Football coaches do it. President-elects do it. Even science-savvy senators do it. As cases of the coronavirus continue to surge on a global scale, some of the nation’s most prominent people have begun to double up on masks — a move that researchers say is increasingly being backed up by data. Double-masking isn’t necessary for […]
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CNN star host Anderson Cooper apparently found it difficult to follow Jacob Blake Sr., the father of the Kenosha police shooting victim, who used a rather poetic way to express his grief and outrage during an interview. Cooper invited Blake on his show to discuss the latest developments in his son’s ordeal, but apparently was […]
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In broader European terms, it may be a niche, but overland travel to Russia and Belarus has long frustrated Western tourists. It has also kept both countries off the continent’s “inter-railing” circuit. The problem was that visitors needed two separate visas to enter both states. Even then, it wasn’t legally possible, for a third-country national, […]
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The Left says it’s a peaceful community of activists and rebels. The Right says it’s an anarchic dystopia ruled by a warlord. The truth is that the experience in Seattle’s Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone differs from day to night. For more than a week now, a collection of Antifa types, anarchists, ‘Black Lives Matter’ activists […]
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New York Mayor Bill de Blasio had harsh words for parents and neighborhood groups “taking the law into their own hands” by cutting locks on city playgrounds, but has continued to defend the protesters who crowd city streets. The mayor scolded New Yorkers for busting open padlocked playgrounds, during a press conference on Tuesday at […]
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WASHINGTON: The United States is making very good headway in respect to vaccines for the coronavirus pandemic and also therapeutically, President Donald Trump has said. The US has made a lot of progress in the fight against the coronavirus, he said. “China should not have let it happen, but it happened. All over the world, […]
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Enoch Wu, deputy CEO of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) think tank New Frontier Foundation, was asked about his thoughts on minister of Health and Welfare and CECC head Chen Shih-chung as a Taipei mayoral candidate at an event on Sunday (June 14). Wu, along with DPP legislators Su Chih-fen and Tsai I-yu, attended an […]
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US crude topped $40 a barrel this week. That wouldn’t typically be notable — but right now, that marks an $80 leap from its unprecedented trip below zero just seven weeks ago, when it hit a low of -$40.32 a barrel on April 20. Meanwhile Brent crude, the world benchmark, has more than doubled since […]
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Hi. Welcome to On Politics, your guide to the day in national politics. I’m Lisa Lerer, your host. Sign up here to get On Politics in your inbox every weekday. If the election were tomorrow, Joe Biden would be well positioned to win. He’s leading the latest national polls, in many cases by double-digit margins. […]
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Twitter erupted in a rage after reports that Donald Trump said the murdered George Floyd would be “happy” about good US jobs figures. It turned out the president wasn’t talking about jobs figures when he made the comment at all. During remarks at the White House on Friday, Trump took time to boast about figures […]
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