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   2020 ties with 2016 as world's hottest year on record   
   ABC News, 08 Jan 2021 12:27Z   
   Scientists say the latest data from the European Union's earth observation   
   program underscores the need for countries and corporations to slash   
   greenhouse gas emissions quickly enough to avoid catastrophic climate change.   
      
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   BREAKING (8 Jan): Brisbane has gone into emergency lock-down after a   
   cleaner has been found with the UK variant of covid.  Authorities say   
   she has visited "a number of locations" while infected over the last 5   
   days.  Today the state govt announced the capital will be locked down   
   for 3 days with masks mandatory.  The population is in shock and lines   
   are already forming in supermarkets. The govt says there is no need to   
   panic buy because there are "plenty" of supplies in stores. But, you know.   
      
   [Party In The Kremlin!]   
   'An armed mob spurred on by a sitting President': World leaders react to US   
   riots   
   ABC News, 07 Jan 2021 15:19Z   
   America's supporters condemned riots which temporarily stopped the   
   certifying of votes declaring Joe Biden the nation's next president, while   
   its enemies commented on the chaos with smug satisfaction.   
      
   London could run out of hospital beds in 2 weeks, leaked projections show   
   ABC News, 07 Jan 2021 16:19Z   
   Leaked official documents suggest London is at risk of running out of   
   hospital beds within 2 weeks as the city strains under the effects of the   
   coronavirus pandemic.   
      
   [Belated!]   
   Facebook will block Trump from posting at least for the remainder of his term   
   CNBC, 07 Jan 2021 17:57Z   
   "We believe the risks of allowing the President to continue to use our   
   *service* during this period are simply too great," Zuckerberg wrote in a   
   post on his Facebook ...   
      
     Facebook and Instagram ban Donald Trump for remainder of his presidency   
     ABC News, 07 Jan 2021 17:18Z   
     Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg accuses Donald Trump of using "our platform to   
     incite violent insurrection against a democratically elected govt" as   
     he bans him from the social media platform for the remainder of the Trump   
     presidency.   
      
   South Korea 'Comfort Women' Compensation Verdict Angers Japan   
   Bloomberg, 08 Jan 2021 11:30Z   
   A South Korean court ordered Japan to compensate women forced to work in its   
   World War II-era brothels, a landmark decision that angered Tokyo and   
   inflamed ...   
      
   Aurora australis puts on a sky show off southern WA   
   ABC Great Southern, 7 Jan 2020 at 11:57pm   
   Photos showing a rare appearance of aurora australis off WA's south coast   
   are causing a buzz online -- and they're expected in greater frequency in   
   the coming years.   
      
   NSW records 4 local COVID-19 cases, northern beaches lockdown to end on   
   Sun   
   ABC News, 08 Jan 2021 01:02Z   
   NSW records 4 new locally acquired coronavirus infections as travellers   
   from Brisbane in NSW are told to self-isolate until Mon evening. The NSW   
   Government also confirms the northern beaches lockdown will end at 12:01am   
   on Sun.   
      
   Passenger caps into Australia reduced, masks mandatory on all flights, PM says   
   ABC News, 08 Jan 2021 02:00Z   
   International passenger caps will be halved in 3 states and all   
   passengers, including on domestic flights, will have to wear masks as part   
   of new protocols agreed to by National Cabinet.   
      
   Hope for anxious residents waiting to return home as bushfire emergency   
   continues near Perth   
   ABC News, 08 Jan 2021 02:59Z   
   Brand Highway reopens and residents may soon be given restricted access   
   permits to return to their homes, despite an emergency warning remaining in   
   place for a large bushfire north of Perth.   
      
   Fauci Says He Thinks That Jan Covid Cases Will Get Worse   
   The New York Times, 07 Jan 2021 23:00Z   
   Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, the top infectious disease expert in the United States,   
   predicted on Thu that the daily death toll from the coronavirus would   
   continue to ...   
      
   Head of US Capitol Police to resign on Jan. 16   
   WGN TV Chicago, 07 Jan 2021 23:55Z   
   BREAKING UPDATE: The head of the US Capitol Police will resign effective   
   Jan. 16 following the breach of the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob.   
   Chief Steven Sund ...   
      
   BREAKING (8 Jan): National Cabinet meeting today has announced all   
   passengers leaving Australia will have to be tested for covid before   
   boarding.   
      
   US Now Has More Than 50 Cases of the Faster-Spreading COVID Strain;   
   CDC Expects More to Come   
   PEOPLE, 07 Jan 2021 17:15Z   
   California - and San Diego in particular - has seen the highest number of   
   cases from the COVID-19 strain, with 26.   
      
   Europe at tipping point with Covid running rampant, says WHO   
   The Guardian, 07 Jan 2021 19:14Z   
   Europe is at a tipping point in the course of the pandemic, the World Health   
   Organization has said, warning that the coronavirus is spreading very fast   
   across the ...   
   [Coming up to day 400, as predicted...]   
      
   What is sedition? US Capitol breach was 'almost textbook' example, legal   
   expert says   
   Yahoo News, 07 Jan 2021 20:13Z   
   Seditious conspiracy is a federal charge punishable by up to 20 years in   
   prison, and law experts believe the charge fits the rioters at the Capitol.   
      
   A truck-size shark washed up on a Maine beach. How did it die?   
   Livescience.com, 07 Jan 2021 21:12Z   
   Fishers in Bremen, Maine, discovered a dead shark the size of a pickup truck   
   on their local shore Tue (Jan. 5), according to news sources. Tanner   
   Fields ...   
   [Dont ring me if it looks like it was hit by a giant sub moving at 250 kt].   
      
   [Por widdul me:]   
   Trump Whines to Advisers: Why Can't I Tweet?!   
   The Daily Beast, 08 Jan 2021 0:25Z   
   Once again, the president focused on what really mattered-Twitter and   
   Facebook locking him out of his accounts.   
      
   Boeing to pay more than $2.5 bn to settle criminal conspiracy charge   
   over 737 Max   
   CNBC, 08 Jan 2021 0:10Z   
   Boeing agreed to pay a $2.5 bn fine to settle a criminal conspiracy   
   charge, ending a roughly two-year investigation. The Justice Dept said   
   Boeing ...   
      
   Pence expected to attend Biden's inauguration   
   POLITICO, 07 Jan 2021 21:09Z   
   Vice President Mike Pence is expected to attend Joe Biden's presidential   
   inauguration later this month after overseeing Wed's chaotic   
   certification of the ...   
      
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