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"Women burn burqas and men shave beards to celebrate liberation from Isis in Syria | The Independent"
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""I'm prepared to be shot," says one protester as Russia’s youth takes the lead in countrywide protests against Putin."
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"‘Human beings have overrun the world’: David Attenborough calls for an end to waste in impassioned plea to address climate change. ‘The world is not a bowl of fruit from which we can just take what we wish’"
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"China bans human consumption and trade of wild animals"
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"Putin is increasingly frustrated, lashing out at his inner circle, US intelligence report says"
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"Coronavirus: Doctors and nurses will need PTSD treatment after Covid-19 virus peaks in hospitals, warn health leaders"
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"Anti-vaxxers are among the top 'threats to global health' in 2019, WHO declares."
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"Google has banned the Zoom app from all employee computers over security vulnerabilities"
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"Supreme Court of Canada says bankrupt energy companies must clean up old oil, gas wells before paying off creditors"
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"Up to 5 years prison for attending Tiananmen Massacre vigil, Hong Kong gov't warns - 1 year jail for publicising it"
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"Finland offers to train Ukraine soldiers in winter warfare against Russia"
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"Chinese media have mocked Donald Trump over plans to impose 25% tariffs on $50bn worth of Chinese goods, saying "wise men build bridges but fools build walls""
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"Jack Ma and other billionaires go missing in China after criticizing government"
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"'Homosexual People Have the Right to Be in a Family.' Pope Francis Offers New Support for Same-Sex Civil Unions"
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"Coca-Cola sucks wells dry in Chiapas, forcing residents to buy water: A Coca-Cola bottling plant in Mexico consumes millions of liter of water per day while wells dry up"
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"US House speaker lands in Taiwan amid threats of Chinese retaliation"
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"Trump rails against windmills: 'I never understood wind'; Trump claims the production of wind turbines causes a large carbon footprint."
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"Biden: US forces would defend Taiwan in event of Chinese invasion"
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"Justin Trudeau moves forward with ban on LGBT+ conversion therapy across Canada"
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"Russia accidentally shoots down their own $36M Su-34 bomber, Ukraine claims"
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"'I am ready to stand for my principles': Double world chess champion says she won't defend titles in Saudi Arabia because of kingdom's inequality. The Ukrainian, 27, will not travel to Saudi Arabia, where she wouldn't even be allowed to walk down the street unaccompanied."
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"Dozens of German priests will defy the Vatican and live-stream blessings of gay couples"
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"'Mine is bigger': Trump dares Kim Jong-un to compare nuclear buttons"
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"Trump asked China’s Xi to help him win reelection, according to Bolton book"
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"Biden to Finally Stop Support to Saudi Arabia in Yemen"
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"Trump suspends travel from Europe for 30 days as part of response to 'foreign' coronavirus"
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"James Webb Space Telescope: Sun shield is fully deployed"
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"President Donald Trump signed an executive order formally withdrawing the United States from the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal"
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"Coke and Pepsi Are Getting Sued for Lying About Recycling: “At this rate, plastic is set to outweigh fish in the ocean by 2050,” the complaint reads."
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"U.S. President Donald Trump boasted before the world and British Prime Minister Theresa May on Friday that he’d predicted the Brexit decision at his Turnberry golf resort in Scotland the day before the historic vote. One problem: Trump arrived at Turnberry the day after the vote."
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"Mexico wants to decriminalize all drugs and negotiate with the U.S. to do the same"
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"61% of Canadians want government to take action on climate change even if economy suffers: poll"
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"Amazon has bought cameras to take temperatures of workers during the coronavirus pandemic from a Chinese firm the United States blacklisted over allegations it helped China detain and monitor Uighurs and other Muslim minorities"
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"Bleach manufacturers have warned people not to inject themselves with disinfectant after Trump wrongly suggested it may cure the coronavirus"
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"Vancouver city council passes motion to ‘de-criminalize poverty’ i.e. taking things like mental health, sex work, homelessness, and substance use off the plate of law enforcement."
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"British expats 'in tears' as Spain to deport 500 for failing to register for residency under post-Brexit regulations. By March 31 they will be deemed as illegal immigrants."
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"US-UK launch military strikes on Syria"
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"Afghanistan: Taliban closes universities to women"
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"4 Chinese students, 1 Indian killed by Russian attack on Kharkiv college dorm"
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"A Muslim immigrant saves Austrian policeman during Monday’s terrorist attack. Osama Joda, a 23-year-old Palestinian, risked his life to help a police officer who was shot by a terrorist in Vienna’s city center."
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"Alexei Navalny broke his silence from Russian prison, describing 24/7 surveillance and being woken up every hour"
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"‘Attenborough effect’ leads to 53% drop in single use plastic in 12 months"
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"Two teenage boys were rescued by a brand new lifesaving drone in Australia while lifeguards were still training to use it. After being spotted struggling in heavy surf 700m (2,300ft) offshore, lifesavers sent the drone to drop an inflatable rescue pod, and the pair made their way safely to shore."
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"McDonald's to leave Russia for good after 30 years"
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"PM Trudeau says Canada has intelligence from multiple sources that the plane was shot down by an Iranian surface to air missile."
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"Nestlé, Mars and Hershey 'breaking promises over palm oil use' - This year’s Halloween confectionery will contain palm oil grown on land that should lawfully be habitat to orangutans, rhinos and clouded leopards, despite commitment to clean up supply chains"
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"North Korea bans sarcasm because Kim Jong-un fears people only agree with him ‘ironically’"
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"Republicans side with Deomcrats to block Trump's billions of dollars worth of arm sales to Saudi Arabia"
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"Teen Climate Activist to Crowd of Thousands: 'We Can't Save the World by Playing by the Rules Because the Rules Have to Change': "The politics that's needed to prevent the climate catastrophe—it doesn't exist today," says Greta Thunberg, a 15-year-old from Sweden. "We need to change the system.""
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"Trump Complains About Not Winning the Nobel Peace Prize Days After Threatening to Commit War Crimes"
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"India government arrests 21 year old for sharing a Google doc tweeted by Greta Thunberg on farmers protests"
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"WHO official calls Trump comments on coronavirus response 'incoherent'"
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"The number of people using Facebook daily in North America dropped for the first time"
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"A doctor has run 22 miles to work and back wearing a mask to help stop the spread of misinformation and conspiracy theories around face coverings and to raise funds for charity. He recorded that oxygen levels never fell below 98% of what it would usually be."
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"Vahid Sayadi Nasiri died in an Iranian prison after a 60-day hunger strike. He had been given an 8-year sentence for a Facebook post criticizing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei."
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"Czech mayor writes letter calling a Chinese diplomat an 'unmannered rude clown' and to apologize for his 'pathetic diplomatic f-ck up' after he threatens Czech Senate Speaker over Taiwan trip"
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"Bangladesh shuts down mobile internet to tackle teen protests"
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"Germany to close all 84 of its coal-fired power plants, will rely primarily on renewable energy"
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"BBC has made its international news website available via Tor, which can help people in China and other countries avoid government surveillance and censorship. Instead of visiting bbc.co.uk or bbc.com, users of Tor browser can visit bbcnewsv2vjtpsuy.onion, which will not work in a regular browser."
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"Australian Teens Ignore Anti-Vaxxer Parents by Getting Secret Vaccinations"
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"A Turkish journalist has been sentenced to more than a year in jail for her work on the Paradise Papers investigation into offshore tax havens, because it revealed details of the business activities of the country’s former prime minister and his sons."
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"Tens of Thousands in Russia Challenge the Kremlin in Second Week of Protests"
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"UN warns Earth 'firmly on track toward an unlivable world'"
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"US intelligence indicates Russia preparing operation to justify invasion of Ukraine"
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"Taliban calls on Russia and Ukraine to end crisis through "peaceful means""
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"Trump misunderstood MIT climate research, university officials say: Massachusetts Institute of Technology officials said U.S. President Donald Trump badly misunderstood their research when he cited it on Thursday to justify withdrawing the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement."
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"The UK government has said households that install solar panels in the future will be expected to give away unused clean power for free to energy firms earning multimillion-pound profits, provoking outrage from green campaigners."
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"Bill Gates condemns Donald Trump for stopping US payments to World Health Organisation"
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"Paedophile Labour councillor who worked in children's home walks free despite being caught with over one million child porn images including 12-year-old girls being raped"
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"Japan proposes four-day working week to improve work-life balance: The Japanese government has just unveiled its annual economic policy guidelines, which include new recommendations that companies permit their staff to opt to work four days a week instead of the typical five"
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"North Korea, Iran scold U.S. for ‘double standard’ on crushing protests - National"
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"South African government calls for Israel to be investigated by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity"
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"Dutch and Swedish dockers refuse to unload a tanker carrying Russia diesel because of ' international solidarity ' over the Ukrainain invasion . union leader says"
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"The Prime Minister of Iceland has resigned"
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"Millennials’ pay still stunted by the 2008 financial crash"
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"Saudis Threaten Global Economic Repercussions if Punished for 'Murdered' Journalist"
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"Former White House ethics director on Trump giving his own hotel G7 contract: ‘We have reached the bottom.There is no level of corruption greater than a President participating in the award of a contract to himself'"
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"UK Government to pay 80% of wages for employees not working"
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"Japan firm considers 3-day weekends as nation rethinks culture of long work hours"
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"Private spies reportedly infiltrated an Amazon strike, secretly taking photos of workers, trade unionists, and journalists. Now a union is taking legal action."
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"Chinese Tycoon Who Criticized Xi’s Response to Coronavirus Has Vanished"
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"Just 162 Billionaires Have The Same Wealth As Half Of Humanity"
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"President Trump told his national security adviser in August that he wanted to continue freezing $391 million in security assistance to Ukraine until officials there helped with investigations into Democrats including the Bidens, according to unpublished manuscript by former adviser, John R. Bolton."
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"'I was just doing my job': Soviet officer who averted nuclear war dies at age 77"
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"Germany's biggest union calls for 4-day week to save thousands of jobs"
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"Australia's same-sex marriage postal survey: 61.6% yes, 38.4% no"
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"WHO accused of 'carrying China's water' after official refuses to acknowledge Taiwan during bizarre interview"
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"Australians petition to put Steve Irwin on their money."
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"Hackers Just Leaked the Names of 92,000 ‘Freedom Convoy’ Donors"
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"Trump did meet with Putin at the G20, despite insisting meeting was off ahead of summit"
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"In solidarity with Muslims, New Zealand Jewish community shut synagogues on Shabbat for first time in history"
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"Turkish president’s bodyguards batter Washington DC protesters leaving them covered in blood while leader meets Trump at the White House"
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"Hong Kong government to announce new law banning masks during public assemblies"
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"Ukraine crisis: Russia has failed to take any of its major objectives and has lost 450 personnel, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace says"
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"Mitch McConnell, Who Voted to Lift Russian Oligarch’s Sanctions, Reportedly Has Deep Ties to Russian Oil Money"
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"We Alerted The World' To Coronavirus On Jan. 5, WHO Says In Response To U.S."
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"Cigarette Butts—Not Plastic Straws—Are The Worst Contaminant of Oceans, According to New Study"
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"Ukrainian Troops Appear To Have Fought All The Way To The Russian Border"
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"Fire breaks out at historic Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris"
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"Dr. Fauci to lead U.S. delegation at WHO meetings as Biden plans to reverse Trump withdrawal"
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