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• Ursula von der Leyen backs authorisation mechanism for Covid vaccine exports – video

  25-03-2021 23:55 via theguardian.com
  
  Ursula von der Leyen has said the EU is transparent and open, and welcomes other countries to be transparent with their exports.Speaking at a virtual summit, she said contracts should be fulfilled before exporting vaccines and should keep reciprocity, which needs to be transparent so supply chains stay intact.The president of the European commission said companies that honour their contracts are important to the vaccine programme, both in Europe and worldwide.
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• Fuel ship finally docks in Yemen's Hodeidah port as blockade eases

  25-03-2021 23:47 via cnn.com
  
  A tanker carrying oil docked at Hodeidah port in Yemen on Thursday -- the first such ship to berth this year in the country's Houthi-controlled north, where fuel is desperately needed to distribute food and to keep the country's hospitals from shuttering.
  
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• First fuel ship this year docks in Hodeidah as Saudi-led coalition relaxes blockade

  25-03-2021 23:47 via cnn.com
  
  A tanker carrying oil docked at Hodeidah port in Yemen on Thursday -- the first such ship to berth this year in the country's Houthi-controlled north, where fuel is desperately needed to distribute food and to keep the country's hospitals from shuttering.
  
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• Man gets paid $915 final paycheck in pile of oily pennies – video

  25-03-2021 23:42 via theguardian.com
  
  A US man has said 90,000 pennies covered in oil or grease were left at the end of his driveway after he pressed his former employer to pay the $915 he was owed in wages.Andreas Flaten said he left his job at A OK Walker Autoworks in Peachtree City, Georgia, in November but had difficulty getting his final payment, even turning to the Georgia department of labor to receive help.In mid-March, Flaten said as he left his house with his girlfriend he noticed the pile at the end of
  
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• Biden aims warning at North Korea over missile testing

  25-03-2021 23:34 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden warned that there would be "responses" if North Korea continues to fire ballistic missiles following the hermit kingdom's second launch in less than a week.
  
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• Chinese Ambassador to the US: China's goal is not to replace United States

  25-03-2021 23:16 via cnn.com
  
  China's goal is not to replace the United States as the world's leading country, the Chinese Ambassador to the US said Thursday.
  
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• Chinese Ambassador: The goal is not to replace United States

  25-03-2021 23:16 via cnn.com
  
  China's goal is not to replace the United States as the world's leading country, the Chinese Ambassador to the US said Thursday.
  
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• Guatemalan teenagers die on journey to US: 'I knew I shouldn’t let him go'

  25-03-2021 23:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Fleeing poverty, 16 Guatemalans journeyed towards the US. Their bodies were returned in caskets.
  
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• How the children of celebrities are working on their own stardom

  25-03-2021 23:10 via cnn.com
  
  How in the heck do you live up to being Beyoncé and Jay-Z's firstborn?
  
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• Suez Canal traffic jam blocks the world's jugular vein

  25-03-2021 23:08 via cnn.com
  
  The Suez Canal made headlines on Wednesday. A 59-foot-wide container ship called the Ever Given rammed into the eastern bank of the 120-mile-long Suez Canal. Traveling at a speed of 13 knots (15 mph), the 1,300 foot, 200,000-ton ultra large container ship came to a sudden stop with her bow aground in Asia and her astern at rest in Africa, creating a blockage in a waterway that sees 12% of the world commerce pass through it every year. As of Thursday, tugboats are still working to dislodge the Ev
  
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• See how the climate crisis has impacted Earth

  25-03-2021 22:40 via cnn.com
  
  In the past five decades, we haven't made as much progress on protecting the environment as you might think. See how our planet has changed in the climate crisis.
  
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• Daniel Dale fact-checks Biden: Border claim is not true

  25-03-2021 22:33 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Daniel Dale fact checks President Biden's claim that the vast majority of migrant families are being sent back and not getting across the US border.
  
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• Watch octopuses change color while they sleep

  25-03-2021 22:23 via cnn.com
  
  Some octopuses change color while they sleep, new research suggests. Here's what scientists believe the color change means.
  
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• Octopuses stay busy while they're sleeping. See what they're up to.

  25-03-2021 22:23 via cnn.com
  
  Some octopuses change color while they sleep, new research suggests. Here's what scientists believe the color change means.
  
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• Efforts continue to dislodge huge vessel blocking one of world's busiest waterways

  25-03-2021 22:22 via cnn.com
  
  • A huge ship is blocking a vital trade artery. It could get costly
  
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• Video shows effort to release ship stuck in Suez Canal

  25-03-2021 22:14 via cnn.com
  
  Tugboats are working to free a 224,000-ton container ship stuck in the Suez Canal. Here's why they need to act quick.
  
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• LAPD cracks down on Echo Park homeless encampment

  25-03-2021 22:12 via cnn.com
  
  Los Angeles officials moved ahead Thursday with the shut down of a homeless encampment in Echo Park following a night of confrontations between police and demonstrators.
  
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• Pint of milk protest: Charles Walker's surreal Commons speech – video

  25-03-2021 21:51 via theguardian.com
  
  'I want to talk about milk,' begins Charles Walker.  'I am going to walk around London with a pint of milk on my person, because that pint will represent my protest.'  In a convoluted speech, he concludes that unless you cherish freedoms, you will lose them. 'Unless you fight for freedoms, every day they end up being taken away from you'Tory milkman delivers speech surreal even by Commons' standardsMPs vote to extend emergency powers for six months Continue reading...
  
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• Chinese ambassador reacts to CNN Uyghur report

  25-03-2021 21:46 via cnn.com
  
  Chinese Ambassador to the US Cui Tiankai reacts to CNN International Correspondent David Culver's reporting on separated Uyghur families in China's Xinjiang region.
  
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• Olive Garden is raising its wages. That's not the full story

  25-03-2021 21:42 via cnn.com
  
  The company that owns Olive Garden is raising wages in a bid to attract workers. But the move doesn't go far enough to satisfy critics of a practice common in the restaurant industry.
  
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• How AstraZeneca went from pandemic hero to villain

  25-03-2021 21:38 via cnn.com
  
  After teaming up with Oxford University, AstraZeneca produced a safe and effective Covid-19 vaccine in just nine months, a huge achievement that will help end the pandemic. But a series of missteps along the way has led to scathing criticism from policymakers and health officials, tarnishing the company's image as a hero of the coronavirus era.
  
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• Key takeaways from Biden's first conference

  25-03-2021 21:08 via cnn.com
  
  Convening his first formal news conference Thursday, President Joe Biden stepped into a swirl of issues that have bubbled up at the two-month mark of his presidency, which has been almost exclusively focused until now on confronting the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• UK diplomacy masks private fury in Covid vaccine row with EU

  25-03-2021 20:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Tussles over supplies could last months despite commitment in public to work togetherCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageTussles with the EU over vaccine supplies could continue for months, UK government insiders fear, despite a joint statement in which both sides committed to working together.From Boris Johnson’s phone calls to EU leaders to the foreign secretary Dominic Raab’s discreet lobbying on the fringes of this week’s Nato meeting, a signif
  
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• Russia says Navalny is in 'generally good health' after he describes 'severe pain'

  25-03-2021 20:19 via cnn.com
  
  Russia's prison service has said Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny is in "generally good health" after the activist's team expressed concern about his physical condition and said they were denied access to see him.
  
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• Russia says Alexey Navalny is in 'generally good health' after he describes 'severe pain' and 'difficulty walking'

  25-03-2021 20:19 via cnn.com
  
  Russia's prison service has said Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny is in "generally good health" after the activist's team expressed concern about his physical condition and said they were denied access to see him.
  
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• US President was pressed on the Covid-19 pandemic, foreign policy and child migrants among other issues

  25-03-2021 20:18 via cnn.com
  
  Convening his first formal news conference Thursday, President Joe Biden stepped into a swirl of issues that have bubbled up at the two-month mark of his presidency, which has been almost exclusively focused until now on confronting the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• California to open vaccinations to everyone 16 and older

  25-03-2021 20:18
  
  California is expanding vaccine eligibility to anyone 50 and over starting in April and anyone 16 and over on April 15
  
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• Putin foe, Navalny bankroller opens up on opposition leader’s potential future

  25-03-2021 20:16 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Evgeny Chichvarkin knows what it's like to be on the wrong side of Vladimir Putin. As a young man in Russia in those go-go 90s, he made a mint in the cellphone business and for that, he says, effectively got run out of the country.
  
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• Georgia House passes sweeping bill that would restrict voting access, setting up final vote next week

  25-03-2021 20:11 via cnn.com
  
  The Georgia House, with only three days left in its legislative session, is expected to approve a sweeping bill that, among other provisions, would add ID requirements for absentee voting.
  
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• Jessica Walter, 'Arrested Development' star, dies at 80

  25-03-2021 20:04 via cnn.com
  
  Jessica Walter, an award-winning actress beloved for her role in the television series "Arrested Development," died Wednesday in her sleep at her home in New York City, her daughter confirmed in a statement to CNN.
  
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• See CNN reporter's tough question for Biden

  25-03-2021 20:02 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Kaitlan Collins asks President Joe Biden about the filibuster and his plans for re-election.
  
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• Police, FBI on scene at University of Kentucky hospital

  25-03-2021 19:58
  
  Police and FBI agents were investigating an incident at the the University of Kentucky’s Chandler Hospital emergency room Thursday
  
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• EXPLAINER: How is officer's duty relevant to Floyd case?

  25-03-2021 19:58
  
  Legal and criminal justice experts say police officers have long been required to protect not only themselves and the public, but also the people they arrest
  
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• $500M fund to help Detroit neighborhoods, pay tax debt

  25-03-2021 19:58
  
  A $500 million fund aimed at improving Detroit neighborhoods over the next decade is kicking off its efforts by spending $15 million to pay off the property tax debt of 20,000 of the city’s poorest homeowners
  
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• US gives $15 million to Palestinians to deal with COVID-19

  25-03-2021 19:57
  
  The United States says it is giving $15 million to vulnerable Palestinian communities in the West Bank and Gaza Strip to help respond to the COVID-19 pandemic
  
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• Border crisis questions dominate news conference

  25-03-2021 19:54 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden participated in his first presidential news conference on Thursday, facing the most intense questioning on the crisis at the southern border that he's had since taking office earlier this year as thousands of unaccompanied children arrive in the US.
  
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• Teen builds roller coaster in backyard. Mom says it's not permanent

  25-03-2021 19:40 via cnn.com
  
  Georgia teenager Ben Tolliday explains how he built a roller coaster in his family's backyard during the pandemic in three weeks.
  
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• Alabama, Mississippi bracing for 'violent' tornado threat

  25-03-2021 19:37
  
  A major storm is bearing down on Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi, where "violent," "long-track" tornadoes are possible on Thursday.
  
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• Biden holds 1st formal news conference, faces questions on pandemic, migrant surge

  25-03-2021 19:30
  
  He's gone longer without one than any president in the past 100 years.
  
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• Cuomo family had special access to COVID-19 tests in early days of pandemic: Reports

  25-03-2021 19:08
  
  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo prioritized COVID-19 testing for his relatives, including his brother, in the early days of the pandemic, reports claim.
  
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• Biden sets new vaccination goal: 200 million Covid doses in first 100 days

  25-03-2021 19:07 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden participated in his first presidential news conference on Thursday, facing the most intense questioning on the crisis at the southern border that he's had since taking office earlier this year as thousands of unaccompanied children arrive in the US.
  
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• Calls for boycotts in China against Nike and H&M over Xinjiang cotton

  25-03-2021 18:48
  
  Calls of boycott and anger have erupted in China against Nike and H&M over cotton sourced from the northwestern region of Xinjiang amid concerns of possible forced labor.
  
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• A bottle of wine was blasted into space. Here's what it tastes like now

  25-03-2021 18:46 via cnn.com
  
  When most of us need to sound smart about wine, we simply tilt the glass a little, take a big sniff, and mumble something about dark fruits.
  
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• EU lawmaker defends bloc's vaccine export controls proposal

  25-03-2021 18:06 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Becky Anderson spoke with European Parliament lawmaker Manfred Weber about the bloc's proposal to tighten controls on the export of Covid-19 vaccine doses.
  
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• Artificial intelligence savant and WWII hero Alan Turing honored on UK's new 50-pound note

  25-03-2021 17:38 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The rainbow flag is flying proudly Thursday above the Bank of England in the heart of London’s financial district to commemorate World War II codebreaker Alan Turing, the new face of Britain’s 50-pound note.
  
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• Unseen Vincent van Gogh painting of Paris sells for $19.1 million

  25-03-2021 17:30 via cnn.com
  
  A painting of Paris by Vincent van Gogh, which has almost never been seen by the public after being stashed within a French family's private collection for more than a century, has sold for 16,251,000 euros ($19.1 million) after fees.
  
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• Hidden for over a century, this Van Gogh painting just sold for $19 million

  25-03-2021 17:30 via cnn.com
  
  A painting of Paris by Vincent van Gogh, which has almost never been seen by the public after being stashed within a French family's private collection for more than a century, has sold for 16,251,000 euros ($19.1 million) after fees.
  
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• Icelandic man gets naked next to erupting volcano

  25-03-2021 17:28 via cnn.com
  
  Stripping off a few layers when things heat up can often be the most natural thing in the world.
  
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• Moving stranded cargo ship in Suez Canal could 'take weeks,' salvage company says

  25-03-2021 16:49
  
  Egypt said it halted all navigation in the canal on Thursday.
  
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• Slack says it's fixing its tool to DM anyone after harassment concerns

  25-03-2021 16:29 via cnn.com
  
  Wednesday morning, Slack rolled out a feature to let its users message people at other companies. By Wednesday afternoon, it was walking the feature back and making changes to prevent harassment after people pointed out that it could be used to send unsolicited DMs and perhaps even abusive emails.
  
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