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Diego Maradona, one of the greatest footballers of all time, dies aged 60

 

  • Argentinian inspired his country to World Cup glory in 1986
  • He possessed sublime skill and led a troubled personal life
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'We felt invincible in those days': Naples pays its respects to Maradona

 

Piazza in city’s Spanish Quarter fills with red smoke, tears and giant screenings of footballer’s greatest moments

 

Sophia Seymour in Naples,Italy
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Part human, part machine: is Apple turning us all into cyborgs?

 

With its iPhones, watches and forthcoming smart glasses, Apple’s gadgets are increasingly becoming extensions of our minds and bodies. It’s the big tech dream – but could it turn into a nightmare?

 

By Alex Hern
Illustration by Steven Gregor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/nov/25/part-human-part-machine-is-apple-turning-us-all-into-cyborgs

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'Structural racism': UN urges reforms in Brazil after deadly beating of black man

 

Days of protests erupted after video showed Joao Alberto Silveira Freitas, who later died, being attacked by white security guard

 

Agence France-Presse in Geneva
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Italian TV show faces inquiry over 'sexy shopping' tutorial for women

 

Episode of Detto Fatto told women how to push a trolley and reach for items in an alluring way

 

 
Thu 26 Nov 2020 13.31 GMT
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Shameful and so stupid
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

More than 3 billion people affected by water shortages, data shows

 

UN warns about consequences of not conserving water and tackling climate crisis

 

Fiona Harvey Environment correspondent
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Fugging hell: tired of mockery, Austrian village changes name

 

Mayor says residents, known as Fuckingers, ‘have had enough of visitors and their bad jokes’

 

Agence France-Presse
Thu 26 Nov 2020 20.23 GMT
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tourists taking pictures of the road sign of the village of *******. Some visitor have reportedly even stolen the signposts. Photograph: Mladen Antonov/AFP/Getty Images

 

Tourists taking pictures of the road sign of the village of Fucking. Some visitor have reportedly even stolen the signposts.
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Macron ‘shocked’ by video of French police beating black man

 

President summons minister amid growing anger over apparently unprovoked assault

 

 

Kim Willsher in Paris

Fri 27 Nov 2020 14.10 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/27/macron-shocked-video-french-police-beating-black-man

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World reacts to death of Diego Maradona – in pictures

 

From Kolkata to Mexico City, people around the world have paid tribute to the football legend, who has died aged 60

 

 

Thu 26 Nov 2020 10.51 GMT

Jim Powell

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/football/gallery/2020/nov/26/world-reacts-to-death-of-diego-maradona-in-pictures

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Mexican cartel boss arrested over Mormon massacre in which nine died

 

  • Roberto González Montes and two others detained late Monday
  • Outcry after three women and six children killed in 2019 attack
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Tue 24 Nov 2020 22.52 GMT

David Agren in Mexico City

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/24/mexico-drug-cartel-boss-arrested-mormon-massacre

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In Santa's mailbag, a peek into children's pandemic worries

 

LIBOURNE, France (AP) — Jim, from Taiwan, slipped a face mask inside the greeting card he sent to Santa and marked “I (heart) u." Alina, 5, asked in her Santa letter written with an adult's help that he please use the front door when he drops in, because the back door is reserved for Grandma and Grandpa to minimize their risk of contamination

 

November 27, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/10348500-santas-mailbag-peek-childrens-pandemic-worries.html#.1258-stage-hero1-1

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Football was only part of it: Diego Maradona transcended sport

 

Proud, defiant, political. To the world’s neglected and marginalised, he was a figure of hope

 

Sat 28 Nov 2020 12.00 GMT Last modified on Sat 28 Nov 2020 12.01 GMT

 
 
 
 
 
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A memorial to Diego Maradona in Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 2020
Photograph: Ricardo Moraes/Reuters
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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UK woman who has travelled Europe for six years goes missing in Pyrenees

 

Urgent search under way for Esther Dingley, who was hiking alone in the mountains

 

Nazia Parveen North of England correspondent
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Four French police charged over beating of black music producer

 

Alleged unprovoked attack on Michel Zecler, who also alleges racial abuse, was caught on film

 

Kim Willsher in Paris

Mon 30 Nov 2020 09.33 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/30/french-police-charged-beating-black-music-producer-michel-zecler

 

That 's how it should always be all over the world whenever law enforcement commit abuse or worse......Obviously

 

One ( there have been many, unfortunately) of the worst cases we had here in Italy:

https://en.everybodywiki.com/Stefano_Cucchi

 

 

 

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California governor blocks parole for Manson follower Leslie Van Houten

 

  • Fourth time a governor has denied Van Houten’s release
  • Van Houten, then 17, helped kill Leno and Rosemary LaBianca
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Associated Press

Mon 30 Nov 2020 18.06 GMT

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Right-wing Hungarian MEP resigns for attending 'sex party' that broke Belgian lockdown

 

Politician in Viktor Orbán’s party apologises as Belgian police arrest 25 men over gathering

 

Daniel Boffey in Brussels and Shaun Walker in Budapest

Tue 1 Dec 2020 16.41 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/01/belgian-police-arrest-25-men-including-mep-as-sex-party-breaks-curfew-coronavirus

 

The irony of it all is overwhelming....Such a hypocrite, liar and bastard..

 

Merry Christmas , MF......

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Hungary's rightwing rulers downplay MEP '*** orgy' scandal amid hypocrisy accusations

 

József Szájer has boasted of rewriting constitution to define marriage as heterosexual institution

 

Shaun Walker in Budapest

Wed 2 Dec 2020 15.01 GMT

 

 

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József Szájer was caught shimmying down a drainpipe by police at a party flouting Covid regulations.
Photograph: Bernadett Szabó/Reuters
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
I mean...Seriously.......
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France cracks down on 76 mosques suspected of 'separatism'

 

Interior minister says any found to be ‘breeding grounds of terrorism’ will be shut

 

Kim Willsher in Paris

Thu 3 Dec 2020 14.17 GMT

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/03/france-crackdown-76-mosques-suspected-separatism

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Russia moves to expel American human rights activist

 

Vanessa Kogan, director of the Justice Initiative project, says migration officials have revoked her residency permit

 

Andrew Roth in Moscow

Thu 3 Dec 2020 05.00 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/03/russia-moves-to-expel-american-human-rights-activist

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Valéry Giscard d’Estaing dies from Covid-19 complications

 

Former French president, 94, steered the modernisation of French society during his time in office

 

Kim Willsher in Paris and agencies

Thu 3 Dec 2020 10.17 GMT

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/02/former-french-president-valery-giscard-destaing-dies-aged-94

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Astronomers unveil most detailed 3D map yet of Milky Way

 

Images will enable scientists to measure acceleration of solar system and mass of galaxy

 

Ian Sample Science editor

Thu 3 Dec 2020 11.00 GMT

 

 

 

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Data gathered from the ESA’s Gaia observatory should provide clues as to how the solar system formed and the rate at which the universe is expanding
Photograph: ESA/Gaia/DPAC
 
 
 
 
 
 
More pics & vid
 
 
 
I confess I have always deemed all this astronomy stuff  highly fascinating (in the least)
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More than 500,000 full electric cars sold in Europe in 10 months

 

Milestone comes as sales of all plug-in cars, including hybrids, pass 1m in 18 European markets

 

Jasper Jolly

Thu 3 Dec 2020 12.48 GMT Last modified on Thu 3 Dec 2020 16.24 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/dec/03/more-than-500000-full-electric-cars-

 
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'Under siege': armed bank robbers launch assault on Brazilian city

 

Dozens engage in gun battle, torch vehicles, kidnap workers and blow up bank in Criciúma

 

Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

Tue 1 Dec 2020 13.51 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

Vid

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/01/armed-bank-robbers-assault-brazilian-city-criciuma-siege

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Out-of-control Bond fire forces residents to flee in southern California

 

  • Wildfire exploded in size throughout the night
  • Powerful winds raise fire danger for much of region
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Associated Press

Thu 3 Dec 2020 21.00 GMT First published on Thu 3 Dec 2020 15.49 GMT

 
 
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Vehicles are pulled off to the side of the road as the Bond fire, driven by high winds, approaches Santiago Canyon Road in California on Thursday
Photograph: Leonard Ortiz/AP
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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After six years and 6bn km, Japan's Hayabusa2 prepares to bring home cargo of asteroid dust

 

Japanese craft collected dust from the asteroid Ryugu that scientists hope could shed light on the origins of life

 

Justin McCurry in Tokyo

Fri 4 Dec 2020 02.12 GMT

 

 

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Japan’s Hayabusa2 left Earth in 2014 for a mission that involved landing on asteroid Ryugu and collecting dust from its surface
Photograph: AP
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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The tactics retailers use to make us spend more – and how they harm the vulnerable

 

Online stores draw in shoppers but those with mental health issues are particularly susceptible

 

Ruth Bushi

Sat 5 Dec 2020 12.00 GMT

 

 

 

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Almost one in four people buy things online they do not need, says the charity Money and Mental Health
Photograph: Tony Tallec/Alamy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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The Danish climate minister closing down the oil industry for good

 

Dan Jørgensen has agreed the world’s most ambitious climate goal with a promise to cut 70% of emissions by 2030

 

Sat 5 Dec 2020 08.00 GMT Last modified on Sun 6 Dec 2020 14.17 GMT

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

'Flexing their power': how America's richest zip code stays exclusive

 

Atherton, California – home to Silicon Valley heavyweights like Eric Schmidt and Nick Clegg – isn’t technically a gated community. But its laws create walls of their own

 

Sun 6 Dec 2020 11.00 GMT

by Vivian Ho in Atherton, California

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/dec/06/atherton-california-wealthy-zip-code-zoning

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