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December 14, 2020
Two Russians jailed over Euro 2016 attack that left England fan disabled

Two Russians were convicted of permanently disabling a British football supporter in southern France during the Uefa Euro 2016 tournament.

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December 14, 2020
Are we going to throw all our hard work fighting Covid away just to have a merry Christmas?

SO ARE we going to throw it all away just to have a merry Christmas?

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December 14, 2020
Iran’s president blames Israel for killing of nuclear scientist

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani claimed that Israel was behind the killing of a scientist who founded the Islamic Republic's military nuclear programme in the 2000s in an effort to start...

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December 14, 2020
How to have a happy and safe Christmas

SO ARE we going to throw it all away just to have a merry Christmas?

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December 14, 2020
How to have a happy and safe Christmas

SO ARE we going to throw it all away just to have a merry Christmas?

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December 14, 2020
‘End of the world’- reaction as Gmail and other Google services suffer widespread outage

Multiple Google services including email, Youtube and Docs suffered a service outage, a rare occurrence that social media users are calling the “end of the world”.

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December 14, 2020
‘End of the world’- reaction as Gmail and other Google services suffer widespread outage

Multiple Google services including email, Youtube and Docs suffered a service outage, a rare occurrence that social media users are calling the “end of the world”.

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December 14, 2020
Lebanon’s caretaker PM will not meet prosecutor in port blast probe

Lebanon's caretaker prime minister will not meet with the prosecutor investigating the Beirut port explosion as requested, persons familiar with the case said, adding the premier has already given the...

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December 14, 2020
Lebanon’s caretaker PM will not meet prosecutor in port blast probe

Lebanon's caretaker prime minister will not meet with the prosecutor investigating the Beirut port explosion as requested, persons familiar with the case said, adding the premier has already given the...

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December 14, 2020
Wave of competition will help households get best energy bills deals – Sharma

Plans to tackle the “loyalty penalty” paid by consumers on their energy bills and support them to make their homes more energy efficient have been welcomed by campaigners.

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December 14, 2020
Wave of competition will help households get best energy bills deals – Sharma

Plans to tackle the “loyalty penalty” paid by consumers on their energy bills and support them to make their homes more energy efficient have been welcomed by campaigners.

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December 14, 2020
Dopey suspect showed police cannabis video while trying to use translation app

A suspected drug dealer who tried to use Google Translate when he was stopped by police mistakenly showed officers a video of a large cannabis farm, officers have said.

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December 14, 2020
People planning holidays urged to make sure they have sufficient Covid cover

People planning future holidays are being warned to make sure they are not left with gaps in their cover if something goes wrong.

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December 14, 2020
Eswatini’s prime minister dies with Covid-19 as virus surges in southern Africa

Eswatini prime minister Ambrose Dlamini, who had tested positive for Covid-19, has died, the government has announced.

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December 14, 2020
Aviva boss announces Vietnam sale in latest deal for insurance group

Insurance group Aviva has continued its selling spree of non-core divisions by offloading the company's wholly-owned life insurance business in Vietnam.

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December 14, 2020
Electoral College meets to confirm Joe Biden’s victory in US election

Presidential electors are meeting across the United States to formally choose Joe Biden as the nation's next president.

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December 14, 2020
Unilever shareholders to vote on climate change strategy

Consumer goods giant Unilever has said it will put its climate strategy, designed to slash emissions within its operations and supply chain, to a vote by shareholders.

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December 14, 2020
Gunman shot dead by police at New York cathedral Christmas concert

A man was shot dead by police on the steps of a landmark New York City cathedral on Sunday after he began firing two semiautomatic handguns at the end of...

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December 14, 2020
Gunman shot dead by police at New York cathedral Christmas concert

A man was shot dead by police on the steps of a landmark New York City cathedral on Sunday after he began firing two semiautomatic handguns at the end of...

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December 14, 2020
Trump says he will reverse plan for early vaccine at White House

Donald Trump has said he will reverse an administration directive to vaccinate top government officials against Covid-19 while the jab is distributed first to frontline health workers and residents of...

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December 14, 2020
‘We held on to him but fell asleep – when we woke he was dead in the sea’ – Covid forces desperate migrants to target Europe

It is a balmy night under the boardwalk at Playa de las Alcaravaneras, in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria. A floodlit game of volleyball is in full swing on the beach....

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December 14, 2020
Experts name Russia a possible culprit after US government agencies hacked

Hackers have broken into the networks of the US Treasury and Commerce departments just days after a leading global cybersecurity firm announced it had been breached in an attack that...

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December 14, 2020
Rollout of US vaccine gets going after week that saw record death toll recorded

The first US shipments of Covid-19 vaccine left a Michigan manufacturing plant early yesterday, kicking off a massive immunisation effort on the weekend the country recorded 3,300 deaths in a...

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December 14, 2020
Taliban fighters killed during Afghan assault on heartland

Dozens of Taliban fighters have been killed by Afghan forces while launching a multi-pronged assault on the symbolically important city of Kandahar.

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December 14, 2020
Taliban fighters killed during Afghan assault on heartland

Dozens of Taliban fighters have been killed by Afghan forces while launching a multi-pronged assault on the symbolically important city of Kandahar.

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December 14, 2020
Thousands protest in Poland amid unrest at civil liberties crackdown

Thousands of people marched through Warsaw and other Polish cities to protest about the country's right-wing government in the latest demonstrations after a high court ruled to tighten the country's...

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December 14, 2020
Thousands protest in Poland amid unrest at civil liberties crackdown

Thousands of people marched through Warsaw and other Polish cities to protest about the country's right-wing government in the latest demonstrations after a high court ruled to tighten the country's...

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December 14, 2020
Violent clashes as thousands march to support Trump

Four people were stabbed and one shot in the stomach as violence flared in the early hours of yesterday following protests against the US election result.

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December 14, 2020
Violent clashes as thousands march to support Trump

Four people were stabbed and one shot in the stomach as violence flared in the early hours of yesterday following protests against the US election result.

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December 14, 2020
Covid forces new wave of desperate migrants to target Europe

It is a balmy night under the boardwalk at Playa de las Alcaravaneras, in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria. A floodlit game of volleyball is in full swing on the beach....

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December 14, 2020
Covid forces new wave of desperate migrants to target Europe

It is a balmy night under the boardwalk at Playa de las Alcaravaneras, in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria. A floodlit game of volleyball is in full swing on the beach....

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December 14, 2020
Germany closes shops and schools with tighter lockdown in bid to rein in cases

Germany is to shut schools and shops as part of a strict new lockdown from Wednesday after recording an “exponential growth” in coronavirus infections.

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December 14, 2020
Germany closes shops and schools with tighter lockdown in bid to rein in cases

Germany is to shut schools and shops as part of a strict new lockdown from Wednesday after recording an “exponential growth” in coronavirus infections.

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December 14, 2020
Kidnappers take hundreds of children for ransom in Nigerian school attack

Hundreds of Nigerian students are missing after gunmen attacked a secondary school in the country's northwestern Katsina state.

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December 14, 2020
Kidnappers take hundreds of children for ransom in Nigerian school attack

Hundreds of Nigerian students are missing after gunmen attacked a secondary school in the country's northwestern Katsina state.

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December 14, 2020
Rollout of US vaccine gets going after week that saw record death toll recorded

The first US shipments of Covid-19 vaccine left a Michigan manufacturing plant early yesterday, kicking off a massive immunisation effort on the weekend the country recorded 3,300 deaths in a...

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December 13, 2020
Man shot by police after incident at Manhattan cathedral

A man was shot by police after an incident involving a gun at the end of a Christmas choral concert on the steps of a Manhattan cathedral in New York.

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December 13, 2020
Man shot by police after incident at Manhattan cathedral

A man was shot by police after an incident involving a gun at the end of a Christmas choral concert on the steps of a Manhattan cathedral in New York.

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December 13, 2020
Man shot by police after incident at Manhattan cathedral

A man was shot by police after an incident involving a gun at the end of a Christmas choral concert on the steps of a Manhattan cathedral in New York.

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December 13, 2020
Gunman shot by police at NYC cathedral Christmas concert

A man was shot by police after an incident involving a gun at the end of a Christmas choral concert on the steps of a Manhattan cathedral in New York.

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