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Global Leaders Try, And Fail, to Corral Outbreak: Weekend Reads Alibaba

Global Leaders Try, And Fail, to Corral Outbreak: Weekend Reads

View photos(Bloomberg) --A world leader in intensive care. A mass grave in New York. And infections racing toward 1.8 million across the globe, with deaths crossing the 100,000 mark.The coronavirus pandemic has spurred a multi-billion dollar global fight for masks, ventilators, gloves and medicines, while the outbreak is cutting a swathe through the…
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April 11, 2020
US President Donald Trump wishes world #39;Happy Good Friday#39;, faces Twitterati wrath Christianity

US President Donald Trump wishes world #39;Happy Good Friday#39;, faces Twitterati wrath

US President Donald Trump was at his blooper best when he mistook Good Friday for Easter and wished the world "Happy Good Friday", triggering an avalanche of criticism from Twitterati who tore into him for his embarrassing gaffe.Good Friday refers to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ which is a day…
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April 11, 2020
Team reportedly beats ‘Cannonball Run’ coast-to-coast record on empty highways Jackie Chan

Team reportedly beats ‘Cannonball Run’ coast-to-coast record on empty highways

News Robert Nickelsberg / Getty ImagesA view of an empty Brooklyn-Queens Expressway from the Brooklyn Heights Promenade in Brooklyn, New York, on March 21, 2020. (Robert Nickelsberg / Getty Images)A team of drivers reportedly set a new coast-to-coast “Cannonball Run” record by taking advantage of the empty highways brought about…
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April 11, 2020
Conservative Operatives Float Plan to Place Retired Military, Police Officers as GOP Poll Watchers on Election Day Oxycodone

Conservative Operatives Float Plan to Place Retired Military, Police Officers as GOP Poll Watchers on Election Day

On Election Day in November, some polling places could be patrolled by off-duty police officers and veterans, according to a plan hatched by Republican operatives. The idea is a reprise of once-illegal Election Day “ballot security” intimidation tactics, intended to challenge voter registration and remove voters from the rolls. At…
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April 11, 2020
Empty pews, empty collection baskets: coronavirus hits U.S. church finances Spanish Flu

Empty pews, empty collection baskets: coronavirus hits U.S. church finances

(Corrects name of lender to America's Christian Credit Union, paragraph 21)By Michelle ConlinNEW YORK, April 11 (Reuters) - St. Anselm Roman Catholic Church in New York's Brooklyn borough is used to limping along, month after month, at a budget deficit of several thousand dollars a week.But the church that sits…
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April 11, 2020
U.S. commander in Afghanistan and Taliban discuss violence reduction in Doha meeting NATO

U.S. commander in Afghanistan and Taliban discuss violence reduction in Doha meeting

By Abdul Qadir SediqiKABUL (Reuters) - The commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan met Taliban leadership in Doha to discuss the need to reduce violence in the war-torn country, spokesmen for both sides said on Saturday, as continued clashes threaten to derail a fragile peace process.The meeting between Taliban leaders…
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April 11, 2020
Coronavirus pandemic, Easter, ‘Saturday Night Live’ returns: 5 things to know this weekend Christianity

Coronavirus pandemic, Easter, ‘Saturday Night Live’ returns: 5 things to know this weekend

Editors USA TODAYPublished 6:54 AM EDT Apr 11, 2020Easter, Passover look different during the coronavirus pandemicChristians will not be flocking to their churches on Sunday to celebrate Easter, the defining event in the story of Christianity, but many will tune in to virtual services held online. Passover continues through April 16 and during the…
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April 11, 2020