December 21 2020, 08:00
Prime Minister Boris Johnson surprised the United Kingdom this weekend by announcing tough new coronavirus restrictions in some areas just days after saying such measures would be "inhuman." But at the close of an unpredictable and unprecedented year, the British leader's U-turn on holiday season travel and gatherings was just one more in a series of rosy predictions and failed promises. Here's a short review:
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December 21 2020, 08:00
A rocket attack on Baghdad's diplomatic Green Zone Sunday night was "a terrorist act" that undermines Iraq's international reputation, the country's president says.
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December 21 2020, 08:00
The day Farhad Bandesh turned 39, he heard the words he'd come to believe weren't possible, after almost eight years in Australian immigration detention facilities: "You're free to go."
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December 21 2020, 08:00
Already working under poor labor conditions, employees at Mexican factories manufacturing US-bound medical supplies say the coronavirus pandemic has made things even worse. CNN's Matt Rivers reports.
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December 21 2020, 08:00
What started off as a meme-inspired parody cryptocurrency has now become the center of a series of tweets in a bitcoin sound-off from Elon Musk.
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December 21 2020, 08:00
America's women have suffered more job losses than men during the Covid-19 pandemic. See how those losses break down by sector and other variables.
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December 21 2020, 08:00
This is the long road Covid-19 vaccines take to get to you. All the while, staying ultra cold.
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December 21 2020, 08:00
The predator might soon become the prey if Florida scientists can confirm that Burmese pythons -- an extremely invasive species in the Everglades -- are safe for us to eat.
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December 21 2020, 08:00
A Virginia man authorities describe as a "White supremacist" and "an advocate for pedophilia" is facing charges in California and Colorado for traveling across the country to kidnap a 12-year-old girl.
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December 21 2020, 08:00
The teams at the top are familiar -- even in a college football season when the coronavirus pandemic caused several stops, starts, outright cancellations and plenty of ripped up schedules.
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