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• UK will share surplus vaccines with developing world, Johnson to tell G7 leaders

  18-02-2021 23:32 via independent.co.uk
  
  UK and France prepare to square up to Russia and China in ‘vaccine diplomacy’ race
  
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• Mother of five killed after kids found her gun in her purse

  18-02-2021 23:26 via independent.co.uk
  
  Police say no-one else at North Carolina home when shooting happened
  
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• Surreal photos from Texas’ sub-zero weather: A frozen fish tank and icicles on a ceiling fan - OLD

  18-02-2021 23:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  Sub-zero temperatures have brought extraordinary scenes in recent days, as many struggle amid widespread power outages
  
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• Surreal photos from Texas’ sub-zero weather: A frozen fish tank and icicles on a ceiling fan

  18-02-2021 23:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  Sub-zero temperatures have brought extraordinary scenes in recent days, as many struggle amid widespread power outages
  
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• ‘Will it be another Pompeii?’: Sicilians laugh off alarm over Mount Etna eruption

  18-02-2021 23:20 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘I think we would be more worried if all these events didn’t happen,’ Daniele Palumbo says
  
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• GameStop hearing - Updates as Roaring Kitty, and Reddit and Robinhood CEOs testify

  18-02-2021 23:15 via independent.co.uk
  
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• Biden rolling out plan for $4 billion global vaccine effort

  18-02-2021 23:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  White House officials say Joe Biden will use his first big presidential moment on the global stage at Friday’s Group of Seven meeting to announce that the U.S. will soon begin releasing $4 billion for an international effort to bolster the purchase and distribution of coronavirus vaccine for poor nations
  
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• Ted Cruz says he’s ‘trying to get the power up’ in Texas after controversial Cancun trip

  18-02-2021 22:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  Ted Cruz said he’s “continuing to work for Texas” in his first television interview since fleeing his freezing state for the warmer climes of Mexico’s Cancun.
  
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• GameStop hearing - live: Updates as Roaring Kitty, and Reddit and Robinhood CEOs testify

  18-02-2021 22:49 via independent.co.uk
  
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• GameStop hearing - live: Latest updates as Roaring Kitty, and Reddit and Robinhood CEOs testify - OLD

  18-02-2021 22:49 via independent.co.uk
  
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• Man found frozen to death in his recliner in Texas as winter storm death toll rises

  18-02-2021 22:39 via independent.co.uk
  
  Abilene Fire Chief Cande Flores says three people have died this week due to frigid temperatures
  
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• GameStop hearing - live: Latest updates as Reddit, Robinhood and Roaring Kitty CEOs testify

  18-02-2021 22:24 via independent.co.uk
  
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• Californians urged to conserve energy to fight Texas storm blackouts

  18-02-2021 21:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  Still, because of Texas’s unique energy system, most of the state isn’t connected to grids in the rest of the country
  
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• "Mr. Kitty" goes virtually to Washington over GameStop saga

  18-02-2021 20:46 via independent.co.uk
  
  The social media movement that made a beloved icon of GameStop enthusiast Keith Gill continued to rally behind the YouTube personality known as Roaring Kitty as he testified to Congress on Thursday about his role in last month’s stock frenzy
  
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• Hawaii tourists accused of trying to bribe airport screener with $3,000 to avoid quarantine

  18-02-2021 20:29 via independent.co.uk
  
  Visitors from Louisiana were arrested on Friday and immediately flown back to the mainland
  
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• ‘Silence of the Lambs’ house to become bed and breakfast

  18-02-2021 20:24 via independent.co.uk
  
  Film released 30 years ago features western Pennsylvania house with large wraparound porch, dark wood detailing inside, vintage wallpaper, and several fireplaces
  
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• Spain riots erupt: Valencia chaos as police clash with protesters in angry demonstration

  18-02-2021 20:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  CHAOS erupted on the streets of Valencia, Spain on Thursday as police clashed with protesters in frenzied scenes.
  
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• Massive storms, outages force tough decisions amid pandemic

  18-02-2021 20:11 via independent.co.uk
  
  Making decisions about risks — large or small — in the pandemic era is fraught enough
  
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• Host of podcast that dug into Bon Appétit’s scandal accused of creating ‘toxic’ workplace

  18-02-2021 19:34 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘Reply All’ is one of Spotify’s most listened to podcasts
  
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• Texas hospitals evacuate patients as one county official seeks a refrigerated truck to store the dead

  18-02-2021 19:19 via independent.co.uk
  
  Few health facilities have the capacity to take extra patients
  
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• AP PHOTOS: Winter storms spread power and water woes

  18-02-2021 19:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  Power has been restored to more Texans, with fewer than half a million homes still without electricity. But many people were still without safe drinking water after winter storms wreaked havoc on the state’s power grid and utilities this week.
  
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• Bowe Bergdahl sues claiming Trump ‘meddled’ in his court martial

  18-02-2021 19:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘The scandalous meddling in a specific case by leaders of the political branches—one of whom was commander in chief of the armed forces—would never be tolerated if the proceeding had been a criminal prosecution’
  
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• New York waitress claims she was fired for not getting Covid jab

  18-02-2021 19:07 via independent.co.uk
  
  CDC says ‘actual risks of mRNA vaccines to pregnant person and her fetus are unknown because these vaccines have not been studied in pregnant women’
  
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• GameStop hearing - live: Shares spike 4% as Roaring Kitty speaks, while Robinhood boss apologises for chaos

  18-02-2021 19:04 via independent.co.uk
  
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• US Weather: Satellite images show record-breaking 73% of country covered in snow

  18-02-2021 18:39 via independent.co.uk
  
  Dramatic satellite images show more than 70% of the US covered in snow following massive storms
  
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• Dolly Parton asks Tennessee not to put her statue at Capitol

  18-02-2021 18:32 via independent.co.uk
  
  Dolly Parton is asking Tennessee lawmakers to withdraw a bill that would erect a statue of her on the Capitol grounds in Nashville
  
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• Audre Lorde: Who is the writer and activist on today’s Google Doodle? - OLD

  18-02-2021 18:32 via independent.co.uk
  
  Acclaimed poet was awarded the American Book Award in 1989
  
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• Audre Lorde: Who is the writer and activist on today’s Google Doodle?

  18-02-2021 18:32 via independent.co.uk
  
  Acclaimed poet was awarded the American Book Award in 1989
  
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• GameStop hearing - live: Robinhood boss apologises as Congress grills hedge fund and Reddit CEOs over trading

  18-02-2021 18:29 via independent.co.uk
  
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• Google Doodle: Who is Audre Lorde?

  18-02-2021 17:58 via independent.co.uk
  
  Acclaimed poet was awarded the American Book Award in 1989
  
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• ‘My stomach dropped’: Diver spots tiger shark caught in rope ‘noose’ that had cut into its body

  18-02-2021 17:47 via independent.co.uk
  
  Shark’s predicament ‘a reminder of how our carelessness and disregard for proper trash disposal can lead to suffering or death to our marine life’, diver says
  
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• GameStop hearing - live: Latest updates as Congress grill Robinhood, Citadel, Melvin Capital and Reddit CEOs

  18-02-2021 17:36 via independent.co.uk
  
  Five of the key players in the GameStop stock trading saga are appearing before a congressional committee to answer questions about their role in January’s tumultuous market activity.
  
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• India prepares to hang woman for first time since independence

  18-02-2021 17:33 via independent.co.uk
  
  In India, the last death sentence by hanging was in March 2020
  
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• Wisconsin wildlife officials ate $20,000 of illegal caviar, ‘sturgeon general’ faces charges

  18-02-2021 17:32 via independent.co.uk
  
  Ryan Koenigs faces charges of misdemeanor theft for trading sturgeon eggs illegally
  
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• Rise in burner phones amid suspicion over Hong Kong government contact-tracing app

  18-02-2021 17:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘Thegovernment clearly doesn’t trust Hong Kong people, so why would I trust them?’
  
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• Barnier pleads with Macron to listen to Brexit 'sentiments' as tensions in France grow

  18-02-2021 17:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  MICHEL BARNIER has warned Emmanuel Macron that Frexit could happen if the same "sentiments" that played a role in Brexit are left unaddressed in France.
  
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• Texan pleads for help on social media as his family is left with one piece of firewood to keep warm

  18-02-2021 17:14 via independent.co.uk
  
  Chester Jones shares a video of his kids huddled together in one room as he uses their last piece of firewood to stay warm
  
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• Frozen fish tank and icicles on a ceiling fan: Shocking photos of Texas winter storm

  18-02-2021 17:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  Sub-zero temperatures have brought extraordinary scenes in recent days, as many struggle amid widespread power outages
  
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• Pope Benedict 'pushed' into resignation and 'did not wish to go' as Francis took Vatican

  18-02-2021 17:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  POPE BENEDICT was "pushed" into resigning as head of the Vatican church and "did not wish to go" before Pope Francis was installed as his successor, an author has told Express.co.uk.
  
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• Dubai’s disappearing princesses

  18-02-2021 17:11 via independent.co.uk
  
  The troubling plight of Dubai’s Princess Latifa has also revealed the worrying cases of other disappeared Emirati princesses, reports Bel Trew
  
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• Democracy at RISK! French election chaos erupts – New system sparks backlash

  18-02-2021 17:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  EMMANUEL MACRON has triggered a major backlash after his government tabled an amendment to radically change electoral law ahead of next year's presidential election.
  
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• Texas weather: Thousands of cold-stunned turtles rescued

  18-02-2021 16:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Around 4,700 cold-stunned reptiles are saved from the deadly US winter storm.
  
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• Marine Le Pen's aide shuts down EU language counter-offensive: ‘We need to accept English'

  18-02-2021 16:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  MARINE LE PEN's special adviser Philippe Olivier has distanced her party, the National Rally, from a post-Brexit boycott of the English language in the EU.
  
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• Coronavirus: US life expectancy falls by a year amid pandemic

  18-02-2021 16:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It is the largest decline in decades and the coronavirus pandemic is a major factor, experts say.
  
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• Dominican Republic could follow Argentina’s lead and overhaul ‘cruel’ total abortion ban

  18-02-2021 16:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  Dominican activist says many with high-risk pregnancies ‘are left with no choice but to face death’
  
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• AP source: Sen. Cruz traveled to Mexico for family vacation

  18-02-2021 16:42 via independent.co.uk
  
  Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has traveled to Mexico for a family vacation as his home state struggles with a weather crisis
  
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• Facebook Australia: PM Scott Morrison 'will not be intimidated' by tech giant

  18-02-2021 16:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scott Morrison says Facebook's decision to block news feeds to users is "arrogant and disappointing".
  
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• US life expectancy drops a year in pandemic, most since WWII

  18-02-2021 16:34 via independent.co.uk
  
  Health experts say numbers show impact pandemic has had on society at large
  
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• Bob Dole: Former presidential candidate announces he has stage four cancer

  18-02-2021 16:32 via independent.co.uk
  
  Former Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole has announced that he has stage four lung cancer.
  
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• Facebook Australia row sees news banned - Could it happen in Britain?

  18-02-2021 16:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  FACEBOOK has come under fire for brazenly removing some of its services after a row with the Australian Government.
  
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