Nicholas WallaceThe European Parliament on 10 November secured an unexpected €4 billion boost to Horizon Europe, the European Union’s next research funding program.The final €85 billion budget is €1.5 billion more than first proposed by the European Commission in 2018, but €5 billion is reserved for applied research and support for small tech firms under a post-pandemic recovery fund.

The remaining budget is a little larger than the current program, Horizon 2020, but European agencies receive less in the early years of a 7-year budget.

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Shipyard, union are getting back on same page after strike

BATH, Maine – Months after bitter strike during a pandemic, Bath Iron Works managers and production workers are starting to get on the same page when it comes to catching up on the production schedule.Machinists Union Local S6 and shipyard managers have been meeting with help from a federal mediator since the two-month strike ended in August.The result is a number of agreements, “substantial progress” on grievances and many new ideas for operational improvements going forward, said Martin Callaghan of the federal mediation service.“I commend you all for your support of these critical collaborative efforts.

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UK coronavirus hospital deaths up by 370 in biggest Saturday jump of second wave

The number of new coronavirus deaths in the UK's hospitals has climbed by 370 today.

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Rapid coronavirus tests slow to be used as officials unsure of best use, reliability

COVID-19 are now in the hands of provincial health authorities but many jurisdictions are still evaluating how the devices might help battle the coronavirus pandemic.Health Canada has approved more than three dozen different tests for COVID-19, but only six of them are “point-of-care” versions more commonly referred to as rapid tests. Canada closes in on 5K daily coronavirus cases as officials sound alarms The “gold-standard” COVID-19 tests need to be processed in a lab, and usually take at least a day to provide results.

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Police bust Dunfermline pub 'breaking Covid-19 restrictions' after Scotland beat Serbia

Covid-19 restrictions after Scotland beat Serbia last night. Police say The Dunfermline bar was still serving punters at 1.20am after Scotland's victory in the UEFA Euro 2020 final playoff.

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Headed to see the Crew-1 launch? Follow these tips to avoid getting stuck in traffic

TITUSVILLE, Fla. – Brevard County officials are estimating more than 250,000 will be headed to Titusville this weekend for this historic manned launch of the SpaceX Crew-1 Mission now scheduled for Sunday. Both the Titusville Police Department and the Florida Highway Patrol are putting out advisories for those who planning on driving over to watch the liftoff.The SpaceX Falcon 9 launch with four astronauts in the Dragon spacecraft is scheduled for Sunday at 7:27 p.m.Visitors are advised to download the Waze traffic app for updated parking and traffic information.Titusville is home to popular launch viewing spots including the Max A.

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University of Regina biochemist receives funding for groundbreaking COVID-19 research

University of Regina is receiving government funding for his work in developing testing for COVID-19 through saliva, which could provide results within minutes.“The most common way we test for COVID is to use an invasive nasal swab, but this technique doesn’t always provide an accurate diagnosis,” said Mohan Babu, a University of Regina researcher. Google announces $4M in funding for artificial intelligence research in Montreal Babu is receiving the funding through the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s (CFI) Exceptional Opportunities Fund, according to the university’s website.

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Biden gives boost to retiring senator's climate change plan

WASHINGTON – A plan championed by retiring Sen. Tom Udall to harness the nation’s lands and ocean waters to fight climate change is getting a boost from President-elect Joe Biden, who has made slowing global warming a priority for his incoming administration.A New Mexico Democrat, Udall is the last serving member of a political dynasty that has represented the West in Washington for nearly seven decades.

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straight to your inboxGood evening, Man City fans. Here are your evening headlines for Friday, November 13.City handed boost following Ake injuryManchester City have been boosted by Fernandinho’s return to training ahead of next weekend’s Premier League clash against Tottenham.

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SpaceX's Musk gets mixed virus tests on eve of crew launch

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – SpaceX chief Elon Musk may have to steer clear of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center after getting mixed COVID-19 test results on the eve of his company’s second crew launch. Musk took to Twitter on Friday to say he tested positive for coronavirus, then negative twice, then positive again.

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Coronavirus: Trudeau, Qualtrough announce $1.5 billion for Workforce Development Agreements

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough announced the government is investing $1.5 billion through the Workforce Development Agreements to provide additional funding to all 13 provinces and territories to help provide training, employment counselling and other services for Canadians working in sectors impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.

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Gov. Cuomo slammed as 'Big Apple's biggest bigot' for coronavirus restrictions on houses of worship

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration is discriminating against houses of worship with coronavirus restrictions, Montse Alvarado, Becket Fund for Religious Liberty executive director, told "Fox & Friends" Friday.

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Boost for Perth as new businesses open despite pandemic

Perth has been dealt a boost after the opening of two new family businesses.

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Gooden gets year probation for New Jersey drug charge

FREEHOLD, N.J. – Former New York Mets pitcher Dwight Gooden has been sentenced to a year of probation in connection with a drug arrest in New Jersey in 2019.Gooden appeared before a judge in a virtual proceeding on Thursday. He had pleaded guilty in August 2019 to one count of cocaine possession stemming from a traffic stop in June 2019.

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Coronavirus vaccine researchers ‘targeted’ by N.K., Russian hackers: Microsoft

Russian and North Korean governments have targeted more than half a dozen organizations involved in COVID-19 treatment and vaccine research around the globe, Microsoft said on Friday.The software company said a Russian hacking group commonly nicknamed “Fancy Bear” – along with a pair of North Korean actors dubbed “Zinc” and “Cerium” by Microsoft – were implicated in recent attempts to break into the networks of seven pharmaceutical companies and vaccine researchers in Canada, France, India, South Korea, and the United States. Demand for coronavirus testing is down, but positive cases spike across Canada Microsoft said the majority of the targets were organizations that were in the process of testing COVID-19 vaccines.

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Pandemic draws more Latin American poor into banking system

BOGOTA – Sonia Fierro has lived her entire adult life selling children’s books on the streets of Colombia’s capital, earning wages that barely cover her living expenses, let alone the monthly fees that come with a bank account.When the pandemic left her short on cash, she qualified for government aid, but she needed an account where the money could be sent.

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Brothers build $22 billion fortune on hope for Covid-19 vaccine

Pfizer Inc.’s promising Covid-19 vaccine trial results boosted many investors’ fortunes, but none so dramatically as a pair of German brothers.Andreas and Thomas Struengmann have collectively added about $8 billion to their wealth this year thanks to their stake in BioNTech SE, the German firm that’s developing the vaccine with Pfizer. BioNTech’s American depositary receipts surged this week after the US drug giant reported the shot they’re working on prevented 90% of symptomatic infections in tens of thousands of volunteers.At $22 billion, the twins have one of the world’s biggest health-care fortunes, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

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Braves' Freeman wins NL MVP, White Sox slugger Abreu gets AL

NEW YORK – Atlanta Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman easily won the NL MVP award Thursday, topping off a trying year that saw him become so ill with COVID-19 he prayed “please don’t take me.”Chicago White Sox slugger José Abreu earned the AL MVP, a reward for powering his team back into the playoffs for the first time since 2008.Freeman got 28 of the 30 first-place ballots in voting by members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.

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Canada’s November 2020 status for European travel

Travel expert Claire Newell has an update on travel restrictions in the European Union following a surge of COVID-19 cases in North America.

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US piles up record October budget deficit of $284.1 billion

WASHINGTON – The U.S. is starting the 2021 budget year the way the old year ended, with soaring deficits.The Treasury Department reported Thursday that the federal government ran up a record October deficit of $284.1 billion, nearly double the red ink of the same month a year ago, as revenues declined while spending to deal with the impact of the coronavirus soared.The October deficit was almost double the $134.5 billion deficit logged in October 2019.

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States ramp up for biggest vaccination effort in US history

With a COVID-19 vaccine drawing closer, public health officials across the country are gearing up for the biggest vaccination effort in U.S. history — a monumental undertaking that must distribute hundreds of millions of doses, prioritize who’s first in line and ensure that people who get the initial shot return for the necessary second one.The push could begin as early as next month, when federal officials say the first vaccine may be authorized for emergency use and immediately deployed to high-risk groups, such as health care workers.“The cavalry is coming,” Dr.

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Montreal unveils 2021 budget amid coronavirus uncertainty

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Under the budget, 15 suburban cities on the Island of Montreal are required to increase contributions to the city of Montreal by an average of 3.1 per cent. The City of Baie-D’Urfé is facing the largest hike, 6.5 per cent.In the shadow of the ongoing health crisis, the city has also put aside $10 million to fight poverty and $3 million for homelessness.

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Tunnel plan near Stonehenge gets UK government consent

LONDON – The British government went against the recommendations of planning officials Thursday when it approved controversial plans for a road tunnel to be built near the prehistoric monument of Stonehenge in southern England.The project, which is aimed at trying to ease traffic along a stretch of road widely prone to gridlock, has been touted for decades but has faced vociferous opposition from local residents as well as archaeologists.The A303 highway, which is a popular route for motorists traveling to and from the southwest of England, is often severely congested around the single-lane section of road near Stonehenge.

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California Senate sweepstakes: Who gets Kamala Harris' job?

LOS ANGELES – Election Day is over but California already is consumed with its next high-profile political contest — the competition to fill Kamala Harris’ soon-to-be-vacant U.S. Senate seat.In this race only one vote matters, because there is only one vote.

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Man who drove into police station 'snapped after getting threatened with £10k Covid fine'

A man accused of ramming into a police station and setting the road alight may have been angry over a coronavirus fine.

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witnessing a fresh spike in infections. Although the number of cases across the nation has declined considerably from its September peak, when the daily tally hovered dangerously close to the 1-lakh mark, the threat posed by the virus continues, especially because of the festive season.The biggest takeaway is that the virus isn’t going to disappear anytime soon and we will have to learn to live with it.

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Economic Stimulus Could Boost U.S. Holiday Spending

Editor's Note: The research below was conducted in partnership between Franklin Templeton and Gallup.WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Recent findings from the new Franklin Templeton-Gallup Economics of Recovery Study indicate that the strength of the holiday sales season could be aided by a new round of federal stimulus checks before the end of the year.

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State-owned Emirates posts $3.8 billion in half-year losses

DUBAI – Emirates Group, the owner of the Middle East’s biggest carrier, reported Thursday it lost $3.8 billion in the first half of the year, its first net loss in over three decades after the pandemic wiped out air travel.The state-owned company said revenue for its Dubai-based airline, Emirates, had dropped 75% to $3.2 billion from the same period a year ago, even with this year’s 52% reduction in operating costs and rise in cargo traffic.The long-haul carrier parked its planes for two months as virus-induced lockdowns took hold around the world. Even when restrictions were loosened, passenger traffic was still down 95% from pre-pandemic levels.

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This Covid-19 surge is America’s longest, and it’s getting longer

Covid-19 infections appears poised to get even longer, a worrisome indicator for overworked doctors and nurses.The nationwide uptick in cases that became noticeable around mid-September is now in its ninth week, counting from the previous low point in the seven-day average. That’s a longer run than the March-April tragedy that unfolded largely in the Northeast, and the June-July upswing that hit the Sun Belt hardest.The new cases come as cold weather moves in, forcing many Americans indoors.

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Alexander Hamilton was a slave owner, new research says

A statue of Alexander Hamilton in Central Park in New York. (FOX 5 NY file photo/Arun Kristian Das) ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A new research paper takes a swipe at the popular image of Alexander Hamilton as the abolitionist founding father, citing evidence he was a slave trader and owner himself."Not only did Alexander Hamilton enslave people, but his involvement in the institution of slavery was essential to his identity, both personally and professionally," Jessie Serfilippi, an interpreter at a New York state historic site, wrote in a paper published last month.Hamilton is almost universally depicted as an abolitionist in popular modern works, from Ron Chernow's 2004 biography, "Hamilton," to Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony Award-winning show,

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Jason Manford on getting Covid and being locked down with his six kids

WITH six children at home, comic Jason Manford could be forgiven for forgetting their favourite school subjects or friends’ names. But after becoming a full-time parent and part-time teacher since the first lockdown in March, he has become an expert.

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REM construction behind schedule and over budget

Construction work to finish the REM light-rail electric train project is one year behind schedule, meaning it won’t be completed until the fall of 2024.

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‘Real Housewives Of Atlanta’ Production Is Shut Down After Crew Member Gets COVID-19

The ladies of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” are putting things on hold for the time being.

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are putting things on hold for the time being.ET has learned that production on Bravo's reality show has shut down for two weeks out of an abundance of caution after a member of the production team tested positive for the coronavirus. The show — which features Housewives Cynthia Bailey, Kandi Burruss, Porsha Williams,Kenya Moore and newcomer Drew Sidora — was filming its 13th season.Just last month, the first trailer for the upcoming season, premiering Dec.

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GSK says flu shot shortage not linked to COVID-19 vaccine ramp up

COVID-19 vaccines, the head of vaccines at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) said on Wednesday.Speaking at the Financial Times' virtual healthcare conference, Roger Conner said GSK, the world's biggest vaccine maker by sales, had supplied doses for seasonal influenza, commonly known as flu, at its maximum possible levels this year.A surge in demand for flu shots has led to shortages in some European cities, raising fears of a potentially lethal "twindemic" as COVID-19 cases also spike.GSK has supplied more than 85 million flu vaccine doses worldwide, with 50 million doses for the United states alone."The reason why there's constraint on flu this year is just an unprecedented demand against the normal capacity.

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Mutant coronaviruses found in mink spark massive culls and doom a Danish group’s research

Christa Lesté-LasserreScience's COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center and the Heising-Simons Foundation.Jens Malmkvist’s life’s work came to a dramatic end this week. An ethologist at Aarhus University, Malmkvist studies the behavior and welfare of farmed mink, with the aim of giving them a better life as they are raised for fur.

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Khloé Kardashian Gets Backlash for Saying Annual Family Christmas Party Is Likely on Despite Pandemic

and are missing out on other major milestones due to the pandemic. TBD on whether the event actually happens, but here's to hoping everyone stays safe and responsible.

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Coronavirus: Rutherglen councillor Robert Brown on the best way to tackle second wave

Rutherglen and Cambuslang have responded with imagination, compassion and commitment.

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Hugh Grant Describes What It Was Like Getting Coronavirus

Hugh Grant revealed he had coronavirus as he spoke to Stephen Colbert during an appearance on Tuesday’s “The Late Show”.

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Piers Morgan calls for Covid anti-vaxxers to be banned from getting NHS treatment

Good Morning Britain 's Piers Morgan has vowed he will get the Covid vaccine live on TV in a bid to prove it is safe.

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Research sheds light on Alexander Hamilton as slave owner

ALBANY, N.Y. – A new research paper takes a swipe at the popular image of Alexander Hamilton as the abolitionist founding father, citing evidence he was a slave trader and owner himself.“Not only did Alexander Hamilton enslave people, but his involvement in the institution of slavery was essential to his identity, both personally and professionally,” Jessie Serfilippi, an interpreter at a New York state historic site, wrote in a paper published last month.Hamilton is almost universally depicted as an abolitionist in popular modern works, from Ron Chernow’s 2004 biography, “Hamilton,” to Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony Award-winning show, “Hamilton: An American Musical.”But after poring over ledgers and correspondence of Hamilton and his wife,

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B.C. family fighting Sunwing Vacations gets refund

A Langley couple whose $16,000 Sunwing Vacations’ trip was cancelled due to COVID-19 has won a full refund after Consumer Matters stepped in to help. Anne Drewa reports.

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UK records over 500 new coronavirus deaths in last 24 hours - the biggest daily rise in six months

coronavirus death toll since May 12 according to the latest data from the government.

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Trump loyalist who posted offensive tweets gets Pentagon job

WASHINGTON – A Trump loyalist and former Fox News commentator has been moved into the Pentagon's top policy job, defense officials said Tuesday, just a few months after he failed to get through Senate confirmation because of offensive remarks he made, including about Islam.Officials said Anthony Tata, a retired Army one-star general, will be performing the duties of the undersecretary for defense policy. James Anderson, who had been acting undersecretary, resigned on Tuesday, a day after President Donald Trump fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper.

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How does Ireland benefit from European Commission vaccine deals?

Described today as the "most promising" vaccine so far, the world is now eagerly awaiting further news about the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine candidate.

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B.C.’s top doctor says getting and storing COVID-19 vaccine ‘will not be easy’

COVID-19 vaccine is ‘not going to be easy’ but the province is doing everything it can to be ready to provide the immunization to British Columbians once it is approved and distributed to the province.Pfizer said Monday that an early peek at the data on its coronavirus vaccine suggests the shots may be 90 per cent effective at preventing COVID-19. But Dr.

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New covid-19 treatments are here, but who gets them?

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