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Monday, 7 December 2020

Today in History

Today in History Today is Tuesday, Dec. 8, the 343rd day of 2020. There are 23 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Dec. 8, 1941, the United States entered World War II as Congress declared war against Imperial Japan, a day after the attack on Pearl Harbor. On this date: In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued his Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction for the South. In 1886, the American Federation of Labor was founded in Columbus, Ohio. In 1949, the Chinese Nationalist government moved from the Chinese mainland to Formosa as the Communists pressed their attacks. In 1972, a United Airlines Boeing 737 crashed while attempting to land at Chicago-Midway Airport, killing 43 of the 61 people on board, as well as two people on the ground; among the dead were Dorothy Hunt, wife of Watergate conspirator E. Howard Hunt, U.S. Rep. George W. Collins, D-Ill., and CBS News correspondent Michele Clark. In 1980, rock star and former Beatle John Lennon was...

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Pakistan Cricketers To Leave New Zealand Quarantine

New Zealand's health ministry confirmed Tuesday that the latest swabs had all come back negative and the bulk of the group had been cleared to leave quarantine.

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Jet Airways Plans To Resume Services By Summer Next Year

Grounded Jet Airways plans to restart operations as a full service carrier by the summer of 2021, its new owners have said.

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Stocks to Watch Today: Axis Bank, Canara Bank, NBCC

List of Stocks in Focus Today: The credit rating agency Fitch Ratings re-affirmed the Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) of the private sector bank as BB+ with negative outlook

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Sensex, Nifty Hit Record Highs As Markets Extend Rally

Share Market Latest Updates: Equities elsewhere in Asia came under pressure as investors struggled to balance hopes for more economic stimulus and vaccines with anxiety over a surge in COVID-19...

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Sensex, Nifty Likely To Have A Negative Opening

Asian stocks came under pressure in early trade as investors struggled to balance hopes for more economic stimulus and vaccines with anxiety over the growing COVID-19 cases

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UN urges Russia to immediately withdraw forces from Crimea

The U_N_ General Assembly has approved a resolution urging Russia to immediately withdraw all its military forces from Crimea “and end its temporary occupation of the territory of Ukraine without delay.”

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Florida agents raid home of ousted COVID-19 data curator

Florida authorities have raided the home of the state’s former COVID data curator, who was ousted for making public remarks about the data

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Missouri suspect in Chinese wife's disappearance denied bond

A Missouri man suspected of killing his missing Chinese wife will not be given bond

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Lawyers seek bail for British socialite and ex-Epstein pal

A lawyer for the onetime girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein says her client has lost weight and hair as she suffers under onerous jail conditions imposed in part because Epstein killed himself last year in a federal lockup

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