Nation and World
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UK police deploying 6,000 specially trained officers this week as more far-right disorder expectedAug 07, 2024 7:24 am - LONDON — British police are gearing up for another night of violence amid concerns that far-right groups plan to target as many as 30 locations around the United Kingdom ...
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How Lahaina's more than 150-year-old banyan tree is coming back to life after devastating fireAug 07, 2024 7:10 am - LAHAINA, Hawaii — When a deadly wildfire tore through Lahaina on Maui last August, the wall of flames scorched the 151-year-old banyan tree along the historic town's Fron...
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5 takeaways from Harris’s pick of Tim Walz as her VP nomineeAug 06, 2024 1:43 pm - Vice President Harris on Tuesday announced that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will be her running mate in the 2024 election, at long last solidifying the two major-party presid...
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What are carry trades and how did they contribute to this week’s global market mayhem?
Aug 06, 2024 12:48 pm - BANGKOK — The mayhem that swept across world markets this week was partly caused by a market strategy known as the “carry trade.” Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 plunged 12...
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Elon Musk’s X sues advertisers over alleged ‘massive advertiser boycott’ after Twitter takeover
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Russian disinformation slams Paris and amplifies Khelif claims to undermine the OlympicsAug 06, 2024 11:08 am - WASHINGTON — The actor in the viral music video denouncing the 2024 Olympics looks a lot like French President Emmanuel Macron. The images of rats, trash and the sewage, ...
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Tim Walz’s journey from high school football coach to VP candidate
Aug 06, 2024 9:17 am - Some 20 years ago, a lawyer named Kamala Harris won her first political race, becoming the first Black and South Asian woman elected district attorney of San Francisco in...
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A ‘Textbook Turnaround Tuesday’ doesn’t mean meltdown is over
Aug 06, 2024 7:53 am - It’s an old cliché but the phenomenon known as Turnaround Tuesday — when markets rebound from a sell-off at the start of the week — is an opportunity that shows up time a...
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Harris selects Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as running mate, aiming to add Midwest muscle to ticket
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For female athletes of color, scrutiny around gender rules and identity is part of a long trend