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VIRUS OUTBREAK-VACCINE-THE COLD CHAIN — From factory to syringe, the world’s most promising coronavirus vaccine candidates need non-stop sterile refrigeration to stay potent and safe. But despite enormous strides in equipping developing countries to maintain the essential “cold chain,” nearly 3 billion of the world’s 7.8 billion people live where the temperature-controlled storage is insufficient for an immunization campaign to control COVID-19. By Lori Hinnant and Sam Mednick. SENT: 2,050 words, photos.
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ELECTION 2020 — President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden went on offense over the weekend, as both campaigned in states they are trying to flip during the Nov. 3 election that is just over two weeks away. By Brian Slodyski, Jill Colvin and Will Weissert. With AP Photos. SENT: 1,060 words. With ELECTION 2020-TRUMP — 2016 sequel? Trump’s old attacks failing to land on Biden. SENT: 1,320 words, photos.
ELECTION 2020-AMERICA DISRUPTED-SUBURBAN WOMEN — For many women, the past four years of life under President Donald Trump have meant frustration, anger and activism — a political awakening that powered women’s marches, the #MeToo movement and the victories of record numbers of female candidates in 2018. That energy has helped create the widest gender gap — the political divide between men and women — in recent history. By Claire Galofaro. SENT: 2,500 words with photos and video. An abridged version will also be available.
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VIRUS OUTBREAK — After entire nations were shut down during the first surge of the coronavirus earlier this year, some countries and U.S. states are trying more targeted measures as cases rise again around the world, especially in Europe and the Americas. By Jennifer Peltz. SENT: 1,140 words, photos, With VIRUS-OUTBREAK-THE-LATEST.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-GLOBAL — The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases across the planet has surpassed 40 million, but experts say that is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the true impact of the pandemic that has upended life and work around the world. The milestone was hit this morning, according to Johns Hopkins University, which collates reports from around the world. By Medical Writer Maria Cheng. SENT: 550 words, photos;
FRANCE-BASQUE SEPARATIST TRIAL — The last known chief of ETA, the now-extinct Basque separatist militant group, goes on trial Monday in Paris for terrorism charges that he deems “absurd” because of his role in ending a conflict that claimed hundreds of lives and terrorized Spain for half a century. By Aritz and Angela Charlton. SENT: 1,540 words, photos. With SPAIN-ETA TIMELINE — ETA’s bloody history: 853 killings in 60 years of violence. SENT: 730 words, photos. An abridged version will also be available.
BOLIVIA-ELECTIONS — Evo Morales’ party claims victory in Bolivia’s presidential election as official results trickled in from Sunday’s high-stakes redo of last year’s annulled ballot that saw the leftist leader resign and flee the country. More than nine hours after polls closed, barely 6% of all ballot boxes had been counted and they showed Morales’ handpicked successor, Luis Arce, trailing a conservative rival. By Carlos Valdez and Joshua Goodman. SENT: 1,120 words, photos.
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VIRUS OUTBREAK-CONGRESS — Congress is past the point at which it can deliver more coronavirus relief before the election, with differences between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, her Senate Republican rivals and President Donald Trump proving insurmountable despite the country’s glaring needs. Trump’s GOP allies reconvene the Senate this week to vote on a proposal, but it’s a bill that failed once before, and Trump himself now derides it as too puny. By Andrew Taylor. SENT: 950 words with photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-BEEKEEPER’S-CHALLENGE — Commercial beekeeping is a challenge in in the best of times, with bee deaths a frequent problem, often attributed to stressors such as parasites and agricultural chemicals. Beekeepers James Cook and Samantha Jones decided to start their own business this year anyway. Then the coronavirus hit, posing even more obstacles. Determined to make it work, they’ve just finished their first honey season as business owners. By Martha Irvine and Carrie Antlfinger. SENT: 550 words, photos.
VIRUS-OUTBREAK-ASIA — South Korea on Monday began testing tens of thousands of employees of hospitals and nursing homes to prevent COVID-19 outbreaks at live-in facilities. SENT: 400 words, photo.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-BELGIUM — Bars and restaurants across Belgium shut down for a month and a night-time curfew took effect as health authorities warned of a possible “tsunami” of new virus cases in the hard-hit nation that host the European Union’s headquarters. SENT: 350 words, photos.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-ISRAEL-WEDDING — An Israeli man hospitalized with the coronavirus has been granted the rare chance to take part in his son’s wedding after a Jerusalem hospital hosted the ceremony on its grounds, beneath the man’s hospital room window. SENT: 350 words.
POLAND-VIRUS-OUTBREAK — Poland’s government is transforming the National Stadium in Warsaw into a field hospital to handle the surging number of people infected with the coronavirus. SENT: 220 words, photos.
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TWITTER-MASKS — Twitter blocks tweet from Trump adviser downplaying masks. SENT: 370 words, photos.
ISRAEL-EMIRATES — First commercial passenger flight from UAE lands in Israel. SENT: 300 words, photo.
GREECE-GOLDEN DAWN — Prosecutor recommends suspended sentences for Golden Dawn. SENT: 240 words, photos.
FRANCE-TEACHER-DECAPITATED — French police operations underway after beheading of teacher. SENT: 410 words, photos,
EXPLOSION-VIRGINIA — Officials: No more victims in Virginia explosion that hurt 5. SENT: 150 words, photos.
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ELECTION-2020-WATCH — President Donald Trump is openly contemplating the prospect of losing, while Democratic challenger Joe Biden is warning his supporters against overconfidence as the 2020 presidential election speeds into its closing days. With millions of votes already cast, Biden’s lead in the polls appears strong. The campaigns appear to be moving in opposite directions on paper, but it’s a very different feeling on the campaign trail. SENT: 940 words, photos.
FACT CHECK-WEEK — Back on the campaign trail after COVID-19 sidelined him, President Donald Trump returned to familiar form, spreading a litany of falsehoods. Over the weekend, he asserted yet again that the virus was “rounding the corner” when it isn’t, misrepresented Democratic rival Joe Biden’s tax proposals and resurrected unfounded claims about Biden and the business dealings of his son, Hunter Biden, in Ukraine. By Hope Yen, Calvin Woodward and Josh Boak. SENT: 2,600 words with photos and video.
ELECTION-2020-EARLY-VOTING-FLORIDA — Florida begins in-person early voting in much of the state as the Trump campaign tries to cut into an early advantage Democrats have posted in mail-in votes in the key swing state. SENT: 440 words.
ELECTION-2020-SENATE--DEBATE-GEORGIA — Candidates in the special election for the U.S. Senate seat held by Georgia Republican Kelly Loeffler are set to square off in their first debate Monday afternoon. SENT: 350 words, photos.
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CONFEDERATE-MONUMENT-RICHMOND — A lawsuit seeking to prevent Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam from removing an enormous statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Richmond is scheduled to go to trial. The plaintiffs, a group of Richmond residents who live near the monument, filed suit after Northam ordered the removal of the statue in June amid the outcry and unrest caused by the death of George Floyd in police custody.
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MIDEAST-IMF-OUTLOOK — China’s shaky economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic is gaining strength as consumers return to shopping malls and auto dealerships while the United States and Europe endure painful contractions. SENT: 840 words.
VIETNAM-JAPAN — Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, in his first summit foray since taking office last month, agreed with his Vietnamese counterpart to step up defense and security cooperation in the face of China’s expanding influence in the region. SENT: 730 words, photos.
BREXIT — The U.K.’s most senior Anglican bishops warns that legislation breaching part of the Brexit divorce agreement the government signed with the European Union will set a “disastrous precedent” and could undermine peace in Northern Ireland. SENT: 700 words, photo.
THAILAND-PROTESTS — Thailand’s embattled prime minister says there were no plans to extend a state of emergency outside the capital, even as student-led protests calling for him to leave office spread around the country. Police, however, indicated they were working to censor coverage of the demonstrations. SENT: 630 words, photos.
AUSTRALIA-US-REFUGEES — The United States is expected to have resettled more than 1,100 refugees by early next year under a deal President Donald Trump reluctantly honored with Australia, an Australian official says. SENT: 390 words.
AFGHANISTAN — The U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan warned Monday that “distressingly high” levels of violence threaten to derail ongoing peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban. SENT: 350 words, photos.
BRITAIN-UAE-ASSAULT-ALLEGATIONS — The chair of Britain’s Hay literary festival says the event will not return to Abu Dhabi after one of the festival’s curators alleged that she was sexually assaulted by the tolerance minister of the United Arab Emirates while working with him. Lawyers for the minister later denied her account. SENT: 350 words, photos.
TAIWAN-CHINA-FIJI — China and Taiwan traded accusations over a violent altercation that broke out between Chinese diplomats and Taiwan government employees at a recent Taiwan National Day reception in Fiji. SENT: 480 words.
INDIA-CHINA-MILITARY-STANDOFF — The Indian military says it apprehended a Chinese soldier Monday in the remote Ladakh region, where the two countries are locked in a monthslong military standoff along their disputed border. SENT: 520 words, photo.
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FINANCIAL MARKETS — European shares got off to a strong start Monday after China reported that its economy grew at a nearly 5% annual pace in the last quarter. U.S. futures were higher and the futures for the S&P 500 and Dow industrials also advanced. Most Asian benchmarks also climbed. By Business Writer Elaine Kurtenbach. SENT: 610 words, photos.
CHINA-ECONOMY — China’s shaky economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic is gaining strength as consumers return to shopping malls and auto dealerships while the United States and Europe endure painful contractions. By Business Writer Joe McDonald. SENT: 650 words, photos.
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BBN--NLCS — The Los Angeles Dodgers celebrated as Cody Bellinger’s drive soared deep into the Texas night. Bellinger flung his bat off to the side and strutted up the first-base line. All the way to the World Series. By Baseball Writer Stephen Hawkins. SENT: 850 words, photos. With BBN--NCLS-MVP; BBN-NLCS-Dodgers-Betts; BBN--NLCS-Braves Eliminated (sent).
BBO—WORLD SERIES LOOKAHEAD — The World Series matchup between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Tampa Bay Rays is a rare meeting of baseball’s best for the title. Despite the shortened schedule and expanded playoffs, the teams with the best record in each league meet in the World Series for just the fourth time since Major League Baseball realigned each league into three divisions. By Baseball Writer Ronald Blum. SENT: 1,000 words, photos.
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