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GOOGLE SERVICES RECOVER AFTER GOING DOWN IN WORLDWIDE OUTAGE

Many services from Alphabet Inc, including YouTube, Gmail and Google Drive, were down for thousands of users across the globe on Monday. The company’s video platform did not load for users and had an error message: “Something went wrong…”.

SCHIPHOL AIRPORT GEARS UP FOR CHILLED VACCINE CARGOS

In cavernous cold-storage warehouses at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport, KLM workers are gearing up for a surge next year in COVID-19 vaccine cargos that will need to be flown around the world at ultra-low temperatures.

MICK SCHUMACHER WINS FORMULA TWO TITLE BEFORE GRADUATION TO F1

An ‘overwhelmed’ Mick Schumacher graduated to Formula One as the 2020 Formula Two champion on Sunday despite failing to score in his last race before joining the U.S.-owned Haas F1 team.

PRIEST IN CHARGE OF DRUG REHAB COMMUNITY IN CATANIA KILLED IN ARSON

Fr Leonardo Grasso, 78, died in an allegedly deliberate arson at the headquarters of the rehabilitation community for drug addicts and for assistance to AIDS patients ‘Tenda di San Camillo’ in the Catania area.

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ITALIAN POLICE DISMANTLE DANGEROUS MIGRANT SMUGGLING GROUP

A dangerous cartel of the international smugglers of migrants connected with criminal groups in Turkey and Greece was dismantled by the Italian police in an investigation that was led by the authorities in Catania, Italy.

MARADONA BURIED NEXT TO HIS PARENTS

Argentine soccer icon Diego Armando Maradona was interred Thursday alongside his parents at a cemetery on the outskirts of Buenos Aires. Only around 30 people were permitted inside the gates of Jardin Bella Vista, where the elder Diego Maradona was buried just five years ago, for the hourlong ceremony at the grave site.

ISRAEL RECEIVES ITS MOST ADVANCED WARSHIP AS IRAN TENSIONS RISE

Israel received its most advanced warship on Wednesday, describing the German-made vessel dubbed “Shield” as a bulwark for vulnerable Mediterranean gas rigs as tensions with Tehran soar over the assassination of a top Iranian nuclear scientist.

PRINCE HARRY AND DUCHESS MEGHAN MOVING OUT OF UK HOME FOR PRINCESS EUGENIE

Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan are moving out of their UK home so Princess Eugenie can move in. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s personal items were reportedly collected from Frogmore Cottage, Windsor by removal vans one evening, meaning the pregnant Princess and her husband can move in.

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ROYAL FAMILY SAID TO BE OUTRAGED AT NEW SEASON OF THE CROWN

Britain’s royal family is said to be outraged by the new season of the Netflix series “The Crown”, which deals with the relationship between Prince Charles and Princess Diana.

MARADONA WOULD STILL BE ALIVE HAD HE PLAYED FOR JUVENTUS RATHER THAN NAPOLI – CABRINI

Maradona would still be alive if at that time he had been Juve’s and not Napoli’s,” Juve great and 1982 World Cup winning defender Antonio Cabrini said in an interview with a local TV in Avellino. The former Italy left back later apologised to Napoli supporters, saying he never meant to offend their club.

A RARE WWII ENIGMA CIPHER MACHINE FOUND UNDER WATER OFF GERMAN COAST

Handout photos by Submaris, showing underwater archaeologist Florian Huber viewing the rare WWII Enigma cipher machine, found under water at Geltinger Bay in Baltic Sea, off German coast.

US HITS 12 MILLION COVID-19 CASES AS MANY AMERICANS DEFY THANKSGIVING TRAVEL GUIDANCE

The United States recorded its 12th million COVID-19 case on Saturday, even as millions of Americans were expected to travel for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, ignoring warnings from health officials about furthering the spread of the infectious disease.

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