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• Mohoric wins as Cavendish denied chance to break Tour stage wins record

  16-07-2021 23:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Matej Mohoric wins stage 19 of the Tour de France, denying Mark Cavendish an opportunity to break the record for stage wins he shares with Eddy Merckx.
  
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• European floods: Rescuers race to prevent more death

  16-07-2021 23:33 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Fueled by days of heavy rain, the floodwaters left thousands of Germans homeless after their dwellings were destroyed or deemed to be at risk, and elected officials began to worry about the lingering economic effects from lost homes and businesses.
  
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• Livingstone hits England's fastest ever century in vain as hosts lose to Pakistan

  16-07-2021 23:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Liam Livingstone's spectacular 42-ball hundred cannot prevent England from being beaten by Pakistan in a riotous first Twenty20 at Trent Bridge.
  
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• 'Space Jam' sequel is a soulless, brainless ad for HBO Max. And the jokes are terrible.

  16-07-2021 23:16 via nbcnews.com
  
  This is pretty clearly just an advertorial for the Warner Bros. streaming service.
  
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• Danish Siddiqui: Indian photojournalist killed in Afghanistan

  16-07-2021 23:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Danish Siddiqui, an award-winning photographer with Reuters news agency, is killed on assignment.
  
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• US wants giant radar in UK to track space objects

  16-07-2021 23:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It comes amid growing concern about congestion, competition and even an arms race in space.
  
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• South African says riots over Zuma jailing pre-planned - Cyril Ramaphosa

  16-07-2021 22:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  At least 212 people are now known to have died in unrest sparked by the jailing of Jacob Zuma.
  
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• Reuters photographer killed in Afghanistan: 'He was our eye'

  16-07-2021 22:30 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  A Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer for the Reuters news service was killed Friday as he chronicled fighting between Afghan forces and the Taliban near a strategic border crossing amid the continuing withdrawal of U.S. and NATO troops.
  
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• The lion in the London black cab: the remarkable story of Singh, and the boy who loved him

  16-07-2021 22:00
  
  Gifted as a cub by a Maharajah to a young British boy, Singh lived at a house in Surrey before outgrowing his home and being driven in a black cab to the zoo. Now his story has been made into a book“He was,” London Zoo said, “one of the zoo’s politest pets.”Singh the Lion arrived in a black cab and padded in through the front door, on a lead. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘She can do it’: Kiribati Olympic judo hopeful wants to combat domestic violence

  16-07-2021 22:00
  
  Kinaua Biribo says she wants to empower women in the Pacific island nation, where almost 60% of men have perpetrated intimate partner violenceKinaua Biribo is unlikely to win an Olympic medal. When the elimination rounds of her judo category begin later this month, the 27-year-old will be a firm underdog; she has been knocked out in the first round of both of her international competition appearances to date.But Kinaua, whom the Guardian is referring to by her first name as is culturally appropr
  
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• No ‘return to normal’ expected in post-pandemic New Zealand – and locals say that’s fine

  16-07-2021 22:00
  
  Polls show New Zealanders accept that life will be different in future and they still feel their country is headed in the right direction As countries look for a post-pandemic pathway back to “normal”, New Zealand is making no promises – and its population seems startlingly happy with that.Around the world, some governments are hitting full throttle with rhetoric about a “return to normal” and the freedoms of a pre-pandemic world. New Zealand’s approach has be
  
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• ‘Enjoy the little things’: Melburnians give their tips to surviving extended lockdown

  16-07-2021 22:00
  
  Pros at dealing with long-term Covid restrictions, Melbourne residents share their advice for those in SydneyWe may have escaped the ravages of Covid that have maimed nations elsewhere, but Australians have still endured its consequences through lengthy, disruptive lockdowns.Nowhere is this as intimately understood than in Melbourne, which is now in its fifth lockdown. And as our fellows in Sydney stare down a potentially long road stuck at home, we thought it useful this week to invite Melburni
  
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• Arizona: stranded family rescued as flash floods inundate cities – video report

  16-07-2021 22:00
  
  In Tucson, a fire department swift water team rescued a father and his two daughters from the roof of their vehicle on Wednesday after they drove into a usually dry wash and got stranded in floodwaters, said Golder Ranch Fire District spokesman Capt Adam Jarrold. In Flagstaff, floodwaters have inundated communities in the shadow of a mountain that burned in 2019 and adjacent neighbourhoods, sending at least one vehicle floating down a city street.Flagstaff declares state of emergency as Arizona
  
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• The assassination of Haiti’s leader remains shrouded in mystery: ‘We may never know’

  16-07-2021 21:55
  
  Authorities are still struggling to understand the motives and masterminds behind the first killing of a Haitian president since 1915Giovanna Romero remembers her husband, Mauricio, as a caring father who called home every night when he was out of the country on work. He did so as usual on the night of 6 July – from where, exactly, she isn’t sure – to remind her and their children he loved them and tell them to take care.“I’ll call again soon,” the retired Col
  
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• Woman refused vaccines for her daughter. Now she regrets it.

  16-07-2021 21:47 via nbcnews.com
  
  "It's heartbreaking. I wish I would've made better choices for her," said an Arkansas mother of her 13-year-old daughter, hospitalized with Covid-19.
  
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• The Open 2021: Louis Oosthuizen takes two-shot lead into weekend

  16-07-2021 21:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Louis Oosthuizen heads into the weekend with a two-shot lead at The Open after players enjoyed benign conditions on Friday.
  
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• Bianca Devins: Family sue NY officials over video footage of murdered teen

  16-07-2021 21:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bianca Devins' family claim video of her having sex and also her murder were shared with the media.
  
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• Covid-19 'is becoming a pandemic of the unvaccinated,' CDC director says

  16-07-2021 21:20 via cnn.com
  
  With Covid-19 cases rising in all 50 states, health officials say it's clear that unvaccinated people are both driving the increase in cases and are most at risk.
  
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• Biden administration says 12 people are responsible for 65% of Covid vaccine misinformation on social media

  16-07-2021 20:58 via cnn.com
  
  The White House turned up the pressure on Silicon Valley to get a handle on vaccine misinformation Thursday, specifically singling out 12 people one group dubbed the "disinformation dozen," saying they were responsible for a great deal of misinformation about Covid-19.
  
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• Iraqi officials claim killer of prominent analyst arrested

  16-07-2021 20:56 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  A year later, Iraqi police arrested the shooter in the killing of a prominent public commentator whose slaying sent shockwaves through the country, officials said Friday. Iraq's prime minister declared that with the arrest, his government has fulfilled its promise to bring the perpetrators to justice.
  
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• Uber was fined $59 million over sexual assault data. Now it may pay just $150,000

  16-07-2021 20:21 via cnn.com
  
  Uber has struck a deal with a California regulator that would drastically reduce a substantial fine against the company for failing to hand over data on sexual assault incidents on its platform.
  
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• CDC chief says Covid becoming 'a pandemic of the unvaccinated' – video

  16-07-2021 20:20
  
  Speaking during a White House briefing, Dr Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control, said US coronavirus cases were up about 70% over the last week, with nearly all hospital admissions and deaths among the unvaccinated. The White House Covid-19 coordinator, Jeffrey Zients, added that the pandemic is 'one that predominantly threatens unvaccinated people' and that the administration expects cases to increase in the weeks ahead because of spread in communities with low vaccina
  
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• Casablanca Beats review – Morocco’s answer to Fame strikes a chord

  16-07-2021 20:19
  
  A group of talented teens push the boundaries of their religious society by putting on a concert in Nabil Ayouch’s earnest filmFranco-Moroccan director Nabil Ayouch has made a likable, high-energy youth movie that could almost be called the Moroccan answer to Fame and which features that time-honoured plot device: putting on a concert.Using nonprofessionals playing docu-fictionalised versions of themselves, Ayouch has created a drama revolving around an arts centre for young people that he
  
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• FDA grants priority review to Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine

  16-07-2021 20:15 via cnn.com
  
  Pfizer and BioNTech said Friday that the US Food and Drug Administration has granted priority review designation to their application for full approval of their Covid-19 vaccine, and an FDA official said the decision will come "soon".
  
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• Belgian news crew capture moment flooded house partially collapses – video

  16-07-2021 20:14
  
  Belgian TV station VTM recorded the partial collapse of a house in the town of Pepinster while interviewing its mayor, Philippe Godin, on Thursday. The back wall of the flooded house began to cave in as he spoke, with the situation deteriorating quickly as furniture and other household goods fell through the collapsing floors. Moments later cameras caught two people jumping from the rooftop of the house into a neighbouring building. Continue reading...
  
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• Cannes Film Festival 2021 highlights: Sun, stars and saliva

  16-07-2021 20:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A-listers flocked to the Cannes Film Festival's red carpet, despite the pandemic.
  
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• US seeing ‘pandemic of the unvaccinated’ as cases rise in every state

  16-07-2021 19:47
  
  Public health chiefs warn of ‘extraordinary surge’ as less than half the US population fully vaccinatedCovid cases are rising in all 50 US states as the Delta variant spreads coast to coast, news outlets reported on Friday , and with less than half the US population fully vaccinated, public health chiefs warned of an “extraordinary surge”.Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said at a White House briefing: “This is bec
  
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• Director of new Bourdain film explains why he opened with this ...

  16-07-2021 19:47 via cnn.com
  
  Producer and director Morgan Neville discusses his new documentary film about the life of Anthony Bourdain, former chef and host of CNN's "Parts Unknown."
  
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• Biden immigration hypocrisy on full display as he tells Haitians fleeing chaos not to come

  16-07-2021 19:40 via nbcnews.com
  
  Haitians are still being treated as disposable by a government that seems more concerned with looking different from the Trump regime than actually being so.
  
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• From 'unbelievable' to 'just brilliant': Rory McIlroy experiences the Open's lows and highs

  16-07-2021 19:16 via cnn.com
  
  Fans literally run to congregate around the first tee, searching for any line of sight they can. Young and old, a huge crowd has assembled here at the opening hole at Royal St George's.
  
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• Ontario tornado: aerial views show extent of damage to building in Canadian town – video

  16-07-2021 19:13
  
  A tornado ripped through Barrie, Ontario in Canada on Thursday, injuring at least eight people and destroying about 25 buildings, CBC reported. Police in Barrie, a town 82km (50 miles) north of Toronto, said they were responding to multiple reports of damage in the south-eastern part of the city. At least four people were hospitalised, according to local authorities. Continue reading...
  
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• Eiffel Tower reopens; COVID passes required as of next week

  16-07-2021 19:03 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  With "Welcome" messages in multiple languages, the Eiffel Tower greeted tourists Friday for the first time in nearly nine months, reopening to the public even as France introduces new virus rules aimed at taming the fast-spreading delta variant.
  
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• Moscow lifts dining restrictions; Russia hits record deaths

  16-07-2021 19:00 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Authorities in Moscow on Friday canceled their order that restaurants only admit customers who have been vaccinated against COVID-19, recovered from the virus or have had a recent negative test.
  
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• Floridians rally in support of Cuban protesters

  16-07-2021 18:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Across Florida, Cuban-Americans have been rallying to show their support for protests in Cuba.
  
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• Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Kenya's Taekwondo star and environmental activist

  16-07-2021 18:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Kenya's Taekwondo star Faith Ogallo hopes to win a medal in Tokyo - to raise environmental awareness.
  
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• European officials say 'climate change has arrived'

  16-07-2021 18:14 via cnn.com
  
  European officials have said climate change contributed to this week's extreme flooding, which has left entire towns submerged and more than 120 people dead.
  
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• Germany floods: Where are the worst-hit areas?

  16-07-2021 18:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Maps, images and graphics showing the heavy rainfall and flooding that has caused widespread damage.
  
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• Germany floods: How a country was taken by surprise

  16-07-2021 18:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Amid the despair and mounting death toll, people are questioning how this could have happened.
  
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• Small plane makes forced landing in Russia

  16-07-2021 18:01 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  A small Russian passenger plane on Friday made an emergency landing in Siberia after an engine failure, emergency officials said.
  
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• Cannes 2021: who will win the Palme d’Or – and who should

  16-07-2021 18:00
  
  As a very strange edition of the festival draws to a close, our film critic predicts who will walk away with the Palme d’Or and other prizes – and awards his own alternative BraddiesSo it actually happened – the Cannes film festival defiantly took place in the era of Covid, and two months later than usual, in sweltering July. More tourists, but fewer actual festival-attenders from the media. Some streets were eerily quiet and the legendary bar, Le Petit Majestic, usually packed
  
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• Russian billionaire settles with ex-wife five years after £450m payout ruling

  16-07-2021 17:55
  
  Farkhad Akhmedov had contested 2017 decision but has now reached an agreement over divorceAfter almost five years of fighting a high court ruling that awarded the UK’s largest ever divorce payout, a Russian billionaire has reached a settlement with his ex-wife.Farkhad Akhmedov and Tatiana Akhmedova have been embroiled in the most expensive family feud in history since a London high court judge awarded Akhmedova a £450m divorce payout in 2017. Continue reading...
  
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• Lebanon's Gordian knot could strangle it

  16-07-2021 17:52 via cnn.com
  
  "Lebanon moves into greater danger." "Persevering in destroying Lebanon." "Arab and international community fear chaos."
  
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• Pope Francis reverses Benedict, reimposes restrictions on Latin Mass

  16-07-2021 17:46 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Pope Francis cracked down Friday on the spread of the old Latin Mass, reversing one of Pope Benedict XVI’s signature decisions in a major challenge to traditionalist Catholics who immediately decried it as an attack on them and the ancient liturgy.
  
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• CNN correspondent reports from ground in Belgium

  16-07-2021 17:43 via cnn.com
  
  More than 100 people have died in Germany and Belgium following severe flooding in the area, caused by what experts described as the heaviest rainfall in a century. CNN's Melissa Bell reports from Belgium.
  
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• CNN correspondent reports from extreme flooding in Belgium

  16-07-2021 17:43 via cnn.com
  
  More than 100 people have died in Germany and Belgium following severe flooding in the area, caused by what experts described as the heaviest rainfall in a century. CNN's Melissa Bell reports from Belgium.
  
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• CNN correspondent reports extreme flooding in Belgium

  16-07-2021 17:43 via cnn.com
  
  More than 100 people have died in Germany and Belgium following severe flooding in the area, caused by what experts described as the heaviest rainfall in a century. CNN's Melissa Bell reports from Belgium.
  
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• Pulitzer Prize-winning Reuters photographer killed in Afghanistan

  16-07-2021 17:40 via cnn.com
  
  Danish Siddiqui, a Reuters photographer who won a Pulitzer Prize for exposing the violence faced by Rohingya refugees, has been killed in clashes near Kandahar, Afghanistan.
  
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• What to know about children's risk of infection as delta variant spreads

  16-07-2021 17:35 via nbcnews.com
  
  A Covid vaccine has not yet been authorized for children under the age of 12, putting them among the unvaccinated who are at risk of infection.
  
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• CNN correspondent reports from ground as Belgium sees extreme flooding

  16-07-2021 17:29 via cnn.com
  
  More than 100 people have died in Germany and Belgium following severe flooding in the area, caused by what experts described as the heaviest rainfall in a century. CNN's Melissa Bell reports from Belgium.
  
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• The link between extreme weather and climate change

  16-07-2021 17:25 via cnn.com
  
  Climatologist Friederike Otto discusses her work examining the influence of climate change on extreme weather events, as part of World Weather Attribution.
  
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