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October 2, 2020
Bernie Sanders resuming in-person campaigning to back Biden

Bernie Sanders is returning to in-person campaigning for the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic in March, heading to the battleground states of New Hampshire and Michigan...

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October 2, 2020
Russian state journalists among first to receive Covid-19 vaccine outside trial

Russian journalists working for two state-owned media outlets are among the first to be offered the new Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine outside of the framework of a clinical trial, according...

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October 2, 2020
Trump joins growing list of virus-infected world leaders

Donald Trump has tested positive for the coronavirus, joining a small group of world leaders who have been infected.

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October 2, 2020
Timeline: Trump’s schedule in the week Covid-19 hit home

With just a month to go until the US election, President Donald Trump had a busy schedule during the week coronavirus came to the White House.

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October 2, 2020
Shock, sympathy and schadenfreude follows Trump’s Covid-19 bombshell

News of the infection of the world's most powerful man with the coronavirus drew instant reactions of shock, sympathy, undisguised glee and, of course, the ever-present outrage and curiosity that...

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October 2, 2020
Trump and coronavirus: What happens next?

Donald Trump's stunning announcement that he has tested positive for coronavirus has plunged the US deeper into uncertainty just a month before the presidential election.

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October 2, 2020
Tui mulls capital raise after trading hammered by pandemic

Travel giant Tui has said it is mulling a capital raise after the holiday sector was hammered by the pandemic.

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October 2, 2020
Timeline: Trump’s schedule in the week Covid-19 hit home

With just a month to go until the US election, President Donald Trump had a busy schedule during the week coronavirus came to the White House.

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October 2, 2020
Prominent figures who have tested positive for Covid-19

US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania have tested positive for Covid-19.

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October 2, 2020
U.S. President Donald Trump and Melania test positive for COVID-19

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that he and first lady Melania Trump had tested positive for COVID-19 and would immediately quarantine and begin the "recovery process."

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October 2, 2020
U.S. President Donald Trump and Melania test positive for COVID-19

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that he and first lady Melania Trump had tested positive for COVID-19 and would immediately quarantine and begin the "recovery process."

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October 2, 2020
U.S. President Donald Trump and Melania test positive for COVID-19

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that he and first lady Melania Trump had tested positive for COVID-19 and would immediately quarantine and begin the "recovery process."

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October 2, 2020
‘It’s good to see him back’ – Holohan expected to demand strict adherence to rules on his return

Chief medical officer Dr Tony Holohan, who returns to his desk in the Department of Health on Monday, faces the task of steering the country out of the dangerous and...

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October 2, 2020
‘It’s good to see him back’ – Holohan expected to demand strict adherence to rules on his return

Chief medical officer Dr Tony Holohan, who returns to his desk in the Department of Health on Monday, faces the task of steering the country out of the dangerous and...

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October 2, 2020
‘It’s good to see him back’ – Holohan expected to demand strict adherence to rules on his return

Chief medical officer Dr Tony Holohan, who returns to his desk in the Department of Health on Monday, faces the task of steering the country out of the dangerous and...

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October 2, 2020
Covid-19 was passed to 60 people by one person as rules broken

One person who tested positive for Covid-19 ended up infecting 60 other people as part of a chain of transmission, it emerged yesterday.

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October 2, 2020
Covid-19 was passed to 60 people by one person as rules broken

One person who tested positive for Covid-19 ended up infecting 60 other people as part of a chain of transmission, it emerged yesterday.

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October 2, 2020
‘Putin poisoned me but I’m going back’ – Navalny

Alexei Navalny accused Vladimir Putin of personal responsibility for his attempted murder with Novichok, and pledged to return to Russia to continue his political struggle.

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October 2, 2020
Covid-19 was passed to 60 people by one person as rules broken

One person who tested positive for Covid-19 ended up infecting 60 other people as part of a chain of transmission, it emerged yesterday.

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October 2, 2020
New rules for second debate after both sides slam debacle

Donald Trump's campaign and the White House have criticised the presidential debate organisers' announcement that rule changes are coming, as Republican senators labelled Tuesday night's heated clash an "embarrassment".

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October 2, 2020
Last-ditch lockdown gamble as gatherings are banned

A nationwide clampdown on household visits is being introduced for the next three weeks to curb the spread of Covid-19 in family homes and at house parties.

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October 2, 2020
Proud Boys handed air of legitimacy as TV showdown puts group into spotlight

When Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio woke up on Wednesday, four news vans were parked at his home. The chairman of the far-right fraternity with a violent reputation was not...

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October 2, 2020
Last-ditch lockdown gamble as gatherings are banned

A nationwide clampdown on household visits is being introduced for the next three weeks to curb the spread of Covid-19 in family homes and at house parties.

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October 2, 2020
Thousands of Hong Kong police crush defiant China Day protests

At least 87 people were arrested in Hong Kong yesterday during angry confrontations between small groups of pro-democracy protesters and riot police on China's national day holiday.

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October 2, 2020
Last-ditch lockdown gamble as gatherings are banned

A nationwide clampdown on household visits is being introduced for the next three weeks to curb the spread of Covid-19 in family homes and at house parties.

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October 2, 2020
Trump imploded in his first face-off with Biden but laughably lies about winning

Rarely do polls after a debate render such a definitive and unanimous verdict: President Donald Trump bombed in his first face-off with Democratic nominee Joe Biden, and the debate format...

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October 2, 2020
Without some severe restrictions, progress will be slow and uncertain

The people of Dublin and Donegal may be living under tightened Covid-19 restrictions but they are still at the "lockdown-lite" stage compared with what they could be facing.

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October 2, 2020
Vatican says it has been ‘swindled’ in massive investments

The Vatican says it has been "swindled" in some of its investments, including a multi-million euro deal in London, as it revealed it has assets worth about €4bn.

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October 2, 2020
Without some severe restrictions, progress will be slow and uncertain

The people of Dublin and Donegal may be living under tightened Covid-19 restrictions but they are still at the "lockdown-lite" stage compared with what they could be facing.

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October 2, 2020
Without some severe restrictions, progress will be slow and uncertain

The people of Dublin and Donegal may be living under tightened Covid-19 restrictions but they are still at the "lockdown-lite" stage compared with what they could be facing.

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October 2, 2020
Nearly 20,000 US Amazon workers have tested positive for coronavirus

Amazon says nearly 20,000 of its frontline US staff have tested positive or been presumed positive for the virus that causes Covid-19.

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October 1, 2020
Texas governor condemned for shutting sites to drop off postal ballots

The Republican governor of Texas has ordered counties to have only one postal ballot drop-off site, shutting dozens of locations in some of the state's largest cities and key Democratic...

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October 1, 2020
Trump to attend next two presidential debates despite opposing rule changes

Donald Trump opposes changing the rules for the remaining two presidential debates against Democrat Joe Biden – but his campaign has said he will attend regardless.

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October 1, 2020
Covid-19 may have spread in school when students swapped desks – briefing hears as 442 new cases and four deaths confirmed

The Department of Health has been notified of a further 442 cases of Covid-19 with four new deaths.

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October 1, 2020
Paris bars could be shut as hospital beds fill with Covid patients – minister

France's health minister has threatened to close bars and ban family gatherings in Paris as figures showed Covid-19 patients fill about one-third of the intensive care units in the city.

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October 1, 2020
Coronavirus Ireland: four more deaths and 442 new cases – including 170 in Dublin

The Department of Health has been notified of a further 442 cases of Covid-19 with four new deaths.

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October 1, 2020
Hampshire woman attempts to return items stolen by her ‘thieving’ cat

A Hampshire woman has made a plea on Facebook to return items stolen by her “thieving” cat Pixel.

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October 1, 2020
Investors buoyant on US stimulus hopes despite oil majors falling

Traders were positive on the prospect of more stimulus packages coming from the US congress despite heavy hits to some of the FTSE 100's biggest names.

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October 1, 2020
Pakistan’s former prime minister accuses army of political interference

Pakistan's ailing former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has accused the country's powerful military of political interference.

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October 1, 2020
Judge says US government’s lawsuit over John Bolton’s book can proceed

The Trump administration can move forward with its lawsuit against former national security adviser John Bolton over his tell-all book, a judge has ruled.

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