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Trump visits California, Biden talks climate change as wildfires take campaign focus
LAS VEGAS/WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) – President Donald Trump will travel to California on Monday to be briefed about its devastating wildfires while Democratic rival Joe Biden plans a speech on the matter from Delaware, bringing climate change to the forefront
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Microsoft says ByteDance refused to sell it TikTok’s US operations
MOSCOW: ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of video-sharing app TikTok, will not be selling parts of TikTok’s operations to Microsoft, reported Sputnik news agency. “ByteDance let us know today they would not be selling TikTok’s US operations to Microsoft. We
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Israeli delegation flies to Washington to sign normalisation deals
JERUSALEM: An Israeli delegation headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu departed on Sunday night to Washington to sign normalisation deals with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain, reported Xinhua news agency. The delegation includes also the chief of Israel’s
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Trump predicts victory in election battleground Michigan as thousands defy coronavirus safety rules
FREELAND, Mich. (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump predicted at a rally in Michigan on Thursday that he would win the election battleground state as thousands of cheering, largely maskless supporters defied state guidelines aimed at containing the novel coronavirus.
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COVID-19 Updates: UK coronavirus cases rise by nearly 3,000 a day
BEIJING, Sept. 11 — The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, reported Xinhua news agency. – – – – LONDON — The daily number of coronavirus cases in Britain on Thursday edged a step closer
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San Francisco sky turns orange due to massive wildfires
SAN FRANCISCO (United States): The major metropolitan city of San Francisco saw the sky turn orange due to more than two dozen wildfires close to the Bay Area, reported Anadolu Agency. Strong winds may allow many fires to grow significantly
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Ronaldo eight goals shy of Ali Daei’s world record
PARIS: Cristiano Ronaldo is now eight goals away from reaching former Iranian striker Ali Daei’s world record of 109 men’s international goals, reported Xinhua news agency. On Tuesday night, Ronaldo scored two goals for Portugal, his 100th and 101st international
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Trump will announce reduction in U.S. troops in Iraq on Wednesday
President Donald Trump will announce a further drawdown of U.S. troops from Iraq on Wednesday, a senior administration official told reporters on Tuesday. That announcement will be followed by another one in the coming days on a further reduction in
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Ref says had ‘no other option’ but to disqualify Djokovic
NEW YORK: US Open Tournament Referee Soeren Friemel said there was “no other option” but to disqualify world No. 1 Novak Djokovic today after he struck a line judge with a ball. A frustrated Djokovic swatted a ball to the back
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Trump urges Saudi King to promote regional reconciliation in Middle East
MOSCOW: US President Donald Trump has called on King Salman bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia to negotiate with the other Gulf countries with the goal of overcoming the regional rift on the heels of the US-brokered landmark agreement between the
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