Venice floods: Italy declares state of emergency
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Europe’s cases subside as deaths surge; world’s infections pass 63 Million
A couple pass coronavirus advice and a Christmas tree in Covent Garden in London on Monday. Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced non-essential shops in all parts of England will be allowed to reopen when lockdown ends Wednesday. Photo by Neil Hall/EPA-EFE Nov. 29 (UPI) — Coronavirus deaths have been surging throughout Europe but cases have…
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World stocks boast record-breaking month, led by Europe
Investors look at screens showing stock information at a brokerage house in Shanghai SYDNEY (Reuters) – World shares paused to assess a record-busting month on Monday as the prospect of a vaccine-driven economic recovery next year and yet more free money from central banks eclipsed immediate concerns about the coronavirus pandemic. Helping sentiment was a…
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Time is running out for Brexit trade deal, UK minister says
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain and the European Union are running out of time to clinch a Brexit trade deal but if good progress is made this week then the talks could be extended, Environment Secretary George Eustice said on Monday. With just over four weeks left until the United Kingdom finally exits the EU’s orbit…
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German ministers warn on pandemic’s economic impact
BERLIN (Reuters) – The number of COVID-19 infections is still much too high in most German regions and people must do more to reduce their contacts to slow the spread of the disease, German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said on Monday. With ministers due to meet later to discuss further responses to the greatest public…
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UK holds firm on fish in Brexit talks with EU
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain dug in its heels overfishing in Brexit negotiations with the European Union, demanding an end to what its environment minister cast as an unfair system of EU fishing in its waters. Britain wants “zonal attachment” to agree a total allowable catch for the United Kingdom’s waters – a step that would…
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Gunmen assassinate Iran’s top nuclear scientist in ambush, provoking new crisis
Damage in the wake of the attack on prominent Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh on Friday | IRIB NEWS AGENCY / VIA AFP-JIJI Iran’s top nuclear scientist, long identified by U.S. and Israeli intelligence as the guiding figure behind a covert effort to design an atomic warhead, was shot and killed Friday in what Iranian media…
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Iran says it won’t fall into trap of scuttling any U.S. talks
Servants of the holy shrine of Imam Reza carry the coffin of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh in Mashhad, Iran, on Sunday. | WANA / VIA REUTERS Iran has vowed it won’t “fall into the trap” of scuppering any future talks with a new U.S. administration following the assassination of a top nuclear scientist. “Iran’s…
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Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 27 November 2020
Greetings from Tyler, To contemplate the future the mainstream assures us is ours is such a reprehensible thought that we simply refuse to think it. They’re celebrating at anchor desks on nearly every channel. Finally someone serious will call the shots. He and his handlers will cram everything we’ve celebrated back down our throats, and…
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North Korea Could Seriously Damage South Korea Without Using Nuclear Weapons
Though technologically backward for the most part—in the event of war—the North Koreans could inflict severe damage to South Korea and the U.S. forces stationed on the peninsula. Here’s What You Need To Remember: As Washington ratchets up the pressure on North Korea—or potentially launches a preemptive strike—the Kim regime in Pyongyang has options to strike…
