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Trump’s convention blurs official business and politics

Plenty of presidents have walked right up to the line separating official business from politics — or even stepped over it. President Donald Trump has blown past it wit

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COVID-19 opens up new counterterrorism challenges: UN official

Global terrorism may seem to have gone virtually silent during the COVID-19 pandemic.But extremist groups like ISIL have not gone to sleep. According to the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Office

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Israel delays budget deadline, avoiding another snap election

Israel’s feuding government leaders on Monday avoided plunging the country into its fourth election in less than two years, postponing a deadline for passage of a natio

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Top Trump aide Kellyanne Conway to leave White House

Kellyanne Conway, one of President Donald Trump’s most influential and longest-serving advisers, announced Sunday that she would be leaving the White House at the end o

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Portland cops tear gas protesters attacking police station

Police in Portland used tear gas early Monday to scatter demonstrators who marched on a precinct station in another night of violence — hurling rocks, bottles, commerci

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Brazil VP invites DiCaprio to see reality of Amazon rain forest

Brazilian Vice President Hamilton Mourao on Wednesday called on actor Leonardo DiCaprio to visit the Amazon to see the reality of the situation there, as the government faces criticisms for rising

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Thai police seek protesters who urged change to monarchy

Thai authorities have issued arrest warrants for six activists who took part in a demonstration at which students issued a 10-point call for reform of the monarchy last

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Nearly half of Brazilians say Bolsonaro not to blame for coronavirus death toll, poll says

Almost half of Brazilians think President Jair Bolsonaro bears “no responsibility at all” for the country’s more than 100,000 dead from the coronavirus pandemic, the wo

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Poll: Bolsonaro not to blame for coronavirus death toll

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro. /Reuters Nearly half of Brazilians think President Jair Bolsonaro bears "no responsibility at all" for the country's more than 100,000 dead from the coronavi

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IS hacker charged with selling fake PPE online

A criminal complaint has been filed against the hacker as the US announced a large seizure of cryptocurrency used by terrorists.

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Military helicopter shot at over Virginia, injuring a crew member

FILE PHOTO: In this January 2012 file photo, a UH-1N Huey aircraft elevates after taking off near Catania, Italy. /By Agencies A US Air Force helicopter was shot at near Manassas, Virginia, o

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Gong raises another $200M on $2.2B valuation

For the third time since last February, Gong has raised a significant sum. In February, the company scored $40 million. In December, it grabbed another $65 million, and today it was $200 million on a

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Brazil's Bolsonaro calls surging Amazon fires a 'lie'

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro is seen at the Alvorada Palace, amid the COVID-19 outbreak, in Brasilia, Brazil, July 18, 2020. /Reuters Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday angrily

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U.S. record gun sales continue in historic uncertain times

by Peter Mertz Americans are arming themselves to the teeth like never before. The number of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) background checks -- the barometer of Americans buying guns -- h

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Colombian court places former President Uribe under house arrest

Colombia's former President Alvaro Uribe speaks during a news conference after a private hearing at Supreme Court of Justice in Bogota, Colombia, October 8, 2019. /Reuters Colombia's Supreme C

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China Focus: China completes integrated UAV typhoon observation

China has succeeded in completing the first integrated typhoon observation based on a large unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), according to the China Meteorological Admini

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Progress slow on virus relief bill as negotiations continue

Negotiators on a huge coronavirus relief bill reported slight progress after talks resumed in the Capitol, with issues like food for the poor and aid to schools struggl