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October 27, 2020
Historic coins dug up by two boys fetch thousands of pounds at auction

Historic coins dug up by two teenage metal detectorists in separate discoveries have sold for thousands of pounds at auction.

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October 27, 2020
Whitbread says hotel market hit by fresh virus curbs as it swings to loss

Premier Inn owner Whitbread said the UK hotel market has been hit by local restrictions and instructions for workers to stay at home as it swung to a half-year loss.

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October 27, 2020
Low interest rates ‘challenge’ banking sector, says HSBC

One of the world's biggest lenders has warned that record-low interest rates around the world could challenge the banking sector long term, as it set out to re-think its strategy.

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October 27, 2020
Amy Coney Barrett confirmed as Supreme Court Justice

Republicans celebrated the confirmation of judge Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday - her lifetime seat is a major last-minute political victory for President Donald Trump.

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October 27, 2020
Indigenous group in Panama votes against use of face masks

A cultural body for the Guna Yala people in Panama voted to ban the wearing of face masks used to combat coronavirus infections, arguing “it is not a custom of...

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October 27, 2020
Indigenous group in Panama votes against use of face masks

A cultural body for the Guna Yala people in Panama voted to ban the wearing of face masks used to combat coronavirus infections, arguing “it is not a custom of...

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October 27, 2020
BP swings back into profit after bruising second quarter

BP has swung back to a profit in its most recent quarter, bouncing back from a multibillion- dollar loss and outperforming expectations as the price of oil started to recover.

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October 27, 2020
BP swings back into profit after bruising second quarter

BP has swung back to a profit in its most recent quarter, bouncing back from a multibillion- dollar loss and outperforming expectations as the price of oil started to recover.

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October 27, 2020
BP swings back into profit after bruising second quarter

BP has swung back to a profit in its most recent quarter, bouncing back from a multibillion- dollar loss and outperforming expectations as the price of oil started to recover.

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October 27, 2020
London’s famous Savoy Hotel has reopened – but what’s it like to visit now?

Picture this: a top-hatted doorman whisks you through swishing revolving doors to a place of calm with world-class food and cocktails at your fingertips.

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October 27, 2020
London’s famous Savoy Hotel has reopened – but what’s it like to visit now?

Picture this: a top-hatted doorman whisks you through swishing revolving doors to a place of calm with world-class food and cocktails at your fingertips.

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October 27, 2020
London’s famous Savoy Hotel has reopened – but what’s it like to visit now?

Picture this: a top-hatted doorman whisks you through swishing revolving doors to a place of calm with world-class food and cocktails at your fingertips.

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October 27, 2020
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris head for Republican strongholds one week before poll

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are targeting Republican strongholds a week before the US election.

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October 27, 2020
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris head for Republican strongholds one week before poll

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are targeting Republican strongholds a week before the US election.

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October 27, 2020
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris head for Republican strongholds one week before poll

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are targeting Republican strongholds a week before the US election.

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October 27, 2020
Royal upbringing and privilege blinded me to racism – Harry

Prince Harry has admitted his privileged upbringing in Britain's royal family meant he had no understanding of unconscious racial bias.

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October 27, 2020
Germany and Singapore to start ‘green lane’ for business travel

Singapore and Germany have agreed to start a reciprocal green lane allowing travel for business or official reasons, the latest step by governments to prize open borders largely sealed by...

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October 27, 2020
Thai demonstrators urge German government to investigate king’s stays in Bavaria

Pro-democracy demonstrators in Thailand have expanded their protests internationally, marching to the German Embassy to appeal to Chancellor Angela Merkel's government to investigate whether Thailand's king has exercised political power...

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October 27, 2020
Average price of detached home ‘increases by £24,000 since March’

Detached homes have piled more than £24,000 on to their value typically since around the start of the lockdown, analysis has found.

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October 27, 2020
US Presidential Election 2020: Do celebrity political endorsements make any difference?

As the US gears up for a presidential election billed as perhaps the most consequential in history, celebrities have been not been shy in stating who they believe should run...

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October 27, 2020
Hurrican Zeta makes landfall on Yucatan Peninsula

Hurricane Zeta, the 27th named storm in a very busy Atlantic season, made landfall on the Caribbean coast of the eastern Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico late on Monday while lashing...

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October 27, 2020
Hurricane Zeta makes landfall on Yucatan Peninsula

Hurricane Zeta, the 27th named storm in a very busy Atlantic season, made landfall on the Caribbean coast of the eastern Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico late on Monday while lashing...

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October 27, 2020
Thousands evacuated amid California fires

Fast-moving wildfires forced evacuation orders for more than 100,000 people and seriously injured two firefighters in Southern California on Monday as powerful winds across the state prompted power to be...

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October 27, 2020
US and Japan manoeuvre 46,000 troops in show of force to China

Japan and the United States yesterday began air, sea and land exercises around Japan in a show of force in the face of increased Chinese military activity in the region.

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October 27, 2020
Erdogan calls for national boycott of French goods

Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan asked his compatriots to stop buying French goods yesterday in the latest expression of anger in the Muslim world over images being displayed in France...

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October 27, 2020
National strike under way as Lukashenko ignores ‘quit’ ultimatum

Factory workers chanted slogans, students staged a sit-in and police began detentions yesterday as Belarusians answered an opposition call for a national strike to force President Alexander Lukashenko to quit,...

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October 27, 2020
Last-gasp attempt to stop Barrett’s appointment to Supreme Court fails

Democratic senators failed in a last-minute attempt to delay the confirmation vote for Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee as the rapid approval process was heading for completion.

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October 27, 2020
Last-gasp attempt to stop Barrett’s appointment to Supreme Court fails

Democratic senators failed in a last-minute attempt to delay the confirmation vote for Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee as the rapid approval process was heading for completion.

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October 27, 2020
Merkel mulls a ‘lockdown light’ as cases surge across Germany

Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, is reportedly considering a "lockdown light" to counter the country's rapidly worsening second wave.

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October 27, 2020
The inspirational plodder: Joe Biden’s story of perseverance could yet have a happy ending

Throughout his nearly 50 years in Washington, Joe Biden has been described as many things - influential, rambling, amiable, ambitious, error-prone and so on.

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October 27, 2020
Consumer sentiment falls to record low, says BoI report

Consumer sentiment hit a record low this month amid rising numbers of Covid-19 cases and the increasing possibility of a hard Brexit, according to the Bank of Ireland Economic Pulse.

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October 27, 2020
Merkel mulls a ‘lockdown light’ as cases surge across Germany

Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, is reportedly considering a "lockdown light" to counter the country's rapidly worsening second wave.

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October 27, 2020
Consumer sentiment falls to record low, says BoI report

Consumer sentiment hit a record low this month amid rising numbers of Covid-19 cases and the increasing possibility of a hard Brexit, according to the Bank of Ireland Economic Pulse.

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October 27, 2020
Royal upbringing and privilege blinded me to unconscious racial bias – Harry

Prince Harry has admitted his privileged upbringing in Britain's royal family meant he had no understanding of unconscious racial bias.

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October 27, 2020
Royal upbringing and privilege blinded me to unconscious racial bias – Harry

Prince Harry has admitted his privileged upbringing in Britain's royal family meant he had no understanding of unconscious racial bias.

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October 27, 2020
Trump mocks Biden for calling him ‘George’ and says media helping rival

President Donald Trump has mocked Joe Biden for mistakenly calling him "George" during a televised campaign event and accused the US media of helping his Democratic rival "get through" interviews.

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October 27, 2020
Trump mocks Biden for calling him ‘George’ and says media helping rival

President Donald Trump has mocked Joe Biden for mistakenly calling him "George" during a televised campaign event and accused the US media of helping his Democratic rival "get through" interviews.

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October 27, 2020
US and Japan manoeuvre 46,000 troops in show of force to China

Japan and the United States yesterday began air, sea and land exercises around Japan in a show of force in the face of increased Chinese military activity in the region.

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October 26, 2020
Protests in Italy over new virus crackdown turn violent

Protesters turned out by the hundreds in Turin, Milan and other Italian cities to vent their anger, sometimes violently, at the latest pandemic restrictions.

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October 26, 2020
91-year-old watches livestream of granddaughter’s wedding from Essex care home

A 91-year-old Essex care home resident said she was “so grateful” to watch her granddaughter's wedding over livestream.

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