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Iran chides US as world refuses to reimpose sanctions

Iran has promised to inflict a "decisive response" against the United States for acting like a bully to adversaries and allies alike after Washington said it would reimpose UN sanctions - without United Nations' approval.

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Trump Administration to Ban TikTok and WeChat From U.S. App Stores

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration said Friday it would bar the Chinese-owned mobile apps WeChat and TikTok from U.S. app stores as of Sunday, striking a harsh blow against two popular services used by more than 100 million people in the United States.

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Covid-19 Live Updates: Drugmaker Shares Details of Its Vaccine Trial

The document suggests that the first analysis of the trial data may not be conducted until late December, and that there may not be enough information then to determine whether the vaccine works. Subsequent analyses, scheduled for March and May, are more likely to provide an answer.

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As Trump Again Rejects Science, Biden Calls Him a ‘Climate Arsonist’

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In Visiting a Charred California, Trump Confronts a Scientific Reality He Denies

WASHINGTON — When President Trump flies to California on Monday to assess the state’s raging forest fires, he will come face to face with the grim consequences of a reality he has stubbornly refused to accept: the devastating effects of a warming planet.

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A Climate Reckoning in Fire-Stricken California

SAN FRANCISCO — Multiple mega fires burning more than three million acres. Millions of residents smothered in toxic air. Rolling blackouts and triple-digit heat waves. Climate change, in the words of one scientist, is smacking California in the face.

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Covid-19 Live Updates: Senate Republicans Plan Vote on ‘Skinny’ Aid Bill

Senate Republicans plan to force a vote Thursday on their substantially scaled-back stimulus plan, in a maneuver all but guaranteed to fail amid opposition by Democrats who call the measure inadequate.

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Covid-19 Live Updates: Vaccine Trial Is Halted After Patient’s Adverse Reaction

The pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca halted global trials of its coronavirus vaccine on Tuesday because of a serious and unexpected adverse reaction in a participant, the company said.

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Covid-19 Live Updates: Congress Returns to an Impasse Over Pandemic Aid

The impasse amounts to a fraught political situation for both parties less than two months before the November election, with millions still unemployed and cities and states beginning to enact significant budget cuts with no promise of relief from Congress.

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In Year of Voting by Mail, a Scramble to Beef Up In-Person Voting, Too

PHILADELPHIA — Unnerved by the difficulties of voting amid a pandemic and faced with both the political static injected by President Trump and the limits on expanding voting by mail, state and local authorities across the country are racing to rethink and reinforce the polling sites where tens of millions of people are still expected to cast their ballots.