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• UK travel ban: These countries have imposed new restrictions

  21-12-2020 23:59 via cnn.com
  
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• US Navy sails nuclear submarine through Strait of Hormuz

  21-12-2020 23:23 via cnn.com
  
  The US Navy nuclear-powered guided-missile submarine USS Georgia transited the Strait of Hormuz Monday accompanied by two additional American warships, the Navy said Monday in a rare public announcement of a nuclear submarine's movements.
  
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• How can Democrats fight the GOP power grab on congressional seats? You won't like it.

  21-12-2020 23:01 via nbcnews.com
  
  Unless Democrats maximize their gerrymandering gains where they can get them, they face unilateral disarmament.
  
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• Watch The Rock and 'The Office' star save one dad's Christmas

  21-12-2020 22:56 via cnn.com
  
  Actor John Krasinski hosted a holiday special for his YouTube show "Some Good News," and it included a special appearance by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson who helped a father in need this Christmas.
  
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• 'Get Back' Beatles documentary sneak peek released

  21-12-2020 22:55 via cnn.com
  
  Three-time Oscar winning filmmaker Peter Jackson and The Beatles are collaborating on an upcoming documentary film called "The Beatles: Get Back," set to be released in 2021.
  
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• Some White House advisers fear Trump's final days

  21-12-2020 22:09 via cnn.com
  
  President Donald Trump has turned to a fringe group of advisers peddling increasingly dubious tactics to overturn the results of the election, creating a dire situation that multiple senior officials and people close to the President say has led to new levels of uncertainty at how Trump will resist the coming end to his tenure.
  
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• Navarro calls out senators for getting vaccinated after downplaying pandemic

  21-12-2020 22:07 via cnn.com
  
  CNN political commentator Ana Navarro calls out several Republican senators, including Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), for getting the coronavirus vaccine after President Trump downplayed the pandemic.
  
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• Biden receives first dose of Covid-19 vaccine on live television

  21-12-2020 21:59 via cnn.com
  
  President-elect Joe Biden received his first dose of the Pfizer and BioNTech coronavirus vaccine on live television Monday afternoon and reassured Americans of the vaccine's safety.
  
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• Warehouse workers pushed to their limit as holiday orders — and virus cases — surge

  21-12-2020 21:57 via nbcnews.com
  
  “I don’t know the public knows what us warehouse workers are going through to make the holidays happen,” one worker said.
  
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• Watch Joe Biden receive coronavirus vaccine

  21-12-2020 21:53 via cnn.com
  
  President-elect Joe Biden received his first course of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine and said he did so to be a demonstration and in hopes "people will be prepared to get the vaccine."
  
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• Experts warn about the radicalizing power of right-wing media networks

  21-12-2020 21:53 via cnn.com
  
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• Biden: Trump should get some credit for vaccine

  21-12-2020 21:53 via cnn.com
  
  President-elect Joe Biden received his first course of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine and said he did so to be a demonstration and in hopes "people will be prepared to get the vaccine."
  
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• Australia coronavirus live: pressure on NSW to tighten Covid-19 restrictions as Queensland closes border

  21-12-2020 21:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Sydneysiders anxiously await Gladys Berejiklian’s 11am coronavirus update. Follow all the latest news and updates, live8.10pm GMT Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of the coronavirus today. It’s Naaman Zhou here with you.Sydney residents will find out tomorrow morning whether current restrictions will be lifted in time for Christmas or extended. A lot of that will depend on today’s case numbers, to be released at 11am. Yesterday NSW recorded 15 new cases of Covid-19
  
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• Elton John's husband reflects on relationship in anniversary post with throwback pics

  21-12-2020 21:35 via nbcnews.com
  
  David Furnish and Elton John became civil partners in Britain 15 years ago before officially wedding in 2014.
  
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• Ontario Canada announces hard lockdown after Covid cases surge

  21-12-2020 21:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Premier of Canadian province says restrictions will last for up to a month and should save thousands of livesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageCanada’s most populous province is to enter a “hard lockdown” as Ontario experiences an alarming rate of new coronavirus cases before the Christmas holidays.“Thousands of lives are at stake now,” said Ontario’s premier, Doug Ford, on Monday, as he announced a slate of new restrictions tha
  
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• Kansas City Star apologizes for decades of racist reporting

  21-12-2020 21:19 via theguardian.com
  
  Newspaper publishes series on how it ignored Black residents’ concerns and successes and fueled segregationThe Kansas City Star’s top editor has apologized for past decades of racist coverage and the newspaper has posted a series of stories examining how it ignored the concerns and achievements of Black residents and helped keep Kansas City segregated.The newspaper said a detailed examination of its past coverage and that of its longtime sister newspaper, the Kansas City Times, docum
  
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• Coronavirus live: UK warned to expect further restrictions over spread of new Covid variant

  21-12-2020 21:19 via theguardian.com
  
  Latest updates: Sir Patrick Vallance suggests more areas may need to enter tier 4; PM says border delays only affecting small amount of freight; countries continue to suspend UK flights over new strain European states ban travel from UK as new Covid strain takes holdWhat do we know about the fast-spreading Covid variant in UK?
  Pfizer/BioNTech Covid vaccine approved by European regulatorJoe Biden to receive coronavirus vaccine live on TV on Monday 8.19pm GMT Sudan will ban travellers from the UK,
  
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• Chelsea v West Ham: Premier League – live!

  21-12-2020 21:19 via theguardian.com
  
  Premier League updates from the 8pm GMT kick-offChelsea need to start justifying their big spendingAnd you can email Simon or tweet @Simon_Burnton 8.19pm GMT 17 mins: Chelsea pass the ball about for a bit, with Pulisic so wide on the right flank he is actually standing just off the pitch for most of the move. Eventually he comes infield to collect the ball, and Rice steamrollers through him to concede a free-kick. 8.17pm GMT 16 mins: Now Chelsea have a goal disallowed, because the ball crossed t
  
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• 'He's the deer of the year': Carrot on way to recovery after arrow pulled from head

  21-12-2020 21:15 via theguardian.com
  
  Whitetail deer made headlines last week for shocking injuryCarrot seen alive days after delicate operation to remove arrowThe last thing Carrot the deer probably wanted in 2020 was a hole in his head.But the Canadian whitetail deer which made headlines last week for his shocking injury no longer has an arrow impaling his head. Continue reading...
  
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• No 10 fishing offer to EU raises hopes of Brexit deal before Christmas

  21-12-2020 21:12 via theguardian.com
  
  UK negotiators reduce demand for EU catch reduction, potentially unlocking sticking point in talksDowning Street has made a major counter-offer on fishing access for EU fleets in British waters to break the Brexit trade talks deadlock, raising hopes of a deal before Christmas.After a difficult period of negotiations, with both sides seemingly entrenched, the UK’s chief Brexit negotiator, David Frost, is understood to have tabled a proposal that could unlock the troubled talks. Continue rea
  
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• William Barr: no plans to name special counsel to investigate vote fraud claims

  21-12-2020 20:51 via theguardian.com
  
  Attorney general at odds with Trump over disputing electionBarr also rejects call for special counsel for Hunter BidenThe US attorney general, William Barr, said on Monday he has no plans to appoint a special counsel to investigate claims of fraud around the US election, which have been baselessly made by Donald Trump and many of his political allies. Continue reading...
  
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• Morning mail: Covid cluster, Brexit's financial blow, delicious summer recipes

  21-12-2020 20:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Tuesday: NSW defends voluntary mask rule as experts call for tougher restrictions. Plus: why equestrian should never be dropped from the OlympicsGood morning, this is Tamara Howie bringing you the main stories and must-reads on Tuesday 22 December. Continue reading...
  
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• Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny dupes spy into revealing how he was poisoned

  21-12-2020 20:47 via cnn.com
  
  A Russian agent sent to tail opposition leader Alexey Navalny has revealed how he was poisoned in August -- with the lethal nerve agent Novichok planted in his underpants.
  
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• Navalny duped Russian agent into revealing poisoning

  21-12-2020 20:47 via cnn.com
  
  A Russian agent sent to tail opposition leader Alexey Navalny has revealed how he was poisoned in August -- with the lethal nerve agent Novichok planted in his underpants.
  
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• Kilauea volcano erupts on Hawaii's Big Island – video report

  21-12-2020 20:41 via theguardian.com
  
  The Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island erupts late on Sunday, shooting a steam cloud into the atmosphere for about an hour. The eruption happened in Halema’uma’u crater, the US Geological Survey said. Kilauea is in the Hawaii Volcanoes national parkKilauea volcano erupts on Hawaii's Big IslandContinue reading...
  
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• Calls for national lockdown in England to curb spread of new Covid strain

  21-12-2020 20:23 via theguardian.com
  
  Scientists say inaction could cost tens of thousands of lives as variant spreads across UKCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBoris Johnson is facing intense pressure to impose another national lockdown within days, as more than 40 countries banned arrivals from the UK in an effort to keep out a new fast-spreading variant of coronavirus.Government scientific advisers warned that inaction could cost tens of thousands of lives and risk an “economic, human and so
  
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• New Covid variant in UK: spreading Christmas fear?

  21-12-2020 20:03 via theguardian.com
  
  B117 is more transmissible than original virus, but there is no evidence it makes people sickerCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIf a new virus sounds scary, a new mutating virus sounds scarier still. In Kent in September, scientists now believe, somebody with Covid was the unlucky first person to pass on a variant form of the coronavirus that is maybe as much as 70% more transmissible than the version we have been used to.The exponential recent rise in cases now
  
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• Robert E. Lee statue removed from U.S. Capitol

  21-12-2020 19:51 via nbcnews.com
  
  Confederate general's image to be replaced by civil rights icon Barbara Johns, whose 1951 protest was part of Brown v. Board of Education.
  
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• 'Do you remember the underwear's colour?' - Navalny's call with duped spy

  21-12-2020 19:27 via theguardian.com
  
  Russian opposition leader publishes transcript of call with FSB operative allegedly involved in attempt to kill himOn Monday Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny published a telephone call he had with FSB operative Konstantin Kudryavtsev, who was allegedly part of the FSB team, which in August poisoned Navalny when he travelled to Siberia.Navalny survived after the plane he fell sick on was diverted to a nearby airport and he received quick medical attention. He rang Kudryavtsev from Germany
  
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• 'The Book of Boba Fett' adds to 'Star Wars' galaxy

  21-12-2020 19:17 via cnn.com
  
  It's official: Disney+ will be offering two series featuring armored stars, and neither one of them is Iron Man.
  
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• Pennsylvania student said she suffered heart failure at age 20 after mild case of Covid

  21-12-2020 19:11 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Temple University student wrote on Facebook that her minor symptoms from Covid-19 were followed by "congestive heart failure" and hospitalization.
  
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• Why Indian women became the faces of these Victorian-era postcards

  21-12-2020 19:09 via cnn.com
  
  On the fronts of 19th-century postcards displayed in Caribbean shops, women in traditional Indian styles portrayed the islands as lush and exotic tourist destinations. The models posed coyly, dressed in traditional lehenga cholis garments and ornamented in elaborate gold and silver jewelry -- bell-shaped jhumkas (a classic style of earring) and all.
  
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• UK convicts two men after 39 migrants found dead in truck

  21-12-2020 19:07 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Two men have been convicted of killing 39 migrants who were found dead in a lorry container in Essex, England, last year. 
  
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• US death row prisoner Dustin Higgs petitions Trump for clemency

  21-12-2020 19:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Higgs to be executed next month for role in 1996 murdersLawyers say death sentence ‘arbitrary and inequitable’Opinion: Trump is on a literal killing spreeIn a last-ditch effort to stay alive, Dustin Higgs, a federal death row prisoner set to be put to death next month as part of the Trump administration’s flurry of executions in its final days in office, has petitioned the president for clemency. Related: Trump administration has executed more Americans than all states combined
  
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• Ed Sheeran releases new song 'Afterglow'

  21-12-2020 19:01 via cnn.com
  
  Ed Sheeran fans, rejoice!
  
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• Barr says no need for special counsels to investigate election or Hunter Biden

  21-12-2020 18:18 via cnn.com
  
  Attorney General William Barr on Monday rejected several of President Donald Trump's inflammatory and unfounded statements regarding the presidential election, saying at a news conference that he doesn't plan to appoint a special counsel to investigate President-elect Joe Biden's son Hunter or the election.
  
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• Here's where Joe Biden fell short with critical Hispanic voters

  21-12-2020 18:13 via nbcnews.com
  
  President-elect Joe Biden's support with Hispanic voters fell short of previous Democratic presidential nominees. He has the opportunity to change that.
  
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• How IRA and the Troubles 'industrialised' people smuggling in Ireland

  21-12-2020 18:10 via theguardian.com
  
  Collusion between loyalists in the criminal underworld and their one-time IRA enemies is now commonplaceFor as long there has been a border on the island of Ireland, smugglers have exploited the lawless roads stretching from the South Armagh to North Louth region in the east, all the way to the Fermanagh frontier with Donegal in the Irish Republic in the west.But smuggling in the region has evolved from a localised phenomenon to an international business that stretches from the hills, fields and
  
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• See the most powerful and inspiring images of 2020

  21-12-2020 18:03 via nbcnews.com
  
  These images capture the pain, grief, rage, resilience, loneliness and even hope that defined a watershed year.
  
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• US unveils new charges against suspect in 1988 Lockerbie bombing

  21-12-2020 18:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Mohammed Abouagela Masud charged in bombing that killed 259 on Pan Am Flight over the Scottish town, and 11 on the groundA Libyan man accused of being the bomb-maker behind the terrorist attack that blew up Pan Am Flight 103 over the Scottish town of Lockerbie in 1988 has been charged in a US court for his alleged role in the murder of 270 people.Mohammed Abouagela Masud was charged on the 32nd anniversary of the bombing, which took place on 21 December 1988, killing all 259 people on the plane
  
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• US guided-missile submarine enters Persian Gulf in latest show of force to Iran

  21-12-2020 18:01 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The guided-missile submarine USS Georgia has entered the Persian Gulf Monday in America’s latest deterrence mission against Iran.  
  
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• Navalny apparently dupes FSB agent into revealing agency's role in novichok plot – video

  21-12-2020 18:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Posing as ‘Maxim Ustinov’, a fictional aide for a top FSB general, Navalny phoned Konstantin Kudryavtsev and asked for details of the operation, demanding to know what had gone wrong. Unaware that he was being spoofed, Kudryavtsev apparently confirmed the FSB was behind the poisoning and said his colleagues had applied novichok to the inner seams of the opposition leader’s boxer shorts, when Navalny was staying in the Siberian city of TomskNavalny says Russian officer admits pu
  
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• Ancient wolf cub found 'perfectly preserved' in Canadian permafrost. We even know what it ate

  21-12-2020 17:58 via cnn.com
  
  A perfectly preserved wolf puppy, hidden away in permafrost for 57,000 years and described by researchers as "the oldest, most complete wolf," has been discovered in Yukon, Canada.
  
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• Ancient wolf cub found 'perfectly preserved'

  21-12-2020 17:58 via cnn.com
  
  A perfectly preserved wolf puppy, hidden away in permafrost for 57,000 years and described by researchers as "the oldest, most complete wolf," has been discovered in Yukon, Canada.
  
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• UK's new coronavirus strain leads these countries to close their borders

  21-12-2020 17:57 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Countries have moved quickly to establish travel restrictions as the facts about the new variant are still unknown.
  
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• EU foreign ministers pave way for revival of Iran nuclear deal

  21-12-2020 17:54 via theguardian.com
  
  Step would allow Tehran to come back into compliance with deal, so long as US sanctions were liftedEU foreign ministers have agreed not to set fresh preconditions on a revival of the Iran nuclear deal, believing Tehran and Washington should be able to come back into full compliance with the agreement without at this stage needing to accept to extend or strengthen it.The step removes one of the potential roadblocks to Iran coming back into compliance with the existing deal, so long as the US lift
  
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• Vatican says its 'morally acceptable' to get coronavirus vaccines using abortion cell lines

  21-12-2020 17:48 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The vaccines, which scientists have tirelessly worked on over the past year to try and eradicate the harrowing pandemic, used cell lines "drawn from tissue obtained from two abortions that occurred in the last century," the Vatican said. 
  
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• Lizzo spreads holiday cheer by surprising mom with new car

  21-12-2020 17:39 via cnn.com
  
  Grammy award winner Lizzo gifted her mom a brand new Audi SUV for Christmas and caught her reaction on video.
  
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• Newly discovered comet photographed during solar eclipse

  21-12-2020 17:21 via cnn.com
  
  A newly discovered sungrazer comet was photographed approaching the sun during last week's solar eclipse before it evaporated into dust particles.
  
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• Global food industry on course to drive rapid habitat loss – research

  21-12-2020 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  World faces huge wildlife losses by 2050 unless what and how food is produced changesThe global food system is on course to drive rapid and widespread ecological damage with almost 90% of land animals likely to lose some of their habitat by 2050, research has found.A study published in the journal Nature Sustainability shows that unless the food industry is rapidly transformed, changing what people eat and how it is produced, the world faces widespread biodiversity loss in the coming decades. Co
  
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