US Supreme Court rejects Trump-backed bid to overturn election

The lawsuit sought to invalidate results in four states where President Trump lost the US election.

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Aztec skull tower: Archaeologists unearth new sections in Mexico City

A further 119 skulls of men, women and children are found near a famous Aztec temple in Mexico City.

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How Saddam Hussein tried to break into the film business

Oliver Reed travelled to Iraq in the 1980s when Saddam Hussein tried to join the movie business.

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Turning sounds from around the world into music

Classically-trained musician Belle Chen uses ambient recordings sent from people across the globe.

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CEO Ready To Forgo More Than $100 Million Bonus - For His Wife

Rubin Ritter, the co-chief executive officer of online fashion retailer Zalando SE, may take a potential hit of more than $100 million -- for his wife.

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Coronavirus: 29,398 Fresh Cases In India, 6.7% Lower Than Yesterday

India reported a daily jump of 29,398 coronavirus infections in 24 hours, taking its tally to 97.96 lakhs, the Health Ministry data this morning showed.The number of cases in the country now stand at...

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Review: Radhika Apte Is Spot On In 'A Call To Spy'

A Call To Spy Review: A neatly crafted, engaging tale of a trio of female spies - an American, a Romanian Jew and an Indian princess - who worked to "disrupt the Nazi war machine".

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Africa's week in pictures: 4 - 10 December 2020

A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent.

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South Korean Ultra-Cold Warehouse Prepares To Store Pfizer's Vaccine

Some of the rooms in Korea Superfreeze Inc's coldest warehouse are so frigid that a cup of warm water thrown into one will immediately turn into snow.

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2 Senior Cops Posted At Delhi-Haryana Border Protest Site Test Covid +ve

Amid heavy deployment at the Singhu border area, two of the Indian Police Service (IPS) officers who led the force where the farmers' protest is ongoing against three farm laws, have tested positive...

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"Cow Vigilantes Were At Risk": Karnataka Minister Defends Beef Ban Law

"Earlier, life was at risk for vigilantes... not those who were in the (cattle) trade," CN Ashwath Narayan, Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka told NDTV, in response to concerns that the state's new...

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Delhi's LNJP Hospital Becomes First In Country To Treat 10,000+ Patients

The Delhi government-run Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan (LNJP) hospital announced on Thursday that it has successfully treated over 10,000 patients since it was declared a dedicated coronavirus...

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Analysis: World Watches As UK Probes Adverse Reactions To Pfizer Vaccine

Britain hailed "V-Day" when it became the first country to roll out the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. Yet, as first mover, it has also become the first to report cases of adverse reactions,...

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New Genus Of Malaria "Plasmodium Ovale" Detected In Kerala: Minister

Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja on Thursday informed that a new genus of malaria called ''plasmodium ovale'' has been detected in the state.

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Farmers Threaten To Block Railway Tracks If Demands Not Met: Updates

Farmers have been demonstrating since late last month over reforms enacted in September that loosened rules around the sale, pricing and storage of farm produce.

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Climate change: Covid drives record emissions drop in 2020

The world has seen the biggest annual fall in CO2 emissions since World War Two, say researchers.

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Covid: Australian vaccine abandoned over false HIV response

Trials of the Australian vaccine returned false-positive HIV tests, but did not harm participants.

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"We Are A Month Away From Covid-19 Vaccine," Says Yogi Adityanath

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday claimed that while a vaccine against Covid-19 was just about a month away, the infectious virus had already been contained in the state.

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Muslim men on no-fly list have right to sue FBI, says US Supreme Court

Three men say the FBI violated their religious beliefs by pressuring them to spy on other Muslims.

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Plexiglass, sanitiser and masks: US mall Santas prepare for Christmas

Malls that have hosted visits with Santa for over 100 years are being forced to change their approach.

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Latin America politics: UK's 1960s covert activity revealed

Declassified files reveal Britain's attempts to wield influence in Latin America in the 1960s.

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Iran's Supreme Leader: Who might succeed Ali Khamenei?

Rumours about Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's health have thrown the spotlight on his possible successors.

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Waldemar Haffkine: The vaccine pioneer the world forgot

Waldemar Haffkine created the world's first vaccines for cholera and plague. Then a disaster derailed his life.

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India Recorded 31,521 Cases On Thursday, 412 Deaths: Updates

India recorded 31,521 new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours on Thursday, taking the total number of active coronavirus cases in the country to 3,72,293, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: Chadwick Boseman 'a character actor'

Oscar-winner, Davis, stars alongside Boseman in the highly anticipated Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.

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Hundreds of volunteers are helping to map the Great Barrier Reef

Volunteers have been asked to take and categorise thousands of photos of the Great Barrier Reef.

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New Zealand: Fixing the ruined Christchurch Cathedral that's frozen in time

New drone footage shows Christchurch Cathedral that's been untouched since the 2011 earthquake.

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Live Updates: Farmers Reject Tweaks On New Farm Laws, To Step Up Protests

The government's proposal to amend three new farm laws have been rejected by the agitating farmers who said they would step up protests. The protesting farmers have been saying these laws would harm...

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Google Celebrates Economist, Professor, Author W Arthur Lewis With Doodle

Google today honoured economist, professor, and author Sir W Arthur Lewis with a doodle, illustrated by Manchester-based artist Camilla Ru.

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Biden To Pick Katherine Tai As 1st Asian-American For Top Trade Job: Report

President-elect Joe Biden plans to name China expert Katherine Tai to serve as the nation's top trade negotiator, US media reported Wednesday.

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US President-Elect's Son Hunter Biden Says Under Investigation Over Taxes

Hunter Biden, the son of US President-elect Joe Biden and a frequent target of Republican attacks, said Wednesday he was under federal investigation about his taxes.

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Paolo Rossi, Italy's 1982 World Cup hero, dies aged 64

The striker's hat-trick eliminated Brazil on the way to Italy's triumph in the competition in Spain.

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Covid-19: The mask-wearing US city that bucked the trend

Compulsory mask-wearing has been highly controversial in the US.

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Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: How a soldier survived an 11-hour gun battle

Ethiopian soldiers recount the dramatic moment their army camps were raided in Tigray.

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The Syrian mercenaries used as 'cannon fodder' in Nagorno-Karabakh

Four Syrians say they enlisted for sentry duties in Azerbaijan and were sent to the Nagorno-Karabakh front line.

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Covid: Students and retirees form long-distance friendships

The pandemic inspires a scheme to pair language students with older people in France via video link.

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New Christmas campaign for Canadians held in China

The campaign is based on efforts around a similar case involving a British journalist fifty years ago.

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How Slumdog composer is giving Indian talent a helping hand

AR Rahman on joining Bafta's search for emerging artists in India's film, TV and games industries.

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Why 'preppers' are going mainstream

Why "preppers" are going mainstream and are no longer lonely survivalists on the fringes of society.

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US Covid vaccine: Three key questions answered

How will Americans receive the vaccine? Will it be free? And will enough people take it?

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Elon Musk's Starship prototype makes a big impact

The US entrepreneur's latest Starship rocket prototype impresses in flight, but crashes on landing.

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The dead professor and the vast pro-India disinformation campaign

A Harvard icon and fake media have been used in a global campaign to serve Indian interests, research reveals.

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Humpback whale snapped during New York City harbour visit

The giant marine mammal was pictured in front of the Statue of Liberty during a rare appearance.

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Dad steps in to sing national anthem when it fails to play at son's basketball game

When the US national anthem failed to play at his son's basketball match, this dad saved the day.

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SpaceX's Starship Prototype Explodes On Landing After Test Launch

SpaceX's Starship rocket prototype exploded during a return-landing attempt on Wednesday, minutes after an apparently uneventful test launch from the company's facility in Boca Chica, Texas, live...

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Newly-Wed UP Woman, 8 Others Test Covid Positive Days After Groom Dies

Nine members of a family, including a newly-wed woman, have been diagnosed with coronavirus after the groom, who was not tested for the virus, died days after the marriage, officials said on...

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India's Total Cases Over 97.35 Lakh, Death Count At 1.41 Lakhs: Updates

India recorded 32,080 new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours on Wednesday, taking the total number of active coronavirus cases in the country to 3,78,909, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

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US Senators Fail To Stop Trump-Backed Sales Of F-35 Jets To UAE

Democrats failed Wednesday to block the United States from selling top-of-the-line fighter-jets to the United Arab Emirates, with most senators dismissing fears that President Donald Trump was setting...

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Covid-19: How everyday life has changed in Wuhan

While the rest of the world is battling a second wave of infections Wuhan hasn’t had any locally transmitted cases for months.

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Nigeria: The midwife bringing antenatal classes to first-time dads in Lagos

Tolulope Adeleke is a UK midwife organising antenatal classes for first time dads in Lagos, Nigeria.

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Inside Niharika Konidela's Mehendi Ceremony With Pawan Kalyan And Others

Telugu actresses Ritu Verma and Lavanya Tripathi also flew to Udaipur to attend the wedding of their BFF Niharika Konidela

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Oxford Vaccine Effective But Questions On Those Above 55: Report

On the day Britain began immunizing its population with a Covid-19 shot developed by Germany's BioNTech SE and the U.S.'s Pfizer Inc., a peer-reviewed study of the U.K.'s homegrown vaccine left some...

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Singapore 'Cruise-To-Nowhere' Turns Back After COVID-19 Case Aboard

A passenger aboard a Royal Caribbean 'cruise-to-nowhere' from Singapore has tested positive for COVID-19, forcing around 2,000 guests to be quarantined in their cabins and the Quantum of the Seas ship...

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2 Terrorists Killed In Encounter In Jammu And Kashmir's Pulwama

Two unidentified terrorists were killed in an encounter that broke out at Tiken area of Pulwama on Wednesday, said Jammu and Kashmir Police.

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India Weapon Procurement From US Jumped To $3.4 Billion In 2020: Report

India's weapons procurement from the United States jumped from meagre USD 6.2 million to a whopping USD 3.4-billion in the final year of the Donald Trump administration, according to official data.

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Elon Musk Relocates To Texas; Compares Himself To War General

Silicon Valley billionaire Elon Musk said on Tuesday he had relocated to Texas from California as he wanted to focus more on Tesla Inc's new electric car plant and his SpaceX venture in the Lone Star...

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Rich countries hoarding Covid vaccines, says People's Vaccine Alliance

Poorer nations will miss out despite steps to ensure access is fair, campaigners warn.

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Little pygmy possum found on Australian island for first time since fires

The world’s smallest possum had not been seen on Kangaroo Island since Australia's fires a year ago.

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Covid-19: Singapore 'cruise to nowhere' ends after passenger tests positive

The ship returned to port early after a passenger tested positive for coronavirus.

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Fighting Covid-19 on the road across the US

Nurse Laura Liffiton has travelled across the US for six months, helping in the fight against Covid.

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Where does the Republican Party go after Trump?

What places like Ohio reveal about President Donald Trump's legacy on the Republican Party.

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Vaccine Drive Could Be Done Simultaneously Based On Availability: Centre

Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Tuesday said that the Centre had in August this year constituted the National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for COVID-19 (NEGVAC), which is providing...

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Live: Amit Shah's Talks With Farmer Leaders Fail To End Deadlock

Union Home Minister Amit Shah's late night talks with farmers ended in failure as farmer leaders rejected the government's offer to amend new farm laws, saying they would settle for nothing less than...

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US Lawmakers Approve $740 Billion Pentagon Budget By Veto-Proof Majority

The US House of Representatives approved the Pentagon budget bill Tuesday by an overwhelming majority, defying President Donald Trump's threat to veto the measure.

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The stranded giraffes being rescued by raft

A group of the animals in Kenya, who became trapped on a new island, are being rehomed and it isn't easy.

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Coronavirus India LIVE Updates: India's Covid Recovery Rate At 94.59%

India recorded 26,567 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, taking the total number of active coronavirus cases in the country to 3,83,866, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Tuesday.

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US Judge Orders Partial Disclosure Of Jamal Khashoggi Murder Files

A New York judge on Tuesday ordered US intelligence agencies to acknowledge they possess a tape recording of the 2018 murder of Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi, in a ruling hailed by rights...

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Venice Under Water As Newly Installed Dam System Fails To Activate

Venice's St Mark's Square was under water on Tuesday after a newly installed system of mobile artificial dams failed to activate.

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Saudi Arabia: Three campaigns MBS cannot win

US President-elect Joe Biden will press Mohammed bin Salman to act on Yemen, human rights and Qatar.

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Ahmadreza Djalali: The Swedish-Iranian doctor on Iran's death row

How a Swedish-Iranian doctor's work trip to Tehran ended up in death row.

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The woman behind China's Chang'e-5 Moon mission

Zhou Chengyu, 24, has been lauded on social media for her work as the project's youngest commander.

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Sinovac: What do we know about China's Covid-19 vaccine?

The Sinovac vaccine is yet to finish late-stage trials, but is already being shipped to other countries.

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Covid: 'How a picture of my foot became anti-vaccine propaganda'

A misunderstanding turned a woman's skin condition into fuel for conspiracy theories.

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"2-0": Trump Tries To One-Up Wrestling Champ With Election Win Fantasy

Donald Trump claimed falsely while honoring America's greatest wrestling champion on Monday that he has his own perfect record to brag about -- 2-0 in presidential elections.

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US "Like A Third World Country": Trump As He Alleges Election Fraud Again

President Donald Trump has likened the US to a "third world country" as he blasted the "rigged" election, reiterating his unsubstantiated claims about widespread voter fraud in the presidential polls.

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"Must Be Allowed To Protest": US Lawmakers Back Farmers

Several US lawmakers have voiced their support for farmers agitating in India against the new farm laws and urged that they be allowed to protest peacefully.

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Christchurch massacre: Inquiry finds failures ahead of attack

However, a report reveals inquiry a series of failures ahead of the 2019 attack.

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Lloyd Austin: Biden picks ex-general as defence secretary

Lloyd Austin, who headed US Central Command, will be the first African-American defence secretary.

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Civilians killed in airstrikes in Afghanistan soars by more than 300%

In 2019 alone, more than two civilians each day were killed in airstrikes by the US or its allies.

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US Marks Pak, China As "Countries With Concern" On Religion Rights

The US has designated Pakistan and China among eight other countries that are of "particular concern for violation of religious freedom", Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said.

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"Kerala Government To Move Supreme Court Against Farm Laws": Minister

The Kerala government will not implement the contentious farm laws and will move the Supreme Court against them this week itself, Agriculture Minister V S Sunilkumar said in Thrissur on Monday.

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Farmers Call For Bharat Bandh, Centre Asks States To Tighten Security

The protesting farmers have called for a nationwide shutdown on Tuesday against the new farm laws. The shutdown or bandh is likely to have an impact in parts of north India and some non-BJP ruled...

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Coronavirus Updates: Over 32,000 Covid-19 Cases In India In Last 24 Hours

Active coronavirus cases in India dropped below the 4-lakh mark as recoveries surpassed new cases over the past 24 hours when 32,981 fresh COVID-19 infections were detected against 8 lakh tests.

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Joe Biden Picks Retired General Lloyd Austin As Defence Secretary: Report

President-elect Joe Biden has chosen retired General Lloyd Austin, who oversaw US forces in the Middle East under President Barack Obama, to be his defence secretary, Politico reported on Monday,...

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Bharat Bandh Amid Farmer Protests, Cops Issue Travel Advisory: 10 Points

The "Bharat bandh" - a nationwide shutdown called for by farmers protesting the farm laws - will run from 11 AM to 3 PM, with transport services, offices and shops - particularly those selling fruits...

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Bharat bandh: India farmers protest against law

Tens of thousands of farmers are protesting at Delhi's borders against farm reforms.

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French man guilty of shooting and impaling rowdy rooster

Marcel was shot dead in May by a neighbour who had become irate over his regular crowing.

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Indian-Origin Health Expert Anil Soni Appointed First Chief Of WHO Body

Indian-origin global health expert Anil Soni has been appointed as the first Chief Executive Officer of the newly launched The WHO Foundation, which works alongside the World Health Organization to...

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Uber sheds self-driving cars to prioritise profits

Driverless cars were one seen as core to the company's future but lately it's focused on rides and food.

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'Brother against brother' in Trump country

What's it like to be a Biden voter in a Trump heartland where many believe the election was rigged?

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Lebanon: 'Bread riots' in Beirut over reports subsidies on basic goods will end

Crowds burn tyres in the capital, as the UN warns of a social catastrophe for the poorest families.

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Kabul University attack: Fears for mental health one month on

One month after the Kabul University attack, students worry about the impact it's had on their mental health.

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Coronavirus: Long road ahead as Russian vaccine rolled out

Medics, teachers and social workers get priority for Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine.

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Coronavirus in Kenya: The doctor who helped children to smile

Dr Ashraf Emarah is one of 14 doctors to have died from coronavirus in Kenya, prompting a strike call.

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Mateusz Kuzimski: How a warehouse veg packer became a pro footballer

Mateusz Kuzimski was working in England - before returning to Poland to chase his dream.

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Astronomy: 'Odd radio circles' in the sky a ‘genuine mystery’

A new high-powered telescope has discovered inexplicable ghostly circles in the sky.

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Voting Underway In Phase-4 Of Jammu And Kashmir Local Body Polls

Polling for the fourth phase of the District Development Council (DDC) elections in Jammu and Kashmir began on a dull note as fog and chilly weather kept most people indoors early on Monday, officials...

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Maryam Nawaz Hints At Mass Resignations Of Opposition Leaders Tomorrow

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) vice president Maryam Nawaz on Sunday said the opposition's 11-party alliance - Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) is due to make some big decisions on December 8,...

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Farmer Protests Enters 12th Day, Arvind Kejriwal To Visit Singhu Borde

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will visit the Delhi-Haryana border today to review arrangements made for protesting farmers camping there, officials said. Mr Kejriwal will visit the Singhu...

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US To Impose Sanctions On Chinese Officials Over Hong Kong Issue: Report

The United States is preparing to impose sanctions on at least a dozen Chinese officials over their alleged role in Beijing's disqualification of elected opposition legislators in Hong Kong, according...

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