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	World Daily update ⋅ August 30, 2020
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	Washington Post Trolls, tracking and films: How Putin's Russia obsessively hounded opposition leader Navalny Washington Post MOSCOW — When the order came from the Kremlin for films to smear opposition leader Alexei Navalny — President Vladimir Putin's strongest critic — the team at pro-government REN TV didn't have to work very hard. Support our journalism. Subscribe ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times No More In-Person Election Briefings for Congress, Intelligence Chief Says The New York Times The nation's top intelligence officials moved on Saturday to tighten control over the flow of sensitive intelligence about foreign threats to November's election, telling Congress that they would no longer provide in-person briefings about election security and ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Many Want to Be Japan's New Leader. Do They Know What Awaits Them? The New York Times TOKYO — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan is leaving office a year early with no obvious successor. But whoever ultimately emerges from the fierce jockeying within his party will face a clear set of monumental challenges. The coronavirus, although ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times Shinzo Abe's Resignation Prompts Speculation About His Successor The New York Times TOKYO — In his resignation speech on Friday, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan said that the executives of his conservative political party were finalizing plans for selecting a new leader. Speculation about who that might be was swirling even before he ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN French uproar over magazine's portrayal of Black politician as slave CNN The article in Valeurs Actuelles, entitled "Danièle Obono in the Age of Slavery," is a fictional account of Obono's return to 18th century Africa, prompting criticism from across the French political class. Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Tito Mboweni: South Africa's finance minster known for a Twitter roast chicken fail BBC News Far from the cliché of a grey-suited quiet man of numbers, South Africa's Finance Minister Tito Mboweni appears to relish stirring up trouble on Twitter both at home and abroad. His most recent tweets to his more than 870,000 followers criticising the president ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Belarus tightens grip on foreign media coverage as anti-government protests swell Washington Post MOSCOW — Belarusian authorities Saturday launched a crackdown on international and local media, stripping accreditation from journalists and blocking several local media sites, as longtime authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko faces mass protests ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post UN expresses concern over 'dramatic turn' in Libya crisis Washington Post CAIRO — The United Nations on Saturday voiced alarm over what it called "a dramatic turn of events" in Libya's civil war, after a power struggle between leaders of the Tripoli-based government surfaced in the wake of anti-corruption protests. Support our ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Coronavirus doctor's diary: The fake news about schools that's misleading parents BBC News Just as children are about to return to school, a video in Urdu has been widely shared in Bradford, and possibly elsewhere, falsely claiming that sick pupils could be removed their families without parental consent. Dr John Wright of Bradford Royal Infirmary is ... Flag as irrelevant
	BBC News Germany coronavirus: 'Anti-corona' protests in Berlin draws thousands BBC News Thousands of people have protested in the German capital, Berlin, angry at coronavirus restrictions. Some 38,000 people took part in a march that split into two main groups. Police ordered one group near the Unter den Linden to disperse for flouting safety ... Flag as irrelevant
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