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• New footage of Capitol riot shows Eugene Goodman rushing to save Mitt Romney – Trump impeachment live

  10-02-2021 23:58 via theguardian.com
  
  Never-before-seen video shows officer rushing Romney to safetyCastro says Trump ‘wanted his supporters to be angry’Democrats to show new Capitol attack footage at trialRaskin: ‘Trump became the inciter-in-chief’Sign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by email10.56pm GMT Mitt Romney, the Republican senator of Utah, said that today was the first time he saw footage of police officer Eugene Goodman potentially saving his life, after warning him to take cove
  
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• Coronavirus live news: WHO backs AstraZeneca jab for over-65s; Israel to open leisure facilities to vaccinated

  10-02-2021 23:58 via theguardian.com
  
  World Health Organization recommends AstraZeneca jab ‘even if variants present’; Israel to open hotels and gyms to those who have had vaccine or recovered from virusWHO backs use of Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid vaccine for adults of all agesGermany expected to tighten borders to control spread of variantsCDC study recommends double masking to reduce Covid-19 exposureUrsula von der Leyen admits errors in EU Covid vaccine rollout 10.57pm GMT In a new survey from the University Medical Hamb
  
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• Uber lost $6.8 billion in 2020 -- and that's actually good news

  10-02-2021 23:39 via cnn.com
  
  Uber lost a staggering $6.8 billion last year -- and that's actually good news.
  
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• Life on Mars? Escaping water vapour offers new clues

  10-02-2021 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Researchers detected water emanating high up in thin atmosphere of red planet while Tianwen-1 probe entered orbit on WednesdayResearchers have observed water vapour escaping high up in the thin atmosphere of Mars, offering tantalising new clues as to whether the red planet could have once hosted life.The traces of ancient valleys and river channels suggest liquid water once flowed across the surface of Mars. Today, the water is mostly locked up in the planet’s ice caps or buried undergroun
  
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• Comply with Northern Ireland protocol before expecting changes, EU tells UK

  10-02-2021 23:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Letter to Michael Gove says British must meet Brexit deal obligations before ‘flexibility’ can be consideredThe European commission has ruled out major changes to the Brexit deal’s Northern Ireland protocol, saying it would not even consider any flexibility unless the UK first meets its obligations under the pact in full.Hours before a major meeting in London on Thursday to resolve problems in the region, the commission’s vice-president, Maroš Šefčovi&#
  
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• Fully vaccinated people can skip Covid quarantines, CDC says

  10-02-2021 23:18 via cnn.com
  
  • Double masking can block 92% of infectious particles, CDC says
  • UK warns 2021 vacations could be canceled
  • Video shows the harrowing reality for ambulances in Portugal as Covid cases soar
  
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• Second man killed in weekend of London stabbings is named

  10-02-2021 23:12 via theguardian.com
  
  Lavaun Witter, 22, was ‘destined for greatness’ and ‘wanted to fly high’, his family said in tributeA 22-year-old killed in south London during a spate of stabbings in the capital last weekend has been named as Lavaun Witter.He was one of two men stabbed to death in eight unconnected stabbings over 24 hours, which started on Friday evening. The other man to die, Sven Badzak, also 22, was chased by a group and knifed to death in Kilburn on Saturday afternoon. Continue read
  
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• Chilling new security footage shows Pence and family rushed to safety

  10-02-2021 23:10 via cnn.com
  
  House impeachment managers show never-before-seen security footage from the Capitol riot at former President Donald Trump's second impeachment trial.
  
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• Three people rescued from deserted island where they lived off coconuts for 33 days

  10-02-2021 23:06 via cnn.com
  
  The U.S. Coast Guard rescued three Cuban nationals from a deserted Bahaman island, where they had been living off coconuts for 33 days, the agency announced.
  
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• World's rarest seagulls thrive in demolished New Zealand office block

  10-02-2021 23:00 via theguardian.com
  
  300 black-billed gulls nest among the concrete pillars of a building damaged in the Christchurch earthquake – but the colony is annoying some localsWhen the world’s rarest gull started nesting in the bowels of an earthquake-damaged building in central Christchurch, it was hailed as a sign of the city’s rebirth after the 2011 disaster.Some 300 black-billed gulls – a critically endangered species endemic to New Zealand – have been nesting in a half-demolished office b
  
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• US and South Korea nearing agreement on cost sharing for American troops

  10-02-2021 22:56 via cnn.com
  
  Washington and Seoul are narrowing in on a new cost-sharing agreement for US forces in South Korea and could be just weeks away from striking a deal, according to five sources familiar with the discussions.
  
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• Biden announces Pentagon task force to review China strategy

  10-02-2021 22:39 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that the Department of Defense has established a task force focused on US strategy towards China.
  
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• House managers air new violent Capitol security footage

  10-02-2021 22:32 via cnn.com
  
  The House impeachment managers begin their two-day presentation Wednesday looking to convince skeptical Republican senators that former President Donald Trump was responsible for the deadly January 6 riot at the US Capitol where insurrectionists attacked the Capitol and disrupted the peaceful transfer of power.
  
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• US Capitol police to hold vote of no confidence in leadership

  10-02-2021 22:16 via cnn.com
  
  Members of the US Capitol Police plan to hold a vote of no confidence Thursday, more than a month after the January 6 riot at the Capitol that left dozens of officers injured and led to the death of officer Brian Sicknick.
  
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• NBA team to resume playing National Anthem after league intervenes

  10-02-2021 22:07 via cnn.com
  
  The Dallas Mavericks will resume playing the National Anthem prior to home games having previously not played it in 11 regular season games at American Airlines Center.
  
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• 'Storm the Capitol!': Rioters react to Trump speech

  10-02-2021 22:06 via cnn.com
  
  Impeachment manager Madeleine Dean (D-PA) explains how former President Donald Trump's speech, prior to the January 6 riot, fueled his supporters to storm the US Capitol.
  
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• 'Storm the Capitol!': How rioters reacted to Trump speech

  10-02-2021 22:06 via cnn.com
  
  Impeachment manager Madeleine Dean (D-PA) explains how former President Donald Trump's speech, prior to the January 6 riot, fueled his supporters to storm the US Capitol.
  
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• Wonder Woman, Harry Potter and others mask up in new PSA

  10-02-2021 21:35 via cnn.com
  
  The Ad Council, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and WarnerMedia partnered to release a new PSA that features some of Hollywood's most iconic characters sporting face masks.
  
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• Wonder Woman, Harry Potter and more mask up in new PSA

  10-02-2021 21:35 via cnn.com
  
  The Ad Council, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and WarnerMedia partnered to release a new PSA that features some of Hollywood's most iconic characters sporting face masks.
  
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• Professor realizes at end of 2-hour Zoom lecture that he was on mute

  10-02-2021 21:33 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  After delivering a Zoom lecture for two hours, Professor Dong Wang of National University of Singapore soon realized that none of his students heard a word because his mic had been muted, the local Independent news outlet reported.
  
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• Call me maybe? Disquiet in Israel that Biden has yet to phone Netanyahu

  10-02-2021 21:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Israel’s former UN envoy tweets frustration and wrong phone number for PM, who forged close ties with Donald TrumpIt has been three weeks since Joe Biden’s inauguration and Benjamin Netanyahu has yet to receive a call from the White House. The Israeli prime minister has let it be known he is not happy but he is waiting by the phone.Danny Danon, the head of World Likud, the global arm of Netanyahu’s party, tweeted a message to Biden on Wednesday, pointedly listing all the countr
  
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• Analysis: 5 takeaways from Day 2 of Trump's impeachment trial

  10-02-2021 21:26 via cnn.com
  
  The second day of former President Donald Trump's Senate impeachment trial was dominated by a detailed and damning documentation of the events leading up to the January 6 riot at the US Capitol by the House impeachment managers.
  
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• This video of a 'dancing' tortoise will make your day

  10-02-2021 21:20 via cnn.com
  
  Check out this video of a tortoise named Turnip "dancing" while she gets a shower at the Tennessee Aquarium.
  
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• Double masking can block 92% of infectious particles, CDC says

  10-02-2021 20:24 via cnn.com
  
  • LIVE UPDATES: Fully vaccinated people can skip quarantines, CDC says
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• Listen to the sound of an 18,000-year-old musical instrument

  10-02-2021 20:12 via cnn.com
  
  Scientists analyzing a conch shell believed to be the oldest wind instrument of its type in the world have released a recording of what it would have sounded like.
  
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• Conch shell in French museum found to be 17,000-year-old wind instrument

  10-02-2021 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Conch, unearthed in cave in Pyrenees in 1931, had been carefully drilled and shaped to make musicA 17,000-year-old conch shell that lay forgotten for more than 80 years in a museum collection has been discovered to be the oldest known wind instrument of its type, after researchers found it had been modified by its prehistoric owners to be played like a horn.First unearthed in a richly decorated cave in the Pyrenees in 1931, the large shell was initially overlooked by archaeologists, who assumed
  
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• US will sanction Myanmar's military leaders following coup

  10-02-2021 19:56 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced that the United States will sanction Myanmar's military leaders after last week's coup in the country.
  
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• Alexei Navalny's wife arrives in Germany on flight from Russia

  10-02-2021 19:51 via theguardian.com
  
  Associates say departure of Yulia Navalnaya, wife of jailed opposition leader, is temporaryThe wife of the jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has arrived in Germany on a flight from Moscow.Yulia Navalnaya touched down at Frankfurt am Main airport on Wednesday evening on a Lufthansa flight, German magazine Spiegel reported in its online edition. Continue reading...
  
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• House Democrats to air never-before-seen riot footage

  10-02-2021 19:27 via cnn.com
  
  The House impeachment managers begin their two-day presentation Wednesday looking to convince skeptical Republican senators that former President Donald Trump was responsible for the deadly January 6 riot at the US Capitol where insurrectionists attacked the Capitol and disrupted the peaceful transfer of power.
  
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• Portrait of Humanity photo awards capture hope and courage in a year of struggle

  10-02-2021 19:26 via cnn.com
  
  This past year has been a time of reflection for many -- and some photographs from around the world have attempted to capture the diversity and nuance of the human experience.
  
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• World's top 15 hedge fund managers made $23.2bn in total last year

  10-02-2021 19:22 via theguardian.com
  
  Chase Coleman III leads masters of the universe list with $3bn, according to analysisThe year 2020 will go down in the record books as one of the worst in global history. Nearly 2 million people died from coronavirus , tens of millions more lost their jobs and countless others faced unprecedented disruption to their daily lives.However, it was a very profitable year for the elite few financial executives betting on the health of the global economy. The world’s top 15 hedge fund managers co
  
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• Reporter's Notebook: Iran analyst sees glimmer of hope in US relations amid 'terrible' economy

  10-02-2021 19:15 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Economist Saeed Laylaz estimates GDP has shrunk 10% over the past two years and he chalks it up mostly to sanctions and the pandemic.
  
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• Ten-year sentences for Covid rule-breaking 'utterly ridiculous'

  10-02-2021 19:13 via theguardian.com
  
  Judges will never impose such long jail terms, say critics, who dismiss plan as ‘misleading spin’Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMinisters have been accused of an “utterly ridiculous” overreach of power for threatening to impose 10-year jail sentences on travellers dodging quarantine rules.Jonathan Jones, the government’s former top lawyer who resigned earlier this year, tweeted that he would “eat a face mask” if the sen
  
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• Impeachment managers begin two-day presentation

  10-02-2021 19:12 via cnn.com
  
  The House impeachment managers begin their two-day presentation Wednesday looking to convince skeptical Republican senators that former President Donald Trump was responsible for the deadly January 6 riot at the US Capitol where insurrectionists attacked the Capitol and disrupted the peaceful transfer of power.
  
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• Raskin rebuts key Trump argument with simple analogy

  10-02-2021 19:07 via cnn.com
  
  Lead House impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) explains why he thinks former President Donald Trump's words and actions leading up to the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol would not be protected under the 1st Amendment.
  
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• Olympics official's sexism highlights a bigger problem plaguing Japan — and sports

  10-02-2021 18:46 via nbcnews.com
  
  The International Olympic Committee condemned his remarks, using the debacle to trumpet its gender-equality record. But the IOC has its own grim history of sexism.
  
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• CDC study recommends double masking to reduce Covid-19 exposure

  10-02-2021 18:39 via theguardian.com
  
  Research suggests people can increase aerosol droplet protection by 90% with well-fitted surgical mask covered by a cloth maskThe US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has found close-fitting surgical masks worn underneath cloth masks – known as double masking – can significantly enhance protection against Covid-19. Related: Coronavirus live news: WHO backs AstraZeneca jab for over-65s; Israel to open leisure facilities to vaccinatedContinue reading...
  
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• Rihanna's Fenty fashion brand to close down after less than two years

  10-02-2021 18:31 via cnn.com
  
  Rihanna's clothing line, "Fenty Fashion House," is being suspended indefinitely, luxury conglomerate LVMH announced today.
  
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• Saudi women's rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul released from prison

  10-02-2021 18:25 via cnn.com
  
  Loujain al-Hathloul, one of Saudi Arabia's most prominent women's rights campaigners, has been released after more than 1,000 days in prison for what critics have described as politically-motivated charges.
  
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• More than 23 killed as bandits attack five districts in northern Nigeria

  10-02-2021 18:22 via cnn.com
  
  More than 23 people have been killed in simultaneous raids on five districts in Nigeria's Kaduna state by armed assailants Tuesday.
  
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• Haiti in fresh crisis amid coup claims and dispute over president's term

  10-02-2021 18:12 via theguardian.com
  
  Jovenel Moïse declared he was ‘not a dictator’ hours after ordering the arrest of 23 people, setting the stage for further turmoilHaiti has lurched into fresh political crisis amid allegations of a coup attempt and an escalating dispute over when the presidential term of Jovenel Moïse should end.Hundreds of people marched through the streets of Port-au-Prince on Wednesday, chanting “Down with kidnapping! Down with dictatorship!” – and bolstering opposition
  
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• Heineken is moving 'beyond beer'

  10-02-2021 18:11 via cnn.com
  
  Heineken is cutting 8,000 jobs and trying to "move beyond beer" after the pandemic hammered sales.
  
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• Heineken is cutting 8,000 jobs and moving 'beyond beer'

  10-02-2021 18:11 via cnn.com
  
  Heineken is cutting 8,000 jobs and trying to "move beyond beer" after the pandemic hammered sales.
  
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• Man turns his yard into bobsled track for his kids

  10-02-2021 18:08 via cnn.com
  
  A father of two in Rujiena, Latvia, worked for six years to construct a 558-foot-long bobsled track in his yard for his children to enjoy.
  
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• Britney Spears documentary director says she 'tried everything' to get her to participate

  10-02-2021 18:06 via cnn.com
  
  Britney Spears does not appear in the new, buzzy documentary about herself, and for its director, that's a problem.
  
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• AstraZeneca to build new Covid-19 vaccine facility in Germany

  10-02-2021 18:06 via theguardian.com
  
  Manufacturing site to be built in partnership with IDT Biologika to help defuse row with EU over supply Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAstraZeneca has unveiled plans to build a new Covid-19 vaccine manufacturing facility in partnership with IDT Biologika at the German firm’s Dessau site, in a move aiming to speed up production and defuse a row with the EU over supplies.IDT Biologika, one of AstraZeneca’s manufacturing partners, provides glass vials
  
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• Save the date: The chat-up lines that really work – and ones to avoid

  10-02-2021 18:05 via theguardian.com
  
  New research into online dating has found that what men say to attract women matters, but not vice versa
  Name: Single person.Age: My picture suggests I’m 25. In reality, I have to admit to 60-odd. Continue reading...
  
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• Analysis: Why this Republican senator switched his vote

  10-02-2021 17:40 via cnn.com
  
  Anyone who watched the back-to-back presentations of the House impeachment managers and former President Donald Trump's legal team on the first day of the Senate impeachment trial could see that this was a massive mismatch.
  
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• Criminal investigation opened into Trump over call to Georgia official to 'find' votes

  10-02-2021 17:39 via cnn.com
  
  A prosecutor in Fulton County, Georgia, has opened a criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump for his "attempts to influence the administration of the 2020 Georgia general election."
  
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• The model who made Instagram apologise: Alexandra Cameron's best photograph

  10-02-2021 17:35 via theguardian.com
  
  ‘My first picture of Nyome Nicholas-Williams was removed by Instagram. This one was taken as a celebration after it agreed to change its algorithms’When I noticed the model and activist Nyome Nicholas-Williamson social media early last summer, I felt hugely appreciative of how confident she was in her images. She was celebrating who she was. I base a lot of my work around photographing women and trying to encourage self-acceptance, which is motivated by my own low confidence. I lived
  
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