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• Oregon Woman’s Body Found Six Months After Vanishing in ‘Concerning’ Circumstances

  27-06-2020 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  When Allyson Watterson went missing just before Christmas Day last year, her boyfriend’s father told investigators his son had been out hiking with Watterson in North Plains, a rural area on the outskirts of Portland, before the pair became separated.Watterson’s mother, Misty, believed her daughter and her boyfriend, Benjamin Garland, had been in North Plains to visit a friend when their car broke down.But there was no evidence to suggest either story was true, the Washington County
  
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• Pence cancels some political events because of virus spikes

  27-06-2020 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Vice President Mike Pence called off campaign events in Florida and Arizona this coming week as the states experience a surge in new coronavirus cases.Pence will still travel to those states, which have set records for new confirmed infections in recent days, the White House confirmed, saying he will meet with governors and their health teams.Pence said Friday during a briefing by the White House’s coronavirus task force that he would be visiting Florida, Texas and Arizona to receive a &ld
  
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• Princeton to remove Woodrow Wilson’s name from international affairs school

  27-06-2020 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Princeton University will remove former US president Woodrow Wilson’s name from its school of public and international affairs, the institution’s leader has announced.The board of trustees decided that Wilson’s “racist thinking and policies make him an inappropriate namesake for a school or college whose scholars, students, and alumni must stand firmly against racism in all its forms”, Christopher Eisgruber said in a statement.
  
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• Outrage mounts over report Russia offered bounties to Afghanistan militants for killing US soldiers

  27-06-2020 23:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Fierce response from top Democrats after US intelligence finding was reportedly briefed to Trump in March, but the White House has yet to actOutrage has greeted media reports that American officials believe a Russian intelligence unit offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants for killing foreign soldiers in Afghanistan, including targeting Americans.The story first appeared in the New York Times, citing its sources as unnamed officials briefed on the matter, and followed up by the Washington
  
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• Mental Health Challenges You Might Not Realize Are Pandemic-Related

  27-06-2020 23:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A trauma therapist breaks down the mental health challenges we need to look out for during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• Man City to give Liverpool guard of honour - Guardiola

  27-06-2020 23:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Pep Guardiola says his Manchester City players will give new Premier League champions Liverpool a guard of honour at Etihad Stadium on Thursday.
  
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• Graham Linehan, creator of 'The IT Crowd' and 'Father Ted,' removed from Twitter

  27-06-2020 23:29 via cnn.com
  
  Graham Linehan, known for creating "The IT Crowd" and co-creating "Father Ted," has been permanently suspended from Twitter after allegedly making multiple transphobic comments.
  
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• FBI investigating apparent noose found in black firefighter's locker

  27-06-2020 23:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "I am disgusted, angry, and embarrassed by this cowardly act," said the city's mayor.
  
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• COVID-19 may be linked to brain complications, study finds. But does it cause them?

  27-06-2020 23:01 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Severe cases of COVID-19 may be linked to brain complications, according to the first nationwide survey of the neurological complications.
  
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• Jeff Mason on Trump executive order to protect monuments, statues

  27-06-2020 22:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Reuters White House correspondent, Jeff Mason, joins Arthel Neville to discuss President Trump's executive order protecting monuments and statues.
  
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• Army speaks out on Vanessa Guillen, missing Fort Hood soldier

  27-06-2020 22:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "We fully understand the frustration felt by the family, friends and fellow Soldiers of Vanessa," the Army said. "We are doing everything in our power to get her back."
  
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• Coronavirus live news: Egypt loosens lockdown despite surging infections as India passes 500,000 cases

  27-06-2020 22:20 via theguardian.com
  
  US records highest daily new infections; Brazil records nearly 47,000 new cases; Covid cases with unknown source rise in Melbourne. Follow the latest
  India passes 500,000 casesParties across Europe spark fears of Covid-19 surgeMore young people infected with Covid-19 US one-day case high as states delay reopeningSee all our coronavirus coverage 9.20pm BST Coronavirus has killed at least 495,288 people since the outbreak emerged in China last December, according to a tally from official sources c
  
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• Trump campaign reportedly ordered removal of social-distancing stickers in Tulsa – live

  27-06-2020 22:19 via theguardian.com
  
  Washington Post video appears to confirm claimFlorida sets new case record for second straight dayNew York sees steady decline in cases while other states see risesUS deaths from Covid-19 have surpassed 125,000Reopening plans reverse quickly amid alarming increase in casesSurvivors could lose insurance if Trump wins bid to repeal ObamacareSign up to our First Thing newsletter 9.19pm BST The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States rose to more than 2.5 million on Saturday, acco
  
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• Mayor slammed for broadcasting names, addresses of 'defund the police' supporters

  27-06-2020 22:15 via nbcnews.com
  
  The mayor of St. Louis was accused by some of trying to intimidate critics. One alderwoman said, It is "not cool to doxx my constituents who support #DefundThePolice."
  
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• Mayor slammed for broadcasting names, addresses of 'defund the police' supporters

  27-06-2020 22:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The mayor of St. Louis was accused by some of trying to intimidate critics. One alderwoman said, It is "not cool to doxx my constituents who support DefundThePolice."
  
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• 'Shell shock': Kangaroo Island struggles to recover amid bushfire grief and Covid-19

  27-06-2020 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Almost half of the island was incinerated in January and just as the locals were catching their breath from one disaster, the coronavirus outbreak hitSix months after the catastrophic bushfires that scorched half of Kangaroo Island, the land around Andrew and Bec Bennett’s home has slowly begun to heal.Their sheep farm lies 12km east of the small town of Parndana and 31km west of Kingscote. Driving around, the couple point out the green shoots on the trees and the metre-high flowers rising
  
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• Reading attack: Khairi Saadallah charged with three counts of murder

  27-06-2020 21:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Saadallah, 25, will appear at Westminster magistrates court on Monday Khairi Saadallah, 25, has been charged with three counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder after three men died and several others were injured in a knife attack in Reading on 20 June, Counter Terrorism Policing South East has said.Three people died at the scene in Forbury Gardens and a further three people were taken to hospital. They have all since been discharged. Continue reading...
  
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• Galwan Valley: China to use martial art trainers after India border clash

  27-06-2020 21:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The move follows deadly fighting between Indian and Chinese troops in an area where guns are banned.
  
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• Brazen cartel attack in Mexico City opens new front in crime battle

  27-06-2020 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Mexico's bustling capital was once seen as a relative oasis in the country's raging drug war, but a shocking military-style assassination attempt on the city's police chief offers proof at least one gang is unafraid to shatter the peace.The hyper-violent Jalisco New Generation Cartel, or CJNG, was quickly fingered as the probable culprit by the wounded target of the attack, Mexico City security head Omar Garcia Harfuch, in a message tapped out on his phone shortly after the shooting, likely from
  
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• US intercepts Russian warplanes off Alaska

  27-06-2020 21:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  US warplanes intercepted four Russian reconnaissance aircraft near Alaska on Saturday, US commanders said.The Russian Tu-142's came within 65 nautical miles south of Alaska's Aleutian island chain and "loitered" in the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) for eight hours.An ADIZ is a perimeter within which air traffic is monitored by the air forces of one or more friendly countries so they have extra time to react to hostile action.
  
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• New Delhi on high alert after locusts swarm

  27-06-2020 21:33 via cnn.com
  
  A swarm of desert locusts clouded the skies in the Indian city of Gurgaon on Saturday, prompting the government of the Indian capital New Delhi to issue an advisory informing officials to remain on high alert.
  
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• Polls show Trump trailing in key battleground states

  27-06-2020 21:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Wall Street Journal columnist and Fox News contributor Karl Rove breaks down the latest 2020 numbers.
  
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• Swarms of locusts put Indian capital on high alert

  27-06-2020 21:28 via cnn.com
  
  A swarm of desert locusts descended on the Indian city of Gurgaon on Saturday, prompting the government of the Indian capital New Delhi to issue an advisory informing officials to remain on high alert.
  
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• Mike Pence postpones Florida campaign tour as push to reopen US stalls

  27-06-2020 21:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Miami closes beaches while state grapples with record rise in daily cases for second day in a row* Coronavirus – latest US updates* Coronavirus – latest global updatesAs reopening plans went into a dramatic reverse or stalled across the US in the face of a resurgent virus, Mike Pence called off a planned campaign bus tour in Florida amid a surge in confirmed Covid-19 cases.The vice-president had been set to appear in Lake Wales at an event next week organized by pro-Trump group Ameri
  
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• Mike Pence postpones Florida campaign tour as coronavirus cases surge

  27-06-2020 21:28 via theguardian.com
  
  State sees new record rise in daily cases as push to reopen across US halts or reversesCoronavirus in the US – follow live updatesAs America’s reopening plans went into a dramatic reverse or stalled across the US in the face of a resurgent virus, Mike Pence called off a planned campaign bus tour in Florida amid a surge in confirmed coronavirus cases.The vice-president had been set to appear in Lake Wales at an event next week organized by pro-Trump group America First Policies billed
  
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• Florida breaks daily record with nearly 10,000 new coronavirus cases

  27-06-2020 21:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Florida continues to shatter its daily increase in coronavirus cases, as the state total passes 132,000.
  
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• DRC justice minister is arrested after conflict over judicial reforms

  27-06-2020 21:17 via theguardian.com
  
  Célestin Tunda is released after questioning a day after he clashed with the president The Democratic Republic of Congo’s justice minister, Célestin Tunda, was released from custody on Saturday just hours after his arrest in the capital Kinshasa, the city’s chief of police said.Tunda was questioned by prosecutors for several hours at the court of cassation after surrendering to police at his home on Saturday afternoon. Continue reading...
  
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• Greta Thunberg hits out at leaders who use her fame to 'look good'

  27-06-2020 21:12 via theguardian.com
  
  Climate change campaigner said after UN summit, Angela Merkel queued up for a selfie with her
  Environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg has hit out at world leaders for wanting to be pictured with her to “look good”.The 17-year-old became a global star thanks to her activism, and gave a powerful speech at the United Nations climate change summit in September in which she told world leaders: “You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words … how dare you!&r
  
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• Hundreds join Black Trans Lives Matter protest in London – video

  27-06-2020 21:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Hundreds of protesters marched in central London to celebrate the black trans community and demonstrate against potential changes to the Gender Recognition Act Continue reading...
  
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• Princeton to remove Woodrow Wilson's name from school over racist history

  27-06-2020 21:03 via theguardian.com
  
  University president cites ‘thorough, deliberative’ process to reach decision amid nationwide movementIvy league Princeton University has announced it will remove president Woodrow Wilson’s name from the institution’s School of Public and International Affairs due to his history of racism.In a statement released Saturday, the university president, Christopher Eisgruber, said the decision came after a “thorough, deliberative process” five years after a group of
  
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• Princeton to drop Woodrow Wilson's name from school

  27-06-2020 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Announcing the move on Saturday, Princeton University President Christopher Eisgruber said it related to the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and Rayshard Brooks, Black Americans who died at the hands of police in recent months.The board's Friday vote to rename the School of Public and International Affairs and Wilson College follows a wave of protests in the United States and around the world against racial injustice that were prompted by the deaths.It contrasted with a 201
  
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• The Ugly Consequences of Iran's Corrupt Governance

  27-06-2020 21:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  And what the United States can do about it.
  
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• Russia offered bounty to kill UK soldiers

  27-06-2020 20:58 via theguardian.com
  
  Moscow accused of trying to give money to the Taliban as part of its campaign to destabilise America and its alliesThe Russian intelligence unit behind the attempted murder in Salisbury of the former double agent Sergei Skripal secretly offered to pay Taliban-linked fighters to kill British and American soldiers in Afghanistan, according to US reports.The revelation piles pressure on the UK to take robust action against the Kremlin amid continuing anger over the government’s delay in publi
  
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• Texas Republican lawmaker says he won't wear a mask on the House floor unless he tests positive for coronavirus

  27-06-2020 20:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Rep. Louie Gohmert is among a group of Republican lawmakers including the president and vice president who have been photographed without a face mask.
  
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• For Biden VP, Black Democrats are torn between Harris and Warren

  27-06-2020 20:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The California senator represents the diversity and generational transition activists want, but polls suggest Black Democratic voters may prefer Warren.
  
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• US fighter jets again intercept Russian military aircraft

  27-06-2020 20:46 via cnn.com
  
  US F-22 fighter jets intercepted four Russian Tu-142 reconnaissance aircraft Saturday entering the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ), NORAD said in a statement.
  
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• Texas could be facing ‘humanitarian catastrophe,' health experts say

  27-06-2020 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  COVID-19 cases are surging by the thousands across the state, while hospitals are running out of space.
  
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• Mexico launches raids after assassination attempt of police chief

  27-06-2020 20:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Three people were killed in Friday's extremely violent ambush but Mexico's police chief survived.
  
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• The Black Officer Who Detained George Floyd Had Pledged to Fix the Police

  27-06-2020 20:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  MINNEAPOLIS -- There were two Black men at the scene of the police killing in Minneapolis last month that roiled the nation. One, George Floyd, was sprawled on the asphalt, with a white officer's knee on his neck. The other Black man, Alex Kueng, was a rookie police officer who held his back as Floyd struggled to breathe.Floyd, whose name has been painted on murals and scrawled on protest signs, has been laid to rest. Kueng, who faces charges of aiding and abetting in Floyd's death, is out on ba
  
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• Princeton to remove Wilson name from public policy school

  27-06-2020 20:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Princeton University has announced plans to remove the name of former President Woodrow Wilson from its public policy school because of his segregationist views, reversing a decision the Ivy League school made four years ago to retain the name.University president Christopher Eisgruber said in a letter to the school community Saturday that the board of trustees had concluded that “Wilson’s racist views and policies make him an inappropriate namesake" for Princeton's School of Public
  
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• Fact check: Masks are effective against COVID-19; OSHA doesn't say they offer no protection

  27-06-2020 20:32 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A popular warning on social media about the effectiveness of different kinds of face masks states some truths, but includes several false claims.
  
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• Reopening Is Not a Failure

  27-06-2020 20:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The coronavirus hasn’t gone away.As the Northeast, the epicenter of the pandemic in the U.S. for months, has seen steep, persistent declines in confirmed cases, other parts of the country have spiked. A month or so ago, most of the increased cases were a function of increased testing. Now, states like Florida, Texas, and Arizona have seen worrying increases in their positivity rates — the percentage of tests that are positive — in a sign of accelerating community spread.The med
  
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• Fight to topple Lincoln statue rages in DC

  27-06-2020 20:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Protestors in Washington want a statue of Abraham Lincoln removed - not the famous one on the National Mall but a bronze memorial statue in nearby Lincoln Park called the Emancipation Memorial.It depicts the former president standing over a kneeling African American man who is newly freed from slavery.Hundreds of protestors gathered in the park for the second time this week. They say the statue overlooks contributions made by African Americans to end slavery.(MAN DRESSED AS ABOLITIONIST FREDERIC
  
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• DR Congo justice minister arrested in crisis over judicial reforms

  27-06-2020 20:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  DR Congo's justice minister was arrested on Saturday, the latest twist in a crisis over proposed judicial reforms that have triggered violent street protests.The action against Celestin Tunda Ya Kasende came a day after he clashed with President Felix Tshisekedi over the contested legal changes, according to a ministerial source.The reforms, proposed by supporters of the still influential former president Joseph Kabila, has caused a damaging rift in the fragile government coalition.
  
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• China rebuts Canadian criticism over detention of two men

  27-06-2020 20:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  China lashed out at Canada on Saturday over criticism about Chinese prosecution of two Canadians, saying the matter is based on evidence and urging Ottawa to cease "megaphone diplomacy."Chinese prosecutors this month charged Canadians Michael Kovrig, a former diplomat, and Michael Spavor, a businessman, for suspected espionage.Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called on Beijing to cease the "arbitrary detention," and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo also called for their release.
  
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• India locusts: Swarm sweeps into Delhi suburb Gurgaon

  27-06-2020 20:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Parts of Delhi are placed on alert and residents are forced to close windows and doors.
  
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• 76 coronavirus cases have been linked to one Michigan bar

  27-06-2020 20:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Health officials urged anyone who visited the establishment between June 12 and June 20 to self-quarantine for 14 days.
  
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• Putin is up to no good. But Johnson needs little help in creating chaos | Nick Cohen

  27-06-2020 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The ‘gobocracy’ that surrounds the PM is capable of doing Russia’s work for it
  As Boris Johnson is leading Britain’s first government of pundits, “a gobocracy”, if you like, it is worth repeating Humbert Wolfe’s scathing poem on the press: “You cannot hope to bribe or twist,/ thank God! the British journalist./ But, seeing what the man will do/ unbribed, there’s no occasion to.”In a gobocracy, there’s no need to become too conspir
  
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• Lisa Nandy urges ban on imports of West Bank goods

  27-06-2020 19:55 via theguardian.com
  
  Labour leads calls for sanctions on Israel if it presses ahead with annexation plansThe UK must ban the import of goods from illegal settlements in the West Bank if the Israeli government presses ahead with annexation plans this week, Lisa Nandy, the shadow foreign secretary, has said.The move would be a “major step” and require “courage that so far ministers have not been willing to show”, she told the Observer. But “such a blatant breach of international law must
  
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• Hong Kong fears freedoms will end as new law looms

  27-06-2020 19:55 via theguardian.com
  
  With Beijing’s sweeping security law set to pass this week, many protesters accept that ‘one country, two systems’ is overTo Jennifer Tsui, the looming national security law agreed last month by China’s legislature seems like the “real” return of Hong Kong to China.When Hong Kong reverted from British to Chinese sovereignty on 1 July 1997, Tsui, then a student, was apprehensive, but her worries were allayed when things appeared almost unchanged after the hando
  
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