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• As Covid-19 Closes Schools, the World’s Children Go to Work
  Sun, 27 Sep 2020 15:25:44 +0000-Jeffrey Gettleman and Suhasini Raj
  Former students are taking illegal and often dangerous jobs in India and other developing countries, potentially rolling back years of progress in social mobility and public health.
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• Crowds at the Beijing Auto Show Signal China's Spenders are Back
  Mon, 28 Sep 2020 07:00:09 +0000-Keith Bradsher
  Big crowds at places like the Beijing auto show are a sign of good news for a world mired in recession. But China needs its less affluent to spend more before its growth engine can return to full speed.
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• Pandemic Will ‘Take Our Women 10 Years Back’ in the Workplace
  Sat, 26 Sep 2020 19:27:39 +0000-Amanda Taub
  Improvements in gender equality in the workplace may be another casualty of the coronavirus, as women find their place in the work force more at risk.
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• Pasta, Wine and Inflatable Pools: How Amazon Conquered Italy in the Pandemic
  Sat, 26 Sep 2020 09:00:32 +0000-Adam Satariano and Emma Bubola
  The e-commerce giant had struggled to gain a foothold in a society that prefers to shop in person, with cash, but now Italians are hooked on online shopping.
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• Sudan Is Focus of U.S. Efforts to Improve Ties With Israel
  Sun, 27 Sep 2020 15:18:11 +0000-Ronen Bergman and Declan Walsh
  The U.S. is offering cash aid and promises to entice Sudan to recognize Israel before the American election, while the big prize, Saudi Arabia, remains out of reach.
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• Fighting Flares Between Azerbaijan and Armenia
  Sun, 27 Sep 2020 16:16:38 +0000-Andrew E. Kramer
  The governments of both countries reported action with tanks, military helicopters and artillery in a rapid escalation of a long-simmering conflict.
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• At Trial, Jewish Victims of 2015 Paris Attack Ask: Why the Hatred?
  Mon, 28 Sep 2020 07:45:05 +0000-Aurelien Breeden
  Four people were killed by a hostage-taker at a kosher supermarket that year. Families and survivors who testified this past week said his callous anti-Semitism was still hard to process.
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• The Rise of Child Labor in the Coronavirus Pandemic
  Mon, 28 Sep 2020 02:55:53 +0000-Richard Pérez-Peña
  With schools closed and families desperate for income, millions of children are being forced into work that is often dangerous, arduous and illegal.
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• Top White House Official Denies Pressuring F.D.A. on Vaccine Guidelines
  Mon, 28 Sep 2020 07:08:32 +0000-
  The number of lives lost to the virus is nearing one million, and new hot spots keep emerging. The U.S., Brazil, India and Mexico account for more than half of the total.
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• Paris Suspect Said Attack Was Aimed at Paper That Mocked Islam’s Prophet
  Sat, 26 Sep 2020 19:56:54 +0000-Constant Méheut
  An 18-year-old immigrant from Pakistan was arrested on Friday after the stabbing of two people near the former offices of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, which was targeted in a 2015 terrorist attack.
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• This Carousel Has Had Quite a Ride. Will Anyone in Japan Save It?
  Sat, 26 Sep 2020 09:00:28 +0000-Motoko Rich and Hikari Hida
  The 113-year-old merry-go-round, which arrived in Tokyo after stints in Germany and Coney Island, is now in storage, its fate uncertain in a country that tends to preserve only the very old.
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• ‘I Feel Sorry for Americans’: A Baffled World Watches the U.S.
  Fri, 25 Sep 2020 20:35:53 +0000-Hannah Beech
  From Myanmar to Canada, people are asking: How did a superpower allow itself to be felled by a virus? And why won’t the president commit to a peaceful transition of power?
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• Her Study Center Was Bombed. She Still Topped Afghanistan’s National University Exam.
  Fri, 25 Sep 2020 19:35:16 +0000-Fatima Faizi and Mujib Mashal
  Shamsea Alizada’s story of persistence is a reminder of advances in girls’ education in Afghanistan — and their vulnerability as the government negotiates with the Taliban.
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• Trump’s Tax Returns, Coronavirus Deaths, Charlie Hebdo: Your Monday Briefing
  Mon, 28 Sep 2020 05:21:48 +0000-Natasha Frost
  Here’s what you need to know.
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• Switzerland Votes to Approve Paternity Leave
  Sun, 27 Sep 2020 18:11:14 +0000-Noele Illien
  Fathers will be allowed 10 days of paid time off after voters endorsed a new law despite a conservative backlash that forced a referendum.
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• South Korea Urges Joint Inquiry Into Official’s Killing at Sea
  Sun, 27 Sep 2020 12:20:40 +0000-Choe Sang-Hun
  North Korea has apologized for the death of a South Korean government official, but the two countries differ on the circumstances that led to the shooting.
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• Mine Disaster in China Kills at Least 16
  Sun, 27 Sep 2020 09:57:57 +0000-Austin Ramzy
  A fire led to excessively high levels of carbon monoxide, officials said. The site had previously been fined for safety violations.
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• Canadian Police Charge Man With Faking Terrorist Activity
  Sat, 26 Sep 2020 20:26:54 +0000-Ian Austen
  The man, Shehroze Chaudhry, created a political storm in Canada with his assertions that he participated in atrocities by ISIS in Syria.
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• Brushing Off Criticism, China’s Xi Calls Policies in Xinjiang ‘Totally Correct’
  Sat, 26 Sep 2020 19:24:11 +0000-Chris Buckley
  Mr. Xi made the remarks at a meeting on the region of western China, suggesting that the Communist Party remains committed to drastically changing Uighurs and other Muslim minorities.
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• For U.K.’s Boris Johnson, Hardball Tactics Seem the Only Way to a Brexit Deal
  Sat, 26 Sep 2020 13:12:40 +0000-Stephen Castle
  With a combative style, Mr. Johnson has pointedly avoided comparisons to Theresa May, his predecessor. But will his strategy yield a deal?
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• ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Star, and His Fans, Are Taking Indigenous Studies
  Sat, 26 Sep 2020 12:50:44 +0000-Catherine Porter
  Dan Levy suggested in an Instagram post that his fans study Canadian Indigenous history along with him. About 64,000 people signed up.
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• Tasmania Whale Rescue Ends With 108 Saved and Over 300 Dead
  Sat, 26 Sep 2020 12:21:11 +0000-Damien Cave
  The whale beaching, one of the largest strandings ever recorded globally, prompted a five-day rescue effort.
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• Leader of India Says Country’s Vaccine Industry Will ‘Help All Humanity’
  Sun, 27 Sep 2020 12:42:49 +0000-
  A study offered an explanation for children’s ability to fight off the virus. The lockdown in Melbourne, Australia, is being further eased.
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• In Melbourne, Springtime Ushers in a New Sense of Hope
  Sat, 26 Sep 2020 11:36:38 +0000-Besha Rodell
  As our Covid-19 restrictions ease, the mood of the city feels like the weather.
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• Japan Is Paying Firms to Make Things at Home. But China’s Pull Is Still Strong.
  Sat, 26 Sep 2020 07:00:09 +0000-Ben Dooley and Makiko Inoue
  Japan is attempting a delicate balancing act as the pandemic has underlined the risks of the world’s economic reliance on Beijing.
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• Ang Rita, Who Conquered Everest Again and Again, Dies at 72
  Fri, 25 Sep 2020 21:26:49 +0000-Bhadra Sharma
  Earning the nickname Snow Leopard for his agility, he climbed the world’s highest mountain 10 times without supplemental oxygen between 1983 and 1996.
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• Justin Trudeau Offers Wide Array of Promises With Few Specifics
  Fri, 25 Sep 2020 21:18:59 +0000-Ian Austen
  The prime minister laid out an ambitious legislative agenda without saying much about what it will cost or how he will pay for it.
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• Ukrainian Military Plane Crashes, Killing 22
  Fri, 25 Sep 2020 23:58:36 +0000-Reuters
  The plane was carrying students from an aviation university. At least two more people were critically injured.
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• Cardinal Dismissed Over Corruption Says He’s Innocent
  Fri, 25 Sep 2020 21:17:08 +0000-Elisabetta Povoledo
  A day after Pope Francis dismissed Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu without explanation, the once-powerful prelate disclosed the reason, and denied reports accusing him of corruption.
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• Coronavirus Briefing: What Happened Today
  Fri, 25 Sep 2020 20:50:30 +0000-Jonathan Wolfe
  Officials are warning of a surge in coronavirus cases in some Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods.
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• Options Dwindling, Palestinian Leader Calls for U.N. Peace Conference
  Fri, 25 Sep 2020 23:14:57 +0000-Rick Gladstone
  President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority asked the United Nations to convene a conference in early 2021 to help solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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• Swiss to Vote on Paternity Leave: Nice to Have or Essential?
  Fri, 25 Sep 2020 17:57:16 +0000-Noele Illien
  The fate of a law mandating two weeks of paid leave for fathers will be decided at the polls after a conservative backlash forced a referendum.
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• A Hopeful Forecast: More Accurate Long-Term Weather Predictions
  Fri, 25 Sep 2020 17:38:18 +0000-Sarah Witman
  Improving technology could make it possible to better anticipate weather conditions weeks in advance, especially in the tropics.
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• Putin Wants a Truce Between Russia and U.S. in Cyberspace
  Sat, 26 Sep 2020 00:54:24 +0000-Anton Troianovski and David E. Sanger
  With an eye to a possible Biden presidency, the Russian leader called for a “reboot” on information security but offered no concessions.
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• China Is on a Building Binge, and the Global Economy Could Benefit
  Fri, 25 Sep 2020 18:26:51 +0000-Matt Phillips
  Iron ore, nickel, copper and other metal prices are rising as China restarts construction, and the global economy could benefit.
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• Magawa the Mine-Sniffing Rat Receives Award for Bravery in Cambodia
  Fri, 25 Sep 2020 14:52:24 +0000-Anna Schaverien
  Magawa, a 5-year-old African giant pouched rat, was recognized with a prestigious honor for his work detecting mines and explosives in Cambodia.
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• Paris Knife Attack: 2 Wounded Near Charlie Hebdo's Former Office
  Fri, 25 Sep 2020 21:03:36 +0000-Aurelien Breeden and Constant Méheut
  French authorities labeled the attack as “Islamist terrorism” because of its location and timing — as a trial is underway over the massacre at the satirical newspaper in 2015.
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• Babar Qadri, Lawyer and Defender of Kashmir, is Murdered
  Fri, 25 Sep 2020 14:19:09 +0000-Sameer Yasir
  The attorney won fame as a human rights advocate and a vocal defender of his homeland in the Indian media. His killer remains unidentified.
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• The Other Supreme Court Fight
  Fri, 25 Sep 2020 10:32:57 +0000-David Leonhardt
  And what else you need to know today.
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• Under 10 Percent of Americans Have Covid-19 Antibodies, Study Finds
  Sun, 27 Sep 2020 12:41:52 +0000-
  At least six U.S. states reported records for new cases. The French Open is scaled back. A top Australian health official resigned amid questions about Melbourne’s second wave of infections.
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• Vietnam Confiscates Over 300,000 Used Condoms for Sale
  Fri, 25 Sep 2020 15:28:27 +0000-Chau Doan and Livia Albeck-Ripka
  A raid at a warehouse led to the arrest of a woman who said she had been paid by the pound to recycle the prophylactics.
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• Former Russian Rock Star Sergei Shnurov Surprises Fans … With a Desk Job
  Fri, 25 Sep 2020 18:11:19 +0000-Andrew Higgins
  After a farewell tour with his band, Leningrad, Sergei Shnurov switched tracks with a day job running a respectable but dull television station.
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• Seeking the Humanity in the Story of Kim Wall’s Murder
  Fri, 25 Sep 2020 09:15:57 +0000-Lisa Abend
  A new TV series, “The Investigation,” fictionalizes the police investigation into the killing of the Swedish journalist, resisting the usual trappings of Nordic noir.
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• Australia's Coronavirus Restrictions Strand Thousands Overseas
  Fri, 25 Sep 2020 09:02:03 +0000-Livia Albeck-Ripka
  Limits on the number of Australians who can return have spurred a growing uproar over the country’s hard-line approach to the coronavirus.
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• Kim Jong-un Offers South Korea Rare Apology for Killing of Official
  Sat, 26 Sep 2020 03:06:25 +0000-Choe Sang-Hun
  “I am deeply sorry that an unexpected and unfortunate thing has happened in our territorial waters,” the North Korean leader said in a message, according to officials in the South.
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• Your Friday Briefing
  Fri, 25 Sep 2020 03:12:12 +0000-Natasha Frost
  The Vatican, Donald Trump, Europe’s second wave: Here’s what you need to know.
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• Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu, a Fixture of Vatican Intrigue, Resigns
  Fri, 25 Sep 2020 10:48:12 +0000-Jason Horowitz
  In a cryptic statement, the Vatican did not explain the reason for Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu’s departure. News reports had connected him to a financial scandal.
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• Coronavirus Briefing: What Happened Today
  Thu, 24 Sep 2020 22:30:41 +0000-Jonathan Wolfe
  Research shows that coronavirus infections “are moving up the age bands”
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• Germany Dismisses Military Intelligence Official After Neo-Nazi Scandals
  Thu, 24 Sep 2020 21:59:21 +0000-Katrin Bennhold
  After years of playing down the risk of far-right infiltration in the military, political leaders are confronting an issue that has become too dangerous to ignore.
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• Gaza Peace Activists Face Prison for Holding Video Call With Israelis
  Thu, 24 Sep 2020 23:14:22 +0000-Adam Rasgon
  The Palestinian activists were charged after organizing a virtual discussion as a part of a bridge-building initiative focused on peace and empowering young people.
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