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• In Nagorno-Karabakh Peace Deal, Putin Applied a Deft New Touch
  Tue, 01 Dec 2020 14:54:23 +0000-Anton Troianovski and Carlotta Gall
  The iron-fisted tactics used against Georgia and Ukraine seem to have fallen out of favor, replaced by a more subtle blend of soft power and an implicit military threat.
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• ‘Trump Is Better’: In Asia, Pro-Democracy Forces Worry About Biden
  Tue, 01 Dec 2020 04:42:39 +0000-Hannah Beech
  The president-elect’s aim of returning normalcy to foreign policy has spooked human rights defenders in Asia, who see President Trump as someone who confronted dictators.
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• Europe Keeps Schools Open, not Restaurants, Unlike U.S. cities
  Tue, 01 Dec 2020 02:25:53 +0000-Norimitsu Onishi, Constant Méheut and Antonella Francini
  Many European nations have managed to flatten the coronavirus surge while keeping schools open, reducing academic and economic disruption.
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• NATO Needs to Adapt Quickly to Stay Relevant for 2030, Report Urges
  Tue, 01 Dec 2020 05:47:49 +0000-Steven Erlanger
  After France’s president said NATO was suffering “brain death,” the alliance sought advice on how to stay vibrant as it faces new challenges from Russia and China.
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• Gasser Abdel-Razek, Egyptian Human Rights Activist, Is Jailed
  Mon, 30 Nov 2020 22:13:46 +0000-Vivian Yee
  Before his recent arrest, Gasser Abdel-Razek had no illusions about the risks in being a leading rights advocate under the increasingly repressive el-Sisi regime.
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• Angry Farmers Choke India’s Capital in Giant Demonstrations
  Mon, 30 Nov 2020 19:50:32 +0000-Jeffrey Gettleman, Karan Deep Singh and Hari Kumar
  Tens of thousands have arrived in tractors and trailers, many traveling hundreds of miles, to block roads into New Delhi and protest recently passed pro-market agricultural policies.
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• France’s Major Literary Juries Award Prizes in a Year of Scandal
  Mon, 30 Nov 2020 21:54:14 +0000-Norimitsu Onishi and Constant Méheut
  Seven years ago, the judges behind France’s second-biggest literary prize honored a pedophile writer, Gabriel Matzneff. Now, they have turned to a little-known female writer from a small publisher.
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• New ‘BTS Law’ Is Passed in South Korea. An Army of Fans Rejoices.
  Tue, 01 Dec 2020 09:53:41 +0000-Choe Sang-Hun
  The oldest member of BTS was saved at the last minute from having to join the military under the country’s conscription system.
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• Criciúma, Brazil, Attacked by Armed Gang, Police Say
  Tue, 01 Dec 2020 14:46:17 +0000-Livia Albeck-Ripka and Elian Peltier
  An organized gang besieged Criciúma, on the southeastern coast, robbing banks and briefly taking hostages. The police later arrested four suspects and retrieved some stolen cash.
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• Car Plows Into Pedestrians in Germany, Killing at Least 2
  Tue, 01 Dec 2020 14:41:59 +0000-Melissa Eddy and Christopher F. Schuetze
  Police in the southwestern city of Trier have arrested one person and confiscated a vehicle. They are warning people to avoid the city center.
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• British Hiker Goes Missing in the Pyrenees
  Tue, 01 Dec 2020 12:23:28 +0000-Derrick Bryson Taylor
  Esther Dingley, who had written extensively about traveling through Europe for the past six years with her partner, was last seen on Nov. 22.
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• Australia Sounds the Alarm on China, Then Runs for Shelter
  Tue, 01 Dec 2020 11:54:26 +0000-Damien Cave
  When Australia’s leader demanded an apology for a tweet by a Chinese official, his response reflected the insecurities facing many countries in dealing with China.
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• Ideas for Giving Tuesday
  Tue, 01 Dec 2020 11:19:08 +0000-David Leonhardt
  And what else you need to know today.
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• How to Pretend You’re in Tokyo
  Tue, 01 Dec 2020 10:00:27 +0000-Sebastian Modak
  That Tokyo trip will have to wait for the millions of people who canceled flights and hotel bookings. But there are ways to bring you closer to this sometimes impenetrable, always fascinating, city.
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• India’s Leading Documentary Filmmaker Has a Warning
  Tue, 01 Dec 2020 10:00:09 +0000-Abhrajyoti Chakraborty
  Anand Patwardhan spent decades tracking the rise of Hindu nationalism. And now, under an increasingly repressive government, he holds his screenings in secret.
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• He Was a Stick, She Was a Leaf; Together They Made History
  Tue, 01 Dec 2020 07:30:13 +0000-Sabrina Imbler
  A surprise clutch of eggs has solved a century-old leaf insect mystery.
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• Your Tuesday Briefing
  Tue, 01 Dec 2020 03:10:20 +0000-Natasha Frost
  The dark winter ahead for the U.S.
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• Why School Districts Are Bringing Back Younger Children First
  Tue, 01 Dec 2020 00:31:09 +0000-Eliza Shapiro and Kate Taylor
  New York City became the highest-profile example when Mayor de Blasio said elementary schools would reopen starting Dec. 7.
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• Brazil Amazon Deforestation Hits 12-Year High Under Bolsonaro
  Mon, 30 Nov 2020 23:01:10 +0000-Reuters
  In 2020, destruction of the world’s largest rainforest rose 9.5 percent from a year earlier to about 4,280 square miles. That’s a little smaller than Connecticut.
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• Berry-Flavored H.I.V. Medication Is Ready for Babies
  Mon, 30 Nov 2020 23:01:08 +0000-Donald G. McNeil Jr.
  For the 80,000 children who die of H.I.V. each year, drugs are often bitter or hard to swallow. Dolutegravir will soon come in a tasty dissolving tablet.
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• Coronavirus Briefing: What Happened Today
  Mon, 30 Nov 2020 22:36:00 +0000-Jonathan Wolfe
  Lower case numbers around Thanksgiving may be misleading.
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• Did Thanksgiving Spread Covid-19? Here's Why You Can't Tell Yet.
  Mon, 30 Nov 2020 22:30:17 +0000-Sabrina Tavernise
  Four experts agreed that there will be an upward bump in cases linked to the holiday, but they had different estimates for when it would emerge.
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• Vaccines Are Coming, but Pandemic Experts Expect a 'Horrible' Winter
  Tue, 01 Dec 2020 00:37:27 +0000-Donald G. McNeil Jr.
  With vaccines and a new administration, the pandemic will be tamed. But experts say the coming months “are going to be just horrible.”
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• Your Tuesday Briefing
  Tue, 01 Dec 2020 03:10:51 +0000-Melina Delkic and Dani Blum
  Tens of thousands of farmers blocked New Delhi roads.
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• For Princess Mako of Japan, Official Wedding May Be Distant Prospect
  Mon, 30 Nov 2020 18:24:19 +0000-Ben Dooley
  Crown Prince Akishino said he approved of his daughter’s marriage to a commoner but noted that the public may be opposed, dimming prospects for an official ceremony.
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• As Iran Mourns Nuclear Scientist, Officials Vow to Find His Killers
  Tue, 01 Dec 2020 05:48:27 +0000-Isabella Kwai
  “We chase the criminals to the end,” the Iranian defense minister said at the funeral of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.
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• The lockdown is exposing the gender gap in British sports.
  Mon, 30 Nov 2020 13:47:40 +0000-Anna Schaverien
• 4 Officers in France Are Charged Over Beating of a Black Music Producer
  Mon, 30 Nov 2020 20:07:59 +0000-Aurelien Breeden
  Opposition to a provision that restricts circulating images of on-duty police officers had ballooned over the past week, sending tens of thousands of protesters into streets around France.
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• Australia Condemns Lurid Tweet by Chinese Official as ‘Disgusting Slur’
  Mon, 30 Nov 2020 16:58:19 +0000-Livia Albeck-Ripka and Austin Ramzy
  The post, with a doctored photograph showing an Australian soldier with a knife to the throat of an Afghan child, sent relations between the two countries to a new low.
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• The Path of Virus Deaths
  Mon, 30 Nov 2020 11:29:08 +0000-David Leonhardt
  And what else you need to know today.
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• Teachers face a steepening toll during the pandemic.
  Mon, 30 Nov 2020 12:12:04 +0000-Natasha Singer
• Food delivery apps are booming, while their workers often struggle.
  Mon, 30 Nov 2020 20:44:34 +0000-Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura
• ‘Assume that you were exposed’: Officials warn of the fallout from Thanksgiving travel.
  Mon, 30 Nov 2020 23:07:02 +0000-Ethan Hauser, James Gorman, Melina Delkic and Michael Gold
• Hong Kong's Courts, Still Independent, Face New Threats From China
  Mon, 30 Nov 2020 08:00:09 +0000-Austin Ramzy
  The judiciary is crucial to the city’s status as a global hub for trade and finance. But the Chinese Communist Party has been gaining more authority over it.
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• New Zealand Announces Charges in Deadly White Island Volcano Eruption
  Mon, 30 Nov 2020 16:51:03 +0000-Natasha Frost
  Government agencies and individuals were among those charged over the roles in the 2019 disaster, which killed 22 people.
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• Coronavirus, Tigray, France: Your Monday Briefing
  Mon, 30 Nov 2020 06:37:44 +0000-Natasha Frost
  Here’s what you need to know.
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• Your Monday Briefing
  Sun, 29 Nov 2020 20:22:17 +0000-Carole Landry
  East Asia adjusts its response to the latest coronavirus outbreak.
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• ‘Because She’s a Girl’: Lockdown Exposes Gender Gap in U.K. Sports
  Mon, 30 Nov 2020 10:11:22 +0000-Anna Schaverien
  Inequalities are especially pronounced in English youth soccer, where only a handful of clubs have kept training open for future female professionals, while boys at the same level play on.
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• Should Isolation Periods Be Shorter for People With Covid-19?
  Mon, 30 Nov 2020 00:37:33 +0000-Apoorva Mandavilli
  Patients are usually most infectious two days before symptoms begin and for five days after, a new analysis finds.
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• Afghan Leader Digs In on Peace Talks Despite Progress, Officials Say
  Mon, 30 Nov 2020 08:47:46 +0000-Thomas Gibbons-Neff
  President Ashraf Ghani is holding up a tentative agreement on the talks’ framework, some officials say. His aides say no agreement was near.
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• ‘I Have Never Seen So Many Toadstools.’ A Bumper Crop of Mushrooms in Ukraine.
  Mon, 30 Nov 2020 01:12:47 +0000-Maria Varenikova and Andrew E. Kramer
  Hunting for mushrooms deep in the forest is the ideal socially distanced pastime.
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• Offices of Diego Maradona’s Doctor Raided Over His Death
  Sun, 29 Nov 2020 18:24:53 +0000-Daniel Politi and Isabella Kwai
  The authorities searched the home and offices of the soccer hero’s doctor as part of an investigation into the circumstances of his death last week.
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• Plan to Hold Corporations Liable for Violations Abroad Fails in Switzerland
  Sun, 29 Nov 2020 17:23:08 +0000-Noele Illien
  The proposal would have exposed multinational companies to greater scrutiny over human rights and environmental abuses.
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• Leadership of U.N. Human Rights Body Becomes Proxy Battle for World Powers
  Sun, 29 Nov 2020 15:43:02 +0000-Nick Cumming-Bruce
  A fight over the council’s presidency is seen by some as an effort by China, Russia and Saudi Arabia to put a more compliant state in control ahead of greater involvement by the Biden administration.
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• With Art Basel canceled, Miami looks inward — and the show goes on.
  Sun, 29 Nov 2020 14:11:34 +0000-Brett Sokol
• As hiking surges during the coronavirus pandemic, so does the risk of injury.
  Sun, 29 Nov 2020 14:18:03 +0000-Gillian R. Brassil
• Theaters are fighting to keep ‘A Christmas Carol’ on stage during the pandemic.
  Sun, 29 Nov 2020 14:16:23 +0000-Michael Paulson
• Unable to meet in person, some A.A. members ‘thank Zoom for their very survival.’
  Sun, 29 Nov 2020 14:11:33 +0000-Matt Richtel
• The Lost Days That Made Bergamo a Coronavirus Tragedy
  Tue, 01 Dec 2020 02:44:23 +0000-Jason Horowitz and Fabio Bucciarelli
  The northern Italian province became one of the deadliest killing fields for the virus in the Western world. But a Times investigation found that faulty guidance and bureaucratic delays rendered the toll far worse than it had to be.
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• Brazen Killings Expose Iran’s Vulnerabilities as It Struggles to Respond
  Mon, 30 Nov 2020 14:41:22 +0000-David D. Kirkpatrick, Ronen Bergman and Farnaz Fassihi
  After suffering a string of audacious attacks, Tehran faces an agonizing choice: embracing hard-liner demands for swift retaliation or trying to make a fresh start with the Biden administration.
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