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• Bayern Munich edges PSG to win the Champions League

  23-08-2020 23:57 via cnn.com
  
  Bayern Munich clinched its sixth European title after beating Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 in the Champions League final on Sunday.
  
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• Donald Trump gives emergency authorisation for use of plasma to treat coronavirus

  23-08-2020 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Trump administration has granted emergency authorisation for the use of convalescent plasma as a treatment for severely ill Covid-19 patients. Announcing the move, Donald Trump said the initiative was a “truly historic breakthrough against the China virus” in the treatment of the disease which has claimed nearly 180,000 lives in the US and more than 800,000 globally. The decision to grant emergency authorisation represents a change of heart by the US Food and Drug Administration,
  
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• US FDA announces emergency authorization for convalescent plasma to treat Covid-19

  23-08-2020 23:45 via cnn.com
  
  The US Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization for the use of convalescent plasma to treat Covid-19 on Sunday, saying the "known and potential benefits of the product outweigh the known and potential risks of the product."
  
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• White House chief of staff sparred with Fox News' Chris Wallace over QAnon days after Trump touted support for conspiracy group

  23-08-2020 23:43 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Mark Meadows snapped back at the "Fox News Sunday" host over a "ridiculous" question about Trump's apparent support for QAnon.
  
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• Fact check: Barack Obama did not spend $65K on prostitutes, code-named 'pizza' and 'hotdogs'

  23-08-2020 23:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The claim is based on an unsubstantiated conspiracy theory supported by QAnon and InfoWars. We rate it false.
  
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• Soft drink or 'bottled poison'? Mexico finds a COVID-19 villain in big soda

  23-08-2020 23:27 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Mexican leaders link rampant soda consumption to COVID-19 deaths, blaming sugar for causing comorbidities such as obesity and diabetes.
  
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• New Tennessee Law Severely Sharpens Punishments for Some Protesters, Potentially Endangering Their Voting Rights

  23-08-2020 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  It makes it a felony for protesters to camp out overnight on state property, and felons can't vote in Tennessee
  
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• Joe Biden 'has not been tested' for COVID-19 but his campaign is confident 'he has not had the virus'

  23-08-2020 23:17 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A campaign official said Biden has followed the "strictest protocols" to prevent exposure and that those around him undergo 'the appropriate testing.'
  
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• Coronavirus latest news: First documented coronavirus re-infection found in man who had travelled in Britain

  23-08-2020 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NHS asked care homes to place 'Do Not Resuscitate' orders on all residents at height of pandemic Most English neighbourhoods 'haven't had a case for a month' Scottish secondary pupils to wear face coverings in school corridors but not classrooms Central banks prop up the world after Covid – but who pays? The ever-changing travel naughty list has turned some of us into middle-class criminals Summer sale: Save 50% - Just £1 a week for 6 months A Hong Kong man who recovered from Covid-1
  
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• Coronavirus latest news: US announces approval of plasma treatment against virus

  23-08-2020 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Blood pressure drugs may protect against Covid-19 effects Four million people could be tested daily by early next year Most English neighbourhoods 'haven't had a case for a month' PM appeals to parents to get children back to school Summer sale: Save 50% - Just £1 a week for 6 months The Trump administration has granted emergency authorisation for the use of convalescent plasma as a treatment for severely ill Covid-19 patients. Announcing the move last night, Donald Trump said the initiati
  
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• Coronavirus latest news: Blood pressure medication can lower the risk of death from Covid-19

  23-08-2020 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Blood pressure drugs may protect against Covid-19 effects Four million people could be tested daily by early next year Most English neighbourhoods 'haven't had a case for a month' PM appeals to parents to get children back to school Summer sale: Save 50% - Just £1 a week for 6 months Medication for high blood pressure lowers the risk of becoming seriously ill or dying from Covid-19 by one third, a study suggests. Researchers from the University of East Anglia studied 28,000 patients taking
  
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• Louisiana authorities are investigating the death of 31-year-old Black man who was fatally shot by police while his back was turned

  23-08-2020 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Louisiana state police announced an investigation into an incident where Trayford Pellerin was shot by police officers on Friday.
  
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• Bayern Munich beats Paris Saint-Germain to win the Champions League

  23-08-2020 22:54 via cnn.com
  
  Bayern Munich clinched its sixth European title after beating Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 in the Champions League final on Sunday.
  
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• Black and white tegu lizard sighted for the first time in South Carolina

  23-08-2020 22:48 via cnn.com
  
  South Carolina officials have documented the first confirmed sighting of a black and white tegu lizard, a non-native species that can have a detrimental impact on the state's wildlife.
  
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• Joe Biden and Kamala Harris respond to Trump's attacks before the Republican convention

  23-08-2020 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Joe Biden and Kamala Harris give their first joint television interview and address Trump attacks likely to be highlighted at the Republican convention.
  
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• Joe Biden and Kamala Harris patch up past disagreements, unite in response to Trump

  23-08-2020 22:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Joe Biden and Kamala Harris give their first joint TV interview and minimize the many differences they had as rivals in the Democratic primary.
  
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• Anthony Scaramucci calls Trump's decision to speak every night of the Republican convention 'beyond ridiculous'

  23-08-2020 22:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A party's nominee typically speaks on the final night of the convention to accept the nomination to lead the ticket. Trump will speak on four days.
  
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• Democrats' doom-and-gloom convention no match for President Trump's forward-looking vision: GOP chair

  23-08-2020 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Opposing View: Fortunately for Americans who don’t want socialism, they will hear about another choice when the Republican convention kicks off.
  
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• California wildfires: Trump declares major disaster

  23-08-2020 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  
  One fire tearing through the state is the third largest California has ever seen.
  
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• Zakaria to Jared Kushner: Didn't Netanyahu outsmart you?

  23-08-2020 22:11 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Fareed Zakaria speaks to White House adviser and President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner about the diplomatic agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, and the push to sell US fighter jets to the UAE.
  
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• Heavy rain and high winds as Laura hits Puerto Rico

  23-08-2020 22:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Tropical Storm Laura hit Puerto Rico on Saturday, Aug. 22, bringing severe storm conditions to the area.
  
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• 'Cultural rights are human rights too': Kiribati gesture of welcome must be understood from the island's perspective | Katerina Teaiwa and Marita Davies

  23-08-2020 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  i-Kiribati writers say the media frenzy over the image of Tang Songgen walking on men’s backs diminishes local customs and culture The image flew around the world, far ahead of any understanding of what it represented.In the grainy picture, the Chinese ambassador to Kiribati was being welcomed onto the atoll island of Marakei. A row of young men lay face-down on the ground, their backs forming a path for the ambassador and his colleagues to walk across as they disembarked from a plane. Con
  
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• Dynamic Joe Biden takes command in making his case to an America in crisis

  23-08-2020 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Our View: Laying out how Donald Trump is a loser against coronavirus and unrest, Democratic nominee Joe Biden appeals to Americans to let him lead.
  
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• A wedding reception spread coronavirus to 53 people, killing a woman who didn't attend the event

  23-08-2020 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A wedding reception in Millinocket, Maine, led to 53 confirmed cases of coronavirus, nearly half of whom didn't attend the event, the local CDC said.
  
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• A wedding reception in Maine is linked to 53 coronavirus cases, including a woman who died but wasn't at the event

  23-08-2020 21:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A wedding reception in Millinocket, Maine, led to 53 confirmed cases of coronavirus, nearly half of whom didn't attend the event, the local CDC said.
  
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• What to expect from the 5 most interesting speeches at the RNC

  23-08-2020 21:54 via cnn.com
  
  The Republican National Convention gets underway in just about 24 hours. With the eyes of the political world laser-focused on what President Donald Trump will do -- and whether it will change the trajectory of his re-election race -- I am dedicating the Sunday newsletter this week to a look at the five most important speeches of the RNC. And they're ranked -- so the No. 1 speech is the most important of the coming convention.
  
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• Return to sender: Trump's strategy on mail ballots divides party before GOP convention

  23-08-2020 21:51 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Trump's rhetorical attacks on mail-in voting comes as both parties are gearing up for an Election Day legal showdown that could delay the results.
  
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• Kushner says Israel-UAE deal 'should increase the probability' that UAE gets F-35 jets

  23-08-2020 21:44 via cnn.com
  
  Jared Kushner suggested Sunday in an interview with CNN's Fareed Zakaria that the recent peace agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates "should increase the probability" of an F-35 jet sale to the UAE.
  
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• Thomas Restobar Club: Crush kills 13 as Peru police raid party violating lockdown

  23-08-2020 21:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The crush happens as revellers try to leave a nightclub in the capital Lima.
  
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• Georgia Tech has reported over 250 coronavirus cases amid students' return to campus

  23-08-2020 21:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Nearly three dozen cases were reported on Saturday. Among them included a cluster of Greek housing residents, staff, and students living on or off-campus.
  
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• Lithuanians form human chain to back democracy in Belarus

  23-08-2020 21:23 via news.yahoo.com
  
  More than 50,000 Lithuanians joined hands Sunday in a human chain stretching 32 kilometers (20 miles) from the capital of Vilinus to the Belarus border to express solidarity with their neighbor's dramatic struggle for democracy.The massive event, dubbed “the Freedom Way” resembled another historic event on August 23, 1989, when over a million people in the nations of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania formed the Baltic Way, a human chain stretching from Vilnius to Tallinn, to demand an en
  
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• Trump Hypes FDA Emergency Authorization of Experimental COVID-19 Plasma Treatment

  23-08-2020 21:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Sunday announced it had issued an emergency use authorization for convalescent blood plasma as an experimental treatment for COVID-19.The treatment, which hinges on injecting antibodies from COVID-19 survivors into other patients to boost their body’s defenses against the virus, has been used on at least 97,000 patients. So far, though, the plasma treatment has only produced middling data to support its efficacy.“This is what I’ve been
  
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• Trump Expected to Announce Emergency Authorization of COVID-19 Plasma Treatment

  23-08-2020 21:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Trump was expected to use a press conference on Sunday to announce emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration for convalescent blood plasma to treat COVID-19.The treatment, which hinges on injecting antibodies from COVID-19 survivors into other patients to boost their body’s defenses against the virus, has been used on at least 97,000 patients. So far, though, the plasma treatment has only produced middling data to support its efficacy.The anticipated annou
  
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• FDA Announces Emergency Authorization of COVID-19 Plasma Treatment

  23-08-2020 21:06 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Sunday announced it had issued an emergency use authorization for convalescent blood plasma as an experimental treatment for COVID-19.The treatment, which hinges on injecting antibodies from COVID-19 survivors into other patients to boost their body’s defenses against the virus, has been used on at least 97,000 patients. So far, though, the plasma treatment has only produced middling data to support its efficacy.The announcement came just days afte
  
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• New Zealand mosque mass shooter to speak at sentencing trial -- but what he says will be censored

  23-08-2020 20:58 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The sentencing hearing for the gunman who admitted to killing 51 worshippers in two Christchurch, New Zealand, mosques last year will begin Monday, as survivors and the families of the victims will address a socially distant courtroom over the course of the next four days. 
  
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• Cyprus denies new allegations in "golden passport" scheme

  23-08-2020 20:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Cyprus on Sunday denied fresh allegations that it was granting citizenship to foreigners accused of crimes in exchange for millions in investments, insisting that all those who received a passport met all criteria in place at the time.The Cypriot parliament last month beefed up the eligibility criteria for the so-called “golden passport” investment program, which has brought billions in revenue since its introduction following a 2013 financial crisis.The program has attracted many in
  
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• Lithuania citizens form human chain to support Belarus protests, with fourth protester found dead

  23-08-2020 20:52 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  The protests enter their third week, with EU leaders stating they will not accept the results.
  
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• Taliban set powerful negotiating team for intra-Afghan talks

  23-08-2020 20:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Taliban's chief has finalized a negotiating team that is to have sweeping decision-making powers in upcoming intra-Afghan negotiations, the top Taliban negotiator told The Associated Press on Sunday.Maulvi Hibatullah Akhunzada hand-picked the 20-member team, 13 of whom come from the Taliban's leadership council — around half of the council's total members.The negotiating team will have the authority to set agendas, decide strategy and even sign agreements with the political leadership
  
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• Turkey extends work of Mediterranean exploration ship through August 27

  23-08-2020 20:40 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Turkey said on Sunday that its Oruc Reis exploration vessel will now carry out seismic surveys in a disputed part of the eastern Mediterranean until Aug. 27, in a move likely to stoke tensions in the region.Turkey and Greece, NATO allies, vehemently disagree over claims to hydrocarbon resources in the area based on conflicting views on the extent of their continental shelves in waters dotted with mostly Greek islands.Earlier this month, Turkey said the Oruc Reis would conduct seismic exploration
  
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• Belarus: tens of thousands of protesters flood Minsk for second week – video

  23-08-2020 20:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Defiant protesters have rallied in central Minsk again in a sign that even a threat to use the army was not enough to quell the uprising against authoritarian president Alexander Lukashenko. Unofficial estimates put the crowd that formed outside the parliament at 150,000 people or more. Demonstrations have been held in the capital and other Belarusian towns since 9 August, when an election which protesters describe as rigged granted Lukashenko a sixth term in office. Demonstrators are
  
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• Billionaire Investor Leon Black will be subpoenaed in Jeffrey Epstein Case: NYT

  23-08-2020 20:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Billionaire investor, Leon Black, will be forced to hand over financial statements and tax returns, The New York Times reported.
  
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• More huge opposition protests in Belarus amid heavy police presence

  23-08-2020 20:33 via cnn.com
  
  Belarus's embattled government vowed to take control of national monuments to protect them from protesters, as opposition demonstrators gathered in Minsk on Sunday.
  
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• Twitter slaps warning label on Trump tweet for violating 'election integrity' rules

  23-08-2020 20:32 via nbcnews.com
  
  The label noted that the tweet will remain up due to public interest.
  
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• Wildfires, blackouts, anger: California shows us the future of climate change

  23-08-2020 20:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The damage we’ve done through greenhouse gas emissions is not something we can turn off. It’s done. We can only act so it doesn't get worse than this.
  
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• Inside Belarus' protests: If we are not free tomorrow, we will never be free

  23-08-2020 20:30 via cnn.com
  
  Protesters in Belarus say they won't give up until there is a new election, insisting the recent vote that re-elected Alexander Lukashenko was rigged. CNN's Fred Pleitgen is in Minsk.
  
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• 304th-ranked Sophia Popov clinches British Open to win her first major

  23-08-2020 20:29 via cnn.com
  
  Sophia Popov clinched a surprise victory at the British Open on Sunday, winning her first major by two shots.
  
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• The UAE-Israel announcement proves the folly of warming to Iran

  23-08-2020 20:22 via cnn.com
  
  The impending peace agreement between the United Arab Emirates and Israel is a game-changer for the entire Middle East.
  
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• Twitter placed a 'public interest notice' on Trump's tweet that peddled unsubstantiated claims about ballot drop off boxes

  23-08-2020 20:16 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The president said without evidence that "Mail Drop Boxes" carry the risk of coronavirus transmission and create a "voter security disaster."
  
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• Why Trump's use of the word 'hoax' is poisonous

  23-08-2020 20:15 via cnn.com
  
  Peter Pomerantsev likens President Trump's frequent use of the word "hoax" to an "information war game." He says it is a tactic used for "undermining people's faith in anything" and in the long term "makes people feel helpless and passive, because if you can't rely on anything out there, that means you can't change anything, which means you need a strong leader like a Trump or a Putin."
  
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• Louisiana bracing for potential back-to-back hurricane landfalls this week

  23-08-2020 20:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Gov. John Bel Edwards declares a state of emergency ahead of potential twin tropical weather threat; Bryan Llenas reports from New Orleans.
  
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