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• Pope’s Planned Visit to Iraq, Amid Pandemic, Raises Questions of Timing
  Thu, 04 Mar 2021 14:38:54 +0000-Jason Horowitz
  Pope Francis has said he is determined to visit the war-torn country. But some worry that the visit will become a superspreader event in a land where the virus still rages.
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• In Myanmar Protests, Women Are on the Front Lines
  Thu, 04 Mar 2021 12:10:48 +0000-Hannah Beech
  Despite the danger, women have been at the forefront of the movement, rebuking the generals who ousted a female civilian leader.
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• Protests Follow Hit Man’s Hunger Strike in Greece
  Wed, 03 Mar 2021 21:01:13 +0000-Niki Kitsantonis
  Dimitris Koufodinas began a hunger strike in January after being denied a prison transfer. Demonstrations in support of him have exposed divides over how to deal with convicted terrorists.
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• India's Covaxin Covid-19 Vaccine, Already in Use, Shows Promise in Trials
  Thu, 04 Mar 2021 10:47:14 +0000-Sameer Yasir
  Interim results from clinical trials suggested that Covaxin could be safe and effective, potentially removing one hurdle to New Delhi’s ambitious campaign to inoculate a vast population.
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• Xi Maps Out China’s Post-Covid Ascent
  Thu, 04 Mar 2021 01:51:14 +0000-Chris Buckley
  But as Beijing rolls out a long-term plan, its top leader has also warned that “the United States is the biggest threat.”
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• Transgender Woman Expelled From South Korean Army Is Found Dead
  Thu, 04 Mar 2021 13:10:02 +0000-Choe Sang-Hun
  Byeon Hee-su, who was declared unfit to serve last year after her gender-reassignment surgery, had sued to be reinstated.
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• U.N. Says 38 Are Killed in Myanmar in ‘Bloodiest Day’ Since Coup Began
  Thu, 04 Mar 2021 08:40:21 +0000-Rick Gladstone
  As the military’s crackdown against demonstrators grows more deadly, the U.N.’s special representative for the country said the junta had rejected her requests to visit.
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• Brazil’s Covid Crisis Is a Warning to the Whole World, Scientists Say
  Thu, 04 Mar 2021 14:38:07 +0000-Manuela Andreoni, Ernesto Londoño and Letícia Casado
  Brazil is seeing a record number of deaths, and the spread of a more contagious coronavirus variant that may cause reinfection.
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• Smugglers Throw Migrants Overboard; at Least 20 Are Feared Drowned
  Wed, 03 Mar 2021 22:56:38 +0000-Richard Pérez-Peña and Abdi Latif Dahir
  Several times in recent years, migrants trying to cross between Djibouti and Yemen have been thrown into the sea.
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• Pope Francis Visits Iraq: What to Know
  Thu, 04 Mar 2021 15:00:39 +0000-Jason Horowitz and Jane Arraf
  The trip is taking place despite concerns about the pandemic and security. Here’s a brief look at why Francis is visiting Iraq, what the trip will entail and what he hopes to achieve.
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• BBC Apologizes for Interview With Cory Booker Impostor
  Thu, 04 Mar 2021 15:22:05 +0000-Derrick Bryson Taylor
  The network issued a correction and said it was looking into the matter, calling the interview a “deliberate hoax.”
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• The Latest Case of Vaccine Alarmism
  Thu, 04 Mar 2021 11:33:41 +0000-David Leonhardt
  And what else you need to know today.
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• Your Thursday Briefing
  Thu, 04 Mar 2021 03:37:48 +0000-Natasha Frost
  Germany’s AfD under surveillance.
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• Biden Secretly Limits Counterterrorism Drone Strikes Away From War Zones
  Wed, 03 Mar 2021 23:47:58 +0000-Charlie Savage and Eric Schmitt
  Requiring higher-level approval is a stopgap measure as officials review whether to tighten Trump-era targeting rules and civilian safeguards.
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• As Palestinians Clamor for Vaccine, Their Leaders Divert Doses to Favored Few
  Wed, 03 Mar 2021 22:58:38 +0000-Adam Rasgon and Patrick Kingsley
  Amid a debate about Israel’s duty to supply vaccines to Palestinians living under occupation, Palestinian leaders are facing criticism for siphoning off some of the few vaccines already delivered to the occupied West Bank.
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• In Sweden, Man Armed With Ax Injures 8
  Wed, 03 Mar 2021 22:14:59 +0000-The Associated Press
  The police are investigating the attack for potential “terrorist motives.”
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• Cuomo is loosening capacity limits on New York gatherings.
  Wed, 03 Mar 2021 21:28:12 +0000-Michael Gold
  Starting March 22, New York will raise the maximum capacity on outdoor gatherings at private residences to 25 people from 10, though indoor gatherings will remain capped at 10 people. The limits on social gatherings in public spaces will be raised to 100 people indoors and 200 outdoors from 50 for both. Masks and social distancing will remain required.
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• Plan to Ditch the Mask After Vaccination? Not So Fast.
  Thu, 04 Mar 2021 12:44:26 +0000-Apoorva Mandavilli
  It’s not clear how easily vaccinated people may spread the virus, but the answer to that question is coming soon. Until then, scientists urge caution.
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• Viktor Orban Pulls Hungary's Ruling Party From Conservative E.U. Alliance
  Wed, 03 Mar 2021 21:17:04 +0000-Matina Stevis-Gridneff and Benjamin Novak
  Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary withdrew his party from the center-right grouping in the European Parliament, heading off a move to expel them over democratic backsliding at home.
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• N.Y.C. doubled ‘cleanups’ of homeless encampments last year, despite C.D.C. guidance to let them be.
  Wed, 03 Mar 2021 19:58:15 +0000-Andy Newman
  Clearing places where homeless people live “increases the potential for infectious disease spread,” the C.D.C. has said.
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• Los Angeles County finds fewer cases among health care workers as more get vaccinated.
  Wed, 03 Mar 2021 19:20:40 +0000-Eileen Sullivan
  New cases have fallen sharply among workers in the county’s nursing homes and long-term care facilities, which have been hot spots during the pandemic.
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• With Her Job on the Line, Nicola Sturgeon of Scotland Hits Back at Critics
  Thu, 04 Mar 2021 12:58:35 +0000-Stephen Castle
  In testimony in Edinburgh, the first minister said she broke no rules and rejected claims of a conspiracy against her predecessor as “absurd.”
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• Your Thursday Briefing
  Wed, 03 Mar 2021 20:27:19 +0000-Melina Delkic
  Xi’s plan for China’s post-Covid rise.
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• At three mass vaccination sites, New York will start administering doses overnight.
  Wed, 03 Mar 2021 21:25:36 +0000-Mihir Zaveri and Michael Gold
  Three mass vaccination sites across New York State will begin administering doses overnight, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said this week, as officials seek to use an influx of new vaccines manufactured by Johnson & Johnson to significantly expand the vaccination effort.
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• U.S. Prosecutors Call Him a Murderer. To Ukraine He’s an Asylum Seeker.
  Wed, 03 Mar 2021 17:46:36 +0000-Andrew E. Kramer
  A complex legal battle in Kyiv is shedding light on the Americans who seek battle experience with far-right paramilitary units in Ukraine — and on the F.B.I.’s efforts to monitor them.
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• Alek Minassian Found Guilty in Toronto Van Attack
  Wed, 03 Mar 2021 23:41:53 +0000-Catherine Porter
  The defendant was convicted of murder and attempted murder for killing 10 people and injuring 16 when he mounted the curb of a busy sidewalk in a van in 2018.
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• I.C.C. Will Investigate Accusations of War Crimes in Israeli-Occupied Territories
  Thu, 04 Mar 2021 01:56:06 +0000-Isabel Kershner
  Israel’s actions in the Gaza war in 2014 will be one focus of the inquiry. The decision to investigate infuriated Israel and was welcomed by the Palestinian leadership.
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• The pandemic disrupts Australia’s agriculture industry, exposing its shaky labor foundation.
  Wed, 03 Mar 2021 13:05:41 +0000-Yan Zhuang
• Exxon Mobil’s Chief Says It Is ‘Supportive’ of Zero-Emission Goals
  Wed, 03 Mar 2021 20:25:07 +0000-Clifford Krauss
  Darren Woods, in an interview before an annual presentation to investors, also suggested there was common ground with Biden administration policies.
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• Christian Porter, Australia's Attorney General, Denies Rape Claim
  Thu, 04 Mar 2021 05:02:47 +0000-Damien Cave
  The cabinet minister offered his defense just two weeks after a separate case in which a government staff member said she was sexually assaulted in Parliament.
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• Romania’s underfunded health system creaks under the pressure of the pandemic.
  Wed, 03 Mar 2021 12:11:08 +0000-Kit Gillet
• Yusaku Maezawa Seeks Companions for Moon Trip
  Wed, 03 Mar 2021 23:40:21 +0000-Tiffany May
  Yusaku Maezawa, who previously sought a new girlfriend for the trip, issued a call for eight people to join him on a SpaceX journey around the moon.
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• Rockets Hit Iraqi Base Where U.S. Troops Are Stationed
  Wed, 03 Mar 2021 20:27:47 +0000-Jane Arraf and Helene Cooper
  At least 10 rockets were fired on the Ayn Al Asad air base one week after U.S. airstrikes on Iran-backed militia positions along the Syrian-Iraqi border.
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• A Wave of Reopenings
  Wed, 03 Mar 2021 11:32:28 +0000-David Leonhardt
  And what else you need to know today.
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• Germany Places Far-Right AfD Party Under Surveillance for Extremism
  Thu, 04 Mar 2021 00:06:07 +0000-Katrin Bennhold
  It is the first time in Germany’s postwar history that a party represented in the federal Parliament has elicited this level of scrutiny as a potential threat to democracy.
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• When Johnson & Johnson fell behind on its vaccines, the Biden administration stepped in to broker a deal.
  Wed, 03 Mar 2021 11:02:13 +0000-Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Sharon LaFraniere, Katie Thomas and Michael D. Shear
• Corporations wrestle with the question of when to return to offices.
  Wed, 03 Mar 2021 10:36:47 +0000-Julie Creswell, Gillian Friedman and Peter Eavis
• Videos Show Extent of Myanmar Military’s Bloody Crackdown
  Wed, 03 Mar 2021 19:26:28 +0000-Evan Hill, John Ismay, Christiaan Triebert and Haley Willis
  A trove of visual evidence reveals how soldiers and the police used rifles and other lethal weapons against anti-coup protests across the country.
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• Without Backpackers to Pick Them, Crops Rot by the Ton in Australia
  Wed, 03 Mar 2021 11:41:16 +0000-Yan Zhuang
  The pandemic has exposed the shaky labor foundation of the country’s agriculture industry, spurring calls for an immigration overhaul.
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• Your Wednesday Briefing
  Wed, 03 Mar 2021 04:07:32 +0000-Natasha Frost
  The ethical quandary of vaccine passports.
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• Dolly Parton, who helped fund the Moderna vaccine, gets a ‘dose of her own medicine.’
  Wed, 03 Mar 2021 14:42:34 +0000-Mike Ives
  The country music star broke into song before she was inoculated, and urged her fans to “get out there and get your shot.”
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• U.S. Urges Ethiopia to End Hostilities in Tigray
  Wed, 03 Mar 2021 08:48:43 +0000-Reuters
  For the second time in a week, the secretary of state pointed to reports of atrocities in the Ethiopian region.
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• Biden Administration Announces Sanctions on Russia in Navalny Case
  Wed, 03 Mar 2021 02:01:43 +0000-David E. Sanger and Steven Erlanger
  The action came as the administration declassified an intelligence finding that the F.S.B., one of Russia’s leading intelligence agencies, was responsible for the poisoning of Aleksei A. Navalny.
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• Possible Showdown Over Myanmar Ambassador Looms at U.N.
  Wed, 03 Mar 2021 14:04:53 +0000-Rick Gladstone
  The military junta in Myanmar wants to replace its United Nations envoy, but he isn’t leaving. “We’re in a very unique situation,” the U.N. spokesman said.
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• Abbott Ends Texas Mask Mandate, Says Businesses Can Fully Reopen
  Thu, 04 Mar 2021 02:39:02 +0000-Eileen Sullivan, Dave Montgomery and Bryan Pietsch
• Your Wednesday Briefing
  Tue, 02 Mar 2021 21:12:28 +0000-Melina Delkic
  Will vaccine passports deepen inequality?
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• How Sexual Assault Allegations Have Divided Mexico's Governing Party
  Wed, 03 Mar 2021 00:10:15 +0000-Maria Abi-Habib and Natalie Kitroeff
  Mexico’s president has stood by a candidate accused of sexual assault. The case is testing the president’s promises of justice and equality for all.
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• In Afghanistan, Three Women Working in Media Are Gunned Down
  Thu, 04 Mar 2021 06:21:03 +0000-Zabihullah Ghazi and Thomas Gibbons-Neff
  The women, the latest victims in a wave of targeted attacks, were killed on their way home from their jobs at Enikass Radio and TV in Jalalabad.
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• Vanishing in the Desert, Traditional Bedouin Culture Lives Online
  Tue, 02 Mar 2021 22:25:16 +0000-Isabel Kershner
  After 50 years of fieldwork in the Negev and Sinai deserts, an Israeli researcher donated his rare archive to the National Library of Israel.
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• Vaccine Passports, Covid’s Next Political Flash Point
  Wed, 03 Mar 2021 14:47:38 +0000-Max Fisher
  A world divided between the vaccinated and unvaccinated promises relief for economies and families, but the ethical and practical risks are high.
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