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China’s Xi Jinping offers Trump help in fighting coronavirus as US faces wave of new patients – World News 27 Mar 2020
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It’s Not Socialism. It’s Another Mega Wealth Transfer. – Craig Murray 23 Mar 2020
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Coronavirus in Scotland – track the spread in these charts and maps – The Courier 22 Mar 2020
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Cuban drug could save thousands of lives in coronavirus pandemic | Morning Star 17 Mar 2020
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US Intelligence Community Sees Crypto As a Threat to the Greenback 16 Feb 2020
Sinn Fein’s historic breakthrough is a long-overdue rejection of the status quo and a cosy two-party system — RT Op-ed 11 Feb 2020
SNP MP Joanna Cherry says PM must be ‘put on notice’ over indyref2 | The National 10 Feb 2020
Fireflies Have a Mating Problem: The Lights Are Always On – The New York Times 5 Feb 2020
Irish unity has taken on a new dynamic as result of Brexit – BelfastTelegraph.co.uk 3 Feb 2020
Anglo Celt – Border protests as Brexit comes to pass 2 Feb 2020
Battle of the Ages to stop Eurasian integration 17 Jan 2020
Westminster Cannot Block Scottish Independence – Craig Murray 15 Jan 2020
Oscar nominations 2020: The full list | The Independent 14 Jan 2020
Former minister says he is ‘100% certain’ Scotland will go independent | Latest Brexit news and top stories | The New European 14 Jan 2020
The Importance of Being Earnest – Played by Immigrants at Tower Theatre | Theatre review – The Upcoming 14 Jan 2020
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Artwork Discovered in Vienna Cathedral’s Gift Shop May Be the Work of German Renaissance Master Albrecht Dürer | Smart News | Smithsonian Magazine 14 Jan 2020
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Call for Yes supporters to brave weather for Glasgow AUOB march | The National 11 Jan 2020
Funeral band Les Femmes Fatales performs feminist protest act at HONK! Oz – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) 11 Jan 2020
Neil Gaiman leads Hampshire writers protesting library cuts | Books | The Guardian 11 Jan 2020
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Super blood wolf moon: when to watch 2019 lunar eclipse in the UK tonight and why it happens | inews 11 Jan 2020
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Morocco and France’s far right: Dangerous liaisons? | Middle East Eye 10 Jan 2020
With Parliament Voting for Brexit, Is Irish Unification Inevitable? 10 Jan 2020
Yuan set to be strong with or without a trade deal – Global Times 10 Jan 2020
Clive Lewis says Labour must not oppose indyref2 | The National 10 Jan 2020
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Tig Notaro to receive Oscar Wilde Award 10 Jan 2020
TESS Finds a Planet That Orbits Two Stars – Universe Today 10 Jan 2020
The Harbin Ice and Snow Festival Is a Winter Wonderland With Beautiful Castles and Light Shows | Travel + Leisure | Travel + Leisure 10 Jan 2020
NASA just captured a new ultra-detailed image of the Milky Way galaxy 10 Jan 2020
PEPE ESCOBAR: Trump to De-Escalate: Intel Source – Consortiumnews 9 Jan 2020
WATCH: Alister Jack’s ‘blinding hypocrisy’ exposed at Scottish Questions | The National 9 Jan 2020
Books In Defence of Julian Assange, edited by Tariq Ali and Margaret Kunstler | Morning Star 9 Jan 2020
Carmen Maria Machado’s In the Dream House: untamed, original and brilliantly unclassifiable 9 Jan 2020
A snoring robot Labrador puppy stole my whole heart at CES 2020 – CNET 9 Jan 2020
2020’s top two emerging tourist destinations in China, and the places on most international visitors’ bucket lists | South China Morning Post 9 Jan 2020
Iran was always going to retaliate – but that doesn’t mean it wants all-out war | The Independent 8 Jan 2020
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Pentagon Rules Out Striking Iranian Cultural Sites, Contradicting Trump – The New York Times 8 Jan 2020
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NASA planet hunter finds its first earth-size habitable-zone world 8 Jan 2020
Melissa Roy becomes first South Asian woman to visit all 193 countries – Insider 8 Jan 2020
Labour MP says Scotland ‘likely’ to vote Yes in future independence referendum | The National 7 Jan 2020
Cultural heritage officials condemn Trump’s threats against Iranian sites | The Art Newspaper 7 Jan 2020
No Justice, No Peace | Chris Knapp | Granta Magazine 7 Jan 2020
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Sustainable travel goals for 2020 – Lonely Planet Video 7 Jan 2020
William Blake review | Tate Britain | Art in London 6 Jan 2020
Adrian Leachman, of Newark, new sci-fi tale Mermaid’s Rock tackles mental health 6 Jan 2020
The More Loving One: Astrophysicist Janna Levin Reads W.H. Auden’s Sublime Ode to Our Unrequited Love for the Universe – Brain Pickings 6 Jan 2020
Happy Perihelion Day! Earth Is Closest to the Sun Today | Space 6 Jan 2020
Tourism Australia ‘Matesong’ campaign suspended as nation burns 6 Jan 2020
Hollywood actor Brian Cox calls for second Scottish independence referendum – LBC News 6 Jan 2020
Global call for aid raises more than US$17 million raised to tackle Australia bush fire | South China Morning Post 6 Jan 2020
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Gold Hits 5-Month Low in GBP Ahead of UK Vote, ‘De-Dollarization’ to Support 2020 Prices | Gold News 11 Dec 2019
Afghanistan: a Pentagon Paradise Built on Lies – CounterPunch.org 11 Dec 2019
A Visit to the New Vonnegut Library and Museum – TheHumanist.com 11 Dec 2019
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Scientists Present New Ionosphere Images and Science at AGU 2019 | NASA 11 Dec 2019
World’s Most Beautiful Cities | Mental Floss 11 Dec 2019
16 new Glasgow bars and restaurants to put on your must-try list this December – Glasgow Live 10 Dec 2019
Arlene Foster turns on Boris Johnson, saying she will never take him at his word again: ‘Once bitten, twice shy’ | The Independent 10 Dec 2019
General Election polls 2019: How Britain’s pollsters have changed their methods | inews 10 Dec 2019
Father of Dunblane victim speaks out against Boris Johnson | The National 10 Dec 2019
20 page turners you can’t miss in 2020 10 Dec 2019
A Beloved San Diego Gallery Is Pushed Out by a Wave of Gentrification 10 Dec 2019
When penguins ruled after dinosaurs died 10 Dec 2019
Seven Wonders of the World for 2020 | CN Traveller 10 Dec 2019
Monday’s papers: Finland’s new Prime Minister, Paatero’s return, and an industrial strike 9 Dec 2019
Inside IndyRef2 – Looking forward to a new future – TruePublica 9 Dec 2019
Poll reveals majority will back Scottish independence if Brexit happens | The National 9 Dec 2019
The Cost of Loyalty: Dishonesty, Hubris, and Failure in the U.S. Military – A Book Review – American Herald Tribune 9 Dec 2019
Young Bomberg and the Old Masters at the National Gallery: the Renaissance influences on an East End radical | inews 9 Dec 2019
Blue Origin gets set to send postcards to space on test flight – GeekWire 9 Dec 2019
The most remarkable ghost towns across the world | Stuff.co.nz 9 Dec 2019
Proclaimers approve election versions of their hits for SNP | The National 8 Dec 2019
10 Best Historical Novels of the 2010s | Books of the Decade 8 Dec 2019
Munch’s Scream | Psychology Today 8 Dec 2019
Moon Minerals – A Visual Guide 8 Dec 2019
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The Truth About this Election – Craig Murray 7 Dec 2019
The Two “T’n’T” Bombshells That Senior Conservatives Fear Could Deny Boris Johnson A Majority 7 Dec 2019
Boris Johnson may win the election. The rest of us will lose | Middle East Eye 7 Dec 2019
‘Stunning poll’ suggests SNP on course for extra 11 MPs at General Election | The National 7 Dec 2019
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Eruptions on Asteroid Bennu Hint at Causes of Space Rock Explosions | Space 7 Dec 2019
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