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Potential Covid surge in fall and winter could lead to 100m infections, officials warn
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A Biden administration official warned Friday that there could be 100m Covid-19 infections this fall and winter, potentially spurring a surge in hospitalizations and deaths. The White House is preparing backup plans f...
Potential Chelsea owners in rush to finalise offers after Friday deadline set
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Groups interested in buying Chelsea from Roman Abramovich are rushing to ensure their takeover proposals are ready before this week’s deadline to submit bids. The Raine Group, the US bank tasked with handling the sale...
Potential Chelsea buyers told they can approach UK government
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Billionaires interested in buying Chelsea Football Club have been told to approach the UK government with potential takeover proposals, after the sanctioning of its current oligarch owner, Roman Abramovich. Fearing th...
Nearly 100 ‘potential human burials’ discovered at British Columbia school
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A First Nation in Canada says it has discovered 93 potential grave sites on the grounds of a former residential school. The chief and council of Williams Lake First Nation said that a preliminary search of St Joseph’s...
Australia news live update: Scott Morrison a casual Covid contact; hundreds in Qld quarantine; potential Melbourne superspreader event
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Scott Morrison declared a Covid casual contact; potential Omicron superspreader event in Melbourne; passengers forced into Christmas quarantine after case linked to Brisbane and Townsville airports and two Virgin Aust...
Daunte Wright killing: potential jurors face grilling on policing and protest
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When attorneys begin sifting through potential jurors on Tuesday in the trial of a suburban Minneapolis police officer who says she meant to use her Taser instead of her gun when she killed Daunte Wright, they will ta...
Metro Bank shares soar after potential takeover approach
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Shares in Metro Bank have surged after it received an approach about a possible takeover by the US private-equity group Carlyle. The market value of the challenger bank, which did not say how much Carlyle might pay if...
England’s Owen Farrell eager to help ‘exciting’ Marcus Smith fulfil potential
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Owen Farrell believes the fast-rising Marcus Smith is “a massive talent” and says he is keen to help the Harlequins fly-half fulfil his potential with England this autumn. Farrell, who sits on 99 Test caps, has also m...
Wada uncovers ‘potential wrongdoing’ in drug testing of British cyclists
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A World Anti-Doping Agency report has uncovered “potential wrongdoing” by “individuals” involved in the drug testing of British cyclists. The agency’s independent Intelligence and Investigations department launched it...
England’s wind energy potential remains untapped
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The UK, being a windy island, has vast potential to produce more electricity from onshore windfarms. With urgent action required on the climate crises, the latest renewable prospectus is that substantial investment by...
‘A growing divide’: Leicester East faces potential loss of second Labour MP
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The constituents of Leicester East have become accustomed to seeing their local MP in the news. Often for all the wrong reasons. The former Labour MP Keith Vaz, who held the seat for 32 years, stepped down after he wa...
Manchester United potential still not realised as Everton do more with less
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Lewis Dobbin and Charlie Whitaker were veterans of a combined total of one minute’s senior football for Everton. They were the attacking options on Rafa Benítez’s bench. Their Manchester United counterparts were Crist...
Derby County facing potential 21-point deduction in administration
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Derby County face a potential 21-point deduction after filing for administration. The club will be automatically issued with a 12-point deduction upon officially appointing administrators, which they are expected to d...
Twitter to allow Australian users to flag potential misinformation during month-long trial
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Australian Twitter users will be allowed to report potentially misleading content as part of a new experiment in monitoring misinformation on the platform. Twitter users from Wednesday will be able to flag tweets that...
‘Gender is a kind of haunting’: Jennifer Mills explores the queer potential of the ghost story in The Airways
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It’s hardly a spoiler to reveal that the chief protagonist of Jennifer Mills’s latest novel dies. It is fleeting, fragmented, violent, and over by page four – but it is not the end. “Evicted” from their own body, micr...
US study finds potential dog food link to canine heart disease
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A new study by the Food and Drug Administration highlights research linking certain dog foods to canine dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), a severe heart disease. According to a new report published Thursday, researchers c...