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• Killing of Teacher, Samuel Paty, Raises Doubts on French Integration
  Mon, 26 Oct 2020 07:00:14 +0000-Norimitsu Onishi and Constant Méheut
  For generations, public schools assimilated immigrant children into French society by instilling the nation’s ideals. The beheading of a teacher has raised doubts about whether that model still works.
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• China Aims to End Extreme Poverty, but Covid-19 Exposes Gaps
  Mon, 26 Oct 2020 12:35:55 +0000-Javier C. Hernández
  The pandemic has worsened longstanding conditions that have widened inequality, hindering Xi Jinping’s vow to “leave no one behind.”
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• Women on Qatar Airways Flight Say They Were Strip-Searched
  Mon, 26 Oct 2020 14:22:27 +0000-Livia Albeck-Ripka and Yan Zhuang
  Female passengers said they were pulled from a Sydney-bound flight in Doha and given a medically invasive exam to see if they had recently given birth after an abandoned newborn was found in an airport bathroom.
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• Belarus Protesters Call for General Strike Against Lukashenko
  Mon, 26 Oct 2020 20:30:42 +0000-Anton Troianovski
  The country’s autocratic ruler, Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, is hanging on. But his fate may be decided in Moscow, where patience is wearing thin.
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• Cage Match or P.R. Opportunity? Boris Johnson Bets on Live Press Briefings
  Mon, 26 Oct 2020 18:21:30 +0000-Mark Landler
  The British prime minister has hired a well-connected former political journalist to run newly televised press briefings, adopting a White House ritual that grew increasingly contentious under President Trump.
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• Gaza Court Convicts Peace Activists for Video Call With Israelis
  Mon, 26 Oct 2020 18:43:58 +0000-Adam Rasgon
  The court ruled that the defendants would not spend more time in jail. Their video call crossed the hard line Hamas takes on many interactions between Palestinians and Israelis.
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• U.S. Imposes Sanctions on Iran’s Oil Sector
  Mon, 26 Oct 2020 22:45:08 +0000-Pranshu Verma and Farnaz Fassihi
  The Trump administration is trying to fortify its campaign of maximum pressure against Iran from being reversed by a potential Biden administration.
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• British Commandos Storm Tanker, Ending Standoff in English Channel
  Mon, 26 Oct 2020 16:12:15 +0000-Megan Specia and Isabella Kwai
  The captain of the ship had reported that a group of stowaways on board was threatening the crew. Ten hours later, special forces brought the standoff to a close.
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• Russian Airstrikes Kill Dozens of Turkish-Backed Rebels in Syria
  Mon, 26 Oct 2020 14:33:37 +0000-Hwaida Saad and Carlotta Gall
  Analysts say the assault, which violated a seven-month truce, could be seen as a warning to Ankara.
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• With Vacation Rentals Empty, European Cities See a Chance to Reclaim Housing
  Sun, 25 Oct 2020 16:12:50 +0000-Raphael Minder and Geneva Abdul
  Platforms like Airbnb have been criticized for raising living costs in popular cities. Now, officials are trying to move properties aimed at tourists to long-term leases.
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• Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons Passes Important Threshold
  Sun, 25 Oct 2020 19:31:45 +0000-Rick Gladstone
  Fifty countries have now ratified the treaty, so it will become international law. The United States and the eight other nuclear-armed powers reject it but have failed to stop its advance.
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• Pope Francis Appoints First African-American Cardinal
  Sun, 25 Oct 2020 23:47:08 +0000-Elizabeth Dias and Jason Horowitz
  Wilton Gregory, the archbishop of Washington, was among 13 new cardinals named on Sunday.
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• ‘An End to the Chapter of Dictatorship’: Chileans Vote to Draft a New Constitution
  Mon, 26 Oct 2020 04:39:06 +0000-Pascale Bonnefoy
  Voters overwhelmingly approved a bid to scrap the charter inherited from Gen. Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship, a move that could set a new course for the country.
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• New Airport, Beleaguered Symbol of ‘Irreverent’ Berlin, Is Opening at Long Last
  Sat, 24 Oct 2020 17:45:09 +0000-Katrin Bennhold
  Nine years late and $4 billion over budget, the airport is already outdated. Repeated blunders dented the image of German efficiency, but the “poor but sexy” capital has long been a bit different.
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• Your Tuesday Briefing
  Tue, 27 Oct 2020 02:54:19 +0000-Natasha Frost
  Amy Coney Barrett is the newest U.S. Supreme Court justice.
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• Your Tuesday Briefing
  Mon, 26 Oct 2020 20:57:38 +0000-Melina Delkic
  The world’s largest I.P.O.
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• Arts Bailout in U.K. Buys Time, but No Peace of Mind
  Mon, 26 Oct 2020 16:16:33 +0000-Alex Marshall
  In Liverpool, England, whose tourist trade is built on culture, more than 40 venues received money from a $2 billion fund. That life support lasts until April.
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• Europe’s virus numbers look like they did in the spring: high and getting higher.
  Tue, 27 Oct 2020 01:37:28 +0000-Isabella Kwai, Antonella Francini, Christopher F. Schuetze and Monika Pronczuk
• Ant Group Set to Raise $34 Billion in World’s Biggest I.P.O.
  Mon, 26 Oct 2020 17:09:20 +0000-Raymond Zhong
  The Alibaba online finance spinoff, which offers people in China a one-stop shop for loans, investments and more, will list shares in Hong Kong and Shanghai.
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• The Trump Economy
  Mon, 26 Oct 2020 22:00:16 +0000-David Leonhardt
  And what else you need to know today.
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• Game day in Green Bay: Empty sports bars, full hospitals.
  Mon, 26 Oct 2020 10:30:37 +0000-Giulia McDonnell Nieto del Rio
• Witnessing Peru’s Enduring, if Altered, Snow Star Festival
  Mon, 26 Oct 2020 09:00:33 +0000-Danielle Villasana
  Rising temperatures and melting glaciers have changed key aspects of the age-old Peruvian festival of Qoyllur Rit’i. Still, the celebrations persist.
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• How the Virus Slowed the Booming Wind Energy Business
  Mon, 26 Oct 2020 21:22:34 +0000-Ivan Penn and Walker Pickering
  Renewable energy developers have struggled to finish projects as the pandemic disrupts construction and global supply chains.
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• Infection of Pence aides raises new questions about the administration’s response to the virus.
  Mon, 26 Oct 2020 08:13:13 +0000-Michael D. Shear, Annie Karni, Maggie Haberman and Sheryl Gay Stolberg
• With a little more than a week until Election Day, Trump and Biden make their closing pitches on ‘60 Minutes.’
  Mon, 26 Oct 2020 09:02:41 +0000-Sydney Ember
• Spain, Covid-19, Airbnb: Your Monday Briefing
  Mon, 26 Oct 2020 05:03:25 +0000-Natasha Frost
  Here’s what you need to know.
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• The Fox News president and several anchors were advised to quarantine after possible virus exposure.
  Mon, 26 Oct 2020 01:23:59 +0000-Jeremy W. Peters
  The president of Fox News and several anchors are quarantining after a positive virus test at the network.
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• N.Y.C. billboards pair Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner with damning quotes and statistics.
  Mon, 26 Oct 2020 08:02:06 +0000-Dana Rubinstein
• In hot spots around the country, hospitals are reaching their limits.
  Mon, 26 Oct 2020 03:06:42 +0000-Melina Delkic
• Your Monday Briefing
  Sun, 25 Oct 2020 20:22:30 +0000-Carole Landry
  China tackles an outbreak in Kashgar.
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• In coronavirus testing, false positives are more hazardous than they might seem.
  Sun, 25 Oct 2020 13:30:55 +0000-Katherine J. Wu
• After making a comeback during the pandemic, pro sports face a tough second act.
  Sun, 25 Oct 2020 13:30:55 +0000-Tyler Kepner, Matthew Futterman and Marc Stein
• Pence’s chief of staff and several other aides test positive for the virus.
  Sun, 25 Oct 2020 14:43:38 +0000-Maggie Haberman
• As Lawlessness Roils Nigeria, Police Chief Vows to Take Back Streets
  Sat, 24 Oct 2020 22:53:31 +0000-Shola Lawal
  As protests against police brutality have subsided after a violent crackdown, they have been followed by a wave of looting and vandalism that the police have vowed to end.
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• Venezuela Opposition Figure, Long Confined, Flees to Spain
  Sun, 25 Oct 2020 17:25:11 +0000-Anatoly Kurmanaev and Raphael Minder
  Leopoldo López had spent the past six years in jail, house arrest and diplomatic asylum. He fled on Saturday, joining his family in Spain.
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• Turning 100, a Former Spanish Soldier Laments the Curse of His Birth Year
  Sat, 24 Oct 2020 17:55:47 +0000-Raphael Minder
  Andreu Canet is one of the last survivors of the “baby bottle conscription.” Born in 1920, they were drafted as teenagers in an ill-fated bid to stop Franco from winning Spain’s civil war.
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• In South Korea, Draft Resisters Still Go to Prison. But Now It’s a Job.
  Sat, 24 Oct 2020 15:43:59 +0000-Choe Sang-Hun
  A court ruled that conscientious objectors must be allowed to serve their country in other ways. The government says they’ll still have to do so behind prison walls.
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• As China Clamps Down, Activists Flee Hong Kong for Refuge in the West
  Mon, 26 Oct 2020 05:15:36 +0000-Austin Ramzy and Maria Abi-Habib
  China calls them “violent criminals.” Asylum seekers from Hong Kong are the latest catalyst for deteriorating relations between Beijing and Western countries.
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• Deadly Explosion Hits Kabul Tutoring Center
  Sun, 25 Oct 2020 11:28:29 +0000-Mujib Mashal and Najim Rahim
  At least 24 people were killed and 57 wounded in latest attack, which happened as peace talks are at an impasse and as violence rises across Afghanistan.
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• At Least 6 Children Killed in Attack on School in Cameroon
  Sat, 24 Oct 2020 15:51:41 +0000-Reuters
  The officials blamed the attack on secessionist insurgents who are seeking to form a breakaway state in Cameroon’s English-speaking west.
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• Indigenous Colombians, Facing New Wave of Brutality, Demand Government Action
  Sat, 24 Oct 2020 13:50:58 +0000-Julie Turkewitz and Sofía Villamil
  “If we don’t stand before the world and say, ‘This is happening,’ we will be exterminated,” a protest leader said. After a long civil war, a new type of violence is sweeping Indigenous communities.
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• President Andrzej Duda of Poland Tests Positive for Coronavirus
  Sat, 24 Oct 2020 11:37:44 +0000-Monika Pronczuk and Tess Felder
  A spokesman said the head of state was feeling well despite a positive test result. A second political leader is also in isolation after he came in contact with an infected person.
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• Bangkok Is Engulfed by Protests. What’s Driving Them?
  Sat, 24 Oct 2020 05:02:09 +0000-Richard C. Paddock and Emmett Lindner
  Rebellious youths. A history of coups. A royal family protected by laws that can punish critics. All are key ingredients in the struggle convulsing Thailand.
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• A resurgent virus attacks the heartland, just before the election.
  Mon, 26 Oct 2020 21:18:12 +0000-Eileen Sullivan, Albert Sun, Sarah Mervosh and Rebecca Halleck
• Oil Industry Expresses Concern, Not Alarm, About Biden Comments
  Fri, 23 Oct 2020 19:16:17 +0000-Clifford Krauss
  After the candidate called for a “transition” away from oil and gas, executives said the country would need fossil fuels for decades to come.
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• Trump Announces Sudan Will Move to Normalize Relations With Israel
  Fri, 23 Oct 2020 23:01:31 +0000-Lara Jakes, Declan Walsh and Adam Rasgon
  But the deal appears to fall short of full diplomatic ties, since there was no mention of opening embassies in the others’ capitals, as Israel is planning to do with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.
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• Trump continues to take swipes at pandemic-stricken New York.
  Fri, 23 Oct 2020 23:45:48 +0000-Emma G. Fitzsimmons and Maggie Haberman
• A Francophile’s Unexpected Love Affair With Canadian Wine
  Fri, 23 Oct 2020 16:48:18 +0000-Dan Bilefsky
  Our Montreal-based Canada correspondent, Dan Bilefsky, was seduced by British Columbia’s picturesque wine region. There was just one problem: Finding the wine back home.
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• Covid-19 Deaths: The Price for Not Wearing Masks is Perhaps 130,000 Lives
  Fri, 23 Oct 2020 15:20:33 +0000-Apoorva Mandavilli
  The pandemic death toll could be lowered by next spring if more Americans wear masks, a new analysis finds.
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• How Bolivia Overcame a Crisis and Held a Clean Election
  Fri, 23 Oct 2020 15:39:17 +0000-Julie Turkewitz
  A presidential race that many feared would end in uncertainty or violence concluded quietly, allowing Bolivians to hope that a year of turmoil and threats to democracy may be behind them.
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