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Oct 25, 2020
In Russia, coronavirus care is often DIY. It may be one reason cases are spiking. - The Washington Post
In Russia, coronavirus care is often DIY. It may be one reason cases are spiking. - The Washington Post: Cases in the country are spiking sharply. One reason may be a long-held suspicion of doctors.
Mary Trump: Psychiatrists know what’s wrong with my uncle. Let them tell voters. - The Washington Post
Mary Trump: Psychiatrists know what’s wrong with my uncle. Let them tell voters. - The Washington Post: Muzzling its members is a dereliction of duty by the American Psychiatric Association
Joe Biden pushes hope and President Trump pushes doom as they rce toward election day. - The Washington Post
Joe Biden pushes hope and President Trump pushes doom as they rce toward election day. - The Washington Post: Events have pushed the election in the former vice president’s direction and away from a president who fuels fears and speaks of carnage. But can he win?
Sep 30, 2020
Opinion | After That Fiasco, Biden Should Refuse to Debate Trump Again - The New York Times
Opinion | After That Fiasco, Biden Should Refuse to Debate Trump Again - The New York Times: The president was petulant and puerile, so what is the point?
Sep 27, 2020
Trump’s Taxes Show Chronic Losses and Years of Income Tax Avoidance - The New York Times
Trump’s Taxes Show Chronic Losses and Years of Income Tax Avoidance - The New York Times: The Times obtained Donald Trump’s tax information extending over more than two decades, revealing struggling properties, vast write-offs, an audit battle and hundreds of millions in debt coming due.
Sep 25, 2020
Sep 19, 2020
Coronavirus: US death toll hits 200,000 | The Independent
Coronavirus: US death toll hits 200,000 | The Independent: More than 6.7 million confirmed cases of Covid-19 have also been recorded
A package containing the poison ricin and addressed to Trump intercepted by law enforcement - CNNPolitics
A package containing the poison ricin and addressed to Trump intercepted by law enforcement - CNNPolitics: A package containing the poison ricin and addressed to President Donald Trump was intercepted by law enforcement earlier this week, according to two law enforcement officials.
Amy Coney Barrett emerges as a front-runner to fill Ginsburg Supreme Court seat
Amy Coney Barrett emerges as a front-runner to fill Ginsburg Supreme Court seat: Though any confirmation fight in the midst of a presidential election will be hard fought, the battle is expected to be amplified if Barrett is picked, because of her track record.
Senior flu shots: Why a high-dose vaccine is more effective - Insider
Senior flu shots: Why a high-dose vaccine is more effective - Insider: Because seniors have a weaker immune system, their bodies may not produce enough antibodies from the normal flu shot to properly fight off infection.
Democrats have a weapon to thwart a rapid Ginsburg replacement - Los Angeles Times
Democrats have a weapon to thwart a rapid Ginsburg replacement - Los Angeles Times: If Republicans insist on replacing Ginsburg before a new president is in place, Democrats should vow to expand the court should they win the Senate and White House.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg's dying wish: Not to have Donald Trump choose replacement
Ruth Bader Ginsburg's dying wish: Not to have Donald Trump choose replacement: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg told her granddaughter her dying wish was not to be replaced until a new president is elected, her granddaughter said.
Sep 18, 2020
Opinion | Facebook Has Been a Disaster for the World - The New York Times
Opinion | Facebook Has Been a Disaster for the World - The New York Times: How much longer are we going to allow its platform to foment hatred and undermine democracy?
Sep 9, 2020
Bob Woodward book 'Rage:' Trump admits to concealing true threat of coronavirus - CNNPolitics
Bob Woodward book 'Rage:' Trump admits to concealing true threat of coronavirus - CNNPolitics: President Donald Trump admitted he knew weeks before the first confirmed US coronavirus death that the virus was dangerous, airborne, highly contagious and "more deadly than even your strenuous flus," and that he repeatedly played it down publicly, according to legendary journalist Bob Woodward in his new book "Rage."
Opinion | The Electoral College Will Destroy America - The New York Times
Opinion | The Electoral College Will Destroy America - The New York Times: And no, New York and California would not dominate a popular vote.
2020 election polls: Trump leads Biden in AZ, FL, MI, NC, PA and WI
2020 election polls: Trump leads Biden in AZ, FL, MI, NC, PA and WI: Joe Biden leads Donald Trump in Arizona, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin after the 2020 nominating conventions.
Sep 3, 2020
Singapore’s new opposition leader vows both scrutiny and support of PAP, cites Hong Kong, South China Sea | South China Morning PostSouth China Morning Post
Singapore’s new opposition leader vows both scrutiny and support of PAP, cites Hong Kong, South China Sea | South China Morning PostSouth China Morning Post: Lee Hsien Loong’s first major speech since the election addressed migrant workforce concerns and aired caution against viewing success under the PAP as ordinary: ‘You leave the Garden of Eden, you cannot go back’
Sep 2, 2020
Khmer Rouge's chief jailer, guilty of war crimes, dies at 77
Khmer Rouge's chief jailer, guilty of war crimes, dies at 77: The Khmer Rouge’s chief jailer, Kaing Guek Eav, known as Duch, who admitted overseeing the torture and killings of as many as 16,000 Cambodians has died.
Aug 31, 2020
Editors' Introduction– At the Margins of the Siamese Kingdom: Violent Conflict in Southern Thailand | | Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia
Editors' Introduction– At the Margins of the Siamese Kingdom: Violent Conflict in Southern Thailand | | Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia: The Thai or Siamese kingdom has understood itself as a homogeneous imagined national community, in which the Siamese in the Center have expanded to the North, Northeast and South.
Kingdom's Edge by Richard Humphries | | Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia
Kingdom's Edge by Richard Humphries | | Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia: My journey into Thailand's deep south began in late 2005 with a minivan journey from the southern Thai city of Hat Yai to Pattani. I was living in Malaysia at
Aug 22, 2020
Colleges Try and Fail to Stop Campus Partying To Slow Covid Spread - The New York Times
Colleges Try and Fail to Stop Campus Partying To Slow Covid Spread - The New York Times: Coronavirus outbreaks at colleges reopening for fall classes underscore the difficulties of policing student behavior.
What does tourism in D.C. look like now? - The Washington Post
What does tourism in D.C. look like now? - The Washington Post: As the nation’s capital slowly reopens, here’s what visitors can see, eat and do.
Doug Emhoff and Kamala Harris, a match made in Hollywood (literally) - The Washington Post
Doug Emhoff and Kamala Harris, a match made in Hollywood (literally) - The Washington Post: If entertainment attorney Doug Emhoff had a slogan for his role in wife Kamala Harris’s campaign, it would be: I’ve got you.
National Zoo welcomes panda cub, an unexpected arrival from aging Mei Xiang - The Washington Post
National Zoo welcomes panda cub, an unexpected arrival from aging Mei Xiang - The Washington Post: Mei, at age 22, is the oldest giant panda in the United States to give birth.
Opinion | Trump relies on grifters and misfits. Biden is bringing the A Team. - The Washington Post
Opinion | Trump relies on grifters and misfits. Biden is bringing the A Team. - The Washington Post: Seldom are competence and ethics strong selling points to voters. But during their many years of service, Biden and his aides have been commendably scandal-free.
Coronavirus pandemic could be over within two years - WHO head - BBC News
Coronavirus pandemic could be over within two years - WHO head - BBC News: WHO chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says "we have the technology to stop it".
Aug 20, 2020
Trump must give his tax returns to NY prosecutor, judge rules
Trump must give his tax returns to NY prosecutor, judge rules: Donald Trump cannot block a prosecutor's subpoena for eight years of his tax returns, a federal judge ruled on Thursday, in the latest setback in the U.S. president's longstanding effort to keep his finances under wraps. U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero in Manhattan rejected Trump's claims
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