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Pompeo testifies before Senate on State Dept budget - Fox News

Hong Kong: China threatens to stop recognizing UK-issued passports - Business Insider - Business Insider

US: Pentagon announces 11900 troops to be moved from Germany - Al Jazeera English

Mexico posts world's third-highest coronavirus death toll: Live

Week in pictures: 25 July-31 July 2020

Phyllis Omido: The woman who won $12m fighting lead battery poisoners

Canada’s Key Role in Creating a Once Awaited Vaccine

Federal Agents Don’t Need Army Fatigues

Kodak’s chief executive got stock options. The next day, the share price spiked 1,000 percent.

Court Frees Michigan Teen Who Was Held for Skipping Online Schoolwork

A Better Year for Trump’s Family Business (Last Year, That Is)

World Health Organization reports largest single-day increase in coronavirus cases across globe - CNBC

AstraZeneca: Won't Profit From COVID-19 Vaccine in Pandemic - The New York Times

Why a new generation of Thais are protesting against the government

US election 2020: The war hero who could be Biden's running mate

India coronavirus: Gold rush as pandemic roils country's economy

Belarus: The mother challenging an authoritarian president

The Less Impossible Israeli-Palestinian Peace

As Trump suggests delaying election, White House condemns Hong Kong for postponing its own vote - ABC News

WHO reports record daily increase in global coronavirus cases, up over 292,000 - Reuters

USDA identifies some of the mysterious, unsolicited seeds after all 50 states issue warnings - USA TODAY

White House Says Hong Kong's Election Delay 'Undermines' Democracy—a Day After Trump Suggested Doing the Same - The Daily Beast

Mike Pompeo testifies before Senate Foreign Relations Committee - Reuters

Lee Teng-hui: Taiwan's 'father of democracy' dies

Michael Brown: Officer won't be charged for 2014 killing of teenager

'A fair go': Australia to force tech giants to pay media for news

EU sanctions Russian intelligence, North Korean, Chinese firms over alleged cyberattacks - Reuters

China hits US with blame for 'poisoned' relations with UK over failed Huawei deal - Fox News

Analysts cut Hong Kong economic forecasts as new virus outbreak dims outlook - CNBC

Vietnam posts record jump in coronavirus cases: Live updates

Afghanistan: At least 17 killed in Eid car blast

Republicans and White House at Odds Over Kansas Senate Race

Ellen DeGeneres Apologizes to Staff Members as WarnerMedia Investigates Show

Trump Suggests Delaying the Election - Bloomberg Politics

State’s largest teachers union pushing for all classes to start at home in the fall - The Boston Globe

Hong Kong drops restaurant dining ban after people forced to eat in streets - The Guardian

Obama aims criticism at Trump in eulogy for civil rights leader

Covid-19: Why Hong Kong's 'third wave' is a warning

What exactly is a 'Karen' and where did the meme come from?

The 'real' threat to Russia’s former doping mastermind

Bollywood's 'warts and all' biopic on 'human computer'

The middle-css Pakistani students fighting for a homeland dream

4 Guards Charged in Inmate’s Beating at Alabama Prison

Will Herman Cain’s Death Change Republican Views on the Virus and Masks?

Louie Gohmert’s Coronavirus Case Reveals a Dangerous Reality in Congress

Trump Floats an Election Delay, and Republicans Shoot It Down

Justice Ginsburg in the Hospital Again

Corrections: July 30, 2020

Ashleigh Barty Will Skip U.S. Open

The Tanned Man Has a Green Monster

More than 11 million people in Latin America are "marching towards the brink of starvation," U.N. food chief warns - CBS News

Spain puts pressure on UK to rethink its quarantine policy - BBC News - BBC News

Democrats demand DeSantis explain why Florida isn’t following White House COVID plan - Miami Herald

Coronavirus outbreak accelerating in Brazil, US: Live updates

Yazidi children still haunted by Islamic State, Amnesty International says

The Tanned Man Has a Green Monster

Pompeo: US ups Syria sanctions, this time targeting Assad's son - Fox News

Hong Kong Faces Worst Wave of Virus, But It Can’t Lock Down - Bloomberg

Political talks stall in US on next round of coronavirus spending

'Bay of Piglets': A 'bizarre' plot to capture a president

India and China race to build along a disputed frontier

Nile dam row: Egypt fumes as Ethiopia celebrates

The sweet smell of success: How Bulgaria took the lead in lavender

Ashley Judd Can Sue Harvey Weinstein for Sexual Harassment, Court Rules

One in Three Children Have Unacceptably High Lead Levels, Study Says

Lawmakers, United in Their Ire, Lash Out at Big Tech’s Leaders

As Trump Undercuts Aid Talks, White House Says Extra Jobless Benefits Will Lapse

Atlanta Mourns John Lewis and Ponders Carrying on With ‘Good Trouble’

These buses are for the Toronto Raptors, not BLM - PolitiFact

Iran blasts dummy US aircraft carrier with missiles - BBC News

Atlantic Storm Upgraded to Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine - Spectrum News 1

Depp lawyer says Amber Heard lied during tabloid libel case - The Associated Press

Woolly mammoth skeleton found in lake in Russia's Arctic - AOL

In Pictures: More protests in Iraq as anger over services grows - Aljazeera.com

Hurricane Hunters to investigate tropical wave expected to become Isaias - Live 5 News WCSC

WHO says COVID-19 pandemic is 'one big wave', not seasonal - Reuters

Police agencies withdraw from convention duty over tear gas rules

Harvard professor accused of China ties faces US tax charges

Coronavirus: Scaled back Hajj pilgrimage due to start in Saudi Arabia

Spain quarantine rules: The businesses fearing for their futures

The Director Gina Prince-Bythewood Has Always Had Game

177 Questions to Inspire Writing, Discussion, Debate and Reflection

If Our Masks Could Speak

Banksy and Rembrandt Boost Sotheby’s Sale to $192.7 Million

Niels Lauersen, Fallen Fertility Doctor to the Stars, Dies at 84

‘I Just Don’t Get It’: Republicans Balk at Funding F.B.I. Building in Virus Bill

Iran threatens US by targeting replica aircraft carrier in Strait of Hormuz - The Guardian

Second wave of pandemic may be underway in Europe warns Boris Johnson - BBC News - BBC News

Tracking the Tropics: Invest 92-L likely to become Tropical Storm Isaias in the next couple of days - 10 Tampa Bay

Trump’s absence at John Lewis services highlights struggle to honor prominent critics - POLITICO

Declassified intel says Russia is spreading coronavirus disinformation: reports | TheHill - The Hill

World Health Organization: Coronavirus pandemic is 'one big wave' | TheHill - The Hill

Trump Announced, Then Canceled, a Yankees Pitch. Both Came as a Surprise. - The New York Times

South Korea confirms defector swam back to North Korea | TheHill - The Hill

Beijing would prefer Trump be reelected as it gives China an advantage internationally, analyst says - CNBC

Belgium curbs social contact after COVID-19 cases surge - Reuters

New Zealand suspends Hong Kong extradition treaty

Peaceful Protesters With ‘Room for Rage’ Sympathize With Aggressive Tactics

MGM delays live entertainment and expects to lay off workers in that division.

Judge denies attempt to quash Palm Beach County mask mandate - WPTV.com

Iran moves mock aircraft carrier into Strait of Hormuz ahead of apparent live-fire drill - Fox News

US will not expel migrant children detained in Texas hotel

Timeline: How Malaysia's 1MDB financial scandal unfolded

Kylie Moore-Gilbert: Lecturer jailed in Iran 'moved to remote prison'

Coronavirus: How it turned the tables on Ghana's diaspora

Indian Matchmaking: The 'cringe-worthy' Netflix show that is a huge hit

What Will a Post-Trump G.O.P. Look Like?

‘Ellen DeGeneres Show’ Workplace to Be Reviewed by WarnerMedia

Twilight of the Liberal Right

Trump Announced, Then Canceled, a Yankees Pitch. Both Came as a Surprise.

As Republicans Embrace Cut in Jobless Aid, Divisions Weaken Their Leverage

Hotels are promoting the nostalgia of the family road trip.

Vietnam Reports 11 New COVID-19 Cases, The First Since April : Coronavirus Live Updates - NPR

Chief of critical care at Baltimore's Mercy Medical Center passes away due to Covid-19 complications - CNN

Coronavirus crisis hits Europe's tourism industry soon after reopenings - Fox News

Handicapped by coronavirus pandemic, Duterte presses agenda

No Corrections: July 27, 2020

Quotation of the Day: Lewis’s Funeral Procession Follows His Footsteps Across Bridge

US flag lowered at Chinese consulate in Chengdu: State media

‘Perry Mason’ Season 1, Episode 6 Recap: Disorder in the Court

Portland wrestles with its racist past in city in which just six percent of its residents are black - Daily Mail

Akron Black Lives Matter leader arrested by police during protest at grocery store - cleveland.com

Big Pharma and the cost of developing COVID-19 drugs and vaccines | Counting the Cost - Al Jazeera English

Before Vacating House, Priyanka Gandhi Invites New Occupant For Tea - NDTV

Trump news: President rails at ‘Venezuela on steroids’ Democrats as coronavirus cases climb and unrest continues in Portland - The Independent

Federal Agents in Portland Are Generating Unrest Elsewhere as Well

Roles reversed as a St. Bernard dog was the one that needed rescuing from England's tallest mountain - CNN

COVID-19 cases have reached a staggering 4.1 million in the US - ABC News

Covid’s Next Economic Crisis: Developing-Nation Debt - The Wall Street Journal

Black Lives Matter rally met by All Lives Matter counter protesters in Loomis - Sacramento Bee