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News24.com | Trump slams govt Covid expert Fauci 'and all these idiots'
US President Donald Trump went after top government scientist Anthony Fauci in a call with campaign staffers on Monday, suggesting the hugely respecte.
2020-10-19 21:56:44
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News24.com | Four pupils among those detained after French teacher beheading
Four schoolchildren were being held by French police on suspicion of helping a man who beheaded a history teacher to identify his victim in return for.
2020-10-19 20:02:54
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News24.com | US Supreme Court to hear Trump appeal of ruling against border wall funds
The US Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear an appeal by President Donald Trump's administration of a ruling that he overstepped his constitutional .
2020-10-19 19:38:42
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News24.com | ICUs without air-conditioning could shield doctors from Covid-19, study finds
Intensive care units (ICUs) at hospitals treating Covid-19 patients should do away with air-conditioning to limit the risk of infecting doctors, a stu.
2020-10-19 17:23:49
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News24.com | Young and restless: Protest parallels in Thailand and Hong Kong
Hong Kong and Thailand have both seen their streets filled with protesters daring to take on an entrenched political elite, and to discuss once-taboo .
2020-10-19 14:51:55
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News24.com | French police raid Islamist groups after teacher's beheading
French police have raided the homes of dozens of suspected Islamist militants three days after the beheading of a teacher who had shown his pupils car.
2020-10-19 14:26:12
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News24.com | Europe surges past 250 000 virus deaths as Israel lifts lockdown
Europe passed the milestone of 250 000 deaths from Covid-19 as Israel and Australia's second-largest city of Melbourne began to gradually ease their s.
2020-10-19 13:17:42
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News24.com | Covid-19 wrap | Tougher restrictions for Wales and Manchester, 40 million cases worldwide
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide passed 40 million on Monday, according to an AFP tally..
2020-10-19 12:11:25
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News24.com | New Zealand's next parliament is set to be the most diverse ever
New Zealand's next parliament is set to be the most inclusive ever, with several people of colour, members from the rainbow communities and a high num.
2020-10-19 10:50:43
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News24.com | Thousands of indigenous Colombians march on Bogota demanding end to violence
Thousands of indigenous Colombians arrived in the country's capital on Sunday, demanding a meeting with President Ivan Duque and an end to growing vio.
2020-10-19 10:04:33
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News24.com | A practicing Catholic, Biden hopes to peel believers away from Trump
A rosary around his wrist, Joe Biden often speaks of the great comfort his Catholic faith has brought him in overcoming the tragedies that have deeply.
2020-10-19 09:27:06
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News24.com | Airlines working with WHO on testing to replace quarantine
The International Air Transport Association is working to set up a testing system that will replace compulsory quarantine to help revive the airline i.
2020-10-19 08:29:37
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News24.com | China's economy plows on as world's only major growth engine
China's recovery from the coronavirus pandemic continued in the third quarter and showed signs of broadening in September as consumer spending acceler.
2020-10-19 08:29:37
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News24.com | 'We are not afraid': France rallies after beheading of teacher
Tens of thousands of people rallied in Paris and cities across France in solidarity with a teacher beheaded for showing pupils cartoons of the Prophet.
2020-10-19 08:05:20
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News24.com | Thai democracy protesters defy ban for fourth day
Tens of thousands of protesters defied a ban on gatherings of more than four people to mass at a major Bangkok landmark on Sunday, carrying posters po.
2020-10-18 21:20:17
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News24.com | UK says door remains 'ajar' for post-Brexit trade deal
The British government said on Sunday it still wanted to reach a post-Brexit trade deal with the European Union, despite deadlocked talks..
2020-10-18 20:07:02
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News24.com | PICS | Women's group holds rallies against Trump's Supreme Court pick
Women's rights groups have raised concerns that Amy Coney Barrett will restrict abortion access in the United States..
2020-10-18 17:40:18
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News24.com | France to rally in solidarity, defiance after beheading of teacher
People across France are expected to join rallie in a show of solidarity and defiance following the beheading of a teacher outside his school for show.
2020-10-18 16:33:40
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News24.com | China passes biosecurity law to prevent infectious diseases
China's top legislative body passed a new biosecurity law aimed at preventing and managing infectious diseases, state news agency Xinhua reported late.
2020-10-18 15:27:30
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News24.com | Yemen's 'microgrid girls' power community amid war and Covid-19
A women-run solar station near the front line in Abs is empowering its owners and improving life in their community..
2020-10-18 14:34:54
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News24.com | 5 soldiers dead, 17 missing in Vietnam after second big landslide in days
Five soldiers are dead and a frantic search is under way for 18 others after a huge landslide hit central Vietnam on Sunday, as the country battles it.
2020-10-18 14:33:25
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News24.com | Trump and Biden try to woo early US voters
US presidential rivals Donald Trump and Joe Biden will court early voters on Sunday as their campaigns step up events ahead of their final debate this.
2020-10-18 09:56:06
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News24.com | Coronavirus survives on skin five times longer than flu, study finds
The coronavirus remains active on human skin for nine hours, Japanese researchers have found, in a discovery they said showed the need for frequent ha.
2020-10-18 09:33:32
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News24.com | New Zealand's victorious Ardern vows to deliver reform
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern vowed on Sunday to "crack on" with delivering her vision following a landslide election victory, after a str.
2020-10-18 07:30:58
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News24.com | Mother arrested in Austria for killing three daughters
A mother confessed on Saturday to killing her three young daughters in an apartment in Vienna, Austrian police said, without giving a motive..
2020-10-17 21:54:05
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News24.com | Thai protesters vow new demonstration despite crackdown
Thai protesters said they would hold another demonstration on Saturday despite a crackdown by police on more than three months of protests that have t.
2020-10-17 21:51:27
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News24.com | New Zealand rangers, volunteers try to rescue 25 stranded whales
New Zealand rangers and volunteers were trying to rescue some 25 whales stranded on a beach on the country's North Island, the Department of Conservat.
2020-10-17 21:48:37
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News24.com | France beheading suspect had no links with Russia
An 18-year-old Chechen accused of beheading a teacher near his school in a Paris suburb received asylum in France and had no links to Russia, a Russia.
2020-10-17 19:01:53
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News24.com | Donald Trump sets hectic campaign pace as his party frets over 'blood bath'
US President Donald Trump has pushed on with a hectic series of rallies across the United States, as he seeks to avert a potentially humiliating defea.
2020-10-17 18:40:32
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News24.com | US businesswoman confirms affair with Boris Johnson - reports
A US tech entrepreneur at the centre of allegations of misconduct involving British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has told a newspaper they did have an.
2020-10-17 16:48:09
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News24.com | Justin Trudeau hits back, says Canada will not be cowed by China on human rights
Canada will continue to defend human rights in China, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said after a top Chinese diplomat warned Ottawa against welcom.
2020-10-17 15:23:45
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News24.com | Police arrest nine after teacher beheaded in Paris suburb
Among the detainees are four relatives of the suspect arrested in the immediate aftermath of the attack..
2020-10-17 13:46:42
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News24.com | Joe Biden calls Donald Trump silence on white supremacists 'stunning'
Joe Biden has described US President Donald Trump's reluctance to denounce white supremacists as "stunning" in a hard-hitting speech in battleground M.
2020-10-17 12:59:09
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News24.com | WATCH | Johnson tells UK to prepare for no-deal Brexit
[NFA] Boris Johnson says the UK must now prepare for a no-deal Brexit after the latest talks with EU leaders failed to provide any breakthrough on a t.
2020-10-17 12:25:10
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News24.com | US budget gap triples to record $3.1 trillion on virus relief
Underscoring the massive fiscal relief efforts this year, the Treasury's report showed $275 billion in outlays for federal additional unemployment com.
2020-10-17 12:25:10
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News24.com | Ardern wins landslide in New Zealand election
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern won a landslide victory in New Zealand's general election Saturday, leveraging success battling Covid-19 to gain an unpr.
2020-10-17 11:54:27
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News24.com | Teacher beheaded in France after showing Mohammed cartoons
A French teacher who had recently shown students cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed was beheaded outside his school..
2020-10-17 11:06:42
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News24.com | China rejects report Uighur children being separated from parents
China has dismissed as a "farce" a news report saying it is separating ethnic Uighur children from their parents as part of social engineering policie.
2020-10-17 08:11:28
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News24.com | Ex-French president Sarkozy hit with new Libya financing charge
French prosecutors said that they had charged former president Nicolas Sarkozy over claims he accepted cash from the Libyan dictatorship of Moamer Kad.
2020-10-16 22:47:50
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News24.com | WATCH | French police shoot dead man who slit teacher's throat
French police have shot dead a man who minutes earlier had killed a middle school teacher by slitting his throat in the street in a suburb of Paris, p.
2020-10-16 20:52:19
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News24.com | Twitter CEO says blocking New York Post article without context was wrong
Twitter Inc CEO Jack Dorsey says his company was wrong to block links to an article making claims about Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's .
2020-10-16 18:02:08
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News24.com | WATCH | YouTube cracks down on QAnon content
YouTube said it would ban content from QAnon and Pizzagate conspiracy theories linked to violence "immediately," after crackdowns by other social medi.
2020-10-16 16:41:35
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News24.com | Israel stops issuing visas to UN human rights agency
OHCHR country director is among nine of 12 of UN agency's workers forced to leave after visas were not renewed..
2020-10-16 16:37:45
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News24.com | Iran says one of two cyber attack targets was country's ports - news agency
One of the targets of large cyber attacks on two Iranian government institutions was the electronic infrastructure of the country's ports, an Iranian .
2020-10-16 15:02:03
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News24.com | European powers condemn Israel settlement approvals
European powers have condemned Israel's decision to approve thousands more settlements in occupied Palestinian territory..
2020-10-16 14:01:02
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News24.com | Sinovac coronavirus vaccine offered by Chinese city for emergency use costs $60
A Chinese city is offering Sinovac Biotech's experimental Covid-19 vaccine to essential workers and other high-risk groups as part of a national progr.
2020-10-16 12:03:11
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News24.com | Japan to release Fukushima contaminated water into sea - reports
Japan's government has decided to release radioactive water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea, Kyodo news agency and other media.
2020-10-16 11:01:44
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News24.com | Mexico ex-defence minister Salvador Cienfuegos arrested in US
Former Mexican defence minister Salvador Cienfuegos has been arrested in the United States on undisclosed charges, Mexico's foreign minister has annou.
2020-10-16 10:03:04
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News24.com | Twitter briefly restricts Trump campaign account, Republicans decry company's actions
US President Donald Trump's re-election campaign's Twitter account was briefly restricted, causing an outcry from Republican lawmakers..
2020-10-16 08:42:06
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News24.com | Republicans to subpoena Twitter CEO over blocking article attacking Biden
Senate Republicans said they will subpoena Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey over the decision to block a news report critical of Democratic preside.
2020-10-16 06:50:28
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News24.com | Combative Donald Trump insists pandemic almost over, Joe Biden says he did 'nothing'
US President Donald Trump has delivered a combative defence of his Covid-19 response while election challenger Joe Biden accused him of doing "nothing.
2020-10-16 06:50:28
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News24.com | Floods kill 60 in India, damage crops
Floods brought by heavy rains and overflowing rivers across large swathes of western and southern India have killed at least 60 people..
2020-10-15 21:58:49
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News24.com | Vietnam rescuers find all 13 bodies from two deadly landslides
Vietnamese rescuers have recovered the bodies of all 13 soldiers from the site of two deadly landslides, three days after the disaster near a remote h.
2020-10-15 20:59:50
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News24.com | Smarter, bigger cyberattacks behind money laundering schemes, warn finance ministers
Finance ministers from the G7 countries expressed "concern" over the rise in "malicious cyber-attacks" during the Covid-19 pandemic, including some in.
2020-10-15 19:35:31
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News24.com | WATCH | Kyrgyz president quits; prime minister, newly sprung from jail, takes over
Kyrgyz President Sooronbai Jeenbekov has resigned leaving power in the hands of a nationalist rival whose supporters freed him from jail last week..
2020-10-15 18:34:07
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News24.com | Kamala Harris pauses in-person campaigning after staffer diagnosed with Covid-19
US Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris has canceled travel plans through Sunday after one of her staff members tested positive for Covi.
2020-10-15 17:33:01
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News24.com | At least six killed in attack on Pakistan oil workers - officials
At least six people have been killed when a convoy of oil workers was ambushed by gunmen in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province, officials said..
2020-10-15 16:37:15
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News24.com | US woman who called police on black birdwatcher may avoid prison
The white woman who called police on a black birdwatcher in New York's Central Park could take a special programme to avoid prison, the district attor.
2020-10-15 15:35:18
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News24.com | Chinese city of Qingdao punishes two officials over coronavirus cluster
The Chinese city of Qingdao has said it had suspended its health commission head and sacked a hospital director following an outbreak of coronavirus i.
2020-10-15 13:58:53
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News24.com | US judge strikes Tennessee abortion law requiring 48-hour waiting period
A US federal judge has struck down a Tennessee law requiring a 48-hour waiting period for abortions, saying it placed an unconstitutional burden on wo.
2020-10-15 13:58:53
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News24.com | Biden and Democrats raised record $383 million in September for White House bid
Democrat Joe Biden and his party have raised a record-shattering $383 million in September for his presidential bid, likely bolstering his financial a.
2020-10-15 12:37:37
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News24.com | Judge says absentee ballots in North Carolina must have witness signatures
A federal judge has ruled that absentee ballots in the presidential battleground state of North Carolina must have a witness signature, a boost for Re.
2020-10-15 11:43:43
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News24.com | Mexican school owner sentenced to 31 years over earthquake deaths
A Mexican court has sentenced the owner of a school where 19 children and seven adults were crushed to death in a 2017 earthquake to 31 years in priso.
2020-10-15 10:30:28
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News24.com | US Supreme Court allows Trump to wind down census early
The US Supreme Court has allowed President Donald Trump's administration to wind down population counting for the 2020 US census earlier than planned..
2020-10-15 08:02:25
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News24.com | Donald Trump blasts Facebook, Twitter for censoring article critical of Biden
US President Donald Trump has rebuked Facebook and Twitter for blocking links to a New York Post article purporting to expose corrupt dealings by elec.
2020-10-15 07:18:36
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News24.com | Trump's son Barron tested positive for Covid-19, says Melania Trump
President Donald Trump's 14-year-old son, Barron, tested positive for Covid-19 but exhibited no symptoms, first lady Melania Trump said..
2020-10-14 23:36:53
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News24.com | Kyrgyz president refuses to resign immediately amid talks with PM
Kyrgyzstan's embattled president Sooronbay Jeenbekov said he would only resign after overseeing parliamentary elections, the president's office told A.
2020-10-14 21:59:27
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News24.com | YouTube to remove Covid vaccine misinformation
YouTube said it would take down content which contradicts expert consensus about Covid-19 vaccines, updating its policies on misinformation about the .
2020-10-14 20:53:37
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News24.com | WATCH | Jet spat: EU wins right to hit US with tariffs
The European Union has won the right to impose tariffs on about $4 billion in US goods in retaliation for subsidies granted to planemaker Boeing under.
2020-10-14 19:17:30
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News24.com | Nine dead after helicopters collide in Afghanistan
Two military helicopters evacuating wounded soldiers from fighting in southern Afghanistan have collided killing nine people on board, the government .
2020-10-14 18:53:40
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News24.com | Pandemic caused 'unprecedented' emissions drop - study
Pandemic restrictions saw an unprecedented fall in greenhouse gas emissions in the first half of 2020 - larger than during the 2008 financial crisis a.
2020-10-14 17:50:16
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News24.com | WATCH | All eyes on Amazon as 'Prime Day' begins
Amazon.com on Tuesday began 48 hours of promotions as part of "Prime Day," a closely watched marketing event the company had postponed due to operatio.
2020-10-14 17:10:07
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News24.com | US elections 2020 : What you need to know right now
With less than three weeks to go until the US elections, and amid record early and mail-in voting, President Donald Trump heads to Iowa as he tries to.
2020-10-14 16:33:31
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News24.com | Texas loses bid to reinstate ban on second-trimester abortion procedure
The state of Texas has lost its bid before a US appeals court to reinstate a law that would have effectively banned the most common abortion procedure.
2020-10-14 13:31:00
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News24.com | 'God help us' if Trump wins re-election, says Palestinian PM
Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh says it will be disastrous for his people and the world if the US president is re-elected..
2020-10-14 12:22:32
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News24.com | New lockdowns from China to Europe as coronavirus trials stumble
As Europe imposed new restrictions to try to stall a surging second wave of the novel coronavirus, hopes for vaccines to rapidly provide relief have s.
2020-10-14 10:57:15
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News24.com | Vaccine reluctance linked to belief in coronavirus hoaxes - study
Up to a third of people in certain countries may believe coronavirus misinformation and in turn be less open to immunisation, scientists have said..
2020-10-14 10:17:47
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News24.com | US ethics groups say Barr uses DOJ as political tool, call for his impeachment
Two private groups focused on US government ethics have accused Attorney General William Barr of misusing his office to support President Donald Trump.
2020-10-14 09:33:45
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News24.com | Trump court nominee Barrett fends off questions on abortion, health care
US President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett has told lawmakers she would put personal and religious beliefs aside when decidin.
2020-10-14 08:21:31
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News24.com | Four militants planning attacks killed in Chechnya - leader
Four militants allegedly plotting attacks have been in an operation in the Russian region of Chechnya, its strongman leader Ramzan Kadyrov has announc.
2020-10-14 06:07:47
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News24.com | China accuses US of 'stirring up confrontation' in Asia-Pacific
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has accused the United States of "stirring up confrontation" in the Asia Pacific..
2020-10-13 22:53:56
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News24.com | WATCH | Biggest World War Two bomb found in Poland explodes while being defused
The biggest World War Two bomb ever found in Poland have exploded under water as navy divers tried to defuse it..
2020-10-13 21:19:40
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News24.com | US Supreme Court succession battle : Trump nominee says her religious views will not guide decisions
President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett began the first of two days of direct questioning from US senators..
2020-10-13 19:08:04
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News24.com | Belarus opposition leader gives Lukashenko ultimatum to resign
Belarus's exiled opposition leader has given strongman President Alexander Lukashenko a deadline of two weeks to resign, halt violence and release pol.
2020-10-13 17:42:49
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News24.com | World Food Programme says needs $6.8 billion over next 6 months to avert famine
The United Nations World food programme (WFP) will need to raise $6.8 billion over the next six months to avert famine amid the current Covid-19 crisi.
2020-10-13 15:35:43
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News24.com | Kamala Harris, fellow Democrats target Trump Supreme Court nominee on Obamacare
Democratic senators including Kamala Harris have painted US President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett as a threat to the Obamac.
2020-10-13 13:19:55
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News24.com | California officials clash with state Republican Party over ballot drop boxes
California officials have said they were sending cease-and-desist orders to state Republican leaders demanding removal of "unofficial, unauthorised" b.
2020-10-13 12:11:21
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News24.com | Black man led by rope by white cops on horseback sues Texas city
A black man who was led by a rope by two white officers on horseback has sued a Texas city and its police department for $1m, saying he suffered humil.
2020-10-13 10:54:44
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News24.com | Peru's Machu Picchu reopens... for one Japanese tourist
Peru's best-known tourist site Machu Picchu has opened after months of coronavirus closure, but for just a single visitor - a Japanese man stranded in.
2020-10-13 09:36:42
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News24.com | UK employment suffers virus knock after lockdown eases
UK employment took a hit even after the government started to lift restrictions to control the coronavirus as companies stepped up job cuts..
2020-10-13 09:33:04
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News24.com | WATCH | How is Italy faring since its devastating Covid-19 wave?
The World Health Organization is calling Italy an example of best practice in dealing with the coronavirus. Watchdogs are praising both government pol.
2020-10-13 07:50:47
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News24.com | Trump tells fans on post-Covid comeback tour: 'I feel so powerful'
Deprived of his beloved campaign trail for 10 days by Covid-19, US President Donald Trump has taken centre stage again in Florida, vowing that he is i.
2020-10-13 07:50:47
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News24.com | Climate change spurs doubling of disasters since 2000: UN
Climate change is largely to blame for a near doubling of natural disasters in the past 20 years, the United Nations said..
2020-10-12 23:18:28
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News24.com | Thirteen drowned off Tunisia as migrant boat sinks
More bodies have been recovered the night after a migrant boat sank off Tunisia, taking the total drowned to 13 with nine still missing, a court offic.
2020-10-12 22:22:36
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News24.com | MUST WATCH | UN: Earth on course to become 'uninhabitable hell for millions'
A strongly worded United Nations (UN) report says that the planet is on the path to become 'uninhabitable hell for millions' due to the lack of action.
2020-10-12 20:54:01
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News24.com | WATCH | Insurers unfazed as globe races to find vaccine
The world is racing towards a vaccine in record time, stirring public concerns about safety to the extent that nine leading developers have felt compe.
2020-10-12 19:24:43
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News24.com | Bangladesh approves death penalty for rape cases after protests
Bangladesh's government has approved an amendment that would allow for the death penalty in rape cases..
2020-10-12 16:09:22
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News24.com | Trump's Supreme Court pick Amy Coney Barrett faces Senate hearings
The US Senate will start confirmation hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett, nominated to the Supreme Court by President Donald Trump despite oppositio.
2020-10-12 13:55:15
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News24.com | Milgrom, Wilson win Nobel in economics for research on auctions
Wilson demonstrated temonstrated why rational bidders tend to place bids below their own best estimate of the common value and Milgrom analysed biddin.
2020-10-12 13:13:43
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News24.com | UK police arrest 31 suspected of online child abuse
Police in Britain say they have arrested 31 suspected online child abusers and seized more than 300 phones, laptops and other items during a recent we.
2020-10-12 13:06:27
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News24.com | Novel coronavirus survives 28 days on glass, currency, Australian researchers find
The virus that causes Covid-19 can survive on banknotes, glass and stainless steel for up to 28 days, much longer than the flu virus, Australian resea.
2020-10-12 12:32:58
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News24.com | Security guard held on suspicion of murder in shooting at Denver political rallies
A security guard hired to protect a Denver television news crew covering rallies of political activists is being held in custody on suspicion of first.
2020-10-12 11:56:29
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News24.com | Coronavirus may stay for weeks on banknotes and touchscreens
A study has found that coronavirus survives longer on nonporous or smooth surfaces, compared with porous complex surfaces, such as cotton..
2020-10-12 11:30:52
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News24.com | Fauci says Trump campaign ad twists his words on coronavirus
Top government scientist Anthony Fauci has said that a Donald Trump campaign ad was edited to make him seem to endorse the president's handling of the.
2020-10-12 10:24:49
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News24.com | China to test entire city in 'five days' after six coronavirus cases
China aims to test more than nine million residents of the port city of Qingdao within five days following a minor outbreak of the coronavirus..
2020-10-12 08:18:57
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News24.com | Twitter flags Trump tweet claiming 'immunity' for violating its Covid-19 rules
Twitter Inc on Sunday flagged a tweet by the U.S. President Donald Trump, in which he claimed he was immune to the coronavirus, for violating company'.
2020-10-11 19:59:38
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News24.com | WATCH | 18 dead in Thailand bus-train collision
At least 18 people have been killed and more than 40 injured in Thailand when a freight train crashed into a bus taking passengers to a religious cere.
2020-10-11 17:04:36
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News24.com | IMF meets with global economy in historic recession
The guardians of the global economy will gather this week under the cloud of the worst recession since the Great Depression..
2020-10-11 12:31:41
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News24.com | South Korea urges North to stick to pacts preventing armed clashes
South Korea urged the North on Sunday to stick to agreements that bar armed clashes between the neighbours, in comments made a day after North Korea u.
2020-10-11 11:03:09
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News24.com | 'Feeling great': Trump seeks campaign comeback from Covid-19
President Donald Trump rallied hundreds of supporters for a comeback event at the White House, jumping back into the election race nine days after bei.
2020-10-11 10:14:53
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News24.com | WATCH | Trump back to campaigning as his doctor says he is no longer a transmission risk
U.S. President Donald Trump appeared back to his old self on Saturday as he addressed supporters at the White House in his first public event since be.
2020-10-11 09:35:32
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News24.com | UK urged to do more to open up tax havens to public scrutiny
Recent events in the British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands are seen by some as an indication that Britain is showing signs of improving tax transp.
2020-10-11 09:17:47
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News24.com | The mystery of India's low coronavirus death rate
India, with its population of 1.3 billion people, has the world's second-highest number of coronavirus cases, now more than seven million, but far few.
2020-10-11 09:05:19
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News24.com | Biden says 'chicanery' at polls is the only way he could lose US election
Democratic US presidential nominee Joe Biden has said "the only way" he could lose to President Donald Trump was through "chicanery"..
2020-10-11 08:04:14
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News24.com | Environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg urges US voters to pick Joe Biden
Swedish environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg on Saturday asked US voters to choose Joe Biden, saying the outcome of the US presidential election wa.
2020-10-10 19:47:16
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News24.com | People with mental illness kept in chains in 60 countries, says report
Human Rights Watch report says hundreds of thousands with mental illness forced to live in filthy rooms, sheds or cages..
2020-10-10 17:49:17
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News24.com | US infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci calls White House event a coronavirus 'superspreader'
US infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci says 'data speaks for themselves' as Rose Garden crowd wore no masks..
2020-10-10 12:30:02
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News24.com | President Donald Trump plans return to campaign with first public event since Covid-19 diagnosis
President Donald Trump plans his first steps toward resuming in-person election campaigning on Saturday when he delivers remarks to supporters at the .
2020-10-10 09:14:55
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News24.com | North Korea to defy coronavirus with huge parade
Nuclear-armed North Korea was expected to parade its latest and most advanced weapons through the streets of Pyongyang on Saturday, as the coronavirus.
2020-10-10 08:07:18
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News24.com | Fly swatters and Covid coins: this week on the US campaign trail
With less than a month until the US elections the race for the White House has thrown up a new trove of tidbits and odd moments, including a rush on f.
2020-10-10 08:07:18
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News24.com | Hurricane Delta bears down on storm-battered US south coast
Hurricane Delta has churned toward the Louisiana coast packing ferocious winds and potential for a dangerous storm surge and flooding..
2020-10-09 19:17:26
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News24.com | Pakistan bans TikTok over 'immoral content'
Pakistan has banned the wildly popular video sharing app TikTok, as authorities press their clampdown on "immoral" content..
2020-10-09 18:01:06
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News24.com | ANALYSIS | With pandemic dominating US election, older voters turning away from Trump
Many older Americans have turned away from President Donald Trump this year as the coronavirus ravages the country, Reuters/Ipsos polling data shows..
2020-10-09 13:38:07
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News24.com | UK recovery runs out of steam with lacklustre August growth
Policy makers say they'll increase monetary and fiscal stimulus as needed to stimulate economic growth..
2020-10-09 11:54:58
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News24.com | UN food agency wins 2020 Nobel Peace Prize
The United Nations food agency, the World Food Programme (WFP), won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its efforts to combat hunger..
2020-10-09 11:24:39
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News24.com | Democrats want panel to investigate Trump capacity to govern
US Democrats have said they will introduce a measure creating a commission to evaluate whether Donald Trump has the capacity to discharge the duties o.
2020-10-08 23:07:32
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News24.com | Facebook bars deceptive campaign from pro-Trump group
Facebook has removed posts from campaign using fake accounts to praise US President Donald Trump as part of its latest crackdown on orchestrated decep.
2020-10-08 20:34:05
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News24.com | FBI says thwarted plot to kidnap Michigan governor
The FBI said on Thursday it thwarted a plot to overthrow the Michigan state government and kidnap its governor, Gretchen Whitmer..
2020-10-08 19:27:04
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News24.com | British Airways grounds its last 747, ending an era
Airlines across the globe have been phasing out older, thirstier aircraft models as they battle to cut costs in the face of the demand slump triggered.
2020-10-08 16:19:13
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News24.com | Covid-19 wrap: Global cases cross 36.18m, UK considering further curbs, Germany sees 'worrying jump'
More than 36.18 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 1 052 974 have died, according to a Reuters tal.
2020-10-08 16:11:21
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News24.com | Celebrated American poet Louise Gluck wins 2020 Nobel Literature Prize
The Nobel Literature Prize went to American poet Louise Gluck, known for themes of childhood and family life that draw inspiration from myths and clas.
2020-10-08 15:20:22
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News24.com | 'Not acceptable' - Covid-positive Donald Trump says no to virtual presidential debate with Joe Biden
US President Donald Trump, who is still being treated for Covid-19, has said he will refuse to take part in the presidential debate next week after it.
2020-10-08 14:54:34
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News24.com | Facebook to ban political ads after end of voting on US election day
Facebook aims to suspend political ads after voting on election day in the US in an effort to keep candidates and their campaigns from spreading misle.
2020-10-08 12:28:01
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News24.com | WATCH | Pretty fly for a Trump guy: Housefly on Mike Pence's head photobombs VP debate
A stray housefly briefly commanded the US national stage, generating buzz when it perched on Vice President Mike Pence's cropped white hair as he deba.
2020-10-08 11:15:07
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News24.com | WATCH | Donald Trump says catching Covid-19 was a 'blessing from God'
US President Donald Trump has declared that catching the coronavirus was a 'blessing from God' that exposed him to experimental treatments he vowed wo.
2020-10-08 09:57:07
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News24.com | Hurricane Delta lashes Mexico, gains strength as it heads towards US
Hurricane Delta has regained strength as it headed towards the United States after lashing Mexico's Caribbean coast, where some tourists complained ab.
2020-10-08 09:35:59
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News24.com | Former police officer charged in George Floyd's death released on $1 million bond
Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged with murdering George Floyd, has been released from after posting a $1 million bond, acco.
2020-10-07 20:29:52
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News24.com | Trump calls Joe Biden 'wacko'
Donald Trump has labelled his opponent Joe Biden "a wacko," as the president seeks to revive his reelection campaign in the face of weak polling data..
2020-10-07 18:02:02
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News24.com | Hurricane Delta lashes Mexico's Caribbean coast
Hurricane Delta slammed into Mexico's Caribbean coast, toppling trees, ripping down power lines and lashing a string of major beach resorts..
2020-10-07 16:20:59
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News24.com | 'We call on China to respect human rights' - nearly 40 nations demand China recognise Uighur rights
The US, Japan and many EU nations have joined a call urging China to respect the human rights of minority Uighurs, and also expressing concern about t.
2020-10-07 15:44:54
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News24.com | Covid-19 wrap: Global cases near 36m, UK numbers rising and Silvio Berlusconi recovers from virus
More than 35.78 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 1 046 505 have died, according to a Reuters tal.
2020-10-07 15:05:59
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News24.com | Two women, Charpentier and Doudna, win 2020 Nobel Chemistry Prize for gene editing tool
Scientists Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna have won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of a method for genome editing, t.
2020-10-07 13:01:14
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News24.com | Greek court brands far-right neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn a criminal group in landmark ruling
Greece's neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn has been branded a criminal organisation, with its leaders facing heavy sentences in one of the most important tri.
2020-10-07 11:50:26
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News24.com | French MPs vote to return artefacts plundered by colonial forces to Benin, Senegal
French lawmakers have unanimously voted to return prized artefacts to Benin and Senegal more than a century after they were looted by colonial forces .
2020-10-07 11:03:12
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News24.com | Travel bans and frozen assets: Alexei Navalny demands EU crackdown on oligarchs close to Kremlin
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has called on the European Union to take tough action against oligarchs close to the Kremlin as he continues his recover.
2020-10-07 09:50:45
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News24.com | White House senior adviser and Trump aide Stephen Miller tests positive for Covid-19
White House senior adviser Stephen Miller has said he tested positive for Covid-19, the latest case of coronavirus reported among Donald Trump's inner.
2020-10-07 09:08:26
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News24.com | Trump's tweet storm is swaying global markets again
Global markets were whipsawed in the early hours of Wednesday after President Donald Trump unleashed a barrage of sometimes conflicting Twitter posts..
2020-10-07 07:56:01
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News24.com | Rock legend Eddie Van Halen dies after long battle with cancer
Eddie Van Halen, of the legendary hard rock group that bore his family name, has died following a long battle with cancer, his son announced..
2020-10-06 23:26:46
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News24.com | WATCH | Michelle Obama brands Trump 'racist' in scalding video
Donald Trump is a "racist" president whose strategy of fearmongering, division and promoting ugly conspiracy theories could "destroy" America, Michell.
2020-10-06 18:53:53
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News24.com | Car bomb in north Syria kills 14, most civilians: monitor
A car bomb has killed 14 people, mostly civilians, in the Turkish-controlled town of Al-Bab in northern Syria, a war monitor said..
2020-10-06 17:25:03
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News24.com | US elections : More than 4 million Americans have already voted, suggesting record turnout
Americans are rushing to cast ballots ahead of the 3 November election at an unprecedented pace, early voting numbers show..
2020-10-06 16:25:15
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News24.com | Covid-19 wrap: Global cases cross 35.34m, WHO warns of 'pandemic fatigue', Biden slams Trump remarks
More than 35.34 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 1 039 158 have died, according to a Reuters tal.
2020-10-06 15:28:45
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News24.com | British, German and US trio win Nobel Physics Prize for black hole research
Roger Penrose of Britain, Reinhard Genzel of Germany and Andrea Ghez of the US have won the Nobel Physics Prize for their research into black holes, t.
2020-10-06 14:04:14
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News24.com | Alexei Navalny says authorities poisoned him as threat ahead of Russian parliamentary elections
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has said he believes Russia's intelligence services had poisoned him with a Novichok nerve agent because authorities saw.
2020-10-06 12:15:07
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News24.com | Spain detains software creator John McAfee in Barcelona - police source
John McAfee, an antivirus software creator indicted in the United States on fraud charges, has been arrested in Barcelona airport, a Spanish police so.
2020-10-06 11:13:58
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News24.com | Donald Trump faces backlash for removing mask on White House return following Covid-19 treatment
US President Donald Trump faces fresh backlash for removing his mask after he returned to the White House and for urging Americans not to fear the Cov.
2020-10-06 09:55:16
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News24.com | Kyrgyzstan protesters take over, torch government headquarters - media
People protesting the results of a parliamentary election in Kyrgyzstan have broken into government and security headquarters, as fires broke out and .
2020-10-06 08:56:52
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News24.com | Trump leaves hospital for White House - removes mask immediately
President Donald Trump checked out of hospital Monday after four days of emergency treatment for Covid-19, pulling off his mask the moment he reached .
2020-10-06 06:14:54
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News24.com | WATCH | Food giants call for tougher deforestation rules
Supermarkets, food manufacturers and restaurant chains under pressure from environmental campaigners urged Britain to strengthen a plan to stop tropic.
2020-10-05 20:48:25
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News24.com | Trump 'on treatment used for severe Covid-19 cases which causes aggression and confusion'
US President Donald Trump is being treated for Covid-19 with a steroid that is recommended for severe cases of the illness..
2020-10-05 20:47:06
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News24.com | Covid-19: Brazil's military fly doctors to test Amazon tribe
The Brazilian military wrapped up on a three-week operation that provided medical care to the Amazon's Guajajara..
2020-10-05 16:08:43
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News24.com | 'Repugnant anti-Semitism': Jewish student attacked with shovel outside German synagogue
A Jewish student has been badly injured after a man attacked him with a shovel outside a synagogue in the northern German city of Hamburg, according t.
2020-10-05 13:03:13
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News24.com | Covid-19 wrap: Global cases cross 35.13m, New Zealand beats 'virus again' and Paris on maximum alert
More than 35.13 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 1 035 670 have died, according to a Reuters tal.
2020-10-05 13:00:54
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News24.com | US-British trio win Nobel Medicine Prize for Hepatitis C discovery
Americans Harvey Alter and Charles Rice together with Briton Michael Houghton have won the Nobel Medicine Prize for the discovery of the Hepatitis C v.
2020-10-05 12:03:32
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News24.com | Armenia and Azerbaijan accuse each other of striking civilian areas on ninth day of fighting
Armenia and Azerbaijan have accused each other of attacking civilian areas on a ninth day of fighting, the deadliest in the South Caucasus region for .
2020-10-05 11:03:16
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News24.com | Oil rallies from 3-week low as Trump's health hope spreads calm
Oil rose from a three-week low after a member of Trump's medical team said the president could leave the hospital as soon as Monday, despite contradic.
2020-10-05 10:56:40
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News24.com | Coronavirus-stricken Donald Trump criticised for leaving hospital to greet supporters in 'PR stunt'
US President Donald Trump has sparked an angry backlash from the medical community with a protocol-breaking visit to his supporters outside the hospit.
2020-10-05 09:59:08
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News24.com | Joe Biden tests negative again for coronavirus on Sunday - campaign
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has tested negative again for Covid-19 in a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test, his campaign has said, acc.
2020-10-05 08:42:53
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News24.com | UPDATE | Trump's Covid-19 condition improving after received supplemental oxygen
President Donald Trump's condition is improving as he is being treated for Covid-19 at a military hospital, and he could return to the White House as .
2020-10-04 20:35:04
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News24.com | Johnson says UK 'can prosper mightily' under no-deal Brexit
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday that Britain "can prosper mightily" without a post-Brexit trade deal with the European Union, the day afte.
2020-10-04 19:11:23
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News24.com | Lawyer named as first Black woman to lead national party in Canada
Toronto lawyer Annamie Paul was on Saturday named head of the Green Party, becoming the first Black woman to lead a national political party in Canada.
2020-10-04 18:03:49
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News24.com | AERIAL SHOTS | Mecca the way you have not seen before. Thousands gather but only a few enter Grand Mosque at a time
Drone images show the sacred Kaaba, a cubic structure towards which Muslims around the world pray, as Saudi authorities partially resume the year-roun.
2020-10-04 15:40:58
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News24.com | Trump and Biden outline competing visions for US economy
One US presidential candidate wants to raise taxes, the other lower them. One will pursue an ongoing trade war, the other may throttle back tensions. .
2020-10-04 15:13:55
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News24.com | WATCH | Montreal rally calls for 'justice' after indigenous woman's death
Thousands of demonstrators have marched in Montreal to denounce what they said was systemic racism, after an indigenous woman filmed herself being ins.
2020-10-04 13:28:11
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News24.com | PICS | Huge rescue effort after deadly storm barrels across France, Italy
Two people died in Italy and eight were missing in France on Saturday after storms, torrential rain and flash floods battered the border area, washing.
2020-10-04 12:25:59
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News24.com | Armenia says facing 'decisive moment' as Karabakh fighting intensifies
Armenian and Azerbaijani forces were engaged in fierce clashes on Saturday as fighting over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region intensified, with Arm.
2020-10-04 11:31:02
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News24.com | Donald Trump improving but doctors were 'very concerned' - White House chief of staff
White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows has said Donald Trump's health, including a fall in his blood oxygen level, had left the president's doctors '.
2020-10-04 09:41:06
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News24.com | Trump 'well' in hospital as more Republicans test positive for Covid
President Donald Trump woke on Saturday from his first night in the hospital as a Covid-19 patient and said he was doing well, as key Republican allie.
2020-10-04 07:06:26
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News24.com | Covid-19 wrap | At least 1 029 593 people have died, US leading with 208 731 death toll
The novel coronavirus has killed at least 1 029 593 people since the outbreak emerged in China last December, according to a tally from official sourc.
2020-10-03 20:50:24
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News24.com | One dead, some 20 missing as storms lash southern France, Italy
One person died and authorities listed some 20 as missing on Saturday after heavy storms lashed southern France and northern Italy with hundreds of ai.
2020-10-03 19:43:15
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News24.com | Trump breathing well, not receiving extra oxygen for Covid-19 treatment in hospital - medic
US President has been breathing well on his own and is not receiving supplementary oxygen in his hospital treatment for Covid-19, his medical team sai.
2020-10-03 18:13:30
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News24.com | Biden, once mocked by Trump, now the only man on campaign trail
For months US President Donald Trump mocked Joe Biden for his cautious campaigning during the coronavirus pandemic. With the president in quarantine, .
2020-10-03 15:39:19
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News24.com | WATCH | Stocks drop on Trump Covid infection
US stocks finished a volatile session lower as investors responded to news that President Donald Trump tested positive for Covid-19 and recent jobs da.
2020-10-03 14:34:05
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News24.com | Leading Covid-19 vaccine trial resumes in Japan but not US
Trials on the coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University have resumed in Japan but not the United States, where the pharmaceut.
2020-10-02 22:37:04
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News24.com | Hope Hicks, the White House counsellor who lets 'Trump be Trump'
Hope Hicks, the White House staffer whose positive Covid-19 test this week foretold President Donald Trump's coming down with the disease, is one of t.
2020-10-02 21:20:34
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News24.com | India gang-rape victim's family get protection over reprisal fears
A court in India has ordered police to protect the family of a woman allegedly gang-raped and killed by four high-caste men, as her brother said they .
2020-10-02 19:56:29
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News24.com | 'I hope this serves as a reminder: wear a mask' - Joe Biden tests negative for coronavirus
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said he has tested negative for coronavirus, three days after his debate with Donald Trump, who has contra.
2020-10-02 18:42:39
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News24.com | Trump experiencing mild coronavirus symptoms, says White House official - reports
President Donald Trump is experiencing "mild symptoms" of COVID-19 after revealing that he and his wife had tested positive, a White House official sa.
2020-10-02 16:21:47
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News24.com | WHO chief wishes Donald Trump 'a full and speedy recovery' after contracting Covid-19
The head of the World Health Organisation, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has wished Donald Trump a swift recovery after the US president and his wife Me.
2020-10-02 14:48:31
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News24.com | EXPLAINER | How Mike Pence could temporarily assume control if Trump becomes incapacitated
Like two US .presidents before him, Donald Trump could temporarily hand over power to his vice president should he become incapacitated, for example w.
2020-10-02 14:03:04
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News24.com | US Secretary of State Pompeo tests negative for Covid
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said he has tested negative for the coronavirus after President Donald Trump announced he had been infected and .
2020-10-02 12:58:08
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News24.com | Covid-19 wrap | Johnson wishes Trumps a 'speedy recovery', Mecca to reopen for limited pilgrimages
More than 34.19 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 1 016 616 have died, according to a Reuters ta.
2020-10-02 12:46:08
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News24.com | TIMELINE | In his own words: Trump and the coronavirus
US President Donald Trump, in quarantine on Friday after being tested positive for Covid-19, has underplayed the pandemic for months, eschewing masks,.
2020-10-02 10:45:26
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News24.com | Covid-19 test caused brain fluid leak in US patient: study
A Covid-19 nasal swab test ruptured the lining at the base of a US woman's skull, causing cerebrospinal fluid to leak from her nose and putting her at.
2020-10-02 09:20:53
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News24.com | Canada: Indigenous woman's death spurs growing calls for action
Joyce Echaquan, a Atikamekw mother of seven, died in hospital north of Montreal where staff hurled racist taunts at her..
2020-10-02 08:49:36
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News24.com | Donald Trump biggest driver of Covid-19 misinformation - study
US President Donald Trump has been the world's biggest driver of Covid-19 misinformation during the pandemic, a study from Cornell University said..
2020-10-01 21:12:38
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News24.com | Second Russian virus vaccine passes early trials: report
Early clinical trials of a second Russian coronavirus vaccine have proved successful, its developer said after Russia boasted of approving the world's.
2020-10-01 20:07:16
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News24.com | 'All I know is that I am dying': Navalny recounts ordeal
Russia's most prominent opposition leader Alexei Navalny suddenly felt unwell on a flight over Siberia - a frightening queasiness with cold sweat pour.
2020-10-01 19:02:58
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News24.com | Google says to invest $1bn in deals with news partners
Google chief executive Sundar Pichai says the company has signed up almost 200 publications from several countries..
2020-10-01 18:49:43
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News24.com | France to enroll 25 000 in Covid-19 vaccines clinical trials
France called for 25 000 adult volunteers on Thursday to enroll in a series of large-scale clinical trials aimed at evaluating the safety and efficacy.
2020-10-01 18:01:15
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News24.com | Germany fines H&M 35m euros for worker 'surveillance'
German data protection authorities said they fined Swedish clothing chain H&M more than 35 million euros over illegal "surveillance" of its employees..
2020-10-01 16:53:10
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News24.com | Japan considering making promotion of paternity leave mandatory for companies -Nikkei
Japan is considering making it mandatory for companies to recommend employees take paternity leave, the Nikkei said on Thursday, as the government loo.
2020-10-01 15:40:32
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News24.com | Navalny accuses Putin of being behind his poisoning: Der Spiegel
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has accused President Vladimir Putin of being behind his poisoning, in his first interview published since he.
2020-10-01 14:34:33
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News24.com | Indian low-caste woman dies after gang-rape, second in a week
A woman from India's marginalised Dalit community has died after being gang-raped, police said on Thursday, days after the death of a teenager from th.
2020-10-01 14:11:23
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News24.com | Covid-19 wrap | Serbia to review death rate, India court orders airlines to refund lockdown bookings
More than 33.95 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 1 011 257 have died, according to a Reuters tal.
2020-10-01 13:54:46
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News24.com | Trump backpedals over racist group row, Biden blasts him as 'embarrassment'
US President Donald Trump scrambled to quell an uproar over his failure to explicitly denounce white supremacist groups during his debate debacle with.
2020-10-01 12:41:54
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News24.com | Quebec probes incident of indigenous woman who filmed abuse from nurses in hospital
The Canadian province of Quebec said it had launched two investigations as outrage spread on Wednesday over a livestream made by a sick indigenous wom.
2020-10-01 12:12:00
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News24.com | EU to start legal action against UK on internal market
While the move is of little immediate consequence, it highlights that tensions are high as trade negotiations enter a critical phase..
2020-10-01 11:55:57
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News24.com | Proud Boys member, who pointed gun, arrested in Portland
A supporter of the right-wing Proud Boys group who was indicted for pointing a firearm and firing a paintball gun at anti-racism protesters in Portlan.
2020-10-01 09:44:55
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News24.com | US court approves $800 mn settlement in Las Vegas mass shooting
A US court has approved an $800 million settlement for victims of America's worst mass shooting - a rampage that left 58 dead and more than 800 wounde.
2020-10-01 08:05:01
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News24.com | Biden calls Trump debate performance a 'national embarrassment'
Democrat Joe Biden branded his presidential rival's caustic debate performance as a "national embarrassment" for not addressing concerns of everyday A.
2020-09-30 22:30:41
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News24.com | Burned out by coronavirus, millions of US women want to quit work
One in four US working women is thinking about slowing their careers or quitting the workforce altogether because of Covid-19, research showed on Wedn.
2020-09-30 21:34:26
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News24.com | Biden's criticism of Amazon deforestation draws swift reaction in Brazil
US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden called on the world to offer Brazil $20 billion to stop Amazon deforestation, and threatened "economic .
2020-09-30 20:25:02
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News24.com | Japan 'Twitter killer' victims consented to their deaths, say lawyers
A Japanese man dubbed the "Twitter killer" for luring his victims on social media admitted in court on Wednesday to killing nine people, local media s.
2020-09-30 15:01:48
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News24.com | Karabakh fighting enters 4th day, Armenia says no need for outside military help
Fighting between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces entered a fourth day on Wednesday in the biggest eruption of their decades-old conflict since a.
2020-09-30 14:36:33
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News24.com | India court acquits Hindu nationalists over deadly mosque demolition
An Indian court has acquitted top ruling party leaders of conspiracy related to the mob demolition of a flashpoint mosque decades ago that sparked com.
2020-09-30 13:58:43
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News24.com | Covid-19 wrap | Disney to cut 28 000 jobs amid downturn, India's infections surge to 6.23 million
India's coronavirus case tally surged to 6.23 million after it reported 80 472 new infections in the last 24 hours, data from the health ministry show.
2020-09-30 13:14:02
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News24.com | Terrified mothers-to-be adjust after Beirut blast
Seven months ago, Lebanese mother-to-be Rana Mneimneh was ecstatic she was pregnant, but after a massive explosion at Beirut's port, she lives in cons.
2020-09-30 12:34:08
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News24.com | Outcry over nurses' racist abuse of indigenous Canadian woman
Quebec's premier on Tuesday denounced nurses' racist comments about a dying indigenous woman in hospital that sparked uproar in Canada after the victi.
2020-09-30 09:25:07
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News24.com | Cleanup efforts for brain-eating amoeba could take months, Texas warns
Texas officials said on Tuesday it could take several months to ensure the public water system in Lake Jackson, Texas, is free of a brain-eating amoeb.
2020-09-30 08:22:45
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News24.com | Stretched to the limit, Spanish medics demand better conditions
Dressed in white lab coats, medical scrubs and face masks, hundreds of junior Spanish doctors took to the streets of Barcelona on Tuesday to demand be.
2020-09-30 06:10:06
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News24.com | Nine pilot whales die stranded on Spain's northern coast
Nine stranded pilot whales have died on a beach on Spain's northern coast but local authorities and residents managed to help others back at sea, the .
2020-09-29 21:15:03
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News24.com | Russia reports 'non-standard' air leak on Space Station
Russia said that astronauts had found an air leak in its section of the International Space Station, with a senior space official calling the air loss.
2020-09-29 20:08:38
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News24.com | Trump ups spending on lawyers as US election legal battles heat up
President Donald Trump's campaign is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on lawyers to litigate voting by mail, including in the battleground st.
2020-09-29 19:08:26
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News24.com | Cruise ship passengers have follow-up virus testing at Greek port
Passengers aboard the first cruise ship to sail to Greece since the coronavirus lockdown underwent follow-up coronavirus tests on Tuesday, with early .
2020-09-29 18:05:10
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News24.com | Flying doctors: UK air ambulance tests paramedic jet suit
Emergency responders and engineers in Britain said they have successfully tested "the world's first jet suit paramedic", which could transform how lif.
2020-09-29 16:59:17
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News24.com | Boost for vaccine doses planned for poor as virus rages on
Up to 100 million additional doses of any eventual Covid-19 vaccines will be secured for delivery to poorer countries in 2021, health groups announced.
2020-09-29 15:59:59
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News24.com | Texas issues disaster declaration after brain-eating amoeba kills 6-year-old boy
The governor of Texas has issued a disaster declaration after the death of a six-year-old boy infected with a brain-eating amoeba that was later found.
2020-09-29 13:46:16
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News24.com | Covid-19 wrap | 1 million deaths 'a very sad milestone' - WHO, Russia to supply vaccine to Nepal
The global death toll from Covid-19 rose past 1 million, according to a Reuters tally, a bleak milestone in a pandemic that has devastated the global .
2020-09-29 13:05:09
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News24.com | China teacher handed death sentence for poisoning children
A kindergarten teacher in China has been sentenced to death for poisoning dozens of children in an act of revenge against a colleague that left one to.
2020-09-29 10:42:15
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News24.com | Mexico identifies woman who may have had unconsensual gynecological surgery in US detention
Mexico said it has identified one Mexican woman who underwent gynecological surgery, potentially without her consent, while detained at the Georgia im.
2020-09-29 09:51:31
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News24.com | Policeman pleads not guilty in Breonna Taylor case
The lone officer charged in the case of Breonna Taylor, the African-American woman whose death during a Louisville, Kentucky police raid became a rall.
2020-09-29 08:17:58
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News24.com | Trump's ex-campaign manager had 10 guns, allegedly hit wife: police
Donald Trump's former campaign manager Brad Parscale had 10 guns in his Florida home and his wife accused him of beating her, police say, after he was.
2020-09-29 07:48:03
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News24.com | PICS | Natasha Thahane's star-studded 25th birthday party
The actress shares the life lessons she's learnt so far in her journey and why celebrating yourself is important..
2020-09-29 07:14:19
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News24.com | Global coronavirus deaths surpass 1 million
More than 1 million people have died of Covid-19 around the world as of Tuesday, according to a Reuters tally, with the pace of fatalities picking up .
2020-09-29 05:57:34
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News24.com | Nearly 280 000 US schoolchildren have had coronavirus: study
Almost 280 000 school-aged children were infected with the novel coronavirus between 1 March and 19 September, according to detailed data released in .
2020-09-28 21:30:46
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News24.com | WATCH | Tax revelation could blot Trump's business brand
Revelations that Donald Trump paid just $750 in federal income tax the year he entered the White House served to raise doubts about Trump's self-image.
2020-09-28 21:20:19
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News24.com | Most countries failing to address women's needs during pandemic - UN
Only one in eight countries worldwide have brought in measures to specifically protect women from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, according to.
2020-09-28 20:25:37
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News24.com | WATCH | Uber wins back right to operate in London
Uber has won a legal bid to restore its London operating license. A British judge was satisfied the service was now 'fit and proper' after addressing .
2020-09-28 20:07:41
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News24.com | Armenia and Azerbaijan step up fighting in fiercest clashes since 1990s
Fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan escalated sharply in and around the mountain territory of Nagorno-Karabakh and at least 30 people were killed .
2020-09-28 18:30:26
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News24.com | Trump says he paid 'millions' in taxes, is 'under-leveraged'
US President Donald Trump said he paid "many millions of dollars in taxes" but was entitled to depreciation and tax credits and also said he was under.
2020-09-28 17:35:31
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News24.com | Singapore's use of facial verification in ID scheme stirs privacy fears
Singapore's more than four million residents will have to use facial verification technology to access government services through the national identi.
2020-09-28 16:24:39
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News24.com | Merkel visited Kremlin critic Navalny in hospital - Spiegel
German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny while he was undergoing treatment in a Berlin hospital for poison.
2020-09-28 11:51:16
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News24.com | Trump ban on TikTok is temporarily blocked by federal judge
TikTok's owner, ByteDance, requested the hold after the president ordered the app out of US stores unless the company sold a stake in its US operation.
2020-09-28 08:48:37
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News24.com | Donald Trump tax allegations add fuel to pivotal first debate
US President Donald Trump has faced allegations that he paid little or no income tax for years before he came to power, as his cloudy financial past s.
2020-09-28 07:15:17
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News24.com | France 'terror attack': Police check video claiming responsibility for Paris knife attack
French investigatorsare studying a video claiming responsibility for the meat cleaver attack in Paris..
2020-09-27 16:05:35
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News24.com | WATCH | Trump names 'brilliant' conservative to US Supreme Court
President Donald Trump named Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court on Saturday, setting in motion a rush by Republicans to cement a conservative majo.
2020-09-27 15:30:38
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News24.com | 'Disorder, debacle, rebellion': backers turn on Britain's PM
Described as dejected and dogmatic even by his partisans, Boris Johnson is enduring a torrid time in his tumultuous premiership, and worse may lie ahe.
2020-09-27 12:30:37
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News24.com | Melbourne virus curfew to be lifted after nearly two months
An overnight curfew in Australia's second-biggest city will be lifted from Monday, almost two months after it was imposed across Melbourne to counter .
2020-09-27 10:04:07
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News24.com | Democrats hammer Trump's Supreme Court pick, say could jeopardise Obamacare
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and others have blasted US President Donald Trump's choice of conservative judge Amy Coney Barrett for the.
2020-09-27 08:41:42
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News24.com | Auschwitz memorial director offers to share Nigerian boy's blasphemy jail term
The head of Poland's Auschwitz Memorial has written to Nigeria's president offering to serve part of a 10-year jail term handed to a 13-year-old boy f.
2020-09-26 19:44:27
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News24.com | WATCH | Death toll climbs to 23 from Ukraine military plane crash
The death toll climbed to 23 on Saturday from the crash of a Ukrainian air force plane carrying mostly cadets in the east of the country, emergency se.
2020-09-26 16:34:06
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News24.com | WATCH | Australia begins disposal of about 350 dead whales as rescue efforts end
Australian wildlife officials began disposing of hundreds of dead pilot whales on Saturday after concluding there was no longer any hope of rescuing a.
2020-09-26 15:25:11
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News24.com | WATCH | Release US grand jury transcripts in Breonna Taylor case, demands lawyer
The family of Breonna Taylor on Friday demanded US authorities release grand jury transcripts to show why no police will face direct criminal charges .
2020-09-26 14:34:09
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News24.com | EU appeals bloc court's rejection of Apple tax case
The EU on Friday appealed a major setback at a European court that annulled a Brussels order that Apple repay Ireland €13 billion in back taxes..
2020-09-26 10:53:45
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News24.com | WHO warns 2 million virus deaths possible, Australia urges vaccine-sharing
Coronavirus deaths could more than double to two million without collective action against the pandemic, the World Health Organization has warned, as .
2020-09-26 09:36:25
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News24.com | Police officer shot dead in London
The shooting of an officer in a police station in south London on Friday is not being treated as a terrorist incident, London police chief Cressida Di.
2020-09-25 22:33:21
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News24.com | At least 20 dead in Ukraine military plane crash
Ukraine's interior ministry on Friday said at least 20 people were killed when a military plane crash landed in the Kharkiv region in the east of the .
2020-09-25 21:45:44
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News24.com | Covid-19 wrap: Spanish gov wants partial Madrid lockdown, Russia's new cases hit highest since 23 June
The novel coronavirus has killed at least 984 068 people since the outbreak emerged in China last December, according to a tally from official sources.
2020-09-25 14:25:26
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News24.com | WATCH | Louisville police arrest at least 24 in protest
At least 24 people have been arrested during the second night of protests over a grand jury's decision not to indict police officers on criminal charg.
2020-09-25 12:50:41
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News24.com | UK police officer shot dead at custody centre in south London
A British police officer has been shot dead by a man who was being detained at a custody centre in south London in the early hours of Friday..
2020-09-25 11:33:13
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News24.com | Crocodile attacks snorkeller off Australian island
A crocodile bit a man on the head and neck as he was snorkelling off an island on Australia's Great Barrier Reef..
2020-09-25 08:14:30
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News24.com | Amazon city of Manaus may have reached 'herd immunity' - study
The Brazilian city of Manaus, which was devastated by the coronavirus pandemic, may have suffered so many infections that its population now benefits .
2020-09-25 08:14:30
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News24.com | 7 dead in botched Egypt prison break
Egypt held military funerals Thursday for three policemen killed as they prevented four convicts on death row from escaping a notorious Cairo prison..
2020-09-24 22:28:24
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News24.com | Australia's Claremont serial killer found guilty after 30 years
An Australian man was found guilty on Thursday of killing two women in Perth in the mid-1990s, but acquitted of a third death, marking a partial close.
2020-09-24 22:28:24
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News24.com | President Trump's son Eric ordered to testify in fraud probe
A New York judge ordered Eric Trump, the US president's son most involved with running the family business, to be deposed by as part of an investigati.
2020-09-24 22:28:24
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News24.com | PICS | Mourners pay respects to Ginsburg at US Supreme Court
Mourners filed quietly past the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's flag-draped coffin outside the white marble court building on Wednesd.
2020-09-24 22:12:46
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News24.com | Vietnam police bust ring selling 'recycled condoms'
Police in Vietnam have confiscated an estimated 345 000 used condoms which had been cleaned and resold as new, state media reported..
2020-09-24 20:42:39
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News24.com | 7 dead in botched Egypt prison break
Egypt held military funerals Thursday for three policemen killed as they prevented four convicts on death row from escaping a notorious Cairo prison..
2020-09-24 19:50:25
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News24.com | China running hundreds of detention centres in Xinjiang, say researchers
China is running hundreds of detention centres in northwest Xinjiang across a network that is much bigger than previously thought, according to resear.
2020-09-24 16:48:27
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News24.com | TikTok urges court to block Trump's ban on app in US
Attorneys are set to argue the case on Thursday before a judge who will decide whether to put Trump's order on hold until a lawsuit over the ban is re.
2020-09-24 15:26:22
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News24.com | Maddie McCann suspect loses bid for prison release
The prime suspect in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann has lost his bid to be freed from jail, with the European Court of Justice .
2020-09-24 13:53:30
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News24.com | WATCH | North Korean troops kill South Korean man, burn body - Seoul
North Korean troops have shot dead a South Korean fisheries official who went missing earlier this week, before dousing his body in oil and setting it.
2020-09-24 12:39:01
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News24.com | WATCH | Donald Trump refuses to promise transfer of power if he loses US vote
US President Donald Trump has refused to guarantee that he will transfer power if he loses the November election, earning scorn from his Democratic ch.
2020-09-24 11:40:01
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News24.com | Breonna Taylor case: 2 US police officers shot as protests erupt over court decision
Two police officers were shot as angry protests rippled across the United States after authorities announced no one would be charged with the killing .
2020-09-24 10:50:22
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News24.com | WATCH | Trump attacks Meghan Markle after she encourages Americans to vote
President Donald Trump, seemingly stung by Meghan Markle's recent comments about the upcoming US elections, slammed the former royal..
2020-09-24 09:44:36
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News24.com | Zayn Malik and Gigi Hadid welcome baby girl
Former One Direction singer Zayn Malik and supermodel Gigi Hadid welcomed their first child together..
2020-09-24 06:13:48
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News24.com | WATCH | TikTok sets lofty goal: 25 000 new US jobs
A question emerged after President Donald Trump agreed over the weekend to keep the popular video-sharing app running in the United States for another.
2020-09-23 20:31:51
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News24.com | Public evacuated after bomb threat at Eifel Tower
The Eiffel Tower in Paris was evacuated for two hours after an anonymous caller threatened to blow up the great edifice in the heart of the French cap.
2020-09-23 16:54:45
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News24.com | Three days of tribute at U.S. Supreme Court and Capitol for Ruth Bader Ginsburg
The United States begins three days of tributes to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Wednesday, when members of the public will get the cha.
2020-09-23 14:25:45
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News24.com | Covid-19 wrap: Tokyo Olympics to require tests for athletes, UK's new measures met with scepticism
The British government on Wednesday defended its new, stricter coronavirus measures against criticism that they did not got far enough, saying it was .
2020-09-23 13:44:02
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News24.com | Pound drops after surge in virus cases revives risk of lockdown
The pound extended its decline to a two-month low as investors fretted over the possibility of a new lockdown in Britain..
2020-09-23 12:31:24
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News24.com | Women eye cabinet positions after Bougainville election
Women will retain 10% of parliamentary seats after an election in the South Pacific archipelago of Bougainville and will push the new president to app.
2020-09-23 11:50:55
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News24.com | France's economic recovery stumbles in September: survey
French business activity fell in September - its first drop in four months - according to a key survey released Wednesday which found firms blamed ren.
2020-09-23 10:53:08
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News24.com | Saudi Arabia to gradually resume 'umrah' pilgrimage from 4 October
Saudi Arabia will gradually resume the year-round umrah pilgrimage for Muslims from 4 October, the interior ministry has said..
2020-09-23 09:41:06
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News24.com | French media back Charlie Hebdo after new threats
More than 100 French news outlets have called on people to support satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, which was attacked in 2015, after its staff recei.
2020-09-23 08:54:37
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News24.com | Juilan Assange 'hears voices', 'has suicidal impulses', in prison, psychiatrist tells court
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange complained of hearing imaginary voices and music while detained in a high-security British prison, a psychiatrist..
2020-09-22 17:52:25
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News24.com | Trump says UN must 'hold China accountable' for Covid-19
US President Donald Trump told the UN General Assembly that China must be held accountable by the world for its actions over the Covid-19 pandemic..
2020-09-22 16:21:36
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News24.com | Johnson tells UK to work at home for 6 months as virus spreads
Boris Johnson told Britons to work from home when possible and ordered pubs and restaurants to close early as he sought to stamp out a resurgence of c.
2020-09-22 15:01:08
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News24.com | WATCH | China's Global Times casts doubt on TikTok deal
A deal China's ByteDance has struck with Oracle and Walmart over the future of TikTok is unlikely to receive Chinese government approval, Global Times.
2020-09-22 13:41:11
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News24.com | Death toll from India building collapse jumps to 20
The death toll from an apartment block collapse in western India climbed to 20 Tuesday, with more bodies likely to be recovered, officials said, as re.
2020-09-22 10:23:42
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News24.com | Rescue under way to save 180 stranded whales in Australia
Up to 90 whales have died and a 180 more are still stranded in a remote bay in southern Australia as a "challenging" rescue operation began..
2020-09-22 09:41:09
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News24.com | US charges NY police officer with spying for China
The man allegedly used his connections in the NYPD to provide information and spy on the New York Tibetan community..
2020-09-22 09:38:45
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News24.com | Baby stillborn after Indian man 'slashes pregnant wife's stomach to check gender'
A man has been arrested in northern India after slashing his pregnant wife's stomach with a sickle..
2020-09-21 20:22:43
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News24.com | Alexei Navalny: Russia's transport police questions 200 people in ongoing probe
Russia's transport police says their officers had questioned around 200 people as part of a pre-investigation probe..
2020-09-21 18:07:02
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News24.com | WATCH | So who will own TikTok now? Depends who you ask
ByteDance says it will control TikTok's worldwide operations following a deal with Oracle, Walmart and other investors. But the US firms have a differ.
2020-09-21 15:43:08
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News24.com | Trump will announce US Supreme Court nominee within the week
US President Donald Trump says he is looking at four or five jurists to replace the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg..
2020-09-21 15:41:56
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News24.com | Covid-19 wrap | Taj Mahal reopens in India, US to surpass grim milestone of 200 000 virus deaths
More than 30.98 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 958 453 have died, according to a Reuters tally.
2020-09-21 13:08:45
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News24.com | Thai protesters plaque removed after calls for royal reform
A plaque installed on the weekend by activists in Bangkok declaring Thailand "belongs to the people" had been removed, after a show of force by pro-de.
2020-09-21 11:05:43
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News24.com | Biden blasts Trump plan to push for Supreme Court nominee ahead of election
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden urged Senate Republicans not to vote on any candidate nominated to the US Supreme Court as the November el.
2020-09-21 09:10:15
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News24.com | PICS | Ten dead, up to 25 feared trapped in India building collapse
Ten people have been killed and up to 25 are feared trapped after a three-storey residential building collapsed before dawn in western India, official.
2020-09-21 08:08:28
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News24.com | Who will succeed Ginsburg on the US Supreme Court?
The death of Ginsburg will offer Trump an opportunity to nominate a third jurist to the Supreme Court. Earlier this month, the US President announced .
2020-09-21 06:20:21
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News24.com | No royal invite yet for Michelle
US First Lady Michelle Obama says if she gets an invitation to Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding, she will attend the highly anticipated eve.
2020-09-21 01:50:34
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News24.com | SA shines as film industry venue
The South African film and television industry is currently valued at around R12bn a year, says a researcher..
2020-09-21 01:50:34
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News24.com | ANALYSIS | Sudden Supreme Court vacancy a new 'wild card' in US presidential race
The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has injected a volatile new element into the last stretch of a turbulent US presidential race..
2020-09-20 21:24:51
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News24.com | Trump's WeChat prohibition in US put on hold by judge
Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler in San Francisco on Saturday issued a preliminary injunction at the request of the United States WeChat Users Alliance..
2020-09-20 17:27:32
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News24.com | Elon Musk's showy events gin up hype Tesla doesn't always live up to
The last time Elon Musk held a Tesla briefing similar to the battery day event he'll host this week, he boasted about his track record of following th.
2020-09-20 16:12:28
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News24.com | Trump's Supreme Court push roils US election
US President Donald Trump on Saturday urged Republican lawmakers to back his upcoming nomination for the Supreme Court "without delay" as the issue up.
2020-09-20 07:05:46
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News24.com | Latest on coronavirus: Moderna on track to produce 20 million doses of experimental vaccine
European countries from Denmark to Greece have announced new restrictions to curb surging coronavirus infections in some of their largest cities, whil.
2020-09-19 18:28:17
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News24.com | Trump to name Supreme Court successor to liberal Ginsburg 'without delay'
A fierce political battle was shaping up over the future of the US Supreme Court with President Donald Trump saying he would quickly name a successor .
2020-09-19 17:30:38
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News24.com | WATCH | Trump says Ruth Bader Ginsburg 'led an amazing life'
US President Donald Trump paid tribute to the "amazing life" led by Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg from the campaign trail on Friday, after.
2020-09-19 13:28:14
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News24.com | Ginsburg's death turns spotlight on Trump's list of potential successors
The death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday will enable U.S. President Donald Trump to nominate a third jurist to the Supreme Court and galvani.
2020-09-19 12:20:22
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News24.com | WATCH | Biden says presidential winner should pick Ginsburg's replacement
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said on Friday that "there is no doubt" that the next US Supreme Court justice should be chosen by the winne.
2020-09-19 10:53:05
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News24.com | IN PICTURES | Flowers, candles and signs, mourners honour liberal icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg
On a cool night in a heated political year in Washington, several hundred people clutching candles, flowers and signs quietly gathered on the steps of.
2020-09-19 09:50:28
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News24.com | Trailblazing US Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg dies; succession battle looms
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a stalwart liberal on the US Supreme Court since 1993, died on Friday at age 87, giving President Donald Trump a chance t.
2020-09-19 06:45:35
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News24.com | A week in Covid-19: infections rise, notably in Europe
As the number of infections increase across the world, and especially in Europe, here is a weekly roundup of developments in the coronavirus crisis..
2020-09-18 21:57:05
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News24.com | EU regulator backs dexamethasone as Covid-19 treatment
Europe's healthcare regulator has endorsed using dexamethasone to treat Covid-19 patients with breathing difficulties, paving the way for the steroid .
2020-09-18 18:03:07
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News24.com | US curbs WeChat transfers, freezes TikTok as deadline looms
The US will ban some transactions over the Chinese-owned WeChat app while freezing TikTok's app starting Sunday, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has sa.
2020-09-18 14:28:59
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News24.com | Biopharmaceutical plant leak infects thousands with bacterial disease in China
Thousands of people in northwest China have tested positive for a bacterial disease after a leak from a state-owned biopharmaceutical plant making ani.
2020-09-18 10:45:46
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News24.com | 'It's close to criminal' - Joe Biden slams Donald Trump over Covid-19 response
US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has attacked President Donald Trump for disregarding the risks of the coronavirus, blaming him for thou.
2020-09-18 09:35:06
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News24.com | Johnson & Johnson charged by New York with civil insurance fraud over opioid claims
New York state filed civil charges accusing Johnson & Johnson of insurance fraud for downplaying the risks of opioid painkillers, including to doctors.
2020-09-18 07:16:05
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News24.com | Marthinus mum on Monaco rumours
Marthinus van Schalkwyk, SA's official representative at the royal wedding in Monaco, refused to comment on whether rumours of paternity tests marred .
2020-09-18 01:52:24
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News24.com | Covid-19 wrap | Global coronavirus cases surpass 30 million - Reuters tally
Global coronavirus cases exceeded 30 million, according to a Reuters tally, with the pandemic showing no signs of slowing..
2020-09-17 22:59:24
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News24.com | More children wed, risk trafficking in Rohingya camps in pandemic - UN
Child marriage is on the rise in Bangladesh's Rohingya refugee camps and the risk of human trafficking grows with every day the pandemic shuts youth s.
2020-09-17 20:29:12
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News24.com | WATCH | Daimler to pay $2.2 billion in US settlements
Daimler will pay $2.2 billion to resolve a US government diesel emissions cheating investigation and claims from 250 000 US vehicle owners, court docu.
2020-09-17 20:25:29
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News24.com | British Airways boss defends virus job losses
British Airways chief executive Alex Cruz on Wednesday defended heavy job cuts at the airline after coronavirus decimated demand, declaring that custo.
2020-09-17 20:25:29
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News24.com | Bolsonaro plays down Amazon fires, accuses NGOs of blocking land titling
President Jair Bolsonaro said late Brazil was being "disproportionately" criticised for fires in the Amazon rainforest and Pantanal wetlands, at a tim.
2020-09-17 19:09:31
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News24.com | Navalny aides say Novichok found on hotel water bottle
Aides of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny said that German experts found Novichok nerve agent on a water bottle taken from the hotel room wher.
2020-09-17 18:02:07
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News24.com | WATCH | US consumer spending loses steam
US consumer spending slowed in August, with a key retail sales gauge unexpectedly declining, as extended unemployment benefits were cut for millions o.
2020-09-17 17:06:57
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News24.com | US jobless claims resume drop in sign of gradual improvement
The number of Americans applying for jobless benefits resumed its decline, signaling a gradual improvement in the battered labor market..
2020-09-17 15:28:23
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News24.com | Covid-19 wrap: Global cases cross 29.94m, 'alarming' transmissions in Europe, England cases up by 167%
More than 29.94 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 938 291 have died, according to a Reuters tally.
2020-09-17 15:01:36
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News24.com | Trump says no TikTok deal yet amid security concerns
President Donald Trump says he isn't ready to approve a deal for an American company to partner with Chinese-owned video app TikTok..
2020-09-17 14:18:33
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News24.com | Novichok traces found on bottle taken from Russian hotel room where Alexei Navalny stayed - aides
Aides of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny have said they discovered traces of a Novichok nerve agent on a bottle taken from the hotel where he.
2020-09-17 12:06:07
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News24.com | No lasting Middle East peace without resolving acute 'Palestinian problem' - Russia
Russia has said it would be a 'mistake' to think lasting peace in the Middle East could be secured without resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict..
2020-09-17 10:37:30
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News24.com | WATCH | 'I don't trust Donald Trump' - Joe Biden warns against rushing out coronavirus vaccine
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has rejected President Donald Trump's charge that he is spreading fear about the safety of a potential cor.
2020-09-17 09:16:25
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News24.com | London carnival starts amid riot concerns
London's Caribbean-flavoured Notting Hill Carnival is under way amid hopes that Europe's biggest street festival will not be marred by riots..
2020-09-17 01:50:20
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News24.com | US Supreme Court extends pandemic-related restrictions
The US Supreme Court will remain closed to the public and will conduct its October oral arguments by teleconference as it extended its coronavirus-rel.
2020-09-16 20:15:55
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News24.com | US plans to distribute Covid-19 vaccine immediately after regulators authorise it
The US government said it will start distributing a Covid-19 vaccine within one day of regulatory authorisation as it plans for the possibility that a.
2020-09-16 20:15:55
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News24.com | Lessons learned from Covid-19 frontline: A Paris hospital refines ICU treatment
Doctor Alexandre Avenel has four Covid-19 patients in his intensive care ward, all with depleted blood oxygenation levels but none under intubation. T.
2020-09-16 20:13:15
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News24.com | Twitter labels video of Biden shared by Trump 'manipulated media'
Twitter Inc on Wednesday labeled a video shared by US President Donald Trump of Democratic presidential rival Joe Biden as "manipulated media"..
2020-09-16 17:49:56
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News24.com | World nature congress postponed again over virus
A summit aimed at forging an international plan to reverse nature loss will be delayed for a second time because of the pandemic, organisers said on W.
2020-09-16 16:37:35
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News24.com | Navalny says it's 'amazing' to breathe unaided, eyes Russia return
Opposition leader Alexei Navalny has said he was able to breathe unaided in his first public comments after his suspected poisoning in Siberia..
2020-09-16 11:58:54
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News24.com | 'Forced labour is an atrocious human rights abuse' - US puts block on Chinese products from Uighur camps
The US has announced it would block a range of Chinese products made by 'forced labour' in the Xinjiang region, including from a 'vocational' centre t.
2020-09-16 10:54:43
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News24.com | Israel establishes full ties with Bahrain, UAE at White House
Israel has normalised relations with long-time foes Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates at the White House..
2020-09-16 08:26:54
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News24.com | Japan's Yoshihide Suga elected as country's first new prime minister in 8 years
Yoshihide Suga has been elected as Japan's prime minister, becoming the country's first new leader in nearly eight years and facing a raft of challeng.
2020-09-16 06:58:57
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News24.com | Trevor Noah 'fled' to Hollywood
One of the reasons Trevor Noah left SA for Hollywood was because his stepfather wanted to kill him, court papers have revealed..
2020-09-16 01:56:09
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News24.com | Covid-19 wrap | Germany seeks herd immunity by mid-2021 and Dublin pubs remain closed
A China-developed vaccine could be ready for the public as early as November, the chief biosafety expert at the Chinese Centre for Disease Control tel.
2020-09-15 22:20:31
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News24.com | Entire Irish cabinet to self-isolate: parliament chair
The Irish cabinet Tuesday entered coronavirus self-isolation after the health minister fell ill, forcing the suspension of the lower house of parliame.
2020-09-15 21:46:08
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News24.com | Some back out of J&J Covid-19 vaccine trial in Spain after AstraZeneca scare, lead investigator says
News of serious side effects in one participant of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine trial led some volunteers in Johnson & Johnson's vaccine trial in Sp.
2020-09-15 20:28:49
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News24.com | City to pay millions to Breonna Taylor's mother, reform police
The settlement is expected to be the largest sum paid by the city for a police misconduct, and includes police reforms..
2020-09-15 19:24:08
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News24.com | UAE approves use of Covid-19 vaccine for health workers
The United Arab Emirates has announced it approved the emergency use for healthcare workers of a coronavirus vaccine still in the final phase of human.
2020-09-15 17:08:00
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News24.com | Activists decry 'genocide' of China's Uighur minority in open letter from two dozen groups
Nearly two dozen activist groups have said that crimes against humanity and genocide are taking place against Uighurs in China's remote Xinjiang regio.
2020-09-15 15:43:23
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News24.com | Assassination plot: Donald Trump vows '1 000 times greater' response to any Iran attack
US President Donald Trump has vowed that any attack by Iran would be met with a response '1 000 times greater in magnitude', after reports that Iran p.
2020-09-15 12:33:10
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News24.com | Restrictions return in Jakarta as hospitals, cemeteries fill up
Indonesian capital goes back into partial lockdown as doctors warn the healthcare system is on the brink of collapse..
2020-09-15 08:37:51
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News24.com | Elton John hospitalised in Los Angeles
British singer Elton John has been hospitalised in Los Angeles for a severe respiratory infection, a statement on his website says..
2020-09-15 01:53:18
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News24.com | WHO calls for 'rethink' of elderly care after Covid-19 losses
The World Health Organization's emergencies chief said on Monday that we need to fundamentally rethink our relationship with the elderly after huge lo.
2020-09-14 22:07:32
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News24.com | AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine trial in US on hold until at least midweek-sources
AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine trial remains on hold in the United States pending a
US investigation into a serious side effect in Britain even as ot.
2020-09-14 21:39:24
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News24.com | Russian paramedics' accounts challenge Moscow's explanation for Navalny's coma - sources
The paramedics who treated Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny after he fell violently ill on a plane last month found no increase in his blo.
2020-09-14 21:13:19
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News24.com | Massive chunk of Greenland's largest glacier crashes into sea
A massive chunk of ice - larger than the city of Paris - has broken off from the Arctic's largest ice shelf because of warmer temperatures in Greenlan.
2020-09-14 21:13:19
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News24.com | Has global oil demand hit peak? BP says it's possible
Global oil demand may have already peaked and will likely not stop falling for the next 30 years, hit by virus fallout and moves towards greener energ.
2020-09-14 19:41:17
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