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Coronavirus: Bars to shut in four more French cities with alert level raised
The French government has imposed tighter coronavirus restrictions in four more cities with high infection rates, as a number of...
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FBI busts militia ‘plot’ to abduct Michigan Gov Gretchen Whitmer
The FBI says it has thwarted a plot to abduct and overthrow Michigan's Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer. Mrs Whitmer has...
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Louise Glück Is Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature
The American writer was lauded “for her unmistakable poetic voice.” The Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Louise Glück, the...
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Derek Chauvin: George Floyd murder suspect released from jail on $1m bail
The former US police officer charged with the murder of unarmed black man George Floyd has been released from prison...
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Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, Yoo Myung-hee make last round of WTO chief race – sources
Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and South Korea’s Yoo Myung-hee are through to the final round of selection to become the next...
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Google adds ‘Stories’ to its search app for iOS and Android
Google announced today it’s introducing a Stories feature to its Google app for iOS and Android, which now reaches more than 800 million people per...
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to scientists who discovered CRISPR gene editing tool for ‘rewriting the code of life’
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna for the development of a method for...
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West African leaders lift post-coup sanctions on Mali
ECOWAS regional bloc ends punitive measures imposed against Mali following August military coup that overthrew President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. In...
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Coronavirus: ‘Rapid achievement’ allows antibody trial to move to next phase
Pharmaceutical companies are racing to find effective treatments in the hope normal life can resume following a catastrophic 2020. The...
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Facebook bans QAnon conspiracy theory accounts across all platforms
Facebook has banned all accounts linked to the QAnon conspiracy theory movement from its platforms. "Starting today, we will remove...
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