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‘There’s nothing to keep a lid on it’: is lockdown making us eccentric?

“Not sure if it’s because of recent times of lockdown etc but Christ I talk to myself a lot these days.” So tweeted the...

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‘The war riche’: Syrian elites skirt US sanctions amid economic turmoil

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his wife Asma visit a trade fair in Damascus on October 4 Credit: SANA In Damascus these days, Netflix...

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Germany calls on its young to be the Covid heroes of 2020 — by staying on their sofa

'We did the only thing we could… absolutely nothing' Coronavirus Article Bar with counter The German government has deployed a tongue-in-cheek advertising campaign, calling...

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Spain’s general medical council calls for Covid health chief to be fired

Spain’s general medical council has called for the country’s health emergencies chief to be sacked, accusing him of “patent and prolonged incompetence” in his...

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PhD students fear they won’t finish in time as UKRI curbs extensions

Students have been left reeling after the UK’s biggest funder of PhDs announced thousands of researchers will not be given extra time or funding...

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Trump appears to acknowledge Biden’s win but says vote was rigged

Trump is yet to concede the election to Biden Credit: CHRIS KLEPONIS/POOL/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock President Donald Trump appeared on Sunday to publicly acknowledge for the first...

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Tegnell’s predecessor blames ‘wishful thinking’ for Sweden’s soaring caseload

Sweden failed to lockdown earlier in the year, with state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell predicting this would give it higher levels of immunity Credit: JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP...

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Новости США

‘Customers are calling us crying’: scams and soaring prices as Californians move out

Record numbers of residents have been leaving California in recent years, but in 2020 the growth of remote work, the lure of cheaper housing...

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Общество

Polio vaccinations resume in Pakistan and Afghanistan after Covid-19 delays

Polio vaccination campaigns have resumed in Afghanistan and Pakistan – the last two polio-endemic countries in the world – after a “surge” in cases....

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BioNTech vaccine scientist says jab could halve Covid transmission

The scientist behind the first potential Covid-19 vaccine to clear interim clinical trials says he is “very confident” the jab will reduce transmission of...

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Jean-Luc Mélenchon, France’s unbowed lefty, plans another run at presidency

France’s veteran leftwing agitator, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, is preparing once again to sally forth against his enemies on the right after announcing that he is...

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Social media firms must face sanction for ‘anti-vax content’, demands Labour

Social media companies that fail to act to “stamp out dangerous anti-vaccine content” should be subject to financial and criminal penalties, Labour has demanded....

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Leader of Ethiopia’s Tigray region claims responsibility for missile strikes on Eritrean capital

Tigrayan leader Debretsion Gebremichael claims Eritrea has been assisting Ethiopian federal forces The leader of Ethiopia’s restive Tigray region has claimed responsibility for rocket strikes...

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