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• Coronavirus World News Live Tracker: Brazil, China, U.K.
  Tue, 26 May 2020 19:17:05 +0000-
  The Chinese city where the outbreak began is seeking to test all its 11 million residents. The World Health Organization has stopped testing a treatment praised by President Trump, citing safety concerns.
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• How the Taliban Outlasted a Superpower: Tenacity and Carnage
  Tue, 26 May 2020 19:35:26 +0000-Mujib Mashal
  The Taliban stand on the brink of realizing their most fervent desire: U.S. troops leaving Afghanistan. They have given up little of their extremist ideology to do it.
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• China’s Military Vows to Defend the Country’s Interests in Hong Kong
  Tue, 26 May 2020 13:06:09 +0000-Steven Lee Myers and Elaine Yu
  The commander of the People’s Liberation Army garrison in Hong Kong and the city’s leader defended Beijing’s push for new national security laws governing the territory.
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• On a Scottish Isle, Nursing Home Deaths Expose a Covid-19 Scandal
  Mon, 25 May 2020 16:43:05 +0000-Benjamin Mueller
  At the Home Farm nursing home on the Isle of Skye, more than a quarter of its residents died and nearly all were infected with coronavirus. Families are furious.
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• Here’s How Wuhan Tested 6.5 Million for Coronavirus in Days
  Tue, 26 May 2020 12:52:01 +0000-Sui-Lee Wee and Vivian Wang
  The Wuhan government is close to completing its citywide testing drive. Thousands of medical and other workers were mobilized in a feat that some health experts and residents questioned.
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• U.S. Accuses Russia of Sending Warplanes to Libya
  Tue, 26 May 2020 19:26:37 +0000-Declan Walsh and Eric Schmitt
  The unusually sharp assertion by a senior American commander underscored the Pentagon’s concern about Moscow’s growing influence in the country’s sprawling war.
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• A Boy, a Bear and a Close Call in the Mountains of Italy
  Tue, 26 May 2020 19:47:45 +0000-Elisabetta Povoledo
  A 12-year-old knew what to do (and what not to) when he crossed paths with a large bear on a hike. A video of the encounter has gone viral.
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• Ex-Head of Australian Girls School Is Fit for Trial, Israeli Court Says
  Tue, 26 May 2020 19:15:46 +0000-Adam Rasgon
  For six years, Australia has tried to extradite Malka Leifer to face charges of sexually assaulting her students but she claimed to be mentally ill.
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• Putin Speaks, Officials Shrug, and Doctors Are Caught in the Middle
  Mon, 25 May 2020 20:55:22 +0000-Andrew Higgins
  A botched effort to reward people keeping the coronavirus in check leaves doctors and nurses who demand their due facing scrutiny.
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• Coronavirus Threatens Chinese Traditions of Chopsticks and Family-Style Meals
  Tue, 26 May 2020 02:22:48 +0000-Amy Qin
  Faced with the spread of the coronavirus, the government is promoting using serving utensils, but resistance is strong. Sharing food with personal chopsticks is one way Chinese people express intimacy.
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• Spain’s Courts, Already Strained, Face Crisis as Lockdown Lifts
  Mon, 25 May 2020 20:36:22 +0000-Raphael Minder
  A country known for litigiousness has gingerly restarted court proceedings, and lawyers are bracing for chaos.
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• Oil-Starved Venezuela Celebrates Arrival of Tankers From Iran
  Mon, 25 May 2020 23:51:11 +0000-Julie Turkewitz
  The shipment represents a deepening of ties between two pariah states that are both under U.S. sanctions.
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• Dominic Cummings Offers a Sorry-Not-Sorry for U.K. Lockdown Breach
  Tue, 26 May 2020 06:24:37 +0000-Stephen Castle and Mark Landler
  The top adviser to Prime Minister Boris Johnson caused a furor after it was learned he had driven 260 miles to his parents’ home.
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• ISIS Prisoners Threaten U.S. Mission in Northeastern Syria
  Mon, 25 May 2020 20:55:23 +0000-Eric Schmitt
  Overcrowded, makeshift prisons and camps and fears of Covid-19 have led to two riots by hardened fighters.
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• Visiting My Grandparents, Separated by Plexiglass
  Tue, 26 May 2020 15:51:29 +0000-Elian Peltier
  With a partition in front of him, Elian Peltier, a New York Times reporter, experienced a strange new reality when he checked in on his relations at a nursing home outside Paris.
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• 98,000 and Counting
  Tue, 26 May 2020 10:34:10 +0000-David Leonhardt
  And what else you need to know today.
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• Coronavirus, Russia, Dominic Cummings: Your Tuesday Briefing
  Tue, 26 May 2020 05:21:27 +0000-Isabella Kwai
  Here’s what you need to know.
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• Live Stock Market News During the Coronavirus Pandemic
  Tue, 26 May 2020 20:08:05 +0000-
  The latest on stock market and business news during the coronavirus outbreak.
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• Your Tuesday Briefing
  Mon, 25 May 2020 19:38:35 +0000-Melina Delkic and Carole Landry
  Japan, Sydney’s schools, New Zealand quake: Here’s what you need to know.
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• Burundi’s Ruling Party Candidate Wins Presidency
  Mon, 25 May 2020 17:39:59 +0000-Reuters
  The election was marred by accusations from the leading opposition challenger of vote rigging.
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• By Air and Sea, Mercenaries Landed in Libya. Then the Plan Went South.
  Mon, 25 May 2020 10:11:05 +0000-Declan Walsh
  A short-lived mission uncovered by U.N. investigators offers a glimpse into the world of those who have thrived off Libya’s chaos.
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• As Passengers Disappeared, Airlines Filled Planes With Cargo
  Mon, 25 May 2020 07:00:18 +0000-Niraj Chokshi, Felix Schmitt and Tom Jamieson
  To make up for lost revenue during the pandemic, Lufthansa, Virgin Atlantic and other airlines are hauling more cargo on aircraft, including where passengers used to sit.
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• Hong Kong, Dominic Cummings, New Zealand: Your Monday Briefing
  Mon, 25 May 2020 05:19:04 +0000-Isabella Kwai
  Here’s what you need to know.
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• As the U.S. Honors Memorial Day, Trump Threatens to Move Republican Convention
  Tue, 26 May 2020 10:36:34 +0000-
  The president threatened to yank the Republican National Convention from Charlotte, N.C. Meatpacking plants are reopening, but data about how many workers are ill is elusive.
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• New Zealand Earthquake Interrupts Jacinda Ardern’s TV Interview
  Mon, 25 May 2020 07:57:21 +0000-Damien Cave
  When the rattling from the magnitude-5.8 quake stopped, New Zealand’s prime minister continued the interview, seeming unruffled.
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• U.S. Bans Flights From Brazil, Where Pandemic Is Raging
  Mon, 25 May 2020 01:54:35 +0000-Letícia Casado and Anatoly Kurmanaev
  Brazil’s leader, a coronavirus skeptic, has mocked public health measures. Now, with deaths skyrocketing, his ally President Trump has closed the door.
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• Suriname’s President Shrugs Off Murder Sentence in Re-election Bid
  Mon, 25 May 2020 08:47:59 +0000-Anatoly Kurmanaev
  If President Desi Bouterse can hang on to immunity, past crimes could become just another chapter in his four-decade battle to stay in power.
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• Hana Kimura, Japanese Wrestler and Star of Netflix Series, Dies at 22
  Tue, 26 May 2020 13:37:12 +0000-Johnny Diaz
  She was featured on the reality series “Terrace House: Tokyo.’’
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• Boris Johnson Backs Top Aide Accused of Flouting Lockdown Rules
  Sun, 24 May 2020 23:31:35 +0000-Mark Landler and Stephen Castle
  Despite the appearance of a double standard, the British leader defended Dominic Cummings’s travel, even as the aide was falling ill.
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• Your Monday Briefing
  Sun, 24 May 2020 20:09:02 +0000-Carole Landry
  Hong Kong protests, Afghan cease-fire, Jacinda Ardern: Here’s what you need to know.
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• Push to Reopen Houses of Worship in Europe and Mideast Brings Perils and Tensions
  Sun, 24 May 2020 19:17:09 +0000-Christopher F. Schuetze, Constant Méheut and Adam Rasgon
  In Germany, 40 new cases were confirmed among the faithful in Frankfurt. France restarted church services this weekend. And protesters in the West Bank demanded that mosques reopen for the Eid holiday.
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• Why China’s Move to Rein In Hong Kong Is Just the Start
  Mon, 25 May 2020 05:12:57 +0000-Steven Lee Myers
  Xi Jinping’s China, emboldened by its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, no longer seems constrained by the threat of international rebuke.
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• Netanyahu Corruption Trial Begins, Taking Israel Into Uncharted Territory
  Sun, 24 May 2020 13:29:13 +0000-David M. Halbfinger
  The prime minister’s trial is expected to last a year or more, with the first witnesses not expected to testify for months. He has long maintained his innocence.
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• For Some Italians, the Future of Work Looks Like the Past
  Mon, 25 May 2020 19:29:05 +0000-Jason Horowitz
  As the coronavirus drastically reorders society and economies, more Italians are returning to the agricultural jobs of their grandparents.
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• Despite Coronavirus, Hong Kong Protesters Rally Against China
  Sun, 24 May 2020 19:34:48 +0000-Vivian Wang, Austin Ramzy and Tiffany May
  Marchers defied social distancing rules and a water cannon to demonstrate against Beijing’s plan for new security legislation in the territory.
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• Kim Jong-un Moves to Increase North Korea’s Nuclear Strength
  Sun, 24 May 2020 07:24:46 +0000-Choe Sang-Hun
  After another weekslong absence from public view, Mr. Kim convened his top military body to promote top aides specializing in nuclear and missile forces.
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• Afghan Sides Agree to Rare Cease-Fire During Eid al-Fitr
  Sun, 24 May 2020 20:00:28 +0000-Mujib Mashal
  President Ashraf Ghani welcomed the Taliban’s announcement of a three-day cessation of violence after months of intensifying attacks.
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• Coronavirus Live News Updates: Brazil, Trump, Britain
  Mon, 25 May 2020 04:36:44 +0000-
  As the United States marked the Memorial Day weekend, President Trump golfed, some Americans flocked to beaches and the death toll neared 100,000. And in Britain, the prime minister said he would not fire an aide for driving across the country while infected.
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• Is It Time to Stop Clapping for Health Care Workers? An Organizer Thinks So
  Tue, 26 May 2020 14:38:31 +0000-Derrick Bryson Taylor
  “To maintain the positive impact that it’s had so far, it’s best to stop at its peak,” said Annemarie Plas, who started #ClapForOurCarers.
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• Rattled by a Pandemic, People Turn to Leaders — Any Leaders
  Mon, 25 May 2020 19:23:41 +0000-Max Fisher
  Placing faith in a leader with little control over a virus may seem irrational, but it fills a very human need.
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• Remdesivir Coronavirus Trial: Federal Scientists Finally Publish Data
  Sat, 23 May 2020 20:12:22 +0000-Gina Kolata
  A clinical trial led to the authorization of the only drug shown to work in Covid-19 patients. But until now, few experts had seen the numbers.
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• U.N. Documents Abductions and Torture Of Iraqi Protesters
  Sat, 23 May 2020 19:08:58 +0000-Alissa J. Rubin
  Protesters have long said threats and abductions by militias were routine. United Nation investigators have begun to substantiate the claims.
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• Moderna Vaccine Trial: How Upbeat Coronavirus News Fueled a Stock Surge
  Sat, 23 May 2020 16:00:11 +0000-Katie Thomas and Denise Grady
  The desperate hunt for treatments and vaccines has changed how researchers, regulators, drug companies like Moderna, investors and journalists do their jobs.
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• Outrage Grows Over Boris Johnson Aide’s 260-Mile Trip During Lockdown
  Sat, 23 May 2020 16:17:20 +0000-Mark Landler and Stephen Castle
  Dominic Cummings, the British prime minister’s top adviser, said he behaved “reasonably and legally” in driving for child care needs while coming down with the coronavirus.
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• Pakistan Plane Crash Leaves Grim Task: Identifying Victims From DNA
  Sat, 23 May 2020 17:30:31 +0000-Zia ur-Rehman and Salman Masood
  Officials were using samples from relatives to identify many of the remains pulled from the rubble and smoldering wreckage after the flight went down in a congested neighborhood of Karachi.
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• ‘I Am Just Hong Kong’: A City’s Fate in China’s Hands
  Sun, 24 May 2020 13:42:56 +0000-Hannah Beech
  This hybrid of East and West may have reached the limits of its middle ground.
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• China Deploys Propaganda Machine to Defend Move Against Hong Kong
  Sat, 23 May 2020 09:00:16 +0000-Javier C. Hernández
  State-run news media depicted the proposed national security laws as necessary to protect the rule of the Communist Party.
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• European Defense and ‘Strategic Autonomy’ Are Also Coronavirus Victims
  Sat, 23 May 2020 07:50:56 +0000-Steven Erlanger
  With governments under intense spending pressure to cope with the coronavirus, European ambitions for a more independent defense are facing the chop.
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• Coronavirus in New Zealand: How Jacinda Ardern Sold a Drastic Lockdown
  Sun, 24 May 2020 05:26:26 +0000-Damien Cave
  Leading New Zealand from isolation, Ms. Ardern coaxed her “team of five million” into accepting extreme restrictions. But the lessons of her success go beyond personality or charm.
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• Pandemic Swells in South America, as the U.S. Nears 100,000 Deaths
  Sun, 24 May 2020 04:10:51 +0000-
  Gaza reports its first coronavirus death. New York is allowing gatherings of up to 10.
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