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California man gets life sentence for fatal synagogue attack

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North Korea fires anti-aircraft missile in latest test

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Police regain control of Ecuador prison after 118 die in rioting

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Man pleads guilty to firing 13 times during Floyd protest

A Texas man who says he is affiliated the anti-government “boogaloo” movement has pleaded guilty to opening fire on a Minneapolis police station last year during unrest over the death of George Floyd from World https://ift.tt/3ij3MmX

Ethiopia expels U.N. officials amid signs of famine in the Tigray region

The order came after the United Nations blamed the worsening humanitarian crisis in Tigray on Ethiopia’s government and urged it to step up aid deliveries to the region. from World https://ift.tt/3zXk8I0

Ecuador’s prison riot: Drug cartels, overcrowded cells and a bloodbath

Ecuador's overcrowded prisons have become battlegrounds for criminal gangs increasingly linked to Mexican drug cartels. from World https://ift.tt/3ouJPgS

UN official says Myanmar's people are in 'a severe crisis'

The U.N.’s top humanitarian official in Myanmar says the Asian nation’s people are living in “a severe crisis,” with a level of poverty not seen for at least 20 years from World https://ift.tt/3B3gWfm

4 dead found in car in Mexico city plagued by gang violence

Mexican prosecutors say four dead men have been found in a stolen car in the city of Iguala, in the southern Mexico state of Guerrero from World https://ift.tt/3AXtFjP

North Korea says it has test-fired an anti-aircraft missile

North Korea says it has test-fired an anti-aircraft missile in the fourth round of weapons launches this month from World https://ift.tt/3m8ojMi

Your Friday Briefing

https://ift.tt/3Fhn8Dd is speeding ahead on vaccinations. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3usSD7Z

Congress passes bill to avert partial government shutdown

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South Korea to Biden administration: North Korea is ‘strengthening’ its missile program

Chung Eui-yong said the United States should do more to get North Korea to the negotiating table. from World https://ift.tt/3illgiT

S. Africa president lobbies British PM over travel ban

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says he has had discussions with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson aimed at removing South Africa from a travel “red list” that bans visitors to the U.K. because of COVID-19 from World https://ift.tt/3CVoiSw

Havana reopens its beaches, citing high vaccination rate

Beaches and recreation centers have reopened in Cuba’s capital after authorities announced it is time to resume outdoor activities, including strolling on the Malecon coastal promenade that has long been a gathering place for Havana from World https://ift.tt/39V5OFj

Here’s a rundown of the legal challenges to New York’s vaccine mandate.

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British policeman jailed for life for murder and rape of Sarah Everard

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US, Russia say held 'intensive and substantive' arms control talks in Geneva

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Attack on minorities: Sikh hakim shot inside his Peshawar shop

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Divided UN extends its mission in Libya till after elections

The U.N. Security Council has voted unanimously to extend the U.N. political mission in Libya until after the country’s critical presidential and parliamentary elections that are scheduled for late December from World https://ift.tt/2ZMYFoU

European Union nations risk a new virus surge if they ease restrictions now, health officials warn.

https://ift.tt/3imyMCK enough people in the bloc have been fully vaccinated to keep the coronavirus from flaring up again, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control said. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3kRSBn3

As Need in Afghanistan Grows Dire, Aid Groups Plead for Help

https://ift.tt/3kRSXdn clinics are closing. Temperatures are dipping. Prices are rising. Food and money are scarce. A calamity looms, humanitarian groups warn. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3D0uSHI

Lava flowing into sea creates delta, expands Spanish island

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Ethiopia Plans to Expel U.N. Officials Leading Aid Response in Tigray

https://ift.tt/39SRLjS move came days after the U.N. aid chief accused Ethiopia of mounting an aid blockade that is pushing the region into famine. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2YcwhvX

London honors Princess Diana with blue plaque at former home

London has finally honored the late Princess Diana with a blue plaque at the place she called home in the two years before she married Prince Charles and her life in the goldfish bowl began from World https://ift.tt/3B1dx0M

Brooklyn bishop retires after Vatican clears him of abuse

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of the Catholic bishop of Brooklyn weeks after a Vatican investigation cleared him of sexual abuse allegations from World https://ift.tt/3CXAkLs

Afghan collapse rooted in 2020 deal with Taliban: US General

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Biden agenda at risk as Democrats squabble before shutdown deadline

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New York governor uses God unfairly in vaccine fight: Lawyer

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Republicans attack Joe Biden's defence of Afghan pullout

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Tropical Storm Victor Forms in Eastern Atlantic

https://ift.tt/3orop4e, the 20th named storm of the busy 2021 Atlantic hurricane season, was south of the Cabo Verde Islands, with maximum sustained winds of 40 miles per hour. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3CWXukT

Cyprus' top diplomat: Turkey is creating new Ottoman empire

A new Ottoman empire — that’s what the foreign minister of the divided island of Cyprus is accusing Turkey’s president of attempting to promote from World https://ift.tt/2Wt0Ix8

Lebanese rally behind port blast judge forced to halt probe

Hundreds of Lebanese, including families of the Beirut port explosion victims, have rallied outside the court of justice in the capital from World https://ift.tt/3F6zGgj

Report: Corruption during COVID at S. Africa health ministry

A report into dealings by senior officials at South Africa’s health ministry during the coronavirus pandemic has revealed corruption, fraud and the misappropriation of millions of dollars meant to aid the fight against COVID-19 from World https://ift.tt/2Y0NCY8

Norway charges professor with violating sanctions on Iran

A German-Iranian professor at a Norwegian technical university has been charged with violating sanctions on Iran by inviting four guest researchers from the Islamic Republic and giving them access to a laboratory from World https://ift.tt/3ilWrDh

UK officer accused of citing COVID to detain slaying victim

A prosecutor has argued that a serving London police officer handcuffed a woman on the pretext of breaking COVID-19 lockdown rules before he kidnapped and killed her from World https://ift.tt/3CYHgYM

NY attorney general blasts Cuomo's criticism of her report

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Who Is Fumio Kishida, Japan's Likely Next Prime Minister?

https://ift.tt/3kUL8n6 Fumio Kishida, a ruling-party stalwart, has sought to distinguish himself from the unpopular departing prime minister, he’s struggled to connect with the public. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/39Oppab

Talk of Iraq Recognizing Israel Prompts Threats of Arrest or Death

https://ift.tt/3ijy0q6 conference promoting normalization, organized by a little-known American group, prompted a furor, pointing to the volatility and danger in Iraqi politics. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3F2Lbp9

Who Is the New Leader of Japan's Ruling Party?

https://ift.tt/39MRBu6 Kishida, a former foreign minister, prevailed in a closely fought election to lead Japan’s governing Liberal Democratic Party. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3umrPpW

Kabul University shuts down as Taliban government bans women from campus, for now

Some faculty have quit in protest of coming segregation rules. Others urge patience. from World https://ift.tt/3kSntUv

Your Thursday Briefing

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/29/briefing/japan-kishido-india-pandemic-britney.htmlJapan’s next prime minister. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3kSMfUE

The world’s top central bankers see supply chain problems prolonging inflation.

https://ift.tt/3uoZbED heads of the Federal Reserve, European Central Bank, Bank of England and Bank of Japan spoke on a joint panel Wednesday. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3mrB6K7

Tunisia’s President Appoints Prime Minister

https://ift.tt/2Y3JVla Kais Saied of Tunisia named Najla Bouden Romdhan to be the country’s first female prime minister. The move came two months after Mr. Saied suspended Parliament, fired the prime minister and consolidated his power in what opponents called a “coup.” from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3uw5NBq

In Week of Words, It Often Seemed Like the Divided Nations

https://ift.tt/3m7tSe4 General Assembly speeches exalted the ideals of the United Nations but showed intransigence on many longstanding disputes and armed conflicts, some nearly as old as the organization itself. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3kShe31

Keir Starmer Seeks to Push Labour to Political Center

https://ift.tt/3F0hViN at the party’s annual conference, sometimes over heckling, the Labour Party leader, Keir Starmer, signaled a clear break from the former leader, Jeremy Corbyn. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3m4CT7w

US CDC calls for more Covid jabs among pregnant women

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U.S. deports Russian hacker convicted of fraud, report says

Aleksei Burkov's return to Russia is the latest twist in a criminal saga that has spanned multiple countries. from World https://ift.tt/3maKGAE

Amid killings and COVID, Mexico's Yaqui people get pledges

Mexico’s Yaqui people have been hit by a wave of killings and coronavirus deaths, so the country’s long-awaited public apology for centuries of abuses rang a little hollow from World https://ift.tt/3FaLTRo

After 5 years, Obamas break ground on Presidential Center

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US senators warn Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro on democracy

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Haiti PM: Elections, referendum to be held next year

Haiti’s prime minister says he plans to hold a referendum to modify the country’s constitution by February, and he hopes to organize presidential and legislative elections early next year from World https://ift.tt/39KX7xj

Peru's 'Lord of Miracles' procession canceled amid pandemic

The archbishopric of Lima has announced that Peru’s most popular Roman Catholic procession has been canceled for the second straight year because of the coronavirus pandemic from World https://ift.tt/3uizwO9

Chile: Congress takes step toward abortion decriminalization

The lower house of Chile’s Congress has taken a step toward decriminalizing abortion in most cases, voting to craft a law barring prosecution of women who get abortions in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy from World https://ift.tt/2ZubmEP

Your Wednesday Briefing

https://ift.tt/2XW6V4W questions for Gen. Milley. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/39Q4fbC

A Brexit-Weary Britain Finds Itself in a New Crisis With Brexit Overtones

https://ift.tt/3kPQOim government has blamed problems like food shortages on the virus. With the pandemic waning, the focus in the fuel crisis is shifting to Britain’s exit from the E.U. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3uldnyC

Florida sues Biden administration over immigration policy

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Maryland newspaper gunman gets more than 5 life prison terms

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Sudan: 5 intelligence officers killed in shootout with militants

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Royals join cast of new Bond film for glitzy London premiere

Daniel Craig, Lea Seydoux and the cast of new Bond film “No Time to Die” have walked the red carpet in London for the movie’s world premiere, a glittering event attended by Prince Charles, Prince William and their spouses from World https://ift.tt/3zPbWcI

Canada Increases Afghan Refugee Resettlement Target to 40,000 People

https://ift.tt/2Y6epmp official announcement was made by Canada’s foreign minister on Monday evening, speaking at the United Nations General Assembly. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3zO7X03

Canada's Justin Trudeau says cabinet coming next month

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'If US had kept 2,500 troops in Afghanistan, war would result'

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'Biden deeply engaged in negotiations with lawmakers'

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Can't 'predict' when Biden will call Pakistan PM: White House

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Report details sexual abuse allegations against WHO staff during Congo Ebola outbreak

A year-long independent investigation revealed allegations of sexual abuse and exploitation against 21 employees of the WHO during a recent Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo. from World https://ift.tt/2ZGRGhd

UN: New meeting in October to draft Syria constitution

The U.N. special envoy for Syria says invitations have been issued for a sixth meeting of the committee charged with producing a new constitution for war-torn Syria in October from World https://ift.tt/3maXPtL

Pakistan: Troops kill 10 militants in shootout in northwest

The military says Pakistani security forces have killed 10 militants, including four insurgent commanders, in a shootout in a former Taliban stronghold in the country’s northwest from World https://ift.tt/3AKCDRf

5 intel officers killed in shootout with militants in Sudan

Sudanese authorities say five intelligence officers have been killed in a raid on a hideout for suspected Islamic State group militants in the capital of Khartoum from World https://ift.tt/3zOAhj3

Afghan army collapse took US by 'surprise': Pentagon chief

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North Korea Launches Projectile as Country’s Envoy Speaks at U.N.

https://ift.tt/2XNqr3z launch came just three days after the sister of North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, said the country would consider holding a meeting with the South and declaring an official end to the Korean War. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3AI4JfX

North Korea fires ‘unidentified projectile’ into sea toward Japan, South Korean military says

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NKorea accuses US of hostility, continues weapons tests

North Korea has accused the United States of hostility and demanded the Biden administration to permanently end joint military exercises with South Korea as it continued its recent streak of weapons tests apparently aimed at pressuring Washington and Seoul over slow nuclear diplomacy from World https://ift.tt/2Wi9zSd

UK Royal Mint launches first-ever gold bar featuring Hindu deity to celebrate Diwali

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Cryptocurrency expert pleads guilty to conspiring to help North Korea dodge sanctions

U.S. citizen Virgil Griffith entered into a plea agreement in Manhattan on Monday. from World https://ift.tt/3D6mlTJ

Olaf Scholz is a Winner but Not Chancellor — Yet.

https://ift.tt/2XZyDyi Scholz, the leader of the center-left Social Democrats, narrowly won the night. But now the hard part begins — building a durable governing coalition. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2ZDWaoP

At UN, Belarus diplomat bemoans Western actions against it

The foreign minister of Belarus is accusing Western nations of carrying out “a large-scale hybrid war” against the country because it failed to change the government in elections last year from World https://ift.tt/3kLhuAL

Venezuela's government and opposition resume talks in Mexico

Delegates from Venezuela’s government and opposition have held more talks in Mexico City after a delay that saw the government’s side arrive a day later than scheduled due to an apparent unhappiness with mediator Norway from World https://ift.tt/39G8OWb

Mapping Losses for Angela Merkel's Party in German Vote

https://ift.tt/39Gyjqf conservatives who have been the dominant force in modern German politics suffered their worst defeat, while the Social Democrats and Greens made gains. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3i9FhZG

New Taliban Chancellor Bars Women From Kabul University

https://ift.tt/3uffUue new policy for Afghanistan’s premier university is another major blow to women’s rights under Taliban rule, and to a two-decade effort to build up higher education. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/2XPXrrW

Your Tuesday Briefing

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/27/briefing/germany-election-australia-lockdown-china-power.htmlGermany’s election results. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3CSHTmo

Turkmenistan marks independence anniversary with big parade

Turkmenistan has marked the 30th anniversary of its independence after the collapse of the Soviet Union with a military parade that involved thousands of people from World https://ift.tt/39Fxhuv

A narrow win for Social Dems against Merkel bloc in election

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UK Royal Mint launches first-ever gold bar featuring Hindu deity to celebrate Diwali

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London police charge man with murder of teacher Sabina Nessa

British police have charged a 36-year-old man with the murder of Sabina Nessa, a schoolteacher killed as she walked to meet a friend in London from World https://ift.tt/3zLM7KE

Gov’t forces disperse protesters in Yemeni city, 7 wounded

Officials say security forces of Yemen’s internationally recognized government have violently dispersed thousands of protesters decrying deteriorating economic conditions in a southwestern province, wounding at least seven people from World https://ift.tt/3m8m23T

Two Transgender Women Win Seats in the Next German Parliament

https://ift.tt/3kKyF5y two lawmakers, both from the Green Party, reflect the growing visibility and acceptance of transgender people, who have never before held seats in the Parliament. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3EWg5PZ

Intelligence Agencies Pushed to Use More Commercial Satellites

https://ift.tt/3CPreA5 wants the government to turn to the private sector to augment the capabilities of highly classified spy satellites. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3B0WrA9

Taliban issue no-shave order to barbers in Afghan province

The Taliban have banned barbershops in a southern Afghanistan province from shaving or trimming beards, claiming their edict is in line with Shariah, or Islamic, law from World https://ift.tt/39IcUNs

Mexico confirms deaths of 5 Yaqui Indigenous men

DNA tests on six sets of skeletal remains found in northern Mexico have confirmed that five of them belong to missing men from Mexico’s most persecuted Indigenous group from World https://ift.tt/3kKUSk1

Cuba launches commercial exports of COVID-19 vaccines

Cuba has begun commercial exports of its homegrown COVID-19 vaccines, sending shipments of the three-dose Abdala vaccine to Vietnam and Venezuela from World https://ift.tt/3APwPWB

In rare warning, US DEA advices Americans to avoid buying pills online as fakes contain deadly fentanyl

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Important to incentivise Taliban so that they fulfil promises: Imran Khan

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Taliban appreciates Pak for supporting Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan

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Merkel's bloc stumbles badly in Germany; horse-trading ahead

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Unusual UN meet to close without Taliban, Myanmar speeches

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Australian PM may not join climate summit: report

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German Social Democrats beat conservatives in vote to decide Merkel successor

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German Election Results Herald Messier Politics and Weaker Leadership After Merkel

https://ift.tt/3AF7E9b results indicated an outcome so tight that it could take months of talks to form a new government at a critical moment for Europe. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3oa35Ar

Taliban claims they will be soon be recognised by the world

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Army finds huge 43-acre marijuana grow in northern Mexico

The Mexican army says it found a 43-acre (17.4-hectare) marijuana farm in the northern border state of Chihuahua from World https://ift.tt/3m45Xfd

Justice elusive 7 years after students abducted in Mexico

Several thousand students and political activists have marched through downtown Mexico City to demand authorities find out what happened to 43 teacher’s college students who disappeared in 2014 from World https://ift.tt/2ZtlbCV

Taliban claims they will be soon be recognised by the world

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Communist party wins municipal election in Austrian city

The Austrian Communist Party unexpectedly won a municipal election in the Alpine country’s second biggest city Sunday, according to preliminary results from World https://ift.tt/3AWbg6E

Your Monday Briefing

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/26/briefing/germany-election-meng-wanzhou-evergrande.htmlGermany’s election is neck and neck. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3AFrNvM

Thousands of Afghans flee to Iran as uncertainty grows under Taliban regime

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Taliban recognition is ‘not on table’: Russia foreign minister

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Swiss vote yes to same-sex unions

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Only sure thing in Germany’s tight election: Battles ahead to forge a post-Merkel government

Merkel’s Christian Democrats slumped. The Social Democrats rose. That leaves both close and looking for coalition partners. from World https://ift.tt/3urx9Zv

US marines reluctantly let a Sikh officer wear a turban. He says it’s not enough

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Out-of-control foot soldiers run amok, embarrass Taliban

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Gunmen release 10 more Nigerian students after fresh ransom

Gunmen have released 10 students in Nigeria’s north nearly three months after they were abducted from their school in the state of Kaduna from World https://ift.tt/3CNwMuZ

Merkel’s conservatives & rival SPD neck and neck: Exit polls

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Germany: Social Democrats say ready to form coalition

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As Covid Wave Pushes Up Demand, Costco Limits Purchases of Toilet Paper and Water

https://ift.tt/3CPsC60 retailer cited an uptick in demand because of the Delta variant and a shortage of truck drivers. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3o4Cbd8

Freed From Guantánamo, but Still in Limbo 15 Years Later

https://ift.tt/2WeRULb Bakker Qassim, a Uyghur from China, was dumped in Albania after the U.S. concluded he was not a terrorist, as Chinese authorities had maintained. The only country that wants him is China. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/3CFfzE6

Taliban puts bodies of alleged kidnappers on public display, in a sign of return to harsh Islamic justice

One body was suspended from a crane in the main square of Herat by Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers, and three others were displayed elsewhere in the city. from World https://ift.tt/3ERXDIf

Hurricane Sam becomes Category 4 storm far from land

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US: 3 dead in Amtrak train derailment

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California fights fire with fire to protect giant sequoias

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Russia says it is in sync with US, China, Pakistan on Taliban

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What is at stake in Germany's election?

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PML-N slams Imran over his 'no curbs of media in Pak' remark

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Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb on Friday slammed Prime Minister Imran Khan over his statement that there were no curbs or censorship of media in Pakistan and his government had given media total freedom. Marriyum said it is beyond comprehension which government and media were Imran talking about, reported The Nation. Marriyum said that Imran Khan's claims of enabling free media in Pakistan raise serious questions over his mental health. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3kDWE6u

US booster drive kicks off amid eligibility confusion

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