Trump-Biden Debate Prompts Shock, Despair and, in China, Glee

By Steven Erlanger from NYT World https://ift.tt/36g1hNf
via IFTTT The chaos of the event has left allies and rivals alike questioning the state of American democracy and the country’s place on the global stage.

As Covid-19 Closes Schools, the World’s Children Go to Work

By Jeffrey Gettleman and Suhasini Raj from NYT World https://ift.tt/30fNz9o
via IFTTT Former students are taking illegal and often dangerous jobs in India and other developing countries, potentially rolling back years of progress in social mobility and public health.

American Could Face Prison in Thailand After Posting Negative Reviews of a Resort

By Richard C. Paddock from NYT World https://ift.tt/3kTlSuJ
via IFTTT The man was arrested under Thailand’s criminal defamation law, which has been used to silence critics and stifle dissent. The hotel that brought charges acknowledges that using the law might be “excessive.”

Fighting Flares Between Azerbaijan and Armenia

By Andrew E. Kramer from NYT World https://ift.tt/3j7L7c9
via IFTTT The governments of both countries reported action with tanks, military helicopters and artillery in a rapid escalation of a long-simmering conflict.

Covid-19 Live Updates: Less Than 10 Percent of Americans Have Antibodies, Study Finds

By Unknown Author from NYT World https://ift.tt/3mSf1nf
via IFTTT At least six U.S. states reported single-day records for new cases. The French Open has been scaled back.

Rat That Sniffs Out Land Mines Receives Award for Bravery

By Anna Schaverien from NYT World https://ift.tt/3632IP3
via IFTTT Magawa, a 5-year-old African giant pouched rat, was recognized with a prestigious honor for his work detecting mines and explosives in Cambodia.

Vietnam Confiscates Over 300,000 Recycled Condoms for Sale

By Chau Doan and Livia Albeck-Ripka from NYT World https://ift.tt/3mMRCUl
via IFTTT A raid at a warehouse led to the arrest of a woman who said she had been paid by the pound to recycle the prophylactics.

‘I Feel Sorry for Americans’: A Baffled World Watches the U.S.

By Hannah Beech from NYT World https://ift.tt/366STiR
via IFTTT From Myanmar to Canada, people are asking: How did a superpower allow itself to be felled by a virus? And why won’t the president commit to a peaceful transition of power?

The Nose Needed for This Coronavirus Test Isn’t Yours. It’s a Dog’s.

By Elian Peltier from NYT World https://ift.tt/33RKe1g
via IFTTT Several animals now working on a trial at Helsinki’s airport have been trained to detect the virus by scent on arriving passengers.

Covid-19 Live Updates: Undercutting Scientists, Trump Says Tightening Vaccine Guidelines ‘Sounds Like a Political Move’

By Unknown Author from NYT World https://ift.tt/2RNGIze
via IFTTT Dr. Anthony S. Fauci and three other top U.S. health officials told lawmakers they would take a vaccine approved by the F.D.A. Johnson & Johnson announced plans to enroll 60,000 people in a major vaccine trial.

Covid-19 Live Updates: Fourth-Largest U.S. School District to Allow Students Back in Classrooms

By Unknown Author from NYT World https://ift.tt/2FZkF69
via IFTTT Over 200,000 people have died in the United States, a staggering toll that comes as the virus spreads to places that were spared early on.

Covid-19 Live Updates: More Chaos for Students as Virus Upends College Admissions Tests

By Unknown Author from NYT World https://ift.tt/3hQGdiz
via IFTTT In another reversal, the C.D.C. removes guidance on how the virus is transmitted. Amid spiking cases, Europe is scrambling to contain new outbreaks.

A Danish Children’s TV Show Has This Message: ‘Normal Bodies Look Like This’

By Thomas Erdbrink and Martin Selsoe Sorensen from NYT World https://ift.tt/2ZO58wY
via IFTTT The program aims to counter social media that bombards young people with images of perfect bodies.

After Criticism, C.D.C. Reverses Covid-19 Guidelines on Testing People Who Were Exposed

By Unknown Author from NYT World https://ift.tt/2FMZeoE
via IFTTT President Trump acknowledged that an authorized vaccine for “every American” may not be distributed until next year. An Iranian official says the country has become a “red zone” as cases and deaths surge.

China Sends Warning to Taiwan and U.S. With Big Show of Air Power

By Steven Lee Myers from NYT World https://ift.tt/33JDuSO
via IFTTT Beijing sent 18 aircraft into the Taiwan Strait as a senior American diplomat held meetings on the island.

Covid-19 Live Updates: C.D.C. Website’s Controversial Testing Guideline Was Not Written by C.D.C. Scientists

By Unknown Author from NYT World https://ift.tt/3c6nzlq
via IFTTT The global total of cases has passed 30 million. An analysis found that more than 40 percent of school workers are at high risk for severe cases of Covid-19.

Her Husband Abused Her. But Getting a Divorce Was an Ordeal.

By Sui-Lee Wee from NYT World https://ift.tt/3c6uV8l
via IFTTT A graphic video of a husband beating his wife has shocked China, shedding light on the prevalence of domestic violence and the difficulties of obtaining a divorce.

Covid-19 Live Updates: Trump Again Scorns Science on Masks and Vaccines

By Unknown Author from NYT World https://ift.tt/3kt6OnB
via IFTTT President Trump urged Republicans to “go for the much higher numbers” in stalled negotiations over another economic recovery package, undercutting his party’s push for a bare-bones plan.

Covid-19 Live Updates: Top Trump Health Official to Take Leave of Absence After Facebook Rant Accusing Scientists of ‘Sedition’

By Unknown Author from NYT World https://ift.tt/3iBuXYx
via IFTTT President Trump urged Republicans to ‘go for the much higher numbers’ in stalled negotiations over another economic recovery package, undercutting his party’s push for a bare-bones plan.

Navalny Says He Is Breathing on His Own in a Message From His Hospital Bed

By Katrin Bennhold and Michael Schwirtz from NYT World https://ift.tt/2Rqb76D
via IFTTT The poisoned Russian opposition leader plans to return to Russia, his spokeswoman says.

Covid-19 Live Updates: Michael Caputo, Trump Health Official, Apologizes for Facebook Outburst, Considers Leave of Absence

By Unknown Author from NYT World https://ift.tt/2H7ZgZ7
via IFTTT Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that the House would not leave for the November elections without acting on an additional round of aid. Pakistani high schools and universities reopened for the first time in nearly six months.

Covid-19 Live Updates: Parties Delay the Start of In-Person Classes at Some U.S. High Schools

By Unknown Author from NYT World https://ift.tt/2Rp3r4u
via IFTTT A federal judge ruled that pandemic safety restrictions in Pennsylvania were unconstitutional. The damage to the world’s major economies from the virus has been six times more severe than the 2009 financial crisis.

Japan’s Next Prime Minister Emerges From Behind the Curtain

By Motoko Rich, Makiko Inoue and Ben Dooley from NYT World https://ift.tt/2Zxt2MU
via IFTTT Yoshihide Suga’s years as a shadow power in Japanese politics left him a bit of a cipher. Now he is emerging to take control of the world’s third-largest economy at a time of deep uncertainty.

Covid-19 Live Updates: Trump’s Defenders Field Sharp Questions Over Woodward Revelations

By Unknown Author from NYT World https://ift.tt/3hrZEhx
via IFTTT U.K. infections have spiked back up to levels not seen in months. After a fire razed a refugee camp in Greece, homeless migrants fear what’s next.

Covid-19 Live Updates: Political Appointees Meddled in C.D.C.’s ‘Holiest of the Holy’ Health Reports

By Unknown Author from NYT World https://ift.tt/35q5zRM
via IFTTT AstraZeneca’s vaccine trials resume in Britain after a safety review. Michigan State University students are requested to quarantine after an uptick in cases.

Bahrain Will Normalize Relations With Israel, in Deal Brokered by Trump

By Michael Crowley and David M. Halbfinger from NYT World https://ift.tt/3hqnvho
via IFTTT The island kingdom in the Persian Gulf becomes the second Arab nation in a month to more openly embrace Israel, dismissing Palestinian objections.

Covid-19 Live Updates: Fauci Warns Return to Normalcy Could Be a Year Away

By Unknown Author from NYT World https://ift.tt/2Zu5Lvp
via IFTTT China has been using its prospects for developing a vaccine as a diplomatic carrot. The pandemic has exacerbated the worldwide threat of hunger and malnutrition.

Rapes of Woman and 5-Year-Old Fuel Outrage in Pakistan

By Salman Masood and Mike Ives from NYT World https://ift.tt/33g0cSx
via IFTTT The girl’s burned body was found two days later. The woman was dragged from her car. The two cases have focused the country’s attention on its handling of sexual abuse.

Violent Protests Erupt in Colombia After a Man Dies in Police Custody

By Julie Turkewitz from NYT World https://ift.tt/3k3bm3z
via IFTTT A video showed officers pinning down Javier Ordóñez and shocking him with a stun gun as he begged them to stop.

Trump’s Nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize Was Apparently Forged. Twice.

By Henrik Pryser Libell from NYT World https://ift.tt/2GQYcDm
via IFTTT The police in Oslo said they were in contact with the F.B.I. about the forgeries, which suggests that they originated in the United States.

Covid-19 Live Updates: G.O.P.’s Scaled-Back Stimulus Bill Fails in Senate

By Unknown Author from NYT World https://ift.tt/2ZpnLHl
via IFTTT The Senate did not approve a Republican proposal, and it looks increasingly unlikely that Washington will be able to reach a deal before the election for more virus aid.

A Man, a Pint and a Timer Become Symbols of Ireland’s Pandemic Rules

By Megan Specia from NYT World https://ift.tt/2FfzBN0
via IFTTT A photo of an older man having a meal in a pub started a national conversation about coronavirus regulations and life’s simple pleasures.

Covid-19 Live Updates: N.I.H. Director Undercuts Trump’s Comments on Vaccines

By Unknown Author from NYT World https://ift.tt/2F6AKHb
via IFTTT The director, Dr. Francis Collins, took issue with President Trump’s suggestion that a coronavirus vaccine would be available by Election Day. A new study says the virus can stealthily attack the brain.

AstraZeneca Puts Leading COVID-19 Vaccine Trial on Hold Over Safety Concern

By Reuters from NYT World https://ift.tt/3bF6JtR
via IFTTT AstraZeneca Plc on Tuesday said it has paused global trials, including large late-stage trials, of its experimental coronavirus vaccine because of an unexplained illness in a study participant.

Shots Fired Along India-China Border for First Time in Years

By Jeffrey Gettleman from NYT World https://ift.tt/33nuov9
via IFTTT Each side blamed the other as tensions between the two nuclear powers increased along their disputed high-altitude boundary.

Why Calls to Boycott ‘Mulan’ Over Concerns About China Are Growing

By Amy Qin and Edward Wong from NYT World https://ift.tt/3jU4fdS
via IFTTT The latest backlash over Disney’s remake of the movie centers on how it was partly filmed in Xinjiang, where Uighurs live under repression.

‘Kill All You See’: In a First, Myanmar Soldiers Tell of Rohingya Slaughter

By Hannah Beech, Saw Nang and Marlise Simons from NYT World https://ift.tt/3i9ab2j
via IFTTT Video testimony from two soldiers supports widespread accusations that Myanmar’s military tried to eradicate the ethnic minority in a genocidal campaign.

Covid-19 Live Updates: AstraZeneca Pauses Vaccine Trial for Safety Review

By Unknown Author from NYT World https://ift.tt/3i8uGvO
via IFTTT Some JPMorgan Chase employees and customers misused federal virus aid money, according to an internal memo. A political uproar quashed plans for targeted lockdowns in Israel.

Aided by Modern Ingenuity, a Taste of Ancient Judean Dates

By Isabel Kershner from NYT World https://ift.tt/3lXpptl
via IFTTT The harvest of the much-extolled but long-lost Judean dates was something of a scientific miracle. The fruit sprouted from seeds 2,000 years old.

Aleksei Navalny Out of a Coma and Responsive, German Doctors Say

By Melissa Eddy from NYT World https://ift.tt/2DFo7C4
via IFTTT Doctors treating the Russian opposition leader said his condition had improved, but they could not rule out lasting effects of “severe poisoning.” Germany said it was from a military-grade nerve agent.

Trump Emerges as Inspiration for Germany’s Far Right

By Katrin Bennhold from NYT World https://ift.tt/2GAoAq9
via IFTTT Among German conspiracy theorists, ultranationalists and neo-Nazis, the American president is surfacing as a rallying cry, or even as a potential “liberator.”

Covid-19 Live Updates: Northeastern University Dismisses 11 Students for Partying but Keeps Their Tuition

By Unknown Author from NYT World https://ift.tt/2DD3Woo
via IFTTT The U.N. warns of looming famines connected to the pandemic. Over 100 cases are linked to an indoor wedding in Maine, including three non-participants who later died.

Coronavirus Crisis Shatters India’s Big Dreams

By Jeffrey Gettleman from NYT World https://ift.tt/3lOXbku
via IFTTT The country’s ambitions to become a global power, lift its poor and update its military have been set back by a sharp economic plunge, soaring infections and a widening sense of malaise.

Covid-19 Live Updates: Vaping Can Increase Virus Hazards, Researchers Say

By Unknown Author from NYT World https://ift.tt/3bsxp0G
via IFTTT Another college football game was postponed. U.S. officials urged caution ahead of Labor Day weekend.

Covid-19 Live Updates: Trump Vaccine Chief Casts Doubt on Vaccine by Election Day

By Unknown Author from NYT World https://ift.tt/2F0JZbi
via IFTTT Just as Thailand reached 100 days without a new local case, it found one. The New York Times surveyed more than 1,500 colleges and found that over two-thirds have reported at least one case.

Covid-19 Live Updates: States Should Prepare for Possible Vaccine by Early November, C.D.C. Says

By Unknown Author from NYT World https://ift.tt/2EJC9mR
via IFTTT A Minnesota man is the first person known to have died of Covid-19 after attending the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. Silvio Berlusconi, Italy’s former prime minister, tested positive for the virus.

Covid-19 Live Updates: States Should Prepare for Possible Vaccine by Early November, C.D.C. Says

By Unknown Author from NYT World https://ift.tt/34Ww4Oz
via IFTTT International clinical trials confirm the hope that the cheap, widely available drugs can help seriously ill patients survive. The World Health Organization released new guidelines encouraging their use.

Aleksei Navalny Was Poisoned With Novichok, Germany Says

By Melissa Eddy from NYT World https://ift.tt/2YXDNrL
via IFTTT The German government said that toxicology tests showed the Russian opposition leader was poisoned with a nerve agent from the same group used in a 2018 attack on an ex-Soviet spy.

Portugal Communist Party Gets OK for 16,500 People at Event

By The Associated Press from NYT World https://ift.tt/34SEztN
via IFTTT Health authorities in Portugal are allowing the country’s Communist Party to let 16,500 people into its annual open-air festival next weekend -- an unusually high number for a gathering in Europe amid the coronavirus pandemic.

‘Here We Go Again’: A Second Virus Wave Grips Spain

By Patrick Kingsley and José Bautista from NYT World https://ift.tt/3jtuiID
via IFTTT The coronavirus is spreading much faster in Spain than anywhere else in Europe. After a relative lull during the summer, experts fear it signals a new surge across the continent.