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• Missing fisherman found alive after 17 nights in the wilderness

  24-05-2021 23:42 via cnn.com
  
  A missing fisherman has been found alive after spending 17 nights in the Oregon wilderness, according to police.
  
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• Tropical Cyclone Yaas to hit Northeast India Wednesday

  24-05-2021 23:34 via cnn.com
  
  Just a week after India experienced the strongest tropical cyclone to ever hit their west coast, a new tropical cyclone is set to hit northeast India.CNN Meteorologist Tom Sater has the forecast for Tropical Cyclone Yaas.
  
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• What Phil Mickelson's win can teach us about staying fit over 50

  24-05-2021 23:06 via cnn.com
  
  While we can't all be pro athletes, Mickelson's PGA Championship win -- less than a month shy of his 51st birthday -- shows us that we surely can extend our active years when we take proactive measures to stay fit.
  
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• Morning mail: Melbourne Covid outbreak, early election ‘opportunistic’, 100 years of the Archibald

  24-05-2021 23:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Tuesday: Genomic testing under way after four new cases discovered in Victoria. Plus, what the portrait prize reveals about AustraliaGood morning! Residents in Melbourne will be keeping a close eye on today’s new Covid case numbers after four new cases were detected yesterday. At least four Liberal MPs are in the firing line ahead of the next federal election, we can reveal today. And if you’re staring out at your lawn as you read the morning news with a cuppa in hand, check out our
  
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• EU imposes new economic sanctions on Belarus over ‘hijacked’ flight

  24-05-2021 22:56 via theguardian.com
  
  EU’s 27 heads of state call for the immediate release of opposition blogger Roman ProtasevichEU leaders triggered new economic sanctions against Belarus and punitive measures against its national airline as a dissident taken from a “hijacked” Ryanair flight was paraded on the country’s television news apparently confessing to crimes against the state.In a summit communique swiftly agreed in Brussels on Monday night, the EU’s 27 heads of state and government condemne
  
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• Victoria Covid cases: genomic sequencing under way after four people in Melbourne test positive

  24-05-2021 22:28 via theguardian.com
  
  Two men, a woman and a child from the same family spread across two households have tested positive in the Whittlesea areaFollow Monday’s live blog Victoria Covid-19 hotspots and exposure sitesCoalition expects 2m doses of Pfizer vaccine a week by OctoberFour people in Melbourne’s northern suburbs have tested positive to Covid-19 and anyone who attended a busy shopping centre has been told to isolate for 14 days, as health authorities plead with Victorians to get vaccinated as soon a
  
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• Walmart says a 'bad actor' sent racist emails from its account

  24-05-2021 22:20 via cnn.com
  
  Dozens of people took to Twitter on Monday to say they received emails with a racial slur from a Walmart account after someone created fake accounts with their addresses on the company's site.
  
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• Biden staffers urge president to ‘hold Israel accountable’ and protect Palestinians – live

  24-05-2021 22:15 via theguardian.com
  
  500 staffers sign letter urging Biden to ‘lay groundwork for peace’Secretary of state Tony Blinken to travel to Middle East this weekRepublicans scramble to derail Capitol riot commission creation9.15pm BST Joe Biden will on Tuesday meet the family of George Floyd on the first anniversary of his murder by police in Minneapolis – but miss his own deadline for police reform to address racial injustice.The private meeting at the White House comes amid events in Minneapolis and bey
  
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• Belarus accused of 'state-sponsored piracy' for diverting flight to arrest journalist | EU mulls sanctions as international outcry grows

  24-05-2021 22:14 via cnn.com
  
  • Video: Passenger describes scene aboard Ryanair plane
  
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• Coronavirus live news: India death toll passes 300,000; Taiwan criticises WHO’s ‘indifference’ after meeting snub

  24-05-2021 22:13 via theguardian.com
  
  Brazil has fully vaccinated only 8.8% of population; Bahrain sees cases surge in recent weeks; India’s migrant workers ‘left out’ of vaccine driveUp to 8,700 patients died after catching Covid in English hospitalsUK in race between Covid vaccines and variant, experts warnWHO and global faith leaders call for fair access to Covid vaccinesChina rejects report of sick staff at Wuhan lab before Covid outbreakTokyo Olympics: anger in Japan at IOC call to make ‘sacrifices&rsquo
  
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• Photo shows governor breaking her own Covid-19 protocols

  24-05-2021 22:07 via cnn.com
  
  Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has apologized for breaking the state's public health protocols after a photo surfaced on social media of her at a restaurant seated at tables that had been pushed together with at least 12 friends.
  
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• ‘A matter of time’: New Zealand’s foreign minister warns China ‘storm’ could be coming

  24-05-2021 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  In an interview with the Guardian, Nanaia Mahuta says exporters must diversify to protect themselves from a potential cooling of ties with Beijing New Zealand could find itself at the heart of a “storm” of anger from China, foreign minister Nanaia Mahuta has warned, saying exporters needed to diversify to ensure they could survive deteriorating relations with Beijing.Mahuta’s comments come as the New Zealand government faces increasing pressure to take a firmer stance on human
  
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• US citizens warned not to travel to Japan as Olympics near

  24-05-2021 21:55 via cnn.com
  
  The Tokyo Olympics, postponed in 2020 during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, are facing increasing hurdles in putting on a 2021 show.
  
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• Pope Francis queries Vatican media’s ability to reach an audience

  24-05-2021 21:49 via theguardian.com
  
  Pontiff raises concerns expensive operation not communicating the faith as well as it should
  Pope Francis has challenged Vatican media employees to justify their continued work, asking them how many people actually consume their news in a critique of the office that costs the Holy See more than all its embassies around the world combined.Francis visited the Dicastery for Communication, Vatican Radio and the headquarters of the Vatican’s newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, which is marki
  
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• Belarus put on notice of sanctions over ‘hijack’ of Ryanair flight

  24-05-2021 21:42 via theguardian.com
  
  EU and UK to take other punitive measures as role of Russia in forced landing comes under scrutiny
  The EU and Britain have put Belarus on notice of sanctions and punitive measures against its national airline as European flights over the country’s airspace were suspended in response to the detention of a dissident on a “hijacked” Ryanair flight.Attention was also focusing on Russia’s role in the forced landing of flight FR4978 in Minsk as the UK’s foreign secretary,
  
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• ‘He lit the blue touch paper’: Max Mosley’s legacy as a campaigner for a more ethical press

  24-05-2021 21:30 via theguardian.com
  
  The former motorsport chief devoted the last 13 years of his life to campaigning for reforms in press regulationEven those who crossed swords with Max Mosley in the course of the privacy crusade he waged over many years before his death on Monday aged 81 readily accept the multimillionaire’s position in future textbooks on the subject is assured.The spark was the News of the World’s report on his involvement in an alleged sadomasochistic orgy in 2008. Mosley sued the newspaper for br
  
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• There were at least 12 mass shootings across the US last weekend

  24-05-2021 21:23 via cnn.com
  
  A series of mass shootings over the weekend left at least 11 people dead and another 69 injured.
  
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• No-go area: pandemic highlights Canada’s lack of public toilets

  24-05-2021 21:15 via theguardian.com
  
  Toronto’s unreliable patchwork of restrooms – thrown into relief as Covid closed restaurants, cafes and hotels – hits vulnerable hardestBiking through Toronto on a recent afternoon, Dawn Russell realized she urgently needed to pee. Six months into her pregnancy, she knew that each trip from her house would mean searching for a toilet, but the promise of city streets clear of cars proved too much of a temptation.“The pandemic has made the world so small, and it’s tak
  
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• Joshua v Fury may not happen until at least 2023 - Bunce

  24-05-2021 21:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The world heavyweight title showdown between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury might not happen until at least 2023, fears BBC Radio 5 Live's boxing expert Steve Bunce.
  
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• Max Mosley: Privacy campaigner and ex-motorsport boss dies at 81

  24-05-2021 20:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The president of the FIA governing body from 1993 to 2009 was also a prominent privacy campaigner.
  
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• Damiano David: Eurovision winner cleared of drug use by broadcaster

  24-05-2021 20:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A test clears Måneskin's lead singer of drug use during the competition's grand final.
  
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• US journalist detained in Myanmar while trying to fly out of the country

  24-05-2021 20:44 via cnn.com
  
  An American journalist working in Myanmar was detained by local authorities Monday, his family and his news organization told CNN.
  
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• US journalist detained in Myanmar

  24-05-2021 20:44 via cnn.com
  
  An American journalist working in Myanmar was detained by local authorities Monday, his family and his news organization told CNN.
  
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• Max Mosley, privacy campaigner and outspoken FIA president, dies aged 81

  24-05-2021 20:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Took on British press after allegations about his sex lifeSon of British fascist Oswald MosleyThe former motorsport chief and privacy campaigner Max Mosley has died at the age of 81.Mosley, who began his career in motor racing as an amateur driver, was an outspoken president of the FIA, the governing body of Formula One, between 1993 and 2009. Continue reading...
  
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• 'Thank you, Bob': Celebrating Dylan's 80th

  24-05-2021 20:27 via cnn.com
  
  NPR Music critic Ann Powers says, at 80, Bob Dylan is still the new Bob Dylan. He combines fun and seriousness, and still likes to get out there and play.
  
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• US still not sure on the origins of Covid-19 pandemic

  24-05-2021 20:25 via cnn.com
  
  In the wake of new revelations that several researchers at a lab in Wuhan, China, got sick and hospitalized in November 2019, CNN's Natasha Bertrand says the US intelligence community is still not 100% certain on the origin of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Toddler, father found dead in Florida hours after mother sought emergency order

  24-05-2021 20:10 via nbcnews.com
  
  The 4-year-old boy and his father were found dead in Fort Lauderdale, hours after the boy’s mother had petitioned for authorities to pick up the child.
  
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• Andrew Yang struggles to name favorite Jay-Z song on 'Ziwe'

  24-05-2021 20:07 via cnn.com
  
  Comedian Ziwe interviewed New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Yang for her new self-titled Showtime series.
  
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• 'A dizzying intellect and an intimidating, often controversial, man' - Max Mosley obituary

  24-05-2021 19:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Max Mosley was one of the most influential and important figures in motorsport - and also among the most controversial.
  
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• Witness describes panic on the streets after volcano erupted

  24-05-2021 19:55 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Zain Asher speaks to Regional Spokesman of the Norwegian Refugee Council Tom Peyre-Costa about what he witnessed from Goma, Congo, when Mount Nyiragongo began to erupt.
  
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• Lava from eruption stopped a few hundred meters from airport

  24-05-2021 19:55 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Zain Asher speaks to Regional Spokesman of the Norwegian Refugee Council Tom Peyre-Costa about what he witnessed from Goma, Congo, when Mount Nyiragongo began to erupt.
  
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• Kuala Lumpur metro train crash injures more than 200 passengers

  24-05-2021 19:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two metro trains - one full, one empty - collide in a tunnel near the Petronas Towers.
  
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• Federal officials remove last of big cats from Tiger King Park

  24-05-2021 19:42 via nbcnews.com
  
  The private zoo in Oklahoma had been at the center of the Netflix true-crime series "Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness."
  
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• Guardiola 'could not care less' Lahoz will referee Champions League final

  24-05-2021 19:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Pep Guardiola has not thought about Antonio Mateu Lahoz refereeing the Champions League final despite his history with the official.
  
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• ‘Community is broken’: Stresa shaken by cable car tragedy

  24-05-2021 19:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Italy’s worst cable car disaster in more than 20 years has left people questioning what went wrongTwo Sundays before fourteen people fell to their deaths in Italy’s worst cable car disaster in more than 20 years, hundreds of marathon runners had raced up a mountain path behind Lake Maggiore. After reaching the summit of Monte Mottarone, they made their way back down in cable cars, departing every 20 minutes for the return to the lakeside resort of Stresa below.“It’s diffi
  
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• ‘Living climate change now’: how WA farmers are trying to turn the tide

  24-05-2021 19:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Agriculture is seen as a key culprit in rising emissions. Some on the land are aiming to lead by example, making their properties carbon neutral Read more of our Modern Outback series hereSign up for email notifications from our Modern Outback series
  Cindy Stevens traces her family line back to the early pioneer days on Western Australia’s wheatbelt. Now she and her husband, Simon Wallwork, are pioneers of a different kind: in adapting to climate change.“The change in Liberal leader
  
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• Oxford’s Rhodes statue and the bogus argument against its fall | Letters

  24-05-2021 19:14 via theguardian.com
  
  Martin Platt says history not censored by the removal of monuments, while Richard Pantlin of the Oxford Zimbabwe Arts Partnership expresses his disappointment over Oriel College’s decisionHere we go again – the bogus argument that removing statues is “censoring history”, as parroted by Gavin Williamson and some bloke at the Policy Exchange thinktank (Oxford college criticised for refusal to remove Cecil Rhodes statue, 20 May). Let us remind ourselves why statues and monum
  
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• More than 200 injured after two trains collide in Malaysian capital

  24-05-2021 19:10 via cnn.com
  
  More than 200 people were injured in Malaysia on Monday when two trains collided in the capital Kuala Lumpur, the state-run Bernama news agency reported.
  
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• British BLM activist shot in London

  24-05-2021 19:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sasha Johnson has been described as a "powerful voice" who has always campaigned for black people.
  
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• Current and former Texas constable's deputies file lawsuit alleging abuse from commanding officers

  24-05-2021 19:04 via nbcnews.com
  The lawsuit alleges that “prostitution stings soon grew into a booze-fueled playground for sexual exploitation."
  
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• DR Congo's Goma volcano: 'I couldn't save my sick husband from the lava'

  24-05-2021 19:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ernestine Kabuo says she was unable to carry her husband as she fled a volcanic eruption in DR Congo.
  
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• A massive algae bloom is threatening Florida again

  24-05-2021 19:01 via cnn.com
  
  It's not just tourists who invade Florida in the summer.
  
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• Florida high school alters 80 'immodest' yearbook photos of students

  24-05-2021 18:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Eighty students had yearbook photos edited without their consent to hide their chests and shoulders.
  
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• Up to 8,700 patients died after catching Covid in English hospitals

  24-05-2021 18:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: official NHS data reveals 32,307 people contracted the virus while in hospital since March 2020Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageUp to 8,700 patients died after catching Covid-19 while in hospital being treated for another medical problem, according to official NHS data obtained by the Guardian.The figures, which were provided by the hospitals themselves, were described as “horrifying” by relatives of those who died. Continue reading...
  
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• Rocket lands near Iraq base hosting US troops

  24-05-2021 18:46 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  A single rocket struck close to a military base hosting U.S. troops in western Iraq on Monday without causing any injuries, a spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition said.
  
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• Senator Paul says he doesn't need to be vaccinated. See how doctor responds

  24-05-2021 18:45 via cnn.com
  
  Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) says he does not need to be vaccinated against Covid-19 since he already caught the virus. Dr. Jay Varkey, associate professor of medicine at Emory University, explains why Paul's reasoning is incorrect.
  
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• Doctor reacts to GOP lawmaker's claim he won't get vaccinated

  24-05-2021 18:45 via cnn.com
  
  Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) says he does not need to be vaccinated against Covid-19 since he already caught the virus. Dr. Jay Varkey, associate professor of medicine at Emory University, explains why Paul's reasoning is incorrect.
  
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• This fashion project is empowering refugees in Beirut

  24-05-2021 18:38 via cnn.com
  
  On August 2, 2020, Larissa von Planta packed up her life in Beirut, where she had worked as a sustainable fashion designer for five years. Beirut's economic situation had worsened since she had arrived in 2015, causing many of her friends to leave the city. After von Planta's mother died in May from cancer, she felt compelled to return to London.
  
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• Prominent UK Black Lives Matter activist shot in head had received 'numerous death threats': party

  24-05-2021 18:33 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The prominent UK Black Lives Matter activist who is in critical condition after she was shot in the head on Sunday had previously received "numerous death threats," according to the group with which she worked. 
  
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• U.S. intel report identified 3 Wuhan lab researchers who fell ill in November 2019

  24-05-2021 18:31 via nbcnews.com
  
  The details add to circumstantial evidence supporting a theory Covid-19 spread to humans after escaping from a lab. But the evidence is far from conclusive.
  
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