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The coal-pots fuelling Antigua’s ghost stories and folk tales
Read MoreIn generations past, Antiguans would gather around a coal-pot not only to cook but also to socialise.In generations past, Antiguans would gather around a coal-pot not only to cook but also to socialise.
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Nigeria's slave descendants prevented from marrying who they want
Read More Campaigners fight to overturn customs and a caste system that discriminates against some Igbo people. Campaigners fight to overturn customs and a caste system that discriminates against some Igbo people.
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Los Angeles police officers shot in ‘ambush’
Read MoreVideo of the incident shows a figure approach their vehicle, before opening fire and running away.Video of the incident shows a figure approach their vehicle, before opening fire and running away.
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Coronavirus live update: Queensland border row deepens as policing tensions flare in Victoria – latest news
Read More Scott Morrison has been accused of politicising a family funeral to attack Annastacia Palaszczuk’s policy. Follow all today’s news Queensland man’s daughter writes open letter PM Follow our global coronavirus live blog Will newly unemployed workers be left to languish? Latest NSW Covid-19 hotspots Latest Queensland hotspots 11.29pm BST Labor’s Julie Collins has…
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Trump boasts about getting ‘Bay of Pigs Award’ – which doesn’t exist
Read More President targets Latino voters in tight Florida race with Biden Bloomberg will spend $100m to beat Trump in Florida Attacking Joe Biden and seeking to exploit reports that his rival is struggling with Latino voters, Donald Trump boasted on Sunday of receiving “the highly honoured Bay of Pigs Award” from Cuban Americans in…
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‘This may most shameful moment in history of US science policy’: Science journal editor launches attack on Trump over coronavirus
Read MoreThe editor of a respected science magazine has strongly condemned the president, as it emerged he had intentionally played down the threat posed by the coronavirus.The editor of a respected science magazine has strongly condemned the president, as it emerged he had intentionally played down the threat posed by the coronavirus.
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Massive Protests Continue In Belarus As Demonstrators Demand Lukashenko Resign
Read More Protesters in Minsk took to the streets in large numbers Sunday for the fifth weekend in a row, demanding that authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko step down. (Image credit: TUT.BY/AFP via Getty Images) Protesters in Minsk took to the streets in large numbers Sunday for the fifth weekend in a row, demanding that authoritarian…
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Death toll rises as wildfires ravage US West Coast
Read MoreThe National Weather Service issues a ‘red flag warning’ amid conditions that could stoke the blazes in some areas.The National Weather Service issues a ‘red flag warning’ amid conditions that could stoke the blazes in some areas.
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Supercomputer helps researchers develop theory to explain bizarre Covid-19 symptoms
Read More<p>Researchers believe ‘bradykin storm’ may be responsible for deadly symptoms caused by Covid-19</p><p>Researchers believe ‘bradykin storm’ may be responsible for deadly symptoms caused by Covid-19</p>
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Belarus protests: Opposition keeps up pressure on Lukashenko
Read MoreAt least 400 people are arrested, as the latest of several weeks of mass rallies takes place.At least 400 people are arrested, as the latest of several weeks of mass rallies takes place.
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‘Like a sledgehammer’: Killer whales perplex scientists by ramming sailing boats on Spanish coast
Read More<p>‘I think they know that humans are somehow related to the scarcity of food,’ expert says of orcas in 2018</p><p>‘I think they know that humans are somehow related to the scarcity of food,’ expert says of orcas in 2018</p>
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Belarus protests: Police target female protesters
Read MoreTens of thousands of people have been marching in the capital Minsk and other cities.Tens of thousands of people have been marching in the capital Minsk and other cities.
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Trump says he has signed new executive order to lower drug prices
Read More<p>No details released about the order</p><p>No details released about the order</p>
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Death toll from wildfires devastating American West soars to 33
Read More<p>President to visit California on Monday</p><p>President to visit California on Monday</p>
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Tory rebellion widens over Boris Johnson’s bill to override Brexit deal
Read More Criticism grows of plan to break international law as EU calls for bill to be dropped Downing Street is facing a showdown with Conservative backbench rebels as criticism over its plans to break international law with a new controversial bill that could override parts of the Brexit withdrawal agreement grew louder on Sunday.…
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From Rivalry to Friendship: The European State Systems and the Cultures of Anarchy
Read More The formation of the European Community after the Second World War represents a clear break with past forms of state systems of Europe.The formation of the European Community after the Second World War represents a clear break with past forms of state systems of Europe.
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Trump ‘compromised by the Russians’, says former member of Mueller’s team
Read More Peter Strzok was removed from Russia investigation and fired by the FBI over text messages that were critical of Trump Donald Trump is “compromised by the Russians”, a former member of Robert Mueller’s investigation insisted on Sunday, contending that the president is “incapable of placing the national interest ahead of his own”. Related:…
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Israeli government to impose second Covid-19 national lockdown
Read More Three-week lockdown will make Israel the first country to reimpose restrictions on a national scale Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Israel’s government has decided to impose a lockdown lasting three weeks, the first country to reimpose such severe restrictions on a national scale, after a dramatic resurgence in coronavirus…
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US: Two Los Angeles County deputy sheriffs wounded in ‘ambush’
Read MoreThe deputies were sitting in their patrol car when a person approached and opened fire through the passenger window.The deputies were sitting in their patrol car when a person approached and opened fire through the passenger window.
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US West Coast fires: Wind warning prompts fears of further spread
Read MoreGusts of up to 40 mph could lead to a further spread of fires in Oregon and northern California.Gusts of up to 40 mph could lead to a further spread of fires in Oregon and northern California.
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News outlets demand apology after female reporter is seized in Compton police shooting arrests
Read More<p><strong>Journalism is not a crime: </strong>NPR correspondent while covering ‘ambush’ of sheriff’s deputies </p><p><strong>Journalism is not a crime: </strong>NPR correspondent while covering ‘ambush’ of sheriff’s deputies </p>
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‘Talk to a firefighter if climate change is real’: LA mayor eviscerates ‘Flat Earth’ Trump on environmental crisis ahead of visit
Read More<p>At least eight dead and thousands forced to evacuate in America’s West</p><p>At least eight dead and thousands forced to evacuate in America’s West</p>
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Belarus protests enter 6th week, still demand leader resign
Read More More than 100,000 demonstrators calling for the authoritarian president of Belarus to resign marched through the capital of Minsk on Sunday as the daily protests that have gripped the nation entered their sixth week. Many in the crowd, which the human rights group Viasna estimated as numbering more than 150,000, carried placards critical…
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Russians vote in regional polls overshadowed by Navalny poisoning
Read MoreComing a year before parliamentary elections Sunday’s vote is seen as a key test of the Kremlin’s electoral machine.Coming a year before parliamentary elections Sunday’s vote is seen as a key test of the Kremlin’s electoral machine.
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Compton police shooting: Everything we know about ‘ambush’ gun attack on two police officers in LA
Read More<p>Surveillance footage captures suspect firing into parked patrol car</p><p>Surveillance footage captures suspect firing into parked patrol car</p>
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The Secret History of America's Only WWII Refugee Camp
Read More Elfi Strauber was 11 years old when she boarded the USS Henry Gibbins in Naples, Italy. It was the summer of 1944, and she was traveling with her parents and sister, hundreds of wounded soldiers and close to 1,000 other Jewish war refugees. The overcrowded troop ship was heading to New York, escorted…
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AFNQL Marks the Anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Read More WENDAKE, QC, Sept. 13, 2020 /CNW Telbec/ – The Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (AFNQL) wishes to mark, as it does every September 13, the anniversary of the adoption by the United Nations General Assembly of the Declaration recognizing and affirming the rights of Indigenous Peoples. WENDAKE, QC, Sept. 13, 2020 /CNW Telbec/ – The…
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Transcript: Gov. Kate Brown on “Face the Nation”
Read MoreThe following is a transcript of an interview with Oregon Governor Kate Brown that aired Sunday, September 13, 2020, on “Face the Nation.”The following is a transcript of an interview with Oregon Governor Kate Brown that aired Sunday, September 13, 2020, on “Face the Nation.”
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Syria's schools open amid anti-coronavirus measures
Read More More than 3 million Syrian students started school in government-held areas Sunday, marking the first school day amid strict measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, state media reported. Syria, which had a population of 23 million before its conflict began in March 2011, has registered 3,506 confirmed coronavirus cases as well…
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Tucker Carlson says climate change is a liberal invention ‘like racism’ in shocking on-air rant
Read MoreFox News host Tucker Carlson claimed that climate change was a liberal fabrication on his show Friday as he reported on the ongoing destruction of the west coast forest fires. Fox News host Tucker Carlson claimed that climate change was a liberal fabrication on his show Friday as he reported on the ongoing destruction…
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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: ‘Groundless’ new trial of British-Iranian aid worker postponed at last minute, husband says
Read More<p>Postponement comes days after defence secretary reveals UK officials ‘exploring every legal avenue’ to settle 50-year-old fiscal dispute</p><p>Postponement comes days after defence secretary reveals UK officials ‘exploring every legal avenue’ to settle 50-year-old fiscal dispute</p>
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Coronavirus: Israeli minister resigns over plans for second lockdown
Read MoreHousing Minister Yaacov Litzman says the measure will affect key religious holidays later this month.Housing Minister Yaacov Litzman says the measure will affect key religious holidays later this month.
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Hurricane Paulette Rolls Toward Bermuda as Tropical Storm Sally Threatens Gulf Coast
Read More (MIAMI) — Residents of Bermuda were urged to prepare to protect life and property ahead of Hurricane Paulette, which was forecast to become a dangerous hurricane Sunday as Tropical Storm Sally intensified in the Gulf of Mexico. Paulette gained hurricane status late Saturday and was expected to bring storm surge, coastal flooding and…
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Hurricane Paulette Rolls Toward Bermuda as Tropical Storm Sally Threatens Gulf Coast
Read More (MIAMI) — Residents of Bermuda were urged to prepare to protect life and property ahead of Hurricane Paulette, which was forecast to become a dangerous hurricane Sunday as Tropical Storm Sally intensified in the Gulf of Mexico. Paulette gained hurricane status late Saturday and was expected to bring storm surge, coastal flooding and…
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‘A threat to democracy’: how Europe’s media reacted to UK’s plan to renege on Brexit deal
Read More From France to Germany, Spain to the Netherlands, Europe’s media united in their condemnation of Boris Johnson Boris Johnson’s internal market bill is a “threat to democracy” by a government on an “ideological crusade” that is driving Britain into ever-increasing isolation, while the world “stares on in disbelief”, European media have concluded. “In…