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• Smoke from Beirut port remnants of Thursday fire, 'no danger to city' - source

  12-09-2020 23:59
  
  A pall of smoke could be seen rising above Beirut's port overnight on Saturday, just two days after a large fire erupted and engulfed large parts of the Lebanese capital in a cloud of smoke and ash.George Abou Moussa, head of Lebanon's civil defense, said there was nothing to worry about.It prompted some residents, still traumatised by last month's explosion that had itself followed a port fire, to flee the city.
  
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• AP Source: Big Ten presidents to discuss starting football

  12-09-2020 23:59
  
  Big Ten university presidents will meet Sunday to hear a presentation about playing a fall football season after all -- maybe as soon as late October -- amid pressure from parents, players, coaches and even the president to kick off.A person with direct knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press the Big Ten’s Return to Competition Task Force met Saturday.The medical subcommittee, comprised of athletic directors, doctors and athletic training staffers, made a presentation to a sub
  
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• Islanders have played Lightning tough since Game 1 rout

  12-09-2020 23:53
  
  The New York Islanders are gaining confidence in their series with Tampa Bay.Coach Barry Trotz understands this is still an uphill battle.After dropping the series opener 8-2, the Islanders took the Lightning to the wire in each of the next two games.
  
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• Confederate Statue Comes Down in Charlottesville

  12-09-2020 23:52
  
  Onlookers celebrated as a statue of a Confederate soldier came down in Charlottesville, Virginia, on September 12, near the site of the deadly 2017 “Unite the Right” rally.Footage shows the statue, entitled “At Ready,” being removed from its pedestal, while onlookers cheer and sing.Ned Galloway, the Chair of the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors, said of the removal: “There has been a robust, community-driven process to bring us to this moment.”The removal
  
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• Twins' Romo suspended for jawing with Indians SS Lindor

  12-09-2020 23:41
  
  Twins reliever Sergio Romo was suspended for one game by Major League Baseball on Saturday for jawing with Indians star Francisco Lindor.Romo and Lindor also were fined for the incident, which occurred during Minnesota's 3-1 victory Friday night.Romo decided to serve his suspension during Saturday night's game against the Indians.
  
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• WSJ editorial board says PA mail-in voting could lead to disaster similar to Florida in 2000

  12-09-2020 23:37
  
  Wall Street Journal Associate Editor John Bussey weighs in on 'America's News HQ.'
  
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• US Open 2020 tennis results LIVE! Naomi Osaka beats Victoria Azarenka to win third slam

  12-09-2020 23:35
  
  Welcome to the Evening Standard's LIVE coverage of the 2020 US Open.It's women's final day at Flushing Meadows, with Naomi Osaka due to battle Victoria Azarenka at around 9pm BST.
  
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• Russia, China, and Iran trying to hack the race for 2020, Microsoft says

  12-09-2020 23:35
  
  Fox News contributor Dan Hoffman weighs in on 'America's News HQ.'
  
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• West Ham 0-2 Newcastle LIVE! Premier League result, latest news and reaction after Hammers loss

  12-09-2020 23:34
  
  West Ham vs Newcastle United - LIVE!West Ham slumped to a fourth successive opening day loss without scoring at London Stadium on Saturday night.
  
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• Migrants rescued by Danish tanker land in Italy after 40 days at sea

  12-09-2020 23:26
  
  A group of migrants who had been blocked aboard a tanker in the Mediterranean for more than a month were allowed to land in Sicily on Saturday after Italy agreed to take them in, NGO Mediterranea said.The 25 people still at sea disembarked late on Saturday in the port town of Pozzallo, in Sicily, in southern Italy, due to health reasons, ending a "nightmare", the statement said."The longest and most shameful stand-off of European maritime history ends," Mediterranea tweeted after the landing.
  
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• RAF fighter jets intercept Russian aircraft off Scottish coast

  12-09-2020 23:22
  
  Two Tu-142 Bear F planes spotted in international airspace under UK control
  
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• McFly dedicate Britain’s Got Talent performance to NHS workers

  12-09-2020 23:22
  
  The boy band have reformed to release their first album in a decade.
  
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• Naomi Osaka crowned US Open champion after stunning comeback victory over Victoria Azarenka

  12-09-2020 23:21
  
  Naomi Osaka produced a stunning comeback to claim her second US Open title with a scintillating victory over Victoria Azarenka.The 22-year-old, who won the tournament at Flushing Meadows in 2018, lost the opening set 6-1 in just 26 minutes but showed incredible heart, desire and quality to come back and continue her 100 per cent record in Grand Slam finals.
  
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• Helicopter Helps Halt Wildfire at California's Mount Baldy

  12-09-2020 23:21
  
  The Mount Baldy Fire Department successfully halted the spread of the Sunset Fire on Mount Baldy, California, on Friday, September 11, with help from LA County Fire Department Air Operations.Videos from the fire department shows a helicopter making several runs to drop water on a blaze.The LA County Fire Department had described the scene as consisting of “two small sport fires,” which were extinguished by “fixed and rotor wing aircraft” and “ground forces.”Th
  
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• ‘We Have a Lot of Work to Do’: Charlottesville Finally Removes Its First Confederate Statue

  12-09-2020 23:16
  
  Three years years after the white-supremacist Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, a confederate monument in the town is coming down.A crew of workers clad in masks and surrounded by social-distancing barricades worked Saturday to remove “At Ready,” a bronze statue of a Confederate soldier erected outside the Albemarle County courthouse in 1909. While not the focus of the 2017 neo-Nazi show-down, the statute is located just blocks from the monument that the groups host
  
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• Jets add QB White, WR Malone, RB Adams from practice squad

  12-09-2020 23:12
  
  The New York Jets have signed quarterback Mike White from the practice squad to serve as Sam Darnold's backup in the season opener at Buffalo on Sunday.The team also promoted wide receiver Josh Malone and running back Josh Adams from the practice squad Saturday.All three players were among the Jets' final roster cuts last week and then re-signed to the practice squad.
  
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• Pompeo urges diplomacy in standoff over Mediterranean gas

  12-09-2020 23:09
  
  U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday called for a diplomatic solution to the confrontation between Greece and Turkey over energy reserves in east Mediterranean waters, saying ongoing military tensions between two NATO allies only serve the alliance's foes.“Increased military tensions help no one but adversaries who would like to see division in transatlantic unity," Pompeo said after talks with Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades.Pompeo said President Donald Trump has already s
  
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• West Ham players' anger at Grady Diangana sale did not impact Newcastle performance, insist Moyes and Rice

  12-09-2020 23:03
  
  Declan Rice said West Ham’s dreadful display against Newcastle had nothing to do with the disappointment among the players regarding the sale of Grady Diangana.West Ham players were furious when Diangana was sold to West Brom for £18million last week.
  
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• Stadiums quiet but college football, shows of unity go on

  12-09-2020 23:02
  
  The first big weekend of college football was mostly stripped of the pageantry that is at the heart of the game.Players for Kansas State and Arkansas State locked arms on the sidelines with their teammates before the game in Manhattan, Kansas.A similar scene played out in Morgantown, West Virginia, before West Virginia's game against Eastern Kentucky.
  
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• Ineos and Jumbo-Visma struggling to make Tour a battle of super-teams

  12-09-2020 23:00
  
  Ineos and Jumbo-Visma struggling to make Tour a battle of super-teamsThe Tour de France has not panned out as predicted, with neither heavyweight looking dominant. What has gone wrong for the big two?
  
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• Dance duo win place in Britain’s Got Talent final with fiery routine

  12-09-2020 22:55
  
  As acting head judge, Amanda Holden held the deciding vote.
  
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• Leeds boss Marcelo Bielsa: You can never be happy in defeat

  12-09-2020 22:52
  
  Leeds manager Marcelo Bielsa was not prepared to accept the plaudits for the performance his side put in on their long-awaited return to the Premier League after a 4-3 defeat to Liverpool.
  
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• Ivory Coast's Bedie promises to let exiles return if elected president

  12-09-2020 22:50
  
  Former Ivory Coast President Henri Konan Bedie promised on Saturday to let political exiles, including former President Laurent Gbagbo, return home if he wins October's election.Bedie is considered President Alassane Ouattara's main challenger in the Oct. 31 vote, when Ouattara will seek a third term that his opponents say would violate constitutional term limits.At least 10 people have been killed and over a hundred wounded in clashes between protesters and police since Ouattara announced his c
  
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• Trump heads to Nevada on campaign trip to woo supporters, raise cash

  12-09-2020 22:47
  
  Republican President Donald Trump on Saturday headed to Nevada, trying to drum up more support in a state where polls show Democratic rival Joe Biden leading, and to raise money for a campaign that is facing a possible cash crunch.Trump is trailing Biden, a former vice president, in national polls and in Nevada, which the former real estate developer and reality television star lost narrowly to Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in 2016.Trump plans to attend campaign events in Nevad
  
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• Liverpool have 'space for improvement' in defence after seven-goal thriller against Leeds, admits Jurgen Klopp

  12-09-2020 22:46
  
  Jurgen Klopp admitted Liverpool have "room for improvement’ at the back after conceding three times in their first outing of the new Premier League season.But the German insisted there were mitigating circumstances for each of Leeds United’s goals in a thrilling Anfield fixture that ended 4-3 to the hosts.
  
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• Italy's PM attends funeral of young black man beaten to death near Rome

  12-09-2020 22:40 via independent.co.uk
  
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• El Salvador to require negative COVID test to enter country

  12-09-2020 22:40
  
  El Salvador said Saturday it plans to reopen airports for international flights starting Sept. 19, but with a twist: incoming passengers will be required to show a negative PCR coronavirus test no more than three days old.It was unclear whether the requirement would apply to Salvadoran citizens, who have a constitutional right to re-enter their country.El Salvador has seen 26,851 confirmed coronavirus cases and 782 deaths.
  
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• Yanks beat Orioles 2-1 in 10, widen lead for playoff spot

  12-09-2020 22:39
  
  Luke Voit hit a game-ending sacrifice fly leading off the 10th inning, and the New York Yankees beat Baltimore 2-1 Saturday to open a 4 1/2-game lead over the Orioles for the American League’s eighth and final playoff berth.With DJ LeMahieu starting the inning as the automatic runner on second, Hunter Harvey (0-2) bounced a wild pitch that advanced LeMahieu.Baltimore brought the field in.
  
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• Voit lifts Yanks over Os 2-1 with leadoff, walk-off sac fly

  12-09-2020 22:39
  
  The first leadoff, walk-off sacrifice fly in major league history put the New York Yankees back in commanding position for a playoff berth with just over two weeks left in the regular season.Yes, that's right, Luke Voit LED OFF the 10th inning with a game-ending sacrifice fly.DJ LeMahieu, who made New York's last out of the ninth, went to second and advanced when Hunter Harvey (0-2) bounced his first pitch off the mitt of catcher Pedro Severino to the backstop.
  
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• Frances McDormand feature Nomadland wins the Golden Lion at Venice film festival

  12-09-2020 22:38
  
  Drama featuring McDormand as a retiree forced on the road after the 2008 recession takes top honours on the Lido, while Vanessa Kirby is named best actressChloe Zhao’s Nomadland, a recession-era road trip drama starring Frances McDormand, won the Golden Lion for best film on Saturday at a slimmed-down Venice film festival, which was held against the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic.Zhao and McDormand appeared by video from the United States to accept the award, as en virus-related trav
  
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• Justin Allgaier completes Xfinity weekend sweep at Richmond

  12-09-2020 22:37
  
  Justin Allgaier saw a more than 9-second lead evaporate when a late caution flag flew, but he pulled away again on a restart with 13 laps to go to complete a sweep of a NASCAR Xfinity series doubleheader weekend at Richmond Raceway on Saturday.Allgaier, who lost the lead when he had trouble on a previous restart, had no such issues starting on the inside last with Jeb Burton to his outside and Ross Chastain behind him.Burton held on for second, followed by Chastain, Harrison Burton and Justin Ha
  
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• Latest 2020 election updates as Trump doubles down on mail-in ballot fraud allegations

  12-09-2020 22:33
  
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• Thousands of Israelis protest outside Netanyahu’s residence

  12-09-2020 22:31
  
  Thousands of Israelis demonstrated outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s official residence in central Jerusalem late Saturday, demanding he resign over his trial on corruption charges and what is widely seen as his mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic.With Israel reporting record levels of new coronavirus cases each day, the country appears to be headed toward a nationwide lockdown this week ahead of the Jewish New Year.Saturday's demonstration came a day after Israel announced a
  
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• Chelsea boss Frank Lampard reveals details of Timo Werner talks that convinced striker to snub rivals

  12-09-2020 22:31
  
  Frank Lampard has revealed details of his undercover trip to Germany that helped convince Timo Werner to join Chelsea over Liverpool and Manchester United.Lampard and Petr Cech went to Germany before lockdown to meet Werner and lay out their plans for where he fits into their vision.
  
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• Brits enjoy last Saturday night out despite warning not to have 'party weekend' ahead of new restrictions

  12-09-2020 22:27
  
  Thousands of Brits head out for a drink this weekend as the UK prepares for the "rule of six" to come into force next week.From Monday, gatherings of more than six people will be illegal. The rules will apply across England to all ages and in any setting either indoors and outdoors, at home or a pub.
  
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• Record-breaking wildfires in Brazil threaten endangered species – video

  12-09-2020 22:23
  
  Record-breaking wildfires are threatening thousands of acres of one of the most biologically diverse areas on the planet, Brazil's Pantanal region.'Sometimes we are a bit frustrated, but we try to have hope and to rescue the few animals we can,' said 26-year-old vet Karen Ribeiro at one of the shelters, where rescue units and volunteers are bringing in animals including jaguars for evacuation Continue reading...
  
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• Colorado sues USPS and Postmaster General for potentially misleading voters

  12-09-2020 22:22 via independent.co.uk
  
  <p>Postmaster general Louis DeJoy, a Trump supporter, already under fire for cost-cutting measures that slowed mail processing</p>
  
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• U.N. steps up COVID-19 measures at Syrian refugee camps in Jordan

  12-09-2020 22:18
  
  The U.N. refugee agency is stepping up efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19 among tens of thousands of Syrians in camps in Jordan after the first cases were confirmed last week, the head of the agency in the country said on Saturday.The UNHCR confirmed three cases in the country's largest camp for Syrian refugees, Zaatari, near the border with Syria, and two cases in a smaller camp, Azraq.The refugees who tested positive for COVID-19 have been sent to an isolation area set up by the Jordanian
  
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• No 10 employee labels spokesman for Harry Dunn's family a 'bad guy'

  12-09-2020 22:16
  
  Dunn’s mother, Charlotte Charles, has demanded an explanation from Boris JohnsonA Downing Street staff member labelled the spokesman for Harry Dunn’s family a “bad guy” after he voiced concerns of a potential cover-up over the teenager’s death.The internal email sent by an employee at No 10, seen by the PA news agency, followed a statement on Twitter from Radd Seiger in which he said the teenager’s family were intent on exposing “misconduct ... on both s
  
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• West Ham slump to Newcastle defeat on opening day as Callum Wilson and Jeff Hendrick strike on debut

  12-09-2020 22:11
  
  Callum Wilson was the scourge of West Ham again as he scored on his Newcastle debut to help make it a nightmare start to the new season for the Hammers.Wilson, a £20million summer signing from Bournemouth, netted his eighth goal in nine Premier League matches against West Ham and another Newcastle new boy in Jeff Hendrick added a second late on.
  
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• Covid news: Oxford vaccine trial resumes after volunteer illness as UK sees nearly 3,500 new cases in past 24 hours

  12-09-2020 22:05
  
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• Pompeo says U.S. 'deeply concerned' over Turkey actions in east Mediterranean

  12-09-2020 22:03
  
  The United States remains "deeply concerned" about Turkey's actions in the eastern Mediterranean, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Saturday, urging a diplomatic end to a simmering crisis over offshore natural resources.Tensions in the eastern Mediterranean have risen over claims and counter claims pitting Turkey against Greece and Cyprus to maritime areas thought to be rich in natural gas."Countries in the region need to resolve disagreements including on security and energy resource and m
  
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• Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone tests positive for coronavirus

  12-09-2020 22:03
  
  Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone has tested positive for coronavirus, the club have confirmed.The Rojiblancos are currently stepping up their preparations for the new season, but will have to do without their leader for the time being as he self-isolates at home.
  
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• Victorian GPs push for a more active role in Covid contact tracing

  12-09-2020 22:00
  
  Victorian GPs push for a more active role in Covid contact tracingDoctors and medical groups call for state’s health department to take advantage of the local knowledge of GPs to speed up contact tracing process* Victoria cases trend map; Full Australian Covid stats* Melbourne stage 4 restrictions; Vic stage 3 rules* Sign up for Guardian Australia’s coronavirus email
  
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• Top lawyers slam Suella Braverman for wrecking UK’s reputation

  12-09-2020 22:00
  
  Attorney general faces fury of Bar Council as revolt over internal market bill spreadsThe attorney general, Suella Braverman, was on Saturday accused of sacrificing the UK’s reputation, sidelining legal advisers and bypassing the ministerial code during an extraordinary confrontation with some of the country’s top lawyers.During the annual general meeting of the Bar Council, the professional association for barristers, Braverman was asked how Britain could retain “a shred of cr
  
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• Picture imperfect: why photos of 'crowded' beaches may not be what they seem

  12-09-2020 22:00
  
  Picture imperfect: why photos of 'crowded' beaches may not be what they seemTelephoto lenses and the compression effect means photos of people apparently flouting coronavirus social distancing rules can be misleading. Here’s what to look for
  
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• Culture clash: has Australia miscalculated in its feud with China?

  12-09-2020 22:00
  
  Culture clash: has Australia miscalculated in its feud with China?Scott Morrison’s resolve in the face of pressure from Beijing is being sorely tested
  
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• Australian diplomats sent to Heathrow airport to help stranded citizens due to travel caps

  12-09-2020 22:00
  
  Australian diplomats sent to Heathrow airport to help stranded citizens due to travel capsThe Australian High Commission in the UK has deployed teams to meet with Australian passengers and find unused seats on available flights* Full Australian Covid stats; Covid restrictions state by state* Sign up for Guardian Australia’s coronavirus email
  
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• As time becomes kaleidoscopic, I find it unbearable to think too far into my children's future

  12-09-2020 22:00
  
  As time becomes kaleidoscopic, I find it unbearable to think too far into my children's future‘Stop the world’ the musical hero said whenever things went wrong. I’ve been feeling this way for a few years now* This is part of a series of essays by Australian writers responding to the challenges of 2020
  
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• 'I need freedom': refugees approved for resettlement stranded on Nauru as processing stalls

  12-09-2020 22:00
  
  'I need freedom': refugees approved for resettlement stranded on Nauru as processing stallsDelays are causing further suffering for almost 200 refugees whose requests for transfer or resettlement were approved in 2019
  
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