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October 7, 2020
G4S accuses hostile suitor of ‘misleading’ claims in £3bn takeover tussle

Security giant G4S has dismissed claims made by hostile bidder GardaWorld as “misleading” in the latest salvo fired in the £3 billion takeover battle.

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October 7, 2020
Average UK house price sits just below £250,000 after 7.3% annual jump – index

The average UK house price is approaching a quarter of a million pounds after property values surged by 7.3% annually, according to an index.

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October 7, 2020
Local lockdowns are ‘not working’ and confusing, warn some UK city leaders

Local lockdown restrictions are “not working”, confusing and even “counter-productive”, leaders of northern cities have warned as the rate of coronavirus cases almost doubled in a week.

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October 7, 2020
North Korean ex-envoy to Italy ‘defected to South’

A senior North Korean diplomat who vanished in Italy in late 2018 is living in South Korea under government protection, according to legislators in Seoul.

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October 7, 2020
North Korean ambassador to Italy ‘defected to South’

A senior North Korean diplomat who vanished in Italy in late 2018 is living in South Korea under government protection, according to legislators in Seoul.

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October 7, 2020
Making the most of the appointment with your guidance counsellor

At this time of year, guidance counsellors are working hard to provide all their Leaving Cert students with a one-to-one careers' appointment.

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October 7, 2020
Facebook to ban groups supporting conspiracy theory QAnon

Facebook will ban groups that openly support QAnon, the baseless conspiracy theory that paints US President Donald Trump as a secret warrior against a supposed child-trafficking ring.

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October 7, 2020
Frasers calls on shareholders to back £100m staff bonus

Mike Ashley's retail empire Frasers has urged investors to back its staff bonus scheme worth potentially more than £100 million at its annual shareholder meeting on Wednesday.

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October 7, 2020
Feisty Tasmanian devils roaming Australian mainland again

Tasmanian devils – the carnivorous marsupials whose frenzied eating habits won the animals cartoon fame – have returned to mainland Australia for the first time in 3,000 years.

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October 7, 2020
Feisty Tasmanian devils roaming Australian mainland again

Tasmanian devils – the carnivorous marsupials whose frenzied eating habits won the animals cartoon fame – have returned to mainland Australia for the first time in 3,000 years.

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October 7, 2020
Burglary warning as one in four leave doors unlocked while at home

One in four people leave their doors unlocked while they are at home – despite many break-ins happening while residents are in their property.

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October 7, 2020
Google and Oracle copyright clash to be heard at Supreme Court

Tech giants Google and Oracle will meet in a copyright dispute which is worth billions and important to the future of software development.

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October 7, 2020
Johnny Nash: Reggae singer-songwriter dies aged 80

Johnny Nash, a singer-songwriter best known as the singer-songwriter of I Can See Clearly Now has died, his son said.

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October 7, 2020
Facebook to ban groups supporting conspiracy theory QAnon

Facebook will ban groups that openly support QAnon, the baseless conspiracy theory that paints US President Donald Trump as a secret warrior against a supposed child-trafficking ring.

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October 7, 2020
Belarus opposition leader meets Merkel

The exiled Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya met with Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, in Berlin yesterday as European leaders sought to keep up the pressure on the regime of...

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October 7, 2020
Biden pledges to protect right to abortion if he wins election

Democratic candidate Joe Biden vowed to make Roe v Wade the "law of the land" if the abortion law is overturned by a conservative majority in the US Supreme Court.

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October 7, 2020
Harry and William first fell out over Nazi costume

A serious rift developed between William and Harry when the younger brother was pictured in a Nazi costume, according to a new book.

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October 7, 2020
Battle of Brothers: Harry and William first fell out over Nazi costume

A serious rift developed between William and Harry when the younger brother was pictured in a Nazi costume, according to a new book.

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October 7, 2020
Pence and Harris’s vice-presidential debate to take place behind plexiglass

Mike Pence and Kamala Harris will face each other through a plexiglass wall at the vice-presidential debate.

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October 7, 2020
Recklessness could cost president dearly come election time

President Donald Trump's reckless disregard for the lives of others unsurprisingly plays very poorly.

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October 7, 2020
Sacked cardinal ‘used Vatican funds to pay €500,000 to woman’

A cardinal sacked by the Pope for alleged embezzlement has been accused of funnelling €500,000 to an Italian woman who spent some of the cash on luxury shoes, handbags and...

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October 7, 2020
Trump halts Covid relief bill talks until after election

Donald Trump announced he was ending negotiations with Congress on a new coronavirus economic relief bill until after the election, accusing Democrats of "not negotiating in good faith".

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October 7, 2020
Donald Trump speaks of keenness to return to campaign despite Covid diagnosis

US President Donald Trump has tweeted his eagerness to return to the campaign trail as he continues to make progress in his recovery from Covid-19.

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October 6, 2020
Democrats call for Congress to rein in and break up Big Tech

US Democrats are calling for Congress to rein in several Big Tech companies, possibly forcing Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple to break up their businesses.

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October 6, 2020
Debate should be shelved if Donald Trump remains Covid-positive, says Joe Biden

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden says he and US President Donald Trump “shouldn't have a debate” as long as the president remains positive for coronavirus.

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October 6, 2020
Varadkar says ‘circuit break’ to control Covid spread cannot be ruled out

TÁNAISTE Leo Varadkar has said a ‘circuit break' - a short, sharp lockdown - cannot be ruled out amid calls to overhaul how Nphet advice is handled at the Fine...

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October 6, 2020
Rock star Eddie Van Halen dies aged 65

Revered rock guitarist Eddie Van Halen has died at the age of 65 following a battle with cancer, his son has said.

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October 6, 2020
US President Trump calls off US coronavirus relief talks with Democrats

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday called off negotiations with Democratic lawmakers on coronavirus relief legislation until after the election, even as cases of the virus are on the rise...

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October 6, 2020
From hero to zero on live TV – the dressing down of Tony Holohan shows Leo Varadkar’s cheap, nasty and populist streak

Now that Tony Holohan has been exposed in Leo Varadkar's eyes as the head of an out-of-touch elite with ill-thought out theories, presumably he won't be getting the Freedom of...

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October 6, 2020
Trump halts Covid-19 relief talks until after election

President Donald Trump said that he has instructed aides to stop negotiating on another round of Covid-19 relief until after the election.

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October 6, 2020
Covid-19 vaccine may be ready by year’s end – WHO chief

A vaccine against Covid-19 may be ready by year's end, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday, without elaborating.

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October 6, 2020
Covid-19 vaccine may be ready by year’s end – WHO chief

A vaccine against Covid-19 may be ready by year's end, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday, without elaborating.

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October 6, 2020
Coronavirus Northern Ireland: One further death and 669 new cases

One further person in Northern Ireland has died after testing positive for Covid-19, while 669 new cases of the virus have be reported.

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October 6, 2020
Chemical watchdog confirms Navalny poisoned with Soviet-era nerve agent

A global chemical watchdog group has confirmed Germany and other countries' findings that Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny was the victim of an attack with a Soviet-era nerve agent.

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October 6, 2020
Nursing home confirms 31 residents and staff have Covid-19

The managers of a nursing home in County Laois have confirmed 31 of its residents and staff have tested positive for Covid-19.

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October 6, 2020
Rare orange lobster rescued by fishmonger and rehomed in Blackpool aquarium

A “one in 30 million” orange Canadian lobster has been saved by a fishmonger and rehomed in a Blackpool aquarium.

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October 6, 2020
‘Wonderful surprise’: Orangutan born at zoo after negative pregnancy test

A baby orangutan has been described as a “wonderful surprise” after its mother returned a negative pregnancy test.

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October 6, 2020
Michelle Obama goes after ‘racist’ Trump in new video

Michelle Obama has condemned Donald Trump in a scathing new video that accuses him of “wilful mismanagement” of the coronavirus crisis and of racism.

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October 6, 2020
Hard border in Northern Ireland ‘highly likely’ to increase terrorist threats, UK government warned

A hard border in Northern Ireland is "highly likely" to increase terrorist threats with security checkpoints anticipated to become targets for dissident republican groups, the UK government has been warned.

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October 6, 2020
City watchdog bans crypto-derivatives to save investors from £53m in losses

The sale of cryptocurrency-based derivatives to retail investors will be banned by the City watchdog from January in a move set to save consumers around £53 million a year in...

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