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• Sadio Mane penalty secures African Cup of Nations final victory for Senegal

  06-02-2022 23:52 via cnn.com
  
  Handed a chance of redemption, Senegal forward Sadio Mane didn't pass up the opportunity to make history for his country.
  
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• 18 people rescued from ice floe

  06-02-2022 23:27 via cnn.com
  
  Eighteen people were rescued from an ice floe that separated from land near Catawba Island in Lake Erie, the US Coast Guard said Sunday.
  
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• 'It's a dangerous moment': Ex-CIA director shares warning over Ukraine-Russia

  06-02-2022 23:23 via cnn.com
  
  The Kremlin is believed to have assembled 70% of the military personnel and weapons on Ukraine's borders that Russia would need for a full-scale invasion, according to two US officials familiar with Washington's latest intelligence estimates. Former CIA Director Leon Panetta reacts.
  
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• Ottawa mayor declares state of emergency as police threaten arrests for bringing gas to Freedom Convoy

  06-02-2022 23:21 via foxnews.com
  
  The mayor of Ottawa declared a state of emergency Sunday afternoon as approximately 500 trucks and vehicles with the "Freedom Convoy" continue to linger in streets of the Canadian capital.
  
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• Awkwafina issues statement addressing accusations that she has used a 'blaccent'

  06-02-2022 22:48 via cnn.com
  
  The comedian and actress Awkwafina issued a lengthy Twitter statement Saturday addressing criticism in the press and on social media that she has used a "blaccent," or Black accent, and elements of African American language and mannerisms in her career.
  
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• WATCH: Artist creates giant snow bullfrog sculpture

  06-02-2022 22:26
  
  “The Snow Artist” continued an annual tradition of creating snow sculptures in front of his home in Indiana.
  
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• 10 Cuban migrants rescued from sinking vessel off Florida

  06-02-2022 22:20
  
  Six Cuban migrants in a sinking vessel were rescued off the Florida coast.
  
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• See dramatic moment Maryland police corporal saves kid from oncoming car

  06-02-2022 22:14 via cnn.com
  
  Police corporal Annette Goodyear pushed a student out of the way in the nick of time after a car failed to stop at a school crossing. Local officials have praised her bravery.
  
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• India honors singer Lata Mangeshkar at state funeral, dead at 92

  06-02-2022 21:35 via cnn.com
  
  Lata Mangeshkar, the "nightingale of India" who gave her voice to Indian movies for more than 70 years, died Sunday in Mumbai, according to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and local media reports. She was 92.
  
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• WATCH: Autobahn bridge demolished with series of explosions

  06-02-2022 21:16
  
  Germany's 55-year-old Autobahn 45 bridge was brought down with a series of explosions.
  
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• WATCH: US troops land in Poland

  06-02-2022 21:15
  
  Members of the 82nd Airborne Division arrived in southeastern Poland near the border with Ukraine amid fears of a Russian invasion.
  
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• Lawsuit appealed over Mormon church use of donations

  06-02-2022 21:02
  Suit alleges donations solicited for charity were used for commercial purposes.
  
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• Johnson allies insist ‘grownups’ in charge of new team at No 10

  06-02-2022 21:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Prime minister may still face more letters of no confidence and revelations from Dominic CummingsAllies of Boris Johnson have insisted that “grownups” are now in charge of his operation as he heads into critical week for his beleaguered premiership that could see him face a confidence vote and the threat of further damaging revelations.Tory MPs said Johnson may have bought some time by bringing a new team into No 10. One major Conservative donor, Alexander Temerko, told the Guardian
  
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• Reports of spyware use on key witness roil Netanyahu trial

  06-02-2022 20:58
  
  The former Israeli prime minister is on trial on corruption charges.
  
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• Morning mail: Ukraine situation ‘pretty dire’, ABC funding boost, Neighbours need new friends

  06-02-2022 20:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Monday: Russia has enough troops in place to seize Kyiv, a former defence minister warns. Plus: Network Ten needs a new backer for soapIf you would like to receive the Guardian Australia morning mail to your email inbox every weekday, sign up here.Good morning. There are fresh warnings about a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Morrison government says it will restore ABC funding. And the future of Neighbours is in doubt.Russia has enough troops in place to seize Kyiv or another Ukrainia
  
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• Syl Johnson, much-sampled blues, funk and soul singer, dies aged 85

  06-02-2022 20:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Singer’s upbeat and socially conscious songwriting appears on tracks by Wu-Tang Clan, Public Enemy and Kanye West Syl Johnson, the blues, funk and soul singer whose work was much sampled in US hip-hop, has died aged 85.No cause of death was announced by his family, who said of Johnson: “He lived his life as a singer, musician and entrepreneur who loved black music … A fiery, fierce, fighter, always standing for the pursuit of justice as it related to his music and sound, he wi
  
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• Texas man suspected of killing 4 before taking his own life

  06-02-2022 20:27 via cnn.com
  
  A 41-year-old man is suspected of killing four people including a 4-year-old child, authorities in Corsicana, Texas, said.
  
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• Trump’s election advisers were like ‘snake oil salesmen’, ex-Pence aide says

  06-02-2022 20:09 via theguardian.com
  
  Former chief of staff Marc Short joins several senior Republicans to defend the former vice-president in escalating feud with TrumpMike Pence’s former chief of staff Marc Short joined several senior Republicans in rallying to defend the former vice-president on Sunday in his escalating feud with Donald Trump over the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election.Some of Trump’s advisers on the 2020 election were like “snake oil salesmen”, Short said on Sunday. Continue rea
  
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• Analysis: Why GOP increasingly casts White people as racism's victims

  06-02-2022 20:09 via cnn.com
  
  Early barbs for President Joe Biden's Supreme Court selection process have helped crystallize a rising Republican line of attack against Democrats.
  
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• Covid live: Chinese city of Baise ‘sealed off’ after Omicron outbreak; Papua New Guinea PM tests positive

  06-02-2022 20:05 via theguardian.com
  
  City in Guangxi, with population of 3.7 million, reportedly under lockdown; James Marape tests positive on arrival at Winter OlympicsIt’s no coincidence vastly unequal US has world’s highest Covid death tollI didn’t take Covid seriously, admits leading statisticianUK travellers warned about Covid rule trapsFascinating dispatch from Costa Rica by CNN’s Latin American affairs editor, Rafael Romo, who reports of the fallout of the country’s decision last November to be
  
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• Video shows Tennessee pastor burn 'Twilight' and 'Harry Potter' books

  06-02-2022 20:01 via cnn.com
  
  Pastor Greg Locke live streamed the book burning event on Facebook after encouraging his congregation to burn their "accursed items," including titles from the 'Harry Potter' and 'Twilight' series.
  
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• Video shows church congregation burning popular books

  06-02-2022 20:01 via cnn.com
  
  Pastor Greg Locke live streamed the book burning event on Facebook after encouraging his congregation to burn their "accursed items," including titles from the 'Harry Potter' and 'Twilight' series.
  
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• Ten Cuban migrants in sinking vessel rescued off Florida coast

  06-02-2022 19:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Rescue comes after a boat believed to be used for human smuggling capsized with only one of 40 passengers survivingTen Cuban migrants in a sinking vessel were rescued off the Florida coast, according to the US Coast Guard.A Coast Guard boat spotted the vessel on Thursday about 40 miles (about 64km) off Key Largo, the Coast Guard said in a tweet. Continue reading...
  
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• Death of Moroccan boy in well draws sympathy from around world

  06-02-2022 19:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Rayan Oram, five, was found dead after four-day operation to rescue him from shaft 32 metres deep Tributes have been paid to Rayan Oram, the five-year-old Moroccan boy whose body was recovered from a well on Saturday, and whose plight had moved his country and the world.News of Rayan’s death after a massive four-day rescue operation pitched Morocco into deep grief and prompted condolences and expressions of gratitude to the search teams. Continue reading...
  
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• Mississippi soldier, missing in action in 1942, finally ID'd

  06-02-2022 19:19
  A south Mississippi family has finally found answers to an eight-decade mystery.
  
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• Woman takes legal action after Met officer who called her ‘hot’ keeps job

  06-02-2022 19:17 via theguardian.com
  
  Kristina O’Connor says detective who was investigating after men tried to steal her phone asked her outA woman is taking legal action against the Metropolitan police after a detective who told her she was “amazingly hot” while investigating her attack kept his job.Kristina O’Connor, now 33, said she was sent inappropriate messages by DCI James Mason after he responded to her report of an attempted robbery in October 2011. Continue reading...
  
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• Families turn to these YouTube divers to find lost loved ones

  06-02-2022 19:12 via cnn.com
  
  Jared Leisek started "Adventures with Purpose" as a mission to clean up trash in lakes and rivers. 19 cold cases later, his team have found countless clues hidden beneath the water's surface, and become a lifeline for families desperate for answers.
  
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• Argument leads to fatal shooting in checkout line of grocery

  06-02-2022 19:06
  An argument in the checkout line of a South Florida grocery store escalated.
  
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• How Neighbours was shunted off air by All Creatures Great and Small

  06-02-2022 18:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Longest-running programme in Australian television history loses out to homegrown British dramaThe residents of Ramsay Street have survived almost four decades of affairs, disasters and terrible haircuts – but in the end it might be the popularity of a 1930s Yorkshire vet that finally kills off Neighbours.The long-running soap opera that launched the careers of Kylie Minogue, Guy Pearce and Margot Robbie faces the axe after Channel 5 confirmed it would stop airing the series this summer. T
  
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• ‘No light at the end of the tunnel’: Americans join Hong Kong’s business exodus

  06-02-2022 18:39 via theguardian.com
  
  Worsening Sino-US ties, strict Covid rules and the crackdown on dissent have dented the territory’s fabled allure as a business hub, say expatsIn July 2018, Tara Joseph, president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, wrote an article in the best-known local English-language newspaper, the South China Morning Post, stressing to Americans the territory’s unique position as an Asian business hub.“The US is forgetting the differences between Hong Kong and China. Let&rs
  
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• 'Is this really happening?' Nurses say they were fired for raising safety concerns

  06-02-2022 18:37 via nbcnews.com
  
  Marian Weber says she wanted to make Ketchikan, Alaska, her forever home.
  
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• Levi Bellfield admits to murdering Lin and Megan Russell, say lawyers

  06-02-2022 18:22 via theguardian.com
  
  Serial killer reportedly wrote letter detailing 1996 murders of mother and daughter in KentThe serial killer Levi Bellfield has reportedly penned a letter confessing to the murders of mother and daughter Lin and Megan Russell in 1996.The Sun revealed that lawyers acting for Michael Stone, who has twice been found guilty of the murders of Lin and Megan in Kent, have claimed to have received a statement written by Bellfield detailing the killings. Continue reading...
  
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• Joe Biden should be thankful he's polling better than Boris Johnson

  06-02-2022 18:11 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden has the worst approval rating after one year in office of nearly every elected president, except for former President Donald Trump. But a look across the Atlantic Ocean shows that things can always be worse for Biden.
  
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• Russia has enough troops ready to take Kyiv, says former Ukraine defence chief

  06-02-2022 17:34 via theguardian.com
  
  White House believes Moscow has amassed at least 70% of firepower needed for mid-February invasionRussia has enough troops in place to seize Kyiv or another Ukrainian city but not yet for a full takeover and occupation of the country, Ukraine’s former defence minister has said, as Washington warned that an invasion could take place at any time.Andriy Zagorodnyuk said in an interview with the Guardian that the situation looked “pretty dire”. “Russia could now seize any cit
  
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• ‘To get out is an absolute struggle’: landmark study sheds light on Australians sleeping rough

  06-02-2022 17:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Homelessness report reveals health and discrimination issues as authors call for new national strategyLeigh Jorey was pretty successful in his mid-30s. A panel beater by trade, he’d completed an apprenticeship, owned his own tow truck company, and worked at it hard. His success didn’t stop him becoming homeless. In fact, it may have contributed to the problem.Under pressure, Jorey began to turn to less healthy ways of coping, which led him into a downward spiral. Continue reading...
  
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• Rapid Covid tests to be tax deductible but Frydenberg says pandemic supports must end

  06-02-2022 17:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Tresurer tries to shift the narrative as Labor calls government ‘smoking ruin of division’Get our free news app; get our morning email briefingRapid Covid tests will be made tax deductible for workers and businesses, but the treasurer, Josh Frydenberg, says other economic support measures must wind up as the economy returns to normal.In a major economic speech to the Australian Industry Group on Monday, the treasurer will also announce that he has tasked the Productivity Commission w
  
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• How will Victoria’s sex work decriminalisation bill work and will it make the industry safer?

  06-02-2022 17:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Advocates say the legislation will be ‘life changing’ for workers who currently face rampant discrimination in all aspects of their livesGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingThe Sex Work Decriminalisation Act 2021 is set to be debated in Victoria’s parliament this week.The bill will repeal offences for consensual sex work, strengthen anti-discrimination protections for workers and allow the industry to be regulated using existing laws that apply to all other Vic
  
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• Texas man dead after killing 3 family members and child, wounding 3, police say

  06-02-2022 17:26 via nbcnews.com
  A man killed his mother, stepfather, son, and the 4-year-old son of an ex-girlfriend in a shooting spree Saturday before killing himself, Texas authorities
  
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• Several Republicans criticize RNC censure of Cheney, Kinzinger

  06-02-2022 17:23 via nbcnews.com
  
  Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska called the censure "absolutely wrong."
  
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• Eight killed in two days after third deadly avalanche hits Austria

  06-02-2022 16:51 via cnn.com
  
  One person was killed and four others injured in an avalanche in western Austria on Saturday, police said, a day after two other avalanches killed seven skiers as heavy snowfall followed by warmer weather made for unusually dangerous conditions.
  
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• ‘I have no more tears’: Beijing’s Winter Olympics hit by athlete complaints

  06-02-2022 16:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Swedish team suggest schedule needs altering due to coldIsolation issues continue; Germany bemoan lack of hot foodOn the eve of the Winter Olympics, China promised the world a “streamlined, safe and most splendid” Games. But just two days into the event organisers are facing a litany of complaints from athletes and countries on multiple fronts.The Swedes have suggested that the conditions in the mountains are perilously cold. A Polish skater says she was living in fear in a Beijing i
  
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• Editor arrested in Kashmir as press crackdown escalates

  06-02-2022 16:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Journalist Fahad Shah detained on Friday under terrorism and sedition laws in disputed Indian regionA prominent journalist has been arrested under terrorism and sedition laws, as a crackdown on the press in Indian-administered Kashmir continues to escalate.Fahad Shah, the founder and editor of the widely read local news website The Kashmir Walla, was arrested on Friday evening when he was summoned to a police station in the southern district of Pulwama. Continue reading...
  
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• Russia has massed 70 percent of forces it needs to invade Ukraine, U.S. source says

  06-02-2022 16:25 via nbcnews.com
  
  Russia has already assembled 70 percent of the forces it would need to launch a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a U.S. official with direct knowledge of the
  
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• Kiwi snowboarder taking sport 'to the next level'

  06-02-2022 16:22 via cnn.com
  
  Zoi Sadowski-Synnott wasn't even born when New Zealand ended its 40-year wait for a Winter Olympics medal in 1992. On Sunday, she soared through the air at Beijing's Genting Snow Park to claim her country's first ever gold at a Winter Games.
  
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• Crowds of demonstrators join rallies across Canada as Covid-19 trucker protests spread

  06-02-2022 16:05 via cnn.com
  
  From the western province of Alberta, moving east to Quebec City, and in cities and towns in between, thousands of Canadians have hit the streets in trucks, tractors, cars and on foot to protest the nation's Covid-19 restrictions.
  
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• Home Office says delays will not affect UK citizens returning with EU families

  06-02-2022 16:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Relief for many as department says post-Brexit applications received before 29 March deadline will be processedBritish citizens who want to return permanently visa-free to the UK with EU families post-Brexit will not be penalised by Home Office delays as long as they apply for their paperwork within the next two months, the government has said.The confirmation will come as a relief to British citizens suffering anxiety and distress over Home Office delays because of the looming 29 March deadline
  
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• Harold Varner III sinks monster eagle putt on final hole to win the 2022 Saudi International

  06-02-2022 15:56 via cnn.com
  
  Harold Varner III drained a huge eagle putt on the 18th hole of the final round to snatch victory at the 2022 Saudi International on Sunday.
  
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• YouTube divers crack a missing person cold case

  06-02-2022 15:43 via cnn.com
  
  • A Florida man took his grandson magnet fishing. Police are now investigating what they reeled in
  • A man is accused of breaking into Michael Bloomberg's ranch and kidnapping an employee
  
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• One of Queen Elizabeth II's most lasting legacies is also her least acknowledged

  06-02-2022 14:56 via nbcnews.com
  
  It’s easy to forget the challenges the queen has had to contend with on the gender front.
  
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• New Belgian passports celebrate country's comic strip history

  06-02-2022 14:41 via cnn.com
  
  Most passports tend to be relatively uniform in design. They're often burgundy, black, or blue in color and they might encompass a small version of the symbol of a nation. But that won't be the case for Belgians come February 7 -- the country will now issue passports defined by images of its comic strip heroes, from Tintin to the Smurfs.
  
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