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Friday, 31 July 2020
Lobbying Intensifies Among V.P. Candidates as Biden’s Search Nears an End
By Jonathan Martin, Alexander Burns and Katie Glueck from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3gidUtk
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Microsoft Said to Be in Talks to Buy TikTok, as Trump Weighs Curtailing App
By Mike Isaac, Ana Swanson and Alan Rappeport from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/3ffa42U
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James Murdoch Resigns From News Corp, Ending Role in Family Empire
By Michael M. Grynbaum and Edmund Lee from NYT Business https://ift.tt/2CXDntN
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A Quarter of Bangladesh Is Flooded. Millions Have Lost Everything.
By Somini Sengupta and Julfikar Ali Manik from NYT Climate https://ift.tt/3hOsuZV
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New top story from Time: President Trump Says He Will Act to Ban TikTok in the U.S. as Soon as Saturday
(NEW YORK) — President Donald Trump said he will take action as soon as Saturday to ban TikTok, a popular Chinese-owned video app that has been a source of national security and censorship concerns.
Trump’s comments came after published reports that the administration...
New top story from Time: Hong Kong Government Postpones Elections, Citing Coronavirus
(HONG KONG) — Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said Friday that the government will postpone highly anticipated legislative elections, citing a worsening coronavirus outbreak in the semi-autonomous Chinese city.
The Hong Kong government is invoking an emergency regulations...
New top story from Time: Vietnam, Which Avoided Coronavirus for 99 Days, Records First COVID-19 Death
(HANOI, Vietnam) — Vietnamese state media reported on Friday the country’s first ever death of a person with the coronavirus as it struggles with a renewed outbreak after 99 days without any cases.
The Thanh Nien newspaper said a 70-year-old man died after contracting...
New top story from Time: Documents Unsealed in Lawsuit Against Jeffrey Epstein Associate Ghislaine Maxwell
(NEW YORK) — Newly unsealed court documents provide a fresh glimpse into a fierce civil court fight between Jeffrey Epstein’s ex-girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, and one of the women who accused the couple of sexual abuse.
The documents released Thursday were from a now-settled...
New top story from Time: China Says It Has Completed a Navigation Network That Could Rival the U.S. GPS
(BEIJING) — China is celebrating the completion of its BeiDou Navigation Satellite System that could rival the U.S. Global Positioning System and significantly boost China’s security and geopolitical clout.
President Xi Jinping, the leader of the ruling Communist Party...
New top story from Time: Actor Bryan Cranston Says He Caught COVID-19 and Is Now Donating His Plasma
(LOS ANGELES) — Actor Bryan Cranston said he contracted and recovered from COVID-19 and has donated his plasma because it contains antibodies.
The actor best known for playing Walter White on AMC’s “Breaking Bad” made the announcement in a video posted to Instagram on...
Thursday, 30 July 2020
New top story from Time: Meet the New Zealand Politician Nicknamed ‘Crusher Collins’ Trying to Unseat Jacinda Ardern
She’s trying to topple a political superstar, but Judith Collins says she isn’t daunted.
The new leader of New Zealand’s opposition National Party — nicknamed “Crusher Collins” after her spell as a hard-line police minister — will need all her resolve to beat Prime...
New top story from Time: Senate Republicans Move to Force Vote on Unemployment Benefits Stopgap
Senate Republicans moved forward with a plan to set up votes on extending lapsed supplemental unemployment insurance with President Donald Trump’s endorsement, as talks on a broader pandemic relief package made little progress.
The GOP gambit is almost certain to fail...
Obama Unleashes on Trump Privately as He Raises $24 Million for Biden
By Shane Goldmacher and Glenn Thrush from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/31ft4cH
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Aboard the Diamond Princess, a Case Study in Aerosol Transmission
By Benedict Carey and James Glanz from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3jUZK3t
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Teachers Are Wary of Returning to Class, and Online Instruction Too
By Dana Goldstein and Eliza Shapiro from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2Eovei6
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New top story from Time: Hurricane Isaias Bears Down on Bahamas and Florida After Battering Puerto Rico
(SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico) — New Hurricane Isaias kept on a path early Friday expected to take it to the U.S. East Coast by the weekend as it approached the Bahamas, parts of which are still recovering from the devastation of last year’s Hurricane Dorian.
Isaias had maximum...
New top story from Time: Alaska Man Killed in Apparent Bear Attack Near His Remote Cabin
(JUNEAU, Alaska) — A man who was clearing a trail behind his property in south-central Alaska was found dead with wounds consistent with a bear attack, Alaska State Troopers said Thursday.
Troopers said they received a report late Wednesday that a Hope man who set out...
New top story from Time: Ellen DeGeneres Apologizes to Staff of Her TV Show After Warner Bros. Launches Workplace Inquiry
(LOS ANGELES) — Ellen DeGeneres apologized to the staff of her daytime TV talk show amid an internal company investigation of complaints of a difficult and unfair workplace.
“On day one of our show, I told everyone in our first meeting that ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show’...
New top story from Time: NBA Players, Coaches and Referees Kneel in Solidarity as Unprecedented Bubble Season Begins
(LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla.) — Players and coaches from the New Orleans Pelicans and Utah Jazz knelt alongside one another before the first game of the NBA restart on Thursday night, an unprecedented image for the league in unprecedented times.
The coaches — New Orleans’...
New top story from Time: ‘Green Needle’ or ‘Brainstorm’? A Puzzling Audio Clip Is Burning Up the Internet
First there was the dress that divided the internet as people around the world argued that viral photo was definitely blue and black or definitely white and gold. (It was blue and black.) Then came the Yanny vs. Laurel divide sparked by an audio clip of a computer-generated...
New top story from Time: Trump Suggests Delaying 2020 Election, Claiming It Will Be Fraudulent Without Evidence
President Donald Trump suggested delaying the 2020 presidential election on Thursday, claiming without evidence that the vote will be “fraudulent.”
“With Universal Mail-In Voting (not Absentee Voting, which is good), 2020 will be the most INACCURATE & FRAUDULENT...
New top story from Time: Former President Lee Teng-hui Who Brought Direct Elections to Taiwan Dies at 97
(TAIPEI, Taiwan) — Former Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui, who brought direct elections and other democratic changes to the self-governed island despite missile launches and other fierce saber-rattling by China, has died. He was 97.
Taipei Veterans General Hospital...
New top story from Time: U.S. Economy Shrank at Record-Breaking 33% Rate Late Quarter Due to Coronavirus Outbreak
(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. economy shrank at a dizzying 33% annual rate in the April-June quarter — by far the worst quarterly plunge ever — when the viral outbreak shut down businesses, throwing tens of millions out of work and sending unemployment surging to 14.7%, the...
New top story from Time: NASA Launches Mars Rover to Look For Signs of Ancient Life
(CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.) — The biggest, most sophisticated Mars rover ever built — a car-size vehicle bristling with cameras, microphones, drills and lasers — blasted off Thursday as part of an ambitious, long-range project to bring the first Martian rock samples back...
New top story from Time: Hong Kong Disqualifies 12 Pro-Democracy Activists From Election
Hong Kong’s government barred 12 pro-democracy activists including Joshua Wong from running in September elections and said more could be disqualified, confirming fears that officials would use a new security law to deny them the chance to achieve a legislative majority.
The...
Wednesday, 29 July 2020
New top story from Time: U.S. Agents to Pull Back in Portland But Will Remain on Standby
(PORTLAND, Ore.) — The Trump administration and Oregon leaders declared victory after it was announced that U.S. agents guarding a federal courthouse during violent demonstrations in Portland will pull back, but it wasn’t clear the agreement will reduce tensions that...
Federal Agencies Agree to Withdraw From Portland, With Conditions
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