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• China court orders man to pay wife for housework in landmark case

  24-02-2021 05:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The landmark case has sparked debate as it shines a spotlight on housewives' unpaid labour.
  
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• ‘Welcome Insurrectionists’ sign to be flown over CPAC by protester

  26-02-2021 07:13 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘Grim Reaper’ lawyer is fundraising to remind Republicans about last month’s Capitol riots
  
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• Lady Gaga dog-walker shooting: Video shows how two men jumped out of car and shouted ‘give it up’

  26-02-2021 06:58 via independent.co.uk
  
  It is unclear at the moment if the dog walker was attacked due to his celebrity client
  
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• Lady Gaga dog-walker: Video shows how two men jumped out of car and shouted ‘give it up’

  26-02-2021 06:08 via independent.co.uk
  
  It is unclear at the moment if the dog walker was attacked due to his celebrity client
  
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• North Korea: Russian diplomats leave by hand-pushed trolley

  26-02-2021 04:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The diplomats had no choice as Pyongyang has banned trains from leaving as part of Covid measures.
  
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• Covid-19: Sri Lanka reverses 'anti-Muslim' cremation order

  26-02-2021 04:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Critics said the forced burial order was intended to target minorities and did not respect religions.
  
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• Conservatives outraged that anti-trans book removed from Amazon

  26-02-2021 03:31 via independent.co.uk
  
  It’s not the first time the book in question has been at centre of controversy
  
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• Melissa Caddick: Missing fraud suspect's foot found on Australian beach

  26-02-2021 03:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The disappearance of Melissa Caddick - who is accused of stealing from investors - has flummoxed police.
  
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• Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: How a massacre in the sacred city of Aksum unfolded

  26-02-2021 03:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Eritrean troops killed hundreds in Aksum in Ethiopia's Tigray region, witnesses tell Amnesty and the BBC.
  
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• Lady Gaga’s dogs stolen after her dog-walker is shot four times in chest, report says

  26-02-2021 02:52 via independent.co.uk
  
  Singer said to be offering a‘no questions asked’ reward of $500,000 for their return
  
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• Facebook apologises for threat to ban 81-year-old for posts about knitted ‘pigs’

  26-02-2021 02:43 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘Everyone on the knit site and my page knows I am a porcophile,’ says Rita Rich-Mulcahy
  
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• Polish metal singer Nergal accused of blasphemy asks for legal defence funds

  26-02-2021 02:39 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘For over a decade I have been persecuted and prosecuted at the hands of the Polish legal system,’ Behemoth frontman says
  
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• Covid-19: US high school band students rehearse in individual bubbles

  26-02-2021 02:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Wenatchee High School in Washington state found a creative way for their band students to practise safely.
  
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• Words matter: how New Zealand's clear messaging helped beat Covid

  26-02-2021 02:15 via theguardian.com
  
  One year on from the nation’s first case of coronavirus, Aotearoa has largely eliminated the virus - communications played a key part in its successCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage“Stay at home. Protect the NHS. Save lives.” The catch cry of pandemic Britain under Boris Johnson, revived last month, might sound familiar to New Zealanders now enjoying their “unstoppable summer”.Johnson’s three-part slogan reportedly derived last
  
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• Perth's homelessness crisis: the WA election issue Mark McGowan can't shake off

  26-02-2021 02:15 via theguardian.com
  
  Fremantle’s ‘tent city’ has shed light on Western Australia’s growing number of rough sleepers – and a Labor government presiding over a ballooning public housing waiting listJust a few blocks from Western Australia’s parliament, dozens of vulnerable people have had to leave a city hotel and continue to face an uncertain future. These are some of the people at the centre of Perth’s homelessness crisis, one of the few election issues on which WA’s &
  
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• $15 minimum wage dropped from Democratic stimulus plan

  26-02-2021 02:14 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Senate’s parliamentarian said the wage hike didn’t follow the chamber’s rules as presented
  
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• Biden approves US airstrike on Iran-backed militias in Syria

  26-02-2021 02:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Pentagon said the strike on Syria was in response to an attack on US and coalition personnel in Iraq.
  
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• Biden warns Americans 'this is not the time to relax' as vaccinations ramp up – live

  26-02-2021 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Millions of pages of documents receivedHouse holds hearing on Capitol riot security failuresFauci urges ‘if a vaccine is available, regardless of which one, take it’Jennifer Granholm confirmed as energy secretarySign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by email1.00am GMT From Joan E Greve and me:12.38am GMT The Senate parliamentarian has ruled that the minimum wage increase cannot be included with the coronavirus relief bill if it is to pass through the fillibuster-f
  
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• Golden Globes: Celebrity make-up artists on their job in the pandemic

  26-02-2021 01:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hollywood make-up artists on their experiences of working in the time of Covid-19.
  
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• Biden news – live: President approves airstrike against Syrian militia, as police fear plot to ‘blow up’ Capitol during SOTU

  26-02-2021 01:49 via independent.co.uk
  
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• Why Greenpeace is dropping huge boulders into the sea

  26-02-2021 01:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Fishing community leaders say Greenpeace's action is dangerous and illegal.
  
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• US orders airstrike in Syria against Iran-backed militia, reports say

  26-02-2021 01:47 via independent.co.uk
  
  Military action is the first ordered by Joe Biden since entering White House
  
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• Elephant kills Spanish zookeeper with one hit from trunk

  26-02-2021 01:44 via theguardian.com
  
  Man was cleaning stables when he was hit by female, knocking his head against bars of enclosureA zoo worker in Spain has died after he was struck by an elephant’s trunk, knocking his head against the bars of an enclosure, the zoo and local officials said.The female elephant weighing around 4,000kg (8,800lb) hit the 44-year-old with her trunk on Wednesday morning at the Cabarceno Natural Park near the northern city of Santander, the zoo said. The man was rushed to hospital where he died fro
  
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• EU could have digital vaccination certificates by summer, says Merkel

  26-02-2021 01:42 via independent.co.uk
  
  Tourism-dependent Greece and Spain support a vaccine passport but other nations are hesitant
  
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• K-pop superstars Blackpink in climate change message

  26-02-2021 01:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  K-pop superstars Blackpink have emerged as the latest force in the global fight against climate change.
  
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• US carried out airstrike against Iran-backed militia in Syria

  26-02-2021 01:33 via theguardian.com
  
  Strike, which was approved by Joe Biden, comes after a series of attacks against US targets in IraqThe United States has reportedly carried out an airstrike in Syria against a structure belonging to what it said were Iran-backed militia, according to multiple news outlets that cited Pentagon officials.The strike on Thursday comes after a series of recent rocket attacks against US targets in Iraq. Continue reading...
  
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• Sir Michael Somare, Papua New Guinea's 'Father of the Nation', dies aged 84

  26-02-2021 01:20 via theguardian.com
  
  PNG’s Grand Chief led the country to independence in 1975 and served four terms as prime ministerThe man who led Papua New Guinea to independence, the country’s Grand Chief and longest-serving prime minister, Sir Michael Somare, has died in Port Moresby, aged 84.Known throughout the country as “Papa blo Kantri” – Father of the Nation – Somare served as prime minister for a total of 17 years, over four terms, and was revered as a pivotal figure in the country&r
  
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• Mitch McConnell says he would ‘absolutely’ support Trump if he becomes the Republican nominee in 2024

  26-02-2021 01:16 via independent.co.uk
  
  Days earlier, Senate minority leader called former president’s role in lethal riots a ‘disgraceful dereliction of duty’
  
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• Fijian rugby league players sing tribute to Sydney quarantine staff

  26-02-2021 01:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The rugby league players performed a song from their balconies in hotel quarantine in Australia.
  
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• 'Op Silent Viper': How an Indian rape suspect was caught after 22 years

  26-02-2021 01:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The case went cold after the man accused disappeared following a brutal 1999 gang rape in India.
  
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