forward their agenda and address historic crises. Biden, who was at the Camp David presidential retreat when the Senate voted Saturday to acquit Trump, had acknowled
  
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• COVID-19 and the Ongoing Global Workplace Revolution

  14-02-2021 01:49 via article.wn.com
  
  For most of the recent past, economic geography has shifted to ever-larger cities across the globe. By the end of the last decade, many were convinced that we were entering a supreme era of the glittering, high-rise “superstar” city that would inevitably swallow all the best bits of the economy, and serve as unparalleled centers of tech, culture, political activism, and global trade. Globally, the ranks of city-dwellers more than doubled over the last 40 years, from 1.5 billion in 19
  
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• Televangelist Frederick K.C. Price Dies From Covid

  14-02-2021 01:47 via article.wn.com
  Frederick K.C. Price was the founder of Crenshaw Christian Center, a megachurch in Los Angeles, Calif.. ......
  
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• 2 Americans Tied to Carlos Ghosn’s Escape to Be Extradited to Japan

  14-02-2021 01:47 via article.wn.com
  The Supreme Court denied a bid by a father and son to block their extradition. They face trial on charges they helped Japan’s most famous criminal defendant flee to Lebanon. ......
  
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• Ivanka organised 'uncomfortable' peace meeting with Trump and Pence after Capitol riot

  14-02-2021 01:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  IVANKA TRUMP urged her father Donald Trump to reconcile with his former Vice President Mike Pence after the violent protests at Capitol Hill, sources have claimed.
  
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• Donald Trump hints at comeback after being cleared of inciting mob siege

  14-02-2021 01:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  DONALD Trump has hinted at a political comeback, just hours after being acquitted by the Senate in his impeachment trial.
  
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