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The Independent
The best kids’ toys of 2021: Fun for Christmas and beyond
From rocking horses to playsets and puzzles, Santa might just outdo himself this year
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Cover Media
NYC Mayor de Blasio Announces Sweeping New Vaccine Mandate for the Private Sector
On December 6, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a far-reaching Covid vaccine mandate for all private employers.
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The Independent
No 10 Christmas party: a look into the government’s festive scandal
No 10 Christmas party: a look into the government’s festive scandal
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Evening Standard
Covid: World’s first plant-based vaccine found to 71% effective in clinical trials
The world’s first plant-based Covid vaccine has shown strong protection against the virus in clinical trials and has been sent to regulators for authorisation across the world, its creators have announced. Medicago, based in Quebec City, on Tuesday confirmed that its two-dose vaccine was 71 per cent effective against the disease in a late-stage study and that no serious safety issues were detected. The company said its vaccine was effective against the Delta variant but results did not include the Omicron variant, which was not circulating at the time of the study period.
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KameraOne
Runaway luggage rolls across tarmac in Dallas
Hilarious video from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport shows the bizarre moment a bag rolled across the tarmac for almost a minute on a windy November day.
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The Guardian
Rajan the last ocean-swimming elephant: Jody MacDonald’s best photograph
Rajan the last ocean-swimming elephant: Jody MacDonald’s best photograph. ‘He had been used for logging on the Andaman Islands. When I found him, he was 60, living in retirement – and loving his swims’
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Evening Standard
Timeline: How the Downing Street Covid ‘Christmas party’ row unfolded
Events in No 10 a year ago have come back to haunt Boris Johnson
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The Independent
Father's Nazi past haunts Chilean presidential frontrunner
A recently revealed identification card shows that the German-born father of Chilean presidential candidate José Antonio Kast belonged to Adolf Hitler’s Nazi party
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The Independent
We’re a long way from where we need to be on climate change, expert says
Peter Betts spoke after receiving a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) for his services to international climate change agreements.
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The Independent
Kyle Rittenhouse blasts ‘piece of s***’ trial prosecutor and says he wants to be a lawyer
Teenager surprised conservative show hosts with law school ambitions
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AFP UK
Making ‘The Beach’ sustainable: Thailand hopes to curb damage of mass tourism
Mass tourism had brought the archipelago, immortalised by the Leonardo Dicaprio movie ‘The Beach’, to the brink of ecological catastrophe. Now Thailand hopes to make Phi Phi the standard-bearer for a new, more sustainable model of tourism as the country reopens to visitors after the long Covid-19 shutdown.
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The Independent
‘We prioritised people over animals’: Boris Johnson denies intervening in Pen Farthing evacuation from Afghanistan
Campaigner claims Nowzad charity ‘forced the PM’s arm’ to get cats and dogs out
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Evening Standard
Around 1,000 properties without power after Storm Barra
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks hopes to reconnect all those affected later on Wednesday.
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PinkNews
Mexico football match ends in violence after homophobic chant grinds game to a halt
A football match in Michoacán, Mexico, erupted into violence after officials suspended the game over homophobic fan chants.
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KameraOne
Top 5 highest paid footballers in 2021
Do you know the world's highest paid football players of 2021?
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Evening Standard
Tube strike: Union urges Sadiq Khan to ‘decide which side he’s on’
A leading transport union boss has called on Sadiq Khan to “decide which side he’s on” as workers look set to strike over TfL cuts. Mayor of London Sadiq Khan told the Local Democracy Reporting Service that he is “pro trade union” but called on RMT to “resolve this amicably”.
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Evening Standard
Mask wearing ‘cuts risk of catching Covid by up to 225 times and more effective than social distancing’
Wearing a face covering could lower the risk of catching Covid by up to 225 times, a new study has found. The latest research by a team of German and US experts concludes that wearing a face covering offers “enormously high” protection and is more effective than social distancing. Experts from the universities of Göttingen and Cornell who did the study said their finding “makes social distancing less important”.
2 days ago
The Independent
8 best weighted blankets to soothe anxiety and bring comfort
We snuggled up with a range of weights, sizes and styles to find the dreamiest covers around
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AFP UK
Huge fire in overcrowded Burundi prison kills 38 inmates
Burundi prison destroyed after massive fire kills 38
2 days ago
Evening Standard
Joe Biden to warn Vladimir Putin of economic pain if he invades Ukraine
US President Joe Biden will warn Vladimir Putin of severe economic consequences should Russia go ahead with an invasion of Ukraine, a senior official said on Monday. Mr Biden and Mr Putin are to hold a video call on Tuesday as the US attempts to deter Russia from launching military action against Ukraine after Moscow deployed tens of thousands of troops to the country’s border. Mr Biden is said to have spoken to the UK, France and Germany ahead of the call, to discuss their “shared concern about the Russian military build-up on Ukraine’s borders and Russia’s increasingly harsh rhetoric” and support for deescalating tensions in the region.
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