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• One person killed and 28 wounded -- including children -- in shooting at Arkansas car show

  20-03-2022 23:58 via cnn.com
  
  Police say they are hunting two suspects after gunfire broke out Saturday at a car show in Dumas, Arkansas, killing one person and injuring at least 28, including several children.
  
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• One killed and 28 wounded in shooting at car show

  20-03-2022 23:58 via cnn.com
  
  Police say they are hunting two suspects after gunfire broke out Saturday at a car show in Dumas, Arkansas, killing one person and injuring at least 28, including several children.
  
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• 'I'm still in shock': Woman stunned by pig pen surveillance video

  20-03-2022 23:37 via cnn.com
  
  Rebecca Shaw was shocked when she watched a black bear enter her pig's pen. Watch as Hamlet and Mary courageously fend off the bear.
  
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• British-Iranian Morad Tahbaz moved from prison in Iran to hotel room

  20-03-2022 23:37 via theguardian.com
  
  Conservationist detained since 2018 left behind when Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori releasedMorad Tahbaz, the British-Iranian-American citizen left behind last week when Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori were allowed to return home to the UK, has been taken from Evin prison to a hotel in Tehran after representations by the British and American governments, the Foreign Office has said.The department added that it was lobbying the Iranian authorities at the highest lev
  
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• A black bear entered woman's pig pen. What happened next shocked her

  20-03-2022 23:37 via cnn.com
  
  Rebecca Shaw was shocked when she watched a black bear enter her pig's pen. Watch as Hamlet and Mary courageously fend off the bear.
  
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• Rare snake found in Alabama for just the second time in 60 years

  20-03-2022 23:36 via cnn.com
  
  For only the second time in more than 60 years, the elusive Eastern indigo snake has slithered into Alabama.
  
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• William and Kate dance and taste chocolate during day two of Belize tour

  20-03-2022 23:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  "They were shaking their waists like nobody's business," said a local woman who danced with the duke.
  
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• Nottingham Forest 0-1 Liverpool: Jurgen Klopp's side set up semi-final date against Man City after edging past hosts

  20-03-2022 23:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Liverpool will play Manchester City in the FA Cup semi-final at Wembley after they edge past Nottingham Forest in a pulsating quarter-final at the City Ground.
  
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• Russia-Ukraine updates: Ukrainian forces in Mariupol given until 4 am to surrender

  20-03-2022 23:06
  
  Live updates on the Russia-Ukraine crisis.
  
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• WATCH: Lightning flashes across Manhattan sky

  20-03-2022 22:52
  
  Lightning arced through the night sky over Manhattan as thunderstorms moved through the region.
  
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• WATCH: Huge smoke plumes from fire in marsh near Liverpool

  20-03-2022 22:52
  
  Dark smoke was seen billowing from a fire that broke out on Parkgate marshland in England.
  
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• Opinion: The conditions are ripe for talking peace. Biden should seize the moment

  20-03-2022 22:47 via cnn.com
  
  Dressed in his green military T-shirt, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ended his live-streamed speech to Congress on Wednesday with a direct appeal to President Joe Biden: "Today it's not enough to be the leader of the nation ... being the leader of the world means to be the leader of peace." It was not a throwaway line -- it was a deliberate plea that Biden should take seriously.
  
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• Opinion: Conditions ripe for talking peace. Biden should seize the moment

  20-03-2022 22:47 via cnn.com
  
  Dressed in his green military T-shirt, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ended his live-streamed speech to Congress on Wednesday with a direct appeal to President Joe Biden: "Today it's not enough to be the leader of the nation ... being the leader of the world means to be the leader of peace." It was not a throwaway line -- it was a deliberate plea that Biden should take seriously.
  
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• 1 dead, at least 24 shot, including children, at Arkansas car show

  20-03-2022 22:42
  
  The shooting took place in Dumas Saturday night.
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war: Moscow sets 5am deadline for surrender of Mariupol – live

  20-03-2022 22:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Russia tells defending forces to lay down arms; Dozens of elderly people in Luhansk region shot, Ukraine human rights ombudsman saysZelenskiy questions Israel’s reluctance to sell Ukraine Iron Dome defence systemRussia bombed Mariupol art school sheltering 400 people, says UkraineUkraine-Russia peace deal ‘close’, says Turkey despite western scepticismClaims Mariupol women and children forcibly sent to RussiaWhat are hypersonic missiles and why is Russia using them?Tell us: how
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war: 56 elderly people killed by Russian forces, official says; Zelenskiy compares Russian offensive to Nazi Germany – live

  20-03-2022 22:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Dozens of elderly people in Luhansk region shot, Ukraine human rights ombudsman says; Zelenskiy questions Israel’s reluctance to sell Ukraine Iron Dome defence systemRussia bombed Mariupol art school sheltering 400 people, says UkraineUkraine-Russia peace deal ‘close’, says Turkey despite western scepticismClaims Mariupol women and children forcibly sent to RussiaWhat are hypersonic missiles and why is Russia using them?Tell us: how have you been affected by the situation in Uk
  
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• Australia news live updates: Peter Malinauskas to be sworn in as SA’s new premier; NSW paramedics poised for industrial action

  20-03-2022 22:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Lismore flood victims to dump debris as protest; Malinauskas to take oath at Government House in Adelaide after Labor’s thumping win in South Australian election; industrial action for NSW paramedics. Follow all the day’s news‘Stunning pay rise’: commodity boom to fuel improved Australian budgetCoalition expands recycling, carbon credit scheme by $60m amid claims of climate ‘fraud’ by thinktankExclusive: Citipointe Christian College teachers threatened with di
  
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• 'Multiple' people shot, 1 killed in Dallas, police say

  20-03-2022 21:54
  
  “Multiple” people were shot and one was killed on Saturday night in Dallas, officials said.
  
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• How this Ukranian news outlet is protecting its journalists

  20-03-2022 21:50 via cnn.com
  
  As Russia's attack on Ukraine continues to intensify, reporting from the war zone is becoming increasingly difficult — and dangerous. Four journalists have so far been killed reporting on the war and many more are injured or missing.
  
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• Biden administration formally determines Myanmar's military committed genocide

  20-03-2022 21:42 via cnn.com
  
  The Biden administration has formally determined that Myanmar's military committed genocide and crimes against humanity against the Rohingya, a US official told CNN on Sunday.
  
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• Inside a children's hospital and pressure on Russian artists - Ukraine war round-up

  20-03-2022 21:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ukrainian children suffer in hospital, and musicians are banned from Russian radio for opposing the war.
  
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• Rosario v Newell’s Old Boys delayed after ‘number of grenades’ damage pitch

  20-03-2022 20:52 via theguardian.com
  
  Fierce football derby in Argentina forced to kick off lateExplosives had been thrown on to the field by fansThe derby game in Argentina’s top flight between Rosario Central and Newell’s Old Boys kicked off late on Sunday after “a number of grenades”, which had been thrown on to the field by fans, blew holes in the playing surface.The fixture, a local derby between two fierce rivals in the Santa Fe province, is one of the major dates in the country’s football calenda
  
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• ‘Stunning pay rise’: commodity boom to fuel improved Australian budget

  20-03-2022 20:49 via theguardian.com
  
  Export revenues and low jobless rate combine to cut almost $90bn from projected federal budget deficitGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingSoaring commodity prices and a shrinking jobless rate will combine to slice almost $90bn from projected federal budget deficits out to 2024-25, although excessive pre-election promises would undermine the government’s fiscal repair efforts, according to Chris Richardson, a senior economist at Deloitte.The predicted improvement compares w
  
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• Private investigator says drug kingpin targeted David Ortiz

  20-03-2022 20:44
  
  A Dominican drug trafficker was jealous of Ortiz and felt disrespected by him.
  
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• Son double helps Tottenham close in on top four

  20-03-2022 20:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tottenham move closer to the Champions League qualification spots with a win over West Ham in the Premier League.
  
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• ‘It can never happen again’: hundreds gather in support of Child Q

  20-03-2022 20:36 via theguardian.com
  
  Hackney MP Diane Abbott decries ‘pattern of police abuse of power’ after strip search of black schoolgirlHundreds of people gathered at Hackney town hall in east London on Sunday to express solidarity with the family of Child Q, the 15-year-old black girl who was subjected to a traumatic strip search by police at her school.The protesters, many of whom were mothers accompanied by their daughters, carried placards with messages including “Stop violating black girls” and Bl
  
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• British-Iranian Morad Tahbaz on hunger strike after being kept in Iran

  20-03-2022 20:19 via theguardian.com
  
  Family of conservationist detained since 2018 fear he was abandoned to ensure release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh AshooriMorad Tahbaz, the British-Iranian man who was not allowed to leave Iran as part of the deal struck by the British and Iranian governments freeing Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori, has gone on hunger strike in protest, his family have said.Tahbaz has also been taken from the public ward in Evin prison in Tehran, but it is not known where to, or for w
  
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• Geelong ensemble win one of the world’s richest theatre prizes

  20-03-2022 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Back to Back, an ensemble of disabled actors, wins DK2.5m Ibsen prize for their ‘exciting, unsettling and thought-provoking’ workGet our weekend culture and lifestyle email and listen to our podcastA small Australian theatre company made up of neurodiverse and disabled actors has won one of the world’s richest theatre prizes, the DK2.5m (AU$384,000) Ibsen award.Back to Back, which was established in 1987 and is based in Geelong, were announced as the winners of the biennial pri
  
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• Labour condemns PM’s decision not to place limits on MPs’ second jobs

  20-03-2022 19:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Angela Rayner accuses Johnson of appeasing critical Tory MPs including Theresa May ‘to save his own skin’Labour has accused Boris Johnson of “appeasing Tory MPs to save his own skin” by dropping a plan to place an earnings or time limit on backbenchers’ jobs outside parliament.The party has identified eight Conservatives who were particularly critical of the prime minister over claims of lockdown-breaking parties inside Downing Street, but who earn significant extra
  
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• Woman charged with murder after body found buried in Northampton garden

  20-03-2022 19:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Fiona Beal arrested 200 miles from where remains believed to be of missing man recoveredA 48-year-old woman has been charged with murder after a man’s body was found buried in a back garden in Northampton.Fiona Beal was arrested at a hotel in Cumbria on Wednesday night, more than 200 miles from where Northamptonshire police recovered the body of a 42-year-old man who had been missing. Continue reading...
  
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• US and NATO struggle to decipher status of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine

  20-03-2022 19:24 via cnn.com
  
  US and NATO officials believe Russian President Vladimir Putin has not backed off his original demands in talks with Ukraine, and there is a heavy dose of skepticism in Western capitals about how credible Moscow's engagement truly is -- even as the status of those negotiations remains difficult to decipher, according to multiple sources briefed on the situation.
  
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• US not optimistic about Ukraine talks as Zelenskiy ups pressure on Biden

  20-03-2022 19:16 via theguardian.com
  
  Ukraine president raises specter of ‘third world war’ Biden pressed to increase military aid ahead of Nato visitUkraine – live coverageJoe Biden’s ambassador to the United Nations warned on Sunday there was little immediate hope of a negotiated end to the war in Ukraine, as pressure continued to build on the US president ahead of a crucial Nato summit in Europe this week.Linda Thomas-Greenfield was reacting on CNN’s State of the Union to an interview with Volodymr Z
  
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• War in Ukraine: Backlash in Russia against anti-war musicians

  20-03-2022 19:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Banned from radio stations and rumoured black lists, artists against the war face a difficult moment.
  
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• Bahrain Grand Prix: Ferrari dominates as Charles Leclerc wins dramatic season opener

  20-03-2022 19:02 via cnn.com
  
  Charles Leclerc won the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday as Ferrari claimed a one-two after a dramatic ending to the first race of the new season.
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 25 of the invasion

  20-03-2022 19:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Putin’s forces have bombed an art school sheltering 400 civilians in Mariupol, the city’s council has saidRussia-Ukraine war: latest updatesUkraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, urged Israeli legislators to help protect Ukraine against the Russian invasion, drawing comparisons between the Russian offensive and the “final solution” – the plan by Nazi Germany to exterminate Jews.Mariupol’s city council says Russia bombed an art school where 400 civilia
  
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• Republican Hawley’s attack on supreme court nominee Jackson is wrong, says senator

  20-03-2022 19:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Senate judiciary committee chair Dick Durbin says Hawley’s attacks should be ignored in confirmation hearings this weekThe Missouri Republican Josh Hawley is wrong to attack Ketanji Brown Jackson, Joe Biden’s supreme court nominee, and should be ignored in confirmation hearings this week, the Senate judiciary chair said.Hawley, the Illinois Democrat Dick Durbin said, is “part of the fringe within the Republican party … a man who was fist-bumping the murderous mob that de
  
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• Retired Gen. Petraeus explains how Ukrainians are taking out Russian generals

  20-03-2022 18:48 via cnn.com
  
  Retired US Army Gen. David Petraeus tells CNN's Jake Tapper how the Ukrainian people have aided their army in killing multiple Russian generals. CNN has not been able to confirm the killings.
  
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• 'Picking them off': Petraeus explains how Ukrainians are taking out Russian generals

  20-03-2022 18:48 via cnn.com
  
  Retired US Army Gen. David Petraeus tells CNN's Jake Tapper how the Ukrainian people have aided their army in killing multiple Russian generals. CNN has not been able to confirm the killings.
  
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• Ukraine: US condemns ‘unconscionable’ forced deportations of civilians from Mariupol

  20-03-2022 18:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Unconfirmed reports of thousands being transported to Russia emerge after Russia accused of bombing art school where residents were shelteringRussia-Ukraine war: latest updatesWhat we know on day 25 of the invasionForced civilian deportations from Mariupol to Russia are “disturbing” and “unconscionable” if true, the US has said, after Ukrainian officials accused Moscow of transporting thousands of people against their will out of the devastated port city.Linda Thomas-Gree
  
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• Germany agrees gas deal with Qatar to help end dependency on Russia

  20-03-2022 18:39 via theguardian.com
  
  Long-term contract will not immediately stop flow of money to Russia, for which German ministers have been criticisedRussia-Ukraine war: latest updatesGermany has agreed a contract with Qatar for the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) that will help the European country wean itself off its dependency on Russian energy.But the contract is a long-term solution and will do little to slow the current flow of European money into Russian coffers, estimated to be worth $285m (£217m) a day for
  
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• Chinese article urging country to cut ties with Putin gets 1m views

  20-03-2022 18:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Essay on US site republished in China before being censored, reflecting balancing act between Russia and westRussia-Ukraine war – latest updatesWhen an essay from a prominent Shanghai scholar suggested China needed to cut ties with Vladimir Putin as soon as possible over the Ukraine war, the online reaction was swift.Despite being published late on a Friday evening in the Carter Center’s US-China Perception Monitor, Hu Wei’s essay soon gained a million views in and outside Chin
  
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• Shooting wounds 4 at South by Southwest festival in Austin

  20-03-2022 18:30
  
  Police in Austin, Texas, say four people have been shot and wounded as the city hosts the annual South by Southwest festival
  
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• UK considering ban on NHS procurement of Chinese goods made in Xinjiang

  20-03-2022 17:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Tory MPs want ministers to follow health bill amendment banning goods from regions with ‘risk of genocide’Ministers are looking “sympathetically” at plans to stop the government buying health goods made in China’s Xinjiang province when the health and social care bill returns to the Commons later this month. The move would be a first sign that the government is willing to toughen its approach to authoritarian regimes in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine.In an inte
  
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• Leclerc wins first F1 race of the season

  20-03-2022 17:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Charles Leclerc wins a close battle with Red Bull's Max Verstappen before taking a classy victory in a dramatic season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix.
  
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• Zelensky: 'Ready for negotiations' with Putin, but if they fail, it could mean 'a third World War'

  20-03-2022 17:43 via cnn.com
  
  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday that he's "ready for negotiations" with Russian President Vladimir Putin but warned that if they fail "that would mean that this is a third World War."
  
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• Liz Cheney does not regret vote against Trump Ukraine impeachment

  20-03-2022 17:37 via theguardian.com
  
  January 6 committee member splits from fellow Republican Adam Kinzinger but says first impeachment informs panel’s workUkraine – live coverageLiz Cheney, one of two Republicans on the January 6 committee, does not regret her vote against Donald Trump’s first impeachment, for withholding military aid to Ukraine in an attempt to extract dirt on rivals including Joe Biden.But Cheney also said on Sunday she was focused on lessons learned from that impeachment as she pursues the inv
  
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• Launch of .au domains will allow Australians to drop .com from web addresses

  20-03-2022 17:30 via theguardian.com
  
  People who can demonstrate they or their business have a connection to Australia will be able to purchase new domain from ThursdayGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingAustralian web addresses will soon be shorter with the launch of .au domains, allowing people to drop the .com for the first time.From Thursday, people who can demonstrate they or their business have a connection to Australia will be able to purchase .au domains. It is the first time the .au domain has been availabl
  
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• Coalition expands recycling, carbon credit scheme by $60m amid claims of climate ‘fraud’ by thinktank

  20-03-2022 17:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Recycling Modernisation Fund boost will focus on hard-to-recycle plastics as carbon credit tax cuts aim to encourage farmers to cut emissionsGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingThe Coalition will put $60m into recycling initiatives and make tax changes to encourage farmers to reduce their carbon output, in a pair of pre-budget announcements as the government seeks to beef up its environmental credentials ahead of the federal election.It comes as the Australia Institute thinktank
  
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• Citipointe Christian College teachers threatened with dismissal for expressing homosexuality

  20-03-2022 17:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: Only last month, the school apologised to students over enrolment contracts that described homosexuality as ‘immoral’Teachers at Brisbane religious school Citipointe Christian College are being asked to sign employment contracts that warn they could be sacked for being openly homosexual.The school says the wording of staff employment conditions is “under review” but one former teacher, who refused to sign the document last month, says he has now effectively los
  
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• Zelensky to CNN: If talks fail, there will be a wider war

  20-03-2022 17:23 via edition.cnn.com
  
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