The U.S. reaches 20 million cases.

By BY KATE TAYLOR from NYT World https://ift.tt/3aUx3lj

Justice Dept. Asks Judge to Toss Election Lawsuit Against Pence

By BY MAGGIE HABERMAN AND KATIE BENNER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3pxXFMS

"Time Has Come...": Google's "Cuckoo Clock" Welcomes Year 2021

The world began ushering in the New Year with pandemic controls muting celebrations for billions of people eager to bid farewell to a virus-ridden 2020.

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Resolving to live a lot better than in 2020.

By BY CONCEPCIÓN DE LEÓN from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2WWTRIZ

New Year’s Eve in Dakar, Senegal

By Unknown Author from NYT Home Page https://ift.tt/3o6iTRE

Grapes, yellow underwear and a scarecrow: Colombia preserves its traditions.

By BY JULIE TURKEWITZ from NYT World https://ift.tt/38UqkF8

Macron promises to speed up France’s vaccine rollout after frustration over sluggish start.

By BY AURELIEN BREEDEN from NYT World https://ift.tt/2KQ72c8

In Montreal, at least there is still (takeout) poutine, a hangover antidote of choice.

By BY DAN BILEFSKY from NYT World https://ift.tt/3o6zIvJ

Minneapolis Police Release Body Camera Video of First Killing Since George Floyd

By BY NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/38UEXZ6

Israel could become the first country to vaccinate all of its citizens.

By BY ISABEL KERSHNER from NYT World https://ift.tt/3o52xJ8

Things Will Get Better. Seriously.

By BY PAUL KRUGMAN from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/3b5RSKm

For a grieving family, 2020 cannot end soon enough.

By BY JACK HEALY from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/381v10D

The Morning

By Unknown Author from NYT Briefing https://ift.tt/2Lf8Awk

Citing pandemic, prosecutors in case against officers in George Floyd’s death want trial delay.

By BY TIM ARANGO from NYT World https://ift.tt/381IFks

In Dakar, the usual soundtrack of fireworks on every corner was muted.

By BY RUTH MACLEAN from NYT World https://ift.tt/3pBsZKI

New Year’s Eve in Europe

By Unknown Author from NYT Home Page https://ift.tt/3rJYx36

The Best Movies and TV Shows Coming to Amazon, HBO Max, Hulu and More in January

By BY NOEL MURRAY from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/3o6tgVx

Klara Kasparova, Mother of Chess Champion and His Guide, Dies at 83

By BY DYLAN LOEB MCCLAIN from NYT Obituaries https://ift.tt/2X153UU

Georgia Republicans Deliver Persistent Message: Fear the Democrats

By BY ASTEAD W. HERNDON AND RICHARD FAUSSET from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2L7EZF0

MF Doom, Masked Rapper With Intricate Rhymes, Is Dead at 49

By BY JULIA JACOBS from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/384CrQV

Chief Justice Praises the Courts’ Responses to the Pandemic

By BY ADAM LIPTAK from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3rJmwzi

There will be a late-night delivery of a venerated sardine in Maine.

By BY ELLEN BARRY from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2JF9EJq

Brexit Becomes Reality As UK Leaves European Union's Single Market

Britain on Thursday finally severed its turbulent half-century partnership with Europe, quitting the EU single market and customs union and going its own way four-and-a-half years after its shock vote...

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Forever Is Never

By BY SAMMY HARKHAM from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/380H52k

New York will allow in-person fans at Buffalo Bills home playoff game.

By BY TROY CLOSSON from NYT World https://ift.tt/38O1zun

After Breonna Taylor Case, Louisville Police Face Precarious Next Chapter

By BY WILL WRIGHT, NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS AND AUSTYN GAFFNEY from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3pBCjhB

US Imposes New Tariffs On French, German Goods Over Airbus-Boeing Dispute

The United States announced Wednesday that it will impose additional tariffs on French and German products as part of a long-running dispute over subsidies for aircraft manufacturers Airbus and...

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India Calls On Sri Lanka For Early Release Of 40 Fishermen

India on Wednesday called on Sri Lanka to ensure the early release of fishermen arrested recently on the charge of poaching in Sri Lankan waters.

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At Least 37 Soldiers Killed In ISIS Bus Ambush In Syria

Islamic State group jihadists killed 37 soldiers when they ambushed a bus Wednesday in one of the deadliest attacks since the fall of their "caliphate" last year, a monitor said.

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PM-covid-update

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Critics Say Nashville Police Could Have Done More With Tip About Bomber

By BY STEVE CAVENDISH, JAMIE MCGEE AND RICK ROJAS from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3814mBd

The Small Colorado Town Shrugged Off the Pandemic. Then Came the Coronavirus Variant.

By BY DAVE PHILIPPS from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2WX72cP

A Dallas-Fort Worth air traffic control center was closed for disinfection, and big flight delays soon followed.

By BY NEIL VIGDOR from NYT World https://ift.tt/3rEa181

Closing of Air Traffic Control Center for Virus Cleaning Halts Flights in Dallas

By BY NEIL VIGDOR from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2L94sO4

The Morning

By Unknown Author from NYT Briefing https://ift.tt/3o3qSiz

The Bomb That Struck the Heart of Nashville

By BY MARGARET RENKL from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/3o3y7H5

Life went on as it always had in Simla, Colo., until the virus came to town. And then the variant.

By BY DAVE PHILIPPS from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/37YwNzQ

‘No Realistic Path’ for Quick Vote on $2,000 Stimulus Checks, McConnell Says

By BY CATIE EDMONDSON from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3aX8ap0

Canada To Require Negative COVID-19 Test For People Entering Country

Canada will require travellers to obtain a negative Covid-19 test before being allowed into the country, the government announced Wednesday.

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To get young students back in classrooms, California plans to offer a financial incentive to districts to reopen.

By BY JILL COWAN from NYT World https://ift.tt/3pGKMjP

This New Year’s Eve, Times Square Will Be Filled With Hope. But Not People.

By BY DAN BARRY from NYT New York https://ift.tt/38MGq3H

Don’t Let the Games Begin

By BY THE EDITORIAL BOARD from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/3mZ7x0E

Death Transformed a Year, and What May Lie Ahead

By BY WILLIAM MCDONALD from NYT Obituaries https://ift.tt/3aUAZCs

As the Pandemic Took Lives, It Also Stole Hopes

By BY DANIEL J. WAKIN from NYT Obituaries https://ift.tt/38IBM6Q

Rita Houston, WFUV D.J. Who Lifted Music Careers, Dies at 59

By BY RICHARD SANDOMIR from NYT Obituaries https://ift.tt/3htY2Fv

Stimulus, Virus Variant, Georgia: Your Wednesday Evening Briefing

By BY DANI BLUM AND JEREMIAH M. BOGERT, JR. from NYT Briefing https://ift.tt/2KFCDgM

Chicago Blackhawks’ Jonathan Toews Is Out Indefinitely Because of Illness

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New Year’s Resolutions for the Planet

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आतंकियों से लोहा लेते हुए शहीद हुआ अलीगढ़ का लाल, सीएम योगी ने किया ये ऐलान

23 दिसंबर को जम्मू-कश्मीर के गांदेरबल में हुए ग्रेनेड हमले में नेत्रपाल सिंह घायल हो गये थे. 

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कोरोना का असरः पहली बार नए साल पर मुंबई-दिल्ली का हवाई किराया इतना कम

लॉकडाउन के समय हवाई सेवाएं बुरी तरह से प्रभावित हुई. ऐसे में लोगों को हवाई सफर के लिए प्रोत्साहित करने के लिए भी कई विमानन कंपनियां किराए पर छूट दे रही हैं.

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कोरोना के नए स्ट्रेन का डर! प्रशासन ने पठानकोट से लौटी महिला को बता दिया इंग्लैंड रिटर्न

कोरोना के नए स्ट्रेन का डर कुछ इस कदर बढ़ता जा रहा है कि प्रशासन से भी गफलत हो रही है. बैतूल जिले में पठानकोट से लौटी एक महिला को इंग्लैंड से रिटर्न बता दिया जिससे पूरे जिले में हड़कंप मच गया.

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मां ने शादी कराने से किया इनकार, तो बेटे ने कर दी हत्या

आरोपी सचिन ने अपनी मां की सिर्फ इसलिए पत्थर से कुचलकर हत्त्या कर दी, क्योंकि मां ने उसकी शादी करवाने से इनकार कर दिया था.

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2 Cleveland Police Officers Avoid Federal Charges in Killing of Tamir Rice

By BY NEIL VIGDOR from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3o3WKU8

Cutest Couple, Class Clown and a Competitive Year for D.C. Superlatives

By BY MICHELLE COTTLE from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/37WpLvi

China is set to vaccinate millions, but without any proof that its vaccines work.

By BY SUI-LEE WEE from NYT World https://ift.tt/37VG5N0

McConnell Blocks Vote on $2,000 Checks Despite G.O.P. Pressure

By BY CATIE EDMONDSON from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3hqbRVz

Biden Criticizes Trump on Vaccine Distribution and Pledges to Pick Up Pace

By BY THOMAS KAPLAN AND REBECCA ROBBINS from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3occBAh

Alaska Airlines Clamps Down on Emotional Support Animals on Flights

By BY ALLYSON WALLER from NYT Business https://ift.tt/3mSklWw

Howard J. Rubenstein, Public Relations Impresario, Dies at 88

By BY ROBERT D. MCFADDEN from NYT Business https://ift.tt/2X0YIIR

Moderna will give its Covid-19 vaccine to its workers, board members and some relatives.

By BY REBECCA ROBBINS from NYT World https://ift.tt/2L2pRsv