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• Coronavirus news: UK records another 3,398 cases and seven deaths; Italy reports fall in daily fatalities

  29-05-2021 23:47
  
  Health experts urge caution on giving Covid vaccines to UK children; Victoria records five new cases of Covid-19 taking Melbourne outbreak to 35Vague messaging risks causing rise in English cases, say scientistsVietnam discovers new hybrid Covid variant, state media reportsWhat is the impact of lifting restrictions in England on 21 June?See all our coronavirus coverage 10.47pm BST Authorities in Vietnam have detected a new coronavirus variant that is a combination of the Indian and UK Covid-19 v
  
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• Two airlines suspend alcohol services after assault of flight attendant

  29-05-2021 23:42 via cnn.com
  
  American Airlines has joined Southwest Airlines in suspending alcohol services on flights, the airline said Saturday. The decision follows a recent assault of a Southwest flight attendant that resulted in a serious injury.
  
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• Chelsea beats Manchester City to win Champions League title

  29-05-2021 23:06 via cnn.com
  
  Chelsea clinched the Champions League title on Saturday after beating Manchester City 1-0 in the all-English final.
  
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• Chelsea win Champions League after Kai Havertz stuns Manchester City

  29-05-2021 22:57
  
  When Thomas Tuchel was given the job of reviving Chelsea at the end of January, he wanted to return Chelsea to next season’s Champions League via a top-four Premier League finish. The notion that he might actually win the thing for only the second time in the club’s history was ludicrous. Not any more. On a night of glory for him and his team, the manager applied the final brush strokes to his renaissance masterpiece, outmanoeuvring his friend and rival, Pep Guardiola, and watching K
  
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• Gavin MacLeod of 'Love Boat' and 'Mary Tyler Moore' fame dead at 90

  29-05-2021 22:55 via nbcnews.com
  
  MacLeod is survived by his wife Patti Kendig and his four children.
  
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• Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds reportedly marry in secret ceremony

  29-05-2021 22:39
  
  Pair exchanged vows at Westminster Cathedral on Saturday, according to newspapersBoris Johnson has reportedly married Carrie Symonds today at Westminster Cathedral in a ceremony planned in strict secrecy, according to newspapers.The pair are said to have exchanged vows in front of a small group of close friends and family, the Mail on Sunday and the Sun newspaper have reported. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘Wrong and un-American’: Biden blasts Texas Republicans’ SB7 voting bill

  29-05-2021 22:38
  
  Governor has said he will sign restrictive voting billPresident laments effects on ‘Black and brown Americans’Joe Biden has condemned as “wrong and un-American” a Texas state bill set to pass into law which the president said “attacks the sacred right to vote”, particularly among minorities. Related: ‘A ticking timebomb’: Democrats’ push for voting rights law faces tortuous pathContinue reading...
  
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• Times Square shooting suspect charged with attempted murder

  29-05-2021 22:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  Farrakhan Muhammad, 31, was also charged with assault, criminal use of a firearm and reckless endangerment.
  
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• See the moment Austin cops save man from burning truck

  29-05-2021 22:18 via cnn.com
  
  Austin Police officers Eduardo Pineda and Chandler Carrera responded to multiple 911 calls reporting a truck on fire with a man inside. When they arrived on the scene, they sprung into action.
  
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• Victorian woman banned from Flight Centre for 10 years after being given ‘prohibition notice’

  29-05-2021 22:00
  
  Businesswoman Elmas Saliba denies behaving badly towards travel agent staff after seeking refund for Cook Islands holiday cancelled by Covid A businesswoman says she has been banned from using travel agent Flight Centre for 10 years after complaining to the company about a refund for a holiday cancelled due to Covid-19.Elmas Saliba, who had been a customer of Flight Centre for over 15 years, says she received the “prohibition notice” last week informing her she was banned from attend
  
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• The psychologists signing up for psychedelic therapy training: ‘Amazing things can happen’

  29-05-2021 22:00
  
  The global renaissance of psychedelic drugs in the treatment of mental health gains further legitimacy in Australia as psychologists sign up for clinical trialsWhen growing up in Yea, in rural Victoria, Campbell Townsend took a dim view of drugs.“My parents were born in the shadow of Nixon’s war on drugs, and I was a very simple country boy,” the psychologist says, sitting in his cottage outside Castlemaine. “I grew up with stories from my parents about friends of theirs
  
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• ‘The first group they will kill’: why Afghan allies are terrified about Australia’s exit

  29-05-2021 22:00
  
  As Australian forces prepare to leave Afghanistan, local workers who helped coalition troops fear they have been left to the mercy of the TalibanNaser Ahmadi remembers little of the ambush except noise and panic, and the terror of the moment.It was the end of a routine morning in 2011, when Ahmadi was working as an interpreter for the Australian army in north Kandahar, training recruits for the fledgling Afghan national army. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘Oh but you’re female’: the Australian woman who drills the rules of war into the world’s militaries

  29-05-2021 22:00
  
  Kath Stewart, the Red Cross’s first female armed forces delegate, is sometimes mistaken for a secretaryIn her dealings with armed forces and militant groups trying to persuade them to respect the laws of war, Kath Stewart has had her fair share of awkward experiences.The Australian, who became the first woman to serve as a military and armed groups delegate with the International Committee of the Red Cross, says sometimes people mistake her for a secretary or a support person. Continue rea
  
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• New Zealand offer to resettle Australia’s offshore refugees still active as US deal nears end

  29-05-2021 22:00
  
  Jacinda Ardern’s office confirms refugee offer has not changed, but does not say if deal is on bilateral talks agenda New Zealand’s offer to resettle refugees from Australia’s offshore immigration detention system remains on the table, and the imminent end of Australia’s long-running US refugee swap could bring it under more urgent consideration from Australia.The office of Jacinda Ardern confirmed to the Guardian that her country’s position had not changed –
  
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• 'No to dictatorship': thousands of Brazilians rally against Bolsonaro – video

  29-05-2021 21:45
  
  Brazilians staged protests against President Jair Bolsonaro's handling of the Covid-19 pandemic in at least 200 cities and towns across the country on Saturday, carrying signs such as 'Out with Bolsonaro' and 'Impeachment now'.Bolsonaro's popularity has plummeted during the coronavirus crisis, which has killed more than 450,000 Brazilians as the far-right leader played down its severity, dismissed mask wearing and cast doubt on the importance of vaccines.Organised by leftist political parti
  
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• Belarus: US draws up sanctions for ‘ongoing abuses’ after plane incident

  29-05-2021 20:31
  
  White House says the US, the EU and other allies will target key members of President Lukashenko’s government The Biden administration has said it is drawing up a list of targeted sanctions against key members of the Belarusian government which forced the landing of a passenger jet and had a journalist on board arrested.The White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said on Friday the United States was also suspending a 2019 agreement between Washington and Minsk that allowed carriers from each cou
  
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• Explosive study claims to prove Chinese scientists created COVID

  29-05-2021 20:29 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  A bombshell new study claims to have proof that Chinese scientists created COVID-19 in a lab and then tried to reverse-engineer versions of the virus to make it look like it evolved naturally from bats.
  
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• Former Utah Jazz player Mark Eaton dies following bicycle crash

  29-05-2021 20:22 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Summit County Sheriff's Office said "there is no reason to believe a vehicle was involved in the incident."
  
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• Cornwall officials urge tourists to ‘engage brains’ after car swept into sea

  29-05-2021 20:22
  
  Family car washed away at high tide near St Agnes after driver became stuck on a steep slipway while doing a three-point turnBemused residents and tourism officials in Cornwall have urged visitors to “engage their brains” after a family car got washed into the sea near St Agnes.In the second such incident at Trevaunance Cove in the past eight months, the vehicle was swept away at high tide after the driver got stuck on a steep slipway while doing a three-point turn. Continue reading.
  
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• He came. He spoke. But what will Cummings’s explosive claims mean?

  29-05-2021 20:18
  
  Tories have closed ranks against the PM’s aide. But privately, many know the party is living in fear of further bombshellsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAfter more than two and a half hours of extraordinary testimony from Dominic Cummings to a Commons committee last Wednesday morning, Greg Clark, the former cabinet minister who had chaired the explosive morning session, called a short lunch break. He and his co-chair – the former health secretary Je
  
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• Tens of thousands of Brazilians march to demand Bolsonaro’s impeachment

  29-05-2021 19:59
  
  Protests in over 200 cities and towns in Brazil sparked by president’s handling of the Covid pandemicCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageTens of thousands of protesters have poured on to the streets of Brazil’s largest cities to demand the impeachment of President Jair Bolsonaro over his catastrophic response to a coronavirus pandemic that has claimed nearly half a million Brazilian lives.The demonstrators turned out in more than 200 cities and towns for
  
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• Macron seeks African reset with new view of France’s troubled history on continent

  29-05-2021 19:13
  
  Honest examination of French colonial record in Africa and responsibilty in Rwanda key to new strategy, though critics say little has changedWith the golden winter sun slanting across the palm trees and yellow sandstone, the scene was perfect. Emmanuel Macron and his host, Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa, walked down the red carpet of the Union buildings in Pretoria as the Marseillaise resonated through the clean, crisp air.The historic setting was apt. Since taking power in 2017, the French pre
  
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• Uncovered: the brutal secrets of UK deportation flight Esparto 11

  29-05-2021 18:51
  
  On 12 August 2020 at 7.48am the first of a series of Home Office flights carrying asylum seekers left Stansted. This is the harrowing story of the hours before it took off and the anguish of those on boardAt 7.15am, half an hour before charter flight Esparto 11 took off from Stansted airport, a detainee with a documented history of self-harm asked to use the plane’s bathroom. He was taken to the toilet by an escort working for the Home Office who held the door ajar with his foot and, after
  
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• Further unrest in Colombia as talks stall between government and protesters

  29-05-2021 18:51
  
  Anti-poverty demonstrators battle with police across the country as protests enter second month
  Violent unrest continues to roil Colombia as anti-poverty demonstrations enter their second month and talks between protesters and the government stall.A fresh spate of violence swept the South American nation on Friday night, with protesters battling police who attempted to lift roadblocks across the country. Continue reading...
  
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• Oklahoma agencies barred from vaccination, mask mandates

  29-05-2021 18:34 via nbcnews.com
  
  “Every Oklahoman must have access to all government services whether or not they choose to be vaccinated or wear a mask,” the governor said.
  
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• Nasa releases new image that shows Milky Way’s energized ‘downtown’

  29-05-2021 18:31
  
  The picture is a composite of 370 observations made over the past two decades and depicts billions of stars and black holesNasa has released a stunning new picture of our galaxy’s violent, super-energized “downtown”. Related: Manhattenhenge: miserable Memorial Day weather mars biannual fiery displayContinue reading...
  
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• Some accused in Capitol riot will argue they were misled by election falsehoods

  29-05-2021 18:27 via nbcnews.com
  
  “I kind of sound like an idiot now saying it, but my faith was in"President Trump, defendant Anthony Antonio said.
  
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• UK cops find illegally powered Bitcoin mine

  29-05-2021 17:52 via cnn.com
  
  Police in the United Kingdom uncovered a cryptocurrency mine powered by stolen electricity during a raid of what they suspected was a cannabis farm.
  
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• Origin of COVID poisoned by politics

  29-05-2021 17:52 via cnn.com
  
  Michael Smerconish discusses why we need to care about whether Coronavirus began by jumping naturally from wildlife to people or whether it escaped from a lab.
  
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• Tulsa Race Massacre, 100 years later: Why it happened and why it's still relevant today

  29-05-2021 17:36 via nbcnews.com
  
  The city's "Black Wall Street" was among the most prosperous neighborhoods in America, and a Black utopia — and then it was burned to the ground.
  
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• North Korea says children volunteering on mines and farms

  29-05-2021 17:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  State news reports the orphans want "to repay even just a millionth of the love the party showed".
  
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• London police seize $7M after spotting man struggling to carry bags stuffed with cash

  29-05-2021 17:22 via cnn.com
  
  London's Metropolitan Police seized £5 million ($7 million) in cash -- the largest amount ever taken by the capital's police force -- after police noticed a man struggling to carry bags stashed full of money.
  
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• How Trump is still working to create a presidency that exists outside of the law

  29-05-2021 17:20 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Supreme Court left a narrow window open to hold presidents accountable for acts committed in office unrelated to the office. Trump wants to close it.
  
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• Afghanistan: Bus blast kills three university staff

  29-05-2021 17:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A roadside bomb hits a bus carrying teachers from Al-Biruni university north of the capital Kabul.
  
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• Riskiest job in space and more top science stories this week

  29-05-2021 17:01 via cnn.com
  
  Try to imagine for a moment, if you will, what it must be like to walk in space.
  
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• Edinburgh festival fringe threatened by Covid rules, says organiser

  29-05-2021 17:01
  
  CEO calls on Scottish ministers to replace 2-metre rule with 1 metre to secure future of world’s largest arts festivalCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe survival of the Edinburgh festival fringe is at stake unless social distancing rules for venues are relaxed within a fortnight, its organiser has said.Shona McCarthy, the chief executive of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society, called on ministers to replace the 2-metre rule with the 1-metre distance use
  
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• ‘I’m still alive’: Gomorrah author hails court victory over mafia threats

  29-05-2021 17:00
  
  Roberto Saviano says that a court has shown that the crime clans – whose threats forced him to live with a bodyguard – are not invincibleThe internationally renowned anti-mafia writer Roberto Saviano has declared that “journalism has been vindicated; words are vindicated – and so am I”, after a landmark judgment in Rome over threats to his life.Judges ruled on Monday that a courtroom manoeuvre 13 years ago by a Camorra mafia boss and his lawyer constituted a threat
  
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• At least 7 wounded in Miami shooting

  29-05-2021 16:59 via cnn.com
  
  At least seven people were wounded during a shooting late Friday in Miami, police said.
  
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• U.S. to draw up sanctions for 'ongoing abuses' after plane's forced landing

  29-05-2021 16:49 via nbcnews.com
  
  White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki called on Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko to allow “a credible international investigation.”
  
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• Colombia protests: Duque sends military to Cali

  29-05-2021 16:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Four people died on Friday night in the city, the epicentre of protests against the government.
  
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• Millennials' and Gen Z's return-to-work preferences

  29-05-2021 16:39 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Michael Smerconish speaks to psychology professor and author Jean Twenge about the generational divide complicating the return-to-work process, as millennial and Gen Z workers value the work-life balance that working from home provided during the pandemic.
  
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• Ex-US airline pilot admits lewd act in cockpit mid-flight

  29-05-2021 16:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Michael Haak exposed himself to his female co-pilot and watched porn on a laptop, a court is told.
  
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• Life on the other side: meet five people who’ve had an extreme change of heart

  29-05-2021 16:00
  
  Janice was a drug dealer who now works with ex-prisoners, Christian used to be a neo-Nazi and now helps former extremists… Five people who have radically changed their lives reveal what made them switchMy life as a criminal wasn’t glamorous. People think of the money, but not what happens after midnight: the police you have to hide from; the family members who won’t talk to you; the thieves, robbers and informants on your back. This is what I now remind people who find themsel
  
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• Sri Lanka's beaches swamped with burning ship debris

  29-05-2021 15:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Plastic and chemical contamination threatens environment and livelihoods in Sri Lanka.
  
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• Democratic Republic of Congo hit with 61 earthquakes in a day following volcano eruption

  29-05-2021 15:48 via cnn.com
  
  Seismologists in the Democratic Republic of Congo reported 61 earthquakes in a 24-hour period on Saturday around the Mount Nyiragongo volcano, which erupted a week ago, warning residents to keep well away from lava flows.
  
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• How Mitch McConnell killed the US Capitol attack commission

  29-05-2021 15:47
  
  The story of how Republicans undermined the 6 January inquiry is informed by eight House and Senate aides, who spoke on the condition of anonymityDays before the Senate voted down the creation of a 9/11-style commission to investigate the Capitol attack, the Senate Republican leader, Mitch McConnell, was adamant: he would oppose the bill, regardless of any amendments – and he expected his colleagues to follow suit.The commission that would have likely found Donald Trump and some Republican
  
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• 'Cruella' is camp, queer and honest

  29-05-2021 15:39 via cnn.com
  
  "Gorgeous and vicious: It's my favorite combination," croons the Baroness, Emma Thompson's character in "Cruella," a fashion designer — and a real b*tch for the ages. The new Disney origin story for the love-to-hate-her character from "101 Dalmatians" boils down to a battle of wills between two fabulously snarky women, with Emma Stone as the two-toned hair upstart of the title.
  
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• Duchess of Cambridge 'hugely grateful' after first Covid vaccine

  29-05-2021 15:28 via cnn.com
  
  The Duchess of Cambridge has joined the millions of Britons who have received their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine.
  
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• San Jose shooting: Guns, petrol and 22,000 rounds of ammunition found

  29-05-2021 15:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A search of the man's home reveals 12 guns, Molotov cocktails and thousands of rounds of ammunition.
  
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• Duchess of Cambridge gets first Covid vaccine dose

  29-05-2021 15:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Catherine says she is "hugely grateful" to everyone who is playing a part in the vaccine rollout.
  
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