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A new government is preparing to take the reins in Pakistan, but not the one its people elected. bit.ly/3UNDi0Y
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With grace under fire that has rallied Ukrainians and impressed his Western counterparts, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stayed in Kyiv even though he says he has a target on his back from the Russian invaders. bit.ly/3K0Antc
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At least 2,000 people have been arrested during Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests. Here’s what it’s actually like behind the front lines.
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President Trump’s approval rating has fallen among older Americans. Even a small shift among these voters could pose a threat to his reelection. bit.ly/2zwNaVo
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Long-shot candidate Andrew Yang says a universal basic income is key to counterbalancing the millions of middle class jobs being lost to automation. bit.ly/2JIk9ZX
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Are iPhones made using forced Uyghur labor? Connections between some Chinese factories and global tech giants suggest companies are benefiting from forced labor provided by Xinjiang's mostly Muslim ethnic minority. bit.ly/3cEsBp8
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WikiLeaks blows up Clinton’s shot at smooth convention trib.al/HNBa8XX
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"They have spoken out loud and clear, and what they've said is they are experiencing enforced hunger, enforced dehydration, enforced sleeplessness," said an attorney for the children. bit.ly/2NsRbvI
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Amidst #BoycottNike, we should remember the example set by @Kaepernick7 and Army Green Beret @NateBoyer37 two years ago. Ultimately, each man saw the other as a brother and vowed to keep moving forward. That remains an option for all of us. bit.ly/2MKBvYN
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Critics worry Trump's cabinet is starting to look "like a military junta." trib.al/bQZiknb
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#ChristianSciencePerspective 'Journey's End' shows horror of war, spirit that transcends it csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Mo… #CSPerspective
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Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict has dragged on for six months, displacing more than 2 million people and leaving millions in need of assistance. bit.ly/3uJRo3s
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Turkey’s eagerness to bring Jamal Khashoggi’s killers to justice has dimmed now that an economic crisis means President Erdoğan is seeking Saudi investment. bit.ly/3vjIEmr
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Presidential candidates who vow to curb corruption, like Nayib Bukele in El Salvador’s contest, reflect a rising citizen demand for clean government. bit.ly/2BekHSs
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After Ethiopia expelled U.N. humanitarian staff, the Security Council didn’t act. Has the world lost its devotion to the “responsibility to protect”? bit.ly/3BlWLJI
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“There’s a Punjabi saying that when there’s a lot of darkness, we value brightness more,” says @GurdeepPandher on the popularity of his dance videos. csmonitor.com/pOZ2Gk
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Vladimir Putin didn’t want Ukraine in NATO. He may see Finland and Sweden join instead. Their concerns, beyond security, are long-held values like freedom and democracy. bit.ly/34hJ8jy
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The Parkland students were thrust into the spotlight, but they had preparation for this moment. Thanks to state law, they have benefited from a civics education that many Americans have gone without. csmonitor.com/EqualEd/2018/0…
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Beware of misspelled hashtags. Pro-Kremlin accounts on Twitter are auto-posting these “decoys” to limit the social reach of real hashtags by breaking the conversation into smaller groups. bit.ly/2OEU6ms
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Beware of misspelled hashtags. Pro-Kremlin accounts on Twitter are auto-posting these “decoys” to limit the social reach of real hashtags by breaking the conversation into smaller groups. bit.ly/2LNgHvq by @eoinocarroll
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New York has long been a haunt for underground artists. A growing number have become more conservative – and religious. csmonitor.com/USA/Society/20…
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The vote to legalize same-sex marriage brings Germany in line with many of its Western peers. trib.al/aEd58j7
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On #NationalAvocadoDay, learn how your avocado toast could be helping Kenyan farmers in the face of harsher and less predictable weather. 🥑 bit.ly/2mUoEnO
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President Donald Trump has used “I’m just saying” throughout his public career, to spread false information while trying to avoid consequences, writes @petergrier. bit.ly/2DUH6Zh
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“It looks so beautiful, to me it looks just like magic,” says @GurdeepPandher about his home in Yukon, Canada. “I do feel like I live in a winter wonderland.” csmonitor.com/pOZ2Gk
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Campi Flegrei has not erupted since 1538. trib.al/HHbbnqY
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“Disabled folks in this country have been told for decades that: ‘The core of this job requires that you have to be in this particular office, these particular days.’ And that turned out to be a lie,” says @mattbc. csmonitor.com/bc5KIR
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Indian authorities have been harassing the independent Kashmir Walla news site, including imprisoning its founder. Now they have shut it down. bit.ly/3E1RNoB
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Gurdeep Pandher lives in snowy Whitehorse, Yukon. But his joyous bhangra dance videos have enthralled viewers online during the winter and pandemic. bit.ly/3oztTr0
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Businesses and factories are starting to reopen in Wuhan and restrictions are loosened across China as the nation works to bounce back from the coronavirus quarantine. Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Wuhan for the first time since the virus outbreak. bit.ly/2WpRuzp
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ICYMI: “Donald Trump is a phenomenon that foreign countries have not seen.” trib.al/Fv1IF7n
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South Africa’s decision to expel almost 200,000 Zimbabwean nationals has taken on outsize symbolism. bit.ly/3zGNQmv
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Student activists and faculty at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill are calling for the removal of racial barriers at the institution. The discussion follows journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones' decision to turn down a tenured position at the school. bit.ly/2Ve5jCc
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During the first in-person primary since Wisconsin's controversial election, Nebraska voters largely avoided polling stations. A record number of mail-in ballots brought victory to several candidates who have voiced opposition to President Trump. bit.ly/2AqK8m7
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Mayor Pete Buttigieg woos voters in six rural Iowa counties that voted for Barack Obama in 2012, but flipped to Donald Trump in 2016. bit.ly/31RzBsI
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Will US workers lose jobs to robots? Mnuchin says no, report says yes trib.al/pykmYrk
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Did she break the law? trib.al/b1bczwU
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This is not simply a matter of partisan bias. Take our quiz to find out! trib.al/uh157w7
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Nigeria suspended Twitter operations, days after the social media giant took down a post by President Muhammadu Buhari. bit.ly/3go1eCz
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The tweets will be preserved. trib.al/8F1rKK5
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Even when plastic is recycled, it usually results in some form of downgraded product. But researchers are searching for solutions in plastic’s very chemistry. bit.ly/2mdL02Y by @EBotkinKowacki
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"#COVID has made people take the U.S. less seriously. If people look at you with pity, that’s not a great qualification for heading up the free world," says Harvard professor @Yascha_Mounk. A look at America's retreat from global leadership: csmonitor.com/uvQZ4D
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Trump team's 'intrusive' memo alarms federal climate scientists trib.al/vLCbU3N
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When a major cybersecurity conference announced this year’s lineup of speakers, only one woman was on the list. An alt-conference of female and minority experts showed what they were missing. csmonitor.com/USA/Society/20…
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The view of gun owners as older, conservative, white, and male isn’t wrong, but it’s shifting. First-time gun buyers are more diverse, and they’re changing gun culture. bit.ly/3JrWOrt
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“It’s better than photos even sometimes. [The wedding contract] is what they actually signed and touched, and agreed upon" — @Nushmia csmonitor.com/du0sJZ
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The coronavirus pandemic has cast the United States as a laggard rather than a leader on public health. By other measures, too, the U.S. has slipped. bit.ly/2GGNa9i
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The Grammy-nominated rapper 21 Savage is deeply associated with Atlanta. That's why the revelation of his immigrant status – his visa expired in 2006 – has made such waves. bit.ly/2GezaSq
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The Department of Energy refusal is as unprecedented as the Trump transition team's initial request for the names. trib.al/eMulos6
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The snub was apparently in protest over the Trump administration's move to cut and delay aid to Egypt. trib.al/Vhe70iT
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Former President Obama and ex-NFL player Martellus Bennett are among those who want to lift stereotypes and limits off young black boys and men. bit.ly/2NkK0qx
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.@GurdeepPandher dances to create happiness and preaches the importance of kindness. csmonitor.com/pOZ2Gk
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In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, Dr. Bonnie Henry, British Columbia’s provincial health officer, has become beloved across Canada. bit.ly/2UnqltX
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'Code Girls' tells the captivating story of America's female World War II codebreakers trib.al/dMUhQJW
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With a diminutive budget and staff, Space Force is not designed to send troops to space. But it's still a big win for the Trump administration. bit.ly/2ED5g7t
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Opening Ceremony London 2012: wit and charm on a midsummer's night bit.ly/O8jaMq
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The European Union reached an agreement on the Digital Services Act – legislation dedicated to policing hate speech, disinformation, and other harmful content online. The law's backers say it will make big tech firms more accountable for content created... bit.ly/3Lcp0iW
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The Ethiopian government is pushing back against international calls for independent probes into the Ethiopia-Tigray conflict. Concern is growing over the critical lack of access to food and medicine for millions in Tigray. bit.ly/3aa5mVl
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Twenty service members and veterans die by suicide every day. Two federal agencies, @samhsagov and @DeptVetAffairs, have launched a public health campaign to make it easier for them to understand how to get help. csmonitor.com/USA/Military/2… by @MartinKuz
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In Denver, a village of tiny homes is improving lives, both for its residents who were chronically homeless and in the surrounding community. bit.ly/2vWx9CW
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The plan includes continuing federal payments to insurers President Trump has threatened to block. trib.al/YQ2yGyS
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Sure to rank among the most entertaining accounts of the 2016 presidential election is @KatyTurNBC's new book. trib.al/AY26lru
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Kid President goes viral in campaign to make nation more awesome bit.ly/11y90Kx
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A war in the Tigray region, where fighters have targeted food production, has led the U.S. and Europe to invoke a new tool of international humanitarian law. bit.ly/3goSRXq
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“It’s really easy to demonize people you don’t know.” trib.al/l8obvuN
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"Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all who ever have." bit.ly/36xYU5v
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The first schoolgirl in Afghanistan's Marmul district to keep bees made $1,728 in 2016 from the honey she harvested. The country's GDP per person is around $600 a year. csmonitor.com/World/Middle-E…
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Former press secretary @DanaPerino's 'And the Good News Is...' becomes a top seller trib.al/ixp44uu
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DOE refuses to give names of climate scientists to Trump (+video) trib.al/aqP3fM3
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Leo Kamin is 17, but that wasn’t an excuse to sit out the election. Mr. Kamin, along with thousands of other young people, signed up to be a poll worker. bit.ly/3kfcP7G
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Cat video celebrities like Grumpy Cat, Lil Bub, and Henri represent an oasis of purity and happiness in a complicated media landscape. bit.ly/2M9fyD3
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Businesses and factories are starting to reopen in Wuhan and restrictions are loosened across China as the nation works to bounce back from the coronavirus quarantine. Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Wuhan for the first time since the virus outbreak. bit.ly/339dShL
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The wave of sexual allegations from Hollywood to Washington has left many US colleges weighing whether they should take back honorary degrees and other accolades from prominent men accused of misconduct. trib.al/1HtUApa
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Young Americans living at home hits 1940 levels. Why that may be a good thing trib.al/In1jXNX
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Those close to journalist Dom Phillips hope his death can spark an understanding of risks against the Amazon that he dedicated himself to report. bit.ly/39EHBH6
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As Antarctic ice shelves shrink, 'shelfwatchers' await major break-off trib.al/oD8SBVw @patrickfreilly
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From the end of the Civil War to World War I, Black Americans obtained 50,000 patents. bit.ly/2JRMZZP
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A library on wheels is driving around Kabul, helping children in the war-battered capital discover the joys of reading. csmonitor.com/World/Middle-E…
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Select residents of Ulster County, New York, who earn less than $46,900 per year, have started receiving monthly $500 payments as part of a pilot program testing the efficacy of universal basic income (UBI). bit.ly/3ddCMTv
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A 37-word law passed 50 years ago has dramatically expanded the rights of women on America’s athletic fields – and beyond. bit.ly/3O88Pov
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“I was looking around at the @womensmarch, and I thought, ‘Unless women flood public office the way we flooded the streets of Washington, the system is never going to change,’ ” says @Morse4America, a first-time congressional candidate. csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2…
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