US swoops down on Portland protesters after Trump order to protect monuments

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[caption id="attachment_6229" align="alignnone" width="966"] Protesters gather during a demonstration in Portland, Oregon on Jul 16, 2020. [/caption] PORTLAND: Federal law enforcement officers are cracking down...

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NFL players say virus attitudes must change for safe season

July 17, 2020July 18, 2020

[caption id="attachment_6339" align="alignnone" width="960"] NFLPA president and Cleveland Browns center J.C. Tretter (with ball) says attitudes towards COVID-19 must change for the NFL season to...

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US divided over mask wearing and schools reopening as COVID-19 cases surge

July 17, 2020July 17, 2020

[caption id="attachment_6216" align="alignnone" width="982"] A man wears a gas mask as he travels through Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, on Apr 23, 2020. [/caption]...

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US Supreme Court’s Ginsburg undergoing treatment for cancer recurrence

July 17, 2020July 17, 2020

[caption id="attachment_6241" align="alignnone" width="950"] FILE PHOTO: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg attends the lunch session of The Women's Conference in Long Beach, California October 26, 2010....

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Spike in Canadian COVID-19 cases linked to young people at bars and parties

July 17, 2020July 17, 2020

[caption id="attachment_6238" align="alignnone" width="946"] Hundreds of people line up at the Hotel Dieu COVID-19 testing clinic Wednesday, Jul 15, 2020, in Montreal. The city has...

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FTC considering deposing top Facebook executives in antitrust probe: WSJ

July 17, 2020July 18, 2020

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is considering taking sworn testimony from Facebook Inc's top executives Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg as a part of its...

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Egypt reports lowest daily COVID-19 figure since late May

July 17, 2020July 18, 2020

[caption id="attachment_6262" align="alignnone" width="980"] FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a face mask is seen in front of the Great Pyramids of Giza after reopening for...

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SpaceX capsule carrying NASA astronauts slated for Aug 2 return

July 17, 2020July 18, 2020

[caption id="attachment_6283" align="alignnone" width="948"] A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken lifts off [/caption] WASHINGTON:...

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Amazon soya and beef exports ‘linked to deforestation’

July 17, 2020July 18, 2020

Up to one-fifth of Brazil's soya exports to the European Union may be "contaminated" by illegal deforestation, a study has found. [caption id="attachment_6277" align="alignnone" width="957"]...

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US cars ‘must be left out of post-Brexit trade deal’

July 17, 2020July 18, 2020

Safety experts are urging the UK government to exclude American cars from any post-Brexit trade deal. [caption id="attachment_6273" align="alignnone" width="912"] Campaigners are concerned about pedestrian...