November 2020 ~ World News

Monday, November 30, 2020

Covid: Researchers fear cancer advances delay due to pandemic

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Scientists fear research has been pushed back due to the pandemic, a survey suggests.

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Women 'completely let down' in rape investigations

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A report finds "catastrophic" failures in the way rape cases are investigated and prosecuted.

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The King of Trump TV Thinks You’re Dumb Enough to Buy It

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What We Learned From Week 12 of the N.F.L. Season

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Biden’s doctor says president-elect has hairline fracture after twisting his ankle playing with dog.

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Biden team wants to tackle child care, elder care, preschool in one overarching plan.

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Coronavirus: Ministers urged to extend universal credit 'boost'

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A £20 weekly universal credit boost has kept 700,000 out of poverty and should continue, says think tank.

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The Papers: Vaccine 'celebrity drive' and PM's call for resolve

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Boris Johnson's attempts to quell a Tory revolt over England's new tiers continue to dominate the papers.

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Coronavirus: How do you vaccinate 7.7 billion people?

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Five challenges of distributing a Covid-19 vaccine to billions of people.

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Black Lives Matter founders: We fought to change history and we won

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The founders of the Black Lives Matter movement tell the BBC's 100 Women season they are optimistic.

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A 70-year-old photographic mystery

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Collector William Fagan finds 70-year-old photographs in a camera.

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Nagorno-Karabakh: The boy who swapped his piano for a gun

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The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan is over, but some are still waiting for news of missing relatives.

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Italy's Calabria has two pandemics: Covid and the Mafia

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Calabria was not hit by the first wave of the pandemic but its fragile health system is buckling now.

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The Grand Tour stars on pirate treasure, cycle lanes and electric cars

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Clarkson, Hammond and May discuss their recent hunt for pirate treasure and their TV future.

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Why 2020 has been good for England's beavers

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Homes for these "ultimate environmental engineers" have been set up in enclosures across England.

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The tech allowing thousands of students to sit exams at home

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Machine learning is helping firms across many industries more quickly solve difficult challenges.

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Viewpoint: Why Kenya's giant fig tree won over a president

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The campaign to save a 100-year-old tree shows cultural fears can make politicians listen in Kenya.

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Why India can't stop farmers burning stubble

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The toxic fumes from stubble burning affects hundreds of millions - but curbs to stop it keep failing.

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For Trump, Past Is Prologue

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By BY CHARLES M. BLOW from NYT Opinion https://nyti.ms/3fM5jzA

Ransomware Attack Closes Baltimore County Public Schools

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Coronavirus

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Biden names all-female communications team with Jen Psaki as press secretary.

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Jennifer Psaki to Be Press Secretary as Biden Names All-Female Communications Team

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Durham van traveller Esther Dingley missing in Pyrenees

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Esther Dingley disappeared on a solo hike during a six-year journey through Europe in a campervan.

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Serbia and Montenegro expel respective ambassadors

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The two nations have expelled each other's envoys over a historical dispute dating back a century.

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Your pictures on the theme of 'monochrome'

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A selection of pictures from our readers on the theme of "monochrome".

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Khachaturyan sisters: A murder trial that shocked Russia

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The case of the three Khachaturyan sisters accused of killing their father sent shockwaves through Russia.

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Leroy Logan: Who is the Met Police officer in Steve McQueen's Red, White and Blue?

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Star Wars' John Boyega is set to star in the true story of a black police officer in 1980s London.

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TikTok: 'I didn’t know other LGBT Muslims existed'

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Until she found her social media "safe space", Shaz says she didn't know there were others like her.

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The 'guerrilla girls' who changed the art world

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How an anonymous group of female artists challenged the status quo in New York's art world

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In pictures: Hurricanes leave Hondurans homeless and destitute

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Hurricanes Eta and Iota left more than 150,000 people in Honduras homeless and many lost everything.

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Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah: 'Did air pollution kill my daughter?'

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A new inquest into the death of Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah could list air pollution as a cause of her death.

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London Bridge attack: 'I think about it every single day'

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Former prisoner Marc Conway remembers the London Bridge attack one year on.

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The 'Robin Hood' policemen who stole from the Nazis

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How did 16 policemen come to be deported from the British Isles to Nazi-occupied Europe?

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Covid and schools: 'Children know things aren't right'

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Students have lost hundreds of days of education to Covid and self-isolation. How are they coping?

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Gary Barlow: 'I'm not as confident as I was at 21'

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The star discusses writing Back For Good in 15 minutes, and how Morecambe and Wise inspired a new song.

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Serbia coronavirus: The Church losing its leaders to the pandemic

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Few organisations have taken a bigger hit from coronavirus than the Serbian Orthodox Church

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Liverpool: How one city took on the Covid-19 crisis

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The inside story of how Liverpool got to grips with soaring infection rates and pioneered mass testing.

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This could be quite popular. What’s that mean for boxing at large?

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By BY MORGAN CAMPBELL from NYT Sports https://nyti.ms/3o7GNfs

Are these fights real?

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Who’s bankrolling this spectacle?

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Brazen Killings Expose Iran’s Vulnerabilities as It Struggles to Respond

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By BY DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, RONEN BERGMAN AND FARNAZ FASSIHI from NYT International Home https://nyti.ms/3lfuw6v

How Tony Hsieh Tried to Single-Handedly Transform Downtown Las Vegas

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Six-Pack

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Let’s Talk About Higher Wages

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The Papers: Tory MPs' hospital anger, and PM 'in retreat'

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Sunday's papers are dominated by the new tier system, which has divided the Conservative party.

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Gunmen Assassinate Iran’s Top Nuclear Scientist in Ambush, Provoking New Crisis

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By BY DAVID E. SANGER, ERIC SCHMITT, FARNAZ FASSIHI AND RONEN BERGMAN from NYT World https://nyti.ms/37uv8AH

Los Angeles County, where the virus is surging, urges residents to stay home.

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Maradona: Funeral worker apologises over coffin photos

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The Argentine funeral worker took photos next to the open casket of football legend Diego Maradona.

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Covid: Free Vitamin D pills for 2.5 million vulnerable in England

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There is no evidence that it protects against Covid-19 but it could boost the health of the vulnerable.

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Surprise discovery of rare plant at Norfolk 'ghost pond'

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A rare wetland plant has reappeared after not being seen for more than a century.

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Polar scientists wary of impending satellite gap

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The key missions recording the loss of thickness in glaciers and sea-ice won't last the decade.

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Coronavirus lockdown sees share of women on India's stock market rise

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With more time and flexibility, thousands of women are trading in the stock market for the first time.

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Tigray crisis: Ethiopian soldiers accused of blocking border with Sudan

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Families fleeing the conflict in Tigray tell the BBC they have been cut off from relatives.

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Border wall fader

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Covid: Road and rail changes planned for Christmas travel spike

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Around 500 miles of roadworks are being cleared to ease congestion on motorways over the festive period.

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Week in pictures: 21-27 November 2020

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A selection of striking images taken around the world this week.

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Jane Fonda: 'It's much harder to be young than it is old'

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As an 82-year-old Jane Fonda is still protesting - this time about climate change - and getting arrested.

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Climate change: The woman watching the ice melt from under her feet

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For thousands of years Inupaiq people have relied on the land in Alaska but now climate change is threatening their entire way of life.

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The Donut King who went full circle - from rags to riches, twice

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Cambodian refugee Ted Ngoy made a fortune in doughnuts then lost it all to gambling.

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Kaavan, the world's loneliest elephant, is finally going free

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For decades, Kaavan performed from his lonely enclosure. Now, with a hand from Cher, he's retiring.

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'My eyesight might be deteriorating - but my determination never will'

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Elin Williams writes a blog to help other people with sight loss, but it has become her own "survival tool".

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Coronation Street: Pandemic sees soap scrap 60th anniversary stunt

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The soap has been forced to "go back to brass tacks" to mark its birthday, its producer says.

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The Kraken: What is it and why has Trump's ex-lawyer released it?

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How a lawsuit from an ex-Trump lawyer full of baseless voter fraud claims went viral.

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Let's give politicians a chance to speak human

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Today presenter Nick Robinson on why the political interview is in need of a rethink.

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Getting 'crushed' on Melbourne's path to coronavirus success

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By one measure the city has just eliminated the virus, but relieved locals also fear a hidden cost.

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For the World Economy, a Grim Slog Tempered by New Hopes

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Los Angeles County urges residents to stay home and bars gatherings of mixed households.

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The Papers: Arcadia 'faces collapse', and plea to rebel MPs

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Several of Saturday's papers report that Sir Philip Green's retail empire could enter administration.

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Your Friday Briefing

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U.N. Panel: Technology in Policing Can Reinforce Racial Bias

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Quotation of the Day: ‘Love Letter to Detroit,’ on Vellum and Chrome

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No Corrections: Nov. 27, 2020

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Oxford Covid vaccine: Regulator asked to asses jab

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The referral is "a significant first step" to a possible rollout of the vaccine, the government says.

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Quiz of the week: What went on with the Pope's social media?

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How closely have you been paying attention to what's been going on during the past seven days?

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Coronavirus: When can I get the COVID-19 vaccine?

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Excitement over the vaccine has turned to questions on the reality of when we can get it.

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Searching 80,000 miles for the American dream

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Photographer Ian Brown travelled around the US in search of people's American dreams.

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Death of England: The former prisoner turned leading man

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Michael Balogun stars in Death of England: Delroy at The National Theatre.

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Judge in Venezuela Convicts 6 U.S. Oil Executives of Corruption

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El adiós a Maradona nos revela a la Argentina

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Trump, Still Claiming Victory, Says He Will Leave if Electors Choose Biden

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'This is War': Poland’s battle for abortion

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People have taken to the streets as the government attempts to ban nearly all abortions.

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Controversial 'virginity tests' sold by UK clinics

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The "unscientific" examinations are condemned by international organisations such as the UN.

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A Poem of Gratitude from Oklahoma

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Cancer: Blood test for 50 types to be trialled by NHS

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More than 165,000 people in England will be offered the tests from next year.

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October redundancies double last year's rate

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With Covid cases rising and uncertainty over government support, employers planned 51,000 job cuts

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Kate warns of lockdown loneliness for parents

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The Duchess of Cambridge highlights a "dramatic increase" in parents feeling cut off from support.

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Black Friday: Next, M&S and Wilko shun sales event

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Although Black Friday spending in the UK is set to soar in 2020, some brands won't be taking part.

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The papers: 'Tiers of rage and disbelief' as 'north sees red'

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Most papers lead on reaction to areas being placed within the government's tougher new tier system.

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Argentina, and Latin America, Mourn Maradona as a Man of the People

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In Argentina, Thousands Wait in Line for Maradona’s Wake

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Brexit: Face-to-face trade talks to resume in London

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In-person meetings were suspended when EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier had to self-isolate.

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Is the era of the Hollywood blockbuster over?

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Has Covid put an end to big budget film-making, or will busy cinemas in Asia give Hollywood hope?

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Corrections: Nov. 26, 2020

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Quotation of the Day: As Surge Spreads, No Corner of Nation Is Spared

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How Not to Overspend This Black Friday

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‘Hang on,’ Biden urges Americans as the virus surges.

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Covid: Pub industry tells the PM it faces 'darkest of moments'

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More than 50 executives call for evidence justifying industry's Covid restrictions to be published.

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Manchester Arena Inquiry: Prisoner in touch with bomber to be released

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Abdalraouf Abdallah, convicted of terror offences, has refused to discuss his relationship with Salman Abedi.

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Union backlash over public sector pay freeze

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Leaders of Britain's biggest unions vow to resist chancellor's freeze on workers who "risked everything".

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