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• Barkley heads Aston Villa winner at Southampton

  30-01-2021 23:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ross Barkley heads the winner as Aston Villa reignite their European hopes with victory over Southampton in the Premier League.
  
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• A 10-year-old investor made big bucks on the GameStop shares he got for Kwanzaa

  30-01-2021 22:58 via cnn.com
  
  Jaydyn Carr was a GameStop shareholder long before the buying frenzy that sent share prices skyrocketing, and now the 10-year-old investor has cashed in, making almost $3,200.
  
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• Asian Americans don't need 'Bling Empire's' (mis)representation — especially now

  30-01-2021 22:56 via nbcnews.com
  
  Releasing a show celebrating opulence when so many Asian Americans are suffering feels like a giant middle finger to the community it supposedly represents.
  
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• This airport is selling Covid-19 tests in vending machines

  30-01-2021 22:45 via cnn.com
  
  Travelers flying through Oakland International Airport can pick up a Covid-19 test at newly installed vending machines.
  
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• Singer Kelly Rowland announces birth of her second child

  30-01-2021 22:36 via cnn.com
  
  Singer Kelly Rowland has some good news to cheer us up -- she recently had a second baby, a boy.
  
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• A rare display of attacking intent - could this be a new beginning for new-look Newcastle?

  30-01-2021 22:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  After a shift in approach, could Steve Bruce's fortunes at Newcastle be about to change?
  
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• A new beginning for new-look Newcastle?

  30-01-2021 22:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  After a shift in approach, could Steve Bruce's fortunes at Newcastle be about to change?
  
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• Plan to vaccinate Guantanamo Bay detainees against Covid-19 has been paused

  30-01-2021 22:14 via cnn.com
  
  An earlier plan to give Guantanamo Bay detainees the Covid-19 vaccine has been paused as of Saturday, according to a US Pentagon official.
  
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• Man Utd lose ground in title race with draw at Arsenal

  30-01-2021 22:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Manchester United drop points for the third time in four Premier League games with a goalless draw against under-strength Arsenal.
  
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• A huge piece of California's Highway 1 near Big Sur collapsed into the ocean

  30-01-2021 21:46 via cnn.com
  
  A huge piece of California's Highway 1 was washed out this week by a winter storm that brought heavy rain and snow.
  
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• Canadian man sets his fourth world record for eating hot peppers

  30-01-2021 21:43 via cnn.com
  
  How fast could you eat a hot pepper? What about three of the world's hottest peppers?
  
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• 'Daddy, look at this': Girl's dinosaur footprint discovery on Barry beach

  30-01-2021 20:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lily, four, spotted the 220 million-year-old print at Bendricks Bay in Wales during a walk with her dad.
  
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• Taylor Swift gets the sea shanty treatment

  30-01-2021 20:47 via cnn.com
  
  The U.S. Navy Band reimagined Taylor Swift's "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" in the style of maritime folk songs called sea shanties, a trend that's caught fire across the internet.
  
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• Marseille v Rennes match called off after 300 fans attack training centre

  30-01-2021 20:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Marseille's match at home to Rennes in France's Ligue 1 is postponed after violent scenes at their training ground on Saturday.
  
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• EU 'made a mistake' over Covid vaccines, UK says

  30-01-2021 19:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Cabinet Office minister says he is "confident" the UK can continue with its planned jabs rollout.
  
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• Five men arrested over asylum center fire

  30-01-2021 19:48 via cnn.com
  
  Five men have been arrested in connection with a fire "believed to have been started deliberately" at a UK asylum facility on Friday.
  
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• Five men arrested after asylum center set ablaze in UK

  30-01-2021 19:48 via cnn.com
  
  Five men have been arrested in connection with a fire "believed to have been started deliberately" at a UK asylum facility on Friday.
  
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• Jesus earns Man City 12th successive win as they beat Sheff Utd

  30-01-2021 19:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Manchester City consolidate their position at the top of the Premier League with a narrow victory over bottom-of-the-table Sheffield United.
  
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• EU 'recognise they made a mistake' in move to block Covid vaccine exports, says Gove – video

  30-01-2021 19:34 via theguardian.com
  
  Michael Gove says European commission recognised they made an error by seeking to trigger a Brexit deal clause to prevent coronavirus vaccine shipments entering the UK. He added that it was important to cooperate with the EU to make sure the vaccination rollout was effectiveCovid vaccines to be recorded in Dublin in compromise dealEU in U-turn over move to control vaccine exports Continue reading...
  
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• Leo Varadkar: PSNI investigating Belfast graffiti warning

  30-01-2021 19:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A threat directed at Leo Varadkar, which appeared in Belfast, is being investigated as a hate crime.
  
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• Venezuela hired longstanding Democratic donor for $6M

  30-01-2021 18:49 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Newly filed lobbying records show Venezuela’s socialist government previously hired a longtime Democratic Party donor for $6 million at the same time it was lobbying to discourage the U.S. from imposing sanctions on the oil-rich nation.
  
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• Police and gilets jaunes scuffle during Paris protest over new security bill – video

  30-01-2021 18:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Demonstrators marched through Paris on Saturday to protest against a proposed security bill. Police and marchers clashed during the protests against the controversial bill. Continue reading...
  
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• Austrian man leaves fortune to French village that saved his family from Nazis

  30-01-2021 18:34 via cnn.com
  
  An Austrian man who died in December has left an undisclosed fortune to the French village of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon to thank residents for hiding his family from Nazis during World War II.
  
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• Ten-man Real Madrid beaten at home by Levante

  30-01-2021 18:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Real Madrid remain seven points behind La Liga leaders Atletico Madrid after their 10-men are beaten by Levante.
  
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• India protests: Internet cut to hunger-striking farmers in Delhi

  30-01-2021 18:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tensions are rising in Delhi where thousands of farmers are demanding agriculture reforms be repealed.
  
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• Sheep, something steep and a ski city

  30-01-2021 18:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Why did 3,000 sheep cross the road? That and more in our weekly video round-up: In Case "Ewe" Missed It.
  
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• Chelsea left 'disgusted' by online racism directed at Reece James and calls for more action

  30-01-2021 17:53 via cnn.com
  
  Chelsea has called on social media platforms to do more to tackle racism online after defender Reece James was subject to abuse on Friday.
  
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• Chelsea left 'disgusted' by online racism

  30-01-2021 17:53 via cnn.com
  
  Chelsea has called on social media platforms to do more to tackle racism online after defender Reece James was subject to abuse on Friday.
  
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• Russian activist Navalny's foundation calls on Biden to sanction Putin's closest allies

  30-01-2021 17:50 via cnn.com
  
  The foundation set up by Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny has called on US President Joe Biden to impose sanctions on at least eight high profile Russian figures it says are close to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
  
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• UAE to offer citizenship to 'talented' foreigners

  30-01-2021 17:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Gulf state relies on its immigrant population but does not usually grant citizenship rights.
  
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• GameStop: UK trading platform blocks new trades

  30-01-2021 17:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The move by one of the UK's biggest trading companies comes amid a price war between amateurs and pros.
  
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• Sophie, Grammy-nominated artist, dies aged 34

  30-01-2021 17:05 via cnn.com
  
  Grammy-nominated experimental pop artist and producer Sophie Xeon -- publicly known as Sophie -- died in a "terrible accident" on Saturday morning aged 34, according to a statement from her record label Transgressive.
  
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• Turkey LGBT: Four students arrested over artwork

  30-01-2021 16:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Officials say the artwork depicted rainbow symbols alongside the most sacred site in Islam.
  
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• Thousands march in Poland against abortion curbs – video

  30-01-2021 16:52 via theguardian.com
  
  Thousands have protested for a third consecutive night in Warsaw and other parts of Poland after the country’s rightwing government implemented a court ruling imposing a near-total ban on abortion.Protesters have defied coronavirus restrictions and sub-zero temperatures to rally after the controversial judgment was given legal force on WednesdayThird night of protests in Poland  Continue reading...
  
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• All Americans must now wear masks on public transport

  30-01-2021 16:42 via cnn.com
  
  To slow the spread of Covid-19, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued late Friday an order that will require people to wear a face mask while using any form of public transportation, including buses, trains, taxis, airplanes, boats, subways or rideshare vehicles while traveling into, within and out of the US.
  
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• Russian billionaire Arkady Rotenberg says 'Putin Palace' is his

  30-01-2021 16:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Businessman Arkady Rotenberg says he owns the vast property at the centre of a Russian controversy.
  
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• White people traveled to a hard hit Latino neighborhood in New York and took many of the Covid-19 vaccine appointments

  30-01-2021 16:12 via cnn.com
  
  A Covid-19 vaccination site in a Latino neighborhood in New York City hard hit by the pandemic saw an overwhelming number of White people from outside the community show up to get the shot this month, city leaders say, laying bare a national disparity that shows people of color are being vaccinated at dramatically lower rates.
  
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• Smerconish: Who elected Marjorie Taylor Greene?

  30-01-2021 16:12 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Michael Smerconish says the behavior of Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene before and after getting elected is a greatest hits reel of truly deplorable conduct and examines how the lawmaker was elected.
  
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• Trump's in a historically strong 2024 primary position for an ex-president

  30-01-2021 16:01 via cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump is no longer president. He no longer has the megaphone of Twitter.
  
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• Analysis: Trump's in a historically strong 2024 primary position for an ex-president

  30-01-2021 16:01 via cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump is no longer president. He no longer has the megaphone of Twitter.
  
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• He warned about right-wing extremism in 2009. Hear his analysis now

  30-01-2021 16:00 via cnn.com
  
  Former Department of Homeland Security analyst Daryl Johnson was criticized in 2009 when he warned about domestic extremist violence and had his report retracted. Johnson says he never envisioned that right-wing radicalization would lead to the recent storming of the US Capitol.
  
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• Brazil: viral rapper becomes unexpected champion of Covid vaccine drive

  30-01-2021 15:59 via theguardian.com
  
  MC Fioti’s ‘vaccine anthem’ remix celebrates coronavirus inoculation with music video shot at biomedical research centreLeandro Aparecido Ferreira laid bricks and flipped burgers for a living until becoming one of Brazil’s most famous funk musicians.This year, the 26-year-old – whose stage name is MC Fioti – has added a new and unexpected string to his bow: as an unlikely champion of science and vaccinology in a country being pounded by coronavirus. Continue r
  
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• TikTok singer Amy Hawkins, 110, becomes viral sensation

  30-01-2021 15:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Almost 100,000 people have seen Amy Hawkins sing World War One song It's A Long Way to Tipperary.
  
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• Family of a Black deputy turned away from Whites-only cemetery

  30-01-2021 15:34 via cnn.com
  
  Oaklin Springs Cemetery in Louisiana told the family of a Black sheriff's deputy he couldn't be buried there because it was only for White people. CNN affiliate KPLC has the story.
  
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• Coronavirus: WHO criticises EU over vaccine export controls

  30-01-2021 15:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  "Vaccine nationalism" risks causing a "protracted recovery", the head of the world health body warns.
  
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• Confused about this GameStop saga? Here are the 5 things you need to know

  30-01-2021 15:18 via cnn.com
  
  There was a lot to unpack in the deluge of news this week about GameStop, the stock market, Reddit groups, trading apps and hedge funds. If it all seemed like too much, we can't blame you for tuning out.
  
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• 'Warrior' police training is being offered across the US

  30-01-2021 15:11 via cnn.com
  
  Police departments across the country are being trained in an aggressive, ready-to-kill approach to police training. How has this "warrior-style" of training contributed to the current state of policing in America?
  
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• What's new in fast food: Chicken sandwiches and cauliflower rice

  30-01-2021 15:10 via cnn.com
  
  If you felt like a new fried chicken sandwich debuted every day in January, you're not far off.
  
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• Republican operatives sweat Trump's role in upcoming Senate primaries

  30-01-2021 15:00 via cnn.com
  
  Republicans tasked with taking back the Senate in 2022 are preparing for a contentious primary season, fearful that former President Donald Trump could use his popularity inside the party to back candidates who could struggle in statewide races.
  
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• Canada to quarantine travelers, suspend flights south

  30-01-2021 14:45 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Trudeau said any positive test will result in quarantine.
  
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