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AOC’s cooking live streams perfect the recipe for making politics palatable
Read More Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is using her millennial’s instinct for social media and her star quality to get her message across When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Or talk up a storm about the minimum wage, healthcare and the existential struggle for democracy. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s latest Instagram live stream found the youngest woman ever…
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They risked all to cross the Red Sea. Now a cruel fate awaits in Yemen
Read More Fleeing Ethiopia and Somalia, refugees made their way across the world’s busiest migration route, only to be left in the hands of smugglers in a lawless land Saudi Arabia was Tigrit’s dream: a place where she could find work as a cleaner or maid, and send money back to her husband and young…
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Coronavirus: Germany to enter new lockdown, Angela Merkel announces
Read More Most stores, schools and daycare centers are expected to shut starting Wednesday Most stores, schools and daycare centers are expected to shut starting Wednesday
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Brexit: UK-EU trade talks enter final day amid fears of no-deal – live news
Read More Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen to hold phone call as crunch talks continue Hopes for avoiding no-deal Brexit hang on Johnson call to Von der Leyen Tory grandees’ fury over Johnson’s ‘nationalist’ no-deal Brexit UK papers paint grim picture of possible no-deal Brexit Analysis: The EU’s red lines were clear in…
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Can I still move to France, Germany or other EU countries after Brexit?
Read More British citizens’ rights to live in member states change dramatically from 1 January 2021 British citizens’ rights to live in member states change dramatically from 1 January 2021
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What will happen to Northern Ireland after Brexit?
Read More It will become harder to trade with the rest of Great Britain It will become harder to trade with the rest of Great Britain
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Saudi Arabia receives final F-15SA advanced fighter aircraft
Read More The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center has announced that Saudi Arabia has received into service its final F-15SA advanced fighter aircraft. The details were given in an 11 December media release, to announce the final F-15SA advanced fighter aircraft were delivered to the Royal Saudi Air Force – a key milestone…
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Has a year of living with Covid-19 rewired our brains?
Read More The pandemic is expected to precipitate a mental health crisis, but perhaps also a chance to approach life with new clarity Show your support for rigorous, independent Guardian journalism Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage When the bubonic plague spread through England in the 17th century, Sir Isaac Newton fled…
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Tome raiders: solving the great book heist
Read More When £2.5m of rare books were stolen in an audacious heist at Feltham in 2017, police wondered, what’s the story? Everything went exactly to plan. Late on the evening of 29 January 2017, Daniel David and Victor Opariuc parked up and made their way towards the Frontier Forwarding customs warehouse in Feltham, less…
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Boris Johnson’s government has told UK shops to stockpile food with just hours to go until the no-deal Brexit deadline
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South Korean Light Armed Helicopter cleared for active combat
Read More South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has reported that the new Light Armed Helicopter, commonly known as LAH, has been initially declared fit for combat. DAPA’s evaluation has concluded that the LAH program can transition from the development to the pre-production phase, according to multiple reports. The new helicopter, developed by the…
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US election: Pro-Trump rallies see scuffles in US cities
Read More“Stop the Steal” marchers gathered to back President Trump’s push to reverse his election defeat.”Stop the Steal” marchers gathered to back President Trump’s push to reverse his election defeat.
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Saab secures $248 million contract for integrated ground based air defense solution for Sweden
Read More Defense and security company Saab was awarded a contract from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration for an integrated sensor and command and control system for use with ground based air defense. This contract, with an estimated value of $248 million (2.1 billion SEK), covers a number of Saab’s multifunctional radar Giraffe 4A and…
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European Space Agency awards contract for new reusable spaceplane
Read More Aerospace and logistics company Thales and the European Space Agency (ESA) has announced on Friday an agreement worth about $202.3 million (167 million euros) for the development of the automated reusable spaceplane. According to a company news release, Thales Alenia Space (Thales 67 %, Leonardo 33 %), and AVIO as co-contractor, signed a…
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As Airbnb’s shares go through the roof, we need to challenge the Big Tech monopoly | Will Hutton
Read More Innovation and competition are being stifled. But there are signs of optimism When the history of our times gets written, historians will shake their heads, wondering why so few remarked on what was going on before their eyes. Rather than allow foreigners and immigrants and the EU to be blamed for the ills…
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Russia releases video of Bulava ballistic missiles test
Read More The Russian Defense Ministry on Saturday has released a short video of the recently Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missiles test. Video released 12 December by the Russian Ministry of Defense shows the salvo launch of four Bulava ballistic missiles from the Borei-class ballistic missile submarine Vladimir Monomakh in the Sea of Okhotsk. Also added…
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UK ‘reneges on vow to reunite child refugees with families’
Read More Home Office accused of making ‘no arrangements’ for transfers of unaccompanied minors after EU rules expire at end of year Unaccompanied children in France are being told by the French authorities that they should give up hope of being reunited with family in the UK after the Home Office failed to offer the…
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George Clooney: ‘It’s been a crappy year, but we will come out of it better’
Read More Marriage and fatherhood have given George Clooney a new perspective on life, work and the world we all share. While his young twins play outside, he talks about outsmarting war criminals, battles with Boris and dinnertime debates with Amal Dad-chat with George Clooney, father of two. While the actor’s twin three-year-olds, Ella and…
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‘People will die’: Chicago could lose an essential hospital in the middle of the pandemic
Read More Closing Mercy hospital, an oasis in a medical desert on the South Side, would worsen racial health disparities, activists say Activists, medical professionals and community members in Chicago are rallying against the looming closure of Mercy hospital – the oldest healthcare facility in the city, and one of its most storied – warning…
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U.S. Air Force uses Russian-made air defense systems as simulated foreign targets
Read More The U.S. Air Force has publicly released new photos showed Russian-made surface-to-air missile systems used during Emerald Flag, Eglin’s first native multi-domain test exercise. Photos posted last week appear to show a 2K12 “Kub” (NATO reporting name: SA-6 “Gainful”) mobile surface-to-air missile systems that used to serve as adversary targets for a joint service exercise, Emerald…
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Guantánamo’s last inmates detect a glimmer of hope after 19 years inside
Read More Closing the notorious prison facility on Cuba will be complex and politically thankless. Is Joe Biden prepared to take it on? When news of Joe Biden’s election victory crossed the Florida Straits and reached Guantánamo Bay, it gave at least some of the 40 remaining inmates a tentative hope that their long purgatory…
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I have two great men in my life – but I can’t choose between them | Dear Mariella
Read More Maybe it’s time to rethink monogamy, says Mariella Frostrup. Or step away from them both and get clear about what you really want The dilemma I am in my early 30s and for the past seven years I’ve been dealing with the issue of loving two men at the same time. Each of…
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After Trump review: a provocative case for reform by Biden and beyond
Read More Jack Goldsmith and Bob Bauer,a Republican and a Democrat, consider how to mend a broken government At times, the Trump administration has seemed like a wrecking ball, careening from floor to floor of a building being destroyed, observers never quite knowing where the ball will strike next. At others, it has worked stealthily…
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Mathias Cormann tests negative for Covid as campaign for OECD job puts Coalition’s climate record in spotlight
Read More The British opposition has reportedly written to Boris Johnson demanding the UK oppose former finance minister’s nomination The former finance minister Mathias Cormann tested negative to coronavirus seven times while crisscrossing Europe and travelling to South America as part of his government-backed campaign to lead the OECD. Guardian Australia has confirmed that Cormann…
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Indonesia arrests suspected Jemaah Islamiyah leader on the run since Bali bombings
Read More Suspected bomb maker Zulkarnaen arrested in a raid at a house on Sumatra island Indonesian police have arrested a man believed to be the military leader of the al-Qaida-linked Jemaah Islamiyah network who has eluded capture since 2003, and is suspected of being involved in the 2002 Bali bombings, authorities said Saturday. Aris…
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Former president of Rebels bikie gang shot dead at Perth drag race
Read More Nick Martin was killed and another man and eight-year-old boy suffered injuries during a shooting at a motorsport event Senior Western Australia Rebels bikie Nick Martin has been shot dead in front of multiple witnesses at a motorsport event in Perth. WA Police on Sunday said there was a shooting at Perth Motorplex…
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Moroccan Islamist groups reject normalising ties with Israel
Read More The religious branch of the co-ruling PJD party described the move as ‘deplorable’ Morocco’s main Islamist groups rejected the government’s plan to normalise ties with Israel, following a deal brokered by the United States. The religious branch of the co-ruling PJD party, the Unity and Reform Movement (MUR), said in a statement on…
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Allie Brosh on Her New Book and the Trouble With Solutions
Read More (A version of this article appeared in It’s Not Just You, a new newsletter by Susanna Schrobsdorff, TIME Editor at Large. SUBSCRIBE here to have It’s Not Just You delivered to your inbox weekly.) Well hello! I’m so glad you’re here. Today we have an interview with the funny and talented author and…
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Coronavirus live news: South Korea reports highest daily infections as US nears 300,000 deaths after record day
Read More Trump hails start of immunisation programme; Italy overtakes UK for Europe’s highest death toll; Germany expected to close shops before Christmas How Covid revealed the truth about our world FDA chief urged by White House to approve Pfizer vaccine ‘or quit’ Scientists warn against Christmas gatherings in UK California’s ICU beds near capacity…
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Snow leopard tests positive for Covid-19
Read More Risk of infection from an animal to a human is believed to be low Risk of infection from an animal to a human is believed to be low
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Country superstar Charley Pride dies aged 86
Read More Pride, the first black inductee into the Country Music Hall of Fame, died from complications related to coronavirus The singer Charley Pride, the first black superstar of country music, died on Saturday at the age of 86. His publicist confirmed that Pride died on 12 December in Dallas, Texas from complications related to…
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Trump supporters rally against election outcome as Proud Boys and Antifa face off
Read More Heavy police presence in Washington to keep rival groups apart as conservatives are left praying for a Jericho-style miracle to bring a different result Conservative groups protesting against US president-elect Joe Biden’s election victory gathered for protests across the country on Saturday, including in Washington where far-right groups clashed with counter-protesters despite a…
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Paolo Rossi: Italian World Cup hero’s home burgled during funeral
Read MoreA watch and cash are among items reported stolen from the late World Cup winner’s home on Saturday.A watch and cash are among items reported stolen from the late World Cup winner’s home on Saturday.
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India farmers: Misleading claims about high-profile support
Read MoreMisinformation is being shared about prominent politicians and the current protests in India.Misinformation is being shared about prominent politicians and the current protests in India.
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Interior Chinatown: The novel taking on Hollywood’s Asian tropes
Read MoreThis year’s winner of the US National Book Award for fiction explores what it means to be Asian in America.This year’s winner of the US National Book Award for fiction explores what it means to be Asian in America.