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Read MoreHurricane Iota unleashed catastrophic winds and flooding on Nicaragua, just two weeks after Hurricane Eta devastated the same area.Hurricane Iota unleashed catastrophic winds and flooding on Nicaragua, just two weeks after Hurricane Eta devastated the same area.

Read More Qatar should get tougher with abusive employers to ensure the country’s huge number of migrant workers get paid and protected from further potential exploitation, Amnesty International has urged the World Cup nation. Qatar should get tougher with abusive employers to ensure the country’s huge number of migrant workers get paid and protected from…

Read MoreBut CEO Chris Ruddy hopes the president will be on the conservative news outlet “quite a bit” after the White House.But CEO Chris Ruddy hopes the president will be on the conservative news outlet “quite a bit” after the White House.

Read MoreThe Pentagon is reducing the number of troops in Afghanistan and Iraq to 2,500 in each, which is a drawdown of about 2,000 in Afghanistan and 500 in Iraq. David Martin has details.The Pentagon is reducing the number of troops in Afghanistan and Iraq to 2,500 in each, which is a drawdown of about…

Read More Senior US figure spoke on Senate floor without a mask; UK pressed to open transatlantic travel corridors; Italy records 731 deaths, its worst figure since April Republican senator Chuck Grassley tests positive Trump administration has ‘checked out’ as Covid-19 surges, experts say UK urged to open up transatlantic corridors as ‘Covid-free’ flight arrives…

Read More ‘I’m not going to be bullied into not following reputable scientists and medical professionals’ says Ms Whitmer ‘I’m not going to be bullied into not following reputable scientists and medical professionals’ says Ms Whitmer

Read More As a deadly new wave of COVID-19 infections surges in 46 states, President Donald Trump hasn’t attended a coronavirus task force meeting in months. The President has been largely silent about the renewed strain on hospitals. He hasn’t added his voice to pressure more state governors to require masks and distancing — moves…

Read MoreFrancisco Sagasti was sworn in as interim president after the departure of two presidents over the last week.Francisco Sagasti was sworn in as interim president after the departure of two presidents over the last week.

Read MoreLael Brainard is considered a frontrunner to be United States President-elect Joe Biden’s Treasury secretary.Lael Brainard is considered a frontrunner to be United States President-elect Joe Biden’s Treasury secretary.

Read MoreThe test could raise arms-control tensions with China and Russia, which fear it may undercut their nuclear deterrents.The test could raise arms-control tensions with China and Russia, which fear it may undercut their nuclear deterrents.

Read More The Boy Scouts of America bills itself as a high-profile “values-based youth organization” aimed at molding impressionable children into upstanding citizens. But thousands of boys say they were preyed upon by the scoutmasters who were supposed to be their role models—and that Boy Scouts leadership long covered up their crimes. TIME has confirmed…

Read More What it means for the U.S. to be on the sidelines of another major trade agreement, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, which 15 countries agreed to Sunday. (Image credit: Hau Dinh/AP) What it means for the U.S. to be on the sidelines of another major trade agreement, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, which…

Read More The opening episode of Carl Sagan’s TV series Cosmos, first shown in 1980, lamented the most famous burning of books in history—the conflagration that destroyed the Library of Alexandria. “If I could travel back into time,” Sagan told his viewers, it would be to the Library of Alexandria, because “all the knowledge in…

Read More All eyes remain on Adelaide as authorities race to get the latest coronavirus cluster under control. Follow all the latest news and updates Follow our global coronavirus live blog Full Australian Covid stats 9.19pm GMT Just on NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian’s comments I mentioned before, here is what she said: We are confident…

Read MoreThe former Labour leader was suspended last month for his comments regarding an anti-Semitism report.The former Labour leader was suspended last month for his comments regarding an anti-Semitism report.

Read More Barack Obama knows how to tell a good story. He published his first memoir, Dreams from My Father, about his upbringing as the son of a Kansas-born mother and Kenyan father, at the age of 33. He entered the national political stage at the 2004 Democratic National Convention with a rousing speech on…

Read MoreHurricane Iota came ashore just 15 miles south of where Hurricane Eta made landfall November 3, also as a Category 4 storm.Hurricane Iota came ashore just 15 miles south of where Hurricane Eta made landfall November 3, also as a Category 4 storm.

Read More The Palestinian Authority (PA) will resume security and civil coordination with Israel, a Palestinian minister has said, six months after President Mahmoud Abbas withdrew from all agreements, due to Israel’s annexation plans. “The course of the relationship with Israel will return to what it was,” PA civil affairs minister Hussein al-Sheikh said on…

Read MoreAttack in area housing embassies comes after the US announces plans to reduce troop levels in Iraq from 3,000 to 2,500.Attack in area housing embassies comes after the US announces plans to reduce troop levels in Iraq from 3,000 to 2,500.

Read More We are at war with a virus that is currently winning by taking two 9/11’s worth of victims every week—by Christmas it could be three. There is no question that if 1,000 Americans were dying each day in a war, we would act swiftly and decisively. Yet, we are not. This should not…

Read MoreThe drawdown will take place before President Trump leaves office, the Pentagon says.The drawdown will take place before President Trump leaves office, the Pentagon says.

Read More This article is part of the The DC Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox every weekday. In normal times, the state of Georgia is home to one of the 10 largest economies in the country. It trails economic giants like New York and…

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Read MoreSuicide bomber detonates explosives in Mogadishu restaurant frequented by dozens, in latest al-Shabab-claimed attack.Suicide bomber detonates explosives in Mogadishu restaurant frequented by dozens, in latest al-Shabab-claimed attack.

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Read More The decision by both countries’ governments to block a Covid recovery programme for the EU is unjustified and irresponsible When European Union leaders finally agreed on a groundbreaking economic recovery fund in July, there was understandable euphoria and relief. The huge €750bn package allowed the European commission, for the first time, to raise…

Read More At least 41 people have been injured in Bangkok, the city’s Erawan Emergency Medical Centre said, as protests pushing for constitutional reforms escalated in the Thai capital on Tuesday amid reports of live ammunition being fired. A police officer was among the injured, the hospital said, with a dozen people affected by tear…

Read More VIRUS-OUTBREAK-FRANCE-24-HOURS-IN-ICU — France is more than two weeks into its second coronavirus lockdown, and intensive care units have been over 95% capacity for more than 10 days now. Associated Press journalists spent 24 hours with the intensive care team at La Timone, southern France’s largest hospital, as they struggled just to keep even…

Read More MBABANE, Nov 17 (IPS) – Barry de Maine, the director of Green Cross Pharmacy, lost about $ 7,675 worth of stock when The Mall, the largest shopping centre in Mbabane, was flooded back in 2003. But when the flash floods hit again this year, he had already installed a flange to stop water…

Read More Middle-aged couple accused of charming their way out of paying bill at string of pubs and restaurants The original Bonnie and Clyde cut a swathe across America, holding up a series of banks and gas stations before going down in a hail of bullets. Their alleged 21st-century equivalents in the east of England…

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Read More Sanitation workers in Paris started a strike in the French capital on Tuesday, setting trash alight while protesting against worsening working conditions and the planned reform of their sector. The public services union organized a rally for Tuesday, with scores of workers blocking a street near the city’s cleaning department, burning dustbins and…

Read More What do governments across the world need to do to shift economies away from fossil fuels? What does a green recovery look like? That is the question governments around the world are considering as they decide how to align their $12tn worth of economic rescue packages for dealing with the coronavirus pandemic with…

Read More Skirmishes break out between rival groups as police fire water cannon and MPs flee in boats Thailand’s riverside parliament was surrounded by chaos as police repeatedly fired water cannon at pro-democracy protesters, clashes broke out between the demonstrators and royalist counterparts, and MPs abandoned the scene in boats. Five people were treated for…

Read More The first round of senior staff appointments reflects a mix of longtime loyalist and Democratic operatives, as well as an absence of high-profile progressives far-left faction of the party. The first round of senior staff appointments reflects a mix of longtime loyalist and Democratic operatives, as well as an absence of high-profile progressives…