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• Tiger Woods: Proud champion who bounced back

  24-02-2021 03:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The man considered by many to be the greatest golfer of all time has overcome many challenges in his career.
  
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• Rapper charged with chopping off British teacher’s penis to make a gory YouTube video

  01-03-2021 16:37 via independent.co.uk
  
  Rapper Aaron Beltran denies the charges
  
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• Dinosaur found in Argentina could be oldest titanosaur ever discovered

  01-03-2021 16:14 via independent.co.uk
  
  New analysis suggests titanosaurs lived longer ago than previously thought
  
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• Lumps found in breasts of ‘Gorilla Glue girl’ during plastic surgery consultation

  01-03-2021 16:06 via independent.co.uk
  
  Tessica Brown went viral on TikTok last month after sharing her hair ordeal
  
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• Video of Andrew Cuomo pressuring female journalist to eat sausage resurfaces

  01-03-2021 16:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  Mr Cuomo said ‘there’s too much sausage in that picture’ after taking selfie with reporter
  
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• Finnish government declares state of emergency over Covid infections spike

  01-03-2021 15:40 via independent.co.uk
  
  The decision comes as new variants are contributing to a steep increase in infections
  
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• Two in three Russians think Covid was created by humans as a bioweapon

  01-03-2021 15:24 via independent.co.uk
  
  Many of those polled also admitted to being unwilling to take Russia’s Covid vaccine
  
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• The sex scandal that reshaped Congress - and the warnings for today

  01-03-2021 15:23 via independent.co.uk
  
  Congressman Wilbur Mills’ sex scandal had serious repercussions in the reform-minded 1970s, so why isn’t the same scrutiny given to politicians today?
  
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• China pledges 400,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccine to Afghanistan

  01-03-2021 15:06 via independent.co.uk
  
  China has pledged 400,000 doses of the WHO approved Sinopharm vaccine to Afghanistan to assist in vaccination campaign
  
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• Biden news – live: Kamala ‘favourite to win in 2024’ as Trump hints at future presidential run

  01-03-2021 15:02 via independent.co.uk
  
  Latest updates from Washington DC and beyond
  
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• Salvadoran president appears to win control of congress

  01-03-2021 14:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  Populist President Nayib Bukele appears to have won control of El Salvador's unicameral congress, ending a two-year standoff with legislators of the old parties that have dominated politics in the Central American country since the end of the 1980-1992 civil war
  
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• Virginia fraternity suspended amid police investigation following death of 19-year-old student

  01-03-2021 14:48 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘There will truly never be another like him,’ says GoFundMe page set up in wake of Adam Oakes’ death
  
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• EU urges parties in ex-Soviet Georgia to ease tensions

  01-03-2021 14:48 via independent.co.uk
  
  A top EU official has visited ex-Soviet republic Georgia and urged all of its parties to engage in a dialogue to solve the country’s political crisis
  
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• Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to prison in historic corruption trial of former French president

  01-03-2021 14:42 via independent.co.uk
  
  Sarkozy sentenced to three years in prison, with two of those suspended
  
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• Aung San Suu Kyi seen in public for first time since military coup as more charges added

  01-03-2021 14:42 via independent.co.uk
  
  Despite the fact she has been under house arrest since 1 February, authorities add more serious charge of inciting unrest to case against democratically-elected leader
  
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• Celebrity birthdays for the week of March 7-13

  01-03-2021 14:40 via independent.co.uk
  
  Celebrities having birthdays during the week of March 7-13 include three leading men in Bryan Cranston, James Van Der Beek and Oscar Isaac
  
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• Jail transfer denied to Greek gunman on hunger strike

  01-03-2021 14:21 via independent.co.uk
  
  Greece’s government says it will not intervene to grant a prison-transfer demand by a convicted militant group gunman who has been on hunger strike for more than seven weeks, triggering public protests as well as arson attacks
  
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• Girl, 2, survives fall from 12th storey balcony thanks to ‘hero’ delivery driver

  01-03-2021 14:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘I couldn’t believe I saved the girl’s life,’ says the delivery man who caught the falling baby
  
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• Devastated by war, Iraq’s Christians hope Pope’s first ever visit can bring change

  01-03-2021 14:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  Papal visit begins later this week with high expectations among the faithful but large security concerns for others, reports Bel Trew in Baghdad
  
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• UN atomic watchdog: Deal with Iran key to full inspections

  01-03-2021 14:13 via independent.co.uk
  
  The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency says a temporary agreement with Iran to allow United Nations inspectors continued access to the country’s atomic facilities lays the groundwork for the return to full verification measures if and when Tehran allows it
  
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• Nicolas Sarkozy found guilty in historic corruption trial of former French president

  01-03-2021 14:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  Sarkozy sentenced to three years in prison, with two of those suspended
  
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• EU’s draft vaccine passport law to come this month

  01-03-2021 13:53 via independent.co.uk
  
  Passes will ‘respect data protection, security and privacy,’ says Von der Leyen
  
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• Australian PM Scott Morrison stands by minister accused of raping woman in 1980s

  01-03-2021 13:46 via independent.co.uk
  
  An anonymous letter accusing the unnamed minister of rape was sent to the PM’s office
  
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• Germany adds over one thousand new words to pandemic lexicon

  01-03-2021 13:26 via independent.co.uk
  
  Germans have coined more than 1,200 new words to help describe the rules and realities of pandemic life
  
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• India’s Modi receives first dose of homegrown Covid vaccine in bid to dispel concerns over lack of data

  01-03-2021 13:16 via independent.co.uk
  
  Covaxin, India’s Covid-19 homegrown vaccine maker, is yet to make public the vaccine’s efficacy data
  
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• K-pop star, 20, suspended for being a bully at school

  01-03-2021 13:09 via independent.co.uk
  
  Hyunjin’s management agency says pop star will take a break from ‘all of his activities as a celebrity’
  
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• Ivory Coast citizens become first in world to receive Covid vaccines under Covax initiative

  01-03-2021 13:05 via independent.co.uk
  
  Some 504,000 Oxford/AstraZeneca jabs arrived in Abidjan on Friday
  
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• UK urged not to cut ‘life-saving’ aid to Yemen

  01-03-2021 13:04 via independent.co.uk
  
  Britain ‘cannot wash our hands’ of complicity in humanitarian crisis, Tory MP says
  
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• Sri Lanka exorcism: Nine-year-old girl beaten to death by people ‘trying to drive away evil spirit’

  01-03-2021 13:02 via independent.co.uk
  
  The exorcist doused the girl with oil and repeatedly hit her with a cane, which led to her death
  
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• Only 55% want Trump as 2024 Republican candidate, CPAC straw poll says

  01-03-2021 12:57 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘It is either President Trump or a Trump candidate,’ pollster Jim McLaughlin says
  
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