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Manchester prepares for fall of its ‘Berlin Wall’
Read More Tadao Ando’s modernist work in Piccadilly Gardens has divided opinion since 2002 To some it is a modernist masterpiece for which “any other city in the world would give their right arm”. To others, it is a concrete carbuncle that should never have been installed on what was once Manchester’s lushest square. Work…
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Antibiotic use before age 2 risks allergies, asthma, ADHD, and obesity, study finds
Read More New research has warned that babies and toddlers who receive antibiotics are more likely to develop childhood health issues, such as asthma, eczema, hay fever, food allergies, and celiac disease. A study published on Sunday in the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings says that childhood health issues are more common in children who received…
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How war threatens Ethiopia’s struggle against worst locust swarm in 25 years
Read More As surveillance and spraying operations cease due to conflict, there are fears the existing food crisis could worsen They marched over grassy plateaux and down craggy hillsides, beating the earth with sticks and blasting gunshots into the darkening skies. “Never before have we seen something like this,” says Mulualem Berhe, a 54 year-old…
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Early Data Suggests Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine Is Nearly 95% Effective—And You Can Keep It in the Fridge
Read More For the second time this month, there’s promising news from a COVID-19 vaccine candidate: Moderna said Monday its shots provide strong protection, a dash of hope against the grim backdrop of coronavirus surges in the U.S. and around the world. Moderna said its vaccine appears to be 94.5% effective, according to preliminary data…
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Early Data Suggests Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine Is Nearly 95% Effective—And You Can Keep It in the Fridge
Read More For the second time this month, there’s promising news from a COVID-19 vaccine candidate: Moderna said Monday its shots provide strong protection, a dash of hope against the grim backdrop of coronavirus surges in the U.S. and around the world. Moderna said its vaccine appears to be 94.5% effective, according to preliminary data…
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Turkey seeks approval to deploy peacekeepers in Azerbaijan
Read MoreRussia, which is deploying troops to Nagorno-Karabakh, has previously rejected the idea of Turkish peacekeepers.Russia, which is deploying troops to Nagorno-Karabakh, has previously rejected the idea of Turkish peacekeepers.
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UK coronavirus live: four more Tory MPs self-isolating after No 10 meeting
Read More Latest updates: more MPs in self-isolation after meeting with PM and Lee Anderson, who later tested positive for Covid Second vaccine candidate almost 95% effective, trials show What does the Moderna vaccine mean for fight against Covid? Boris Johnson ‘bursting with antibodies’ as he is told to self-isolate How did it happen? PM’s…
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Passenger jet damaged after crashing into brown bear on runway in Southeast Alaska
Read More A cub miraculously survived the accident that killed one adult bear A cub miraculously survived the accident that killed one adult bear
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Iota strengthens into ‘extremely dangerous’ category 4 hurricane as it bears down on Central America
Read More ‘Potentially catastrophic’ weather system heading for Nicaragua and Honduras due to make landfall on Monday ‘Potentially catastrophic’ weather system heading for Nicaragua and Honduras due to make landfall on Monday
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Tsitsi Dangarembga: Life in an ‘ever-narrowing Zimbabwe’
Read MoreThe Booker Prize shortlisted author on being arrested, having more Black characters in fiction and why she writes.The Booker Prize shortlisted author on being arrested, having more Black characters in fiction and why she writes.
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Rafaella Carrà: the Italian pop star who taught Europe the joy of sex
Read More A new jukebox musical of Carrà’s songs caps a 60-year career for a cultural icon who revolutionised Italian entertainment – and gave women agency in the bedroom At the beginning of Explota Explota, a new Spanish-Italian jukebox musical comedy set at the tail end of the Franco dictatorship in 1970s Spain, airport employee…
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Portland’s anarchists say they support racial justice. Black activists want nothing to do with them
Read More The election of Joe Biden has only antagonized Portland anarchists — and exposed their differences with the Black activists they claim to support. The election of Joe Biden has only antagonized Portland anarchists — and exposed their differences with the Black activists they claim to support.
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War Between Ethiopia And A Rival Regional Government Escalates
Read More The conflict in Ethiopia shows no sign of abating and now risks dragging into neighboring Eritrea. The conflict in Ethiopia shows no sign of abating and now risks dragging into neighboring Eritrea.
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Alaska Airlines Passenger Jet Hits and Kills Brown Bear During Landing
Read More (YAKUTAT, Alaska) — An Alaska Airlines jetliner struck a brown bear while landing early Saturday evening, killing the animal and causing damage to the plane, officials said. None of the passengers or crew members on board the plane were injured during the accident at the Yakutat Airport in southeast Alaska, The Anchorage Daily…
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‘For every European country demographically disappearing, in the same period, one African country appears’ – Macron
Read More French President Emmanuel Macron has argued for a radical revision of global social and economic systems, claiming that changing demographics and other issues will require new ways to distribute finite resources. In a wide-ranging interview with the Groupe d’Études Géopolitiques, the French leader said the “Washington Consensus,” which he defined as a “monolithic…
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‘Tracking must not be the rule’: Activist group files complaints against Apple over alleged breach of European privacy laws
Read More A group led by privacy activist Max Schrems has filed complaints with German and Spanish data protection authorities, accusing Apple of breaching EU laws with its tracking tool, alleging it handles users’ data without consent. The complaints, made on behalf of individual Spanish and German consumers, were filed by the digital rights group…
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EU must assert autonomy in face of US-China dominance, says Macron
Read More French president says US election chance to pursue sovereignty amid rising populism European leaders must not let up on efforts to construct an autonomous bloc that is capable of resisting the duopoly of China and the US, Emmanuel Macron has said in his first extended response to the US presidential election. The French…
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Hurricane Iota heads for parts of Central America Eta pummeled
Read MoreEta is expected to bring “potentially catastrophic winds, life-threatening storm surge and extreme rainfall,” the U.S. National Hurricane Center says.Eta is expected to bring “potentially catastrophic winds, life-threatening storm surge and extreme rainfall,” the U.S. National Hurricane Center says.
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As schools reopen in Africa, relief is matched by anxiety
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Publisher ends relationship with Pete Evans after chef posts neo-Nazi symbol on social media
Read More Pan Macmillan says it is ‘finalising its contractual relationship’ with Evans and retailers can return his books The publisher of Pete Evans’ books has said it is “finalising” its relationship with the celebrity chef after he posted a cartoon on his social media accounts which included a neo-Nazi symbol used by the Christchurch…
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Feminism’s second wave has failed women
Read MoreLiberal feminism which celebrates ‘choice’ really only causes women to acquiesce to harmful practices that benefit men.Liberal feminism which celebrates ‘choice’ really only causes women to acquiesce to harmful practices that benefit men.
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Australia-New Zealand bubble by Christmas all but dead, Jacinda Ardern warns
Read More New Zealand PM says Australia’s higher tolerance of Covid community transmission ‘problematic’ As South Australia experiences a new Covid-19 outbreak, the New Zealand prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, has conceded there is very little chance of an operational trans-Tasman travel bubble by Christmas. Australia and New Zealand are tackling the pandemic with slightly different…
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Union boss warns Labor against adopting Coalition’s climate policies saying workers don’t need ‘false hope’
Read More Australia must embrace emerging technologies and coherent energy policy is essential, Electrical Trades Union chief says The union representing electrical workers has urged the federal opposition to be bold and set a strong emissions reduction target for 2030, warning Labor against any “reckless” move to adopt the Morrison government’s climate policies. The Electrical…
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As Brexit talks resume, UK says: our red lines remain unchanged
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UN envoy criticizes Israel’s move to expand key settlement
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Guerrero at war: chronicling southern Mexico’s forgotten conflict – photo essay
Read More Alfredo Bosco came to Guerrero on assignment to document southern Mexican villages emptied out by conflict. Over repeated visits he documents the region’s story Life in Guerrero seems to hover at the edge of violence. The threat is pervasive: in the armed men at roadblocks, the empty nighttime streets, the kindling of street…
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Syrian refugees help put centuries-old glassware on show in Paisley
Read More Thirty-piece collection was bequeathed to museum in 1948 and recently rediscovered An unusual collection of 2,000-year-old glassware is providing Syrian refugees in the Renfrewshire town of Paisley with a connection to their homeland, five years after they settled in Scotland. The 30-piece collection, dating back to Roman times, was bequeathed to Paisley Museum…
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Tokyo Olympics: IOC chief ‘very confident’ spectators can attend delayed Games
Read More Thomas Bach says he and Japanese prime minister are ‘totally aligned’ in determination to make Tokyo 2021 a success Thomas Bach, the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), has said he is “very, very confident” that spectators will be able to attend next year’s Tokyo Olympics, describing the postponed Games as the…
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Peru now has no president as crisis takes chaotic turn
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Trump campaign retreats from key claim in Pennsylvania suit
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Trump campaign abandons part of legal challenge to Pennsylvania election results
Read More Allegation that 682,479 mail-in and absentee ballots were illegally processed without its representatives watching has been dropped President Donald Trump’s campaign has withdrawn a central part of its lawsuit seeking to stop the certification of the election results in Pennsylvania, where Democrat Joe Biden beat Trump to capture the state and help win…
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Covid: Michigan and Washington State clamp down as US cases pass 11 million mark
Read MoreMichigan and Washington State act to stem coronavirus, which claims more than 900 lives a day in America.Michigan and Washington State act to stem coronavirus, which claims more than 900 lives a day in America.
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Pandemic pushes steep drop in foreign college students
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‘Fabricated’: India denies Pakistan ‘terror’ funding allegations
Read MorePakistani foreign minister on Saturday accused India of sposoring ‘terrorism’ aimed at destabilising the country.Pakistani foreign minister on Saturday accused India of sposoring ‘terrorism’ aimed at destabilising the country.
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Syria’s longtime Foreign Minister al-Moallem dies age 79
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