Monday, November 30, 2020

Sri Lanka: Eight die in prison riot over Covid panic


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Republicans say Biden budget chief has 'zero chance' of confirmation


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Over 300 detained in Belarus during anti-government protests


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The man, 62, was rescued by a passing container ship, more than 80 miles off the Florida coast.December 01, 2020 at 06:06AM

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Opposition Conservatives say the historic spending plan is "startling".December 01, 2020 at 04:48AM

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Social media is full of coronavirus vaccine information - but how can you tell which is reliable?December 01, 2020 at 07:01AM

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West Wing aides are keeping a low profile as the presidency slowly comes to terms with his loss.December 01, 2020 at 03:37AM

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Andrei Ostapovich quit his job as a Belarusian police officer, was detained in Russia, then escaped to Poland.December 01, 2020 at 06:32AM

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Frank Gardner looks at Iran's options were it to try to avenge Mohsen Fakhrizadeh's assassination.December 01, 2020 at 06:33AM

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A "charter of values" is the latest effort by the French state to win Muslim hearts and minds.December 01, 2020 at 06:33AM

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The feminists who were the backbone of the EndSars protests, which threaten Nigeria's status quo.December 01, 2020 at 06:34AM

Missing Florida sailor found clinging to capsized vessel


from BBC News - World The man, 62, was rescued by a passing container ship, more than 80 miles off the Florida coast. https://ift.tt/2JppJ5n

Jill Biden, Joe's chief protector, to step up as first lady


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Trump administration rushes to complete Mexico border wall before Biden takes office


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Trump tells viewers to watch 'anything else' but Fox News ahead of his 1st interview since Election Day


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Gale-force winds, rain and snow lash much of northeastern US


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Arizona officials certify the state’s election results


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Tony Hsieh, the late former CEO of Zappos, famously pioneered the concept of paying new, unhappy employees $2,000 to quit in order to maintain a happy, productive workforce


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Republicans vow to block Biden budget pick over her ‘disparaging’ comments about senators


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Navy will decommission warship damaged in suspected arson


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Trump attorneys described Giuliani as 'deranged' and likened the team pushing election fraud claims to a 'clown car,' report says


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Manhattan DA candidates weigh in on investigation into Trump's finances


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Key question in Cosby appeal: Does defendant's past matter?


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Sunday, November 29, 2020

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Collector William Fagan finds 70-year-old photographs in a camera.November 30, 2020 at 06:12AM

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Machine learning is helping firms across many industries more quickly solve difficult challenges.November 30, 2020 at 06:05AM

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Five challenges of distributing a Covid-19 vaccine to billions of people.November 30, 2020 at 06:10AM

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The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan is over, but some are still waiting for news of missing relatives.November 30, 2020 at 06:23AM

Covid: Fauci warns of 'surge in cases' post Thanksgiving


from BBC News - World Millions of people are returning home following the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States. https://ift.tt/2Vimxvc

Italy's Calabria has two pandemics: Covid and the Mafia


from BBC News - World Calabria was not hit by the first wave of the pandemic but its fragile health system is buckling now. https://ift.tt/39r5Gyr

Why India can't stop farmers burning stubble


from BBC News - World The toxic fumes from stubble burning affects hundreds of millions - but curbs to stop it keep failing. https://ift.tt/36jhz7s

Viewpoint: Why Kenya's giant fig tree won over a president


from BBC News - World The campaign to save a 100-year-old tree shows cultural fears can make politicians listen in Kenya. https://ift.tt/3o5rALI

A 70-year-old photographic mystery


from BBC News - World Collector William Fagan finds 70-year-old photographs in a camera. https://ift.tt/2HQfpD9

The tech allowing thousands of students to sit exams at home


from BBC News - World Machine learning is helping firms across many industries more quickly solve difficult challenges. https://ift.tt/3qmLST0

Coronavirus: How do you vaccinate 7.7 billion people?


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Nagorno-Karabakh: The boy who swapped his piano for a gun


from BBC News - World The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan is over, but some are still waiting for news of missing relatives. https://ift.tt/2KLFUKR

Iran newspaper: Strike Haifa if Israel killed scientist


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Tigray crisis: Ethiopian soldiers accused of blocking border with Sudan


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Biden COVID-19 adviser: Many who celebrated Thanksgiving with family or friends will be in ICUs over Christmas


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Jared Kushner heading to Saudi Arabia and Qatar in last ditch effort to resolve Gulf dispute


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Chinese doctors jailed for illegal organ harvesting


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'I'm scared. Are you scared?': A Michigan mom's harrowing story of leaving her autistic son to fight COVID-19 alone in the hospital


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Trump was convinced he was going to win on election night in a repeat of 2016, and was 'shouting at everyone' when Fox News called Arizona for Biden


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'Almost impossible': As education divide deepens, Democrats fear a demographic problem for future power


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Source: Pa. lawmaker gets a positive test at Trump meeting


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The founders of the Black Lives Matter movement tell the BBC's 100 Women season they are optimistic.November 30, 2020 at 06:03AM

Black Lives Matter founders: We fought to change history and we won


from BBC News - World The founders of the Black Lives Matter movement tell the BBC's 100 Women season they are optimistic. https://ift.tt/3mlthEm

Saturday, November 28, 2020

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A new report warns Afghanistan is becoming a major methamphetamine producer, leaving addicts in its wake.November 24, 2020 at 06:36AM

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Tiny Bhutan is feeling the squeeze as its giant neighbours China and India vie for territory.November 25, 2020 at 06:37AM

Viewpoint: How Ethiopia is undermining the African Union


from BBC News - World The country has rebuffed African efforts to find a negotiated settlement to the Tigray conflict. https://ift.tt/3q8LirK

Serbia coronavirus: The Church losing its leaders to the pandemic


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In pictures: Hurricanes leave Hondurans homeless and destitute


from BBC News - World Hurricanes Eta and Iota left more than 150,000 people in Honduras homeless and many lost everything. https://ift.tt/33HDow7

The battle to save a biodiversity hotspot in India


from BBC News - World Environmentalists in India's Goa state are fighting projects they say will turn it into a coal hub. https://ift.tt/37fVupU

Conjoined twins: 'We always knew we were different'


from BBC News - World They made headlines when surgeons separated them - now Sanchia and Eman Mowatt are at university. https://ift.tt/3fqDdtm

Afghanistan, home to the heroin trade, moves into meth


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Why Bhutan's Sakteng wildlife sanctuary is disputed by China


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GOP congressman calls party's refusal to acknowledge Biden's win a 'massive grift' and says Trump 'forgot he was serving people and not himself'


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Indonesia police say suspected militants kill 4 villagers


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White rice spikes blood sugar levels and 'has almost the same effect as eating pure table sugar,' according to Harvard Medical School


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Cindy McCain is under consideration to become US Ambassador to the United Kingdom: report


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The states with and without travel restrictions amid the coronavirus pandemic


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Ethiopia declares victory as military takes Tigray capital


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Iran shuts gov't offices, tightening virus restrictions


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Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine is reportedly being flown by United Airlines chartered flights to distribution hubs, in anticipation of FDA approval


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The two nations have expelled each other's envoys over a historical dispute dating back a century.November 29, 2020 at 05:57AM

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The case of the three Khachaturyan sisters accused of killing their father sent shockwaves through Russia.November 29, 2020 at 06:02AM

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BBC correspondents across the east Africa region explain the impact for Ethiopia and its neighbours.November 29, 2020 at 06:00AM

Serbia and Montenegro expel respective ambassadors


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Khachaturyan sisters: A murder trial that shocked Russia


from BBC News - World The case of the three Khachaturyan sisters accused of killing their father sent shockwaves through Russia. https://ift.tt/3lbWro0

Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: What does it mean for the east Africa region?


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Friday, November 27, 2020

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How a lawsuit from an ex-Trump lawyer full of baseless voter fraud claims went viral.November 28, 2020 at 06:43AM

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The Somali government retrains defectors from the al-Shabab militant group as barbers, drivers, mechanics and tailors.November 23, 2020 at 06:59AM

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The story behind the plaque: the fast life and freakishly unlucky death of Karl Edwards.November 24, 2020 at 06:30AM

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In a country where marriages are steeped in tradition, Sanjana Rishi's wedding outfit drew criticism.November 24, 2020 at 06:30AM

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Has Covid put an end to big budget film-making, or will busy cinemas in Asia give Hollywood hope?November 26, 2020 at 06:50AM

Maradona: Funeral worker apologises over coffin photos


from BBC News - World The Argentine funeral worker took photos next to the open casket of football legend Diego Maradona. https://ift.tt/3lfNH0e

Swiss vote on making firms liable for rights abuse


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Climate change: The woman watching the ice melt from under her feet


from BBC News - World For thousands of years Inupaiq people have relied on the land in Alaska but now climate change is threatening their entire way of life. https://ift.tt/39lxeFm

Losing Cinema Park: Tears over demolition of Kabul's iconic cinema


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Jane Fonda: 'It's much harder to be young than it is old'


from BBC News - World As an 82-year-old Jane Fonda is still protesting - this time about climate change - and getting arrested. https://ift.tt/3o6DXr1

Biden reportedly considering a retired four-star general to lead US military, would be first Black defense secretary if confirmed


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They're baaack: Trump and allies still refuse election loss


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Taiwan officials throw pig guts in parliament in fist fight over pork imports


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Trump news – live: President loses Pennsylvania appeal as he backtracks on vow to leave peacefully


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UK asks regulator to assess AZ-Oxford vaccine amid questions


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‘Isn’t this the language of a dictator?’: Trump confronted after press conference littered with misinformation


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Ethiopian PM rejects Tigray conflict talks in AU meeting


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Supreme Court blocks some COVID-19 restrictions at religious services in New York, marking a shift from decisions made before Amy Coney Barrett joined the bench


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Investigation underway after inmate shot, killed by correctional officer


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Tulsi Gabbard urges Trump to ‘please consider’ pardons for Julian Assange and Edward Snowden


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For thousands of years Inupaiq people have relied on the land in Alaska but now climate change is threatening their entire way of life.November 28, 2020 at 06:04AM

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Why the demolition of a 70-year old cinema hall in Kabul went viral in Afghanistan.November 28, 2020 at 06:04AM

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As an 82-year-old Jane Fonda is still protesting - this time about climate change - and getting arrested.November 28, 2020 at 06:03AM

Thursday, November 26, 2020

Disney Cruise Line, P&O Cruises extend COVID-19 sailing suspension into 2021


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Thai protesters push on despite charges of royal defamation


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People have taken to the streets as the government attempts to ban nearly all abortions.November 27, 2020 at 06:28AM

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Of the 19 places in the US that usually correctly pick the president, only one got it right this time.November 27, 2020 at 06:56AM

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Activist Jolovan Wham faces large fines for violating public order in Singapore.November 27, 2020 at 06:12AM

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The government is hoping for a quick victory in Tigray but it may not be that simple.November 27, 2020 at 07:00AM

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The Jeeves and Wooster creator was the most English of novelists so why does he have fans in India?November 27, 2020 at 07:01AM

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Photographer Ian Brown travelled around the US in search of people's American dreams.November 27, 2020 at 06:30AM

'This is War': Poland’s battle for abortion


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Can a ninja’s life teach us about staying safe in a pandemic?


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US election results: Why the most accurate bellwether counties were wrong


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Singapore: Jolovan Wham charged for holding up a smiley face sign


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Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: Fears of a march into guerrilla warfare


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PG Wodehouse: Why India still holds a flame for the English author


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Searching 80,000 miles for the American dream


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Giuliani tells Pennsylvania legislators they can override popular vote to appoint pro-Trump electors


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New Hampshire Republicans want to impeach the state's GOP governor for requiring people to wear a mask in public places


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Footsoldiers of democracy, election officials became targets of rage


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Conspiracy theorist Trump lawyer Sidney Powell sues in Georgia and Michigan with error-filled ‘Kraken’ suits


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Stephen Bannon switching lawyers in border wall fund case


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Donald Trump commits to leaving White House if Joe Biden wins Electoral College vote


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Volunteers discuss side-effects after receiving Moderna and Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines


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Genichi is the first student from a Japanese university with a master’s degree in ninja studies.November 27, 2020 at 06:08AM

Wednesday, November 25, 2020

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Black Friday and Christmas shopping are here - but it may be harder than ever to snag what you want.November 26, 2020 at 06:19AM

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A French MP wants to push back against the traditional Parisian disdain for regional voices.November 26, 2020 at 06:48AM

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The Mapuche make up 12% of Chile's population but are not recognised in the country's constitution.November 26, 2020 at 06:52AM

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With communications largely cut to the Tigray region, both sides in the conflict are trying to control the narrative.November 26, 2020 at 06:57AM

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This doctor made a video simulating what a dying Covid patient sees - to urge people to wear masks.November 26, 2020 at 06:46AM

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Former Trump aide Omarosa Manigault Newman reacts to the ex-national security adviser's pardon.November 26, 2020 at 05:47AM

Coronavirus and gender: More chores for women set back gains in equality


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The woman sacrificing everything for freedom


from BBC News - World Three months on from the Belarus election, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya reflects on how her life has changed. https://ift.tt/362VASi

Tributes pour in for football great Maradona


from BBC News - World Three days of mourning begin in Argentina as tributes pour in for Diego Maradona, one of the greatest footballers of all time, who died on Wednesday. https://ift.tt/375Wqgw

Yemen: Growing up in a war-torn country


from BBC News - World Yemen is labelled the "the world's worst humanitarian crisis" and 60% of its population is under 25. https://ift.tt/39cTpO1

Black Friday: Why bots will beat you to in-demand gifts


from BBC News - World Black Friday and Christmas shopping are here - but it may be harder than ever to snag what you want. https://ift.tt/3m83PCa

Why France may ban discrimination against accents


from BBC News - World A French MP wants to push back against the traditional Parisian disdain for regional voices. https://ift.tt/3fChz5J

Chile's Mapuche indigenous group fights for rights


from BBC News - World The Mapuche make up 12% of Chile's population but are not recognised in the country's constitution. https://ift.tt/37bHdu3

Tigray crisis: How the Ethiopian army and TPLF clashed over an airport


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Covid: US doctor's video simulates what dying patient sees


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Report: New Mexico governor, former surgeon general are the top contenders to be Biden's health secretary


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Saudi Arabia calls Houthi missile strike on oil facility a 'cowardly' act


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Biden's team has made contact with Dr. Fauci, and the president-elect said he has been 'very, very helpful' in briefings with staff


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Dentists say young influencers who are filing down their teeth for the 'perfect smile' will need dentures by the time they're 40


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Trump calls into Pennsylvania hearing, rambles about voter fraud on speakerphone


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Biden says his team has spoken to Fauci: ‘He’s been very, very helpful’


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Former Trump aide Omarosa Manigault Newman reacts to the ex-national security adviser's pardon.November 26, 2020 at 05:47AM

'Michael Flynn's loyalty to Trump has paid off' - Omarosa Manigault Newman


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Tuesday, November 24, 2020

Georgia taxpayers will fund another full recount at Trump's request


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Afghanistan war: 26,000 Afghan children killed or maimed since 2005


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Tiny Bhutan is feeling the squeeze as its giant neighbours China and India vie for territory.November 25, 2020 at 06:37AM

Nagorno-Karabakh: The family that lost everything


from BBC News - World Maria and her children were driven from their home in Nagorno-Karabakh due to the ongoing conflict. https://ift.tt/2J8JcXQ

Brexit: Biden says no to hard border in Ireland


from BBC News - World US President-elect Joe Biden says closing the border would be "just not right". https://ift.tt/3lbrwbD

Zahara: Violence against women in South Africa 'a pandemic'


from BBC News - World Zahara, a platinum-selling singer in South Africa, talks to the BBC about surviving a violent attack. https://ift.tt/3l9JnQc

75% of every donation to Trump's 'election defense fund' could be spent by the president himself on things like paying family members or financing a 2024 bid


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J Paul Getty's grandson found dead in Texas hotel room


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After senate run, Harrison launching PAC to boost Democrats


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Marco Rubio blasts Biden White House picks for Ivy League degrees — despite Trump administration's similar credentials


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Trump pardons turkey at White House ceremony


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In a capital’s Afro-Brazilian architecture, traces of a complex story


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Trump campaign legal team distances itself from Powell


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Michigan girl, 14, who was detained by police dies of coronavirus


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Joe Biden given access to intelligence briefings as Donald Trump prepares for life in Mar-a-Lago


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CDC to shorten quarantine for those exposed to Covid-19


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Biden has reportedly chosen his U.N. ambassador, national security adviser


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Pakistan opposition seeks end to Imran Khan's 'puppet' rule


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A 28-year-old woman is arrested after allegedly stabbing and trying to choke two other women.November 25, 2020 at 05:48AM

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Maria and her children were driven from their home in Nagorno-Karabakh due to the ongoing conflict.November 25, 2020 at 06:04AM

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President-Elect Biden says closing the border would be "just not right".November 25, 2020 at 05:33AM

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Zahara, a platinum-selling singer in South Africa, talks to the BBC about surviving a violent attack.November 25, 2020 at 06:02AM

Lugano attack: Two hurt in suspected terror incident in Switzerland


from BBC News - World A 28-year-old woman is arrested after allegedly stabbing and trying to choke two other women. https://ift.tt/3l71Nkm

Monday, November 23, 2020

Melania welcomes White House tree after being caught on tape saying ‘who gives a f***’ about Christmas


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Why a watchdog group is troubled by Biden's secretary of state pick


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Republican official: Trump efforts to undermine Georgia results could 'suppress the vote' in U.S. Senate runoff elections


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Election mail: We sent 193 shipments, and here's what we learned


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This Gun Coffee Brand Was MAGA Royalty. Then It Turned on Kyle Rittenhouse.


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Reports: Israeli PM flew to Saudi Arabia, met crown prince


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Rush Limbaugh: Trump’s Legal Team ‘Promised Blockbuster Stuff and Then Nothing Happened’


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Pennsylvania Republicans File Emergency Lawsuit to Block Certification of Election Results


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Fauci says it’s ‘unrealistic’ to think we’ll be able to celebrate normally with families during spring holiday season


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Climate change: Covid pandemic has little impact on rise in CO2


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Man in Trump-shaped flotation device charged with assault after breathing on protesters


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Biden names 2 White House staffers to help negotiate legislation with Congress


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Arnab Goswami: India's most loved and loathed TV anchor


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Thousands march in Taiwan against US pork imports


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White House still planning holiday parties, despite warnings


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Helicopter pilot finds 'strange' monolith in remote part of Utah


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California's Covid curfew to begin, as US cases hit 12-million mark


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A military court jails Ntabo Ntaberi for life after a two-year trial that saw 178 victims testify.November 24, 2020 at 05:37AM

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Whilst most Azerbaijanis are celebrating the end of fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh, some are struggling to return to normal life.November 24, 2020 at 06:04AM

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Usman and Sharon were connected forever after being caught up in the bombing's aftermath.November 24, 2020 at 06:02AM

Ntabo Ntaberi: DR Congo militia leader jailed for crimes against humanity


from BBC News - World A military court jails Ntabo Ntaberi for life after a two-year trial that saw 178 victims testify. https://ift.tt/2IUBZet

Nagorno-Karabakh: 'It's too painful to sleep'


from BBC News - World Whilst most Azerbaijanis are celebrating the end of fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh, some are struggling to return to normal life. https://ift.tt/35YICFi

Reunited after the Manchester Arena bombing


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Sunday, November 22, 2020

A bipartisan group of Georgia teens is trying to flip the Senate by enlisting thousands of students to vote in the January runoffs


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US Rep. Mike Garcia claims win in swing district north of LA


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Pompeo touts Iran policy in Gulf ahead of Biden presidency


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The German leader voices concern after top economic powers promise a fair distribution of vaccines.November 23, 2020 at 06:46AM

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Staff at a 14-bed hospital in North Dakota tell first-hand their fight to keep friends' family members alive.November 23, 2020 at 06:10AM

US election 2020: Trump ally urges him to accept defeat in US vote


from BBC News - World Former Republican governor Chris Christie calls the president's legal team an "embarrassment". https://ift.tt/3lXeQ98

Covid-19 pandemic: Merkel 'worried' about vaccines for poor countries


from BBC News - World The German leader voices concern after top economic powers promise a fair distribution of vaccines. https://ift.tt/3lUWUvT

Covid in North Dakota: One day inside a rural US hospital’s fight


from BBC News - World Staff at a 14-bed hospital in North Dakota tell first-hand their fight to keep friends' family members alive. https://ift.tt/2UTbKHz

Iowa congressman notorious for racist remarks asks Kamala Harris if she was descended from slave owners


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Israel strikes Hamas sites in Gaza Strip after rocket attack


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Teenager arrested in Wisconsin mall shooting that injured eight


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Confrontation at German coronavirus protest goes viral


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Catholic leaders likely to take oppositional stance against Biden's views on abortion


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Michigan legislators wooed by Trump in White House see no reason not to certify results


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Trump legal team disavows association with lawyer Sidney Powell


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Azerbaijanis who fled war look to return home, if it exists


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Election mail: We sent 193 shipments, and here's what we learned


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President-elect: Inheriting an economy in disrepair


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ISIS claims attack in Kabul that killed at least 8


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Russia's health system under strain as the virus surges back


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News Analysis: Biden preps to be president as Trump fights for the job he is ignoring


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The Desperate Final Gasps of Team Trump’s Flailing ‘Mini-Coup’


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Former Republican governor Chris Christie calls the president's legal team an "embarrassment".November 23, 2020 at 06:08AM

Saturday, November 21, 2020

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The star presenter is making Indian TV news louder and more aggressive than ever before.November 22, 2020 at 07:00AM

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You saw the headlines of a $1.8m meteorite? Here's the real story and it's just as fascinating.November 22, 2020 at 06:56AM

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Dimension Nova shakes up reality TV with computer-animated contestants performing to real judges.November 22, 2020 at 06:49AM

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Violence is being copied in children's games, raising fears that months of protests have affected the young.November 22, 2020 at 06:59AM

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War veteran and ex-minister Debretsion Gebremichael now leads the struggle against the government.November 22, 2020 at 07:02AM

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We unpick some of this week's misleading claims about the pandemic and the coronavirus vaccine.November 22, 2020 at 06:50AM

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Restaurants across the US are drawing in customers with their Thanksgiving takeaway menus this year.November 22, 2020 at 07:04AM

Covid makes Brazil's president Bolsonaro a hero to some


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India's most loved and loathed TV anchor


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The Indonesian meteorite which didn't sell for $1.8m


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China gives musical talent show a virtual makeover


from BBC News - World Dimension Nova shakes up reality TV with computer-animated contestants performing to real judges. https://ift.tt/3lTgtEN

Children mimic street brutality in the playgrounds of Belarus


from BBC News - World Violence is being copied in children's games, raising fears that months of protests have affected the young. https://ift.tt/3kS04iI

Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: Debretsion Gebremichael, the man at the heart of the conflict


from BBC News - World War veteran and ex-minister Debretsion Gebremichael now leads the struggle against the government. https://ift.tt/395Ymbu

The coronavirus pandemic 'great reset' theory and a false vaccine claim debunked


from BBC News - World We unpick some of this week's misleading claims about the pandemic and the coronavirus vaccine. https://ift.tt/3700ApR

GOP Michigan ex-governor says state board will certify Biden winner over 'bully' Trump


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Lindsey Graham continues to weigh in on Georgia election after being accused of interference


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Florida man saves his dog from the jaws of an alligator; wildlife cam films the dramatic rescue


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Trump's defeat by Joe Biden has triggered a huge wave of relief among the United States' European allies


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Azerbaijani leader hails handover of region ceded by Armenia


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Democrats and mainstream media ignore growing fraud allegations


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Trump considers targeting birthright citizenship with executive order in his last weeks in office, report says


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Court hears arguments on dead North Dakota candidate's seat


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Government coronavirus handouts have made Brazil's right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro unexpected friendsNovember 22, 2020 at 06:02AM

Friday, November 20, 2020

Kyle Rittenhouse: Teen charged over Wisconsin protest deaths posts $2m bail


from BBC News - World Kyle Rittenhouse is alleged to have shot three people at a protest over the shooting of a black man. https://ift.tt/3kXa0Yw

Irish open-air cellist strikes coronavirus lockdown chord


from BBC News - World Patrick Dexter films recitals outside his picturesque cottage on Ireland's rural west coast. https://ift.tt/3pO8iMA

Students create device to capture car tyre microplastic debris


from BBC News - World We hear a lot about single-use plastics like bottles and packaging but tyre wear is a big problem. https://ift.tt/3kUBkpX

Illinois Sen. Duckworth says 'silence is deafening' from Republicans on Trump's election maneuvers


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Rudy Giuliani suggested someone 'cut the head off' Democrat leaders in Fox News interview


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Stacey Abrams drops into historic Verzuz rap battle to encourage Georgians to vote in critical Senate runoff races: 'Let's get it done'


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N.Y. Attorney General subpoenas Trump Organization for Ivanka records


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Explosion at gas pipeline in Egypt's Sinai causes fire


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Why Isn’t Bernie Backing Jon Ossoff in Georgia?


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Pike River: The 29 coal miners who never came home


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Will Trump and Fox News turn from allies to enemies?


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Serbian Church leader dies after contracting COVID-19


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Treasury Secretary Mnuchin wants to redirect $580 billion of unspent stimulus money to prop up small businesses and extend unemployment benefits


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CDC Reveals Wild Spread of COVID-19 Cases From Sturgis Rally


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Fox News' Tucker Carlson is reluctantly skeptical of the vote-switching conspiracy from Trump's lawyers


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How Steve Bannon and a Chinese Billionaire Created a Right-Wing Coronavirus Media Sensation


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'The cub was lethargic, depressed, and thin': Justice Department files complaint against 'Tiger King' star Jeffrey Lowe alleging violations of the Endangered Species Act and the Animal Welfare Act


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The president's son is said to be quarantining at his cabin after being diagnosed this week.November 21, 2020 at 05:50AM

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The child was abducted by a suspected paedophile in September from a village east of Moscow.November 21, 2020 at 05:38AM

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Patrick Dexter films recitals outside his picturesque cottage on Ireland's rural west coast.November 21, 2020 at 06:02AM

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We hear a lot about single-use plastics like bottles and packaging but tyre wear is a big problem.November 21, 2020 at 06:01AM

Donald Trump Jr tests positive for coronavirus


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Russian special forces rescue boy kidnapped by suspected paedophile


from BBC News - World The child was abducted by a suspected paedophile in September from a village east of Moscow. https://ift.tt/3lPWVkJ

Thursday, November 19, 2020

Biden's DIY transition proceeds without Trump assistance


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McConnell warns Republican senators to stay healthy or risk their lame-duck agenda


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Lara Trump is reportedly considering running for Senate in North Carolina


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Michigan businessman’s shaming of Republicans who blocked vote certification goes viral


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Stephen Moore: It’s ‘Depressing’ Biden Won, Time for Trump To Focus on Final Months in Office


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The warning comes as US virus cases soar past 11.6 million, and the country records 250,000 deaths.November 20, 2020 at 06:14AM

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Fergal Keane looks at their legacy and speaks to a Holocaust survivor, a prosecutor and the son of a defendant.November 20, 2020 at 06:28AM

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Donald Trump joins a small group of US presidents who lost the election while in office.November 20, 2020 at 06:11AM

Coronavirus: CDC urges Americans not to travel for Thanksgiving


from BBC News - World The warning comes as US virus cases soar past 11.6 million, and the country records 250,000 deaths. https://ift.tt/36VOM88

Remembering the Nuremberg trials 75 years on


from BBC News - World Fergal Keane looks at their legacy and speaks to a Holocaust survivor, a prosecutor and the son of a defendant. https://ift.tt/35R0Jgl

US election: How other incumbents left the White House after losing


from BBC News - World Donald Trump joins a small group of US presidents who lost the election while in office. https://ift.tt/3ffzrDe

Michigan militia planned 'weeklong series of televised executions' as part of kidnapping plot, prosecutors say


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Mexico says it wants its ex-officials tried in Mexico


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Republicans on board of key Michigan county revoke decision to certify election results


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Cuomo warns law enforcement they have to implement his Thanksgiving Covid restrictions


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Iraqi FM condemns Baghdad rocket attack as 'terrorist act'


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‘She has to finally come to a decision’: GSA chief Emily Murphy faces blowback as nation awaits vote certification


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A woman woke up from a COVID-19 coma to learn she gave birth to twins 16 days earlier


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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo snapped at reporters at a tense coronavirus press briefing where he learned that NYC schools were closing amid a spike in new infections


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The president-elect says Donald Trump has shown "incredible irresponsibility" in challenging defeat.November 20, 2020 at 05:10AM

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Demonstrators call for healthcare improvements and a minimum wage for unemployed people.November 20, 2020 at 05:51AM

US election 2020: Biden says Trump denial 'sending horrible message'


from BBC News - World The president-elect says Donald Trump has shown "incredible irresponsibility" in challenging defeat. https://ift.tt/2UKS2O9

Thousands join anti-government protests across Colombia


from BBC News - World Demonstrators call for healthcare improvements and a minimum wage for unemployed people. https://ift.tt/32WAV0c

Wednesday, November 18, 2020

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There is "credible evidence" that special forces soldiers were involved in 39 killings, a report finds.November 19, 2020 at 06:48AM

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The "Five Eyes" intelligence-sharing group say China seeks to silence critical voices in Hong Kong.November 19, 2020 at 06:55AM

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EU leaders will meet via video, with Hungary and Poland objecting to funds being tied to rule of law.November 19, 2020 at 06:39AM

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Father Christmas explains how to have a Covid secure ChristmasNovember 19, 2020 at 06:08AM

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It's been 10 years since New Zealand's Pike River mine disaster, and families of victims still feel raw.November 19, 2020 at 06:12AM

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The top US infectious diseases expert asks Americans to weigh up the risks of travelling to see family.November 19, 2020 at 06:36AM

Tiny owl rescued from New York Rockefeller Center Christmas tree


from BBC News - World The saw-whet owl is doing well after its unplanned three-day road trip to the Big Apple. https://ift.tt/32UTzpc

Australian elite soldiers killed Afghan civilians, report finds


from BBC News - World There is "credible evidence" that special forces soldiers were involved in 39 killings, a report finds. https://ift.tt/3kMVfXU

Hong Kong: UK and allies express 'serious concern' over China's policies


from BBC News - World The "Five Eyes" intelligence-sharing group say China seeks to silence critical voices in Hong Kong. https://ift.tt/3pGLrm5

EU faces challenge from three states to Covid budget


from BBC News - World EU leaders will meet via video, with Hungary and Poland objecting to funds being tied to rule of law. https://ift.tt/3fcEYKF

Coronavirus: Father Christmas’ guide to a Covid safe Christmas


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Pike River: The 29 coal miners who never came home


from BBC News - World It's been 10 years since New Zealand's Pike River mine disaster, and families of victims still feel raw. https://ift.tt/3nC1Hmn

US election 2020: How much did it cost and who paid for it?


from BBC News - World The US elections in 2020 cost a record $14bn. BBC Reality Check takes a look at who paid this and how it was spent https://ift.tt/37QCjEK

Covid: Dr Fauci asks families to weigh up risks over US Thanksgiving


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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo snapped at reporters at a tense coronavirus press briefing where he learned that NYC schools were closing amid a spike in new infections


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Iraqi FM condemns Baghdad rocket attack as 'terrorist act'


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Rep. Tlaib raises possibility of investigation into Trump administration handling of U.S. Census


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Trump's last-minute foreign policy dumps are reportedly an attempt to overwhelm Biden and drown his agenda


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Georgia's Republican secretary of state says railing against absentee ballots cost Trump the state


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The saw-whet owl is doing well after its unplanned three-day road trip to the Big Apple.November 19, 2020 at 05:47AM

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The religious minority group suffered harsh persecution under Islamic State (IS) group control.November 19, 2020 at 05:27AM

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The US elections in 2020 cost a record $14bn. BBC Reality Check takes a look at who paid this and how it was spentNovember 19, 2020 at 06:09AM

Yazidis appoint new spiritual leader in Iraq - in pictures


from BBC News - World The religious minority group suffered harsh persecution under Islamic State (IS) group control. https://ift.tt/3pIMxxN

Tuesday, November 17, 2020

Thai royalists defend king amid protests: ‘We will not abandon him’


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Bill Gates says several more COVID-19 vaccine frontrunners will likely be highly effective, boosting worldwide access to a shot


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Pennsylvania Supreme Court reverses rare Trump legal victory


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Biden and Harris met with the CEOs of Microsoft, Gap, General Motors, and Target to discuss the COVID-19 economic recovery. 'I'm a union guy,' Biden said.


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Second Georgia county finds previously uncounted votes


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Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda: US to drop charges against Mexican ex-minister


from BBC News - World Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda was arrested in Los Angeles last month and charged with drug trafficking. https://ift.tt/3fb4IXZ

Chuck Grassley: Senior Republican senator gets coronavirus


from BBC News - World Chuck Grassley's illness caused him to skip a Senate vote for the first time in 27 years. https://ift.tt/3nwmJTy

Australia drought: Capturing spectacular storms in the outback


from BBC News - World An Australian photographer says it feels "amazing" to capture spectacular images of long-absent storms. https://ift.tt/3pE9QIQ

'Newsmax does not want to become Trump TV'


from BBC News - World But CEO Chris Ruddy hopes the president will be on the conservative news outlet "quite a bit" after the White House. https://ift.tt/3kFBmCi

No to a Loan-Debt-Forgiveness/COVID-Relief Compromise


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British diplomat praised for saving drowning woman in China


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Trump's new Pennsylvania lawyer is a conservative radio host who's said Biden won


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Chuck Grassley, Senate's oldest Republican and third in line to president, tests positive for coronavirus


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Iowa Guv Finally Orders Mask-Wearing, Then Bungles Message


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Trump's lawyer puts Philadelphia mobster 'Skinny Joey' Merlino at center of election conspiracy


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‘This is false’: Arizona secretary of state denies Lindsey Graham spoke to her as voter fraud row intensifies


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Historic deal revives plan for largest US dam demolition


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Georgia recount is returning almost no changes in vote tallies that give Biden win


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US jeweller ‘was paid £200m by UK to secure PPE’


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Joe Biden names 9 top White House appointees, including Rep. Cedric Richmond and campaign manager O'Malley Dillon


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Chuck Grassley's illness caused him to skip a Senate vote for the first time in 27 years.November 18, 2020 at 06:06AM

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The on-going conflict in northern Ethiopia has forced civilians from the Tigray region to flee to eastern Sudan.November 18, 2020 at 05:35AM

Ethiopia Tigray crisis: 'We came with the clothes on our backs'


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Monday, November 16, 2020

A nurse in a strained El Paso hospital says the sickest COVID-19 patients are put in a doctor-less room called 'the pit' where they are given 3 chances to be revived before workers let them die


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South Dakota ER nurse recalls how dying coronavirus patients spend last minutes insisting virus isn't real


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New York boy, 14, steals his dad’s car to run away with his 11-year-old girlfriend


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People infected with COVID-19 at Thanksgiving could enter 'the morgue around Christmas'


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Madeleine McCann suspect taken to hospital with broken ribs after incident in holding cell


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Former FDA commissioner says COVID-19 pandemic could be 'effectively' ended in 2021


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Special operations snipers are about to get this 'awesome' new rifle of choice for US military sharpshooters


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Counterprotesters attack Trump supporters at MAGA march


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Trump's 2020 chances '100 percent dead' after 4 swing state lawsuits are dropped


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These states require travelers to self-quarantine or present a negative COVID-19 test


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Hurricane Iota is now an 'exceptionally dangerous' Category 5 storm. It's the 30th — and strongest — named storm this year.


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France's Macron hosts Trump envoy after congratulating Biden


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Fauci: Moderna's 'outstanding' vaccine results are 'as good as it gets'


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‘Where are you going to find the votes?’: Trump adviser clashes with Fox News host in fiery exchange


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Lock him up! If Trump refuses to leave the scene after his defeat, there's an obvious solution


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A scientist who helped make the Pfizer vaccine predicted life being back to normal within a year if enough people take it


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Giuliani: Trump is contesting the election 'vigorously' in the courts


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Who will sell Iran weapons now that the arms embargo is dead?


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EXPLAINER: Why poll watcher complaints don't amount to fraud


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A major Amazon Air contractor says it won't return a $400 million bailout despite requests from Congress and booming business


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The report says 7,314 hate crimes were recorded in the US in 2019, the highest number since 2008.November 17, 2020 at 06:12AM

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The BBC looks at what needs to happen before you can have the coronavirus vaccine.November 17, 2020 at 06:01AM

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Coronavirus is ripping through indigenous communities in the Amazon rainforest.November 17, 2020 at 06:02AM

Sunday, November 15, 2020

Cuomo threatens Trump with legal action over vaccine distribution plan


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Cuomo threatens Trump with legal action over vaccine distribution planNEW YORK — Gov. Andrew Cuomo repeated his threat to sue the Trump administration as he invoked Martin Luther King, Jr. during Sunday remarks about the COVID outbreak at historic Riverside Church in Manhattan. "The Rev. Dr. King, who spoke in this magnificent church, said of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and the most inhumane because it often results in ...


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Costco will deliver a 12-month long private flight membership to your email — if you pay $17,500


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Costco will deliver a 12-month long private flight membership to your email — if you pay $17,500Costco's digital gift card offerings feature Build-A-Bear Workshop tickets, Xbox memberships — and the $17,499.99 "private aviation membership."


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The U.S. Cardinal Crusading Against the Catholic President-Elect


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The U.S. Cardinal Crusading Against the Catholic President-ElectROME—When then-candidate John F. Kennedy gave his landmark stump speech to the Houston Ministers Conference in September 1960, he stressed that he was “not the Catholic candidate for president.” He insisted instead, “I am the Democratic Party’s candidate for president who happens also to be a Catholic. I do not speak for my church on public matters—and the church does not speak for me.”The Plot to Bring Down Pope FrancisTwo months later, JFK was elected the first Catholic president of the United States amid fears that his presidency would be guided by the Vatican and Pope John XXIII and warnings that he might compromise the separation of church and state—none of which happened. Sixty years later, Joe Biden is the second Catholic ever to win the presidency, and this time the criticism isn't from outside the Catholic Church, but from within, with conservative American Cardinal Raymond Burke leading the charge, painting Biden as an anti-Catholic not fit to lead.In the months leading up to the election, Burke was on a campaign of his own, stumping for the thrice-married incumbent President Trump while pleading that Biden is “not a Catholic in good standing” over his views on abortion and birth control. Burke said Biden should not receive communion at Catholic mass and should not tout his faith. “I don’t understand why Catholics who are involved in politics can’t get this straight in their heads, but they should,” Burke told the Catholic Action for Faith and Family association, for which Burke is a spiritual adviser, in an interview that was run by the popular conservative Catholic website Lifesite. “If someone says, ‘I’m a devout Catholic,’ and at the same time is promoting abortion, it gives the impression to others that it’s acceptable for Catholics to be in favor of abortion. And of course, it’s absolutely not acceptable. Never has been. Never will be.”Biden is not Burke’s only target. He has also condemned Pope Francis for his recent remarks on extending civil rights to same-sex couples. Burke, whose office did not respond to multiple requests for comments, accused Francis last month of inciting “error and confusion with words that do not correspond to the constant teachings of the Church,” when the pope commented in a documentary that he supported legal rights for gays. “To speak of a homosexual union, in the same sense as the conjugal union of the married, is misleading, because there can be no such union.”The pope did not respond directly to Burke’s criticism of himself or the president-elect, but he did call Biden Friday to congratulate him. In a readout of the call, which was confirmed by the Holy See press office, the Biden-Harris transition team said Biden “thanked His Holiness for extending blessings and congratulations and noted his appreciation for His Holiness' leadership in promoting peace, reconciliation, and the common bonds of humanity around the world.” The two then discussed shared interests including “caring for the marginalized and the poor, addressing the crisis of climate change, and welcoming and integrating immigrants and refugees into our communities.”The difference between the pope’s reaction to Trump and Biden could not be more stark with the pope and Trump clashing on a number of occasions. In February 2016, Francis said anyone who wants to build walls is “not Christian” when asked about the southern border wall between the U.S. and Mexico. Francis also criticized Trump’s decision to pull the U.S. out of the Paris climate accord and expressed concern over when Trump undid President Obama’s move to restore trade and travel with Cuba.Steven Millies, associate professor of Public Theology and director of The Bernardin Center, Catholic Theological Union, has studied Catholicism in the American political spectrum for 30 years. He points to other up-and-coming Catholics in the Democratic Party including Julián Castro, Ted Lieu, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as beacons of light. He says the Biden presidency provides a moment of “opportunity to promote the diversity of Catholic social teaching rather than seeing it through the preeminent, singular lens of abortion.”To be clear, Francis is not an advocate of abortion, and it may be this issue that divides the two if Biden takes decisive action to protect women’s reproductive rights, though it is already clear that Francis has more tolerance for Biden than Catholics like Burke.Millies says today’s church under Pope Francis is not the same as it was under Pope John XXIII when the first Catholic president was sworn in six decades ago. “The Catholic Church today is very different from the one to which JFK belonged,” he says. “The church is more diverse, but it is also shrinking rapidly. And, increasingly, the Catholic Church is a body at war with itself. Biden is a different sort of Catholic for this moment.” In short, Biden is a Pope Francis kind of Catholic.Read more at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? 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Moldova election could see shift away from Moscow and first female president taking power


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Moldova election could see shift away from Moscow and first female president taking powerMoldovans on Sunday voted in a presidential election that will determine whether the ex-Soviet nation remains allied with Russia or seeks closer ties with the European Union. Exit polls put centre-right, pro-EU candidate Maia Sandu in the lead after she won a surprise victory in the first round vote two weeks ago, forcing Kremlin-backed incumbent Igor Dodon into a run-off. Moscow has been vocal in its support for Mr Dodon, with Russian President Vladimir Putin making a personal appeal to Moldovans last month to return the leader for a second term. The Russian intelligence service has meanwhile accused the US of preparing for a “revolution” in Moldova and backing protests in the event of a Mr Dodon win. The vote comes amid unrest in what Russia traditionally considers its field of influence, with mass demonstrations in Belarus against the Kremlin-allied dictator Alexander Lukashenko, and popular protests bringing down the leadership of Kyrgyzstan. But analysts say the economy and corruption are more likely to influence Moldovan voters’ decisions than geopolitical concerns. Moldova, already one of the poorest countries in Europe, has seen its economy battered by the coronavirus pandemic, following a number of political crises and corruption scandals. Reports of voter fraud have tainted previous elections in the country of 3.5 million, wedged between Romania and Ukraine, and drawn tens of thousands out onto the streets to protest. Ms Sandu, an ex-prime minister who would be Moldova’s first female president, has raised the spectre of fraud again in this election. A former economist for the World Bank, Ms Sandu wants the country to join the European Union and has promised to defend Moldova’s interests against Russia. She is popular among the many Moldovans who have left the country to work abroad, whose support gave her the edge over Mr Dodon in the first round of voting. Mr Dodon and his rival have traded insults throughout the campaign, with the president accusing Ms Sandu of being “hysterical”, and the challenger in turn calling him a “great thief”. They ran against each other in 2016, with Mr Dodon winning in a second round.


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Ex-Obama official suggests Biden should pack as much as he can into executive orders


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Ex-Obama official suggests Biden should pack as much as he can into executive ordersFormer President Barack Obama's chiefs of staff want President-elect Joe Biden to embrace his executive authority once he's in office, NPR reports.Denis McDonough who served in the role during Obama's second term told NPR that President Trump "has demonstrated ... an enormous amount of leeway for the president to institute executive action on things like immigration and energy and climate policy" and "there's no reason" the president-elect "should not use the authority that's available to him."Meanwhile, Obama's first chief of staff, Rahm Emmanuel, argued Biden, despite his fondness for working across the aisle in Congress, should fit as much of his agenda as he can into his executive orders because "the fewer things you have to clog up the legislative pipeline with allows you to concentrate your political capital in that legislative front."Should Biden heed this advice, which seems likely at least when it comes to certain issues, it would dash the already tenuous hopes of those who want the president-elect to initiate a scaling back of the office. Read more at NPR.More stories from theweek.com 7 scathingly funny cartoons about Trump's refusal to concede Trump is reportedly 'very aware' he lost the election but is putting up a fight as 'theater' Texas senator suggests it's too soon to declare Biden the winner because Puerto Rico is still counting votes


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Covid: Dr Fauci urges Americans to keep the faith but warns 200,000 more could die in next four months alone


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Covid: Dr Fauci urges Americans to keep the faith but warns 200,000 more could die in next four months aloneOn Friday, the US experienced a record 177,000 new daily cases, the fourth straight day it set an all-time record


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SpaceX, NASA set for first operational astronaut mission to space


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SpaceX, NASA set for first operational astronaut mission to spaceSpaceX's newly designed Crew Dragon capsule, which the crew has dubbed Resilience, was set for liftoff atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 7:27 p.m. Eastern time (0027 GMT on Monday) from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Mission personnel left the launchpad, and the crew access arm - the walkway between the launch tower and rocket - retracted, setting the stage for the spacecraft's launch escape system to be armed and mission teams to start loading the Falcon 9 rocket with fuel. An air leak caused an unexpected drop in capsule pressure less than two hours before launch, NASA officials said.


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Navajo Nation orders new three-week stay-at-home lockdown


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An interactive tool will let you calculate the chance that someone at your Thanksgiving dinner may have COVID-19


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An interactive tool will let you calculate the chance that someone at your Thanksgiving dinner may have COVID-19Your chance of encountering someone sick varies based on your location in the US and the size of a gathering. This tool calculates that risk.


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Al-Qaida's No. 2, Accused in U.S. Embassy Attacks, Is Secretly Killed in Iran


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Al-Qaida's No. 2, Accused in U.S. Embassy Attacks, Is Secretly Killed in IranWASHINGTON -- Al-Qaida's second-highest leader, accused of being one of the masterminds of the deadly 1998 attacks on U.S. embassies in Africa, was killed in Iran three months ago, intelligence officials have confirmed.Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah, who went by the nom de guerre Abu Muhammad al-Masri, was gunned down on the streets of Tehran by two assassins on a motorcycle on Aug. 7, the anniversary of the embassy attacks. He was killed along with his daughter, Miriam, the widow of Osama bin Laden's son Hamza bin Laden.The attack was carried out by Israeli operatives at the behest of the United States, according to four of the officials. It is unclear what role if any was played by the United States, which had been tracking the movements of al-Masri and other Qaida operatives in Iran for years.Sign up for The Morning newsletter from the New York TimesThe killing occurred in such a netherworld of geopolitical intrigue and counterterrorism spycraft that al-Masri's death had been rumored but never confirmed until now. For reasons that are still obscure, al-Qaida has not announced the death of one of its top leaders, Iranian officials covered it up, and no country has publicly claimed responsibility for it.Al-Masri, who was about 58, was one of al-Qaida's founding leaders and was thought to be first in line to lead the organization after its current leader, Ayman al-Zawahri.Long featured on the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorist list, he had been indicted in the United States for crimes related to the bombings of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, which killed 224 people and wounded hundreds. The FBI offered a $10 million reward for information leading to his capture, and as of Friday, his picture was still on the Most Wanted list.That he had been living in Iran was surprising, given that Iran and al-Qaida are bitter enemies. Iran, a Shiite Muslim theocracy, and al-Qaida, a Sunni Muslim jihadi group, have fought each other on the battlefields of Iraq and other places.American intelligence officials say that al-Masri had been in Iran's "custody" since 2003, but that he had been living freely in the Pasdaran district of Tehran, an upscale suburb, since at least 2015.Around 9 on a warm summer night, he was driving his white Renault L90 sedan with his daughter near his home when two gunmen on a motorcycle drew up beside him. Five shots were fired from a pistol fitted with a silencer. Four bullets entered the car through the driver's side and a fifth hit a nearby car.As news of the shooting broke, Iran's official news media identified the victims as Habib Daoud, a Lebanese history professor, and his 27-year-old daughter Maryam. The Lebanese news channel MTV and social media accounts affiliated with Iran's Revolutionary Guard reported that Daoud was a member of Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed militant organization in Lebanon.It seemed plausible.The killing came amid a summer of frequent explosions in Iran, mounting tensions with the United States, days after an enormous explosion in the port of Beirut and a week before the U.N. Security Council was to consider extending an arms embargo against Iran. There was speculation that the killing may have been a Western provocation intended to elicit a violent Iranian reaction in advance of the Security Council vote.And the targeted killing by two gunmen on a motorcycle fit the modus operandi of previous Israeli assassinations of Iranian nuclear scientists. That Israel would kill an official of Hezbollah, which is committed to fighting Israel, also seemed to make sense, except for the fact that Israel had been consciously avoiding killing Hezbollah operatives so as not to provoke a war.In fact, there was no Habib Daoud.Several Lebanese with close ties to Iran said they had not heard of him or his killing. A search of Lebanese news media found no reports of a Lebanese history professor killed in Iran last summer. And an education researcher with access to lists of all history professors in the country said there was no record of a Habib Daoud.One of the intelligence officials said that Habib Daoud was an alias Iranian officials gave al-Masri and the history teaching job was a cover story. In October, the former leader of Egypt's Islamic Jihad, Nabil Naeem, who called al-Masri a longtime friend, told the Saudi news channel Al-Arabiya the same thing.Iran may have had good reason for wanting to hide the fact that it was harboring an avowed enemy, but it was less clear why Iranian officials would have taken in the Qaida leader to begin with.Some terrorism experts suggested that keeping Qaida officials in Tehran might provide some insurance that the group would not conduct operations inside Iran. American counterterrorism officials believe Iran may have allowed them to stay to run operations against the United States, a common adversary.It would not be the first time that Iran had joined forces with Sunni militants, having supported Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and the Taliban."Iran uses sectarianism as a cudgel when it suits the regime, but is also willing to overlook the Sunni-Shia divide when it suits Iranian interests," said Colin P. Clarke, a counterterrorism analyst at the Soufan Center.Iran has consistently denied housing the Qaida officials. In 2018, the Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi said that because of Iran's long, porous border with Afghanistan, some Qaida members had entered Iran, but they had been detained and returned to their home countries.However, Western intelligence officials said the Qaida leaders had been kept under house arrest by the Iranian government, which then made at least two deals with al-Qaida to free some of them in 2011 and 2015.Although al-Qaida has been overshadowed in recent years by the rise of the Islamic State, it remains resilient and has active affiliates around the globe, a U.N. counterterrorism report issued in July concluded.Iranian officials did not respond to a request for comment for this article. Spokesmen for the Israeli prime minister's office and the Trump administration's National Security Council declined to comment.Al-Masri was a longtime member of al-Qaida's highly secretive management council, along with Saif al-Adl, who was also held in Iran at one point. The pair, along with Hamza bin Laden, who was being groomed to take over the organization, were part of a group of senior Qaida leaders who sought refuge in Iran after the 9/11 attacks on the United States forced them to flee Afghanistan.According to a highly classified document produced by the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center in 2008, al-Masri was the "most experienced and capable operational planner not in U.S. or allied custody." The document described him as the "former chief of training" who "worked closely" with al-Adl.In Iran, al-Masri mentored Hamza bin Laden, according to terrorism experts. Hamza bin Laden later married al-Masri's daughter, Miriam."The marriage of Hamza bin Ladin was not the only dynastic connection Abu Muhammad forged in captivity," Ali Soufan, a former FBI agent and Qaida expert, wrote in a 2019 article for West Point's Combating Terrorism Center.Another of al-Masri's daughters married Abu al-Khayr al-Masri, no relation, a member of the management council. He was allowed to leave Iran in 2015 and was killed by a U.S. drone strike in Syria in 2017. At the time, he was the second-ranking Qaida official after Zawahri.Hamza and other members of the bin Laden family were freed by Iran in 2011 in exchange for an Iranian diplomat abducted in Pakistan. Last year, the White House said Hamza bin Laden had been killed in a counterterrorism operation in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region.Abu Muhammad al-Masri was born in Al Rarbiya district of northern Egypt in 1963. In his youth, according to affidavits filed in lawsuits in the United States, he was a professional soccer player in Egypt's top league. After the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, he joined the jihadi movement that was coalescing to assist the Afghan forces.After the Soviets withdrew 10 years later, Egypt refused to allow al-Masri to return. He remained in Afghanistan where he eventually joined bin Laden in the group that was later to become the founding nucleus of al-Qaida. He was listed by the group as the seventh of its 170 founders.In the early 1990s, he traveled with bin Laden to Khartoum, Sudan, where he began forming military cells. He also went to Somalia to help the militia loyal to Somali warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid. There he trained Somali guerrillas in the use of shoulder-borne rocket launchers against helicopters, training they used in the 1993 battle of Mogadishu to shoot down a pair of U.S. helicopters in what is now known as the Black Hawk Down attack."When al-Qaida began to carry out terrorist activities in the late 1990s, al-Masri was one of the three of bin Laden's closest associates, serving as head of the organization's operations section," said Yoram Schweitzer, head of the Terrorism Project of the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv. "He brought with him know-how and determination and since then was involved in a large part of the organization's operations, with an emphasis on Africa."Shortly after the Mogadishu battle, bin Laden put al-Masri in charge of planning operations against U.S. targets in Africa. Plotting a dramatic, ambitious operation that, like the 9/11 attacks, would command international attention, they decided to attack two relatively well-defended targets in separate countries simultaneously.Shortly after 10:30 a.m. on Aug. 7, 1998, two trucks packed with explosives pulled up in front of the U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The blasts incinerated people nearby, blew walls off buildings and shattered glass for blocks around.In 2000, al-Masri became one of the nine members of al-Qaida's governing council and headed the organization's military training.He also continued to oversee Africa operations, according to a former Israeli Intelligence official, and ordered the attack in Mombasa, Kenya, in 2002 that killed 13 Kenyans and three Israeli tourists.By 2003, al-Masri was among several Qaida leaders who fled to Iran which, although hostile to the group, seemed out of American reach."They believed the United States would find it very difficult to act against them there," Schweitzer said. "Also because they believed that the chances of the Iranian regime doing an exchange deal with the Americans that would include their heads were very slim."Al-Masri was one of the few high-ranking members of the organization to survive the American hunt for the perpetrators of 9/11 and other attacks. When he and other Qaida leaders fled to Iran, they were initially kept under house arrest.In 2015, Iran announced a deal with al-Qaida in which it released five of the organization's leaders, including al-Masri, in exchange for an Iranian diplomat who had been abducted in Yemen.Abdullah's footprints faded away, but according to one of the intelligence officials, he continued to live in Tehran, under the protection of the Revolutionary Guards and later the Ministry of Intelligence and Security. He was allowed to travel abroad and did, mainly to Afghanistan, Pakistan and Syria.Some American analysts said al-Masri's death would sever connections between one of the last original Qaida leaders and the current generation of Islamist militants, who have grown up after bin Laden's 2011 death."If true, this further cuts links between old-school al-Qaida and the modern jihad," said Nicholas J. Rasmussen, a former director of the National Counterterrorism Center. "It just further contributes to the fragmentation and decentralization of the al-Qaida movement."--TIMELINE1963Abu Muhammad al-Masri was born in northern Egypt, and grew up to play soccer in Egypt's top professional league. After the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, he joined the jihad movement there.1980sAfter the Soviets withdrew, Egypt refused to allow al-Masri to return. He remained in Afghanistan, and eventually joined Osama bin Laden in a group that was later to become the nucleus of al-Qaida.EARLY 1990sAl-Masri traveled with bin Laden to Khartoum, Sudan, where he began forming military cells. He also went to Somalia, where he helped train the fighters who fought U.S. troops in a battle popularly known as the Black Hawk Down attack.1998Al-Masri was one of the masterminds of the deadly attacks on U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.2000Al-Masri became one of the nine members of al-Qaida's governing council and was put in charge of the organization's military training activities.2002While overseeing African operations, he issued orders for the attacks in Mombasa, Kenya, that killed 15 people, according to a former Israeli Intelligence official.2003After the 9/11 attacks, al-Masri was among several Qaida leaders who fled to Iran. They were initially held under house arrest.2015Iran and al-Qaida announced a deal in which Iran released five of the organization's leaders, including al-Masri, from prison in exchange for an Iranian diplomat who had been abducted in Yemen.2020Al-Masri was secretly assassinated in Tehran at the behest of the U.S., officials said. But no one -- Iran, al-Qaida, the U.S. or Israel -- publicly acknowledged the killing.(C) 2020 The New York Times Company


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Shepherd Bushiri: Preacher flees South Africa ahead of fraud trial


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Shepherd Bushiri: Preacher flees South Africa ahead of fraud trialThe self-styled prophet says he skipped bail and left South Africa because he had received death threats.


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Washington state governor imposes sweeping restrictions amid COVID-19 surge


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Washington state governor imposes sweeping restrictions amid COVID-19 surgeThe restrictions, most of which will take effect Monday at 11:59 p.m. and last for one month, come as the average daily tally for cases has doubled in the past two weeks, Inslee told a news conference. The spike in cases "...means, unfortunately, the time has come to reinstate restrictions on activities statewide to preserve the public's well-being and to save lives," Inslee said. Indoor gatherings will be prohibited outside one's household and outdoor gatherings will be limited to five people.


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Huge India oil well fire extinguished after five months


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Huge India oil well fire extinguished after five monthsA massive oil well fire that raged for more than five months in northeast India has finally been extinguished, officials said Sunday.


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Secret intelligence exists that ‘would cast Trump in very negative light’, warns ex-FBI chief


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Secret intelligence exists that ‘would cast Trump in very negative light’, warns ex-FBI chief‘It’s almost incomprehensible to me that he would want that information out,’ says Andrew McCabe


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Top Biden aide says U.S. government must approve transition this week


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Top Biden aide says U.S. government must approve transition this weekU.S. President-elect Joe Biden's incoming chief of staff on Sunday said the federal government needs to sign off on transition team efforts this week so that Biden's team can receive national security briefings and address COVID-19. "What we really want to see this week ... is the General Services Administration issue that ascertainment," Ron Klain said on NBC News' "Meet the Press." Trump's tweet acknowledging Biden's win - before later saying he did not concede - had no bearing on the actuality of the election, Klain added.


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Boris Johnson is in self-isolation after a British parliament member he spent 35 minutes with tested positive for COVID-19, reports say


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Boris Johnson is in self-isolation after a British parliament member he spent 35 minutes with tested positive for COVID-19, reports sayJohnson and Conservative MP Lee Anderson attended a 35-minute last week and were photographed standing side by side, unmasked.


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GOP captures second Democratic US House seat in California


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GOP captures second Democratic US House seat in CaliforniaRepublican Young Kim defeated U.S. Rep. Gil Cisneros on Friday in a Southern California district, the second GOP candidate to snatch a Democratic-held seat in the state this year. The contest in the 39th Congressional District anchored in Orange County was a rematch from 2018, when Cisneros was one of seven Democrats who claimed GOP-held California districts that year. Kim overcame President Donald Trump’s poor performance in heavily Democratic California, where he got only one-third of the votes.


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No matter how you voted, it's probably been an emotional time. Happiness expert Tal Ben-Shahar has some advice.November 16, 2020 at 05:15AM

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The warring sides in Tigray see history very differently, and that could cost tens of thousands of lives.November 16, 2020 at 05:26AM

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Defeated in the election, Trump will soon become a private citizen again. A legal storm awaits him.November 16, 2020 at 05:20AM

How to move on after the US election


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Tigray crisis: Why Ethiopia is spiralling out of control


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Trump's legal battles: How six cases may play out


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Report: Trump asked about plan to subvert Electoral College


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Report: Trump asked about plan to subvert Electoral CollegePresident Trump asked his aides about a plan to subvert the Electoral College, the New York Times reported on Thursday.


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New Alabama senator struggles with basic WWII history and says US fought ‘socialism and communism’


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New Alabama senator struggles with basic WWII history and says US fought ‘socialism and communism’It’s not his only recent gaffe about history


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It just got harder for immigrants: the U.S. naturalization test is about to change


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It just got harder for immigrants: the U.S. naturalization test is about to changeU.S. legal permanent residents who apply for citizenship through naturalization on or after Dec. 1, 2020, will face a more challenging test — in which immigrants must prove they can read, write and speak basic English, and have essential knowledge of U.S. history and government.


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Trump trade adviser says White House is 'moving forward under the assumption there will be a 2nd Trump term'


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Trump trade adviser says White House is 'moving forward under the assumption there will be a 2nd Trump term'White House Trade Adviser Peter Navarro sees no reality in the very real election of President-elect Joe Biden.In a Friday interview with Fox Business, Navarro once again relayed President Trump and his supporters' refusal to accept the results of last week's election. "We're moving forward here at the White House under the assumption that there will be a second Trump term," Navarro said. He then outlined how the Trump campaign and the White House "seek verifiable ballots" and "an investigation into what are growing numbers of allegations of fraud" in the election, and declared anyone who believes Biden won to be operating under "an immaculate deception."> White House Trade Adviser Peter Navarro: “We’re moving forward here at the White House under the assumption that there will be a second Trump term ... We have, what appears in some sense to be, an immaculate deception." > > (FWIW, there will not be a second Trump term.) pic.twitter.com/qiVfAyZ5G9> > — The Recount (@therecount) November 13, 2020Biden has secured the electoral votes — and then some — he needed to win the 2020 election. His win margin in critical swing states Trump hopes to overturn is far wider than recounts have overturned in the past, and not a single election official across the U.S. found evidence of widespread voter fraud the Trump campaign is alleging.More stories from theweek.com 7 scathingly funny cartoons about Trump's refusal to concede Trump is reportedly 'very aware' he lost the election but is putting up a fight as 'theater' Texas senator suggests it's too soon to declare Biden the winner because Puerto Rico is still counting votes


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In pictures: Diwali celebrations around the world


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In pictures: Diwali celebrations around the worldThe festival of light is celebrated with candles and fireworks by Hindus, Sikhs and Jains worldwide.


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The pandemic has left one of southern France's prettiest villages almost deserted during a second lockdown.November 15, 2020 at 07:04AM

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A court case of the use of Arabic script on the local currency reveals deep cultural and religious divides.November 15, 2020 at 07:11AM

Nagorno-Karabakh: 'We’ve lost an entire generation'


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How the sanctuary movement in the US is advocating for immigration reform


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Rep.-elect Marjorie Taylor Greene, supporter of QAnon, denounces House mask requirement 


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Rep.-elect Marjorie Taylor Greene, supporter of QAnon, denounces House mask requirement Amid a raging coronavirus pandemic, the incoming Republican freshman said she “proudly told my freshman class that masks are oppressive.”


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Stepmoms say Kamala Harris's embrace of her blended family on the national stage was a long-awaited moment


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Stepmoms say Kamala Harris's embrace of her blended family on the national stage was a long-awaited momentStepmothers, who have long been discriminated against, were happy to see Harris' share her family in the spotlight.


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4-year-old boy in Texas loses mom and dad to Covid


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4-year-old boy in Texas loses mom and dad to Covid"Just this morning he told me that he wishes he had his mom back and he just wanted her back," Raiden Gonzalez's grandmother said. "I just told him that they're now angels watching over us."


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The Wolverine Watchmen plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Whitmer also included a plan to burn down the state Capitol building, officials say


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The Wolverine Watchmen plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Whitmer also included a plan to burn down the state Capitol building, officials sayAccording to the Michigan Attorney General's Office, the group had also considered storming the Capitol to "take hostages" and "execute tyrants."


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Another man charged in 'Sweetie Pie's' murder-for-hire case


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Another man charged in 'Sweetie Pie's' murder-for-hire caseJames Timothy Norman, who has already been charged, is the uncle of the person killed and both appeared on the show "Welcome to Sweetie Pie's."


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Fauci said the US has 'no appetite' for lockdowns but mask wearing and distancing could be enough, the day after a Biden advisor called for a weeks-long lockdown


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Fauci said the US has 'no appetite' for lockdowns but mask wearing and distancing could be enough, the day after a Biden advisor called for a weeks-long lockdownDr. Anthony Fauci told "Good Morning America" that taking steps like mask wearing and social distancing means that a lockdown might not be needed.


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California governor went to party, violated own virus rules


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California governor went to party, violated own virus rulesFor months, Gov. Gavin Newsom has pleaded with Californians to resist the temptation to socialize with friends and relatives outside their household. Newsom acknowledged Friday he attended a birthday party with a dozen friends on Nov. 6 at the posh French Laundry restaurant in wine country north of San Francisco. Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, a professor of public policy communication at the University of Southern California, noted people across the state have been canceling birthday parties, funerals and other important events to abide by the rules.


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Lawyers for 1st woman to face federal execution in decades have Covid, seek delay


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Lawyers for 1st woman to face federal execution in decades have Covid, seek delayHer lawyers say in a lawsuit that they are ill because Attorney General Bill Barr "recklessly scheduled Mrs. Montgomery’s execution in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic."


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'All of Peru is fired up': Protests erupt across country after popular president ousted


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'All of Peru is fired up': Protests erupt across country after popular president oustedPeruvians protesting the abrupt ouster of president Martin Vizcarra clashed on the streets of Lima on Thursday night with riot police, who fired tear gas to disperse the crowds. The clashes, and other more peaceful protests in the capital and other cities, are piling pressure on a fragmented Congress and the new government of Manuel Merino. Mr Vizcarra, a politically unaffiliated centrist who is popular with voters, was ousted on Monday in an impeachment trial over allegations he received bribes, an accusation he denies.


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Chris Wallace: Republican-controlled Senate would give Biden excuse to pushback on progressives


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Chris Wallace: Republican-controlled Senate would give Biden excuse to pushback on progressives‘Fox News Sunday’ anchor Chris Wallace lays out the stakes of the upcoming Senate runoffs in Georgia.


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Michigan judge says GOP election challengers skipped training session, didn't fully understand process


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Michigan judge says GOP election challengers skipped training session, didn't fully understand processA Michigan judge has shot down an attempt to delay the certification of 2020 election results in Detroit, Michigan, after determining that challengers lacked a "full understanding" of the process and their claims weren't credible.Judge Timothy Kenny on Friday rejected two poll challengers' bid to stop vote certification in Detroit, where President-elect Joe Biden defeated President Trump, saying it "would be an unprecedented exercise of judicial activism for this court" to do so, CNN reports. The judge found the allegations of misconduct brought by the Republican poll watchers and an election official to be "not credible," The Washington Post reports.Additionally, Kenny said that while the plaintiffs relied "on numerous affidavits from election challengers who paint a picture of sinister fraudulent activities occurring" at the TCF Center in Detroit, the challengers didn't attend a training session on Oct. 29, and as a result, they "did not have a full understanding of the TCF absent ballot tabulation process," per Bloomberg. The judge added that the "plaintiffs' interpretation of events is incorrect and not credible."Lawyers had previously argued that the witnesses, "armed with little knowledge of the vote-counting process, had been alarmed by normal procedures they did not understand," the Post reports."Perhaps if Plaintiffs' election challenger affiants had attended the Oct. 29, 2020 walk-through of the TCF Center ballot counting location, questions and concerns could have been answered in advance of Election Day," the judge said on Friday. "Regrettably, they did not." > A Michigan judge has denied the Trump campaign's motion to cease certification of the vote in Detroit, noting that if the election challengers had attended orientation, they would know that what they were witnessing was routine.https://t.co/iU0BB9Wqoa pic.twitter.com/Wgos3XPUoX> > -- Andrew Fleischman (@ASFleischman) November 13, 2020More stories from theweek.com 7 scathingly funny cartoons about Trump's refusal to concede Trump is reportedly 'very aware' he lost the election but is putting up a fight as 'theater' Texas senator suggests it's too soon to declare Biden the winner because Puerto Rico is still counting votes


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There may be a peace deal, but both sides are counting the cost of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh.November 15, 2020 at 06:02AM

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Across the US, a number of Lutheran churches have formed a sanctuary movement to support undocumented migrants - and their work has doubled due to CovidNovember 15, 2020 at 06:00AM

Egypt: More than 100 intact sarcophagi unearthed near Cairo


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Geraldo Rivera has ‘heartfelt’ call with Trump, a ‘realist’ who will ‘do the right thing’


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Geraldo Rivera has ‘heartfelt’ call with Trump, a ‘realist’ who will ‘do the right thing’President also asked TV host what he knew about Dominion Voting Systems


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Ex-Wells Fargo chief hit with fine for misleading authorities


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Ex-Wells Fargo chief hit with fine for misleading authoritiesUS regulators on Friday charged former Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf with allegedly misleading investors, hitting him with a $2.5 million penalty.


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Harvard admissions didn’t discriminate against Asian-Americans, appeals court finds


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Harvard admissions didn’t discriminate against Asian-Americans, appeals court findsAffirmative action narrowly survived in the Supreme Court last time around, but that was before the Trump administration appointed three justices


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It's reportedly a bad idea to even mention the name 'Biden' near certain administration officials


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It's reportedly a bad idea to even mention the name 'Biden' near certain administration officialsPrivately, National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien is open about President Trump losing the election and the need to start a transition with President-elect Joe Biden, one official told The Daily Beast, but he won't say anything about the matter to Trump's face.Multiple officials told The Daily Beast that O'Brien has been enabling Trump and his refusal to concede the election. He has urged national security staffers to go along with Trump's false claims about widespread voter fraud, the officials said. O'Brien has also spent the last several months complaining about Mark Esper, who Trump fired as defense secretary earlier this week, and he has supported Trump installing loyalists in top Pentagon positions.One former national security official told The Daily Beast it's not surprising that O'Brien is behaving this way, as he is a yes man who "does whatever Trump says." Several officials also said the name "Biden" can't be uttered these days, with one national security official claiming that if "you even mention Biden's name ... you'd be fired. Everyone is scared of even talking about the chance of working with the [Biden] transition." A White House official told The Daily Beast — only half kidding — that in the West Wing, you can say Biden's name, but only if "you're talking about who lost the election to the president."More stories from theweek.com 7 scathingly funny cartoons about Trump's refusal to concede Trump is reportedly 'very aware' he lost the election but is putting up a fight as 'theater' Texas senator suggests it's too soon to declare Biden the winner because Puerto Rico is still counting votes


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How critical is the weather for the SpaceX launch?

Nasa and SpaceX were due to send astronauts to the ISS on Saturday but the weather's changed their plans.

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Partial Owners of Washington’s N.F.L. Team Seek Path in Court to Sell Their Stake


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Biden Implores Trump to Confront a Surging Pandemic


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Federal Prosecutors Push Back on Barr Memo on Voter Fraud Claims


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Al Qaeda’s No. 2, Accused in U.S. Embassy Attacks, Is Secretly Killed in Iran


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Trump Loses String of Election Lawsuits, Leaving Few Vehicles to Fight His Defeat


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Mr. President, Pack Your Bags and Be Gone


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Watching CNN While Irish


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35 Years After MOVE Bombing That Killed 11, Philadelphia Apologizes


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The Sounds of a Divided America


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How Do Canadians Remember World War II 75 Years Afterward?


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Secret Service Struck Again by Coronavirus Outbreak


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Coronavirus Briefing: What Happened Today


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Accused drunk driver trying to drive down stairs said she was following GPS, cops say

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