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• California's Covid curfew to begin, as US cases hit 12-million mark

  21-11-2020 23:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Millions face stay-at-home orders as the US faces a surge in coronavirus infections.
  
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• Fernandes' retaken penalty earns Man Utd win over West Brom

  21-11-2020 23:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bruno Fernandes' twice-taken second-half penalty is enough to give Manchester United their first Premier League victory of the season at Old Trafford over a battling West Brom outfit.
  
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• Judge rules against Trump global media chief after firings

  21-11-2020 23:04 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Head of agency that runs Voice of America accused of turning it into propaganda
  
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• Wisconsin officials: Trump observers obstructing recount

  21-11-2020 23:02 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Election officials accuse observers for President Trump of slowing the process.
  
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• England rugby teams lay on a Twickenham feast against Ireland and France

  21-11-2020 22:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  With rugby fans and players deprived of their usual Saturday routine, England's men and women provide a welcome distraction.
  
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• Sia defends casting a nondisabled actor to portray a person with autism in her upcoming film 'Music'

  21-11-2020 22:25 via cnn.com
  
  Pop singer Sia is responding to the backlash to her upcoming film that has been criticized for casting a nondisabled actor to portray a character who has autism. And she's furious.
  
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• Sia defends casting a nondisabled actor to play a person with autism

  21-11-2020 22:25 via cnn.com
  
  Pop singer Sia is responding to the backlash to her upcoming film that has been criticized for casting a nondisabled actor to portray a character who has autism. And she's furious.
  
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• 'Fans felt we were doing a deal with the devil' - so has Mourinho won over Tottenham support?

  21-11-2020 22:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  He was not a popular appointment, but has Jose Mourinho's performance during his first year won over the Spurs support?
  
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• US coronavirus cases top 12 million. An expert says spread is now 'faster' and 'broader' than ever

  21-11-2020 21:51 via cnn.com
  
  November has been a month full of devastating Covid-19 records in the US.
  
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• Biden's victory widens as Trump grows more frantic

  21-11-2020 21:47 via cnn.com
  
  • OPINION: Biden's mistake about Trump
  
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• UK agrees interim trade deal with Canada amid Brexit uncertainty

  21-11-2020 21:44 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The United Kingdom announced it had agreed an interim trade deal with Canada on Saturday, giving itself another buffer for post-Brexit economic dealings in 2021 -- just as it continues to push for a deal with the United States and its post-Brexit future looks uncertain.
  
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• Tottenham Hotspur upset Manchester City to go top of Premier League

  21-11-2020 21:07 via cnn.com
  
  Goals from Heung-min Son and Giovani Lo Celso helped Tottenham Hotspur surprise Manchester City 2-0 and move to the top of the Premier League table.
  
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• Nigeria admits soldiers had live bullets at Lekki Toll Gate protest

  21-11-2020 21:04 via cnn.com
  
  • EXCLUSIVE: How a bloody night of bullets quashed a young protest movement
  • CNN investigation sheds new light on anti-brutality protest
  • Nigeria threatens CNN with sanctions without evidence investigation is inaccurate
  
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• As Black Friday approaches, retailers lobby states to stay open

  21-11-2020 20:43 via cnn.com
  
  Retailers forced to close down stores to customers early in the pandemic are now pushing officials to allow them to stay open on Black Friday and into the holiday shopping season, even as coronavirus cases surge across the country.
  
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• Canada places largest city under 'lockdown' for at least 28 days amid coronavirus spikes

  21-11-2020 19:59 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The designation is the highest level of restrictions that the province can place on a health unit or region.
  
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• Army says soldiers deployed at Lekki Toll Gate protests on October 20 were given both live and blank bullets, despite previous denials

  21-11-2020 19:49 via cnn.com
  
  The Nigerian army admitted on Saturday that soldiers were given both live and blank bullets when they were deployed to protests at Lekki toll gate on October 20. The admission seems to confirm a key finding of a CNN investigation into the shooting.
  
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• Trump tweets about election results and skips session on pandemic during G20

  21-11-2020 19:41 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump participated in his final Group of 20 summit on Saturday by tweeting throughout the opening session and skipping a special side-conference focused on the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Dominic Thiem edges Novak Djokovic in thriller to advance to final of ATP Finals

  21-11-2020 18:53 via cnn.com
  
  Dominic Thiem needed two monster tie breaks to overcome Novak Djokovic and advance to the final of the ATP Finals, beating the Serbian 7-5, 6-7 (10-12), 7-6 (8-6) in a three-set thriller on Saturday. 
  
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• Wagatha Christie: A uniquely British feud

  21-11-2020 18:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It's a drama involving two footballers' wives and an apparent Instagram sting worthy of the CIA.
  
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• ISIS claims responsibility for deadly attack in Kabul

  21-11-2020 18:05 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  About 23 mortar shells slammed into different parts of the Afghan capital on Saturday, killing at least eight people and wounding 31 others, an official said.
  
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• Bodies of rich man and slave discovered within Pompeii ruins

  21-11-2020 17:28 via cnn.com
  
  Archaeologists have discovered the exceptionally well-preserved remains of two men scalded to death by the volcanic eruption that destroyed the ancient Roman city of Pompeii in 79 AD, the Italian culture ministry said on Saturday.
  
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• Tucker Carlson backlash tells us something important about some Trump supporters

  21-11-2020 17:11 via cnn.com
  
  Traitor. Globalist. Sellout.
  
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• Donald Trump Jr. speaks after testing positive for Covid-19

  21-11-2020 17:04 via cnn.com
  
  In a video posted to Instagram, Donald Trump Jr. confirmed he tested positive for Covid-19. The President's eldest son and said he was "totally asymptomatic" but would self-quarantine "out of an abundance of precaution."
  
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• Pompeii: Dig uncovers remains of rich man and slave killed by Vesuvius

  21-11-2020 16:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The remains of two men are uncovered at a villa on the outskirts of the ancient Roman city.
  
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• Florida retiree wrestles puppy from jaws of alligator

  21-11-2020 15:50 via cnn.com
  
  In a dramatic encounter recorded by surveillance cameras, a Florida man chased an alligator under water and rescued his 3-month-old puppy from the jaws of death.
  
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• Man rushes into water after alligator snatched up his dog

  21-11-2020 15:32 via cnn.com
  
  A wildlife camera captured how a man in Florida saved his small dog from the mouth of an alligator.
  
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• ICYMI: Piano playing in surgery and Covid safety robots

  21-11-2020 15:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A look at some of the stories you may have missed this week.
  
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• Analysis: How Georgia proves Trump has no chance of winning

  21-11-2020 15:09 via cnn.com
  
  President-elect Joe Biden is going to be the next president of the United States. That hasn't stopped President Donald Trump and his campaign from claiming without any proof that there was wide scale fraud in the 2020 election.
  
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• Gandhi's broken pocket watch sells for £12k at auction

  21-11-2020 14:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The silver plated Swiss watch was given to the owner's grandfather by Gandhi "as a thank-you".
  
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• Donald Trump Jr. tests positive for COVID-19

  21-11-2020 14:37 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Trump Jr. is the second of the president's children to test positive.
  
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• Haiti's soccer chief banned for life for sexual abuse of young players

  21-11-2020 14:28 via cnn.com
  
  International football's governing body, FIFA, has banned the president of the Haitian Football Federation (FHF), Yves Jean-Bart, from the sport for life, following an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment and abuse, the organization said in a statement.
  
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• FIFA bans soccer chief for life for sexual abuse of young players

  21-11-2020 14:28 via cnn.com
  
  International football's governing body, FIFA, has banned the president of the Haitian Football Federation (FHF), Yves Jean-Bart, from the sport for life, following an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment and abuse, the organization said in a statement.
  
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• BTS releases new album 'BE', music video trends #1

  21-11-2020 14:20 via cnn.com
  
  K-Pop boy band BTS dropped their latest album "BE" along with a new music video for the song "Life Goes On."
  
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• Jason Momoa surprises fan after priceless 'Aquaman' reaction

  21-11-2020 14:15 via cnn.com
  
  "Aquaman" actor Jason Momoa called 7-year-old cancer patient Danny Sheehan after seeing his reaction to unwrapping an Aquaman toy.
  
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• Covid-19 won't stop NORAD from tracking Santa's Christmas Eve flight around the world

  21-11-2020 14:03 via cnn.com
  
  The holidays are going to be a little different this year because of the Covid-19 pandemic, but NORAD says it will be ready to track Santa Claus and his reindeer as they make their annual flight.
  
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• Toronto, Canada's largest city, put into lockdown as infections soar

  21-11-2020 13:53 via cnn.com
  
  Toronto, Canada's largest city, was placed into lockdown for 28 days on Friday, with officials shutting shops, businesses and restaurants and banning indoor gatherings to curb a growing spike in Covid-19 cases.
  
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• Woman who spent 23 years in prison for a crime she says she didn't commit received an honorary bachelor's degree

  21-11-2020 13:02 via cnn.com
  
  When Tyra Patterson was 19 years old, she was imprisoned for a crime she says she didn't commit. For 23 years, she spent her life locked in a prison cell.
  
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• Hospital CEO says he had Covid and doesn't need a mask. His staff are appalled.

  21-11-2020 12:20 via cnn.com
  
  The CEO and President of South Dakota-based Sanford Health, one of the largest health systems in the U.S., says he will not be wearing a mask because he has already had Covid-19.
  
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• European countries believed that Germany would always have spare ICU beds for them. Now they're almost full

  21-11-2020 12:12 via cnn.com
  
  Germany was seen as a beacon for other European countries during the first coronavirus wave and hailed for one of the world's best health care systems. But it is now beginning to struggle with more severe infections than at any other point during the pandemic.
  
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• Black women helped push Democrats to the finish line in Georgia. Here's how they can do it again

  21-11-2020 11:59 via cnn.com
  
  As the nation eyes Georgia with its pair of upcoming US Senate runoffs, a victory for Democrats could hinge on the same Black women who helped flip the state blue in the presidential election.
  
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• Sturgis motorcycle rally in South Dakota linked to a Covid-19 outbreak in Minnesota, new report says

  21-11-2020 11:46 via cnn.com
  
  The motorcycle rally in Sturgis, South Dakota, in August has been linked to a Covid-19 outbreak in Minnesota, according to a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, highlighting how one state's lax rules during the pandemic affect others with stricter measures in place.
  
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• Family of Saudi Arabia's 'most outspoken' political prisoner calls on G20 to hold kingdom to account

  21-11-2020 11:37 via cnn.com
  
  The family of Loujain al-Hathloul, a jailed Saudi women's rights defender believed by her relatives and advocacy organizations to be on hunger strike, has called on the G20 to demand that Saudi Arabia release the prominent activist.  
  
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• Caroline Kayll death: man arrested in connection with murder of teacher

  21-11-2020 11:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Man, 49, was detained in Glasgow on Friday after Kayll was attacked on Sunday night in Linton, NorthumberlandA man has been arrested in connection with the murder of school teacher, Caroline Kayll.Northumbria Police said Kayll was attacked at an address in Linton, Northumberland, on Sunday evening along with a 15-year-old boy, and died in hospital days later. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘Many of us have PTSD’: 700 US nurses strike over Covid fears

  21-11-2020 11:15 via theguardian.com
  
  Pennsylvania strike is the latest in a wave of healthcare worker protests over low pay, understaffing and PPE shortagesJim Gentile is haunted by the patients who died alone. A surgical nurse at St Mary medical center in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, his hospital was quickly overwhelmed during the first wave of the pandemic this spring, he said. He described racing between patients, only to discover that one had quietly suffocated while awaiting help.He said he wrapped more patients in body bags in th
  
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• Coronavirus live news: Tokyo reports record daily cases as Mexico deaths pass 100,000

  21-11-2020 11:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Donald Trump Jr tests positive for Covid; South Australia lockdown to end at midnight on Saturday; global cases pass 57.5m. Follow latest updatesDonald Trump Jr tests positive for coronavirusUS records highest number of daily coronavirus deaths since MayNHS could start using vaccine next month, says HancockTrials to begin in UK for antibody cocktail drug treatmentSee all our coronavirus coverage 10.03am GMT Hi folks! The UK prime minister, Boris Johnson, has used a video update from his self-iso
  
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• These girls see themselves in Kamala Harris

  21-11-2020 11:00 via cnn.com
  
  When US Sen. Kamala Harris of California was elected as the next vice president of the United States, girls all over the country saw someone like themselves elected to the second-highest office in the country for the first time.
  
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• What you need to know before you fly on a Boeing 737 MAX

  21-11-2020 10:35 via cnn.com
  
  The Boeing 737 MAX is back, but not everyone is thrilled.
  
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• More than a second gentleman: why Doug Emhoff is Kamala Harris’ secret weapon | Hadley Freeman

  21-11-2020 10:00 via theguardian.com
  
  I’m not obsessed with Doug, but he could probably be my pub quiz subjectThere is much to say about Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’s historic win, but I’d like to focus on a man called Doug. Doug Emhoff is a lawyer and – more relevantly to your interests and mine – Harris’s husband, and unless you are part of the #DougHive, Doug’s devoted (and, one suspects, mainly female) fans, it’s likely you don’t know much about him.This in itself is astonish
  
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• Can American democracy survive Donald Trump?

  21-11-2020 10:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Lying, paranoia and conspiracy are defining features of a totalitarian society. What hope is there for a brand new era, in the aftermath of an administration that has relied on all three?“I WON THE ELECTION!” Donald Trump tweeted in the early hours of 16 November 2020, 10 days after he lost the election. At the same time, Atlantic magazine announced an interview with Barack Obama, in which he warns that the US is “entering into an epistemological crisis” – a crisis
  
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• A satellite that will track Earth's sea level rise is ready to launch

  21-11-2020 10:00 via cnn.com
  
  More than 830 miles above Earth's surface, a next-generation satellite will launch today to keep an eye on global sea levels.
  
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