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December 9, 2020
Ivanka Trump pays $30m for land on private gated island for life after White House

IVANKA TRUMP and her husband Jared Kushner have reportedly bought a $30m plot of land on a gated Miami island known as the “Billionaire's Bunker” as they prepare to leave...

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December 9, 2020
Republican Party may wait for January to say Biden won

Americans waiting for Republicans in Congress to acknowledge Joe Biden as president-elect may have to keep waiting until January as GOP leaders stick with President Donald Trump's litany of legal...

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December 9, 2020
Cruise cut short in Singapore as passenger tests positive for Covid

An elderly passenger on board a Royal Caribbean “cruise to nowhere” has been diagnosed with coronavirus, prompting the voyage to be cut short as the vessel returned to Singapore.

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December 9, 2020
Cruise cut short in Singapore as passenger tests positive for Covid

An elderly passenger on board a Royal Caribbean “cruise to nowhere” has been diagnosed with coronavirus, prompting the voyage to be cut short as the vessel returned to Singapore.

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December 9, 2020
Cruise cut short in Singapore as passenger tests positive for Covid

An elderly passenger on board a Royal Caribbean “cruise to nowhere” has been diagnosed with coronavirus, prompting the voyage to be cut short as the vessel returned to Singapore.

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December 9, 2020
Cruise cut short in Singapore as passenger tests positive for Covid

An elderly passenger on board a Royal Caribbean “cruise to nowhere” has been diagnosed with coronavirus, prompting the voyage to be cut short as the vessel returned to Singapore.

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December 9, 2020
Kim’s sister slams Seoul for doubting zero-virus claim

The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has attacked South Korea's foreign minister for questioning the North's claim to be coronavirus free, warning of potential consequences for...

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December 9, 2020
Oxford vaccine is up to 90pc effective and safe to use, study shows

New interim results on the Oxford Covid-19 vaccine trials say the jab is effective against symptomatic disease in 70pc of cases — with vaccine efficacy of 62pc for those given...

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December 9, 2020
Social media giants align to tackle vaccine conspiracy posts

False claims about the country's forthcoming Covid-19 vaccination programme, including that it will microchip people who receive the jab, will be removed from sites like Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.

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December 9, 2020
Chinese spy suspect ‘got close’ to US politicians, claims report

A fresh Chinese spying row has erupted in the United States after allegations emerged that a suspected intelligence officer acting for Beijing got close to a number of politicians.

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December 9, 2020
Chinese spy suspect ‘got close’ to US politicians, claims report

A fresh Chinese spying row has erupted in the United States after allegations emerged that a suspected intelligence officer acting for Beijing got close to a number of politicians.

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December 9, 2020
Chinese spy suspect ‘got close’ to US politicians, claims report

A fresh Chinese spying row has erupted in the United States after allegations emerged that a suspected intelligence officer acting for Beijing got close to a number of politicians.

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December 9, 2020
Fears thousands of long-term ill will not be prioritised

Thousands of people with long-term illnesses who have been cocooning since March risk being excluded from the priority list for access to the Covid-19 vaccine, it emerged last night.

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December 9, 2020
Fears thousands of long-term ill will not be prioritised

Thousands of people with long-term illnesses who have been cocooning since March risk being excluded from the priority list for access to the Covid-19 vaccine, it emerged last night.

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December 9, 2020
Middle-aged will have to play a waiting game

How fair is the priority list of people to receive the Covid-19 vaccine?

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December 9, 2020
Epstein ex-lover Maxwell ‘losing hair and weight under punitive jail conditions’

A lawyer for Ghislaine Maxwell, the one-time girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein, has said her client has lost weight and hair as she suffers under harsh prison conditions imposed in part...

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December 9, 2020
Fears thousands of long-term ill will not be prioritised

Thousands of people with long-term illnesses who have been cocooning since March risk being excluded from the priority list for access to the Covid-19 vaccine, it emerged last night.

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December 9, 2020
Middle-aged will have to play a waiting game

How fair is the priority list of people to receive the Covid-19 vaccine?

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December 9, 2020
Ethiopia says UN team was shot at after failing to stop at checkpoints

A United Nations team visiting refugees in Ethiopia's war-hit Tigray region had failed to stop at two checkpoints when it was shot at over the weekend, the government said yesterday,...

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December 9, 2020
Pandemic will hopefully be over soon – but hybrid and home working are here to stay

The vice president of Mastercard's Dublin hub has mulled over a four-day week and said the future is hybrid, MD of Twitter Ireland suggested employers need to decouple from deeper...

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December 9, 2020
Everest gains 86cm as China and Nepal agree on new measurement

The world's tallest mountain is now officially taller after China and Nepal remeasured Mount Everest.

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December 9, 2020
Pandemic will hopefully be over soon – but hybrid and home working are here to stay

The vice president of Mastercard's Dublin hub has mulled over a four-day week and said the future is hybrid, MD of Twitter Ireland suggested employers need to decouple from deeper...

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December 9, 2020
Family’s delight as ‘Auntie Peggy’ becomes first in the world to receive Covid-19 vaccine

The niece of the first recipient of the Covid-19 vaccine has spoken of her immense pride at “Auntie Peggy” becoming world-famous.

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December 9, 2020
Pandemic will hopefully be over soon – but hybrid and home working are here to stay

The vice president of Mastercard's Dublin hub has mulled over a four-day week and said the future is hybrid, MD of Twitter Ireland suggested employers need to decouple from deeper...

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December 9, 2020
Ivanka pays $30m for land on private gated island for life after White House

Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner have reportedly bought a $30m plot of land on a gated Miami island known as the “Billionaire's Bunker” as they prepare to leave...

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December 9, 2020
‘She’s a fabulous person’ – family’s delight as ‘Auntie Peggy’ (90) becomes first in the world to receive Covid-19 vaccine

The niece of the first recipient of the Covid-19 vaccine has spoken of her immense pride at “Auntie Peggy” becoming world-famous.

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December 9, 2020
Key part of roll-out of Covid vaccine will be to make sure vulnerable receive it first

People over 65, who have caught coronavirus here since the start of the pandemic, are the most likely to end up in intensive care, new figures reveal.

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December 9, 2020
Macron examines ways to help out his beleaguered police force

French President Emmanuel Macron plans to launch a consultation in January to review ways to improve conditions under which the police operate and their relations with the public.

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December 9, 2020
Mosque killer kept low profile before rampage, report reveals

A comprehensive report into the 2019 Christchurch mosque shootings in which 51 Muslim worshippers died sheds new light on how the gunman was able to elude detection by authorities as...

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December 9, 2020
Judge dismisses Flynn case following pardon from Trump

A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed the criminal case against former Trump administration national security adviser Michael Flynn but pointedly noted a pardon Flynn received from the president last month...

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December 9, 2020
Test flight of SpaceX’s Starship aborted at last second

The first high-altitude test flight of SpaceX's futuristic Starship was aborted at the last second in Texas on Tuesday.

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December 9, 2020
Trump’s false election claims taking root among Republicans

Donald Trump's campaign to subvert the will of voters and reverse his re-election loss is taking hold among state and local Republicans even as it slides towards failure.

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December 9, 2020
Georgia secretary of state wins praise from Schwarzenegger

Georgia's secretary of state has received death threats over his handling of last month's election, but he has found a fan in Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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December 9, 2020
A Christmas Carol by Carols: Baskin, Smillie and Thatcher join charity singalong

A choir of famous Carols has been brought together for a festive singalong to raise money for charity.

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December 8, 2020
All school exams in Scotland cancelled next year

All exams in Scotland have been cancelled because of the disproportionate impact of coronavirus on pupils, Education Secretary John Swinney has announced.

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December 8, 2020
Trade deal jitters leaves markets uneasy

Traders continued to worry over the lack of a trade deal between the UK and the EU.

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December 8, 2020
Oxford vaccine is safe and up to 90pc effective, says groundbreaking study

NEW interim results of the Oxford Covid-19 vaccine trials state that the jab is safe and up to 90pc effective, depending on how it is administered.

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December 8, 2020
Another judge blocks Trump’s TikTok ban

A federal judge has blocked Donald Trump's attempts to ban TikTok, the latest legal defeat for his administration as it tries to wrest the popular app from its Chinese owners.

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December 8, 2020
Ethiopian forces shoot at and detain UN staff in Tigray

Ethiopia's government says its security forces have shot at and detained United Nations staff as they tried to reach part of the embattled Tigray region.

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December 8, 2020
Revealed: Ireland’s priority list for Covid-19 vaccine and who will get jab first

People aged over 65 who are living in long-term care facilities and frontline health workers are to be the first to be offered the Covid-19 vaccine, the Cabinet agreed today.

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