| Filmmaker Michael Moore warns of 2016 redux, says Trump support is ‘OFF THE CHARTS’ Posted: 30 Aug 2020 06:28 AM PDT  This is not an affirmation of celebration from a Donald Trump supporter, but a warning from filmmaker Michael Moore. The Oscar-winning documentary director posted on social media that signs are pointing to a Trump reelection come November. Moore, an avid critic of the president and advocate of Sen. Bernie Sanders, took to his Facebook page to let his followers know that history may be repeating itself as the president's poll numbers rise in swing states that will be critical to winning the electoral college.
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| 'Deeply reckless': Critics slam leaked police memo about Breonna Taylor Posted: 30 Aug 2020 03:06 AM PDT  The memo was written several weeks after Taylor's death and includes details that weren't provided to the judge in the search warrant application.
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| India sets global record with single-day rise in coronavirus cases Posted: 29 Aug 2020 09:48 PM PDT  India on Sunday reported the biggest single-day jump in coronavirus infections of any nation in the COVID-19 pandemic, as the epicentre shifts to the south Asian giant. India's 78,761 cases exceeded the 77,299 recorded in the United States on July 16, a Reuters tally of official data showed. The world's second-most populous nation is, with 3.54 million cases, the third-hardest hit by the pandemic, following the United States and Brazil, but its daily tallies have exceeded those of the other two countries for almost two weeks.
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| Berlin police break up "anti-coronavirus" protest of 18,000 Posted: 29 Aug 2020 01:15 PM PDT  More than 3,000 officers were deployed to help maintain the demonstration after anti-restriction and far-right supporters took to social media to call on people to arm themselves and take part in the protest.
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| New Jersey mayor rescinds $2,500 police overtime bill sent to student who organized BLM protest Posted: 29 Aug 2020 04:16 PM PDT  After holding the protest in July, Emily Gil received a letter from Mayor Mario Kranjac saying she owed $2,499.26 for police overtime.
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| McConnell campaign hires student from viral DC encounter Posted: 28 Aug 2020 04:05 PM PDT  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's campaign has hired a Kentucky teenager known for his viral encounter with a Native American man at the Lincoln Memorial last year. Nick Sandmann landed a paid position as grassroots director for McConnell's reelection effort in Kentucky, the senator's campaign said Friday. Sandmann started his new role this month, and McConnell campaign manager Kevin Golden said they're "excited" to have him on board.
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| Indian forces clash with Kashmir Muslims marking holy month Posted: 29 Aug 2020 12:02 PM PDT  Indian forces opened fire with shotgun pellets and tear gas Saturday on a procession by hundreds of Muslims in troubled Kashmir, injuring dozens of people who had ignored a ban on religious gatherings, witnesses said.
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| What we know about the career of the officer who shot Jacob Blake Posted: 28 Aug 2020 10:43 AM PDT  Rusten Sheskey said in an August 2019 interview that what he likes most about police work "is that you're dealing with people on perhaps the worst day of their lives and you can try and help them."
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| Derek Chauvin, former officer accused in George Floyd's death, wants murder charges dismissed Posted: 29 Aug 2020 01:01 PM PDT  Attorneys for Derek Chauvin, former Minneapolis officer accused of killing George Floyd, have asked a judge to dismiss the murder charges against him.
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| Arrest made after firefighter’s wallet stolen as he battled wildfires, CA officials say Posted: 28 Aug 2020 03:42 PM PDT  The thief drained the bank account of the firefighter after the wallet was lifted from his vehicle. officials said.
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| 3-year-old girl safe after being lofted by kite in Taiwan Posted: 30 Aug 2020 03:45 AM PDT  A 3-year-old girl in Taiwan was reported safe after becoming caught in the strings of a kite and lifted several meters into the air. The unidentified girl was taking part in a kite festival Sunday in the seaside town of Nanlioao when she was caught up by a giant, long-tailed orange kite.
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| Marijuana is only legal in 11 states but a House vote coming next month could expand legalization to the entire US Posted: 29 Aug 2020 12:36 PM PDT  The MORE Act, if passed by Congress, would remove marijuana from the controlled substances list and erase criminal records with marijuana charges.
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| 'Learning pods': the magic words as kids return to school in US Posted: 29 Aug 2020 06:33 PM PDT  As parents across the United States come to terms with remote learning this fall because of the coronavirus pandemic, many who can afford it are opting for so-called "learning pods" to help their kids -- and themselves -- get through the school year.
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| House committee to hold Pompeo in contempt for amplifying ‘Putin’s debunked conspiracy theories’ Posted: 28 Aug 2020 02:06 PM PDT  House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Eliot Engel has announced that the panel will carry out contempt proceedings against US secretary of state Mike Pompeo.In a statement on Friday, Mr Engel said that the committee will begin drafting a resolution of contempt, after Mr Pompeo has repeatedly refused to provide subpoenaed documents as part of an investigation to determine whether he has misused government resources for political purposes, according to The Hill.
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| A California chicken processing plant was shut down after a coronavirus outbreak infected 358 workers and killed 8 Posted: 28 Aug 2020 02:03 PM PDT  Heath officials said testing was insufficient so Foster Farms' outbreak became the "most severe and long-lasting" in Merced County.
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| South Africa's ex-leader Zuma, accused of graft, hits out at successor Posted: 28 Aug 2020 11:37 AM PDT  South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma, facing trial for graft, lashed out at his successor Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday, accusing him of betraying the ruling African National Congress (ANC) with his stance against corruption. In an unprecedented attack, Zuma, whose decade in power was marked by multiple corruption scandals that are still being investigated, accused Ramaphosa of bringing the party into disrepute - a sign of growing divisions within the ANC ahead of its national executive committee conference this weekend.
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| Marred by trauma after George Floyd's death, Minneapolis hit with more looting Posted: 30 Aug 2020 01:30 AM PDT  "It's just going to keep going, people have a lot of anger with the police. People are frustrated with the system," said business owner Abe Demaag.
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| Hundreds of protesters arrested by Belarusian police as 100,000 rally against Lukashenko Posted: 30 Aug 2020 08:48 AM PDT  Tens of thousands of opposition supporters marched through the Belarusian capital of Minsk on Sunday calling for an end to strongman Alexander Lukashenko's rule, despite heavily armed police and troops blocking streets and detaining dozens of demonstrators. Protests have now entered a third week since the disputed presidential election on August 9 in which Mr Lukashenko claimed victory, while opposition rival Svetlana Tikhanovskaya said she was the true winner. An AFP journalist and local media estimated that more than 100,000 people came to Sunday's protest, equalling the scale of the rallies on previous weekends, the largest demonstrations the country has seen since independence from the USSR.
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| Video shows Trump nearly falling over while approaching the podium at New Hampshire rally Posted: 28 Aug 2020 08:26 PM PDT  Less than a day after accepting his party's nomination for a second term, Trump held a rally in the city of Manchester on Friday night.
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| Austrian law extends citizenship to descendants of Jewish refugees Posted: 30 Aug 2020 07:38 AM PDT  Descendants from Jewish refugees expelled from Austria under Nazi rule can apply for Austrian citizenship under a new law that goes into effect Tuesday.About 120,000 Jews living in Austria fled persecution after Nazi Germany annexed its neighbor in 1938 with many going to the United States and the United Kingdom. Most refugees, The Observer notes, became naturalized citizens in their new countries, but post-war Austria banned dual citizenship, meaning those who left were considered foreigners in their homeland. Eventually, in 1993, former refugees were able to reclaim their Austrian citizenship, but descendants were left out, preventing the country from restoring its pre-war Jewish community, which numbered 200,000. That's unlikely to happen even now since the applicants will be dual citizens and won't necessarily reside in Austria. For instance, a major factor for eligible U.K. citizens, per the Observer, will likely be the desire to regain European Union citizenship post-Brexit through the program.Still, campaigners believe the law represents both historic justice and could potentially help sway change in Austria, where some citizens believe anti-minority sentiment is on the rise. Bini Guttman, the Austrian president of the European Union of Jewish Students, said the law can "help deliver justice" for the applicants' "successors here and for the future" if they exercise their voting rights.Hannah Lessing, secretary general of the National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism, applauded the law, but said "it can never truly make amends for the Holocaust." Read more at The Observer.More stories from theweek.com 5 more scathingly funny cartoons about the Republican National Convention Biden's latest ad puts Trump's weirdest moments and empty rallies to a Bad Bunny song Trump's RNC polling bounce more about 'subtraction on the Biden side,' pollster suggests
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| Joe and Jill Biden have been married for 43 years — here's a timeline of their relationship Posted: 28 Aug 2020 12:33 PM PDT  Joe and Dr. Jill Biden have been at each other's sides through successes and failures, joyful celebrations and devastating losses.
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| U.S. military identifies two soldiers killed in Black Hawk training crash Posted: 29 Aug 2020 01:41 PM PDT |
| Jacob Blake no longer handcuffed to his hospital bed, attorney says Posted: 28 Aug 2020 02:01 PM PDT  Blake was paralyzed Sunday when he was shot in the back seven times by an officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
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| Lebanon arrests 3 Egyptian suspects in Cairo gang rape case Posted: 30 Aug 2020 03:21 AM PDT  Lebanese security forces have arrested three Egyptian men wanted in their home country on charges of involvement in an alleged gang rape at a luxury Cairo hotel six years ago. The arrest, reported late Saturday, followed an Interpol notice for the suspects at the request of Egypt. A Lebanese security official, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with regulations, said Sunday that "legal and administrative procedures" were underway to deport the three men, who are in their early 30s.
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| SNP ministers demand Boris Johnson drop 'UK' and 'Britain' from nationwide cultural festival Posted: 30 Aug 2020 06:04 AM PDT  SNP ministers have demanded that Boris Johnson drop the words 'Britain' or 'UK' from the branding of a nationwide cultural festival being planned for 2022. Whitehall insiders said the Scottish Government had also objected to 'British' being included in title or promotional material for the celebration of the "very best of modern Britain." The row is said to have delayed the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) commissioning around £3 million of work from creative agencies tasked with drawing up the material. UK Government sources said the SNP's stance was "incredibly petty and hugely frustrating", with the festival expected to give Scotland's struggling cultural sector a £12 million boost. Talks with the Scottish Government are now said to have stalled over planning for the event, which was envisaged as a successor to the hugely popular 1951 Festival of Britain.
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| US accuses Russian jets of "unsafe" intercept Posted: 30 Aug 2020 04:51 AM PDT 
The U.S. Department of Defense identified the planes as Russian Su-27 jets and said they crossed "within 100 feet of the nose of the B-52 multiple times at co-altitude and while in afterburner causing turbulence and restricting the B-52's ability to maneuver." The U.S. claims the B-52 was conducting "routine operations" over international waters when the incident occurred.
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| Report: New York tenants were not aware they would be featured at the Republican National Convention Posted: 28 Aug 2020 06:02 PM PDT  The tenants were interviewed by a HUD official, they said. The RNC was criticized for blurring the lines between the government and partisan politics.
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| Biden's latest ad puts Trump's weirdest moments and empty rallies to a Bad Bunny song Posted: 28 Aug 2020 09:56 AM PDT  Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's latest ads take direct aim at swing states and Latinx Americans across the country.Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny is backing the former vice president and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) in the 2020 election, and lent one of his hits to a new ad for the Democrats. The ad features footage of excited President Trump fans in 2016 juxtaposed with a sparsely attended recent rally, as well as Trump's Bible photo-op and that time he hugged and kissed a flag. Video of police cracking down on protesters as Trump cheers them on. Bad Bunny's Pero Ya No plays underneath, with its incredibly straightforward lyrics translating to "I loved you before, but not anymore / I liked you, but not anymore."> This is the ad pic.twitter.com/Q28BKybRDd> > -- David Begnaud (@DavidBegnaud) August 28, 2020Also on Friday, the Biden campaign debuted a run of ads capitalizing on empty sports stadiums across America's swing states. Text reading "Trump put America on the sidelines. Let's get back in the game," flows over drone footage of stadiums, with locations customized for ad runs in Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. A nationwide version also features an ghostly beach and church. > NEW: Biden digital ad targets sports fans, showing footage of empty stadiums due to the COVID-19 pandemic> > The campaign has taken over the YouTube masthead nationwide w/ a 30-second version, as well as CBS Sports> > Targeted versions running in AZ, PA, MI, and WI pic.twitter.com/uJQFcHL9uR> > -- Johnny Verhovek (@JTHVerhovek) August 28, 2020More stories from theweek.com 5 more scathingly funny cartoons about the Republican National Convention Trump's RNC polling bounce more about 'subtraction on the Biden side,' pollster suggests Austrian law extends citizenship to descendants of Jewish refugees
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| Japan, U.S. defence chiefs oppose bid to alter status of Asian waters Posted: 29 Aug 2020 12:34 AM PDT  Japan's Defence Minister Taro Kono said on Saturday he had agreed with his U.S. counterpart Mark Esper that both countries opposed any unilateral attempt to change the status quo in the key waterways of the South China Sea and the East China Sea. Kono shared his view with the U.S. defense secretary at a time when the United States and China are at loggerheads over issues ranging from technology and human rights to Chinese military activities in the disputed South China Sea. A thorny issue in China's ties with Japan is Beijing's claim to a group of tiny East China Sea islets controlled by Tokyo.
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| Prominent lawyer in Haiti is shot and killed at his home Posted: 29 Aug 2020 10:45 AM PDT |
| French lieutenant-colonel stationed at a NATO base in Italy charged with spying for Russia Posted: 30 Aug 2020 04:01 AM PDT  A senior French military officer has been charged with espionage for allegedly passing top secret documents to Russian intelligence, Florence Parly, the defence minister, said on Sunday. The lieutenant-colonel, who has not been named, is stationed at a NATO base in Italy. He was detained by France's General Directorate for Internal Security (DGSI), the equivalent of MI5, 10 days ago. The officer was about to return to Italy after a holiday in France, Europe 1 radio reported, and is being held at La Santé prison in Paris. Ms Parly said the defence ministry had referred the case to public prosecutors. She declined to give details about the nature of the information allegedly given to Russia, saying the matter was sub judice. "We have taken all necessary measures. Now justice must be allowed to take its course while respecting the secrecy of the investigation… It is for the judicial system to decide what he is guilty of and whether he is guilty." If convicted, the officer risks life imprisonment and a €750,000 (£669,000) fine. The case is likely to embarrass France in the eyes of its western allies if security failings that could potentially compromise NATO are revealed. It comes after two former agents of France's external intelligence service, the DGSE, were handed prison sentences of 12 and 8 years last month for spying for China. The highly sensitive trial was held behind closed doors and little is known about the case against the agents, who had already retired when they were charged three years ago. One of them, named as Henri M, served as the DGSE's Beijing station chief in the 1990s. He was recalled after starting an affair with the French ambassador's Chinese interpreter. After his retirement, he returned to China in 2003 and married the former interpreter. The couple took up residence on Hainan Island, off China's southern coast. Now 73, he was arrested in France in 2017. Around the same time the other agent, named as Pierre-Marie H, 68, was arrested at Zurich airport carrying a large amount of cash after meeting a Chinese contact on an island in the Indian Ocean. Under French law, the full names of former intelligence agents may not be made public.
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| Teachers across the world concerned as schools reopen despite rising cases Posted: 30 Aug 2020 01:30 AM PDT  "Children should not become the losers of the pandemic," German Chancellor Angela Merkel said.
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| Airbus unveils B-model Lakota helos to enter US Army fleet next year Posted: 28 Aug 2020 01:31 PM PDT  A new Lakota will join the Army National Guard in 2021.
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| Tillis: 'I fell short' on mask wearing at RNC Posted: 28 Aug 2020 12:52 PM PDT  The Republican senator's zeal for enforcing masks has landed him in hot water in the past.
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| Trump retweeted a message from the far-right OAN network calling anti-racism protests an attempted 'coup' Posted: 30 Aug 2020 05:08 AM PDT  The president has been accused of exploiting fear for political gain, and refusing to address the legitimate concerns that have led many to protest.
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| Top general says no role for military in presidential vote Posted: 28 Aug 2020 01:00 PM PDT  The U.S. armed forces will have no role in carrying out the election process or resolving a disputed vote, the top U.S. military officer told Congress in comments released Friday. The comments from Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, underscore the extraordinary political environment in America, where the president has declared without evidence that the expected surge in mail-in ballots will make the vote "inaccurate and fraudulent," and has suggested he might not accept the election results if he loses. Trump's repeated complaints questioning the election's validity have triggered unprecedented worries about the potential for chaos surrounding the election results.
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| Proving "a different world is possible," ExxonMobil dropped From Dow Jones after 92-year run Posted: 29 Aug 2020 11:00 AM PDT  "Big Oil has fallen. Our job is to make sure they don't take us down with them."
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| Spain struggles to put in place basic income scheme Posted: 29 Aug 2020 10:03 PM PDT  Three months after Spain rushed to launch a minimum basic income scheme to fight a spike in poverty due to the coronavirus pandemic, the programme is at a dead-end because of an avalanche of applications.
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