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Coronavirus: How Italy has fought back from virus disaster

Italy was the first country in Europe to be overwhelmed by the virus but is so far keeping it in check. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3cWPWmJ

Trump is down in the polls, and the debate was a fiasco. It was a wasted opportunity for Trump, who needs a win before he runs out of time.

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Trump is slipping in the polls 35 days before the election. The debate was a fiasco. Tomorrow he will still be down, and there will be 34 days to go. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2GngEZ8

Nigeria turns 60: Can Africa's most populous nation remain united?

Nigeria's greatest challenge on its 60th anniversary remains its diversity, writes Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3cNmUFH

Twitter temporarily suspends Hungarian government's account

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The Hungarian government says its official Twitter account was temporarily suspended and then restored without explanation. Government spokesman Zoltan Kovacs said Wednesday in a Facebook post that “we have taken the necessary steps and are awaiting an official explanation from Twitter” regarding the status of the government’s @abouthungary account. While the account was suspended, the following notice appeared on its feed: "Twitter suspends accounts which violate the Twitter rules." from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/36hjwBW

Rwanda's clothing spat with the US helps China

As the African nation continues to ban the import of used US clothes, China takes advantage. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3jm74Vk

Facebook removes Trump ads with baseless claims

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The Trump campaign began running the ads Tuesday with at least 38 different versions. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/36kh2mg

Men flock to military recruitment centers in Azerbaijan during a partial mobilisation

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SHOTLIST BAKU, AZERBAIJANSEPTEMBER 29, 2020SOURCE: AFPTV 1. Wide shot men queueing in front of a military recruitment centre2. Wide shot men queueing in front of a military recruitment centre3. Wide shot men queueing in front of a military recruitment centre4. Wide shot man wrapped in Azerbaijan flag in crowd5. Wide shot people waiting in hall 6. SOUNDBITE 1 - Mirkamran Hashimli (male, Azerbaijani, 16 sec): "This is a very proud feeling. Of course, as other zealous citizens of the republic, I do not regret going to fulfill this task wholeheartedly and through my own choice. I hope Karabakh is ours, it will be ours!" 7. Cutaway: Wide shot man holding passport 8. Cutaway: Wide shot passports on table 9. Cutaway: Mid shot man registering 10. SOUNDBITE 2 - Shaddin Rustamov (male, Azerbaijani, 18 sec): "That is a very proud feeling. That is something we have been waiting for a long time. It's something we've been waiting for for 25 years. Hopefully this year will be t...

Mitch McConnell ‘refusing to debate his election rival if there is a female moderator’

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‘He continues to resist allowing women to host debates,’ said McConnell’s opponent in the Kentucky Senate race from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3n1MZpg

Start with clients 'at the bottom of the fishtank'

Recruitment boss Richard Spencer-Percival says "start off at the bottom with your clients, then you can pick off the big game". from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/33hgNGN

The Proud Boys, Who Trade in Political Violence, Get a Boost From Trump

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By BY NEIL MACFARQUHAR, ALAN FEUER, MIKE BAKER AND SHEERA FRENKEL from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/30nxtKP

A major Boston hospital has a cluster of cases among its staff and patients.

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By BY GIULIA MCDONNELL NIETO DEL RIO from NYT World https://ift.tt/2HMcPh5

Trump Renews Fears of Voter Intimidation as G.O.P. Poll Watchers Mobilize

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By BY DANNY HAKIM, STEPHANIE SAUL, NICK CORASANITI AND MICHAEL WINES from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2Sc4nJI

Hopeful Day in Queens: A Slice of Pizza, Served Indoors

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By BY MATTHEW HAAG from NYT New York https://ift.tt/3ihxplS

Pennsylvania’s top election official casts doubt on fraud claims in Luzerne County.

By BY NICK CORASANITI from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2SeAx7K

Republicans Scold Trump on White Supremacy, Fearing a Drag on the Party

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By BY ALEXANDER BURNS, JONATHAN MARTIN AND MAGGIE HABERMAN from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/33ffFU4

Coronavirus

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By Unknown Author from NYT World https://ift.tt/2Sda5Lt

Rebuffed by Vatican, Pompeo Assails China and Aligns With Pope’s Critics

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By BY JASON HOROWITZ AND LARA JAKES from NYT World https://ift.tt/3l1QP02

U.S. Repatriates Last of Islamic State Suspects Believed Captured in Syria

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By BY KATIE BENNER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3cPgmqb

M.L.B. Will Allow Fans at World Series and N.L. Championship Series

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By BY TYLER KEPNER from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/3cMwKI6

Movie theaters say they can’t survive without aid from Congress.

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By BY BROOKS BARNES from NYT Business https://ift.tt/36iZAyA

Now at the Boarding Gate: Coronavirus Tests

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By BY TARIRO MZEZEWA from NYT Travel https://ift.tt/3jiab0d

Paris Chef Commits Suicide After Assault Allegations, Family Says

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By BY NORIMITSU ONISHI from NYT World https://ift.tt/3l2Qieg

Study Finds ‘Single Largest Driver’ of Coronavirus Misinformation: Trump

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By BY SHERYL GAY STOLBERG AND NOAH WEILAND from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/34jHpX4

Live Tonight: Watch the Debate With Fact Checks

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By BY LISA LERER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3cKve9a

Quebec brings back restrictions as cases rise again

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By BY DAN BILEFSKY AND IAN AUSTEN from NYT World https://ift.tt/3jt1osJ

Draymond Green Doesn’t Mind Missing the N.B.A. Finals. This Year.

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By BY MARC STEIN from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/3cOR63p

Trump’s top intelligence official releases unverified and previously rejected Russia information.

By BY JULIAN E. BARNES, ADAM GOLDMAN AND NICHOLAS FANDOS from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2Gp6k3a

Bad Call Sends Kristina Mladenovic Spiraling Again

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By BY BEN ROTHENBERG from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2Gie6Mb

The Facebook Pages With the Largest Share of Debate Conversation

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By BY DAVEY ALBA from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/3n663Tg

Researchers say a Project Veritas video accusing Ilhan Omar of voter fraud was a ‘coordinated disinformation campaign.’

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By BY MAGGIE ASTOR from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3n34YM7

Meron Benvenisti Dies at 86; Urged One State for Jews and Palestinians

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By BY SAM ROBERTS from NYT World https://ift.tt/2ScqTlK

Trump Sent a Warning. Let’s Take It Seriously.

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By BY THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/30kXM4d

The Morning

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By Unknown Author from NYT Briefing https://ift.tt/30iPOZs

Barrett told senators that Trump offered her the nomination much sooner than was previously known.

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By BY NICHOLAS FANDOS from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3ieEDXX

Top Intelligence Official Releases Unverified, Previously Rejected Russia Information

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By BY JULIAN E. BARNES, ADAM GOLDMAN AND NICHOLAS FANDOS from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/33dw773

Watch Debate Live Stream and Analysis: Trump vs Biden

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By BY THE NEW YORK TIMES from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/34dnCIH

'False alarm': Cruise crew who tested positive for COVID-19 in Greece got 3 more tests, all negative

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The Mein Schiff 6, operated by TUI Cruises, began its trip in Heraklion on the southern Greek island of Crete on Sunday night. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/33fA9w2

Man dies after falling 100 feet from Oregon cliff while posing for photo in tree

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Branch brake caused 43-year-old to plummet into ocean from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/30jTMkr

Justice Ginsburg buried at Arlington in private ceremony

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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was buried Tuesday in a private ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, laid to rest beside her husband and near some of her former colleagues on the court. Washington last week honored the 87-year-old Ginsburg, who died Sept. 18, with two days where the public could view her casket at the top of the Supreme Court's steps and pay their respects. On Friday, the women's rights trailblazer and second woman to join the high court lay in state at the U.S. Capitol, the first woman to do so. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3in40ad

Biden campaign jumps on Trump tax-return story

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A new ad contrasts the president's reported federal income tax payment of $750 with the thousands paid by members of other professions such as nurses and teachers. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2GkkItu

Pakistan's top court accepts appeal by Daniel Pearl's family

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Pakistan's Supreme Court on Monday accepted an appeal by the family of slain American journalist Daniel Pearl seeking to keep a British-born Pakistani man on death row over the beheading of the Wall Street Journal reporter. The court delayed until next week hearing the appeal over the lower-court acquittal of Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, who had been on death row since his conviction in 2002 over Pearl's killing. The Supreme Court ordered Sheikh to remain in custody but Faisal Siddiqi, the lawyer for Pearl's family, told The Associated Press on Monday the court will decide next week whether Sheikh will remain imprisoned during the course of the appeal, which could be years. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Gjcceg

Meng Wanzhou: The PowerPoint that sparked an international row

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The top Huawei executive's closely watched extradition case returns to court on Monday. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2SaOCTj

'Miracle on the Hudson' pilot Sully Sullenberger said he'll only fly with airlines that block the middle seat during the pandemic

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The pilot who famously landed a damaged plane on the Hudson shared his thoughts on airline safety amid coronavirus. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/30ipAGw

Buried lakes of liquid water discovered on Mars

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The underground lakes were detected in the Red Planet's south polar region. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/33dqrdB

White House announces major improvements in coronavirus testing (again)

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“We are now at an inflection point in testing,” said Adm. Brett Giroir, a Department of Health and Human Services official who is in charge of testing on the White House coronavirus task force. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2EEJx2y

Catholic voters can't ignore abortion or Kamala Harris' religious bigotry in 2020 election

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As Pope Francis has said, 'The right to life is the first among human rights.' So why make American Catholics feel like they shouldn't vote for life? from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3hNv55W

South Carolina TV anchor hit man with beer bottle in fight over politics, police say

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The victim was left with cuts on his face, police said. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/36duDvw

Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin backs Supreme Court delay tactics since 'we don't do anything around here anyway'

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While Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee reportedly do not intend to boycott the confirmation hearing for President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, the party's senators will likely do whatever they can to slow the process, Politico reports.Some of the tactics available for Democrats, who believe Republicans set a precedent for blocking Supreme Court nominations in the lead up to a presidential election in 2016, that Politico lists include: invoking the "two-hour" rule — which Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has already done — slowing down legislative business, objecting to recess, denying a quorum, raising points of order, enlisting the aid of the Democratic-controlled House, and delaying the final committee vote. Politico goes into more detail about each tactic here.Politico also reports that there is broad, overwhelming support for pulling out all the stops among Democrats, including those, like Sen. Doug Jones (D-Ala.), who ...

Angry about Breonna Taylor? Do what Barack Obama said in 2016: 'Don't boo. Vote'

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There's only one thing to do now that the we know the outcome of the Breonna Taylor case: 'Don't boo. Vote.' from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/3cyMyho

Haunted house shooter thought someone had cut in line, Michigan police say

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Police are searching for the suspect, who they say fled the scene in a blue sedan. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2FYfXpE

Young people ‘give up dream job hope’ in pandemic

The coronavirus crisis has eroded young people's confidence in the future, says the Prince's Trust. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/33aVeHT

BTS to become multi-millionaires after label goes public

The South Korean K-pop group will become multi-millionaires after their label Big Hit goes public. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/339oHlm

Coronavirus: Public spending rise could be lasting

The government must choose between more austerity and permanently higher spending, a think tank warns. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/30gw7lb

'I monitor my staff with software that takes screenshots'

Many have struggled to get to grips with working from home, but would surveillance technology help? from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/3igFPd7

BTS to become multi-millionaires after label goes public

The South Korean K-pop group will become multi-millionaires after their label Big Hit goes public. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/339oHlm

The woman who quit smoking and built a global hypnotherapy firm

Grace Smith used hypnosis to give up smoking, and it inspired her to take up the profession. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2GhWIH3

Ai Weiwei: 'Too late' to curb China's global influence

The Chinese artist and dissident says the West should have worried about China decades ago. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3cEqwd4

Kangana Ranaut: The star taking on Bollywood

Why is Kangana Ranaut on a warpath with many of her colleagues? from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/3i9t7Nh

Bipartisan House Bill Aims to Fix Boeing 737 Max Safety Lapses

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By BY NIRAJ CHOKSHI from NYT Business https://ift.tt/3jgZv20

Coronvirus

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By Unknown Author from NYT World https://ift.tt/30gIWM4

With No Last-Set Tiebreaker, French Open Match Lasts More Than Six Hours

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By BY BEN ROTHENBERG from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2HIuHJP

The Supreme Court Ad Wars Begin

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By BY NICK CORASANITI from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3i8mk6N