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Boris' perfect storm

Getty Images Editor's note: Freddie Reidy is a freelance writer based in London. He studied history and history of art at the University of Kent, Canterbury, specializing in Russian history an

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Israel court: sex crimes suspect can be extradited to Australia

An Israeli court ruled Monday after years of legal wrangling that an ultra-Orthodox Jewish former school principal suspected of dozens of cases of sexual abuse of her p

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Polish coalition government faces collapse after animal welfare split

Kaczynski doesn't hold an official government post but is thought of as the driving figure in PiS. /AP Poland may face an early general election or the Law and Justice (PiS) party may run the

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Tennis rallies amid pandemic as participation soars

02:13 Like all spectator sports, tennis has been hit hard by COVID-19 – but for people looking for a safer game to play during the pandemic, it has proved to be a winner.From the Olymp

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Brexit: UK admits new bill breaks international law in a 'limited way'

Northern Ireland Minister Brandon Lewis has admitted controversial new legislation proposed by the UK government will break international law. /AFP The UK's Northern Ireland minister, Brandon

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Election 2020: How the Affordable Care Act is taking center stage

A sign on an insurance store advertises Obamacare in San Ysidro, San Diego, California, U.S., October 26, 2017. /Reuters In deciding how to cast their votes on Election Day, Americans have to

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DoD reaffirms Microsoft has won JEDI cloud contract, but Amazon legal complaints still pending

We have seen a lot of action this week as the DoD tries to finally determine the final winner of the $10 billion, decade long DoD JEDI cloud contract. Today, the DoD released a statement that after re

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German hospital: Poisoning signs found in Russian dissident

Tests conducted on Russian dissident Alexei Navalny at a German hospital indicate that he was poisoned, but doctors said Monday they do not believe his life at immediat

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Families of Lebanese blast victims plead for outside inquiry

Lebanon’s judicial investigation of the Beirut port explosion started with political wrangling over the naming of a lead investigator, military threats to jail leakers

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Uber and Lyft lose bid to delay worker reclassification order in California

Uber and Lyft have lost their bid to delay a preliminary injunction that will force the two ride-hailing app companies to reclassify its drivers as employees. A California superior court judge denied

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Shares of Uber, Lyft drift lower after California judge says that contract drivers are employees

Shares of Uber and Lyft dipped modestly after a California judge granted a preliminary injunction that TechCrunch reports could force the two American ride-hailing companies to reclassify drivers as

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COVID-19 Global Roundup: A tidal wave of coronavirus business failures

This is the 96th article in the COVID-19 Global Roundup series. Here is thepreviousone. Retailers, restaurants, airlines, tech companies, oil producers, fitness centers, travel agencies ... the list

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Washington's reversal of fortune: Huawei becomes top smartphone seller

A Huawei retail store in Beijing, July 30, 2019. /AP Editor's note:Bobby Naderi is a journalist, guest contributor in print, radio and television, documentary filmmaker and member of the Write

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U.S. Fed keeps interest rates near zero amid COVID-19 resurgence

The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at a record-low level of near zero amid a recent resurgence in COVID-19 cases nationwid

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EU agrees on $2.1 trillion deal after marathon summit

After four days and nights of wrangling, exhausted European Union leaders finally clinched a deal on an unprecedented 1.8 trillion-euro ($2.1 trillion) budget and coron

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Pentagon bans Confederate flag in way to avoid Trump's wrath

After weeks of wrangling, the Pentagon is banning displays of the Confederate flag on military installations, in a carefully worded policy that doesn't mention the word ban or that specific flag.Sign

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Thousands of Catalans return to lockdown as Spain fights new virus clusters

Some 160,000 people in the Spanish region of Catalonia returned to confinement on Wednesday as authorities scrambled to control a fresh surge of coronavirus infections