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• 'Sensational' - how Jesus is lifting standards at Arsenal

  13-08-2022 23:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Gabriel Jesus looks to be relishing his status as Arsenal's main striker following his £45m move from Manchester City - as Mikel Arteta, Martin Keown and Kevin Campbell have all noted.
  
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• Salman Rushdie's injuries include stab wounds to his neck and a puncture to his eye

  13-08-2022 23:53 via cnn.com
  
  • How the world is reacting to the attack on Salman Rushdie
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• Brentford 4-0 Manchester United: 'A joke', 'bullied' & 'rotten' - are Man Utd at rock bottom?

  13-08-2022 23:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Manchester United were labelled "a joke" after being "bullied" by Brentford in Saturday's 4-0 defeat - but how bad have things become at Old Trafford?
  
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• South Africa 23-35 New Zealand: All Blacks end losing streak with dramatic win

  13-08-2022 23:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New Zealand secure a thrilling 35-23 win over South Africa in the second round of the Rugby Championship, before Argentina thrash Australia 48-17.
  
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• Oklahoma police release security video of armed robbery at weed dispensary

  13-08-2022 23:35 via foxnews.com
  
  Oklahoma police released a security video of an armed robbery that happened at a marijuana dispensary. The Enid Police Department says the armed robbery happened Aug. 6 at 11:36 p.m. in Enid, Oklahoma. According to police, the suspect stole cash and some medical marijuana from the store, but no one was injured in the incident. "Hurry up, get the weed and money," the suspect can be heard saying in the video. The suspect was armed with a black pistol at the time of the incident. Police are describ
  
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• Pelosi says GOP votes against Inflation Reduction Act were against 'Mother Earth'

  13-08-2022 23:32 via foxnews.com
  
  Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Republicans who opposed the Inflation Reduction Act voted against "Mother Earth." "To lower prescription drug costs, to lower health care costs, to reduce the deficit and paid-for to lower inflation, to save the planet – and every single Republican in the House and in the Senate voted against it," the California Democrat said at the bill enrollment ceremony for the Inflation Reduction Act on Friday. Pelosi continued, "How could they vote against l
  
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• Barcelona 0-0 Rayo Vallecano: Hosts held to stalemate in opener

  13-08-2022 23:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Barcelona are frustrated in their opening game of the La Liga season as Rayo Vallecano hold on for a goalless draw.
  
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• Body recovered from South Yorkshire lake after reports of man in difficulty

  13-08-2022 23:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Emergency services search scene after man in 20s said to have been in stretch of water in Lakeside, DoncasterA body has been found in a lake in South Yorkshire after emergency services responded to reports that a man had got into difficulty, police have said.Emergency services were contacted at about 4.30pm about the man, aged in his 20s, being in the stretch of water in Lakeside, Doncaster. Continue reading...
  
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• Spain music festival stage collapse kills 1, injures dozens

  13-08-2022 23:16 via foxnews.com
  
  Part of a temporary concert stage collapsed in strong wind Saturday at an outdoor music festival in eastern Spain, killing one person and injuring dozens of others, regional authorities said. Emergency services for the Valencia region said a "strong gust of wind" knocked off parts of the Medusa Festival stage structure at around 4 a.m. local time. About 40 people needed to be taken to the hospital, including three with serious injuries. CALIFORNIA FOREST SERVICE EMPLOYEE KILLED IN MCKINNEY FIRE
  
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• Jerry Sadowitz Edinburgh fringe standup show axed due to complaints

  13-08-2022 23:16 via theguardian.com
  
  Pleasance theatre cancels Scottish comic, saying his material ‘does not align with our values’The Scottish comedian Jerry Sadowitz has had his Edinburgh fringe show cancelled by the venue after complaints from staff and audience members.Sadowitz played just one night, on Friday, before the Pleasance banned him from performing again. His show was entitled Jerry Sadowitz: Not for Anyone and carried a warning that it contained “strong language and themes some may find distressing&
  
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• Are you a remote worker? Here are 5 smart ways to stay connected and productive

  13-08-2022 23:16 via foxnews.com
  
  Scores of American companies continue to offer a hybrid work arrangement or a fully remote dynamic for their employees — and many believe remote work is here to stay for the long haul, at least in certain professions.  For those working remotely, the day-to-day schedule can be quite different than the in-person routine of the more traditional arrangement. The different set-up requires a different approach — for everyone."The downsides of boundary-less work require employers to b
  
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• Jennifer Lopez tells Britney Spears to 'stay strong' amid feud with Keven Federline

  13-08-2022 23:13 via foxnews.com
  
  Jennifer Lopez is showing her support for Britney Spears. On Friday, Lopez took to her Instagram story to share Spears' now-deleted Instagram post where she is embracing her "freedom" and "independence" post conservatorship. "Stay [strong]," Lopez wrote adding a muscle emoji. Spears quoted Lopez in her Netflix documentary, "Halftime." She also shared an image with Spears from the early 2000s. "You look right down that camera and tell every little girl in the world to get loud and never ever back
  
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• Horrifying, ghastly: Authors condemn attack on Salman Rushdie

  13-08-2022 23:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The literary world has reacted to the attack on Salman Rushdie with shock and condemnation.
  
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• Miriam Margolyes: 'I now look up to Australian bogans'

  13-08-2022 22:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  In a new TV show, Miriam Margolyes asks whether Australia is truly the land of the fabled 'fair go'.
  
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• Chiefs safety Justin Reid nails PAT attempt in Kansas City’s opening preseason game

  13-08-2022 22:45 via foxnews.com
  
  Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid allowed his team to have a little fun in KC's opening preseason game Saturday.  Toward the end of the second quarter in Kansas City’s game against the Chicago Bears, Reid trotted out safety Justin Reid to attempt an extra point after the Chiefs scored their second touchdown of the half.  Reid, who signed with Kansas City in the offseason after four years with the Houston Texans, made the most of his opportunity. BROWNS’ DESHAUN W
  
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• Suspect in Salman Rushdie attack pleads not guilty to second-degree attempted murder and assault

  13-08-2022 22:42 via cnn.com
  
  • How the world is reacting to the attack on Salman Rushdie
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• Brexit threatening endangered species as red tape hits zoo breeding programmes

  13-08-2022 22:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Transferringcritically endangered species within Europe to broaden the gene pool is more difficult with Britain outside the EUBreeding programmes designed to save critically endangered species are being jeopardised by Brexit, with zoos warning they are being prevented from transferring animals such as rhinos and giraffes by red tape created by the UK’s departure from the EU.The animal health regulation was passed in 2016 before the EU referendum, but came into force in April 2021. There ha
  
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• A missing dog was finally found -- 500 feet underground in an intricate cave system

  13-08-2022 22:33 via cnn.com
  
  When teacher and recreational caver Rick Haley set out to help map a cave on August 6, he had no idea he would end up staging a rescue mission -- let alone reuniting a lost dog with her owner.
  
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• Missing Kiely Rodni: A week after disappearance from party, still no sign of 16-year-old or her vehicle

  13-08-2022 22:20 via foxnews.com
  
  It's been one week since 16-year-old Kiely Rodni vanished from a party in Tahoe National Forest in the early morning hours of Aug. 6, and investigators are still searching for both Rodni and her vehicle. Law enforcement agencies have received more than 1,000 tips related to Rodni's disappearance as of Saturday morning and are following up on leads, though there is still no sign of Rodni or her vehicle, a silver Honda CRV, since she apparently left a party at the Prosser Family Campground in Truc
  
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• Ohio girl's lemonade stand near food festival shut down after complaint

  13-08-2022 22:19 via foxnews.com
  
  An 8-year-old girl selling lemonade near an Ohio food festival had her operation shut down by local police after they received a complaint. Asa Baker was selling lemonade in an alley outside the business where her father works near the Alliance, Ohio Rib and Food Festival last weekend when she says a local police officer asked her to shut down the stand, WJW-TV reported. "Well, they were really sad that they had to shut me down but they gave me $20 to try and pay for it," Baker said, explaining
  
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• Swalwell tells Trump fans to avoid 'wreckage' after FBI raid, gets hit for alleged romance with Chinese spy

  13-08-2022 22:16 via foxnews.com
  
  On Friday, Congressman Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., tweeted a not-so-subtle threat to people still supportive of former President Donald Trump after the FBI raided Trump's Mar-a-Lago home to allegedly recover classified documents he was not authorized to have. Swalwell warned that those still supportive of the former president have one last opportunity to get "off the Trump train" before it gets "ugly." Otherwise, they’d find themselves in the "wreckage" as he put it. Not intimidated, conserva
  
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• Emmett Till accuser received protection from police, she says in memoir

  13-08-2022 22:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Recently emerged book sheds new light on lynching after grand jury declined to charge Carolyn Bryant DonhamBy her own telling, Carolyn Bryant Donham received preferential treatment rather than prosecution by Mississippi authorities after her encounter with Emmett Till led to the lynching of the Black teenager in the summer of 1955.Instead of arresting Donham on a warrant that accused her of kidnapping days after Till’s abduction, an officer passed along word that relatives would take her a
  
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• Why is the Reserve Bank of Australia exploring digital currency options?

  13-08-2022 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The RBA is looking into the idea of a central bank digital currency as cryptocurrencies continue to gain popularityFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcastLast week the Reserve Bank of Australia announced a year-long research project with the Digital Finance Cooperative Research Centre to explore “use cases” for a central bank digital currency (CBDC). Here is what’s going on. Continue reading..
  
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• Long Covid clinic wait times blow out to five months as Australia’s health experts call for national approach

  13-08-2022 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Hospitals across the country are bracing for increased demand for specialised treatment and rehabilitation after winter Omicron waveFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcastWaiting lists at long Covid rehabilitation clinics have blown out to more than five months, as experts call for a nationally coordinated approach to managing the condition.An estimated 5% to 12% of people infected with Covid go on to develop
  
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• Hobart divided over statue of man who stole Indigenous skull, as council votes on removal

  13-08-2022 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  William Lodewyk Crowther, later premier of Tasmania, mutilated the corpse of Aboriginal man William Lanne in 1869Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcastHobart city councillors will decide on Monday whether to remove the city’s controversial statue of William Lodewyk Crowther, who in 1869 mutilated the body of the Aboriginal man William Lanne.On 4 August, the council’s community, culture and events c
  
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• What killed tons of fish in European river? Mystery deepens

  13-08-2022 21:39 via foxnews.com
  
  Laboratory tests following a mass die-off of fish in the Oder River detected high levels of salinity but no mercury poisoning its waters, Poland’s environment minister said Saturday as the mystery continued as to what killed tons of fish in Central Europe. Anna Moskwa, the minister of climate and environment, said analyses of river samples taken in both Poland and Germany revealed elevated salt levels. Comprehensive toxicology studies are still underway in Poland, she said. She said Poland
  
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• Nicola Sturgeon calls Boris Johnson ‘disgrace to office of prime minister’

  13-08-2022 21:26 via theguardian.com
  
  First minister of Scotland also jokes she never thought she would look back fondly on Theresa May as PMNicola Sturgeon has said Boris Johnson is the only prime minister she has worked with who was “a disgrace to the office”.Speaking at a panel event at the Edinburgh fringe on Saturday afternoon, hosted by broadcaster Ayesha Hazarika, she said: “I disagreed with David Cameron, I disagreed with Theresa May, I disagreed with Boris Johnson, but he’s the only one who’s a
  
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• Suspect in Salman Rushdie attack charged with attempted murder and assault

  13-08-2022 21:11 via nbcnews.com
  
  The man suspected of stabbing Salman Rushdie while on a lecture stage in upstate New York was arrested on felony charges of second-degree attempted murder and second-degree assault.
  
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• Oberlin College’s 'Professor of Peace' endorsed fatwa to murder Salman Rushdie

  13-08-2022 21:05 via foxnews.com
  
  An Islamic studies academic dubbed the "Professor of Peace" at Oberlin College in Ohio endorsed the campaign to assassinate U.S. and British writer Salman Rushdie because the famous novelist depicted the Muslim prophet Muhammad irreverently. A 24-year-old man named Hadi Matar allegedly stabbed Rushdie on Friday in the neck and liver during the author’s speech in Chautauqua, New York. Rushdie is on a ventilator and cannot talk. According to law enforcement officials, Matar’s social me
  
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• ‘It worried people all the time': How Trump’s handling of secret documents led to the FBI’s Mar-a-Lago search

  13-08-2022 21:01 via nbcnews.com
  
  Former President Donald Trump's cavalier approach to sensitive documents led to the FBI investigation and search of his Mar-a-Lago estate, sources say.
  
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• Salman Rushdie had started to believe his ‘life was normal again’

  13-08-2022 21:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Before he was stabbed, the author said ‘a lot of people today live with similar threats’ to those made against himSalman Rushdie believed his life was “very normal again” and that fears of an attack were a thing of the past, he had told an interviewer just two weeks before he was stabbed on stage in New York on Friday.The novelist, who remained in hospital on Saturday, was knifed several times, including in the neck and abdomen. His agent, Andrew Wylie, said his liver had
  
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• Evacuated twice in a summer as France's fires burn

  13-08-2022 20:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  "We've never known a summer like this," says the mayor of one town threatened by wildfires.
  
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• Salman Rushdie attack: details emerge about New Jersey suspect

  13-08-2022 20:49 via theguardian.com
  
  Motive for violence at New York event remains unclear, with author in hospitalDetails have begun to slowly emerge about Hadi Matar, the man who has been charged with the attempted murder of the author Salman Rushdie.Matar, 24, was arrested on Friday after allegedly storming the stage of a literary event in New York and stabbing Rushdie as he prepared to speak. Rushdie’s agent said the novelist suffered stab wounds to his arm and liver in the attack, would probably lose an eye and couldn&rs
  
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• Mali’s prime minister, Choguel Maïga, ‘ordered to rest’ by doctor

  13-08-2022 20:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Politician’s office says move comes after ‘intense exertion’, while adviser denies reports of a strokeThe prime minister of Mali, Choguel Maïga, has been ordered by his doctor to rest after months of intense exertion, his office said on Saturday, while an adviser denied media reports that he had been hospitalised after having a stroke.“After 14 months of working without a break, the prime minister, head of government, Choguel Kokalla Maïga was placed on forced r
  
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• Iranian media outlets praise Salman Rushdie stabbing

  13-08-2022 20:21 via foxnews.com
  
  Iranian news outlets celebrated the stabbing of author Salman Rushdie as the hospitalized writer fights for his life. Rushdie, who was stabbed in the neck, is unable to speak and on a ventilator. The man accused of attacking Rushdie has been charged with attempted murder in the second degree along with second degree assault, prosecutors said Saturday.  While there has been no official response from the Iranian government, media outlets in the country rejoiced at the attempted assassina
  
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• 'Haaland will only get better' as Man City cruise

  13-08-2022 19:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Erling Haaland cannot mark his home debut for Manchester City with a goal but Pep Guardiola's side still sweep Bournemouth aside with ease.
  
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• Shakespeare's Globe boasts use of 'they/them pronouns' for play about 'non-binary' St. Joan of Arc

  13-08-2022 19:49 via foxnews.com
  
  The world-famous Globe Threatre, once home to playwright William Shakespeare, has announced a production about Joan of Arc in which the young, female saint is "non-binary" and "queer." "I, Joan," a play about the life and death of St. Joan of Arc, is slated to begin its run in late August. In the play, St. Joan of Arc will be presented as "non-binary" and "gender non-conforming." "Theatres do not deal with ‘historical reality.' Theatres produce plays, and in plays, anything can be possible
  
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• 2 dead after heavy rain flooded Las Vegas streets in the wettest monsoon season in a decade

  13-08-2022 19:49 via cnn.com
  
  Two people are dead after heavy rain poured into Las Vegas casinos and flooded streets Thursday night in the wettest monsoon season in a decade, according to Clark County officials.
  
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• 2 dead after heavy rain flooded Las Vegas streets

  13-08-2022 19:49 via cnn.com
  
  Two people are dead after heavy rain poured into Las Vegas casinos and flooded streets Thursday night in the wettest monsoon season in a decade, according to Clark County officials.
  
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• Moscow warns US over diplomatic ‘point of no return’ – as it happened

  13-08-2022 19:34 via theguardian.com
  
  Foreign ministry warns US not to place Russia on its list of state sponsors of terrorism. This blog is now closedSee all our Ukraine war coverageUkrainian president Zelenskiy’s adviser Mykhailo Podolyak said on Saturday the war could only end with the return of the Crimea peninsula and the punishment of the Russian leaders who ordered the military invasion, saying on Twitter:The Kyiv Independent reports that the Ukrainian military has shot down a Russian fighter jet, as well as four Russia
  
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• Megaflood is coming to California, experts say, and it could be the most expensive natural disaster ever

  13-08-2022 19:33 via cnn.com
  
  Many Californians fear the "Big One," but it might not be what you think.
  
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• Megaflood is coming to California, experts say

  13-08-2022 19:33 via cnn.com
  
  • What the just-passed $750 billion health care, energy and climate bill means for you
  • Opinion: The Inflation Reduction Act is a huge victory in this existential fight
  
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• Climate activists fill golf holes with cement after water ban exemption

  13-08-2022 18:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  French environmentalists sabotage golf greens to protest against their exemption from water bans.
  
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• Keep this in mind when you hear the Trump and Clinton investigations being compared

  13-08-2022 18:41 via nbcnews.com
  
  Trump search warrant under 18 USC 793, or the Espionage Act, 18 USC 1519 and 18 USC 2071 draws Hillary Clinton email server investigation comparisons: here's the difference
  
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• Medusa festival: High speeds winds cut Spanish festival short

  13-08-2022 18:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  One person died and dozens were injured as winds topping 80 km/h (50 mph) were recorded in the region.
  
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• One deputy says he doesn't regret taking photos of remains in Kobe Bryant helicopter crash

  13-08-2022 18:36 via cnn.com
  
  Photos taken at the scene of the fatal helicopter crash that killed NBA legend Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others were shared by a Los Angeles County firefighter during the cocktail hour at an awards ceremony a month after the crash, according to witness testimony.
  
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• Deputy says he doesn't regret taking photos of remains in Kobe Bryant copter crash

  13-08-2022 18:36 via cnn.com
  
  Photos taken at the scene of the fatal helicopter crash that killed NBA legend Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others were shared by a Los Angeles County firefighter during the cocktail hour at an awards ceremony a month after the crash, according to witness testimony.
  
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• ‘They’d come to kill me’: The Afghan tax reformer hunted by the Taliban and abandoned by the Britain he served

  13-08-2022 18:08 via theguardian.com
  
  A year after the fall of Kabul, Abdullah Sayyid is in hiding, his wife has been murdered and the Home Office seems to have lost his case fileAbdullah Sayyid often thinks about the moment the Taliban broke down his door, burst inside and shot his wife. The gunmen left, but would soon redouble their efforts to kill him because of his work for the British government.Sayyid’s wife was murdered during the chaotic aftermath of Operation Pitting, the UK’s emergency mass airlift from Kabul t
  
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• Rushdie attack prompts questions over security at New York event

  13-08-2022 17:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Suspect had a ticket for Chautauqua event but some say protections should have been enhanced given sensitivitiesA day after the bloody attack on Salman Rushdie in western New York, questions are being asked about how the perpetrator gained untrammeled access to the event with apparently minimal security precautions.Rushdie, 75, was attacked at 10.47am on Friday, moments after he had sat down on stage in the Chautauqua Institution, a historic community of artists and thinkers about 15 miles south
  
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• Appalled, devastated and worried. How the world is reacting to the attack on Salman Rushdie

  13-08-2022 17:44 via cnn.com
  
  • Rushdie 'on ventilator' after stabbing attack
  • Video shows people run to stage to help him
  
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