WORLD NEWS: November 2020

Monday, November 30, 2020

Shiv Sena Leader's Suggestion To Hold "Azaan" Competition Draws BJP Ire

A Shiv Sena leader's comments on likening "Azaan" (a call for Muslim prayer) with Hindu ritual of "aarti" and holding a "Azaan" recital competition for Muslim children have sparked a row, with the BJP...

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Missing Florida sailor found clinging to capsized vessel

The man, 62, was rescued by a passing container ship, more than 80 miles off the Florida coast.

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Canada unveils largest economic relief package since WW2

Opposition Conservatives say the historic spending plan is "startling".

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Covid vaccine: Rumours thrive amid trickle of pandemic facts

Social media is full of coronavirus vaccine information - but how can you tell which is reliable?

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Trump presidency's final days: 'In his mind, he will not have lost'

West Wing aides are keeping a low profile as the presidency slowly comes to terms with his loss.

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A police officer with a conscience who left Belarus

Andrei Ostapovich quit his job as a Belarusian police officer, was detained in Russia, then escaped to Poland.

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Mohsen Fakhrizadeh: Iran mulls its responses to an assassination

Frank Gardner looks at Iran's options were it to try to avenge Mohsen Fakhrizadeh's assassination.

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France Islam: Muslims face state pressure to embrace values

A "charter of values" is the latest effort by the French state to win Muslim hearts and minds.

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End Sars protests: The Nigerian women leading the fight for change

The feminists who were the backbone of the EndSars protests, which threaten Nigeria's status quo.

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On Pandemic Schooling, de Blasio Is Actually Leading

By BY MICHELLE GOLDBERG from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/36oH07N

Justice Dept. asks judge to ‘immediately’ dismiss Flynn case, citing Trump’s pardon.

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Thank You, Justice Gorsuch

By BY BRET STEPHENS from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/37kIS0F

Biden’s Inauguration: Expect Smaller Crowds and More Social Distancing

By BY MICHAEL D. SHEAR AND NICHOLAS FANDOS from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/36nWPeO

As Senate runoffs approach, Trump’s attacks on Georgia Republicans have worried some in his party.

By BY LISA LERER, RICHARD FAUSSET AND MAGGIE HABERMAN from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3fPi9x6

As Trump Attacks Georgia Republicans, Party Worries About Senate Races

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Citing Pardon, Justice Dept. Asks Judge to ‘Immediately’ Dismiss Flynn Case

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Coronavirus LIVE Updates: India's COVID-19 Cases Crosses 94 Lakh-Mark

India recorded less than 40,000 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, government COVID-19 data shows. The number of fresh infections was 7 per cent lower than Sunday's, taking India's Covid...

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A Responsible Withdrawal From Afghanistan

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Police Body Cameras Cited as ‘Powerful Tool’ Against Stop-and-Frisk Abuses

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Arizona and Wisconsin Certify Biden’s Wins: ‘The System Is Strong’

By BY REID J. EPSTEIN from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/37koa0Q

How Will Biden Deal With Republican Sabotage?

By BY PAUL KRUGMAN from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/3mvpVyQ

Restrictions push the San Francisco 49ers to Arizona for December.

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Sunday, November 29, 2020

Biden announces all-female senior press team

Joe Biden has pledged to shape one of the most diverse US presidential cabinets ever.

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Biden Fractures Foot Playing With His Dog, Putting Him in a Boot

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"If Anyone Sells Spine... ": Trinamool Leader's Jibe At Ex-Minister

In an apparent jibe at disgruntled Trinamool Congress MLA Suvendu Adhikari, Lok Sabha MP Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday said that the TMC is a grassroots party and nobody has been able to parachute down...

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

Millions of people are returning home following the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States.

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White Island volcano: NZ officials charge 13 parties over tragedy

Some 22 people died when the volcano suddenly erupted last December with tourists on it.

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The King of Trump TV Thinks You’re Dumb Enough to Buy It

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What We Learned From Week 12 of the N.F.L. Season

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Biden’s doctor says president-elect has hairline fracture after twisting his ankle playing with dog.

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Biden team wants to tackle child care, elder care, preschool in one overarching plan.

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LIVE Updates: India's Covid Tally Nears 94 Lakh, 1,36,696 Total Deaths

Coronavirus cases in India are steadily on the rise with 41,810 new infections in the last 24 hours taking the tally to 93,92,919. There were 496 deaths recorded in the last 24 hours and the number of...

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

The founders of the Black Lives Matter movement tell the BBC's 100 Women season they are optimistic.

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

Calabria was not hit by the first wave of the pandemic but its fragile health system is buckling now.

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Why India can't stop farmers burning stubble

The toxic fumes from stubble burning affects hundreds of millions - but curbs to stop it keep failing.

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

The campaign to save a 100-year-old tree shows cultural fears can make politicians listen in Kenya.

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A 70-year-old photographic mystery

Collector William Fagan finds 70-year-old photographs in a camera.

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The tech allowing thousands of students to sit exams at home

Machine learning is helping firms across many industries more quickly solve difficult challenges.

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Coronavirus: How do you vaccinate 7.7 billion people?

Five challenges of distributing a Covid-19 vaccine to billions of people.

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

The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan is over, but some are still waiting for news of missing relatives.

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For Trump, Past Is Prologue

By BY CHARLES M. BLOW from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/39yrdVM

Ransomware Attack Closes Baltimore County Public Schools

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Coronavirus

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Biden names all-female communications team with Jen Psaki as press secretary.

By BY ANNIE KARNI from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3qcrTGs

Jennifer Psaki to Be Press Secretary as Biden Names All-Female Communications Team

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Saturday, November 28, 2020

An underground New York club with 400 people was shut down for violating coronavirus restrictions.

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One of the warm-up bouts was canceled after a fighter tested positive for the coronavirus.

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A Cat Is Said to Be Joining the Bidens in the White House

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Brazen Killings Expose Iran’s Vulnerabilities as It Struggles to Respond

By BY DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, RONEN BERGMAN AND FARNAZ FASSIHI from NYT World https://ift.tt/2HLBVNh

Covid LIVE Updates: India's Covid Tally At 93.51 Lakh, 1.36 Lakh Deaths

India has reported 41,322 fresh COVID-19 cases on Saturday, 4% lower than on Friday, taking its overall number to 93.51 lakh cases and 1,36,200 deaths, Union Health Ministry data shows. These numbers...

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Centre Should Come Forward With Open Heart, Not On Condition: Farmers

Hours after Union Home Minister Amit Shah appealed to the farmers' union to gather on Nirankari Samagam Ground in Burari on the outskirts of Delhi, saying the Centre was ready to hold talks even...

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Serbia and Montenegro expel respective ambassadors

The two nations have expelled each other's envoys over a historical dispute dating back a century.

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Viewpoint: How Ethiopia is undermining the African Union

The country has rebuffed African efforts to find a negotiated settlement to the Tigray conflict.

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Serbia coronavirus: The Church losing its leaders to the pandemic

Few organisations have taken a bigger hit from coronavirus than the Serbian Orthodox Church

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In pictures: Hurricanes leave Hondurans homeless and destitute

Hurricanes Eta and Iota left more than 150,000 people in Honduras homeless and many lost everything.

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The battle to save a biodiversity hotspot in India

Environmentalists in India's Goa state are fighting projects they say will turn it into a coal hub.

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Khachaturyan sisters: A murder trial that shocked Russia

The case of the three Khachaturyan sisters accused of killing their father sent shockwaves through Russia.

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

BBC correspondents across the east Africa region explain the impact for Ethiopia and its neighbours.

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Conjoined twins: 'We always knew we were different'

They made headlines when surgeons separated them - now Sanchia and Eman Mowatt are at university.

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Afghanistan, home to the heroin trade, moves into meth

A new report warns Afghanistan is becoming a major methamphetamine producer, leaving addicts in its wake.

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Why Bhutan's Sakteng wildlife sanctuary is disputed by China

Tiny Bhutan is feeling the squeeze as its giant neighbours China and India vie for territory.

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This could be quite popular. What’s that mean for boxing at large?

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Are these fights real?

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Who’s bankrolling this spectacle?

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Brazen Killings Expose Iran’s Vulnerabilities as It Struggles to Respond

By BY DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, RONEN BERGMAN AND FARNAZ FASSIHI from NYT International Home https://ift.tt/2VhaxK4

How Tony Hsieh Tried to Single-Handedly Transform Downtown Las Vegas

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Six-Pack

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Let’s Talk About Higher Wages

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Friday, November 27, 2020

Gunmen Assassinate Iran’s Top Nuclear Scientist in Ambush, Provoking New Crisis

By BY DAVID E. SANGER, ERIC SCHMITT, FARNAZ FASSIHI AND RONEN BERGMAN from NYT World https://ift.tt/39nyaJe

Los Angeles County, where the virus is surging, urges residents to stay home.

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India Has Practically Achieved Pre-2020 Climate Action Targets: Centre

Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar on Friday launched the "India Climate Change Knowledge Portal" through a virtual event where he said that India has...

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Coronavirus Updates: Delhi Reports 98 COVID-19 Deaths, 5,482 New Cases

Delhi registered 5,482 fresh COVID-19 cases in a day, while 98 more fatalities linked to the disease pushed the city's death count to 8,909 on Friday, authorities said.

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Swiss vote on making firms liable for rights abuse

Many in government and business are wary, but campaigners say politicians are out of touch.

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The Donut King who went full circle - from rags to riches, twice

Cambodian refugee Ted Ngoy made a fortune in doughnuts then lost it all to gambling.

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Tigray crisis: Ethiopian soldiers accused of blocking border with Sudan

Families fleeing the conflict in Tigray tell the BBC they have been cut off from relatives.

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Kaavan, the world's loneliest elephant, is finally going free

For decades, Kaavan performed from his lonely enclosure. Now, with a hand from Cher, he's retiring.

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Getting 'crushed' on Melbourne's path to coronavirus success

By one measure the city has just eliminated the virus, but relieved locals also fear a hidden cost.

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Coronavirus lockdown sees share of women on India's stock market rise

With more time and flexibility, thousands of women are trading in the stock market for the first time.

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The Kraken: What is it and why has Trump's ex-lawyer released it?

How a lawsuit from an ex-Trump lawyer full of baseless voter fraud claims went viral.

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Life after al-Shabab: Driving a school bus instead of an armed pickup truck

The Somali government retrains defectors from the al-Shabab militant group as barbers, drivers, mechanics and tailors.

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Karl Edwards: The 'bronzed Aussie' who knew life was for living

The story behind the plaque: the fast life and freakishly unlucky death of Karl Edwards.

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The Indian bride who wore a pantsuit to her wedding

In a country where marriages are steeped in tradition, Sanjana Rishi's wedding outfit drew criticism.

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Is the era of the Hollywood blockbuster over?

Has Covid put an end to big budget film-making, or will busy cinemas in Asia give Hollywood hope?

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Border wall fader

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Maradona: Funeral worker apologises over coffin photos

The Argentine funeral worker took photos next to the open casket of football legend Diego Maradona.

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

For thousands of years Inupaiq people have relied on the land in Alaska but now climate change is threatening their entire way of life.

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

Why the demolition of a 70-year old cinema hall in Kabul went viral in Afghanistan.

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

As an 82-year-old Jane Fonda is still protesting - this time about climate change - and getting arrested.

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For the World Economy, a Grim Slog Tempered by New Hopes

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Los Angeles County urges residents to stay home and bars gatherings of mixed households.

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Orders For Surface Ships, Submarines To Be Executed In 10 Years: Centre

Union Minister of State for Defence Shripad Naik on Friday said expected orders for surface ships and submarines to be executed from 2020 to 2030 by the Indian Navy are to the tune of USD 51 billion.

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Thursday, November 26, 2020

Your Friday Briefing

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U.N. Panel: Technology in Policing Can Reinforce Racial Bias

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Quotation of the Day: ‘Love Letter to Detroit,’ on Vellum and Chrome

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No Corrections: Nov. 27, 2020

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Farmers March To Delhi Braving Tear Gas, Water Cannons

Modified tractors, carrying rations, woollens, essential items and people, passed through Haryana on Thursday evening as thousands of Punjab farmers protesting against the government's new farm laws,...

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US election: Trump signals he is prepared to leave White House

He has refused to concede the election but says he will quit if Joe Biden is confirmed the winner.

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Judge in Venezuela Convicts 6 U.S. Oil Executives of Corruption

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India's Partners In Quest For Future With Low Carbon Levels: Israeli PM

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that his country is Indi's partner in its quest for a future with low carbon and pollution levels, and exuded confidence that solar energy would...

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Difficult To Continue With Trinamool After Repeated Insults: Legislator

Two days after senior TMC leader Rabindranath Ghosh visited him at his residence, disgruntled party MLA Mihir Goswami on Thursday said it will be difficult for him to continue his association with the...

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Delhi Chalo March Gets Overwhelming Response From Women

Farmers' Delhi Chalo protest on Thursday saw an overwhelming response from women as they joined elderly farmers and youth to press the Centre to scrap three farm laws.

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

Of the 19 places in the US that usually correctly pick the president, only one got it right this time.

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

Activist Jolovan Wham faces large fines for violating public order in Singapore.

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

The government is hoping for a quick victory in Tigray but it may not be that simple.

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

The Jeeves and Wooster creator was the most English of novelists so why does he have fans in India?

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El adiós a Maradona nos revela a la Argentina

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Trump, Still Claiming Victory, Says He Will Leave if Electors Choose Biden

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A Poem of Gratitude from Oklahoma

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Coronavirus Updates: India Had Estimated 74 Million Covid Cases by August

Nearly seven per cent of India's population aged ten and above was exposed to SARS-CoV-2, amounting to an estimated 74.3 million infections by August, with the seroprevalence being highest in urban...

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