New York Times | Updated: December 17, 2020 8:59:58 pm Pedestrians navigate a snow covered street in Manhattan Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times) Written by Lucy …
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The European Court of Justice ruled that Hungary has failed to fulfil its obligation to ensure effective access to the procedure for granting international protection to people entering from Serbia …
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From ‘airspace developments’ to 3D-printed schools: How the construction industry is changing
Construction cranes in the center of Berlin, Germany Busà Photography | Moment | Getty Images Whether it’s futuristic skyscrapers that glint in the sunshine to terraced developments built over 200 …
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NEW DELHI — The police in New Delhi say they have arrested over 50 people over a call-center fraud that lured victims into thinking their assets were being frozen as …
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In a dying mall in New York’s Hudson Valley, all the department store anchors are gone; Dick’s Sporting Goods is the biggest store now. The carpeted interior of the mall …
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The author of this piece describes details of the sexual assault she experienced, and some readers may find this description upsetting or triggering. I should have known when he increasingly …
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Paris authorities fined nearly Rs 81 lakh for employing ‘too many’ women in top posts; ‘unfair, absurd’, says Mayor – World News , Firstpost
In 2018, the City Hall appointed 11 women and 5 men, resulting in just above 30 percent representation for men. A 2013 rule, aimed at gender parity, requires a minimum …
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By: Deutsche Welle | Updated: December 17, 2020 6:28:52 pm The January 2015 attacks against Charlie Hebdo and, two days later, a kosher supermarket, touched off a wave of killings …
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This is the same committee of expert advisers that last week backed the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer Inc. and German partner BioNTech SE. A panel of outside advisers to the …
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Facebook’s logo displayed on a phone screen. Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto via Getty Images The day after launching an attack on Apple’s upcoming privacy change, Facebook is running another ad …
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The Elysee Palace said Macron, 42, was diagnosed after he was tested “at the onset of the first symptoms.” “In accordance with current health regulations applicable to all, the President …
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SEOUL, South Korea — A man in South Korea who spent 20 years in prison for the murder of a 13-year-old girl was acquitted in a retrial on Thursday after …
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Chris Hayes on Wednesday summed up President Donald Trump’s catastrophic stewardship of the coronavirus pandemic with a 4-word epithet: “We want them infected.” They are the same words used by …
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Alaska health worker gets serious allergic reaction to Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, spends night in ICU – World News , Firstpost
The woman’s reaction was believed to be similar to the anaphylactic reactions two health workers in Britain experienced after receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine last week. Like her, both recovered A …
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By: Deutsche Welle | December 17, 2020 4:14:02 pm The deal with Hanoi will for Britain replace the existing EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), ensuring the UK does not lose …
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KABUL, Afghanistan: The top U.S. general held unannounced talks with Taliban peace negotiators in the Persian Gulf to urge a reduction in violence across Afghanistan, even as senior American officials …
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French President Emmanuel Macron has tested positive for COVID-19, the presidential Elysee Palace announced on Thursday. It said the president took a test as soon as the first symptoms appeared. …
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Omar Marques | LightRocket | Getty Images Bitcoin hit a fresh record high above $23,000 on Thursday, extending a wild rally for the cryptocurrency that has seen it more than …
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During a ceremony at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, with President Jair Bolsonaro in attendance, the country’s Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello gave what he called a “macro-view” of the strategy …
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For Mr. Johnson, a leader who craves approval, the paradox is that the public seems to back a harsher approach. Almost half of people said they believed the Christmas rules …
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I’ve become nostalgic about last year’s office holiday party, as one does in 2020. It was lightly snowing that night, and I was on the deck of some Manhattan rooftop, …
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PARIS (AP) — France’s presidential palace says President Emmanuel Macron has tested positive for COVID-19. “In accordance with the health regulations in force applicable to all, the President of the …
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By: Reuters | December 17, 2020 1:06:45 pm Hawker Leong Yuet Meng, 90, of Nam Senag Noodle House, presents a bowl of wonton noodle soup at her shop in Singapore …
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SYDNEY: Fiji ordered its entire population to take shelter on Thursday in the path of what is expected to be the worst storm in its recorded history. Cyclone Yasa, a …
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The complaint also alleged that Google and Facebook engaged in fixing prices of ads and have continued to cooperate, though the section was heavily redacted and left it unclear just …