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Brazil siege: Armed men 'raid banks' in Criciúma

Global giant Unilever to trial four-day working week in NZ

India builds bridge to help reptiles cross road

Canada plans digital tax in 2022 on global tech giants such as Facebook, Google

Covid: Dr Scott Atlas - Trump's controversial coronavirus adviser - resigns

Facebook and Google 'complicit' in Vietnam censorship

China-US trade war: Beijing escalates tit-for-tat with Washington

Leaked documents show China lied about Covid-19 case totals and mishandled pandemic. In some instances, the number of deaths reported internally were more than double the figures released to the public.

Vitamin D Insufficiency May Account for Almost 80% COVID-19 Deaths - MDPI Journal

Even ‘certified sustainable’ palm oil is linked to worse social & ecological outcomes for Indonesian forest communities, a new study shows

Australia demands apology after Chinese official tweets 'falsified image' of soldier threatening child

Nike, Coca-Cola, Apple among Companies Lobbying against Uyghur Forced Labor Bill

Missing Florida sailor found clinging to capsized vessel

Canada unveils largest economic relief package since WW2

Covid vaccine: Rumours thrive amid trickle of pandemic facts

Trump presidency's final days: 'In his mind, he will not have lost'

A police officer with a conscience who left Belarus

Mohsen Fakhrizadeh: Iran mulls its responses to an assassination

France Islam: Muslims face state pressure to embrace values

End Sars protests: The Nigerian women leading the fight for change

Nike, Coca-Cola, Apple among companies lobbying against Uyghur forced labor bill that would ban products made with forced labor in China’s Xinjiang province

Canada plans digital tax in 2022 on global tech giants such as Facebook, Google

UK bars, cinemas may require proof of COVID-19 vaccination to visit

Australia demands China apologise for posting 'repugnant' fake image

Paris police officers to remain in custody over beating of Black man

Australia demands apology from China after fake image posted on social media

Nike and Coca-Cola Lobby Against Xinjiang Forced Labor Bill

Sri Lanka: Six die in prison riot over Covid panic

China's factory activity expands at fastest pace in over three years

England's COVID-19 infections down 30% during national lockdown: survey

LGBT Ugandans beaten with iron rods, burned with firewood after ‘bogus’ shelter raid

EU proposes new post-Trump alliance with U.S. in face of China threat: Financial Times

Biden announces all-female senior press team

White Island volcano: NZ officials charge 13 parties over tragedy

Twitter suspends Thai royalist account linked to influence campaign

Pakistan's transgender community gets its own church: 'Now we have some peace'

Russia joins China in attacking Australia over Afghanistan war crimes report

Covid: Fauci warns of 'surge in cases' post Thanksgiving

Black Lives Matter founders: We fought to change history and we won

Italy's Calabria has two pandemics: Covid and the Mafia

Why India can't stop farmers burning stubble

Viewpoint: Why Kenya's giant fig tree won over a president

A 70-year-old photographic mystery

The tech allowing thousands of students to sit exams at home

Coronavirus: How do you vaccinate 7.7 billion people?

Nagorno-Karabakh: The boy who swapped his piano for a gun

Sydney records hottest November night on record

At Risk: Russia's Indigenous Peoples Sound Alarm On Loss Of Arctic, Traditional Way Of Life. Ominous signs have already emerged from the thaw: thinning reindeer herds and fish stocks, drying lakes, and forest fires.

Scientists find ancient whale skeleton in Thailand

Severe fire danger for Australia as temperatures smash records

Canada blocks bulk exports of some prescription drugs in response to Trump import plan

Australia sweats through scorching 50C heatwave as thousands flock to beaches across the east coast despite health authorities urging people to stay home.

The European Space Agency is paying millions to a start-up to incinerate a large piece of space junk. Thousands of defunct satellites are still circling the Earth, threatening spacecraft that are still in use.

Thousands march in Taiwan against U.S. pork imports

CIA Officer Killed in Somalia, Report Says

‘Piles of cash at home’: Hong Kong leader says US sanctions mean she has no bank account and the government is paying her US$672,000/year salary in cash

China's Chang'e 5 enters lunar orbit for historic attempt to return moon samples

U.S. aircraft carrier deploys to Gulf, Navy says unrelated to 'specific threats'

Serbia and Montenegro expel respective ambassadors

Viewpoint: How Ethiopia is undermining the African Union

Serbia coronavirus: The Church losing its leaders to the pandemic

In pictures: Hurricanes leave Hondurans homeless and destitute

The battle to save a biodiversity hotspot in India

Khachaturyan sisters: A murder trial that shocked Russia

Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: What does it mean for the east Africa region?

Conjoined twins: 'We always knew we were different'

Afghanistan, home to the heroin trade, moves into meth

Why Bhutan's Sakteng wildlife sanctuary is disputed by China

More people died of suicide in Japan in one month than the entire coronavirus pandemic

Prepare to sweat: Scorching run of days in the high 40s arrives--Millions of Australians face days of searing temperatures

Mohsen Fakhrizadeh: Iran vows to avenge scientist's assassination

Honduran ex-president Zelaya stopped at airport with bag of money

Rapists to be chemically castrated in Pakistan under proposed sexual violence law

South Korea spy agency says North Korea locked down capital, killed people

Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: Army claims advance on several towns

Polar scientists wary of impending satellite gap

The Donut King who went full circle - from rags to riches, twice

Tigray crisis: Ethiopian soldiers accused of blocking border with Sudan

Kaavan, the world's loneliest elephant, is finally going free

Getting 'crushed' on Melbourne's path to coronavirus success

Coronavirus lockdown sees share of women on India's stock market rise

The Kraken: What is it and why has Trump's ex-lawyer released it?

Life after al-Shabab: Driving a school bus instead of an armed pickup truck

Karl Edwards: The 'bronzed Aussie' who knew life was for living

The Indian bride who wore a pantsuit to her wedding

Is the era of the Hollywood blockbuster over?

Maradona: Funeral worker apologises over coffin photos

Swiss vote on making firms liable for rights abuse

Climate change: The woman watching the ice melt from under her feet

Losing Cinema Park: Tears over demolition of Kabul's iconic cinema

Jane Fonda: 'It's much harder to be young than it is old'

BLM has increased racial tension, 55% say in UK poll

Ontario [Canada] passes legislation to make daylight time permanent

Chinese doctors jailed for organ harvesting

French, Swiss Run Out Of Cheese As Lockdown Demand Explodes For Fondue And Raclette

Iran diplomat to stand trial in Belgium over 'France bomb plot'

Venezuela judge convicts 6 American oil execs, orders prison

Rapists will be chemically castrated in Pakistan under new laws approved by Prime Minister Imran Khan

US election: Trump signals he is prepared to leave White House

Google and Facebook to be scrutinized by new U.K. antitrust unit from next year

Azerbaijani soldiers desecrate Armenian graves in newly handed over area

31% Of Nurses Who Died Of COVID-19 In US Are Filipino

Austrian village of 'Fucking' decides to change its name to 'Fugging'

US election results: Why the most accurate bellwether counties were wrong

Singapore: Jolovan Wham charged for holding up a smiley face sign

Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: Fears of a march into guerrilla warfare

PG Wodehouse: Why India still holds a flame for the English author

While Jeff Bezos spends billions on his 'Earth Fund,' Amazon is reportedly monitoring climate change groups including Greta Thunberg's as potential threats

Can a ninja’s life teach us about staying safe in a pandemic?

Searching 80,000 miles for the American dream

'This is War': Poland’s battle for abortion

Toronto restauranteur arrested for defying Covid lockdown rules

Mexico opens anti-monopoly probe against Wal-Mart de Mexico

French minister suspends Paris police officers over beating of Black man

After recording over 700 cases a day in August and undergoing a harsh lockdown, Victoria eliminates coronavirus after 28 days without a new case

Coronavirus cases rose rapidly after Canada's Thanksgiving gatherings

Hundreds of flights cancelled as Shanghai tackles virus outbreak

Kylie Moore-Gilbert: Academic says Iran detention was 'long and traumatic'

European Parliament voted in favor of supporting consumers’ Right to Repair

Thailand's police said to imprison pro-democracy leaders for up to 15 years for criticizing new king's recent changes in control and lavish uses of a multi-billion fortune (editorialized)

Obama attacks Hispanic voters who picked Trump

Germany agrees to compensate gay soldiers over discrimination

How Magic Mushrooms Are Changing the Lives of Terminal Cancer Patients | The Tyee

Coronavirus and gender: More chores for women set back gains in equality

Coronavirus pandemic: Germany seeks EU deal to close ski resorts

Black Friday: Why bots will beat you to in-demand gifts

Why France may ban discrimination against accents

Chile's Mapuche indigenous group fights for rights

Tigray crisis: How the Ethiopian army and TPLF clashed over an airport

Covid: US doctor's video simulates what dying patient sees

Denver Mayor Michael Hancock Travels On A Plane For Thanksgiving, Days After Urging Residents To ‘Stay Home’

Tributes pour in for football great Maradona

Yemen: Growing up in a war-torn country

Belarus: The woman sacrificing everything for her country’s freedom

'Michael Flynn's loyalty to Trump has paid off' - Omarosa Manigault Newman

Amazon workers in Germany to go on strike on 'Black Friday'

Australia's biggest supermarket identifies 332 suppliers using "slave-like" working conditions

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt reportedly applied to become a citizen of Cyprus - Obtaining citizenship from the European nation would give Schmidt the ability to freely enter European Union and skirt some travel bans and help him reap tax benefits

Uighurs: China rebuffs Pope's criticism as 'groundless'

Thailand's 'largest ketamine bust' turns out to be cleaning agent

FSO Safer: New deal to secure oil tanker abandoned off Yemen

Sweden Sees No Signs So Far Herd Immunity Is Stopping Virus

Australia Hits Out At "Needless" Worsening Of Ties With China

Russia 'threatened to ram' US ship in Sea of Japan

A harsh reality in coal country - with or without Trump

Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: Fears of ethnic profiling stalk conflict

Pope Francis takes aim at anti-mask protestors: ‘They are incapable of moving outside of their own little world’

US election: Daily Show comedian Jordan Klepper on Trump and his supporters

How sunshine can make the railways greener

New Brunswick outbreak: How a smalltown doctor became a Covid pariah

Why Bhutan's Sakteng wildlife sanctuary is disputed by China

A hair salon owner is now facing £27,000 in fines for repeatedly opening in breach of Covid-19 lockdown rules.

Taiwan's $1.3bn seafood industry hit by US 'forced labour' tag.

Social democrats in Canada's largest province blast ex-conservative staffers lobbying for Walmart while conservative premier closes small stores

Iran: Imminent execution of Swedish-Iranian academic Ahmadreza Djalali must be halted

More than 2,400 workers at world's top glove maker test positive for coronavirus

Lugano attack: Two hurt in suspected terror incident in Switzerland

Nagorno-Karabakh: The family that lost everything

Brexit: Biden says no to hard border in Ireland

Zahara: Violence against women in South Africa 'a pandemic'

The Trump administration is considering shortening the recommended quarantine time for Covid-19

Secret Amazon Reports Expose Company Spying on Labor, Environmental Groups

Increased use of food banks by middle-income families in UK as food poverty surges

Covid: King Felipe of Spain in quarantine after contact

Pope, for first time, says China's Uighurs are 'persecuted'

1 in 4 Americans are jobless or earning poverty-level wages, new study finds

Norway bans export of plastic waste to developing countries

What Biden's new foreign policy team tells us

Afghanistan, home to the heroin trade, moves into meth

A South African village, a murder and a coal mine

Vaccination will be ‘a necessity’ for international flights, says Qantas chief

Trinidad and Tobago deported 16 Venezuelan children in a boat: they are missing at sea

Victoria, Australia has no active coronavirus cases for the first time since February

Karl Edwards: The 'bronzed Aussie' who knew life was for living

The Indian bride who wore a pantsuit to her wedding

Sanna Marin: The feminist PM who says trans people have a 'right to self-identify'

Pope Francis appears to compare President Donald Τrump's rallies to Hitler's and praised Black Lіves Matter reforms in his new book

Biden’s presidential transition can formally begin, U.S agency says

India: Outrage after Muslim woman ‘burnt alive by molester’

Ntabo Ntaberi: DR Congo militia leader jailed for crimes against humanity

Nagorno-Karabakh: 'It's too painful to sleep'

Reunited after the Manchester Arena bombing

Trump administration officially authorizes Biden transition

GM recalling 7 million vehicles for airbag problems after losing fight with safety regulator

Report: Israel To Transfer Millions Of COVID-19 Vaccines To Palestinians

Leading Hong Kong activist pleads guilty at trial

Covid-19: China pushes for QR code based global travel system

France culls 1,000 mink after discovering mutated coronavirus in farm

Germany braces for extension of lockdown until December 20

Paris declines Pakistani request to upgrade French-made jets and submarines after Imran Khan’s support for Erdoğan.

Studies reveal alarming trends of anxiety, depression among young adults during COVID-19 pandemic

Trial of ex-president Sarkozy a landmark for France

Patrick Quinn: Ice Bucket Challenge activist dies aged 37

China Has Launched the World's First 6G Satellite. We Don't Even Know What 6G Is Yet.

Trudeau vows to support developing nations with COVID-19 vaccines at G20

It’s ‘sweet relief’ to be home, says US boy forced to threaten Trump in IS video

Covid-19 pandemic: Merkel 'worried' about vaccines for poor countries

Life after al-Shabab: Driving a school bus instead of an armed pickup truck

Fur industry faces uncertain future due to Covid

The deep roots of Trump’s 'voter fraud' strategy

The assassination of a ‘Brave Journalist of Afghanistan’

The film crews being directed from a continent away

Somalia's Strongest Tropical Cyclone Ever Recorded Could Drop 2 Years' Rain In 2 Days

US election 2020: Trump ally urges him to accept defeat in US vote

Covid in North Dakota: One day inside a rural US hospital’s fight

Kim Jong-un's nephew Kim Han-sol has reportedly been taken into protective custody by the CIA

COVID-19: Arrests at anti-lockdown protests across England as police officers injured in attacks

Burkina Faso election takes place amid jihadist threat

US surpasses 12 million COVID-19 cases

UN votes overwhelmingly in support of Palestinian self-determination

Students in Japan submit petition to raise age of consent from 13 to 16.

Nigerian general dismisses videos of soldiers shooting dead peaceful protesters as fake

Oxford students vote to ban beef and lamb from university

Some customers who ordered a PlayStation 5 for UK release day claim Amazon shipped them random items instead, including a foot massager and pet food

Toronto, Canada's largest city, put into lockdown as infections soar

Guatemala: Congress on fire after protesters storm building

US election results: Why Trump increased support among non-whites

India's most loved and loathed TV anchor

Pakistan opposition seeks end to Imran Khan's 'puppet' rule

The Indonesian meteorite which didn't sell for $1.8m

China gives musical talent show a virtual makeover

Children mimic street brutality in the playgrounds of Belarus

Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: Debretsion Gebremichael, the man at the heart of the conflict

The coronavirus pandemic 'great reset' theory and a false vaccine claim debunked

'Thanksgiving To Go': Americans splash out on takeaways

India: Outrage after Muslim woman ‘burnt alive by molester’

Protesters burn part of Guatemala's Congress building

Covid makes Brazil's president Bolsonaro a hero to some

Mexico approves landmark cannabis legalization bill in landslide vote

Chinas Plan to raise retirement age sparks anger among community

China threatens 5 eyes countries says, "They should beware of their eyes being poked and blinded"

The city of Edmonton, Alberta in Canada just extended their mandatory mask bylaw to December 31 of 2021 (13+ months from now)

Mexico has committed to the arrest of a high-level cartel leader under a deal with U.S. Attorney General William Barr to drop U.S. drug trafficking charges against a former Mexican defense minister, a senior Mexican source told Reuters.

Trump options narrow as Michigan backs Biden win

Canary Islands to provide emergency shelter for 7,000 migrants

US Crosses daily 200K Covid cases for the first time

Mass shooting in Wauwatosa, Wi. 8 wounded, suspect still at large.

Actual COVID-19 Cases Could Be 6 Times Greater Than Official Figures

The Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church dies after presiding over a packed funeral.

Peter Florjancic: Story of ski-jumping inventor who escaped the Nazis

Salvador Cienfuegos: The general’s release that has everyone puzzled

G20: Saudi Arabia's human rights problems that won't go away

Israel's assassination of top al-Qaeda operative in Iran suggests likely deal cut with US

Saudi FM Adel al-Jubeir plays down G20 summit boycott calls

Coronavirus vaccines: Will any countries get left out?

The local news site behind fake Biden ‘mafia plot’

Donald Trump Jr tests positive for coronavirus

Migrant crisis: Hundreds evicted from Gran Canaria port as arrivals surge

Kyle Rittenhouse: Teen charged over Wisconsin protest deaths posts $2m bail

Irish open-air cellist strikes coronavirus lockdown chord

Students create device to capture car tyre microplastic debris

[Ireland] Government announces nationwide 'no homework day' to thank children for all their hard work throughout pandemic

Trump trade advisor makes wild claim China sent ‘thousands of people around the world’ to spread Covid

G20 leaders must urge Saudi Arabia to release prisoners: Amnesty

One person dying every 17 seconds from COVID-19 in Europe, WHO says

Queen Elizabeth and husband Philip celebrate 73rd wedding anniversary

Vietnam Threatens to Shut Down Facebook Over Content: Reuters

Trump administration in 'staggering' isolation at UN on health issues | United Nations

WHO tells doctors not to use Gilead's remdesivir as a coronavirus treatment, splitting with FDA

Pope Francis: Vatican investigates Brazilian model Instagram photo like

Trumplomacy: Mike Pompeo eyes history on Israel swansong trip

The judge who stood up to Pakistan's military

Africa's week in pictures: 13 - 19 November 2020

Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: Fact-checking misleading images

Mexican Senate approves marijuana legalization bill

Russia passes two million Covid-19 cases, sees record daily infections & deaths as some regions struggle for hospital beds

US election: Trump denial 'incredible irresponsibility' - Biden

Elite Australian troops unlawfully killed 39 Afghan civilians amid a culture of 'blood lust,' report alleges

Covid-19: French mental health ‘deteriorating’ amid lockdown, minister says

Mexico's Senate approves sweeping cannabis legalization bill

Man acquitted of New Zealand murder on trial in Netherlands after torture chamber found

Coronavirus: CDC urges Americans not to travel for Thanksgiving

Thousands join anti-government protests across Colombia

Remembering the Nuremberg trials 75 years on

US election: How other incumbents left the White House after losing

CBD is not a narcotic, says EU court as it rules French ban is illegal

Mexico approves once again a Marijuana’s legalization debate. Tomorrow, a dictum will be discussed and if it be approved, it will become legal.

'Buddha would be green': Dalai Lama calls for urgent climate action

G20 leaders, don’t buy the spin: Saudi Arabia’s real changemakers are in jail

Ethiopia crisis: Arrest warrants for officers amid Tigray fighting

Coronavirus: The realities of schooling in rural Brazil

The human cost of Australia's illegal 'robo' hunt for welfare cheats

Intubated Covid patient plays violin to thank Utah hospital staff

New Zealand joins Five Eyes allies in condemning China for 'concerted campaign to silence all critical voices' in Hong Kong

Elon Musk now richer than Mark Zuckerberg as Tesla shares keep surging

Covid: US records quarter of a million deaths from coronavirus

Australian special forces involved in murder of 39 Afghan civilians, war crimes report alleges

Australian elite soldiers killed Afghan civilians, report finds

Hong Kong: UK and allies express 'serious concern' over China's policies

Germany hopes Joe Biden will reverse US troop drawdown, not "punish" ally like Donald Trump

US military releases data on civilian harm in war on ISIL

Tiny owl rescued from New York Rockefeller Center Christmas tree

EU faces challenge from three states to Covid budget

Coronavirus: Father Christmas’ guide to a Covid safe Christmas

Pike River: The 29 coal miners who never came home

US election 2020: How much did it cost and who paid for it?

Covid: Fauci asks families to weigh up risks over US Thanksgiving

India denies report that China 'microwaved' its soldiers with pulse weapon in Himalayas

Pfizer vaccine 95% effective in final analysis, plans to seek emergency authorization 'within days'

Scientists discovered a deadly hemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola that can spread person-to-person in Bolivia

Red Cross: Global warming bigger threat than coronavirus

Three arrested in $1.2B German museum heist after 1,600 cops raid area

Vincent Reffet: French 'Jetman' dies in training accident

India tiger awaits mate after 'longest' 3,0000km journey

Brexit: What's happening and what comes next?

After Trump, what will Biden do about Iran?

Asia's forgotten musical gems rediscovered on vinyl

Megadroughts on the African continent over 135,000 to 75,000 years ago led to migration of early modern human populations. The ancient Maya civilization collapsed a thousand years ago after a warming climate led to drought and famine. The same scenario is happening today.

Dolly Parton’s $1 million donation helped fund Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine

Trump fires election security official who contradicted him

The loyalty oath keeping Rwandans abroad in check

'I can't let go of my remaining embryos'

Coronavirus: Five signs that show how bad El Paso's outbreak is

Thailand to allow medical use of cocaine, opium and morphine

Deutsche Bank proposes that employees should pay 5% “privilege tax” for working from home

Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda: US to drop charges against Mexican ex-minister

Chuck Grassley: Senior Republican senator gets coronavirus

Australia drought: Capturing spectacular storms in the outback

'Newsmax does not want to become Trump TV'

Scott Morrison and Murdoch's News Corp empire 'operating like a team', Turnbull says

The Repression of France’s Yellow Vests Has Left Hundreds in Jail — And Crushed Freedom of Protest

US will withdraw thousands of troops in Afghanistan and Iraq by January

'Alarming rate': removal of Australia's Indigenous children escalating, report warns

British diplomat saves drowning student in southwest China

UN General Assembly president Volkan Bozkir criticized the Security Council, saying it was failing to respond to the world's biggest challenges due to "competing interests." "The council has, on many occasions, failed to carry out its responsibility to maintain international peace and security"

Nasa SpaceX mission: Dragon capsule docks with space station

The UK has established the largest Marine Sanctuary in the Atlantic Ocean, which will protect tens of millions of birds, sharks, whales, seals, and penguins

Researchers confirm the human-to-human transmission of rare virus in Bolivia. Chapare virus, which causes hemorrhagic fevers, was transmitted to health workers in La Paz and resulted in three deaths.

Hurricane Iota: Category five storm hits Nicaragua

About 90K sex abuse claims filed in Boy Scouts bankruptcy

Solomon Islands Cabinet Passes Ban on Facebook

Covid-19: Liverpool mass-testing finds 700 cases with no symptoms

Breakthrough COVID vaccine tech could help defeat other diseases

Taylor Swift master tapes sold by Scooter Braun to investment fund

Belarus protesters battered, bruised but defiant after 100 days

Zuckerberg and Dorsey to be quizzed by Senate following Biden vote victory

Africa basks in Booker boost for female writers

Jeff Bezos Announces Nearly $800 Million In Donations To Climate Change Organizations

Indian factory workers supplying major brands allege routine exploitation

Amazon rainforest: 'Paying the price for disrespecting nature'

US hate crime highest in more than a decade - FBI

Covid-19 in the US: Is this coronavirus wave the worst yet?

US election 2020: Is Trump right about Dominion machines?

Covid vaccine: When will the Covid-19 vaccine be ready?

Jeff Bezos donates nearly $800m to groups fighting climate crisis

The French President vs. the American Media: After terrorist attacks, France’s leader accuses the English-language media of “legitimizing this violence.”

Astronauts brought a Baby Yoda toy on board SpaceX's Crew Dragon spaceship before it launched into orbit

Video games 'good for well-being' says University of Oxford study

Pakistan teaches young girls how to behead for revenge on France for the cartoon of Prophet Mohammad