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1. Daniel Andrews says Jenny Mikakos's decision to quit is 'appropriate'  The Guardian
2. Victoria records 16 new coronavirus cases and two deaths before lockdown easing  Daily Mail
3. Coronavirus live updates: France's second wave 'faster than we thought' says top doctor; Melbourne lifts curfew  The Guardian
4. Extra easing of Victoria‘s virus rules to be revealed  NEWS.com.au
5. Victorian Daniel Andrews urged to step down after his health minister quit  Daily Mail
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The new console launches Nov. 10.

The new console launches Nov. 10.

A military transport plane carrying air force cadets crashed and burst into flames near a highway in northeastern Ukraine on Friday evening, killing at least 22 people on board, officials said.

The Russian diplomat said a bipolar world, in which the United States and China would dominate, was possible, but Russia was not eager to see this happen

Bill Murray’s lawyer has responded to a letter from the Doobie Brothers threatening to sue over Murray’s use of one of their songs in an ad for his line of golf shirts — but instead of offering money to settle, the attorneys offered, yes, golf shirts.

San Diego pitcher Mike Clevinger got a cortisone shot for his ailing right elbow Friday and the Padres are hopeful he'll be OK for the playoffs.

The ruling blocks William Perry Pendley from continuing as the temporary head of the Bureau of Land Management, a post he's held for more than a year without being confirmed by the Senate.

A tiny but playable Rubik’s Cube, so little it fits on your fingertip, has gone on sale in Japan for 198,000 yen, or about $1,900, for delivery starting in December.

Rangers have won six of the first eight Scottish Premier League games, while drawing the other two.

The minister added that the terrorists "are seeking to destroy the French identity"

Read today that Andrew Neil has quit the BBC to help launch GB News. Sounds like it will be the UK version of Fox News. Expect LBC but on television. Rupert Murdoch is apparently planning a similar TV channel.

What those on the Right manage to do very successfully is paint a picture of them being the downtrodden, under represented and mistreated sector of society. The reality is that it is the ideology of the Right that shapes the society we live in.
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The scandal over the Department of Justice hyping 9 ballots in Pennsylvania as proof of Donald Trump’s conspiracy theories about voting by mail was an Bill Barr stunt was an “in-kind contribution” an election law expert explained in the Los Angeles Times on Friday. UC Irvine law and political science professor Rick Hasen explained the […]

1. Coronavirus: Shoppers lost £100m in vouchers expiring in lockdown - Which?  BBC News
2. Shoppers miss out on vouchers worth £100m that expired during lockdown  Mirror Online
3. 'Up to £100 million' in unused shopping vouchers left unspent during lockdown  Kent Live
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Season 45 of “SNL” has been a weird one thanks to the coronavirus pandemic shutting down basically everything. But the show has gone on, with NBC putting on several “SNL At Home” episodes thus far during this period of social distancing. In the most recent of those “SNL At Home” episodes, which aired May 9, Alec Baldwin popped in with his Donald Trump impression in order to deliver the worst commencement speech ever for a class of high school seniors over Zoom.

In 2004, Dr. José Armando Arronte Villamarín was posted to head a Cuban medical brigade in Namibia. Cuban medical personnel first came to southwest Africa in 1975 alongside Cuban soldiers; the soldiers had arrived there to assist the South West African People’s Organization (SWAPO) in the fight for the liberation of Namibia from the apartheid South African military. Dr. Arronte Villamarín, a friendly man with a glint in his eye, tells me how much he has enjoyed his work, not only during his time in Namibia... Читать дальше...

Reddit user T1m_Burr used data from the U.S. Social Security Administration to determine which names are likely to become the next 'Karen.'

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After a few months during which the show’s vaunted library of episodes was only available piecemeal, NBC has now announced that all 45 years of Saturday Night Live are coming to its Peacock streaming service. Per Variety, this marks the first time that the show’s full library has been available to streamers since the…

CNN's Wolf Blitzer speaks to Olivia Troye, former aide to the Vice President, about reports that President Donald Trump has lost patience with top public health experts on his coronavirus team because their sober messaging on the future of the pandemic clashes with his more positive assessments.

John Cassidy writes about Donald Trump’s selection of Amy Coney Barrett to fill the Supreme Court seat vacated by Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and what it represents about the U.S. government’s anti-democratic elements.

Cincinnati Reds broadcaster Thom Brennaman has resigned from his television play-by-play role, one month after using a homophobic slur on the air.

The head of the Japanese government said Tokyo was poised to fully normalize relations with Pyongyang

According to Friday's poll, 19 percent of all Americans consider health care to be the greatest issue facing the U.S. today.