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• ‘Deep grief and rage and sorrow’: Georgia rallies against anti-Asian hate as US mourns Atlanta victims

  20-03-2021 23:37 via independent.co.uk
  
  Nationwide rallies and vigils demand justice as US reckons with legacy of discrimination
  
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• Uganda: Six lions found dead and dismembered in Queen Elizabeth National Park

  20-03-2021 22:34 via independent.co.uk
  
  Animals thought to be poisoned after remains discovered surrounded by dead vultures
  
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• How anti-Asian activity online set the stage for real-world violence

  20-03-2021 22:21 via independent.co.uk
  
  The fatal shootings in Atlanta this weekwere preceded by a swell of racially motivated attacks against Asian Americans
  
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• Biden's top aides unlikely to qualify for relief payments

  20-03-2021 22:04 via independent.co.uk
  
  At least one group in America is unlikely to get any money from President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion economic rescue plan — his own top aides
  
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• Biden news: Migrant families to be housed in hotels as White House under scrutiny over border access

  20-03-2021 21:40 via independent.co.uk
  
  Administration reportedly working to house migrants as lawmakers receive first-hand look at migrant facilities
  
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• ‘Deep rage and grief and sorrow’: Georgia rallies against anti-Asian hate as US mourns Atlanta victims

  20-03-2021 21:34 via independent.co.uk
  
  Nationwide rallies and vigils demand justice as US reckons with legacy of discrimination
  
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• Ex-wife of Trump Org executive says she is cooperating with investigators

  20-03-2021 21:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  Jennifer Weisselberg says she was asked about her use of rent-free Trump apartments
  
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• ‘No screaming’: Thrill-seekers told not to get too excited as theme parks begin to reopen amid pandemic

  20-03-2021 20:23 via independent.co.uk
  
  California’s ‘responsible reopening plan’ tells parks to require face coverings and to modify seating arrangements on rides
  
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• More Cubans making dangerous crossing to America amid worsening economic crisis, says US Coast Guard

  20-03-2021 20:01 via independent.co.uk
  
  Amid fallout from economic crisis, number of individuals intercepted by US officials nears almost half of previous fiscal year
  
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• Idaho legislature pauses for two weeks amid Covid-19 outbreak among lawmakers

  20-03-2021 19:39 via independent.co.uk
  
  Democratic lawmakers blame GOP colleagues for not preventing virus spread
  
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• Biden news - live: Migrant families to be housed in hotels as White House under scrutiny over border access

  20-03-2021 19:30 via independent.co.uk
  
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• Biden administration to spend $86m on hotel rooms near Mexico border to hold migrant families, report says

  20-03-2021 18:53 via independent.co.uk
  
  Rooms will reportedly house around 1,200 families in Texas and Arizona
  
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• Iceland volcano: eruption under way on mountain near Reykjavik – video report

  20-03-2021 18:50 via theguardian.com
  
  A volcanic eruption began in south-west Iceland near the capital, Reykjavik, on Friday. More than 40,000 earthquakes have occurred on the peninsula in the past four weeks, a huge jump from the 1,000-3,000 registered each year since 2014. Unlike the eruption in 2010 of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano, which halted approximately 900,000 flights and forced hundreds of Icelanders from their homes, this eruption is not expected to spew much ash or smoke into the atmosphereIceland volcano:
  
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• Biden admin under fire for restricting media access to border facilities

  20-03-2021 18:40 via independent.co.uk
  
  Despite promises to be more transparent, Biden administration has blocked media access to border facilities where at least 14,000 children are detained
  
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• ‘They have a sense of entitlement’: Puerto Ricans complain of tourists flouting Covid rules

  20-03-2021 18:20 via independent.co.uk
  
  Series of viral videos reportedly showing bad behaviour from US mainland visitors, as 500 receive fines for ignoring rules
  
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• United States-China talks sink to war of words

  20-03-2021 18:04 via independent.co.uk
  
  Beijing blames US for ‘strong smell of gunpowder and drama’
  
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• Los Angeles becomes ‘no-kill’ city after finding homes for shelter animals

  20-03-2021 17:40 via independent.co.uk
  
  In 2012, 56 per cent of dogs and cats left LA shelters alive. More than 90 per cent did in 2020
  
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• 'Fruitful investigation': French police's €1m drug haul found to be powdered strawberry Haribo

  20-03-2021 17:35 via independent.co.uk
  
  Officials boast of taking MDMA haul off streets before toxicologists point out substance is actually sweets
  
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• US ties with Russia, China sink as Biden toes tough lines

  20-03-2021 17:22 via independent.co.uk
  
  U.S. relations with its two biggest geo-political rivals are facing severe tests as President Joe Biden tries to assert America's place in the world and distinguish himself from his predecessor
  
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• UK coronavirus variant has spread across most Florida counties, new figures show

  20-03-2021 17:19 via independent.co.uk
  
  Data only revealed by state after being sued by Orlando Sentinel
  
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• Surveillance footage shows Atlanta shootings suspect leaving massage parlour – video

  20-03-2021 16:55 via theguardian.com
  
  Surveillance video has emerged showing the shooting suspect Robert Aaron Long leaving Young's massage parlour in Acworth, Georgia, which was attacked on Wednesday. Long has been charged with allegedly killing eight people at three Atlanta-area massage businesses in an attack that sent terror through the Asian American community. He told police the attack was not racially motivated, claiming to have a 'sex addiction'Authorities name all eight victims in Atlanta spa shootings
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• Newsom set for recall election as signatures top 2 million

  20-03-2021 16:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  Voters will probably head to voting booths sometime this autumn when they will choose if they want to keep Mr Newsom in his post and if not, who should take his place
  
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• Newsom looks to be set for recall election as signatures top 2 million

  20-03-2021 16:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  Voters will probably head to voting booths sometime this autumn when they will choose if they want to keep Mr Newsom in his post and if not, who should take his place
  
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• France policy on AstraZeneca vaccine ‘completely crackers,’ says UK government scientific adviser

  20-03-2021 16:15 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘It doesn’t make any sense. The whole thing looks completely crackers. They are changing the rules almost every week,’ says Professor Sir John Bell
  
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• US businesses near border struggle with boundaries' closure

  20-03-2021 15:49 via independent.co.uk
  
  Small businesses in border towns across the U.S. are reeling from the economic fallout of the partial closure of North America’s international boundaries
  
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• Florida Republican charged with hiring ‘ghost candidate’ with same name as Democrat to eke out victory

  20-03-2021 15:49 via independent.co.uk
  
  State Democratic Party presses for Justice Department investigation and ‘immediate’ resignation of GOP victor
  
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• Capitol rioter arrested after warrant issued for GPS data from phone

  20-03-2021 15:31 via independent.co.uk
  
  Investigators also found Facebook selfie ‘fully consistent’ with Texas man’s appearance
  
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• India’s top liberal university in crisis amid resignations and reports of ‘political pressure’

  20-03-2021 15:23 via independent.co.uk
  
  Pratap Bhanu Mehta, a critic of the Modi government, says he is resigning because he became a ‘political liability’, as Stuti Mishra reports from Delhi
  
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• White House staff to leave posts over past marijuana use

  20-03-2021 15:20 via independent.co.uk
  
  Aides to Joe Biden defend policy
  
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• ‘Dangerous for democracy’: Meet the woman running against Marjorie Taylor Greene in Georgia

  20-03-2021 15:20 via independent.co.uk
  
  Democrat Holly McCormack faces an uphill battle to win in a deeply conservative district in northwest Georgia, writes Richard Hall
  
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• Violent attacks against Asian Americans persist in San Francisco Bay Area

  20-03-2021 15:02 via independent.co.uk
  
  Incidents come amid increase in gun violence and murders that criminologists have linked to pandemic
  
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• New York man arrested for drawing swastika in snow outside Jewish temple

  20-03-2021 14:45 via independent.co.uk
  
  50 year-old of Harlem charged with antisemitic aggravated harassment following arrest on return to synagogue
  
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• New South Wales flooding: Thousands evacuated amid colossal downpours and tornado

  20-03-2021 14:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  Dam overflows near Sydney during record-breaking rainfall across state
  
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• Elon Musk says Tesla would be shut down if its cars spied in China

  20-03-2021 14:05 via independent.co.uk
  
  Comments come after Chinese military banned firm’s vehicles from entering its complexes citing security concerns over cameras
  
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• Biden is on his heels amid a migrant surge at Mexico border

  20-03-2021 13:54 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Biden administration is facing growing questions about why it wasn't more prepared for an influx of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border
  
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• Specialist Covid infection control scientist faces threat of deportation from UK

  20-03-2021 13:47 via theguardian.com
  
  Charles Oti should be in his NHS job fighting the virus. Instead, the Home Office wants to send him to NigeriaAn infection control specialist who has been offered a job as a senior NHS biomedical scientist to help tackle the pandemic is facing deportation by the Home Office, prompting fresh calls for a more “humane” approach to skilled migrants.The government has refused Charles Oti, 46, from Nigeria the right to remain in the UK even though the job he was offered is among the govern
  
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• Coronavirus: Fears Europe’s latest surge will strike UK within weeks

  20-03-2021 13:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  Britain could see infection rates exploding once more despite success of vaccine roll out, experts suggest
  
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• In French woods, rivals take aim at senator's WWI research

  20-03-2021 12:57 via independent.co.uk
  
  Doubts linger more than a century later about the precise location of heroics that won American World War I Sergeant Alvin York a Medal of Honor
  
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• China says it will discuss climate, other issues with US

  20-03-2021 12:44 via independent.co.uk
  
  China says it has agreed with the U.S. to take up climate change and a handful of other issues, signaling a possible modicum of progress at recently concluded talks that were otherwise marked by acrimonious public exchanges
  
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• Joe Biden and Kamala Harris condemn attacks on Asian Americans – video

  20-03-2021 12:14 via theguardian.com
  
  Joe Biden and Kamala Harris offered solace to Asian Americans and a reeling nation on Friday as they visited Atlanta just days after a white gunman killed eight people, most of them Asian American women. The visit, during a nationwide spike of anti-Asian violence, has added resonance with the presence of Harris, the first person of South Asian descent to hold national office'Our silence is complicity': Biden and Harris condemn anti-Asian violence during Atlanta visitContinue reading...
  
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• Authorities name all eight Atlanta shooting victims

  20-03-2021 12:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  Vice president Kamala Harris says ‘Racism is real in America’ and ‘Sexism, too’, following killings of six Asian-American women
  
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• Jamal Khashoggi: Saudi crown prince ‘served with lawsuit’ accusing him of kidnap and assassination

  20-03-2021 11:55 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘Ruthless torture and murder of Khashoggi shocked the conscience of people throughout the world’
  
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• Pakistan journalist shot dead while getting haircut

  20-03-2021 11:40 via independent.co.uk
  
  Local reporters demand swift investigation into murder of Ajay Lalwani
  
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• Turkey pulls out of international treaty on violence against women

  20-03-2021 11:36 via independent.co.uk
  
  Some 77 women killed in first 78 days of this year
  
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• Iceland: aerial footage shows volcanic eruption near Reykjavik – video

  20-03-2021 11:10 via theguardian.com
  
  A long-dormant volcano in Fagradalsfjall, near Reykjavik in south-west Iceland, flared to life on Friday night, spilling lava down two sides in the area's first volcanic eruption in nearly 800 years. Initial aerial footage posted on social media by the Icelandic Meteorological Office showed a relatively small eruption so far, with two streams of lava running in opposite directionsIceland volcano: eruption under way in Fagradalsfjall near ReykjavikContinue reading...
  
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• Turkey withdraws from European treaty protecting women

  20-03-2021 11:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  Turkey has withdrawn from a European treaty protecting women from violence that it was the first to sign 10 years ago and that bears the name of its largest city
  
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• Pakistan PM Imran Khan tests positive for coronavirus

  20-03-2021 10:53 via independent.co.uk
  
  Pakistan’s prime minister Imran Khan has tested positive forcoronavirus, the country's health minister revealed on Saturday morning.
  
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• Tokyo earthquake: Tsunami warning after 7.2 magnitude quake shakes Japan capital

  20-03-2021 10:49 via independent.co.uk
  
  Japan on Saturday experienced a strong earthquake that shook buildings in the capital, Tokyo, and triggered a tsunami warning for the country’s northeast coast.
  
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• Biden news - live: Don Jr posts mock video showing Trump hitting president with golf balls after plane tumble

  20-03-2021 10:09 via independent.co.uk
  
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• Afghan president appoints 2 ministers, angers ruling partner

  20-03-2021 09:34 via independent.co.uk
  
  Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has made two key Cabinet changes, evoking a strong response from powerful governing partner Abdullah Abdullah amid increasing pressure from the U.S. to reach a peace agreement with the Taliban
  
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