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UK flooding: Billing Aquadrome park in Northampton evacuated
BBC - 24 Dec 2020 20:51
Occupants of about 500 caravans at Billing Aquadrome in Northampton are urged to seek shelter.
'Please help us': child refugees running out of time to reach UK before Brexit
The Guardian - 24 Dec 2020 06:09
Desperate relatives in Britain plead with Home Office for flexibility as paperwork holdups delay family reunions while deadline looms The Home Office has said it will not allow a group of stranded refugee children to joi...
A Brief Reminder Of Charles Kushner's Creepy Crimes, Through Tweets
The Huffington Post - 24 Dec 2020 05:36
Trump pardoned son-in-law Jared Kushner's father, whose crimes included hiring a prostitute to seduce his brother-in-law, filming it and giving it to his sister.
UK-EU nearing possible Brexit trade deal, with announcement expected Thursday
CNN - 24 Dec 2020 05:50
The United Kingdom and the European Union are closing in on a post-Brexit trade agreement after months of fraught negotiations, sources told CNN.
Man turns gun on friend at Pennsylvania shooting range, third man steps in and fatally shoots him
NY Daily News - 24 Dec 2020 05:27
State troopers in Erie, Pennsylvania are seeking a motive in a gun-range shooting that erupted seemingly without provocation and ended in the original gunman's death at the hands of a Good Samaritan.
Tunisia minister sacked and arrested in scandal over illegal waste from Italy
The Guardian - 24 Dec 2020 12:46
Mustapha Aroui held along with 22 others after 200 containers of decaying household and medical waste discovered in July Tunisia's environment minister has been arrested following the attempted importation of household a...
Dangerous spices: why India's cooking powders pose a risk of lead poisoning
The Guardian - 24 Dec 2020 05:58
Exposure to the heavy metal from spice powders and car batteries is affecting child health across the subcontinent An outbreak of a mystery illness over two days in early December in the south Indian city of Eluru saw mo...
Tensions between Trump and GOP lawmakers increase amid attempt to overturn election, COVID relief efforts
USA Today - 24 Dec 2020 06:32
Trump has continued baseless election claims while slamming Congress' COVID relief deal, causing some contentious moments within the Republican Party.
'Brand-new disease, no treatment, no cure': how Anthony Fauci's fight against Aids prepared him to tackle Covid-19
The Guardian - 24 Dec 2020 06:14
As he turns 80, the medical expert's decades of work on HIV will stand as his lasting contribution, whatever happens with Covid On the morning of 9 November, as the world awoke to the game-changing news that Pfizer's cor...
'Sex for sanitary pads': how Kenya's lockdown led to a rise in teenage pregnancy
The Guardian - 24 Dec 2020 05:59
Girls who got free sanitary products at school were pushed to desperate measures in what is being called a shadow pandemic Thousands of girls in Kenya will not be going back to school when classes start again in January,...
Ohio police shooting: video shows unarmed Black man holding up phone
The Guardian - 24 Dec 2020 05:31
Andre Hill seen on officer's body camera emerging from garage in Columbus a few seconds before being fatally shot Body camera footage shows a Black man emerging from a garage and holding up a cellphone in his left hand s...
Trump is back in Florida for Christmas, New Year's, but he vows to still fight 2020 vote
USA Today - 24 Dec 2020 05:19Former Florida health data manager sues Florida Department of Law Enforcement after officers raided her home
CBSNews - 24 Dec 2020 04:51
Rebekah Jones was one of the people who helped create Florida's coronavirus dashboard. She was fired from her position in May after she says she refused to manipulate COVID-19 data. On December 7, her home was raided by ...
The 101-year-old veteran with thousands of Christmas cards
BBC - 24 Dec 2020 13:05
John received mail from around the world after speaking about the loss of his wife on BBC Breakfast
24 Hours Inside a Brooklyn Hospital: An Update
The New York Times - 24 Dec 2020 13:00
In the spring, with permission from staff, patients and their families, we shadowed one doctor for a day to get a sense of what it is like on the front lines of the pandemic.
Track Santa as he flies around the world on Christmas Eve
CNN - 24 Dec 2020 07:02
NORAD is focusing its formidable tracking systems on Santa Claus and his reindeer as they make their annual flight delivering presents to children around the world.
New variant in South Africa is even more transmissible, UK says
CNN - 24 Dec 2020 07:00
• Biden says 'our darkest days' in battling Covid-19 'are ahead of us' • Fauci says he's confident in the vaccine. Here's why • Is the vaccine right for you? Here's how to tell • Antarctica records its first Covi...
Three Spanish teens accused of brutally beating man on Instagram live
New York Post - 24 Dec 2020 06:51
Three teenagers were arrested in Spain after allegedly kidnapping and torturing a man during an hourslong attack that they broadcast live on Instagram, local reports said Wednesday. Investigators believe the teens — ag...
China targets Alibaba with anti-monopoly investigation
The Guardian - 24 Dec 2020 06:44
Shares in e-commerce company plummet, with financial spinoff Ant Group also called in for 'supervisory' talks with authorities Chinese regulators have launched an anti-monopoly investigation into Alibaba and called in fo...
Japan's top court gives retrial hope for man who spent almost 50 years on death row
CNN - 24 Dec 2020 06:30
Japan's Supreme Court has overturned a ruling blocking the retrial of an 84-year-old man who spent almost half a century on death row awaiting the hangman's call over the murder of a family of four, his lawyer told CNN T...
Columbus officer who fatally shot unarmed Black man has history of excessive force, misconduct
USA Today - 24 Dec 2020 06:13'The best of Britain': Johnson and Starmer thank key workers in Christmas messages
Sky News - 24 Dec 2020 05:56
Boris Johnson has thanked British troops for their "sacrifice and effort" in a Christmas message to the armed forces - while the Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said the pandemic has shown "the very best of Britain".