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• Tennis star's 37-match win streak is over

  02-07-2022 23:43 via cnn.com
  
  Polish tennis player Iga Swiatek, ranked world No. 1 by the Women's Tennis Association, was defeated by France's Alizé Cornet at Wimbledon Saturday, ending her 37-match winning streak.
  
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• Polish tennis star Iga Swiatek's winning streak ends in defeat by France's Alizé Cornet at Wimbledon

  02-07-2022 23:43 via cnn.com
  
  Polish tennis player Iga Swiatek, ranked world No. 1 by the Women's Tennis Association, was defeated by France's Alizé Cornet at Wimbledon Saturday, ending her 37-match winning streak.
  
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• Labour pledges to create 30,000 jobs at electric car battery gigafactories

  02-07-2022 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Party makes promise amid reports UK is falling behind European rivals in production capacity for EVsLabour has pledged to create at least 30,000 jobs by promising to build three gigafactories for electric car battery production in Britain by 2025, as it warned the country was falling behind its European competitors in the race to ditch petrol power.Amid recent reports that Britain faces a battle to hold on to the production of electric vehicles (EVs) made by manufacturers already in the UK, the
  
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• WATCH: Rescuers lift sailors from sinking ship in South China Sea

  02-07-2022 23:24 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Video released by officials shows Hong Kong rescuers pulling sailors from a sinking ship in the South China Sea.
  
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• Person with flamethrower sets fire to Pan-African flag at activist headquarters

  02-07-2022 23:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Flag was outside Florida home of the Uhuru movement, a Black international socialist groupA person using a flamethrower set fire Saturday to a Pan-African flag flying on a pole outside the headquarters of the Uhuru Movement, a Black international socialist group based in Florida.Security video released by the group shows the driver of a white Honda sedan pulling up outside the group’s St Petersburg headquarters, removing a flamethrower from the trunk and shooting a tower of fire at the fla
  
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• Environmentalists condemn Biden administration’s offshore drilling plan

  02-07-2022 22:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Policy would ban new ocean drilling but allow up to 11 lease sales in Gulf of Mexico and Alaska’s south coastJoe Biden’s administration on Friday unveiled a five-year offshore oil and gas drilling development plan that blocks all new drilling in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans within US territorial waters while allowing some lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska’s south coast.The plan, which has not been finalized, could allow up to 11 lease sales but gives the interior
  
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• DHS to ramp up security assistance in Qatar for World Cup

  02-07-2022 22:39 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The Department of Homeland Security will be on hand to help make sure the soccer tournament is safe and secure, according to a senior department official.
  
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• Palestinians to let US examine bullet that killed Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh

  02-07-2022 22:26 via cnn.com
  
  The Palestinian Authority will allow US investigators to examine the bullet that killed Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, PA Attorney General Akram Al Khatib announced Saturday.
  
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• Uvalde school police chief quits city council amid fury over shooting response

  02-07-2022 22:16 via theguardian.com
  
  State public safety chief blamed Pete Arredondo for delaying officers’ confrontation with gunmanThe Uvalde, Texas, school district police chief is resigning from his community’s city council amid criticism of the law enforcement response to the shooting that killed 19 students and two teachers at Robb elementary in May.Pedro “Pete” Arredondo told the Uvalde Leader-News that he was stepping down from the city council post to which he was sworn in just seven days after the
  
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• ‘Heartbreaking’: millions of native animals killed under Tasmania’s property protection permits

  02-07-2022 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Greens say ‘staggering’ figures should be examined as part of parliamentary inquiry into management and protection of state’s wildlife​​Get our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcastMillions of native animals, including wallabies, green rosellas, cockatoos and wombats have been killed in Tasmania under property protection permits, according to data produced by the state government.The Tasmanian Greens say the “staggering” figures, w
  
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• Tech companies in spotlight as US abortion ruling sparks privacy threat

  02-07-2022 21:37 via theguardian.com
  
  Google has acted amid fears police could use location and other data to prosecute those seeking careIn the wake of the US supreme court’s decision to end women’s constitutional right to abortion, some tech companies are moving to close loopholes that allow personal data brokers to monitor and sell information amid fears that mobile apps could be used by US states to police abortion restrictions.Google said on Friday it would automatically delete records of user visits to sensitive lo
  
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• Shireen Abu Aqleh: bullet that killed journalist given to US forensic experts

  02-07-2022 21:37 via theguardian.com
  
  Palestinian Authority hands over bullet in move to end standoff with Israel over investigationThe Palestinian Authority on Saturday said it has given the bullet that killed Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh to American forensic experts, taking a step toward resolving a standoff with Israel over the investigation into her death.Abu Aqleh, a veteran correspondent who was well known throughout the Arab world, was fatally shot while covering an Israeli military raid on 11 May in the Jenin refu
  
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• UK scientists warn of urgent need for action on vaccines to head off autumn Covid wave

  02-07-2022 21:21 via theguardian.com
  
  Expert fear that new variants will emerge and stress the need to prepare the best drugs to combat itHealth authorities need to act urgently to prepare for an autumn that could see further waves of Covid-19 cases spreading across the UK.That is the clear warning from scientists and doctors after last week’s figures revealed another dramatic jump in cases. More than 2 million people across Britain were found to be infected for the week ending 24 June, a rise of more than 30% on the preceding
  
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• Google to erase more location info as abortion bans expand

  02-07-2022 21:21 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Google will automatically purge information about users' abortion clinic visits.
  
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• Boris Johnson faces investigation into claims over 40 ‘new’ hospitals

  02-07-2022 21:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Trusts reveal only five wholly new hospitals planned, as Labour says the scheme ‘exists only in PM’s imagination’The government’s official spending watchdog is to launch an inquiry into Boris Johnson’s claim that 40 new hospitals will be built by 2030, as concerns grow in Whitehall that the pledge is unaffordable and has been greatly oversold to the public.In a move that could prove hugely embarrassing for the prime minister, the independent National Audit Office (N
  
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• Russia dredges up landing ship hit by Ukraine missile fire

  02-07-2022 20:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Russian troop ship Saratov sank in a Black Sea port after a Ukrainian missile strike.
  
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• End of special Covid leave for NHS staff in England branded ‘unacceptable’

  02-07-2022 20:28 via theguardian.com
  
  British Medical Association says move will put patients and healthcare workers in England at significant riskScrapping special Covid leave for NHS staff is “completely unacceptable” and will put patients and healthcare workers at significant risk, the British Medical Association has warned.From 7 July the government plans to withdraw the special paid leave for Covid-related sickness and isolation for NHS staff in England, meaning they will revert to normal contractual sick pay arrang
  
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• Wimbledon: The 'brutal' world of doubles tennis

  02-07-2022 20:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Venus Williams and Jamie Murray have taken their first step as a pairing into the "brutal world" of doubles tennis - but what exactly does that entail?
  
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• Uvalde schools police chief Pete Arredondo plans to step down from City Council seat

  02-07-2022 19:52 via nbcnews.com
  
  Embattled Texas Police Chief Pete Arredondo is reportedly resigning from his seat in the Uvalde City Council, roughly a month after being sworn in to the
  
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• Accounts of Trump demanding to go to Capitol on January 6 circulated in Secret Service over past year

  02-07-2022 19:24 via cnn.com
  
  Then-President Donald Trump angrily demanded to go to the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, and berated his protective detail when he didn't get his way, according to two Secret Service sources who say they heard about the incident from multiple agents, including the driver of the presidential SUV where it occurred.
  
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• Pride in London 2022: huge turnout at first march since pandemic – as it happened

  02-07-2022 19:21 via theguardian.com
  
  Rolling coverage of the annual LGBTQ+ celebrations in the capital as events mark 50th anniversary of the UK’s first Pride paradePride should return to radical roots, says Peter TatchellMore than a million expected to gather in the capital‘I felt for the first time I wasn’t alone’: how Pride transformed livesOur reporter David Batty writes:
  Gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell has called on the UK’s largest Pride event to return to its radical political roots, saying
  
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• Woman charged after 1,000 pigs found dead at Iowa site

  02-07-2022 19:01 via abcnews.go.com
  
  She was supposed to maintain the sites where the pigs were found, police say.
  
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• Lindsay Lohan shares she is married

  02-07-2022 18:42 via cnn.com
  
  Lindsay Lohan has announced she is married.
  
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• Holiday-travel chaos: Airlines brace for huge weekend crowds

  02-07-2022 18:31 via nbcnews.com
  
  The July Fourth holiday weekend is off to a booming start with airport crowds crushing the numbers seen in 2019, before the pandemic.
  
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• Two children found dead in Minnesota lake as search for third child and mother continues

  02-07-2022 18:28 via nbcnews.com
  
  The body of a second child was recovered overnight by authorities who have been searching a lake in Minnesota since Friday afternoon, local officials said Satur
  
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• Marshal of the Supreme Court asks Maryland officials to enforce anti-picketing laws

  02-07-2022 18:28 via cnn.com
  
  The marshal of the Supreme Court is asking Maryland officials to direct law enforcement to enforce the state's laws prohibiting picketing outside the homes of Supreme Court justices, according to letters sent to Gov. Larry Hogan and Mark Elrich, the county executive of Montgomery County.
  
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• Suspect arrested in the death of 20-year-old mom gunned down on NYC street

  02-07-2022 18:25 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Police announced the arrest of a suspect Friday in the death of a 20-year-old woman who was gunned down.
  
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• Russian-backed forces increase assault on Ukrainian city of Lysychansk

  02-07-2022 18:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Spokesperson claims they have ‘completely’ encircled last stronghold in Luhansk regionRussia-Ukraine war – latest updatesRussian-backed forces stepped up their assault on the Ukrainian city of Lysychansk on Saturday, as they claimed to have “completely” encircled the last stronghold in the Luhansk region.If Lysychansk falls, the entire region of Luhansk – which along with Donetsk makes up the eastern Donbas region – could come under Russian control, mark
  
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• Turkey blocks access to the websites of Voice of America and Deutsche Welle

  02-07-2022 17:57 via cnn.com
  
  Turkey has blocked access to the Turkish websites of foreign media Deutsche Welle and Voice of America, the country's media watchdog announced on Friday.
  
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• 1-year-old dies after being left in hot car outside a Walgreens in Georgia for hours

  02-07-2022 17:41 via nbcnews.com
  
  A 1-year-old has died after being left inside a hot car parked outside a Walgreens store in Danielsville, Georgia.
  
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• Oscar Pistorius meets with murdered girlfriend's father as he seeks parole

  02-07-2022 17:38 via nbcnews.com
  
  Disgraced former track star Oscar Pistorius met last month with the father of his ex-girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, whom hemurdered in 2013. Barry Steenkamp
  
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• Texas supreme court blocks order that allowed abortions to resume

  02-07-2022 17:28 via theguardian.com
  
  New decision temporarily overturns stay issued by lower court last week and illustrates legal chaos for US abortion providersThe Texas supreme court on Friday overturned a block on a state abortion ban linked to the recent US supreme court decision reversing Roe v Wade, the landmark 1973 ruling granting nationwide rights to abortion.Friday’s order – an emergency motion for temporary relief – required parties on both sides of the abortion issue to submit briefings to the court b
  
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• Search for crew after ship caught in typhoon breaks in half

  02-07-2022 17:19 via cnn.com
  
  A search for more than two dozen crew members whose ship broke in half and sank after being caught near the center of Typhoon Chaba was under way on Saturday, according to the Hong Kong search and rescue authorities.
  
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• Coco Gauff suffers Wimbledon defeat against US compatriot Amanda Anisimova

  02-07-2022 17:13 via cnn.com
  
  An emotional Amanda Anisimova got the better of her compatriot Coco Gauff to progress into the round of 16 at Wimbledon on Saturday.
  
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• Coco Gauff suffers Wimbledon defeat

  02-07-2022 17:13 via cnn.com
  
  An emotional Amanda Anisimova got the better of her compatriot Coco Gauff to progress into the round of 16 at Wimbledon on Saturday.
  
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• Friends co-creator to donate $4m amid embarrassment over show’s whiteness

  02-07-2022 17:08 via theguardian.com
  
  Marta Kauffman will fund professorship in African and African American studies at her alma materThe co-creator of the TV sitcom Friends is planning to donate $4m to an African and African American studies project because she’s so “embarrassed” by – and feels such “guilt” at – the white homogeneity of the characters on the classic coming of age series.Marta Kauffman told the Los Angeles Times that she intends for her planned gift to fund the Marta F Kauff
  
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• Libya’s rival leaders under pressure as protests grow

  02-07-2022 16:42 via theguardian.com
  
  Demonstrators storm Tobruk’s legislature over political deadlock and deteriorating living conditionsLibya’s rival leaders were under growing street pressure on Saturday after protesters stormed parliament as anger exploded over deteriorating living conditions and political deadlock.Libyans, many impoverished after a decade of turmoil and sweltering in the soaring summer heat, have been enduring fuel shortages and power cuts of up to 18 hours a day even as their country sits atop Afri
  
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• Two more British men captured in Ukraine could face death penalty

  02-07-2022 16:22 via theguardian.com
  
  Officials are understood to be actively investigating cases of two Britons detained and charged with ‘forcible seizure of power’Two more British men who fought for the Ukrainian armed forces and who are currently being held by pro-Russian troops in eastern Ukraine could face death sentences after they were accused of being mercenaries.Russian-backed prosecutors in the occupied territories of Ukraine have charged Andrew Hill and Dylan Healy with “forcible seizure of power”
  
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• Dozens feared dead as ship sinks in South China Sea

  02-07-2022 15:36 via theguardian.com
  
  At least three people rescued from ship that broke in two during typhoon but more than two dozen still missingMore than two dozen crew members are unaccounted for after their ship broke in two during a typhoon in the South China Sea on Saturday, with rescuers scrambling to find them, officials have said.Authorities dispatched planes and helicopters to help with the rescue. At least three people from the crew of 30 had been brought to safety as of 5.30pm local time (1030 GMT). Continue reading...
  
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• As tech companies pull back from Russia, China looks on with concern

  02-07-2022 15:32 via nbcnews.com
  
  Efforts by Apple to cut business ties with Russia over its invasion of Ukraine have consumers in China asking if the same thing could happen there.
  
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• With hospitalizations up, France weighs return to masks

  02-07-2022 15:02 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Tourism is booming again in France, and so is COVID-19
  
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• Onondaga Nation will regain 1,000 acres of New York forest in historic agreement

  02-07-2022 14:03 via cnn.com
  
  The Onondaga Nation is set to regain over 1,000 acres of ancestral land in central New York in what the Department of Interior calls "one of the largest returns of land to an Indigenous nation by a state."
  
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• Analysis: 11 key points from 6 insurrection hearings

  02-07-2022 14:01 via cnn.com
  
  As Americans pause to celebrate their Independence Day, it's worth taking a step back to consider the totality of what we've learned about the attempted insurrection that tried to undo it.
  
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• Tropical Storm Colin threatens Carolinas on July Fourth weekend

  02-07-2022 13:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Tropical storm warnings were issued for parts of both South and North Carolina early Saturday, with heavy rainfall and localized areas of flash flooding
  
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• Venus Williams 'excited' by unexpected Wimbledon inclusion

  02-07-2022 12:45 via cnn.com
  
  Venus Williams said she had "no plans" of playing at Wimbledon this year but that the atmosphere around the grass court grand slam persuaded her to play.
  
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• Venus Williams 'excited' by her unexpected inclusion in Wimbledon mixed doubles

  02-07-2022 12:45 via cnn.com
  
  Venus Williams said she had "no plans" of playing at Wimbledon this year but that the atmosphere around the grass court grand slam persuaded her to play.
  
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• Deep in a Ukrainian forest, volunteers waits as Russia creeps close

  02-07-2022 12:26 via cnn.com
  
  Maxym is waiting. For just over a month, he and his comrades have been sleeping in earthen dugouts, eating from cans warmed over campfires, and following news of the Russian military advancing just kilometers away.
  
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• Taliban supreme leader warns foreigners not to interfere in Afghanistan

  02-07-2022 12:05 via cnn.com
  
  The Taliban's supreme leader Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada has once again warned foreigners not to interfere in Afghanistan during a rare speech at a gathering of Islamic clerics in Kabul on Friday, according to state media.
  
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• The Supreme Court's originalism is white supremacy

  02-07-2022 11:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  The first Black female justice has joined the Supreme Court. But 2022's decisions on abortion and guns highlight white supremacy — even from Clarence Thomas.
  
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• Military struggling to find new troops as fewer Americans willing or able to serve

  02-07-2022 11:13 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Military struggling to find new troops as fewer young Americans are willing or able to serve.
  
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