October 2020

By Alexander Burns and Jonathan Martin Joe Biden holds a 9-point lead over President Donald Trump amid widespread public alarm about the trajectory of the coronavirus pandemic and demand among voters for large-scale government action to…
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By P. K. Balachandran COLOMBO - The US$ 2.5 billion Indian film industry, which churns out more than a thousand movies a year and is watched by millions, is now facing an intense political heat it faced only once before, in 1975-77, when…
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COLOMBO – Sri Lankan authorities have subjected at least seven people to forced physical examinations since 2017 in an attempt to provide proof of homosexual conduct, Human Rights Watch (HRW) and EQUAL GROUND (EG) said on Tuesday (20).  The…
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By Michael M. Grynbaum  The microphones of President Donald Trump and Joe Biden will be muted during portions of the final presidential debate Thursday (22), the organizers said late Monday (19), in an unusual effort to avoid the unruly…
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BEIJING - China's super wealthy have earned a record $1.5 trillion in 2020, more than the past five years combined, as e-commerce and gaming boomed during pandemic lockdowns, an annual rich list said Tuesday (20). An extra 257 people…
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By A Special Correspondent COLOMBO – World T20 cricket’s biggest star by far, West Indies legend Chris Gayle is set to roar in the inaugural Lanka Premier League (LPL) 2020 after being picked as one of foreign icons by Kandy Tuskers in…
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By Julie Turkewitz LA PAZ, Bolivia — In a presidential election that was widely viewed as a referendum on the legacy of Evo Morales, Bolivia’s first Indigenous president, voters appear to have spoken clearly: They want his socialist…
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By Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Maggie Haberman and Noah Weiland WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump attacked Dr. Anthony Fauci as “a disaster” Monday (19) and said, despite signs that the nation was headed toward another coronavirus peak, that…
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1962 - War breaks out between India and China The month-long border dispute began after the Chinese launched a two-pronged attack on the border between the two countries. During the duration of hostilities, China and India did not…
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