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Chris Christie says it is time for GOP to 'face the realities of the 2020 election'

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Thursday urged Republicans "to face the realities of the 2020 election and learn, not hide from them," as he lobbed several thinly veiled criticisms at his one-time ally, former President Donald Trump. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3tHdOmJ
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China contained Covid-19. Now, hundreds of millions of people there are about to go on vacation.

China is on the move again. As October 1 arrives, hundreds of millions of people are expected to pack highways, trains and planes for the National Day holiday, one of the busiest times for travel in the world's most populous country. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/36sHfPs
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Moderator tries to step in: I hate to raise my voice ... why shouldn't I be different than you?

Moderator Chris Wallace steps in to quell arguing and restate debate rules as tensions rise between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden during the first presidential debate of the 2020 election. Check out more CNN debate coverage here. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3cK6EWb
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Trump team using $300M in taxpayer dollars to make us feel better about Covid-19

Over the past two weeks, an alarming 24% rise in the number of new Covid-19 cases confirmed on a daily basis in the United States has raised the daily infection average to nearly 43,000. Twice last week the US broke 50,000 new cases confirmed in a day. While that's below the daily average of 65,000 in July's deadly spike, it's still well above the 35,000 daily new cases seen just a few weeks ago. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/339CqIM
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Black Americans are #sickandtired of the lack of justice for police killings. The Breonna Taylor decision is yet another disappointment

The news that the officers involved in the shooting of Breonna Taylor wouldn't be charged in her death didn't come as a surprise to many Black Americans -- the state of emergency and boarded up buildings in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, combined with hundreds of years of history, were strong clues that she would not get the justice they were demanding. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2S2UXjL
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Books and movies keep creating transgender aggressors. But trans people are far more likely to be victims of violence

In the recent Netflix documentary "Disclosure," clips of transgender television and movie characters flash up on screen in rapid succession. Again and again, we see similar images: murderers, sociopaths and sexual predators. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/32YNHf9
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EU official: Europe's Covid-19 cases surge 'a real cause for concern'

Coronavirus cases reported across Europe reached a record high of 52,418 over a rolling seven-day average on September 22, according to CNN analysis of Johns Hopkins University data. There have been 556 new deaths reported, compared with a height of 4,134 daily fatalities (from 31,852 cases) from the seven-day average on April 10. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3iYQtGU
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Kayleigh McEnany just made things worse

In the wake of President Donald Trump equivocating as to whether he would transfer power to Joe Biden in the event of a defeat at the ballot box in 40 days, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany tried to clear things up on Thursday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3i1B3Ab
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Will the public trust a Covid-19 vaccine?

Operation Warp Speed, the mission to develop an effective Covid-19 vaccine, seeks to deliver 300,000 doses by January 2021. According to projections from the University of Washington, by then the US death toll from the novel coronavirus will likely have reached nearly 400,000. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/366j6hE
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Sen. Duckworth: Trump has earned those boos

Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) responds to President Donald Trump's latest comments about a peaceful transition of power in the event he loses the election, saying he earned the boos he received while paying respects to the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2G79Grn
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Congressional candidate's apparent ascent to Congress could be a 'bellwether' for QAnon

The apparent inevitable ascent to Congress of a Georgia Republican who has promoted the outlandish conspiracy theories of QAnon could be a bellwether for American politics, in which extreme views creep increasingly into the mainstream, experts on extremism told CNN. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/361SZbt
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Notorious for the anti-Arab racism of some of its fans, Israeli soccer club explores Emirati investment

A glass cabinet in the lobby of Moshe Hogeg's office is filled with action hero figures. The high-tech executive explained to CNN's Oren Liebermann why Batman was his favorite: "He doesn't really have superpowers whatsoever but it makes you feel like maybe you can do big things also." from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3iWnrrk
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NYPD officer accused of acting as an illegal agent of the Chinese government

A New York police officer who rose through the ranks of the department is accused of using his position in the department's community affairs unit to give Chinese officials access to NYPD officials and offered insider information about its operations, according to a criminal complaint. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3iThrzo
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Ex-top Trump adviser: Trump policy 'in part partnering with Taliban'

President Donald Trump's former national security adviser H.R. McMaster said the withdrawal of US troops from places like Afghanistan and Germany are "mistakes" from a long-term national security perspective and called for a sustained commitment to assisting the Afghan government and its security forces. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3cjSNFZ
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Poland's coal dependency hampers climate change efforts

Poland is more dependent on coal than any other EU state, for around 75% of its electricity. A full 8% of that electricity comes from a single brown coal mine, Turow, in the country's southwest. Phil Black travels there to understand the pain of the energy transition -- a change necessary to avoid even greater suffering from climate change. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3iNen7X
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Thousands of protesters gather in Bangkok, demanding reform

Thousands gathered in Thailand this weekend at a rally calling for reform, which culminated Sunday with a group attempting to march to the Monarch's Privy Council, next to the Royal Palace, to deliver their demands -- an explosive and unprecedented move in a country that reveres the monarchy. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3iOVj9l
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What does justice for Breonna Taylor actually look like?

For this week, we think about what justice might look like in the Breonna Taylor case, discuss great performances by the music icons Patti LaBelle and Gladys Knight, and revisit the horrifying history of forced sterilizations. Plus, recommendations: Esquire's profile of Michael Kenneth Williams and Hulu's "High Fidelity." from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2ZRoX6K
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Who is this economy hurting the most? Moms and women of color, according to women's research CEO

The economic recession caused by the Covid-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected women by almost every measure. And, in the United States, the economic downturn is hitting women of color the hardest, according to C. Nicole Mason, president and CEO of the Institute for Women's Policy Research. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2H5YTOr
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Barr's latest comments have US Justice Department on edge

Attorney General William Barr's provocative critique of career employees who work for him and of politics surrounding Justice Department investigations is his clearest acknowledgment of a worsening divide between President Donald Trump's attorney general and his rank-and-file. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/33J8pP5
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US sending armored vehicles into Syria as Trump says 'we are out'

The US military announced Friday that it is deploying armored vehicles and other military assets to Syria to protect US troops fighting ISIS amid tensions with Russia as President Donald Trump told a White House news conference that "we are out of Syria," saying the remaining US forces are there exclusively "guarding the oil." from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/35VW2Su
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US billionaires' fortunes have skyrocketed $845 billion since March

Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and the rest of America's billionaires saw their fortunes skyrocket over the past six months during the coronavirus pandemic — while millions of Americans are now earning less than they were before the crisis began, according to a new study. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2RE1G3C
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Only the US has more coronavirus cases than India. But unlike Trump, its leader seems immune from criticism

India is in crisis. Its economy has crashed, with the largest slump on record decimating millions jobs. Its already fragile healthcare system is buckling under the weight of soaring coronavirus cases. With more than five million cases, India ranks only behind the United States for confirmed infections. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2Ha1mrl
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Rochester officials intentionally delayed the release of Daniel Prude body cam video

The city of Rochester, New York, released 325 pages of internal emails, police reports and other documents on Monday that show a concerted effort by police and city officials to delay the release of incriminating body camera footage in the death of Daniel Prude, a Black man who died after police pinned him to the ground in March. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3iCd5wI
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Jon Stewart blasts Congress for giving veterans the cold shoulder

John Stewart, former host of the Daily Show was is back in Washington, DC, in support for a new bill supporting sick veterans. The bill called the Presumptive Benefits for War Fighters Exposed to Burn Pits and Other Toxins Act of 2020 is aimed at helping veterans who were exposed to harmful fumes that came from burn pits. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3ms38UX
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'Policy reforms need to avoid lasting impact of pandemic'

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Twitter and Facebook shut down accounts linked to youth conservative group's misleading social media campaign

Twitter and Facebook have shut down accounts on their platforms reportedly linked to a misleading social media campaign run by Turning Point Action, an offshoot of popular conservative youth activist organization Turning Point USA. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3hu97EU
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Inside Venezuela's desperate hospitals battling Covid-19

A mother in Venezuela tells CNN she was quarantined against her will in a motel for 23 days. Doctors say Venezuela's government has been using motels and other makeshift facilities to quarantine patients suspected of having the novel coronavirus, in a bid to keep them from overburdening the country's already crumbling hospitals. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3mn1fbS
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Pompeo's wife emailed State Department staff for help with personal Christmas cards, source says

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's wife asked State Department staff to help send personal family Christmas cards, according to an email exchange obtained by the State Department Office of Inspector General as part of an investigation into potential misuse of taxpayer resources, a source familiar with the investigation told CNN. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3mwSE6K
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Voda a bet worth taking for risky investors?

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WHO reports record 1-day rise in global cases

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China has spent 2020 losing friends. But Brussels can't afford to make an enemy of world's next hyperpower

This year has left the European Union very confused over what to do about China. At the start of the year, the two parties hoped to formalize their economic and strategic partnership at a landmark summit in Leipzig, hosted by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, marking a historic breakthrough in China-EU relations. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2RkQWqB
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Top Senate Republicans pressing for investigation on Mueller team phones being 'wiped'

Two top Senate Republicans are pressing Justice Department officials to investigate whether special counsel Robert Mueller's team violated federal record keeping laws during a probe by the Justice Department's watchdog into the FBI's Russia investigation. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3il1yBH
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Police take in more than 250 people for questioning as yellow vest protests return to Paris

Police took more than 250 people in for questioning and fired tear gas during violent scenes in Paris on Saturday, after the gilets jaunes, or yellow vests, took to the streets of the capital for the first time since lockdown was lifted in May. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3bQ7XCB
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Coronavirus stimulus package unlikely until after US election

With fewer than two months until the election, the odds for a massive stimulus compromise intended to help bolster small businesses, provide additional unemployment benefits and give more money to schools as they adapt amid the coronavirus pandemic have fallen practically to zero. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2ZvwXtD
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The woman taking over TikTok at toughest time

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Surprises hidden in Microsoft's new Flight Simulator

We'd heard about the new Microsoft Flight Simulator's mega-realistic scenery, digitally distilled from satellite imagery. We knew the sim could recreate real-time weather conditions on the go, relayed from live climatic data feeds. Even real-world pilots say that the look and feel of the airplanes are, in so many ways, indistinguishable from the real thing. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2R5KqE9
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The next named storm of this record-breaking hurricane season is developing near southern Florida

Yet another tropical system is brewing in this extremely active Atlantic hurricane season, and this one is close to home. Tropical Depression Nineteen formed Friday afternoon less than 100 miles east-southeast of Miami, Florida, according to the National Hurricane Center. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2ZwWm6l
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Chess prodigy came close to beating this champion when he was 13 years old. Years later, he gets a rematch.

Magnus Carlsen will take on the legendary Garry Kasparov in the Champions Showdown chess tournament in the US. The two world champions, widely considered the best players of all time, have a fascinating history of their own. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3in8Tk3
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'I'm not going to let you do this': CNN anchor spars with senator over Trump audio

CNN's Pamela Brown talks to Republican Sen. John Kennedy about comments made by President Donald Trump during an interview with journalist Bob Woodward in which he admitted to downplaying the threat of the coronavirus because he did not want to "create a panic." from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/33bSUyZ
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'Mission of the century': 8,000 cargo jets needed to transport Covid-19 vaccines around the world, says IATA

As global pharmaceutical companies race to complete their Covid-19 vaccine trials, the logistics that will be required to deliver them to all corners of the world are coming into focus -- and it will be a mission like no other. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3bHEJ8K
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Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 should not be held in China, human rights groups say

More than 160 human rights groups around the world have signed a letter calling for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to reverse its decision to hold the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, citing allegations of widespread rights abuses by the Chinese government. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/3hkeSF4
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Rhea Chakraborty’s tee makes social media hyper

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Myanmar soldiers confess to mass murder of Rohingya Muslims in new video: rights group

Two Myanmar military deserters say they were ordered to take part in the indiscriminate mass killing and rape of Rohingya Muslims in 2017, a human rights group claims, in video confessions which correspond with individual accounts given by survivors of the alleged atrocities. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2F5y1Ob
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Kim Jones announced as Karl Lagerfeld's successor at Fendi

British designer Kim Jones has been appointed the new artistic director of womenswear at the Italian fashion house Fendi, it was announced today. Known for his mix of streetwear and high fashion, Jones will also remain at the helm of Dior Men, where he has transformed the brand to appeal to younger consumers. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/35nfE1U
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