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States face Friday deadline from CDC to submit plans to distribute coronavirus vaccine
Friday marks the deadline for state health officials across the U.S. to submit plans to the federal government on how they will inoculate hundreds of millions ofAmericans against Covid-19 once a vaccine is approved.
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Coronavirus: Tory MPs clash over Manchester restrictions
A group of Tory MPs have urged Greater Manchester's mayor to "engage" with the government's regional approach to restrictions - prompting anger from some of their own colleagues.
In a letter to Andy Burnham and Labour leader Sir Keir!-->!-->!-->…
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She waited half a year for her unemployment benefits. What that delay cost her
As Erin Madden opened it and pulled out the debit card with her unemployment benefits on it, all she could think about was the half a year she’d waited for this moment. She had come to feel it would never happen.
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Coronavirus drives shop closures to new record
A record number of shops closed on UK high streets during the first half of this year as the coronavirus lockdown hit many stores hard, data shows.
Some 11,120 chain store outlets shut between January and June, according to research by!-->!-->!-->…
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Coronavirus: Dutch royals return amid anger over Covid holiday
The Dutch royal family is back in the country after a holiday that lasted just one day, following a coronavirus-related public backlash.
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima headed off to the Greek sun on Friday but flew back on!-->!-->!-->…
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Coronavirus: Empty streets in France as curfew enforced
The streets of Paris and eight other French cities were deserted on Saturday night as a new curfew was enforced.
The controversial overnight curfew is aimed at curbing the soaring Covid infection rate in France, which is one of Europe's!-->!-->!-->…
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Brexit: Trade talks with the EU are over, says No 10
Talks between the UK and EU over a post-Brexit trade agreement are "over", Downing Street has said.
No 10 argued there was "no point" in discussions continuing next week unless the EU was prepared to discuss the detailed legal text of a!-->!-->!-->…
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Thailand blocks Change.org as petition against king gains traction
Thailand has blocked access to online petition site Change.org, after it hosted a petition calling for King Maha Vajiralongkorn to be declared persona non grata in Germany.
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Fukushima: Japan ‘to release contaminated water into sea’
Japan is to release treated radioactive water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea, media reports say.
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US election: Trump and Biden deflect key questions in TV grilling
US President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden have batted away key questions during separate meet-the-voter TV events.
Mr Trump, a Republican, declined to disavow a bizarre online conspiracy, while Mr Biden, a!-->!-->!-->…
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