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Discover: BreakingNews.ie

• Christmas lights switch-on gaffe takes internet by storm

  The event in Somerset, England did not go quite according to plan.

• Christmas gift ideas for Irish car nuts

  Give the petrolhead in your life a little something extra this year

• 6 of the most endangered natural wonders in the world

  On the brink.

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Ireland: BreakingNews.ie

• Irish company developing solution for Covid vaccine rollout

• Covid-19: Latest county-by-county data

• Brian Stanley guilty of ‘colossal errors of judgment’

  Brian Stanley is taking this week off to spend time with his family at the request of his party leader

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memeorandum

• In Georgia Debate, Kelly Loeffler Won't Say Trump Lost (New York Times)

  New York Times : In Georgia Debate, Kelly Loeffler Won't Say Trump Lost   — 

• He Designed A Smartwatch App To Help Stop His Dad's Nightmares (Martha

  Martha Ann Overland / NPR : He Designed A Smartwatch App To Help Stop His Dad's Nightmares   &

• Biden picks Xavier Becerra as nominee for health and human services

  Amy Goldstein / Washington Post : Biden picks Xavier Becerra as nominee for health and human services

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Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - research • analysis • solutions

• Statement from the CCPA on systemic state violence and anti-Black racism

  The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is angered and outraged by ongoing police violence and

• A message to our supporters from Erika Shaker, CCPA National Office

  The past few weeks have been overwhelming and, like many of you, I’m struggling to process our new and

• CCPA calls on Canadian government to support WTO TRIPS waiver proposal from

  On November 19, 2020, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives sent a letter to Trade Minister Mary Ng

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Times of India

• Rs 25,000 crore bullet train contract creates record

• Bombay HC sets aside demolition order by BMC in Kangana's bungalow

• Under PM Modi, India's economy in recession first-time ever: Rahul

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India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India

• Singhu border, NH 44 closed for traffic movement as farmers' protest

  As the ongoing farmers' agitation at Burari, Singhu and Tikri borders entered day 12, the Delhi Traffic

• Farmers protest enters 12th day, Kejriwal to visit Singhu border today

  Undeterred by an ongoing cold wave, farmers continue to camp at Singhu border (Haryana-Delhi border) as

• User fee may kick in at 120 railway stations

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World: BreakingNews.ie

• UK regulator set to approve Pfizer Covid vaccine next week, reports say

  The first immunisations using the BioNTech and Pfizer vaccine could take place from December 7th

• Nicola Sturgeon says Scots have ‘right’ to another independence vote

  The First Minister said Scotland is a ‘nation on the brink of making history’.

• Tear gas fired as police block Warsaw march against abortion ruling

  Police issued warnings that the demonstration was illegal because it had not been registered ahead of time.

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WebMD Health

• Study Gauges Mental, Physical Toll of Divorce

  Both men and women reported poorer physical and mental health than the norm for the general population

• Smile When You Get a COVID Vaccine, It'll Hurt Less

  That genuine smile, which brings up the corners of the mouth and creates crow's feet around the eyes

• Lockdowns May Be Limiting Kids' Asthma Attacks

  Boston Children's Hospital's emergency department (ED) observed a steep decline in asthma-related

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Science Blog

• Clean energy now powers Sound Transit’s light rail trains

  The below Dec. 1, 2020 news release is from Sound Transit. Sound Transit’s Link light rail system is now

• Q&A: It’s time to rethink the Milky Way

  by Kelly Oakes The Milky Way might be right on our cosmic doorstep, but a group of astronomers suspect that

• The Smell of Coral

  Stony gardens of shifting lightsway vibrantly beneath the waves;rainforests of the sea,whose motely

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Raw Story

• Georgia Republican David Perdue mocked with empty podium at debate he

  Sen. David Perdue (R-GA) flopped so badly at his debate with Democratic opponent Jon Ossoff that he has

• Ex-FBI deputy attacks Republicans for language that causes violence and

  Former FBI assistant director for counterintelligence, Frank Figliuzzi, said in an interview on Sunday that

• WATCH: Rudy Giuliani asks Michigan woman to remove her mask 4 days before

  President Donald Trump announced that his lead lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, was diagnosed with the coronavirus on

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Scoop NZ - Sci-tech

• Project Investigating Viability Of Large-scale Spirulina Production In New

  Spirulina farming could form the backbone of a new primary industries sector worth more than $100 million a

• Finding Fault: Researchers Team Up To Assess Hamilton’s Seismic Risk And

  Two science research teams have joined forces to develop a new understanding of earthquake risk and lake

• Fiordland Air Sharing Secrets With Scientist

  Peter Sperlich needs a strong south-westerly and a cast iron stomach for his next scientific mission. The

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The Science of Doom

• Models and Rainfall – VII – Australia CanESM2, CSIRO, Miroc and MRI RCP4.5

  In VI – Australia CanESM2, CSIRO, Miroc and MRI compared vs history we looked at how each model thought

• Models and Rainfall – VI – Australia CanESM2, CSIRO, Miroc and MRI compared

  In V – CanESM2, CSIRO, Miroc and MRI compared we compared four models among themselves for two future

• Models and Rainfall – V – CanESM2, CSIRO, Miroc and MRI compared

  In the last article we looked at a comparison between Miroc (Japanese climate mode) and MPI (German climate

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Seeing the Forest

• Take What Happened Very, Very Seriously

  This post originally appeared at Imagine Democracy. — People don’t want to say that Republicans

• Right Before Our Eyes

  Storm troopers in the cities? A Trumpian takeover of democracy? The question isn’t if this is what

• Trade and Jobs and A Better Life

  Breitbart used some of my stuff about trade in 2016, quoting it out of context, and got it wrong. Trumpers

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The Slog

• All over the Place

  WHY IS VIRUSECRECY SO EVER-PRESENT WHEN IT COMES TO COVID19? The growing doubts in relation to the Oxford [

• At the End of the Day

  Every writer has unused snippets which are not so much rejects, as things that just never found their

• Thanksgiving Day: reasons to believe from the Federal Reserve.

  What a fine thing indeed is the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee. First up, “committee” is

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Top Documentary Films

• Chocolate's Heart of Darkness

• The Age of AI

• 76 Days Adrift

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Universe Today

• 20 Years of Hubble Photos Show how the Stingray Nebula is Fading

  The Stingray Nebula is the youngest known planetary nebula. For half a century astronomers have witnessed

• This is Not a Photo of the Milky Way. It’s the Map of 1.8 Billion Stars

  Thanks to the latest data release from the ESA's Gaia mission, researchers are making all kinds of

• If There’s Subsurface Water Across Mars, Where is it Safe to Land to Avoid

  If Mars is a potential home for alien life, can we land safely anywhere on the surface without introducing

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Whistleblower Network News

• Thank You Whistleblowers

  On this Thanksgiving, Whistleblower Network News would like to extend our deepest thanks to whistleblowers.

• DOJ Agrees to Temporarily Halt Deportations of Immigrant Women Who Alleged

  On November 24, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) agreed to temporarily halt the deportations of

• Coast Guard Strengthens Whistleblower Complaint Process

  The U.S. Coast Guard has implemented recommendations from past reports that urged the improvement of

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Andy Worthington

• A Guantánamo Insider’s Detailed Proposal for How Joe Biden Can Finally

  A cross-post, with my own introduction, of a detailed proposal for how Joe Biden can close the prison at

• Radio: I Discuss The Future of Guantánamo Under Joe Biden with Andy Bungay

  Linking to my recent interview — about the future of Guantánamo under Joe Biden, the proposed extradition

• Covid, Ghost Cities and the Collapse of Property Prices in the West End and

  As the second Covid lockdown bites, I wonder how many "non-essential" businesses will survive

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