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• In Louisville, Breonna Taylor’s family honors her legacy

  13-03-2021 23:52 via independent.co.uk
  
  On the one-year anniversary of Breonna Taylor’s death, the slain Black woman’s family continued their call for justice as hundreds of demonstrators gathered in downtown Louisville
  
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• Cuomo news: Governor’s aide denies staff abandoning posts, as pressure mounts for resignation

  13-03-2021 22:53 via independent.co.uk
  
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• Michael Cohen tweets story warning that his meetings with DA are ‘not good news’ for Trump

  13-03-2021 22:47 via independent.co.uk
  
  Manhattan DA investigating whether ex-president or his company committed tax fraud, insurance fraud or falsification of business records
  
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• Protesters attack coastguard station in Iran after smuggler shot and killed

  13-03-2021 22:45 via independent.co.uk
  
  Authorities have confiscated more than 10 million litres of fuel from smugglers in past 11 months
  
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• My mother died of Alzheimer’s last year but I’ll never forget her favourite places in New York

  13-03-2021 22:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  Kate Neuman reflects on the anniversary of her mother’s death, and the start of the coronavirus pandemic in the resilient city that is so uniquely New York
  
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• Dog rescue charity has spent more than $2m at Trump properties, report says

  13-03-2021 22:19 via independent.co.uk
  
  Charities affiliated with Trump family has long history spending donor money at Trump properties
  
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• Five European Union countries seek talks over vaccine distribution ‘disparities’

  13-03-2021 21:52 via independent.co.uk
  
  Jabs were meant to be distributed on a per-capita basis, but it’s claimed some nations received more than others
  
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• Rudy Giuliani will keep honorary degree despite pressure to revoke it after Capitol riot

  13-03-2021 20:45 via independent.co.uk
  
  Former New York mayor was awarded doctorate in 2015
  
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• Critics call Sen. Ron Johnson's insurrection comments racist

  13-03-2021 20:44 via independent.co.uk
  
  Critics of Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson are calling him racist after he told an interviewer that he wasn’t worried about the supporters of former President Donald Trump who stormed the U.S. Capitol in January, but might have been concerned if they had been Black Lives Matter protesters
  
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• Cuomo aide denies staff are abandoning their posts as pressure mounts for governor to resign

  13-03-2021 20:15 via independent.co.uk
  
  New York governor denies any wrongdoing, as fellow Democrats call on him to quit
  
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• At least 100 protesters arrested as police kettle marchers in Portland

  13-03-2021 20:06 via independent.co.uk
  
  Some in crowd chanting ‘let them go’ at officers were pepper sprayed, police say some threw rocks and cans of beer at officers
  
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• Ruth Davidson urges Scots to vote Tory to stop SNP majority

  13-03-2021 19:52 via theguardian.com
  
  Vote for Scottish Conservatives in Holyrood election only way to halt push for independence, says leaderThe Scottish Tories could deny the Scottish National party a majority at Holyrood, Ruth Davidson has insisted.Davidson said that the SNP winning an overall majority’s in May’s Scottish parliament election was no longer the “nailed-on near-certainty” that polls had once predicted. Continue reading...
  
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• Coyote that bit five people, including two children, in San Francisco area is caught

  13-03-2021 19:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  The California Department of Fish and Wildife says animal captured in Moraga, California
  
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• Reclaim These Streets vigils to highlight women's safety held across UK – latest updates

  13-03-2021 19:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Women respond to ban on gathering with virtual events and doorstep vigils across country – while some have come out on the streets Women report feeling silenced as vigils cancelled‘Always with keys out’: women tell of fear of walking aloneBoris Johnson comes under pressure to make UK safer for womenMarina Hyde: it was nothing – the nothing women know all too wellTell us: how are you marking the Sarah Everard vigil? 6.50pm GMT Scotland’s first minister Nicola Sturgeo
  
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• Murray Walker, the voice of Formula One, dies aged 97

  13-03-2021 19:47 via theguardian.com
  
  Tributes paid after commentator’s death announcedMartin Brundle hails ‘national treasure, F1 legend’Murray Walker, the voice of Formula One, has died aged 97. Walker, whose broadcasting career spanned more than 50 years, worked for the BBC and ITV, before he retired from commentating in 2001.The British Racing Drivers’ Club said in a statement: “It’s with great sadness we share the news of the passing of BRDC Associate Member Murray Walker OBE. A friend, a tru
  
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• Coronavirus live news: UK records a further 121 Covid deaths and 5,534 cases; Germany warns cases could hit Christmas peak by April

  13-03-2021 19:45 via theguardian.com
  
  Wales begins first stage of lockdown easing; Australia records first local Covid case in more than two weeks; Poland reports rise in daily casesJordan health minister steps down after hospital oxygen failure deathsDay of reflection to be held a year after UK’s Covid lockdown beganTake things slowly as lockdown ends to avoid ‘re-entry’ syndrome
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• AP Interview: Afghan minister warns US against hasty retreat

  13-03-2021 19:23 via independent.co.uk
  
  Afghanistan’s Interior Minister Masoud Andarabi is warning against a hasty U.S. retreat from the country, saying that the Taliban’s ties to al-Qaida remain intact and that a swift pullout would worsen global counterterrorism efforts
  
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• Hong Kong: UK accuses China of breaching joint declaration

  13-03-2021 19:22 via theguardian.com
  
  Beijing guilty of ‘ongoing non-compliance’ with 1984 deal, says foreign secretary Dominic RaabDominic Raab has accused China of breaching the legal deal over the governance of Hong Kong, amid criticisms of Beijing’s attempts to tighten its control over the territory.In a major escalation of diplomatic tensions, the foreign secretary said the UK considered China to be in a “state of ongoing non-compliance” with the Sino-British joint declaration as he condemned Beiji
  
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• Cuomo news – live: Governor’s aide denies staff abandoning posts, as pressure mounts for resignation

  13-03-2021 19:01 via independent.co.uk
  
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• WA Liberals' worst fears are realised as Zak Kirkup is unseated

  13-03-2021 18:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Humiliating night for the party with Labor on course to win 53 of Western Australia’s 59 lower house seatsIt’s been 88 years since the leader of a Western Australian party last lost their seat at a state election. But that ignominy has befallen Zak Kirkup on a humiliating night for the WA Liberals as voters delivered a landslide to Mark McGowan’s Labor government.With Labor on course to claim 53 of WA’s 59 lower house seats, the Liberals have retained just two seats state
  
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• Sri Lanka to ban burqa and close 1,000 Islamic schools

  13-03-2021 18:26 via theguardian.com
  
  Minister cites national security for decision, saying garments are ‘sign of religious extremism’Sri Lanka has announced plans to ban the wearing of burqas and said it would close more than 1,000 Islamic schools known as madrassas, citing national security.The minister of public security, Sarath Weerasekara, said he had signed a paper on Friday seeking the approval of the cabinet of ministers to ban burkas – outer garments that cover the body and face worn by some Muslim women.
  
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• Lara Trump-linked dog rescue charity spent $2m on Trump properties

  13-03-2021 18:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Florida-based Big Dog Ranch Rescue has spent as much as $1,883,160 on fundraising costs for events at Mar-a-LagoA dog rescue charity that has links to Lara Trump, the former president’s daughter-in-law, has spent almost $2m at Trump properties in the last seven years, according to US media reports.While other companies and groups have distanced themselves from the Trumps since the 6 January attack on the capital, the Florida-based Big Dog Ranch Rescue is expected to spend another $225,000
  
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• Mexican candidate gets ruling-party nod despite rape claims

  13-03-2021 18:04 via independent.co.uk
  
  The party of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has confirmed that its candidate for a governorship in southern Mexico will be a man accused by two women of  rape
  
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• Hundreds of Tesla workers got Covid after Elon Musk reopened factory

  13-03-2021 18:03 via independent.co.uk
  
  About 450 cases reported between May and December 2020, according to newly released data
  
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• Fund communities, not the agencies that failed to anticipate the Christchurch shooting | Faisal Al-Asaad

  13-03-2021 18:00 via theguardian.com
  
  History shows that granting further powers to state bodies generally hurts minorities more than othersLast year’s report into the Christchurch mosque attacks was met with scepticism and disappointment from many in the Muslim community, and understandably so. Among its findings, one in particular stands out. Regarding the ability of police and Security and Intelligence Services (SIS) to anticipate the perpetrator’s planning of the attack, the report said: “there was no plausible
  
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• Sarah Everard: How a woman's death sparked a nation's soul-searching

  13-03-2021 17:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The disappearance and death of a young woman in London prompts anger and calls for change.
  
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• Covid: Paris residents told to be ‘extremely careful’ as ICUs fill up

  13-03-2021 17:45 via independent.co.uk
  
  New patient goes into intensive care in greater Paris region every 12 minutes
  
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• Charlie Hebdo: Magazine condemned for parodying Meghan Markle’s racism concerns and George Floyd murder

  13-03-2021 17:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  Cartoon of Duchess saying she ‘can’t breathe’ comes as Floyd’s family receive £19m payout for his death
  
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• Rescue aid package may reduce inequality, but for how long?

  13-03-2021 17:27 via independent.co.uk
  
  Democrats have celebrated President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan as a blow against one of America’s most entrenched economic woes: The vast inequality that divides the richest from the rest — a gap made worse by the viral pandemic
  
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• Pro-Trump senator praises Capitol rioters and claims they would’ve been dangerous if BLM protesters

  13-03-2021 17:24 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘I’ve also been criticised because I made the comment on 6 January – I never felt threatened, because I didn’t,’ Ron Johnson says
  
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• ‘Lie for profit alert’: Marjorie Taylor Greene slammed by fellow Republican over ‘gun registry’ claims

  13-03-2021 17:11 via independent.co.uk
  
  Adam Kinzinger says her ‘outrage and lie-for-money-train drives full steam ahead’
  
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• Russia opposition: Moscow police raid election forum

  13-03-2021 17:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Officers raided the opposition conference only minutes after it began at a hotel on Saturday.
  
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• Armenian opposition supporters surround government buildings

  13-03-2021 17:03 via independent.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of opposition supporters jave surrounded government buildings in Armenia’s capital to push for the resignation of the country’s prime minister
  
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• Blanket-wrapped Cuomo sparks social media flurry amid calls to resign

  13-03-2021 17:02 via independent.co.uk
  
  One user describes photograph of governor outside executive mansion as ‘bleak’
  
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• Cuomo news – live: Pressure increases on New York governor to resign as blanket photo goes viral

  13-03-2021 16:58 via independent.co.uk
  
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• French actor strips for culture during Cesar Awards ceremony

  13-03-2021 16:46 via independent.co.uk
  
  The awards ceremony for France’s equivalent of the Oscars included an eye-catching appeal for culture in the age of the coronavirus
  
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• Russia detains scores of opposition figures at Moscow meeting

  13-03-2021 16:37 via theguardian.com
  
  More than 150 people held as police accuse them of links to an ‘undesirable organisation’Russian police detained about 150 people at a meeting of independent and opposition politicians in Moscow on Saturday, accusing them of links to an “undesirable organisation”, a monitoring group and a TV station said.The detentions come amid a crackdown on anti-Kremlin sentiment, following the arrest and imprisonment of opposition politician Alexei Navalny, who returned to Russia in J
  
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• Spanish police seize homemade ‘narco-submarine’ capable of carrying up to two tonnes of drugs

  13-03-2021 16:22 via independent.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of kilos of cocaine and hashish were also seized by police
  
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• Sarah Harding: doctor said Christmas would probably be my last

  13-03-2021 16:18 via theguardian.com
  
  Former member of Girls Aloud, who has cancer, says she is focusing on comfort and being as pain-free as possibleSarah Harding, a former member of girl group Girls Aloud, has said she was told by a doctor she would probably not be alive next Christmas.The star revealed last August that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer, which had spread to other parts of her body. Continue reading...
  
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• George Floyd family reach $27m civil lawsuit settlement – video

  13-03-2021 16:14 via theguardian.com
  
  The city of Minneapolis has agreed to pay $27m to settle a civil lawsuit from George Floyd's family over the Black man's death in police custody.It was not immediately clear how the settlement might affect the trial of Derek Chauvin, a white former officer charged with murder and manslaughter in Floyd's death.The city council unanimously approved the settlement on Friday which includes $500,000 for the neighborhood where Floyd was arrested.
  Minneapolis to pay George Floyd's family $27m in police
  
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• Anti-abortion bills abound; their fate in court is unknown

  13-03-2021 16:14 via independent.co.uk
  
  At an intense pace, lawmakers in Republican-governed states are considering an array of tough anti-abortion restrictions they hope might reach the Supreme Court and win approval from its conservative majority
  
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• On my radar: Aidan Moffat's cultural highlights

  13-03-2021 16:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Arab Strap vocalist on late-night horror chats with his mum, spending time with Alan Partridge, and bingeing on SuccessionBorn in Falkirk, Scotland, in 1973, Aidan Moffat is the vocalist of indie rock band Arab Strap, which he founded in 1995 with Malcolm Middleton. Characterised by Moffat’s half-spoken vocals over lo-fi instrumentation, the band gained international acclaim with 1996 single The First Big Weekend; they went on to release six studio albums before splitting in 2006 and r
  
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• Hidden joys of the UK's holiday spots: seafood in Yorkshire and Scotland | Jay Rayner

  13-03-2021 16:00 via theguardian.com
  
  We’ll soon be able to venture beyond our local park … and to help us, the Observer has launched a guide to Britain’s hidden treasures, starting with Jay Rayner’s hunt for tasty morsels in unlikely placesThe Oban docks on Scotland’s west coast are a functional place. Veteran CalMac ferries to the islands heave on their moorings and, from time to time, there’s a waft of diesel in the air. It’s not the first place you might think of visiting for lunch. But
  
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• They joined Syria’s revolution hoping for a better future. Ten years on it has driven them far from home

  13-03-2021 15:58 via independent.co.uk
  
  Ten years ago the uprising against the Assad regime began. Bel Trew talks to two Syrians whose lives, like millions of others, have been changed irreparably by a decade-long war
  
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• Nurses fight conspiracy theories along with coronavirus

  13-03-2021 15:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  Bogus claims about the coronavirus have exploded since COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic a year ago, and much of the job of correcting misinformation has fallen to the world’s front-line medical workers
  
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• Covid: Jordan's health minister quits over hospital oxygen deaths

  13-03-2021 15:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The country's health minister has resigned after six Covid patients died due to an oxygen shortage.
  
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• Trump suggests daughter-in-law Lara will run for office in surprise speech at dog fundraiser

  13-03-2021 15:29 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘I want to thank Lara, who’s been so incredible, I don’t know, you’re running for Senate. I hear she’s going to run for Senate!’
  
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• Australia records first local Covid-19 case in two weeks

  13-03-2021 15:22 via independent.co.uk
  
  Government data shows that most cases in Australia are acquired from overseas travel
  
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• Bolivia arrests ex leader in crackdown on opposition

  13-03-2021 15:16 via independent.co.uk
  
  Bolivia's restored leftist government has arrested the conservative interim president who led the country for a year
  
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• Witch Camp (Ghana): I've Forgotten Now Who I Used To Be review – magical sound of the marginalised

  13-03-2021 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
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  Sung in little-spoken Ghanaian dialects, these haunting, spontaneous songs by women accused of witchcraft are unlike anything you have ever heardNow that it is fashionable for aggrieved political factions to dismiss criticism as a “witch hunt”, it’s worth remembering what makes actual witch hunts so pernicious. It’s not that the women thus accused are in fact innocent – it’s that they couldn’t possibly be guilty. In northern Ghana, witch hu
  
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