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• New Zealand bans conversion practices in vote hailed as ‘win for humanity’

  15-02-2022 23:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Law makes it an offence to perform so-called ‘therapy’ on anyone under 18 and comes with sentence of up to three years’ imprisonmentNew Zealand has banned conversion practices, with near unanimity, after all but eight National party members voted in favour of the law.Conversion “therapy” refers to the practice, often by religious groups, of trying to “cure” people of their sexuality, gender expression or LGBTQI identity. Continue reading...
  
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• Mbappe scores last-gasp winner against Real Madrid

  15-02-2022 23:53 via cnn.com
  
  Kylian Mbappe scored a wonderful last-minute goal to inspire Paris Saint-Germain to a 1-0 victory against Real Madrid in their Champions League round of 16 first-leg tie on Tuesday.
  
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• Third known case of HIV remission reported

  15-02-2022 23:34 via cnn.com
  
  A US woman has become the third known person who's gone into HIV remission, and the first mixed-race woman, thanks to a transplant of stem cells from umbilical cord blood, according to research presented at a conference Tuesday.
  
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• Patient who died at UK hospital from Lassa fever was newborn baby – reports

  15-02-2022 23:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Two family members also suffering from acute viral infection endemic in parts of Africa but very rare in UKA patient in the UK who died last week from Lassa fever, an acute viral infection endemic in parts of Africa, was a newborn baby, according to reports.The child, who died at the Luton and Dunstable hospital last week, was one of three confirmed cases of the disease all within the same family, the BBC reported. Continue reading...
  
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• Mbappé gives PSG late win over Real Madrid after Messi has penalty saved

  15-02-2022 23:16 via theguardian.com
  
  Suddenly there was Kylian Mbappé once again. With 45 seconds left, just when it looked as if victory had evaded a Paris Saint-Germain side that could have won this match a lot earlier and three times over, he delivered the solution that they had sought all night. Dashing between Lucas Vázquez and Éder Militão, leaning one way and then the other, as smooth as he was swift, Mbappé dropped the shoulder and slotted through Thibaut Courtois’ legs.The release w
  
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• Biden: Ukraine invasion still ‘distinctly possible’ despite Russian claims

  15-02-2022 23:16 via theguardian.com
  
  Putin had claimed a ‘partial’ military withdrawal from border areas but US president says 150,000 troops remainJoe Biden has claimed that 150,000 Russian troops remain in a “threatening position” around Ukraine, despite Russian claims of a withdrawal, and he warned that an invasion “remains distinctly possible”.In a televised address from the White House on Tuesday afternoon, Biden combined a repeated offer of security talks with a warning of severe repercussi
  
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• Jury finds New York Times did not defame Sarah Palin – as it happened

  15-02-2022 23:12 via theguardian.com
  
  Palin sued paper in 2017 claiming an editorial damaged her careerAOC: ‘very real risk’ US democracy won’t exist in 10 yearsUkraine crisis – live updatesSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by emailRobert Califf’s appointment as the new head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was confirmed today, but the process was not as straightforward as the Biden administration first thought. Senator Joe Manchin, a Virginia Democrat, urged senators to
  
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• PJ O’Rourke, writer and humorist, dies aged 74

  15-02-2022 23:00 via theguardian.com
  
  O’Rourke held a variety of roles, including editor-in-chief of National Lampoon and Rolling Stone’s foreign affairs desk chiefThe conservative writer and humorist PJ O’Rourke, whose acerbic wit and writings often won admiration on both sides of America’s political divide, has died, media reports and colleagues said. He was 74 years old.Peter Sagal, O’Rourke’s colleague and host of the NPR radio show Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!, said on Twitter: &ldq
  
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• People with autism or ADHD are more likely to die early, review says

  15-02-2022 22:56 via cnn.com
  
  Having autism or ADHD can come with a host of problems, one of which might be a higher risk of dying earlier than normal, according to a new review. Experts explain why this finding is possible.
  
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• Watch: Biden's full address to the nation

  15-02-2022 22:54 via cnn.com
  
  In a recent speech to the nation, President Joe Biden appealed for diplomacy to continue as the world watches to see if Russian President Vladimir Putin orders an invasion of neighboring Ukraine. Watch the whole speech.
  
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• February's snow moon peaks this week

  15-02-2022 22:53 via cnn.com
  
  Point your cameras toward the sky as February's full moon, nicknamed the snow moon, will make its appearance from midnight Tuesday to midnight Thursday, according to NASA.
  
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• US President tells citizens of Russia 'you are not our enemy' and warns Putin to de-escalate Ukraine tensions

  15-02-2022 22:50 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden is going to provide a status update on the ongoing situation in Ukraine at 3:30 p.m. ET Tuesday, according to the White House.
  
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• Still 'distinct possibility' of major military action by Russia, Biden warns

  15-02-2022 22:50 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden is going to provide a status update on the ongoing situation in Ukraine at 3:30 p.m. ET Tuesday, according to the White House.
  
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• Biden: Still 'distinct possibility' of military action by Russia

  15-02-2022 22:50 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden is going to provide a status update on the ongoing situation in Ukraine at 3:30 p.m. ET Tuesday, according to the White House.
  
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• Capitol attack investigators target Trump circle over fake elector ploy

  15-02-2022 22:48 via theguardian.com
  
  Committee to examine coordination behind brazen effort to submit false electoral certificates in states won by Joe BidenThe House select committee investigating the Capitol attack issued subpoenas on Tuesday to top Trump campaign and Republican officials involved in the scheme to send false electors for Donald Trump in states won by Joe Biden, as it examines the coordination behind the effort.The panel sent subpoenas to six individuals who were involved in a brazen attempt to meet and submit fak
  
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• Alec Baldwin among those named in 'Rust' wrongful death lawsuit

  15-02-2022 22:43 via cnn.com
  
  The family of Halyna Hutchins, the cinematographer killed on the set of the movie "Rust" last fall, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Alec Baldwin, the film's production companies, its producers, and other key members of the crew.
  
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• Jury reaches verdict after judge tosses Sarah Palin's libel suit against NY Times

  15-02-2022 22:41
  
  Palin claimed an erroneous editorial defamed her.
  
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• Why Sarah Palin lost her libel suit against The New York Times — twice

  15-02-2022 22:33 via nbcnews.com
  
  Judge Jed S. Rakoff tried to create as complete a record as possible for appeal, which will be harder for a higher court to reverse.
  
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• Third known case of HIV remission reported after stem cell transplant using umbilical cord blood

  15-02-2022 22:31 via cnn.com
  
  A US woman has become the third known person who's gone into HIV remission, and the first mixed-race woman, thanks to a transplant of stem cells from umbilical cord blood, according to research presented at a conference Tuesday.
  
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• WATCH: Firefighter crews inspired by the Winter Olympics show off their curling skills

  15-02-2022 22:21
  
  But which crew won gold?!
  
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• Ottawa police chief to resign amid ongoing protests

  15-02-2022 22:19 via cnn.com
  
  Amid ongoing protests against Canada's Covid-19 regulations, Ottawa Police Service Chief Peter Sloly on Tuesday informed the capital city's police services board of his resignation, CNN has learned.
  
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• Biden delivers message to Russia: Ukraine is not a threat

  15-02-2022 22:14 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden made an appeal for diplomacy to continue as the world watches to see if Russian President Vladimir Putin orders an invasion of neighboring Ukraine, and emphasized to Russian citizens that the US is not its enemy.
  
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• Avocado imports suspended, what that could mean for US consumers

  15-02-2022 22:10
  
  Avocados from Mexico imports suspended, and what that could mean for US consumers.
  
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• Ex-president arrested in Honduras as US requests extradition on drugs charges

  15-02-2022 22:07 via theguardian.com
  
  Juan Orlando Hernández cuffed and taken away in TegucigalpaArrest marks spectacular fall for man who was once key US ally Former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández has been arrested, a day after the US Department of Justice requested his extradition over drug trafficking and weapons charges, culminating a spectacular fall from grace for a man who was once considered one of Washington’s top allies in Central America.On Tuesday afternoon Hernández left his home in
  
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• Sandy Hook families reach $73 million settlement with gun manufacturer

  15-02-2022 21:58 via cnn.com
  
  The families of five children and four adults killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting have reached a $73 million settlement against the now-bankrupt gun manufacturer Remington and its four insurers, the plaintiffs' attorneys said Tuesday.
  
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• Juan Orlando Hernández: Police arrest Honduran ex-leader on drugs charges

  15-02-2022 21:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ex-President Juan Orlando Hernández is escorted from his home after the US requested his extradition.
  
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• Third person apparently cured of HIV using novel stem cell transplant

  15-02-2022 21:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Patient is mixed-race woman treated in New York using umbilical cord blood, in technique raising chances of finding suitable donorsScientists appear to have cured a third person, and the first woman, of HIV using a novel stem cell transplant method, American researchers in Denver, Colorado, said on Tuesday.The patient, a woman of mixed race, was treated using a new method that involved umbilical cord blood, which is more readily available than the adult stem cells which are often used in bone ma
  
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• Gen X and millennials both claimed these Super Bowl performers. Here's who's right.

  15-02-2022 21:41 via nbcnews.com
  
  Through generalizations and stereotypes, we’ve been conditioned to believe that generations are in constant competition — for opportunities, power and for relevance.
  
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• Prince Andrew settles Virginia Giuffre sexual assault case in US

  15-02-2022 21:35 via theguardian.com
  
  Out-of-court settlement in civil case means Duke of York is spared giving evidence at trialPrince Andrew settles sex claim lawsuit – live updatesThe Duke of York has settled the sex assault case filed against him by Virginia Giuffre for an undisclosed sum, sparing him the humiliation of giving evidence in a trial and protecting the royal family from further reputational damage.The out-of-court settlement in the US civil case means Prince Andrew makes no admission of guilt over claims by Gi
  
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• Families of Sandy Hook victims settle with Remington

  15-02-2022 21:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The $73m settlement marks the first time a US gun manufacturer has faced liability for a mass shooting.
  
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• WATCH: Pastor shows off some serious snowboarding skills

  15-02-2022 21:15
  
  Canon Jean-Baptiste Commins of The Institute of Christ the King hit the Michigan slopes for a winter community outing.
  
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• Jury finds that Sarah Palin failed to prove her defamation case against the New York Times

  15-02-2022 21:12 via cnn.com
  
  Jurors have reached a verdict in Sarah Palin's defamation suit against the New York Times.
  
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• Sarah Palin loses libel lawsuit against New York Times

  15-02-2022 21:08 via theguardian.com
  
  Jury rejects claim the newspaper damaged her reputation by erroneously linking campaign rhetoric to mass shootingFormer Alaska governor Sarah Palin lost her libel lawsuit against the New York Times on Tuesday when a jury rejected her claim that the newspaper maliciously damaged her reputation by erroneously linking her campaign rhetoric to a mass shooting.A judge had already declared that if the jury sided with Palin, he would set aside its verdict on the grounds that she had not proven the pape
  
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• Megadrought in Southwest US worst in a millennium

  15-02-2022 21:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A study has found that the American West has not seen such drought since the time of Charlemagne.
  
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• Avocados could become very hard to find in the US. Here's why

  15-02-2022 21:01 via cnn.com
  
  Americans could soon see fewer avocados available at their local stores. CNN's Matt Rivers reports why the US suspended imports of the popular green fruit from Mexico.
  
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• How a picture came to symbolize the Prince Andrew sexual abuse case

  15-02-2022 20:58 via theguardian.com
  
  The image with ‘no innocent explanation’, showing Giuffre with the duke and Ghislaine Maxwell, was taken by Jeffrey EpsteinIt was a simple photograph, taken late in the evening on 10 March 2001, that came to symbolize Virginia Giuffre’s case against Prince Andrew.The one with the duke’s arm around the 17-year-old’s waist, with Ghislaine Maxwell beaming to one side, and the man behind the camera clicking the shutter but hidden by the flash’s reflection in the w
  
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• "Fast & Furious" actor posts video before losing mom to Covid

  15-02-2022 20:57 via cnn.com
  
  Actor Tyrese Gibson best known for his role in "Fast & Furious" shared the heartbreaking passing of his mother, Priscilla Murray after battling Covid-19 and pneumonia.
  
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• Meta agrees to pay $90 million to settle lawsuit over Facebook tracking users' online activity

  15-02-2022 20:56 via cnn.com
  
  Facebook-parent Meta has agreed to pay $90 million to settle a decade-old class action lawsuit over a practice that allowed the social network to track users' activity across the internet, even if they had logged out of the platform.
  
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• Earth is heating up too quickly for these tiny organisms to adapt

  15-02-2022 20:47 via cnn.com
  
  As global temperatures steadily rise, our planet may be changing too quickly for some of nature's most wide-ranging organisms to adapt.
  
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• Vaccination reduces chance of getting long Covid, studies find

  15-02-2022 20:38 via theguardian.com
  
  UK health agency notes research that also suggests jabs can improve long Covid symptoms among unvaccinatedCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageCovid vaccination reduces the risk of developing long Covid, while current sufferers may experience an improvement in symptoms after getting jabbed, a comprehensive review by the UK Health Security Agency suggests.The “rapid evidence briefing” drew together data from 15 UK and international studies, about half of w
  
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• US sea levels will rise by a foot in the next 30 years

  15-02-2022 20:37 via cnn.com
  
  Sea level rise is accelerating. As oceans get warmer and ice sheets melt into the sea, water levels along the coast are creeping higher and higher, with significant impact for coastal communities and ecosystems.
  
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• Child Covid-19 hospitalizations rose amid Omicron, especially among children too young to be vaccinated

  15-02-2022 20:37 via cnn.com
  
  Covid-19 hospitalization rates among children increased as Omicron replaced Delta as the predominant coronavirus variant in the United States, especially among those under 5, who are not eligible to be vaccinated, according to a study published Tuesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  
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• Jurors have reached a verdict in the Sarah Palin defamation lawsuit trial

  15-02-2022 20:36 via cnn.com
  
  Jurors have reached a verdict in Sarah Palin's defamation suit against the New York Times.
  
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• Saunas, haircuts, hot meals: Ottawa protesters set up for the long haul

  15-02-2022 20:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Protesters against Covid-19 rules seem unfazed by possible police action as prime minister invokes emergency powersA day after Canada’s prime minister announced a dramatic escalation in his government’s fight against blockades across the country, protesters in the nation’s capital were scheduling haircuts and receiving massages, apparently unfazed by the prospect of ramped-up police enforcement.Hundreds of semi-trucks which have been parked out front of Canada’s parliamen
  
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• This is how much sea levels are expected to rise in the US in the next 30 years

  15-02-2022 20:30
  
  Scientists are now predicting that sea levels surrounding the U.S. will increase an additional 10 to 12 inches by 2050.
  
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• Analysis: What do Russia's latest troop moves mean?

  15-02-2022 19:52 via cnn.com
  
  Russia announced Tuesday that some troops will be moving back to their home bases after completing exercises, a day after Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told Russian President Vladimir Putin that diplomacy still had a "chance" -- and Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told CNN that Putin is "willing to negotiate."
  
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• Earth is warming too quickly for these tiny organisms

  15-02-2022 19:48 via cnn.com
  
  As global temperatures steadily rise, our planet may be changing too quickly for some of nature's most wide-ranging organisms to adapt.
  
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• Truss tells Iran she hopes UK will soon be able to repay £400m debt

  15-02-2022 19:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Tehran is keen to see Britain do more to help with Afghan refugee crisisLiz Truss has said she hopes Britain will soon be in a position to pay the £400m debt overdue to Iran, according to an Iranian account of the phone call between the foreign secretary and her Tehran counterpart, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian.UK government officials have been exploring legal ways to pay Britain’s historical debt, although international economic sanctions on Iran have made it difficult. Continue reading.
  
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• Hear statement from Prince Andrew in sexual abuse lawsuit settlement

  15-02-2022 19:38 via cnn.com
  
  Prince Andrew and Virginia Giuffre have reached an undisclosed settlement in a sexual abuse lawsuit, according to a court document filed by Giuffre's attorneys. The lawsuit stemmed from the disturbing allegations against the late Jeffrey Epstein. CNN's Max Foster has more.
  
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• US accuses financial website of spreading Russian propaganda

  15-02-2022 19:29
  
  U.S. intelligence officials allege a conservative financial website with a significant American readership is amplifying Kremlin propaganda
  
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