ہفتہ، 12 دسمبر، 2020

US Supreme Court rejects Trump-backed bid to overturn election....

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The lawsuit sought to invalidate results in four states where President Trump lost the US election.

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Aztec skull tower: Archaeologists unearth new sections in Mexico City....

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A further 119 skulls of men, women and children are found near a famous Aztec temple in Mexico City.

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How Saddam Hussein tried to break into the film business....

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Oliver Reed travelled to Iraq in the 1980s when Saddam Hussein tried to join the movie business.

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Turning sounds from around the world into music....

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Classically-trained musician Belle Chen uses ambient recordings sent from people across the globe.

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جمعہ، 11 دسمبر، 2020

Two reasons the Texas election case is faulty: legal theory and statistical fallacy.... (BBC NEWS REPORT)

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By BY JEREMY W. PETERS, DAVID MONTGOMERY, LINDA QIU AND ADAM LIPTAK from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/3qKE39N

California Travel Restrictions: What You Need to Know... (BBC NEWS REPORT)

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By BY JULIE WEED from NYT Travel https://ift.tt/3a0ojJW

Biden Names Two Obama White House Veterans to New Roles... (BBC NEWS REPORT)

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By BY MICHAEL CROWLEY from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/37RiGLs

Protesters Erect Barricades in Portland to Save a Black Family’s House... (BBC NEWS REPORT)

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By BY KIRK JOHNSON from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3n2Ua06

Covid Meds Are Scarce, but Not for Trump Cronies... (BBC NEWS REPORT)

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Stimulus Deal Falters as McConnell Signals Republican Resistance... (BBC NEWS REPORT)

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By BY EMILY COCHRANE from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3gHwaNJ

A majority of House Republicans endorsed Texas’ lawsuit challenging Biden’s victory.... (BBC NEWS REPORT)

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By BY NICHOLAS FANDOS from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2W4pvne

Muslim men on no-fly list have right to sue FBI, says US Supreme Court....

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Three men say the FBI violated their religious beliefs by pressuring them to spy on other Muslims.

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Plexiglass, sanitiser and masks: US mall Santas prepare for Christmas....

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Malls that have hosted visits with Santa for over 100 years are being forced to change their approach.

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Latin America politics: UK's 1960s covert activity revealed....

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Declassified files reveal Britain's attempts to wield influence in Latin America in the 1960s.

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Iran's Supreme Leader: Who might succeed Ali Khamenei?....

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Rumours about Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's health have thrown the spotlight on his possible successors.

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Waldemar Haffkine: The vaccine pioneer the world forgot....

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Waldemar Haffkine created the world's first vaccines for cholera and plague. Then a disaster derailed his life.

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Coronavirus Briefing: What Happened Today... (BBC NEWS REPORT)

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By BY JONATHAN WOLFE from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3a1NKuG

‘Numb’ and ‘Heartbroken,’ the U.S. Confronts Record Virus Deaths... (BBC NEWS REPORT)

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By BY SARAH MERVOSH, GIULIA MCDONNELL NIETO DEL RIO AND NEIL MACFARQUHAR from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3oHzlYx

In Blistering Retort, 4 Battleground States Tell Texas to Butt Out of Election... (BBC NEWS REPORT)

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By BY ADAM LIPTAK AND JEREMY W. PETERS from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3gyvDxF

Trump Tries to Kill Covid Relief... (BBC NEWS REPORT)

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By BY PAUL KRUGMAN from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/3qLCyYY

The Morning... (BBC NEWS REPORT)

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The majority of House Republicans endorsed Texas’ lawsuit challenging Biden’s victory.... (BBC NEWS REPORT)

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By BY NICHOLAS FANDOS from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3gCgueH

Phil Linz, Unlikely Baseball Celebrity, Is Dead at 81... (BBC NEWS REPORT)

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By BY RICHARD GOLDSTEIN from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/3ad07UT

How a Long Insurgency Plays Into Trump’s Move on Morocco... (BBC NEWS REPORT)

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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: Chadwick Boseman 'a character actor'....

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Oscar-winner, Davis, stars alongside Boseman in the highly anticipated Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.

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Hundreds of volunteers are helping to map the Great Barrier Reef....

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Volunteers have been asked to take and categorise thousands of photos of the Great Barrier Reef.

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New Zealand: Fixing the ruined Christchurch Cathedral that's frozen in time....

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New drone footage shows Christchurch Cathedral that's been untouched since the 2011 earthquake.

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جمعرات، 10 دسمبر، 2020

Team of Rivals? Biden’s Cabinet Looks More Like a Team of Buddies... (BBC NEWS REPORT)

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By BY MICHAEL D. SHEAR AND SHANE GOLDMACHER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/33W6bgw

‘Welcome to Texas!’: Musk’s California Departure Stokes the States’ Rivalry... (BBC NEWS REPORT)

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By BY SARAH MERVOSH AND JILL COWAN from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/39YBQ4O

Militia Leader Is Convicted in Bombing of a Minnesota Mosque... (BBC NEWS REPORT)

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By BY MICHAEL LEVENSON from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3oBCfOu

The Coronavirus Vaccines Were Developed in Record Speed. Now, the Hard Part.... (BBC NEWS REPORT)

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Elon Musk's Starship prototype makes a big impact....

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The US entrepreneur's latest Starship rocket prototype impresses in flight, but crashes on landing.

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The dead professor and the vast pro-India disinformation campaign....

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A Harvard icon and fake media have been used in a global campaign to serve Indian interests, research reveals.

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Humpback whale snapped during New York City harbour visit....

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The giant marine mammal was pictured in front of the Statue of Liberty during a rare appearance.

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Dad steps in to sing national anthem when it fails to play at son's basketball game....

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When the US national anthem failed to play at his son's basketball match, this dad saved the day.

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House Approves One-Week Funding Extension as Stimulus Talks Continue... (BBC NEWS REPORT)

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Trump and Friends Got Coronavirus Care Many Others Couldn’t... (BBC NEWS REPORT)

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By BY SHERYL GAY STOLBERG from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3n3iXRN

The Morning... (BBC NEWS REPORT)

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General Electric will pay $200 million to settle claims it misled investors.... (BBC NEWS REPORT)

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By BY GILLIAN FRIEDMAN from NYT Business https://ift.tt/3n2nIuY

Israeli Group Announces Second Moonshot by 2024... (BBC NEWS REPORT)

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By BY KENNETH CHANG from NYT Science https://ift.tt/3gx9AaH

An Uplifting Update, on the Terrible World of Pornhub... (BBC NEWS REPORT)

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By BY NICHOLAS KRISTOF from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/372mdr3

Canada Approves Pfizer-BioNTech Coronavirus Vaccine... (BBC NEWS REPORT)

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Spain’s Juan Carlos Makes a Big Tax Payment Amid New Financial Probe... (BBC NEWS REPORT)

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SpaceX Starship Explodes During Test Flight... (BBC NEWS REPORT)

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Arnie Robinson Jr., Olympic Long Jump Champion, Dies at 72... (BBC NEWS REPORT)

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By BY CHRISTINE HAUSER AND KWAME OPAM from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/3n73qQT

The U.S. will initially hold back half the first vaccine supply.... (BBC NEWS REPORT)

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Ray Perkins, Coach at Alabama and in the N.F.L., Dies at 79... (BBC NEWS REPORT)

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By BY KEN BELSON from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/3gxfnwJ

Watch SpaceX’s Starship Launch and Explode in Crash Landing... (BBC NEWS REPORT)

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By BY KENNETH CHANG from NYT Science https://ift.tt/3a0b9MS

Covid-19: How everyday life has changed in Wuhan....

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While the rest of the world is battling a second wave of infections Wuhan hasn’t had any locally transmitted cases for months.

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Nigeria: The midwife bringing antenatal classes to first-time dads in Lagos....

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Tolulope Adeleke is a UK midwife organising antenatal classes for first time dads in Lagos, Nigeria.

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بدھ، 9 دسمبر، 2020

As Trump Rails Against Loss, His Supporters Become More Threatening... (BBC NEWS REPORT)

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By BY NICK CORASANITI, JIM RUTENBERG AND KATHLEEN GRAY from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2JKFNiw

The Nation Reached ‘Safe Harbor.’ Here’s What That Means.... (BBC NEWS REPORT)

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By BY NICK CORASANITI, SYDNEY EMBER AND ALAN FEUER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2JZ4SWR

Special End of Year 2020 News Quiz... (BBC NEWS REPORT)

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Stop the Coronavirus Outbreak at Brooklyn’s Federal Jail... (BBC NEWS REPORT)

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By BY THE EDITORIAL BOARD from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/36Y1q7R

Apps Are Helping to Gut the Restaurant Industry... (BBC NEWS REPORT)

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By BY GREG BENSINGER from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/3n1btyB

When England’s schools reopened this summer, few students fell ill, a study finds.... (BBC NEWS REPORT)

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By BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI from NYT World https://ift.tt/3qGvNaD

The Trump administration is planting loyalists in Biden transition meetings.... (BBC NEWS REPORT)

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By BY LISA FRIEDMAN from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2W0KYNL

Biden Promises 100 Million Vaccine Shots in 100 Days, but Shortage Worries Rise... (BBC NEWS REPORT)

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DoorDash is said to price public offering at $102 a share, valuing it at $39 billion.... (BBC NEWS REPORT)

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By BY ERIN GRIFFITH from NYT Business https://ift.tt/2K5URHi

Pandemic Fatigue, Meet Pandemic Anger... (BBC NEWS REPORT)

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Biden’s Pentagon Pick Reignites Debate Over Civilian Control of Military... (BBC NEWS REPORT)

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By BY JENNIFER STEINHAUER, ERIC SCHMITT AND LUKE BROADWATER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3grwLTs

Coronavirus Briefing: What Happened Today... (BBC NEWS REPORT)

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House Passes Defense Bill Overwhelmingly, Defying Trump’s Veto Threat... (BBC NEWS REPORT)

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By BY CATIE EDMONDSON from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3mZeRtW

El modelo del queso suizo contra la pandemia... (BBC NEWS REPORT)

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Ron Johnson’s Dubious Senate Hearing... (BBC NEWS REPORT)

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Trump Administration Is Planting Loyalists in Biden Transition Meetings... (BBC NEWS REPORT)

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By BY LISA FRIEDMAN from NYT Climate https://ift.tt/3mZqBfY

US cybersecurity firm FireEye hit by 'state-sponsored' attack....

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FireEye says tools used for testing clients' security have been stolen, without naming the culprits.

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Venice floods as weather catches city off-guard....

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Flood barriers were rolled out too late, causing heavy rain to flood the city.

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Saudi Arabia: Three campaigns MBS cannot win....

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US President-elect Joe Biden will press Mohammed bin Salman to act on Yemen, human rights and Qatar.

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Ahmadreza Djalali: The Swedish-Iranian doctor on Iran's death row....

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How a Swedish-Iranian doctor's work trip to Tehran ended up in death row.

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The woman behind China's Chang'e-5 Moon mission....

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Zhou Chengyu, 24, has been lauded on social media for her work as the project's youngest commander.

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Sinovac: What do we know about China's Covid-19 vaccine?....

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The Sinovac vaccine is yet to finish late-stage trials, but is already being shipped to other countries.

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Covid: 'How a picture of my foot became anti-vaccine propaganda'....

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A misunderstanding turned a woman's skin condition into fuel for conspiracy theories.

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منگل، 8 دسمبر، 2020

Bharat bandh: India farmers protest against law....

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Tens of thousands of farmers are protesting at Delhi's borders against farm reforms.

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Elevating Fringe Theories, Ron Johnson Questions Virus Science... (BBC NEWS REPORT)

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Students fall behind in math and reading during remote learning, a study says.... (BBC NEWS REPORT)

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By BY KATE TAYLOR from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3lUsAAS