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• 'Rather insulting': Disclaimer appears to surprise Rudy Giuliani before radio show

  07-02-2021 23:56 via cnn.com
  
  Following multiple false claims of mass election fraud in the 2020 presidential election, President Donald Trump's personal attorney and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani complained about a disclaimer running before his radio show.
  
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• Hear Rudy Giuliani's response to disclaimer running before his radio show

  07-02-2021 23:56 via cnn.com
  
  Following multiple false claims of mass election fraud in the 2020 presidential election, President Donald Trump's personal attorney and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani complained about a disclaimer running before his radio show.
  
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• Hear Giuliani's response to disclaimer running before his radio show

  07-02-2021 23:56 via cnn.com
  
  Following multiple false claims of mass election fraud in the 2020 presidential election, President Donald Trump's personal attorney and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani complained about a disclaimer running before his radio show.
  
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• Trump's trial to kick off with some key questions still unanswered

  07-02-2021 23:25 via cnn.com
  
  The second Senate impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump is scheduled to kick off Tuesday with some of the key questions about the trial itself -- including how long it will go and whether any witnesses will be called -- still unanswered.
  
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• Giant Irish wolfhound cries out after reuniting with its owners

  07-02-2021 23:13 via cnn.com
  
  A Nashville family was reunited with their 200-pound Irish wolfhound, Fergus, after he fled their vehicle following a car crash. HLN's Susan Hendricks has the details.
  
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• Fareed's take: Republicans have been encouraging 'loony' views for years

  07-02-2021 23:00 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Fareed Zakaria discusses the current state of the Republican Party, suggesting party leaders look to UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson as an example of a conservative leader who has reshaped his party to make it more compatible with modern society.
  
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• Fareed's take: GOP has been encouraging 'loony' views for years

  07-02-2021 23:00 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Fareed Zakaria discusses the current state of the Republican Party, suggesting party leaders look to UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson as an example of a conservative leader who has reshaped his party to make it more compatible with modern society.
  
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• South Africa halts AstraZeneca vaccine after study questions effectiveness against variant

  07-02-2021 22:28 via nbcnews.com
  
  Use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine on front-line workers was suspended after a small trial suggested it isn't effective against the country's dominant variant.
  
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• No floats? No problem. See the houses keeping the Mardi Gras tradition alive

  07-02-2021 22:10 via cnn.com
  
  Krewe of Houses has started a grassroots effort after Mardi Gras celebrations were canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Over 3,000 New Orleanians have turned their homes into "parade floats" as ornate as the real thing.
  
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• Paris courts find French government guilty of not upholding commitment to Paris Agreement

  07-02-2021 21:48 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Many have criticized governments for failing to maintain their commitments.
  
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• Ecuador votes for president as voters lean toward socialism

  07-02-2021 21:45 via cnn.com
  
  Ecuadoreans choose a new president on Sunday, with many voters weary of painful economic austerity measures and eager for a return to socialism, encouraging left-wing candidate Andres Arauz who hopes to win without needing a runoff vote.
  
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• Potential deal struck to get Chicago students back in classrooms, mayor says

  07-02-2021 21:26 via nbcnews.com
  
  Teachers union still must ratify the agreement reached after weeks of sometimes heated negotiations over the country’s third-largest school district.
  
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• Schumer's office says it will accommodate Trump attorney request to delay impeachment trial during Sabbath

  07-02-2021 20:20 via cnn.com
  
  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's office said Saturday the Senate will accommodate a request from one of former President Donald Trump's impeachment attorneys to halt Trump's impeachment trial during the Jewish Sabbath.
  
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• From zero to hero: Ilkay Gundogan misses penalty, scores twice in dominant Manchester City victory at Liverpool

  07-02-2021 20:20 via cnn.com
  
  Talk about a roller-coaster performance -- Ilkay Gundogan provided the dictionary definition on Sunday for Manchester City against Liverpool.
  
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• Scores missing, 7 dead as burst glacier triggers flash floods in India

  07-02-2021 20:16 via cnn.com
  
  Around 157 people are missing and at least two were confirmed dead after a glacier burst, triggering flash floods in India's northern Uttarakhand state on Sunday.
  
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• 'Integrity comes from the top down': whistleblower vice-chancellor vows to fight on despite exile

  07-02-2021 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: expelled from Fiji, Professor Pal Ahluwalia says he remains committed to University of the South Pacific’s ‘current and future leaders’The corruption-busting university vice-chancellor Pal Ahluwalia, deported from Fiji over his efforts to expose financial mismanagement at the University of the South Pacific, has said he is determined to continue in his efforts to reform the university.“I believe integrity comes from the top down,” he told the Guardian fro
  
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• Coronavirus live: Hungary approves Sputnik V jab; UK has vaccinated 12m people

  07-02-2021 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Hungary authorises Russian vaccine Sputnik; UK vaccinates 549,078 – bringing total to more than 12m Oxford/AstraZeneca jab has less protection against South African variantWhen will Britain’s Covid lockdown be lifted? Three scenariosFreedom and fairness: vaccine passport plans cause global unease‘Another wave is possible’: Paris braces for UK variantMexico’s vaccine program sees disastrous launch 7.00pm GMT France recorded 19,175 new confirmed Covid-19 infections on
  
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• CNN speaks with Biden's Press Secretary Jen Psaki

  07-02-2021 20:00 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Sunlen Serfaty sits down for an exclusive interview with White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki after her first weeks in the role for the Biden administration.
  
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• See Himalayan glacier crash into dam

  07-02-2021 19:59 via cnn.com
  
  India's Utarrakhand state was overwhelmed by water after falling ice from a glacier destroyed a dam. Multiple people have been confirmed dead.
  
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• Couple reunited after year apart under care home lockdown rules

  07-02-2021 19:51 via theguardian.com
  
  Workers at Lever Edge care home in Bolton laid out flowers and champagne flutes to mark the momentCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAn emotional reunion between a married couple divided for a year by care home lockdown rules has highlighted the pain of separation still faced by thousands of people.Stanley Harbour, 83, and his wife Mavis Harbour, 81, embraced at the Lever Edge care home in Great Lever, Bolton in a moment captured on film by care workers who had lai
  
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• Second Melbourne quarantine worker tests positive to Covid-19 as 'low level' case puts NSW on alert

  07-02-2021 19:35 via theguardian.com
  
  Hotel worker at Melbourne airport had tested negative on Thursday before developing symptomsA second hotel quarantine worker in Victoria has tested positive for coronavirus, health officials say.The woman worked at Melbourne airport’s Holiday Inn on Sunday morning before developing systems. Continue reading...
  
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• George Shultz, Ronald Reagan’s longtime secretary of state, dies at 100

  07-02-2021 19:19 via theguardian.com
  
  Shultz spent most of the 1980s trying to improve relations with the Soviet Union and forging a course for peace in the Middle EastPresident Ronald Reagan’s longtime secretary of state, George P Shultz, who spent most of the 1980s trying to improve relations with the Soviet Union and forging a course for peace in the Middle East, has died. He was 100.Shultz died Saturday at his home on the campus of Stanford University, according to the Hoover Institution, a thinktank where he was a disting
  
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• Myanmar: tens of thousands protest for second day despite internet blackout – video

  07-02-2021 19:07 via theguardian.com
  
  Tens of thousands of people have poured on to the streets across Myanmar for a second day of demonstrations against the military coup, demanding the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and the return of democracy.Myanmar: tens of thousands march against military coup for second day Continue reading...
  
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• George P. Shultz, secretary of state under Reagan, dead at 100

  07-02-2021 19:06 via nbcnews.com
  
  He had been the oldest surviving former Cabinet member of any administration.
  
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• Greek PM criticised for lunch that breached Covid restrictions

  07-02-2021 19:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Kyriakos Mitsotakis went to the event that media reports say far exceeded the nine-person limit on gatheringsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe Greek prime minister is facing mounting anger over claims he attended a meal that exceeded the limits on gatherings on the very day health restrictions had been tightened to thwart transmission of the virus.“[He] ought to say a very big sorry to the Greek people,” said Nasos Iliopoulos, the spokesman for the
  
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• Liz Cheney calls on GOP to stop 'embracing' Trump ahead of Senate impeachment trial

  07-02-2021 18:53 via nbcnews.com
  
  "This is not something that we can simply look past or pretend didn't happen or try and move on," she said.
  
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• Queer artists of color dominate 2021's must-see LGBTQ art shows

  07-02-2021 18:52 via nbcnews.com
  
  From emerging talents like Naima Green to more established artists like Zanele Muholi, Black and brown voices are headlining a bold lineup of global exhibits.
  
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• Death sentence of Saudi man jailed as a teen for anti-government protests is commuted

  07-02-2021 18:47 via cnn.com
  
  A man who was arrested and sentenced to death for taking part in anti-government protests as a teen in Saudi Arabia has had his sentence commuted, his father told CNN Sunday.
  
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• About 130 feared dead as glacier causes dams to burst in north India

  07-02-2021 18:35 via theguardian.com
  
  Floods force evacuation of villages and witnesses report avalanche creating wall of dust, rock and waterAbout 130 people are feared dead in northern India after a Himalayan glacier broke off and caused a high velocity surge of water down a river, sweeping away one dam in its path and damaging another.A frantic rescue mission began to recover the scores of bodies washed away when an avalanche of water, mud and rocks swept down a narrow gorge in Chamoli district, in the Himalayan state of Uttarakh
  
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• Why there probably won't be another Super Bowl featuring a team called the Chiefs

  07-02-2021 18:15 via nbcnews.com
  
  Racism is always ugly, but it's even uglier when it’s welcomed on a national stage. And, make no mistake, the Kansas City football team's name is racist.
  
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• Biden will not lift sanctions to get Iran back to negotiating table

  07-02-2021 18:03 via theguardian.com
  
  President has said he will seek to revive the nuclear deal, but insists that Iran must first reverse its nuclear stepsJoe Biden has said the United States will not lift its economic sanctions on Iran in order to get Tehran back to the negotiating table to discuss how to revive the Iran nuclear deal.Asked if the United States will lift sanctions first to get Iran back to the negotiating table, Biden replied: “no” in an interview with CBS News, which was recorded on Friday but released
  
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• Trump's impeachment trial kicks off this week. Here's what we know

  07-02-2021 17:20 via cnn.com
  
  The second Senate impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump is scheduled to kick off Tuesday with some of the key questions about the trial itself -- including how long it will go and whether any witnesses will be called -- still unanswered.
  
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• Fauci cautions against delaying second round of Covid vaccinations

  07-02-2021 17:11 via nbcnews.com
  
  Dr. Anthony Fauci says the "scientific evidence" is strong for the importance of getting second shots in established timeframes.
  
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• Until Africans get the Covid vaccinations they need, the whole world will suffer | Paul Kagame

  07-02-2021 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  We’re not asking for charity, but fairness – instead of the hoarding and protectionism currently in playPaul Kagame is the president of RwandaThe current situation with regard to the access and distribution of Covid-19 vaccines vividly illustrates the decades-old contradictions of the world order.Rich and powerful nations have rushed to lock up supply of multiple vaccine candidates. Worse, some are hoarding vaccines – purchasing many times more doses than they need. This leaves
  
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• Jake Tapper issues warning to Republicans about Capitol riot

  07-02-2021 16:44 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Jake Tapper says there's been no real accountability for several prominent GOP leaders after the Capitol riot.
  
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• Jake Tapper issues warning to GOP about Capitol riot

  07-02-2021 16:44 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Jake Tapper says there's been no real accountability for several prominent GOP leaders after the Capitol riot.
  
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• Rep. Ayanna Pressley has some strong words on impeachment

  07-02-2021 16:36 via cnn.com
  
  Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) called strongly for the Senate to convict former President Donald Trump after he was impeached by the House following the Capitol siege and told CNN's Jake Tapper that these riots were symbolic of the state of America.
  
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• India dam: Dozens missing after glacier bursts Uttarakhand dam

  07-02-2021 16:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  More than 125 people are missing after floods are triggered by a glacial burst in Uttarakhand.
  
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• UK importers brace for 'disaster' as new Brexit customs checks loom

  07-02-2021 16:07 via theguardian.com
  
  Exporters badly hit already but KPMG says ‘biggest headaches’ have yet to come’ for importersBritish firms are warning of an escalation in Brexit red tape as the government prepares to introduce a long list of new controls on imports from the European Union in April and July. In the coming months further checks are due to be phased in at the UK border, controlling everything from the import of sausages and live mussels to horses and trees, as well as the locations these checks
  
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• Kane returns to inspire Spurs win against West Brom

  07-02-2021 16:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Harry Kane makes a surprisingly speedy return from injury to solve Tottenham's scoring struggles and pile more misery on West Brom.
  
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• Elton John: Brexit negotiators 'screwed up' deal for British musicians

  07-02-2021 16:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Singer calls for return to negotiation as touring artists face red tape and new costs, with Radiohead’s Colin Greenwood adding fresh criticism of UK governmentElton John: I learned by touring Europe in the 60s. Young artists need the same chanceElton John has said that the UK’s Brexit negotiators “screwed up” a deal for British musicians and the broader music industry, and is calling for the government to re-enter negotiations.Writing in the Guardian, John said: “Ei
  
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• 'We want our riches back' – the African activist taking treasures from Europe's museums

  07-02-2021 16:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Mwazulu Diyabanza has been fined and jailed for entering museums and forcibly removing ‘pillaged’ African artefacts. He tells our writer why the British Museum is now in his sightsMwazulu Diyabanza makes no secret of why he is in France. If coronavirus had not closed most of Europe’s museums, the Congolese activist would probably be inside one right now, wresting African objects from their displays to highlight what he sees as the mass pillaging of the continent by European col
  
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• Revealed: Queen lobbied for change in law to hide her private wealth

  07-02-2021 16:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Monarch dispatched private solicitor to secure exemption from transparency lawThe Queen successfully lobbied the government to change a draft law in order to conceal her “embarrassing” private wealth from the public, according to documents discovered by the Guardian.A series of government memos unearthed in the National Archives reveal that Elizabeth Windsor’s private lawyer put pressure on ministers to alter proposed legislation to prevent her shareholdings from being disclose
  
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• Trapped man pulled from tunnel after dam collapse

  07-02-2021 15:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A glacier crashed into a dam, prompting a deluge of water to pour through a valley in Uttarakhand.
  
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• Facebook vowed to crack down on Covid-19 vaccine misinformation but misleading posts remain easy to find

  07-02-2021 15:57 via cnn.com
  
  Nearly two months into the largest vaccine rollout in US history, Instagram continued to prominently feature anti-vaccination accounts in its search results, while Facebook groups railing against vaccines remained easy to find.
  
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• Dozens feared dead as Himalayan glacier breaks in India, flooding sweeps into dams

  07-02-2021 15:49 via nbcnews.com
  
  "India stands with Uttarakhand and the nation prays for everyone's safety there," Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted.
  
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• UK weather: Snow and ice warnings for England, Scotland and NI

  07-02-2021 15:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Forecasters warn of disruption on Sunday, with eastern and south-east England set to be most affected.
  
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• Oxford jab gives less protection for Covid variant

  07-02-2021 15:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  But Oxford's lead vaccine developer said it should still protect against severe disease.
  
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• Glacier breaks in India's north; flood kills 9, 140 missing

  07-02-2021 15:38 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Authorities emptied dams ahead of the floodwaters rushing in, so that towns downriver didn't suffer.
  
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• NBA superstars Steph Curry and Nikola Jokic score 50 points or more -- but both lose

  07-02-2021 15:34 via cnn.com
  
  Hearing your coach tell the media that you've "never played better" following a monstrous 57-point fireworks show suggests your might be basking in the glory of a victory.
  
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