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• Rockets fired at Baghdad Green Zone in 'terrorist act,' Iraq says

  20-12-2020 23:46 via cnn.com
  
  A rocket attack on Baghdad's diplomatic Green Zone Sunday night was "a terrorist act" that undermines Iraq's international reputation, the country's president says.
  
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• Rocket attack at U.S. Embassy in Baghdad leaves 'minor damage' but no injuries, casualties

  20-12-2020 23:38 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The U.S. Embassy confirmed the attack in a tweet Sunday, noting that there was some "minor damage" on the compound but that no injuries or casualties were reported.
  
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• Ariana Grande appears to be engaged after posting a telling Instagram post

  20-12-2020 23:24 via cnn.com
  
  Ariana Grande is now off the market, according to her Instagram account.
  
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• Mexicans making medical supplies for US fear Covid risk

  20-12-2020 23:23 via cnn.com
  
  Already working under poor labor conditions, employees at Mexican factories manufacturing US-bound medical supplies say the coronavirus pandemic has made things even worse. CNN's Matt Rivers reports.
  
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• Mexicans making medical supplies for US fear Covid-19 risk

  20-12-2020 23:23 via cnn.com
  
  Already working under poor labor conditions, employees at Mexican factories manufacturing US-bound medical supplies say the coronavirus pandemic has made things even worse. CNN's Matt Rivers reports.
  
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• US to announce new criminal charges Monday in Pan Am terrorist bombing

  20-12-2020 23:22 via cnn.com
  
  In one of Attorney General William Barr's final acts leading the Justice Department, he plans to announce on Monday criminal charges against an alleged bombmaker in the terrorist bombing of Pam Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988.
  
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• Russian scientist working on COVID-19 vaccine plummets to death in St. Petersburg

  20-12-2020 23:11 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Alexander "Sasha" Kagansky, 45, was in his underwear when he fell to his death from his 14th-floor apartment, according to the Russian newspaper Moskovsky Komsomolets.
  
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• Miss France runner-up April Benayoum targeted by anti-Semitic tweets

  20-12-2020 23:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police are investigating insults against April Benayoum after she revealed her Israeli origins.
  
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• Sports Personality of the Year 2020: Lewis Hamilton crowned winner

  20-12-2020 23:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton is voted Sports Personality of the Year 2020.
  
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• Aston Villa ensure miserable start for Allardyce at West Brom

  20-12-2020 22:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sam Allardyce's reign as West Bromwich Albion manager gets off to a miserable start as Aston Villa outclass the 10-man Baggies.
  
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• Klopp & Liverpool win Coach and Team of the Year

  20-12-2020 22:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jurgen Klopp is named Coach of the Year and Liverpool Team of the Year at the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year show.
  
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• US Covid cases and deaths spike heading into Christmas week

  20-12-2020 22:46 via cnn.com
  
  Great news emerged Sunday on the vaccine front, as a second Covid-19 vaccine will soon be available to some Americans.
  
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• Covid-19: Dover port halts exports to France for 48 hours

  20-12-2020 22:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  France is to stop lorries arriving from the UK amid concern over a new variant of coronavirus.
  
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• Covid: Nations impose UK travel bans over new variant

  20-12-2020 22:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  France, Germany and Ireland are among those suspending flights from the UK from midnight.
  
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• Man's late father leaves him $10 to buy first beer

  20-12-2020 21:32 via cnn.com
  
  Before dying from esophageal cancer, John Goodman left his son Matt a $10 bill to buy his first beer, a secret his mom and sister kept from him for six years. On December 6, the Taunton, Massachusetts, resident used the money to have his first legal drink.
  
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• The many U-turns of Boris Johnson

  20-12-2020 21:18 via cnn.com
  
  Prime Minister Boris Johnson surprised the United Kingdom this weekend by announcing tough new coronavirus restrictions in some areas just days after saying such measures would be "inhuman." But at the close of an unpredictable and unprecedented year, the British leader's U-turn on holiday season travel and gatherings was just one more in a series of rosy predictions and failed promises. Here's a short review:
  
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• US cyber-attack: Around 50 firms 'genuinely impacted' by massive breach

  20-12-2020 20:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The expert whose company uncovered the hack also backs US officials' view that Russia was behind it.
  
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• Man Utd hammer Leeds in incredible game to go third

  20-12-2020 20:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Manchester United climb to third in the Premier League with a thumping victory over Leeds at Old Trafford.
  
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• Brexit: No trade deal unless 'substantial shift' from EU, UK says

  20-12-2020 20:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  With a decision expected before Christmas, UK sources say it is increasingly likely there will be no deal.
  
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• Manchester United fires six goals past Leeds to continue impressive Premier League run

  20-12-2020 20:23 via cnn.com
  
  Manchester United continued its imperious run of form in the Premier League with a 6-2 demolition of Leeds United.
  
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• Epstein-linked modeling agent charged with rape of minors

  20-12-2020 20:15 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  A modeling agent associated with disgraced U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein has been charged in France with sexual harassment and the rape of minors over 15 years old.
  
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• New coronavirus variant: What do we know?

  20-12-2020 20:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How has a new coronavirus variant become the most common form of the virus in parts of England?
  
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• Leicester 'won't get carried away' after overtaking Spurs to go second

  20-12-2020 20:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Leicester City climb to second in the Premier League as they beat top-four rivals Tottenham to move four points behind leaders Liverpool.
  
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• European nations ban flights from UK to prevent coronavirus mutation from spreading to continent

  20-12-2020 20:07 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Several European nations on Sunday banned flights from the United Kingdom to prevent a new strain of the coronavirus rapidly spreading across southern England from gaining traction on the continent.
  
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• Woman wakes up with a raccoon in her Christmas tree

  20-12-2020 19:56 via cnn.com
  
  Chaos ensues as Florida resident Aubrey Iacobelli tries to coax the raccoon out of her Christmas tree. Then her dog and the raccoon get into a scuffle.
  
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• Woman wakes up to find a raccoon in her Christmas tree

  20-12-2020 19:56 via cnn.com
  
  Chaos ensues as Florida resident Aubrey Iacobelli tries to coax the raccoon out of her Christmas tree. Then her dog and the raccoon get into a scuffle.
  
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• Stelter: Radicalization is infesting airwaves of pro-Trump media

  20-12-2020 18:56 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Brian Stelter explains how the country faces radicalization as some right-wing media outlets flood the airwaves with conspiracy theories and disinformation.
  
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• Germany and Finland bring home women from Islamic State camps

  20-12-2020 18:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Three of the women are under investigation for allegedly belonging to the Islamic State (IS) group.
  
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• Rupert Murdoch gets vaccine as Fox News pushes misinformation

  20-12-2020 18:26 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Brian Stelter and Oliver Darcy discuss Fox News' continued promotion of misinformation surrounding Covid-19 vaccinations, despite Rupert Murdoch himself receiving a dose earlier this week.
  
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• Rafael Leao: AC Milan forward scores fastest goal in Serie A history

  20-12-2020 17:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rafael Leao scores the fastest goal in Serie A history, after just six seconds, as table-topping AC Milan win at Sassuolo.
  
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• Congress again facing shutdown deadline amid last-ditch effort to secure Covid relief

  20-12-2020 17:45 via cnn.com
  
  Congress is once again up against a shutdown deadline amid an eleventh-hour effort to secure a much-needed $900 billion pandemic relief deal with government funding set to expire at midnight.
  
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• Fareed: Trump does not view the truth as a constraint

  20-12-2020 17:30 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Fareed Zakaria describes President Trump's "propaganda strategy" online and says it closely resembles Russia's methods.
  
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• François Bozizé: CAR former president denies 'attempted coup'

  20-12-2020 17:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  François Bozizé's spokesman denies the government's claim that he is marching on the capital.
  
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• Pope Francis snubs unorthodox nativity scene in Vatican’s St. Peter’s Square

  20-12-2020 17:06 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Pope Francis appeared to voice his displeasure with an unorthodox nativity scene in the center of St. Peter’s Square on Sunday.
  
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• Trump's actions show he has little concern for anyone other than himself

  20-12-2020 16:47 via cnn.com
  
  • Chaos as Trump aides clash
  • 'Appalling': Bolton reacts to Flynn's pitch for martial law
  
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• Romney: Trump has a 'blind spot' when it comes to Russia

  20-12-2020 16:30 via cnn.com
  
  Republican Sen. Mitt Romney said Sunday that President Donald Trump has a "blind spot" when it comes to dealing with Russia after the President downplayed a massive cyberattack on US federal agencies linked to the country, warning that the aggression "is a big wake-up call for us."
  
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• NYPD tracks man to Middle East in daughter's murder in Staten Island: report

  20-12-2020 16:22 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The father of a woman whose body was found in a Staten Island park last year has been extradited from the Middle East and charged with her murder.
  
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• Brazilian president rhetorically claims coronavirus vaccine could turn people into alligators

  20-12-2020 15:49 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro shocked even his staunchest supporters this week with an expletive-filled tirade against the COVID-19 vaccine, despite 7.1 million cases of the virus in the country and over 185,000 deaths.
  
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• Europe's coronavirus crisis is resurging. For months, three Nordic nations kept it under control — without lockdowns

  20-12-2020 15:43 via cnn.it
  
  Covid-19 vaccines are coming, but in most of Europe, winter is coming faster. In several countries, cases are surging again — after many countries seemed to be turning the tide.
  
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• Mocked drive-through Santa's grotto now 'magical'

  20-12-2020 15:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The event was described as "shambolic" and but organisers say improvements have been made.
  
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• Trump's actions show he's still only out for himself

  20-12-2020 15:06 via cnn.com
  
  • Chaos as Trump aides clash
  • 'Appalling': Bolton reacts to Flynn's pitch for martial law
  
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• Crowds leaving London 'totally irresponsible'

  20-12-2020 14:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Large crowds were filmed at the London station hours before tier-four restrictions came into force.
  
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• Keir Starmer: Johnson is asking public to pay for his incompetence – video

  20-12-2020 14:32 via theguardian.com
  
  The Labour leader labels the decision on Saturday 19 December to cancel the planned Christmas relaxation of Covid restrictions an 'act of gross negligence by a prime minister who once again has been caught behind the curve'. Boris Johnson announced swaths of the south-east of England would be put in a new tier 4 to contain a new strain of the virus just days after he insisted Christmas plans could go ahead. 'We have a prime minister who is so scared of being unpopular that he is incapable of mak
  
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• Nigeria kidnapping: Mahuta children rescued after gun battle

  20-12-2020 14:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police say vigilantes helped rescue 84 children after Nigeria's second mass kidnapping in eight days.
  
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• Pythons might become a new menu item in Florida if scientists can confirm they're safe to eat

  20-12-2020 14:06 via cnn.com
  
  The predator might soon become the prey if Florida scientists can confirm that Burmese pythons -- an extremely invasive species in the Everglades -- are safe for us to eat.
  
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• The nations that never needed to lock down

  20-12-2020 14:04 via cnn.com
  
  • LIVE UPDATES: Londoners flee capital ahead of tougher Covid-19 restrictions
  
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• Europe's Covid-19 crisis is resurging. But for months, three nations kept it under control with some of the continent's most relaxed restrictions

  20-12-2020 14:04 via cnn.com
  
  • LIVE UPDATES: Londoners flee capital ahead of tougher Covid-19 restrictions
  
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• Teachers at posh NYC school release 8-page anti-racism manifesto, sparks uproar: report

  20-12-2020 13:43 via foxnews.com
  
  One of NYC’s poshest private schools is in an uproar over an anti-racist manifesto signed by dozens of faculty members with a sweeping list of demands.
  
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• Flights to UK canceled as health minister says new coronavirus variant is 'out of control'

  20-12-2020 13:43 via cnn.com
  
  The Netherlands and Belgium on Sunday imposed a ban on flights to the UK after a new variant of coronavirus, said by officials to spread faster than other strains, caused renewed restrictions in large parts of the country over the Christmas period.
  
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• Israel PM Netanyahu gets coronavirus vaccination: 'I believe in this vaccine'

  20-12-2020 13:17 via foxnews.com
  
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was vaccinated against the coronavirus on live television Saturday, becoming the first Israeli and one of the world's leaders to be inoculated.
  
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