Dec_31_010

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Tens of thousands march against Lukashenko as hackers leak police details

Tens of thousands of people marched through the Belarusian capital Minsk on Sunday, calling for the resignation of president Alexander Lukashenko in the sixth straight… ...

Humpback whale escapes crocodile-infested river

A humpback whale that made a wrong turn and entered a crocodile-infested river in Australia has managed to escape back to sea. ...

Demonstrations in Madrid ahead of tough new lockdown measures

Protesters have taken to the streets of Madrid to demonstrate against strict new lockdown measures which have come into force. ...

FinCEN Files: Sanctioned Putin associate ‘laundered millions’ through Barclays

The account was used to avoid US financial restrictions, a leak of bank documents suggest. ...

White House names three 'anarchist US cities' to lose funds

New York City, Seattle and Portland are named by the White House as cities that could lose federal funds. ...

Twitter investigates racial bias in image previews

After users highlight problems, Twitter says more work on racial bias in algorithms is needed. ...

Supreme Court fight adds stunning new twist to a crisis election

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WH correspondent: McConnell has little room for error

CNN's Manu Raju examines how Republican stances on filling Supreme Court vacancies have changed throughout the years, and are coming to a head following the… ...

China confirms huge birth rate drop in Xinjiang, but denies forced sterilization of women

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British-French Actor And "James Bond" Villain Michael Lonsdale Dies At 89

Michael Lonsdale, the British-French actor with a far-ranging film and theatre career but most widely recognised as the villain opposite James Bond in "Moonraker", died… ...

Donald Trump Warns No TikTok Deal If China's ByteDance Keeps "Control"

President Donald Trump on Monday threw into doubt a deal to restructure ownership of the popular video app TikTok, vowing to block any deal that… ...

Novichok Found "In And On" My Body: Kremlin Critic

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Monday that Western laboratories had found traces of a Novichok nerve agent in and on his body and demanded… ...

News – Papers

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Die Madrider Regionalregierung greift beim Kampf gegen Corona erneut zu drakonischen Massnahmen

Ab Montag gelten Ausgangssperren für fast 860 000 Menschen, fast alle leben im Süden der spanischen Hauptstadt. Das sorgt für Empörung und Verbitterung. ...

«Kaukasus 2020»: Russlands grösstes Militärmanöver des Jahres beginnt

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Botschaft von Honduras in Israel soll bald in Jerusalem stehen

Die USA und Guatemala haben bereits Botschaften in Jerusalem eröffnet. ...

EC clears 31 parties of illegal borrowings

The Election Commission has cleared 31 political parties of breaking financial borrowing rules since the loans in question were less than 10 million baht each. ...

Betong airport panel set up

The Transport Ministry has formed a working panel to ensure that the new Betong Airport in Yala province can be opened to the public as… ...

MPs' salutes at rally prompt complaint

Palang Pracharath Party MP Sira Jenjaka on Monday filed a complaint with police against three MPs, including Thai Civilized Party leader Mongkolkit Suksintharanon, who were… ...

Coronavirus Tourism Slump in Dublin Exposes Airbnb’s Impact on Rentals

After the pandemic hit, the number of longer-term listings jumped in the Irish capital. That brought some relief to a crunched market for renters, though… ...

U.N. General Assembly: Live Updates

As world leaders meet for the 75th United Nations General Assembly this week, the gatherings are virtual, but the challenges all too real. ...

Israeli Accused of Sex Abuse in Australia Can Be Extradited, Court Says

Australia has been seeking Malka Leifer’s extradition for six years so she can face 74 charges of sexual assault stemming from her time as the… ...

Lage in Weissrussland: Zypern blockiert Sanktionen – Lukaschenko probt Ernstfall

Die EU kann sich nicht auf Strafmassnahmen gegen Belarus einigen, weil Zypern auch Sanktionen gegen Ankara will. Während Oppositionsführerin Tichanowskaja in Brüssel weilt, bleibt Kollegin… ...

Steigende Corona-Zahlen in Spanien: Immer mit der Maske – aber nie auf Abstand

Madrid ist ein Hotspot der Pandemie in Europa, obwohl die Madrider selbst im Freien immer brav Maske tragen. Denn sich nicht zu umarmen, das fällt… ...

Coronavirus weltweit: +++ Italien verlangt von Franzosen Virustest +++ Maskenpflicht im Freien in München

Angesichts der stark gestiegenen Corona-Infektionszahlen verschärft München ab Donnerstag die Schutzmassnahmen. Internationale News im Ticker. ...

News – Web

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Health
Space
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Ancient volcanoes once boosted ocean carbon, but humans are now far outpacing them

A new study of an ancient period that is considered the closest natural analog to the era of modern human carbon emissions has found that… ...

Possible marker of life spotted on venus

Astronomers have discovered a rare molecule -- phosphine -- in the clouds of Venus. On Earth, this gas is only made industrially or by microbes… ...

New Hubble data suggests there is an ingredient missing from current dark matter theories

Recent observations have found that something may be missing from the theories of how dark matter behaves. This missing ingredient may explain why researchers have… ...

Ebola virus disease – Democratic Republic of the Congo

Three months after the declaration of the eleventh Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in Equateur Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, the number of confirmed… ...

Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 – Sudan

On 9 August 2020, the Federal Ministry of Health, Sudan notified WHO of the detection of a ...

Yellow fever – French Guiana, France

On 23 July 2020, the France IHR National Focal Point reported a confirmed autochthonous (locally acquired) case of yellow fever in a 14-year-old male in… ...

Information for all visitors to ESA sites

Information for all visitors to ESA sites Coronavirus measures for hosted meetings and visitors ...

US West Coast on fire

Over the past month, dozens of wildfires have burned vast swathes of land in California, Oregon and Washington State, killing more than 30 people and… ...

A new view of Enceladus

Image: A new view of Enceladus ...

WeChat: Judge blocks US attempts to ban downloads of Chinese app

The ban on the Chinese-owned messaging and payments apps was to come in on Sunday night. ...

The tech putting the beef into Australian cattle farming

Why Australia's huge farms are increasingly relying on technology to monitor their livestock. ...

TikTok: Trump says Oracle deal for video app 'has my blessing'

The president says the bid by Oracle and Walmart would protect the data of TikTok users in the US. ...

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