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43 BC - Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman orator and politician is assassinated in Formiae. 1909 - Inventor Leo Baekeland patents the first thermosetting plastic, Bakelite, sparking the birth of the plastics industry. 1917 - The United…

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Italian rapper Fedez reveals he risks getting MS

Italian rapper Fedez revealed he is risking getting multiple sclerosis. He said a recent scan had turned up an anomaly that put him at risk of developing MS. Fedez said…

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Measles ‘misinformation campaigns’ through social media having disastrous consequences

Measles deaths and infections in 2019 are set to “substantially exceed” last year’s toll when more than 142,000 people died from the preventable disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.…

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1240 - Mongols under Batu Khan occupy and destroy Kiev; out of 50,000 people in the city only 2,000 survive. 1534 - Sebastián de Belalcázar, under the authority of Francisco Pizarro, occupied the Indian city of Quito…

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771 - Charlemagne becomes the sole King of the Franks after the death of his brother Carloman. 1349 - 500 Jews of Nuremberg massacred during Black Death riots. 1456 - Earthquake strikes Naples; about 35,000 die. 1484 - Innocent…

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Door-to-door measles vaccination campaign across Samoa

The government of Samoa announced Wednesday that it will suspend all business activity to conduct a door-to-door vaccination campaign across the country on Dec. 5-6 against measles, which since October…

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EU allocates €50 million to fight Ebola and malnutrition in the Democratic Republic of Congo

The European Commission announced €50 million to help the most vulnerable people affected by the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The funding will address urgent needs and…

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Photo Story: ‘Jumanji: Next Level’ World Premiere in Paris

US actor and cast member Jack Black poses for the media as he arrives for the world premiere of the film 'Jumanji: Next Level' at The Grand Rex theatre in…

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1093 - St. Anselm of Canterbury was consecrated as archbishop. 1154 - Adrian IV was elected pope, becoming the only Englishman to occupy the papal throne. 1533 - On this day in 1533, the three-year-old who…

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1586 - Sir Thomas Herriot introduces potatoes to England from Colombia. 1818 - Illinois was admitted as the 21st state of the United States of America. 1854 - Eureka Stockade: In what is claimed by…

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1804 - Napoleon Bonaparte has crowned Emperor of France in Paris. 1823 - President James Monroe declares his "Monroe Doctrine", a US foreign policy regarding Latin America. 1845 - Manifest Destiny: US President James K. Polk…

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Photo Story: Elton John performs in Perth, Western Australia

British musician Elton John performs during his 'Farewell Yellow Brick Road' tour at HBF Park in Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 30 November 2019 (issued 01 December 2019). Photo: EPA-EFE/TONY MCDONOUGH

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Photo Story: World AIDS Day in Taiwan

A handout photo made available by Taiwan Centers for Disease Control shows people standing together to form the Red Ribbon - symbol of AIDS awareness - in Taipei, Taiwan, ahead…

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New apple launched in the US that ‘lasts for a year’

A new breed of apple that took two decades to develop and allegedly lasts for up to a year in the fridge goes on sale in the US on Sunday.…

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Corporate Dispatch visits………Vincenzo Gemito at the Petit Palais in Paris

Vincenzo Gemito was one of the strongest personalities in Italian art in the late nineteenth century. Both a sculptor and a draftsman of celebrity portraits and scenes of the everyday…

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1016 - Cnut the Great [Canute], King of Denmark, claims the English throne after the death of Edmund 'Ironside'. 1648 - English Parliamentary army captures King Charles I. 1731 -…

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Nestlé Japan launches KitKat with cocoa fruit chocolate

Nestlé has just launched the KitKat Chocolatory Cacao Fruit Chocolate, the first product to use a unique chocolate made entirely from the cocoa fruit. The iconic crispy KitKat wafer is…

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526 - A possible date for the Antioch earthquake in present-day Syria (then the Byzantine Empire) which killed 200,000 people. 1745 - Bonnie Prince Charlie's army moves into Manchester &…

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Photo Story: Keith Haring exhibition in Valladolid, Spain

A woman takes a picture of the artwork 'Keith Haring a Milano Salvatore Ala - June 11-84' by US artist and activist Keith Haring during the inauguration of the exhibition…

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Recruitment of foreign doctors is new flashpoint in Europe’s health debates

Politico reports that outgoing Health Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis waded into the increasingly heated EU debate over the recruitment of foreign health care professionals, criticizing the U.K. for its plan…

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Madonna cancels Madame X tour shows due to ‘overwhelming pain’

Madonna, 61, has announced she has had to cancel tour dates on "doctors' orders" due to "overwhelming pain". The Vogue singer had been due to perform in Boston, Massachusetts on…

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Hungary withdraws from Eurovision Song Contest

Hungary has pulled out of next year's Eurovision song contest amid speculation the decision was triggered by a backlash to the competition's LGBT-positive messaging. While no official reason has been…

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Photo Story: 5,000-year-old cave painting discovered in Spain

A view of a 5,000-year-old cave painting discovered by Spanish expert and researcher Agustin Palomo in Alburquerque, Extremadura, Spain, 27 November 2019 (issued 28 November 2019). The paintings were found…

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Rotterdam 2020 design celebrates 65 years of Eurovision Song Contest

The design, which forms the visual basis for the 3 shows and the event, symbolizes the celebration of the 65 years of Eurovision Song Contest and the 41 countries that…

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1520 - Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan begins crossing the Pacific Ocean. 1814 - The Times of London first printed by automatic, steam-powered presses built by German inventors Friedrich Koenig and…

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Nutella sold 57 million biscuits in three weeks

Ferrero has sold two million and 600 thousand packages of its Nutella biscuits in three weeks. Calculating that each package contains 22, we reach the 57 million cookies in circulation.…

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1095 - Pope Urban II preaches 1st Crusade 1295 - English King Edward I calls what later became known as "The Model Parliament" extending the authorities of its representatives. 1493…

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43 BC- Second Triumvirate alliance of Roman leader Octavian (later Caesar Augustus), Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, and Mark Antony formed. 1778 - British explorer Captain James Cook is the first European…

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The Banksy exhibition in Genoa

Photos of the exhibition 'The second principle of an artist called Banksy' in Genoa, Italy. Many works by the British artist and writer, considered one of the greatest exponents of…

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Frozen 2 breaks global box office record with $350m

Taking $350m worldwide in its opening weekend, according to studio estimates, Frozen 2 has broken the record for the highest-grossing weekend ever for an animated film globally. The second chapter…

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1177 - Battle of Montgisard: Baldwin IV of Jerusalem defeats Saladin and a larger Ayyubid force. 1783 - Britain evacuates New York city, its last military position in the United…

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Academics warn vaping products must not be sold as medicines

Vaping products should be sold from behind the counter amid increasing concern they pose a risk to health, experts have claimed. Martin McKee, Professor of European public health at…

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Health systems unprepared for ageing population living with HIV

Global health systems are unprepared to meet the needs of an ageing population living with HIV, experts have warned. While people with the virus are living longer due to the…

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380 - Theodosius I makes his adventus, or first formal entry, into Constantinople. 1639 - 1st observation of the transit of Venus by Jeremiah Horrocks and William Crabtree - helped establish size of the…

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Corporate Dispatch visits……..El Greco at the Grand Palais

The first major exhibition in France of the Greek artist Doménikos Theotokópoulos (1541-1614), better known as El Greco, is on at the Grand Palais in Paris. Seventy-six works will be…

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Samoa measles outbreak kills 20, mostly children

Deaths related to measles, mostly among small children, have more than tripled to 20 in the past week on the Pacific island of Samoa, the government has said eight days…

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Restoration starts today on The Deposition (The Florentine Pieta) by Michelangelo in Florence

Handout photos made available by the press office shows conservators posing with the sculpture 'The Deposition' (The Florentine Pieta) by Italian artist Michelangelo, residing at the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo…

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1248 - Conquest of Seville by Christian troops under King Ferdinand III of Castile after the city capitulates. 1407 - Louis I, duc d'Orléans, was assassinated by agents of John the Fearless, duke…

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Daniel Craig announces ‘No Time to Die’ will be his final James Bond film

Daniel Craig has revealed he is officially done playing James Bond. The actor, when asked if his time as the British spy was up, said: "Yes – someone else needs…

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1497 - Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama rounds Cape of Good Hope on way to the first voyage from Europe to reach India. 1718 - The pirate Blackbeard was killed off…

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Four in five adolescents failing to exercise for even 60 minutes a day, UN health agency warns

An alarming lack of exercise among adolescents across the world risks seriously compromising their health into adulthood, the UN health agency revealed. In the first study of its kind on…

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‘Troy: Myth and Reality’ exhibit at British Museum in London, photos of the exhibits

Photos from the 'Troy: Myth and Reality' exhibit at the British Museum in London. The British Museum has opened its major exhibition for autumn. The exhibition is the first major…

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Photo Story: 2019 Beaujolais Nouveau official release in Japan

People raise their glasses filled with 2019 Beaujolais Nouveau wine, as they bathe in a 'wine bath', coloured hot water, on the day of the Beaujolais Nouveau official release, at…

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Coldplay will not be touring due to concerns over their concerts’ environmental impact

Coldplay will not be touring to promote their latest album due to concerns over their concerts' environmental impact, BBC reports. "We're taking time to see how our tour can be actively beneficial,"…

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164 BC - During Maccabbean revolt Judas Maccabaeus recaptures Jersusalem and rededicates the Second Temple, commemorated since as Jewish festival Hanukkah. 1620 - Mayflower Compact signed by Pilgrims at Cape Cod, [O.S. Nov 11].…

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284 - Roman soldier Diocletian proclaimed Emperor by the army. 762 - Bögü, Khan of the Uyghurs, conquers Lo-Yang, capital of the Chinese Empire. 1695 - Zumbi last leaders of Quilombo dos Palmares in…

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Italy top in EU for antibiotic-resistance deaths

Italy is top in the European Union for antibiotic-resistance deaths with over 10,000 of the 33,000 deaths in the EU each year caused by bacteria resistant to antibiotics, the Higher…

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1530 - The Recess document resulting from the Diet of Augsburg signed by Charles V and catholic princes. 1620 - The Mayflower reaches Cape Cod and explores the coast. 1794…

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1477 - First English dated printed book "Dictes & Sayengis of the Phylosophers" by William Caxton. 1626 - St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated, replacing earlier basilica, the world's largest Christian basilica. 1903 - Philippe-Jean Bunau-Varilla,…

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1558 - Elizabeth I aged 25 ascends the English throne upon the death of her half-sister Queen "Bloody" Mary. 1800 - Congress holds its 1st session in Washington D.C. in…

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534 - Second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus published. 1532 - Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro captures Inca Emperor Atahualpa after a surprise ambush at Cajamarca in the Peruvian…

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Disney+ adds disclaimer about racism in film classics like Peter Pan and Dumbo

Disney's new streaming service has added a disclaimer to classic films from its back catalogue, including Dumbo and Peter Pan because they depict racist stereotypes. The move follows the launch…

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Suspicions Belgian death might be linked to vaping

A Belgian teen's death reported Thursday might be the first vaping-related death in Europe. Raphaël Pauwaert, 18, died on November 6 after developing a lung illness and falling into an…

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Andrea Bocelli speaks out in defence of Placido Domingo

Tenor Andrea Bocelli has defended opera legend Placido Domingo, saying it is "absurd" that a number of theatres have cancelled concerts in which the artist was scheduled to perform before…

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X019: Xbox kicks off UK gaming event with Project xCloud and Xbox Game Pass news

Xbox has kicked off its X019 gaming event in London with a raft of announcements that will help gamers play the latest titles whenever and wherever they want. Project xCloud,…

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1492 - Christopher Columbus notes 1st recorded reference to tobacco. 1884 - European Colonization and trade in Africa is officially regulated at the international Berlin Conference, formalizing European powers "Scramble…

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Photo Story: The World of Saskia Boddeke & Peter Greenaway exhibition in Torun, Poland

Photos of the artworks by Peter Greenaway and his wife Saskia Boddeke during the World of Saskia Boddeke & Peter Greenaway exhibition at the at the Centre Of Contemporary Art…

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