May 2020 ~ World News

Sunday, May 31, 2020

Teepee built at East Bergholt school to allow social distancing

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The structure was constructed by staff at an events company whose children attend the school.

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8pm saturday

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By Unknown Author from NYT Briefing https://bit.ly/2zLacbB

Trump Hopes for His Own Booster Shot from SpaceX Rocket Launch

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By BY PETER BAKER from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2XDtzuY

Photos From the Protests in 29 Cities Over Racism and Police Violence

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By BY WEIYI CAI, JULIETTE LOVE AND JUGAL K. PATEL from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2ZTKsEr

Trump delays 'outdated' G7 leaders' summit

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The US president says he is postponing this year's meeting and wants to invite other leaders as well.

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George Floyd death: Violence breaks out amid US protests

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Images from street protests across the US on Saturday following the death of black man George Floyd.

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Coronavirus: The self-isolation choir with worldwide members

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This weekend thousands of people will gather as an online choir to perform Handel’s Messiah.

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In the middle of the Pacific with nowhere to land

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A group of performers were halfway across the ocean in a 75ft boat when the pandemic erupted - leaving them with nowhere to go.

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Coronavirus: 'I'm high risk but made a full recovery'

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Positive stories from people considered at high risk who have made a full recovery from coronavirus.

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My Money: 'Our alternative quarantine holiday'

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Alyssa Hulme from Utah in the US takes us through her weekly spending during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Coronavirus: Independent cinemas unlikely to open before September

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An Independent Cinema Office survey found only a quarter of venues planned to open before autumn.

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Coronavirus doctor's diary: Why does Covid-19 make some healthy young people really sick?

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Dr John Wright tells the story of Marium Zameer, who became very unwell with Covid-19 despite being young and healthy.

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Trump delays 'outdated' G7 leaders' summit

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The US president says he is postponing this year's meeting and wants to invite other leaders as well.

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Draw a Self-Portrait

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By BY CARSON ELLIS from NYT At Home https://nyti.ms/2XipoGg

George Floyd Protests: A Timeline

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By BY DERRICK BRYSON TAYLOR from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2zOwiKn

Here’s What You Need to Know About Breonna Taylor’s Death

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By BY RICHARD A. OPPEL JR. from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2ZRZCdC

The Papers: Testing 'disgrace' and public's 'broken trust'

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Britain's test and trace policy and Dominic Cummings' lockdown trip dominate Sunday's papers.

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In pictures: Peru's most catastrophic natural disaster

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On 31 May 1970 an earthquake struck in Peru, triggering a landslide and leading to the deaths of 70,000.

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George Floyd: ‘As a black American I am terrified’

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After the death of George Floyd, young African-Americans in Minneapolis say they are scared for their safety.

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LGBT: Covid-19 forced me back home where I'm 'unwanted'

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'Emma' lost her job and had to move back to the village where she feels 'misunderstood'.

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George Floyd: ‘As a black American I am terrified’

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After the death of George Floyd, young African-Americans in Minneapolis say they are scared for their safety.

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Coronavirus: The self-isolation choir with worldwide members

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This weekend thousands of people will gather as an online choir to perform Handel’s Messiah.

from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2XgKmVI

SpaceX launch: Nasa astronauts blast off to the International Space Station

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Two astronauts launched into orbit for historic mission to the International Space Station.

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Coronavirus: What happens next?

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Clive Myrie meets patients and staff on the Covid ward at the Royal London Hospital.

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Coronavirus: Renters struggle most with pandemic costs, report says

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Private renters are struggling with housing costs more than mortgage-payers, new research suggests.

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Week in pictures: 23-29 May 2020

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A selection of news photographs taken around the world this week.

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Coronavirus: Debenhams makes some restaurant employees redundant

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Retailer Debenhams makes staff in some of its cafes redundant after going into administration.

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China and the Rhineland Moment

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By BY BRET STEPHENS from NYT Opinion https://nyti.ms/2TPoChy

Coronavirus Briefing: What Happened Today

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By BY LARA TAKENAGA AND JONATHAN WOLFE from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2XLevvk

A Continent Reopens

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By BY PATRICK KINGSLEY AND LAETITIA VANCON from NYT World https://nyti.ms/3cfTNsP

Ex-Officer Charged in Death of George Floyd in Minneapolis

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By BY NEIL MACFARQUHAR, TIM ARANGO AND MANNY FERNANDEZ from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/3caR1Fi

George Floyd Worked With Officer Charged in His Death

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By BY MATT FURBER, AUDRA D. S. BURCH AND FRANCES ROBLES from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2BawpQB

A Justice Dept. Skeptical of Police Abuse Cases Vows to Investigate Floyd Death

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By BY KATIE BENNER AND EMILY BADGER from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/3ewwMDv

Congress Plans Hearings on Racial Violence and Use of Force by the Police

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By BY NICHOLAS FANDOS from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2BdbCvP

friday virus

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Coronavirus: GPs not told when patients removed from 'shielding lists'

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This has caused confusion and anxiety among extremely vulnerable people staying at home.

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The Papers: Weekend lockdown warnings and 'border farce'

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Concerns over the public sticking to rules ahead of restrictions being lifted dominate Saturday's papers.

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Coronavirus: Belgian zoo comes back to life from lockdown

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After two months without visitors, Pairi Daiza is welcoming the public back, but in smaller numbers.

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George Floyd death: Why has a US city gone up in flames?

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Tensions in Minneapolis did not start with the death of George Floyd. They've been years in the making.

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Akinwumi Adesina: Why the US is targeting a flamboyant Nigerian banker

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The US pushes for new inquiry into allegations of corruption against the African Development Bank boss.

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China-India border: Why tensions are rising between the neighbours

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Tensions in the Himalaya have the potential to escalate as they pursue their strategic goals.

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'You can't ask people to die': Coronavirus woes deepen Argentina's crisis

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A new deadline to restructure the country's debt is just days away.

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Coronavirus: Bill Gates ‘microchip’ conspiracy theory and other vaccine claims fact-checked

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Fact-checking vaccine claims - including ones about the ex-Microsoft boss and a dubious cow-dung trial.

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George Floyd death: Ex-officer charged with murder and manslaughter

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Derek Chauvin, one of the officers seen kneeling on George Floyd's neck, has been charged with murder.

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90-year-old woman tries to help grandson during arrest

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Bodycam footage shows a woman, dressed in a nightgown, seem to fall onto her grandson during the incident.

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World's largest all-electric plane takes flight

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An historic day for the aviation industry as the world's largest all-electric plane takes flight.

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National Geographic Plan to Dismantle Granite Sculpture Hits Snag

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By BY REBECCA J. RITZEL from NYT Arts https://nyti.ms/3eqWadZ

'They Have to Reinvent Her': Margaret Sanger's Fans Work to Clean Up Her Racist Past

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As the founder of the American Birth Control League which later became Planned Parenthood, Margaret Sanger was no doubt a controversial figure with disturbing views on eugenics, race, and population control.

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Coronavirus: Two households can meet outside in Wales from Monday

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Changes to Wales' stay-at-home lockdown restrictions will be announced by the first minister later.

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Kosovo Court Says New Government Can Be Formed Without an Election

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National Guard Called as Minneapolis Erupts in Solidarity for George Floyd

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By BY MATT FURBER, JOHN ELIGON AND AUDRA D. S. BURCH from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2X9Z9Sf

Trump’s Order Targeting Social Media Sites, Explained

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By BY CHARLIE SAVAGE from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/36CC1Pq

More Notes From Our Homes to Yours

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American Priest Moves a Step Closer to Sainthood

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By BY SANDRA E. GARCIA from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2TOjZo6

Mourning Alone

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By BY LISA LERER from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2TOqXcV

Millions Relying on Pandemic Aid Can See Its End, and They’re Scared

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Temperature Checks and Desk Shields: C.D.C. Suggests Big Changes to Offices

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By BY MATT RICHTEL from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/3c95Hox

The Papers: 'Happy Monday' on the way and 'football's coming home'

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Eased lockdown restrictions dominate Friday's newspapers - while Dominic Cummings remains in the spotlight.

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Trump signs executive order targeting Twitter after fact-checking row

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The US president's move follows a decision by Twitter to add a "fact-check" notice to his tweets.

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George Floyd: National Guard deployed after Minneapolis clashes

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State troops are activated after days of protests over the death of a black man in police custody.

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Online child abuse rising during lockdown warn police

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Police forces across the world are warning criminals are using the restrictions to target children.

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Moscow more than doubles city's Covid-19 death toll

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Officials now say 1,561 people died from the disease in April - not 639 as initially announced.

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World's deepest octopus captured on camera

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A "Dumbo" octopus is photographed at a depth of 7,000m in the Indian Ocean's Java Trench.

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Rohingya refugee crisis: 'The bodies were thrown out of the boat'

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Khadiza Begum, a Rohingya refugee, left Myanmar to escape violence but found more horror at sea.

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Coronavirus: How Turkey took control of Covid-19 emergency

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Even without imposing a total lockdown, Turkey seems to have handled the outbreak well.

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Africa's week in pictures: 22 - 28 May 2020

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A selection of the week's best photos from across the continent.

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The films to look out for at the We Are One festival

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Cannes, Toronto and Sundance are among the film festivals uniting for an online streaming event.

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The little lights now packing a deadly punch

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LEDs already light our houses but developments are making them even more powerful.

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The coronavirus conundrum when your mouth is your ‘hand’

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The coronavirus pandemic becomes a different kind of challenge when you use your mouth as your ‘hands’.

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As Meatpacking Plants Look to Reopen, Some Families are Wary

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By BY JAZMINE HUGHES from NYT Magazine https://nyti.ms/3evh7EF

‘We Loved Each Other’: Fauci Recalls Larry Kramer, Friend and Nemesis

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By BY DONALD G. MCNEIL JR. from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/2M4cvt1

U.S. to Penalize Work at Iranian Facilities in Latest Blow to Nuclear Accord

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By BY LARA JAKES from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2X9e0w5

Coronavirus: Professional athletes train in lockdown

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Professional and Olympic athletes have had to devise ways to continue their rigorous training.

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Coronavirus: What attacks on Asians reveal about American identity

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Covid-inspired attacks on East Asian people in the US reveal uncomfortable truths about American identity.

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Coronavirus: How the advertising industry is changing

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A large decline in advertising expenditure is hurting the sector, plus TV channels and newspapers.

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Will President Trump Stand With Hong Kong?

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By BY THE EDITORIAL BOARD from NYT Opinion https://nyti.ms/3cb4Cwc

The Wonderful World of Trump Worsts

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By BY GAIL COLLINS from NYT Opinion https://nyti.ms/3dapaX1

Trump and Biden trade barbs over wearing a mask

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President Trump and his likely presidential challenger Joe Biden clash over the humble face covering.

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Rebecca Parker is playing the piano for 100 days

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98-year-old Rebecca Parker is playing the piano for 100 days to raise money for the NHS

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The High Note: Why Tracee Ellis Ross 'only got better with age'

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Tracee Ellis Ross says it's "absurd" that women over 50 have ever been "counted out".

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Crossing Divides: The bomb maker turned peacemaker

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Once part of the group behind the Bali bombing, now Ali Fauzi is on a mission to end terror.

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Cocaine and Guinea-Bissau: How Africa's 'narco-state' is trying to kick its habit

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Concern mounts about Guinea-Bissau commitment to curb drug trafficking, writes Ricci Shyrock.

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‘On the Record’ Review: A Black Woman’s View of #MeToo

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By BY DEVIKA GIRISH from NYT Movies https://nyti.ms/2zAekuQ

Canada’s Largest Newspaper Changes Hands Amid Vow to Keep Liberal Voice

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By BY IAN AUSTEN from NYT World https://nyti.ms/3d8LGjf

Minneapolis Police, Long Accused of Racism, Face Wrath of Wounded City

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By BY MATT FURBER, JOHN ELIGON AND AUDRA D. S. BURCH from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2M2E9pZ

Coronavirus Briefing: What Happened Today

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By BY JONATHAN WOLFE AND LARA TAKENAGA from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/36AkR4U

Gabriel Bacquier, 95, Dies; Set Standard for French Baritones

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By BY STEVE SMITH from NYT Arts https://nyti.ms/2ZI69HJ

Twitter Tsks, and Trump Fumes

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By BY KARA SWISHER from NYT Opinion https://nyti.ms/3eoPzAx

Julián Castro: ‘It’s a Totally Porous Safety Net’

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By BY LISA LERER AND JENNIFER MEDINA from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/3c3Pl0g

The Papers: Test-and-trace 'revolution' and MPs 'fume' on Zoom

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Thursday's newspapers look at a new NHS tracing scheme and share the latest on the Dominic Cummings row.

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Coronavirus: Nightmare spreads through Russia's care homes

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Carers reveal the hidden spread of Covid-19 and official numbers appear not to tell the whole story.

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Coronavirus: Inside the pro-China network targeting the US, Hong Kong and an exiled tycoon

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A coordinated network of accounts on three social networks has been targeting the Chinese government's critics.

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Bit of Highlands Headgear

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By BY DEB AMLEN from NYT Crosswords & Games https://nyti.ms/2AWQgCL

Biden, Urging Face Masks, Calls Trump a ‘Fool’ for Not Wearing One

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By BY SYDNEY EMBER from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2ZCbekN

Epic 7,500-mile cuckoo migration wows scientists

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Scientists have tracked a cuckoo's migratory flight from Africa to its breeding ground in Mongolia.

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TV host Jimmy Fallon 'very sorry' for 2000 blackface skit

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The NBC's Tonight Show host called his depiction of comedian Chris Rock "unquestionably offensive".

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Coronavirus: Sneakbo criticised over Aylesbury lockdown video

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Police say officers "encouraged" those involved to "comply with social distancing guidelines".

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Coronavirus: Why barber shops matter to the community

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Barber shops are a central part of a community but how has lockdown changed this?

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Denmark embraces live music drive-ins

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Mads Langer performs a drive-in concert for music fans in Copenhagen while social distancing.

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Australia's megafauna roamed the tropics with first humans but then disappeared

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New evidence shows climate change may have wiped out Australia's giant beasts.

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Coronavirus: How childminders are caring for children in their own home

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'Lots of soap' is crucial, say childminders who have stayed open for key workers' children.

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Coronavirus: The human cost of virus misinformation

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A BBC team tracking coronavirus misinformation has found links to assaults, arsons and deaths - and the potential for even greater indirect harm.

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Coronavirus: 'Our children are all shut behind closed doors'

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Lockdown has left many families with disabled children feeling cut-off, isolated and ignored.

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Soul Boy: The teen who found a home on the dancefloor

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Anthony Flavin spent most of his life in care - a turning point was finding soul on the dancefloor.

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Coronavirus: Why Merkel may help fund Europe's recovery plan

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Germany’s leader has agreed to shoulder some of the burden, but four "frugal" EU states are unhappy.

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Mumbai: How Covid-19 has ravaged India's richest city

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With nearly 30,000 cases, Mumbai accounts for more than a fifth of India's coronavirus infections.

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Jimmy Fallon Apologizes for Blackface Skit

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By BY SANDRA E. GARCIA from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2THhBzu

Coronavirus: China's plan to test everyone in Wuhan

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Officials said they planned to test all of Wuhan's residents over 10 days, so how have they done?

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Bystander Videos Are Policing the Police by Putting Deaths on Display

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By BY AUDRA D. S. BURCH AND JOHN ELIGON from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2A97Umr

Coronavirus Briefing: What Happened Today

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By BY PATRICK J. LYONS from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2Xv87IN

Will Twitter Draw a Line for Trump?

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By BY NICK CORASANITI from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/3c2So96

Republicans Tried to Suppress the Vote in Florida. And Failed.

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By BY THE EDITORIAL BOARD from NYT Opinion https://nyti.ms/2AWEOaf

Biden, Urging Face Masks, Calls Trump a ‘Fool’ for Not Wearing One

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By BY SYDNEY EMBER from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2zy9NsY

La historia que cuentan los restos de tres africanos en una tumba de México

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By BY NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR from NYT en Español https://nyti.ms/3dhUljv

TV host Jimmy Fallon 'very sorry' for 2000 blackface skit

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The NBC's Tonight Show host called his depiction of comedian Chris Rock "unquestionably offensive".

from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2B2wKEZ

Indigenous nurse on Brazil's frontline in virus fight

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Vanderlecia Ortega dos Santos is the sole nurse caring for a community of 700 in Manaus, Brazil.

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Italy's medical workers: 'We became heroes but they've already forgotten us'

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With Italy past the peak of coronavirus, medical staff say the trauma is only just hitting them now.

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Coronavirus: What's the future for the office?

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As companies hint at more home-working, how could our work culture be about to shift?

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Coronavirus doctor's diary: The drug combination that may help us beat Covid-19

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Dr John Wright expects a treatment involving three different types of drug to be effective against the virus.

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