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Roy Horn of Siegfried & Roy Dead at 75 From Coronavirus

Roy Horn of the famous Siegrfried & Roy duo has died at the age of 75 from complications caused by the coronavirus. According to a press release, the legendary performer succumbed to...




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From foreign news to fashion, how our editors see the climate crisis

Editors from across the Guardian explain how they are putting the climate emergency front and centre

The climate crisis is a story that reaches every corner of the world and on the international news desk our team of correspondents report on it from around the globe.

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Birdsong has risen like a tide of hope from our silenced cities. Is it here to stay?

Lockdown has allowed us a glimpse of how different our cities could be in a carbon-neutral world

“When a day that you happen to know is Wednesday starts off by sounding like Sunday, there is something seriously wrong somewhere.”

Never can John Wyndham’s opening lines from The Day of the Triffids have been quite so apt. My friends in London tell me that the heart of the city, like other great conurbations all around the world, is eerily quiet. It is almost as if a neutron bomb has struck, removing in an instant all signs of human life, while leaving buildings, roads and other man-made artefacts perfectly intact.

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Waterfront Seclusion on Prince Edward Island

This six-bedroom house on the coast of Prince Edward Island sits on an isolated nine-acre lot. It is on the market for $1.67 million.




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From coronavirus to climate change, our lives will never go back to ‘normal’

We all want a conclusion to the COVID-19 saga. Will we get an end to the story of climate?




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Harvard didn’t divest from fossil fuels. So what does its ‘net-zero’ pledge mean?

Harvard has a new net-zero by 2050 plan for its endowment. But it’s not yet clear what it will entail, and whether the school will be able to fulfill it.




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Set to be the largest in the tattoo's 69-year history, the Sydney event will include new faces from the Pacific.




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Sydney news: Qantas schedules first flight from New York to Sydney, manhunt after Surry Hills stabbing

MORNING BRIEFING: The first non-stop commercial flight between New York and Sydney will depart shortly, and a man is charged over an alleged $170,000 diamond fraud committed in 2002.




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ABC's Margot O'Neill shares insights from 30 years of investigative journalism

Signing off after 30 years at the ABC, award-winning reporter Margot O'Neill writes about the thrill of the big scoop and gives an insight into the grinding slog of investigative journalism.



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Qantas flight makes history by touching down in Sydney after flying 19 hours non-stop from New York

The Qantas flight, which landed in Sydney on Sunday morning, is the first in a series of trials of "ultra" long-haul trips which could become reality by 2022.



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#buyfromthebush calls on city consumers to keep small-town shops open during drought

A social media campaign quickly gathers followers as it shines a light on drought-affected towns struggling to maintain their businesses, and encourages people to buy remotely in the lead-up to Christmas.




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Koalas may be protected from development with NSW Government 'in talks' to set up national park

The NSW Government will discuss establishing a national park south of Sydney to protect the state's last chlamydia-free koala colony under threat by urban expansion.




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Former Navy Grumman Tracker pilots still get a thrill from flying more than 50 years after flight school

Pilots are still hungry for the thrill of flying a Grumman Tracker more than 30 years after they last launched it off the back of an aircraft carrier.




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Ivan Milat's body is taken from Long Bay jail

The body of serial killer Ivan Milat is removed from Long Bail Jail and driven to the NSW State Coroner.





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Sydney's Inner West Council to vote on moving Australia Day celebrations from January 26

The mayor of the Inner West Council says a "very deep hurt" is caused to Indigenous Australians by the "jingoistic celebration" on January 26. But an independent councillor has called the move divisive.




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R. Kelly Creates Third Excuse For Release From Jail



The judge has previously denied the singer's attempts.




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Vanessa Bryant Discovers Birthday Card From Kobe Bryant



“Wish we were all together.”





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Watch NeNe Leakes Confront Eva Marcille In ‘RHOA' Reunion



Andy Cohen had to put both of the reality tv stars on mute.




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Redfin is shifting its focus from iBuying to this less risky business venture

Redfin launched this service in late 2017, just after creating RedfinNow, but has struggled to create the software and on-demand operations until now.




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Google can give you AR science lessons right from the search page

Last year, Google launched an augmented reality feature within Search that lets you put virtual animals in the real world. Now, it’s adding more 3D objects you can view right from your Search results page on mobile, including Neil Armstrong’s spacesu...




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Google and Facebook employees can work from home for the rest of the year

The offices of major tech companies are likely to be pretty quiet until the end of the year, as Google and Facebook join Amazon and Microsoft in allowing their employees to work from home for the foreseeable (where feasible). Last week Amazon announc...




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From 'Titanfall' to 'Star Wars,' the evolution of game studio Respawn mirrors our search for story

Respawn Entertainment began with a mission to build a better shooter. That became the hit "Titanfall." In 2019, the studio expanded with the free-to-play "Apex Legends" and "Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order." The studio run by Vince Zampella is just getting started, with a virtual reality project on tap for 2020. Zampella also is taking over the Los Angeles offices of DICE.




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Bernie Sanders dominates Democrats in donations from tech workers

Bernie Sanders, who has criticized Amazon's treatment of its blue-collar workforce, led the field of Democratic presidential hopefuls in donations from Amazon employees, with support from both warehouse workers and software engineers.




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Twitter tells employees to work from home as tech firms react to coronavirus

As fears of a coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. grow, Twitter became the first major company to urge its stateside employees to work from home




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Job losses from coronavirus are already devastating Southern California

Coronavirus unemployment hits a broad swath of industries across California.




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Douche froide pour les joueurs de la LCF

Le commissaire a évoqué l’annulation de la saison.




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Jalen Hill withdraws from NBA draft consideration and decides to return to UCLA

After declaring his intention to enter the NBA draft earlier this week, forward Jalen Hill changed his mind and decided to return to UCLA.




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'The Last Dance': The 23 most fascinating takeaways from Episodes 5 and 6

The latest episodes of ESPN's Michael Jordan documentary produce more tales of triumph, but also chip at his image as a teammate and examine his gambling issues.




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Plaschke: Kobe's sincerity turned him from Michael Jordan's 'little Laker boy' to friend

Michael Jordan ridiculed Kobe Bryant during the early part of the Lakers star's budding career. Bryant, however, slowly earned Jordan's respect.




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Clippers close deal to purchase Forum from MSG

Nearly six weeks after MSG Entertainment agreed to sell the Forum to a group backed by Steve Ballmer, ownership of the arena officially changed hands.




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Better baseball on TV: What MLB can learn from 'Bachelor' and 'Millionaire'

MLB stadiums without fans would be like playing in a giant television studio. TV executives offer ideas on reinventing baseball as entertainment.




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Vanessa Bryant opens a birthday card from Kobe. 'It gave me something to look forward to'

Vanessa Bryant opened a card from her late husband Kobe on her birthday. "It gave me something to look forward to today," she writes.




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16 explosive Corrie spoilers - from coronavirus storylines to murders exposed

From Geoff Metcalfe's comeuppance to David and Shona trying to fall back in love with one another, there's a lot that Corrie fans can get excited about...




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Where former Gogglebox stars are now - from TV superstardom to behind bars

Gogglebox stars have come and gone over the years, with some families being ripped apart, others leaving for surprising new jobs, and one tragically dying




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Man City number 9s of the last 30 years ranked from best to worst

Niall Quinn was an £800,000 signing from Arsenal, while Gabriel Jesus arrived from Palmeiras for £27million.




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Man in hospital after jumping from window of block of flats to escape fire

The fire started in the kitchen of a second floor flat on Wendon Road, in Baguley



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How a molecular 'alarm' system in plants protects them from predators

Some plants, like soybean, are known to possess an innate defense machinery that helps them develop resistance against insects trying to feed on them. However, exactly how these plants recognize signals from insects has been unknown until now. In a new study, scientists in Japan have uncovered the cellular pathway that helps these plants to sense danger signals and elicit a response, opening doors to a myriad of agricultural applications.




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Scientists have created new nanocomposite from gold and titanium oxide

ITMO University researchers together with their colleagues from France and the USA have demonstrated how a femtosecond laser can be used to tune the structure and nanocomposite properties for titanium dioxide films filled with gold nanoparticles.




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NTU Singapore scientists develop sustainable way to extract chitin from prawn shells

Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a green way to create chitin, by using two forms of food waste - prawn shells and discarded fruit - and fermenting them.




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Individualized mosaics of microbial strains transfer from the maternal to the infant gut

Researchers have used a microbiome 'fingerprint' method to report that an individualized mosaic of microbial strains is transmitted to the infant gut microbiome from a mother giving birth through vaginal delivery. They detailed this transmission by analyzing existing metagenomic databases of fecal samples from mother-infant pairs, as well as analyzing mouse dam and pup transmission in a germ-free, or gnotobiotic, mouse model, where the dams were inoculated with human fecal microbes.




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Debenhams accused of 'stealing' as retailer demands 90% discount on clothes from suppliers already at UK ports

ITV News has seen correspondence from Debenhams’ administrator to Bangladeshi suppliers demanding a 90% discount on garments orders.




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UK Weather Forecast: A chilly night with a slight frost in the east

Cold enough for a slight frost in places




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Special front cover of The Big Issue created by Gruffalo illustrator

Characters created by Axel Scheffler from his popular books with Julia Donaldson are on the cover.




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BAME groups ‘two to three times more likely to die from coronavirus’

The likelihood of death from Covid-19 is significantly higher among England’s BAME communities than the general population, researchers say.




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Shipment of 400,000 delayed protective gowns from Turkey deemed unusable

A shipment of 400,000 gowns from Turkey which was part of a delayed consignment of PPE has been impounded after falling short of standards.




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People from black backgrounds four times more likely to die from virus than people from white backgrounds, ONS finds

People from black backgrounds are four times more likely to die from coronavirus than people from white backgrounds, new statistics suggest.




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Pret to reopen more stores for takeaway and delivery from Monday

30 stores have already reopened and 71 shops will join them next week, including Birmingham.




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UK Weather Forecast: A fine evening for many away from a few showers in the west

Late, low sunshine with scattered showers easing to leave it dry