Missing Florida sailor found clinging to capsized vessel
The man, 62, was rescued by a passing container ship, more than 80 miles off the Florida coast. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2JppJ5n via IFTTT
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Canada unveils largest economic relief package since WW2
Opposition Conservatives say the historic spending plan is "startling". from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/37of03y via IFTTT
Covid vaccine: Rumours thrive amid trickle of pandemic facts
Social media is full of coronavirus vaccine information - but how can you tell which is reliable? from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/37lBMsS via IFTTT
Trump presidency's final days: 'In his mind, he will not have lost'
West Wing aides are keeping a low profile as the presidency slowly comes to terms with his loss. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/33rHKXS via IFTTT
A police officer with a conscience who left Belarus
Andrei Ostapovich quit his job as a Belarusian police officer, was detained in Russia, then escaped to Poland. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3fRRq2U via IFTTT
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh: Iran mulls its responses to an assassination
Frank Gardner looks at Iran's options were it to try to avenge Mohsen Fakhrizadeh's assassination. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3obfSiJ via IFTTT
France Islam: Muslims face state pressure to embrace values
A "charter of values" is the latest effort by the French state to win Muslim hearts and minds. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/37kGjvz via IFTTT
End Sars protests: The Nigerian women leading the fight for change
The feminists who were the backbone of the EndSars protests, which threaten Nigeria's status quo. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3mqjYmF via IFTTT
Justice Dept. asks judge to ‘immediately’ dismiss Flynn case, citing Trump’s pardon.
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Biden’s Inauguration: Expect Smaller Crowds and More Social Distancing
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As Senate runoffs approach, Trump’s attacks on Georgia Republicans have worried some in his party.
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As Trump Attacks Georgia Republicans, Party Worries About Senate Races
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Citing Pardon, Justice Dept. Asks Judge to ‘Immediately’ Dismiss Flynn Case
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A Responsible Withdrawal From Afghanistan
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Police Body Cameras Cited as ‘Powerful Tool’ Against Stop-and-Frisk Abuses
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Arizona and Wisconsin Certify Biden’s Wins: ‘The System Is Strong’
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How Will Biden Deal With Republican Sabotage?
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Black Teenager Is Fatally Shot in Argument Over Music, Police Say
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Restrictions push the San Francisco 49ers to Arizona for December.
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Let This Festive Brandied Fruit Lift Your Holidays
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Why School Districts Are Bringing Back Younger Children First
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Biden’s doctor says president-elect has hairline fracture after twisting his ankle playing with dog.
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Biden team wants to tackle child care, elder care, preschool in one overarching plan.
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Covid: Fauci warns of 'surge in cases' post Thanksgiving
Millions of people are returning home following the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2Vimxvc via IFTTT
Black Lives Matter founders: We fought to change history and we won
The founders of the Black Lives Matter movement tell the BBC's 100 Women season they are optimistic. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3mlthEm via IFTTT
Italy's Calabria has two pandemics: Covid and the Mafia
Calabria was not hit by the first wave of the pandemic but its fragile health system is buckling now. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/39r5Gyr via IFTTT
Why India can't stop farmers burning stubble
The toxic fumes from stubble burning affects hundreds of millions - but curbs to stop it keep failing. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/36jhz7s via IFTTT
Viewpoint: Why Kenya's giant fig tree won over a president
The campaign to save a 100-year-old tree shows cultural fears can make politicians listen in Kenya. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3o5rALI via IFTTT
A 70-year-old photographic mystery
Collector William Fagan finds 70-year-old photographs in a camera. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2HQfpD9 via IFTTT
The tech allowing thousands of students to sit exams at home
Machine learning is helping firms across many industries more quickly solve difficult challenges. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3qmLST0 via IFTTT
Coronavirus: How do you vaccinate 7.7 billion people?
Five challenges of distributing a Covid-19 vaccine to billions of people. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3o8y8Jq via IFTTT
Nagorno-Karabakh: The boy who swapped his piano for a gun
The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan is over, but some are still waiting for news of missing relatives. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2KLFUKR via IFTTT
Biden names all-female communications team with Jen Psaki as press secretary.
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Jennifer Psaki to Be Press Secretary as Biden Names All-Female Communications Team
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Republicans and Democrats Need to Work Together. Earmarks Can Help.
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Giants Seize Share of N.F.C. East Lead but Lose Daniel Jones
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Party With Nearly 400 People Is Shut Down in Manhattan
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Biden Expected to Name Top Economic Officials This Week
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Dear Joe, It’s Not About Iran’s Nukes Anymore
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What’s Going On in This Picture? | Nov. 30, 2020
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A Baltimore school returned to classrooms. This is what the first week looked like.
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Biden sees orthopedic doctor after spraining his ankle while playing with family dog.
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Quotation of the Day: Drugs, Guns and Cash: This Is ‘Cartel TikTok’
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Brazen Killings Expose Iran’s Vulnerabilities as It Struggles to Respond
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This fight is all about nostalgia, which is fitting for sports in 2020.
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An underground New York club with 400 people was shut down for violating coronavirus restrictions.
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One of the warm-up bouts was canceled after a fighter tested positive for the coronavirus.
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A Cat Is Said to Be Joining the Bidens in the White House
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Serbia and Montenegro expel respective ambassadors
The two nations have expelled each other's envoys over a historical dispute dating back a century. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/36jlVM9 via IFTTT
Viewpoint: How Ethiopia is undermining the African Union
The country has rebuffed African efforts to find a negotiated settlement to the Tigray conflict. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3q8LirK via IFTTT
Serbia coronavirus: The Church losing its leaders to the pandemic
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In pictures: Hurricanes leave Hondurans homeless and destitute
Hurricanes Eta and Iota left more than 150,000 people in Honduras homeless and many lost everything. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/33HDow7 via IFTTT
The battle to save a biodiversity hotspot in India
Environmentalists in India's Goa state are fighting projects they say will turn it into a coal hub. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/37fVupU via IFTTT
Khachaturyan sisters: A murder trial that shocked Russia
The case of the three Khachaturyan sisters accused of killing their father sent shockwaves through Russia. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3lbWro0 via IFTTT
Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: What does it mean for the east Africa region?
BBC correspondents across the east Africa region explain the impact for Ethiopia and its neighbours. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3qcfzpN via IFTTT
Conjoined twins: 'We always knew we were different'
They made headlines when surgeons separated them - now Sanchia and Eman Mowatt are at university. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3fqDdtm via IFTTT
Afghanistan, home to the heroin trade, moves into meth
A new report warns Afghanistan is becoming a major methamphetamine producer, leaving addicts in its wake. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/35WfQor via IFTTT
Why Bhutan's Sakteng wildlife sanctuary is disputed by China
Tiny Bhutan is feeling the squeeze as its giant neighbours China and India vie for territory. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3l3wlUj via IFTTT
This could be quite popular. What’s that mean for boxing at large?
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Who’s bankrolling this spectacle?
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Brazen Killings Expose Iran’s Vulnerabilities as It Struggles to Respond
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How Tony Hsieh Tried to Single-Handedly Transform Downtown Las Vegas
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Let’s Talk About Higher Wages
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Gunmen Assassinate Iran’s Top Nuclear Scientist in Ambush, Provoking New Crisis
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Los Angeles County, where the virus is surging, urges residents to stay home.
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Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: Army claims advance on several towns
Ethiopia's army says it has seized control of several towns in the northern region of Tigray. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2VacVCx via IFTTT
Polar scientists wary of impending satellite gap
The key missions recording the loss of thickness in glaciers and sea-ice won't last the decade. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2Vd12vv via IFTTT
The Donut King who went full circle - from rags to riches, twice
Cambodian refugee Ted Ngoy made a fortune in doughnuts then lost it all to gambling. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3lfA3de via IFTTT
Tigray crisis: Ethiopian soldiers accused of blocking border with Sudan
Families fleeing the conflict in Tigray tell the BBC they have been cut off from relatives. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3fGppvb via IFTTT
Kaavan, the world's loneliest elephant, is finally going free
For decades, Kaavan performed from his lonely enclosure. Now, with a hand from Cher, he's retiring. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/37cu3Ny via IFTTT
Getting 'crushed' on Melbourne's path to coronavirus success
By one measure the city has just eliminated the virus, but relieved locals also fear a hidden cost. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3q6RLU8 via IFTTT
Coronavirus lockdown sees share of women on India's stock market rise
With more time and flexibility, thousands of women are trading in the stock market for the first time. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2J5whXd via IFTTT
The Kraken: What is it and why has Trump's ex-lawyer released it?
How a lawsuit from an ex-Trump lawyer full of baseless voter fraud claims went viral. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/36eqHKB via IFTTT
Life after al-Shabab: Driving a school bus instead of an armed pickup truck
The Somali government retrains defectors from the al-Shabab militant group as barbers, drivers, mechanics and tailors. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2UPCRmX via IFTTT
Karl Edwards: The 'bronzed Aussie' who knew life was for living
The story behind the plaque: the fast life and freakishly unlucky death of Karl Edwards. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/39g4Ww9 via IFTTT
The Indian bride who wore a pantsuit to her wedding
In a country where marriages are steeped in tradition, Sanjana Rishi's wedding outfit drew criticism. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/399YV43 via IFTTT
Is the era of the Hollywood blockbuster over?
Has Covid put an end to big budget film-making, or will busy cinemas in Asia give Hollywood hope? from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3l2HlRz via IFTTT
Maradona: Funeral worker apologises over coffin photos
The Argentine funeral worker took photos next to the open casket of football legend Diego Maradona. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3lfNH0e via IFTTT
Swiss vote on making firms liable for rights abuse
Many in government and business are wary, but campaigners say politicians are out of touch. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2Jiu9eq via IFTTT
Climate change: The woman watching the ice melt from under her feet
For thousands of years Inupaiq people have relied on the land in Alaska but now climate change is threatening their entire way of life. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/39lxeFm via IFTTT
Losing Cinema Park: Tears over demolition of Kabul's iconic cinema
Why the demolition of a 70-year old cinema hall in Kabul went viral in Afghanistan. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/33nERXU via IFTTT
Jane Fonda: 'It's much harder to be young than it is old'
As an 82-year-old Jane Fonda is still protesting - this time about climate change - and getting arrested. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3o6DXr1 via IFTTT
For the World Economy, a Grim Slog Tempered by New Hopes
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Los Angeles County urges residents to stay home and bars gatherings of mixed households.
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Wildfire Smoke Is Poisoning California’s Kids. Some Pay a Higher Price.
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Iran diplomat to stand trial in Belgium over 'France bomb plot'
Prosecutors in Belgium say he planned an attack on an Iranian opposition rally near Paris in 2018. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3nV6b7K via IFTTT
Classic British Rock Group
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