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• How American Guns Are Fueling U.K. Crime
  Wed, 12 Aug 2020 19:57:34 +0000-Jane Bradley
  Handguns are quietly being smuggled into Britain, despite tough gun-control laws. The police fear that the illegal weapons are contributing to a rise in gang-related crime.
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• Beirut’s Youngest Cancer Patients Lose Care Options After Blast
  Wed, 12 Aug 2020 17:52:56 +0000-Maria Abi-Habib
  Many children undergoing chemotherapy in Lebanon now have nowhere to turn for treatment after an explosion destroyed hospitals and wiped out medicine stockpiles.
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• Mexico’s Former President Accused in Bribery Scandal
  Wed, 12 Aug 2020 22:06:04 +0000-Natalie Kitroeff
  Corruption allegations against past presidents have never led to prosecution. Will the latest claims about Enrique Peña Nieto lead to the first?
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• North Korean Hacking Group Attacks Israeli Defense Industry
  Wed, 12 Aug 2020 23:16:42 +0000-Ronen Bergman and Nicole Perlroth
  Israel says the attack was thwarted, but a cybersecurity firm says it was successful. Some officials fear that classified data stolen by North Korea could be shared with Iran.
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• For Belarus Leader, a Fading Aura of Invincibility
  Wed, 12 Aug 2020 23:23:42 +0000-Andrew Higgins
  Undermined by the pandemic and a deepening economic crisis, and surrounded by sycophants, Aleksandr Lukashenko badly miscalculated in the recent election.
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• ‘No Slavery in Australia’? These Pacific Islanders Tell a Different Story
  Wed, 12 Aug 2020 09:57:38 +0000-Isabella Kwai
  The Black Lives Matter movement has offered a rare moment for the descendants of plantation laborers brought aboard ships in the 19th century to make their family histories known.
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• Inside Jimmy Lai's Apple Daily During Hong Kong's Media Crackdown
  Wed, 12 Aug 2020 22:02:55 +0000-Tiffany May and Austin Ramzy
  Apple Daily, a pro-democracy paper known for celebrity gossip and hard-hitting investigations, has become a target in Beijing’s new national security law in Hong Kong.
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• Luxury Homes Tie Chinese Communist Elite to Hong Kong’s Fate
  Wed, 12 Aug 2020 13:37:55 +0000-Alexandra Stevenson and Michael Forsythe
  Three top leaders of China’s Communist Party have relatives who own assets in Hong Kong, including more than $51 million in luxury real estate, a New York Times investigation shows.
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• Coronavirus Live Updates
  Wed, 12 Aug 2020 22:17:33 +0000-
  The principals’ and teachers’ unions in New York City call for a delay of in-person instruction. New Jersey’s governor is giving school districts the option to offer all-virtual classes, relaxing his original policy.
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• North Korean Hacking Group Attacks Israeli Defense Industry
  Wed, 12 Aug 2020 23:16:42 +0000-Ronen Bergman and Nicole Perlroth
  Israel says the attack was thwarted, but a cybersecurity firm says it was successful. Some officials fear that classified data stolen by North Korea could be shared with Iran.
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• Top General in Middle East Says U.S. Troop Levels Will Drop in Iraq and Syria
  Wed, 12 Aug 2020 20:14:26 +0000-Eric Schmitt
  The commander, Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., said U.S. forces would continue to combat pockets of Islamic State fighters.
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• Your Thursday Briefing
  Wed, 12 Aug 2020 20:44:29 +0000-Melina Delkic
  Hong Kong, gun crime in Britain, WeChat: Here’s what you need to know.
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• The Biden-Harris Ticket
  Wed, 12 Aug 2020 10:15:04 +0000-Ian Prasad Philbrick and Sanam Yar
  And what else you need to know today.
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• Your Wednesday Briefing
  Wed, 12 Aug 2020 04:55:27 +0000-Isabella Kwai
  Kamala Harris, Russian vaccine, Belarus: Here’s what you need to know.
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• Coronavirus Briefing: What Happened Today
  Tue, 11 Aug 2020 22:41:21 +0000-Jonathan Wolfe and Lara Takenaga
  Russia says it will begin administering a vaccine that has not completed its testing.
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• Watchdog Says State Dept. Failed to Limit Civilian Deaths From Saudi Arms Sales
  Wed, 12 Aug 2020 06:43:30 +0000-Edward Wong and Michael LaForgia
  The inspector general also found the State Department avoided congressional review by dividing sales of controversial arms into smaller packages.
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• Israel Quietly Opens Its Borders, and Palestinians Have a Beach Day
  Tue, 11 Aug 2020 23:54:46 +0000-Adam Rasgon
  Tens of thousands of Palestinians slipped through holes in Israel’s security barrier, with Israel’s tacit approval, for a rare day on a Mediterranean beach.
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• Your Wednesday Briefing
  Tue, 11 Aug 2020 21:11:45 +0000-Melina Delkic
  Kamala Harris, Russian vaccine, Thai students: Here’s what you need to know.
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• After the Beirut Explosion, Lebanon’s Whole Cabinet Resigned. Now What?
  Tue, 11 Aug 2020 20:34:32 +0000-Megan Specia and Kareem Chehayeb
  A week after a devastating explosion shook its capital, Lebanon is in political limbo. Here is what you need to know.
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• ‘A Smoking Gun’: Infectious Coronavirus Retrieved From Hospital Air
  Tue, 11 Aug 2020 16:24:45 +0000-Apoorva Mandavilli
  Airborne virus plays a significant role in community transmission, many experts believe. A new study fills in the missing piece: Floating virus can infect cells.
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• Finding the Soul of Sonora in Carne Asada
  Tue, 11 Aug 2020 17:48:29 +0000-Pati Jinich
  A carne asada goes far beyond grilled meat: In the Mexican state of Sonora, it’s a weekly ritual, a tight-knit gathering of friends and family.
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• A Bible Burning, a Russian News Agency and a Story Too Good to Check Out
  Wed, 12 Aug 2020 17:31:43 +0000-Matthew Rosenberg and Julian E. Barnes
  A story about protesters burning Bibles drew condemnation from conservatives. It now appears to have been wildly exaggerated — and the first viral hit in Russia’s 2020 disinformation campaign.
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• Effort to Disarm Communities in South Sudan Fuels Deadly Clashes
  Tue, 11 Aug 2020 16:23:33 +0000-Abdi Latif Dahir
  At least 81 soldiers and civilians were killed as the authorities carried out a plan to try to reduce the number of weapons in circulation in a country recently pummeled by civil war.
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• Where's Juan Carlos? Exit of Scandal-Plagued Former King Grips Spain
  Tue, 11 Aug 2020 18:28:52 +0000-Raphael Minder
  His decision to leave Spain amid investigations related to his wealth has outraged many Spaniards and caused tensions within the country’s fragile coalition government.
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• Belarus Election: Svetlana Tikhanovskaya Flees Country Amid Protests
  Wed, 12 Aug 2020 22:20:39 +0000-Ivan Nechepurenko and Anton Troianovski
  Svetlana Tikhanovskaya disappeared for several hours, then released a cryptic video message. Lithuania’s foreign minister said she was in his country and was “safe.”
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• China Refrains From Ousting Hong Kong Lawmakers
  Tue, 11 Aug 2020 18:20:30 +0000-Keith Bradsher
  Beijing allows four pro-democracy lawmakers to serve out their terms even after they were barred from running for re-election.
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• Children Are Not Immune
  Tue, 11 Aug 2020 19:51:59 +0000-Ian Prasad Philbrick and Sanam Yar
  And what else you need to know today.
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• Texas Has Too Many Cases to Reopen, Governor Warns
  Wed, 12 Aug 2020 09:28:24 +0000-
  Russia approved a vaccine that has yet to complete clinical trials. The White House announced a deal to manufacture 100 million doses of its vaccine candidate. New Zealand returned to a partial lockdown.
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• Thai Students Protest the Military
  Wed, 12 Aug 2020 03:57:06 +0000-Hannah Beech
  Thousands of young people, borrowing from Harry Potter and other pop culture touchstones, are calling on the army and its allies to get out of politics.
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• Your Tuesday Briefing
  Tue, 11 Aug 2020 04:45:32 +0000-Isabella Kwai
  Lebanon resignations, Belarus protests, Champions League: Here’s what you need to know.
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• U.S. Contractor Knew of Explosive Material in Beirut Since at Least 2016
  Tue, 11 Aug 2020 02:21:21 +0000-Maria Abi-Habib and Ben Hubbard
  An American contractor spotted and reported the potential danger at least four years ago, but U.S. officials denied they were aware of the findings until last week, after the blast.
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• State Dept. Says Report Defends Pompeo on Arms Sales. But It Finds Fault Over Mass Deaths.
  Tue, 11 Aug 2020 03:12:15 +0000-Edward Wong and Michael LaForgia
  The agency gave its interpretation of an inspector general’s report on Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pushing arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the U.A.E., but declined to release the findings.
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• Coronavirus Briefing: What Happened Today
  Mon, 10 Aug 2020 22:42:20 +0000-Lara Takenaga and Jonathan Wolfe
  The road to reopening schools in the U.S. keeps getting rockier.
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• A Push to Return U.K.’s ‘Motor City’ to Its Cycling Roots
  Mon, 10 Aug 2020 21:57:08 +0000-Stephen Castle
  Coventry can be forbidding for cyclists. But before it became Britain’s Detroit, the city was famed for making bicycles.
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• England’s Flawed Virus Contact Tracing Will Be Revamped
  Mon, 10 Aug 2020 21:46:51 +0000-Benjamin Mueller
  After months of complaints about its centralized, privatized system, Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government says resources will be diverted to local public health authorities.
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• Algerian Journalist Khaled Drareni Sentenced to Prison
  Mon, 10 Aug 2020 21:49:32 +0000-Adam Nossiter
  The journalist Khaled Drareni was convicted after reporting on the Hirak protest movement, which forced the removal of the country’s longtime ruler, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, last year.
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• Your Tuesday Briefing
  Tue, 11 Aug 2020 02:46:14 +0000-Melina Delkic
  Lebanon’s government, Jimmy Lai, Causeway Bay Books: Here’s what you need to know.
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• U.K.’s Push to Open Schools May Force a Choice
  Mon, 10 Aug 2020 22:48:30 +0000-Mark Landler
  Prime Minister Boris Johnson calls it a “moral duty” to open Britain’s schools, but with cases already rising slightly, that might mean closing pubs and restaurants.
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• Lebanon’s Government Resigns Over Beirut Explosion
  Mon, 10 Aug 2020 22:38:40 +0000-Ben Hubbard
  The cabinet stepped down as fury over a giant explosion last week in Beirut spurred new protests.
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• Citrus Flavoring Is Weaponized Against Insect-Borne Diseases
  Wed, 12 Aug 2020 00:33:35 +0000-Donald G. McNeil Jr.
  The E.P.A. has approved nootkatone, which is found in cedars and grapefruit. It repels ticks, mosquitoes and other dangerous bugs for hours, but is safe enough to eat.
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• Belarus’s Aleksandr Lukashenko Vows to Crush Election Protests
  Wed, 12 Aug 2020 22:20:16 +0000-Ivan Nechepurenko and Andrew Higgins
  Violent clashes between the police and protesters erupted across Belarus on Monday after President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko declared victory in a vote widely dismissed as fraudulent.
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• Biden’s Choice
  Mon, 10 Aug 2020 10:27:19 +0000-Ian Prasad Philbrick and Sanam Yar
  And what else you need to know today.
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• Trump’s Order on Coronavirus Relief Alarms Governors as Stimulus Talks Stall
  Tue, 11 Aug 2020 19:15:22 +0000-
  The Trump administration is ordering schools on Native American reservations to reopen. California’s chief health officer has resigned. The pandemic has now sickened more than 20 million people, according to a Times database.
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• Mexico’s Coronavirus Struggle Worsened by Fear of Hospitals
  Mon, 10 Aug 2020 23:38:43 +0000-Natalie Kitroeff and Paulina Villegas
  A fear of hospitals is leading many Mexicans to delay treatment for coronavirus until it is too late for doctors to help them.
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• Beirut, Hong Kong, Belarus Elections: Your Monday Briefing
  Mon, 10 Aug 2020 05:05:19 +0000-Isabella Kwai
  Here’s what you need to know.
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• As U.S.-China Ties Deteriorate, Taiwan’s Importance Grows
  Tue, 11 Aug 2020 01:16:43 +0000-Amy Qin
  The highest-level American visit to Taiwan in decades shows the island’s importance as ties between the United States and China deteriorate.
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• Hong Kong Arrests Jimmy Lai Under National Security Law
  Tue, 11 Aug 2020 01:44:12 +0000-Austin Ramzy and Tiffany May
  The pro-democracy figure is the most high-profile person detained under the sweeping legislation imposed by Beijing. “It’s hard to believe this is Hong Kong,” said a journalist.
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• 8 Dead After Attack in a Wildlife Reserve in Niger
  Mon, 10 Aug 2020 07:50:43 +0000-Ruth Maclean
  French humanitarian workers, their Nigerien driver and a guide were killed, according to the authorities. The group was visiting an area known for its West African giraffes.
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• Beirut Explosion Hit 3 Disparate Neighborhoods. Now They're United in Rage
  Sun, 09 Aug 2020 22:10:26 +0000-Ben Hubbard
  The demands for a change in Lebanon’s leadership are growing louder.
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• Belarus Says Longtime Leader Is Re-elected in Vote Critics Call Rigged
  Wed, 12 Aug 2020 22:20:22 +0000-Ivan Nechepurenko and Andrew Higgins
  A government exit poll said Aleksandr Lukashenko had won almost 80 percent of the vote. That triggered protests against the repressive regime, and a heavy police response.
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