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Trump releases 2019 financial disclosure report
Three of President Donald Trump’s marquee properties — Mar-a-Lago, Trump National Doral and his Trump International Hotel in Washington — reported a mixed revenue record in 2019, according to a financial disclosure form provided to the federal government.
Birx warns US is ‘in a new phase’ of coronavirus pandemic with more widespread cases
Dr. Deborah Birx on Sunday said the US is in a new phase in its fight against the coronavirus pandemic, saying that the deadly virus is more widespread than when it first took hold in the US earlier this year.
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/08/02/politics/birx-coronavirus-new-phase-cnntv/index.html
US election 2020: Obama calls for end to voter suppression
Former US President Barack Obama has sharply criticised what he described as Republican attempts at voter suppression in a speech at civil rights leader John Lewis’s funeral.
Obama warns that Trump’s actions threaten US democracy
In one of the most jolting moments in modern political history, former President Barack Obama reclaimed his political pulpit with a stark warning that his successor is a grave and imminent threat to American democracy and racial justice.
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/31/politics/donald-trump-barack-obama-election-democracy/index.html
BBC News
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- French national jailed for 10 years in Azerbaijan for spying
- Who wants what from the Iran war?
- Far-left and far-right gains throw French mainstream parties into a quandary
- Key Oscars moments as snubbed Chalamet becomes butt of jokes
- TikTok and Meta risked safety to win algorithm arms race, whistleblowers say
- Ten killed in fire at India hospital intensive care unit
- 'A new norm': BBC visits Doha market starting to fill up again two weeks into Iran war
- Iran taking steps to prevent anti-establishment protests, Tehran residents tell BBC
Nasa SpaceX crew return: Dragon capsule splashes down
August 3, 2020
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Daniel Jenkins
Two American astronauts have splashed down, as the first commercial crewed mission to the International Space Station returned to Earth.
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-53621102