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• New photos mark Duchess of Cambridge's 40th birthday

  08-01-2022 23:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Portraits taken at Kew Gardens will go on display at three locations across the UK.
  
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• Real thrash Valencia to go eight points clear at top of La Liga

  08-01-2022 23:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Real Madrid take control of the title race in La Liga with a comfortable win over Valencia at the Bernabeu.
  
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• At least 5 people are dead, 20 missing after a boulder crashes on 3 boats in Brazil

  08-01-2022 23:08 via cnn.com
  
  At least five people were killed and 32 were injured after a boulder collapsed and fell on three boats in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais on Saturday, Brazilian state media Agência Brasil reported.
  
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• US sanctions on Russia would impose 'severe and overwhelming' economic costs, officials say

  08-01-2022 22:48 via cnn.com
  
  The US is prepared to impose a range of harsh economic penalties on Russia should it move to invade Ukraine, starting with high-impact targets that would impose "severe and overwhelming costs on Russia's economy," Biden administration officials tell CNN.
  
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• At least five dead after Brazil cliff collapses on boats

  08-01-2022 22:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Another 20 are missing after the cliff fell onto boats in a lake in the south-east of the country.
  
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• WATCH: Remembering Sidney Poitier

  08-01-2022 22:30
  
  The Hollywood legend is being remembered for his work on and off the screen for breaking racial barriers and advocating for social change.
  
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• Coronavirus live: UK passes 150,000 officially recorded Covid deaths; Sweden’s crown princess tests positive

  08-01-2022 22:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Latest developments as Philippines reports record 26,458 cases and scientist says Omicron variant could become endemic in UKRequiring PCR tests for isolation funds in UK may fail legal test’See all our coronavirus coverageThe north-east and north-west of England are seeing “concerning” rates of the Omicron variant, an expert has said.
  Figures showed that three of the five UK areas with the biggest week-on-week rises in Covid case rates are Middlesbrough (748.8 to 2,651.4), Cope
  
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• Djokovic pictured maskless at public event one day after positive Covid test

  08-01-2022 22:20 via theguardian.com
  
  Positive test used as basis of medical exemption into AustraliaDjokovic pictured at Belgrade award ceremony on 17 DecemberCraig Tiley privately praises staff for ‘unbelievable job’ Novak Djokovic faced fresh controversy over his attempt to enter Australia to take part in the Open tennis tournament after pictures emerged on social media of his appearances at public events after a positive Covid test was recorded in mid-December, which allowed him an exemption from the country’s
  
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• Cold War-style power grab plays out with deadly consequences on the streets of Kazakhstan

  08-01-2022 22:15 via cnn.com
  
  The politics of Kazakhstan are notoriously opaque and bureaucratic, but in the past few days President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has shed his image as a compliant, colorless placeholder.
  
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• Analysis: Cold War-style power grab plays out with deadly consequences in Kazakhstan

  08-01-2022 22:15 via cnn.com
  
  The politics of Kazakhstan are notoriously opaque and bureaucratic, but in the past few days President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has shed his image as a compliant, colorless placeholder.
  
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• WATCH: How to navigate black ice

  08-01-2022 22:10
  
  As snow, cold, and freezing temperatures sweep across the nation, what you need to know about handling your vehicle on the road if you hit a patch of black ice.
  
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• ‘When QAnon and the Tea Party have a baby’: Ron Johnson will run again for US Senate

  08-01-2022 22:09 via theguardian.com
  
  Republican expected to announce run as soon as next week, delighting both his own party and Democrats seeking a winCan Democrats can salvage their midterm election hopes?The Wisconsin senator Ron Johnson, a hardline Trump supporter once described as “what you get when QAnon and the Tea Party have a baby”, has reportedly decided to seek a third term, a step he once promised not to take.Two Republicans confirmed Johnson’s plan to the Associated Press and said he could announce as
  
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• Covid: UK records more than 150,000 deaths

  08-01-2022 22:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The UK is the seventh country to pass this number, after the US, Brazil, India, Russia, Mexico and Peru.
  
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• US ready to discuss curbing military exercises in Ukraine talks with Russia

  08-01-2022 21:53 via theguardian.com
  
  Reciprocal restrictions on missile deployments in region could also be on table in Geneva negotiations on MondayBlinken: Diplomatic solution still possible on UkraineThe US and allies are prepared to discuss with Russia in talks about Ukraine the possibility of each side restricting military exercises and missile deployments in the region, a senior US official said on Saturday.With crucial talks set to start on Monday in Geneva, the Biden administration official said the US was not willing to di
  
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• Upsets, drama and goals galore - FA Cup third round delivers in style

  08-01-2022 21:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The magic of the FA Cup is well and truly alive as the third round delivers in dramatic fashion.
  
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• As order is restored in Kazakhstan, its future is murkier than ever

  08-01-2022 21:10 via theguardian.com
  
  The tragic events of last week, in which dozens lost their lives, have exposed hidden political tensionsFor many Kazakhs, the full story behind the unrest of the past week remains as murky as the mist that enveloped Almaty, the country’s largest city and the centre of violence, at the same time.People were unable to access accurate information, as an internet blackout froze almost all access to the outside world during a tragic few days of violence in which military vehicles rolled through
  
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• Marilyn Bergman, Oscar-winning lyricist, dies aged 93

  08-01-2022 21:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Teaming with husband Alan Bergman, she composed songs for many television shows, films and stage musicalsMarilyn Bergman, the Oscar-winning lyricist who teamed with husband Alan Bergman on The Way We Were, How Do You Keep the Music Playing? and hundreds of other songs, died at her Los Angeles home Saturday. She was 93.She died of respiratory failure not related to Covid-19, according to a representative, Jason Lee. Her husband was at her bedside when she died. Continue reading...
  
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• Under investigation: Man engulfed in flames after being tased

  08-01-2022 21:00 via cnn.com
  
  The New York attorney general's office is investigating the death of 29-year-old Jason Jones. Video shows Jones catching on fire after being tased in the Catskill Police Department's lobby.
  
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• Man engulfed in flames after being tased under invesitgation

  08-01-2022 21:00 via cnn.com
  
  The New York attorney general's office is investigating the death of 29-year-old Jason Jones. Video shows Jones catching on fire after being tased in the Catskill Police Department's lobby.
  
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• Barcelona held by Granada as Alves plays first La Liga game since 2016

  08-01-2022 20:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dani Alves claims an assist on his La Liga return but Barcelona miss the chance to move up to third in La Liga after conceding a late equaliser at Granada.
  
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• Albania: police disperse protesters from opposition party HQ with teargas

  08-01-2022 20:28 via theguardian.com
  
  Group led by former Democratic party leader Sali Berisha used iron bars and hammers to break into the buildingPolice in Albania used a water cannon trick and teargas to disperse protesters who broke into the headquarters of the country’s main opposition party in an internal squabble over the party’s leadership.Scores of officers pushed back hundreds of protesters who had stormed the ground floor of the centre-right Democratic party’s headquarters. They detained 25 of the trespa
  
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• NATO says it will not appease Russia with 'second class' allies as meeting looms

  08-01-2022 20:23 via foxnews.com
  
  NATO’s secretary general rejected any option to establish "second-class" alliances ahead of the meeting with Russia next week as the Kremlin continues its military aggression along the Ukrainian border.
  
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• South Dakota Sen. John Thune to run for reelection

  08-01-2022 20:19 via foxnews.com
  
  Sen. John Thune, the number No. 2 Senate Republican, announced Saturday he would seek re-election in 2022, positioning himself as the likely successor to GOP Leader Mitch McConnell.
  
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• Austin sees hundreds of sex offender cases removed from police officer supervision due to defunding

  08-01-2022 20:13 via foxnews.com
  
  Hundreds of convicted sex offenders are no longer being monitored by sworn police officers in Austin, Texas due to the city’s move to defund the police and cut cadet classes.
  
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• Cameroon’s pride at hosting African Cup of Nations tempered by separatist violence

  08-01-2022 20:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Rising tension over Anglophone zones threaten to disrupt football tournamentThe much-anticipated Africa Cup of Nations football tournament opens today, hosted by Cameroon for the first time for 50 years.
  Yet behind the celebrations – slightly tempered by strict pandemic restrictions – are tensions from a security crisis spreading from anglophone regions, shaping daily life in Cameroon and potentially even the tournament.Authorities in the west African country have ramped up security,
  
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• James Webb Space Telescope is fully deployed

  08-01-2022 20:03 via foxnews.com
  
  NASA announced Saturday that the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been fully deployed.
  
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• Basmah bint Saud: Saudi princess released from jail after almost three years

  08-01-2022 20:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Princess Basma bint Saud and her daughter were held without charge for almost three years.
  
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• Goldfish who can drive: why scientists taught fish to navigate a watery tank on wheels

  08-01-2022 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Israeli researchers say their fish – named after characters from Pride and Prejudice – reveal navigation is a universal abilityGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingIt might be an imaginary character straight out of a Dr Seuss book: The goldfish who could drive. But it’s real. Incredibly, Israeli researchers created a robotic car and report that they taught six fish – named after characters from Pride and Prejudice – to navigate it on land.It’s
  
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• Despite hours of terror lost in the tangled bush of Karekare as a child, I’ve always returned to it | Charlotte Grimshaw

  08-01-2022 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  I remember intense fear and despair, and the objectively correct understanding that we could dieGuardian writers and readers describe their favourite place in New Zealand’s wilderness and why it’s special to themKarekare is a wild, beautiful area of the Waitakeres, west of Auckland. It’s the place I dreamed about when I lived in London, the landscape I yearned to return to. It was the location of my most intense experiences as a child: fear, euphoria, exhilaration, joy.Our pare
  
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• After Adani: whatever happened to Queensland’s Galilee basin coal boom?

  08-01-2022 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Only the controversial Carmichael mine has opened, while a dozen other projects are shelved, lapsed or discontinuedGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingQueensland’s huge untapped Galilee coal basin was touted as a jobs and revenue bonanza by its supporters, with the potential to liberate hundreds of millions of tonnes of harmful greenhouse gases.The Galilee’s potential as a “carbon bomb” was wrapped up in a dozen or more coalmining projects and estimates o
  
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• Politico corrects story placing Justice Sotomayor alongside top Dems at DC restaurant

  08-01-2022 19:58 via foxnews.com
  
  Politico on Saturday corrected its closely-watched Playbook newsletter after it mistakenly reported that Justice Sonia Sotomayor dined alongside top Democratic lawmakers at a fancy D.C. restaurant hours after remotely participating in Supreme Court arguments.
  
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• Iran Revolutionary Guards commander says 'revenge' coming for Soleimani strike from 'within' US

  08-01-2022 19:54 via foxnews.com
  
  Lt. General Qassem Soleimani was killed in a US air strike on Baghdad days after Iranian-backed militia stormed the US embassy in Iraq.
  
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• Iran Revolutionary Guard commander says 'revenge' coming for Soleimani strike from 'within' US

  08-01-2022 19:54 via foxnews.com
  
  Lt. Gen. Qassem Soleimani was killed in a U.S. air strike on Baghdad days after Iranian-backed militia stormed the U.S. Embassy in Iraq.
  
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• James Webb Space Telescope successfully unfolds its giant gold mirror in space

  08-01-2022 19:52 via cnn.com
  
  Just 14 days after launching, the world's most complex space observatory has already overcome some of its greatest challenges. The James Webb Space Telescope successfully completed the unfolding of its giant gold mirror on Saturday.
  
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• Why aren't doctors pushing Covid disinformation losing their licenses?

  08-01-2022 19:47 via nbcnews.com
  
  Yet doctors spreading lies are facing almost no consequences for what they’re doing. Nearly every state medical board is failing to hold them accountable.
  
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• Hawaii's Todd Graham under scrutiny in state Senate hearing over alleged toxic culture in football program

  08-01-2022 19:43 via foxnews.com
  
  Hawaii football coach Todd Graham was scrutinized in a state Senate hearing Friday as his future with the Rainbow Warriors hangs in the balance ahead of the 2022 season.
  
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• Nasa engineers complete the unfolding of the James Webb space telescope

  08-01-2022 19:38 via theguardian.com
  
  ‘Time machine’ will allow astronomers to study the beginning of the universe shortly after the Big BangNasa engineers yesterday completed the final unfolding of the huge primary mirror of the agency’s James Webb space telescope. The manoeuvre was the final step of the $10bn observatory’s two-week deployment phase that began with its launch on Christmas Day.The telescope, which has already travelled more than 600,000 miles across space, is the largest, most powerful space
  
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• Covid-hit Afcon teams must play if they have only 11 players and no goalkeeper

  08-01-2022 19:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Countries suffering Covid outbreaks will still have to play their Africa Cup of Nations matches if they have 11 players available.
  
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• Best ways to save your phone’s photos before it’s too late

  08-01-2022 19:33 via foxnews.com
  
  It’s best to back up your photos, so they're safe and sound
  
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• Singer Lee Greenwood shares his family's 'patriotic' snowman

  08-01-2022 19:31 via foxnews.com
  
  Leave it to star Lee Greenwood of 'God Bless the USA' fame to share fun photos of a patriotic snowman from his family's yard — here's how he spread the word and got others involved, too.
  
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• Missing Harmony Montgomery: Authorities continue to search family's home for 7-year-old last seen in 2019

  08-01-2022 19:25 via foxnews.com
  
  New Hampshire authorities on Saturday morning continued their search for 7-year-old Harmony Montgomery at the home where she was last seen in 2019 during a police call to the address.
  
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• Sinéad O'Connor's son dies at age of 17 after going missing

  08-01-2022 19:20 via cnn.com
  
  Sinéad O'Connor's 17-year-old son has died, the singer's management company confirmed to CNN on Saturday.
  
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• Sinéad O'Connor's son dies at age of 17

  08-01-2022 19:20 via cnn.com
  
  Sinéad O'Connor's 17-year-old son has died, the singer's management company confirmed to CNN on Saturday.
  
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• GOP narrows 2024 convention list to 4 cities

  08-01-2022 19:09 via foxnews.com
  
  The Republican National Committee (RNC) has narrowed the list of contenders to host its 2024 presidential convention to four major cities.
  
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• Manhattan DA: 'I don't understand the pushback' to lighter punishment for violent criminals

  08-01-2022 19:08 via foxnews.com
  
  District Attorney Bragg appeared with Rev. Al Sharpton on Saturday to talk about his plans to reduce incarceration
  
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• Dwayne Johnson FaceTimes boy, 5, with inoperable brain tumor: 'I'm in awe of his bravery'

  08-01-2022 19:05 via foxnews.com
  
  Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson was overcome with emotion during a FaceTime call he had with a five-year-old fan who is battling an aggressive brain tumor.
  
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• UK first country in Europe to pass 150,000 Covid deaths, figures show

  08-01-2022 18:54 via theguardian.com
  
  On Saturday, Britain became the seventh nation to reach the milestone after the US, Brazil, India, Russia, Mexico and PeruCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMore than 150,000 people have died in the UK from coronavirus since the start of the pandemic, according to government figures.Britain on Saturday became the seventh country to pass the milestone after the US, Brazil, India, Russia, Mexico and Peru. Continue reading...
  
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• Snowstorm kills at least 21 tourists at Pakistani resort

  08-01-2022 18:48 via cnn.com
  
  At least 16 people have been killed in a snowstorm in the northeastern Pakistan resort town of Murree.
  
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• ‘We’ll piss you off’: French anti-vaccine protesters rally against Macron

  08-01-2022 18:42 via theguardian.com
  
  The French president is imposing more social curbs in bid to convince unvaccinated to get jabbedAnti-vaccine protesters rallied in cities across France on Saturday, denouncing President Emmanuel Macron’s intent to “piss off” people refusing Covid-19 shots by tightening curbs on their civil liberties.Macron said this week he wanted to irritate unvaccinated peopleby making their lives so complicated they would end up getting jabbed. Unvaccinated people were irresponsible and unwo
  
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• Covid: Visualising 150,000 UK coronavirus deaths

  08-01-2022 18:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Health and Science Reporter Laura Foster tries to help us understand the impact Covid-19 has had on the UK.
  
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