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Vanessa Bryant sues LA sheriff over helicopter crash photos

Vanessa Bryant sues sheriff's office over crash photos

Source country longbeachstar Tuesday, September 22, 2020 11:05:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Entities: Kobe Bryant[2]; Vanessa Bryant[7]; Gianna Bryant[1]; Alex Villanueva[1];

Other categories: Air Transport - Aviation Safety;

Vanessa Bryant has sued the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, contending deputies shared photos of the helicopter crash in which her husband, basketball legend Kobe Bryant, and their teenage daughter died in January. The lawsuit is seeking unspecified damages for negligence, invasion of.......

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Iran strikes defiant tone at UN under crushing US sanctions 0

Iran sends message of resistance to US at UNGA

Source country newsnow-co-uk Tuesday, September 22, 2020 11:06:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Entities: Joseph Biden[1]; Recep Tayyip Erdogan[1]; Qassem Soleimani[1];

Other categories: JRC Nuclear Security; UN Bodies; Terrorist Attack; JRC Safeguards;

Addressing all members of the UNGA, the Iranian president slammed the US for turning its back on the nuclear deal, whose negotiations took more than a decade, while still claiming to support talks. "The US can neither impose negotiations on us, nor war," Rouhani asserted....

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First Trump-Biden debate to focus on Supreme Court, coronavirus and race

Newsdeck: Trump and Biden set to clash on Supreme Court, five other topics in first debate

Source country dailymaverick Tuesday, September 22, 2020 11:43:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Entities: Cynthia Osterman[1]; Ruth Bader Ginsburg[1]; Chris Wallace[1]; Joseph Biden[1]; Trevor Hunnicutt[2]; Donald Trump[1];

Other categories: Coronavirus Infection; Communicable Diseases;

Sept 22 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden will spar for 90 minutes over the Supreme Court, the coronavirus, voting integrity and "race and violence in our cities," organizers of the first head-to-head election debate said on Tuesday. By Trevor Hunnicutt....

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Hull release statement on West Ham Carabao Cup clash going ahead after three positive coronavirus tests including Moyes

David Moyes and two players test positive for Covid-19 before West Ham’s cup win

Source country thecourier Tuesday, September 22, 2020 11:38:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Entities: Boris Johnson[1]; Josh Cullen[3]; David Moyes[4]; Alan Irvine[1]; Manuel Lanzini[1]; Issa Diop[3];

Other categories: Public Health (general); Coronavirus Infection; Communicable Diseases;

West Ham manager David Moyes and two of his players were dramatically sent home from the London Stadium prior to their 5-1 Carabao Cup win over Hull after testing positive for Covid-19. Defender Issa Diop and midfielder Josh Cullen were initially named in the team to face the League One Tigers....

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UN warns against 'new Cold War' 3h ago US President Donald Trump appeared not to heed the UN General Secretary's warning, bashing China over the coronavirus pandemic. China's president Xi Jinping said his country wasn't planning on entering a second Cold War.

World can’t afford ‘Great Fracture’

Source country thedailystarBD Tuesday, September 22, 2020 11:46:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Entities: Xi Jinping[1]; Antonio Guterres[1]; Jair Bolsonaro[1]; Donald Trump[1]; Recep Tayyip Erdogan[1];

Other categories: Public Health (general); Coronavirus Infection; UN Bodies; Ban Ki-moon; Communicable Diseases; Environment (general);

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Donald Trump said: "We must hold accountable the nations which unleashed this plague onto the world -- China,"

Xi Jinping said: "We will continue to narrow differences and resolve disputes with others through dialogue and negotiation. We will not seek to develop only ourselves or engage in zero sum game,"

Antonio Guterres said: "We must do everything to avoid a new Cold War," "We are moving in a very dangerous direction. Our world cannot afford a future where the two largest economies split the globe in a Great Fracture -- each with its own trade and financial rules and internet and artificial intelligence capacities"

UN chief yesterday warned against a new "Cold War" between US and China as the leaders of the world's most advanced economies delivered their speeches at UN. Xi Jinping yesterday warned against the perils of a "clash of civilizations" after Donald Trump angrily cast blame on China over the coronavirus pandemic and urged UN to hold it accountable....

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‘There are great days ahead’ – Prime Minister warns of future lockdown in speech to the nation

Boris Johnson: There have been too many breaches of Covid-19 rules by 'freedom loving' Britons

Source country newsnow-co-uk Tuesday, September 22, 2020 11:06:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Entities: Boris Johnson[2]; Arlene Foster[1]; Baroness Harding[1]; Nicola Sturgeon[1]; Paul Hunter[1]; Keir Starmer[1]; Sir Keir[1];

Other categories: Public Health (general); Coronavirus Infection; Communicable Diseases;

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Arlene Foster said: "I want to reassure you, that despite all the headlines, this is not a second lockdown. This is a wakeup call. A reminder that we are not out of the woods"

Paul Hunter added: “It is doubtful that the measures currently being enacted will be sufficient to reduce the R value to below one much before this side of Christmas”

Common sense is the “single greatest weapon” in the effort to suppress coronavirus, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in a televised address, adding there had been “too many” breaches of the rules. The Prime Minister set out a package of measures for England, with office staff once again.......

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NASA reveals new details of $28B Artemis lunar landing program

National NASA releases plan to get first woman to moon in 2024 Scripps National 4:08 PM, Sep 22, 2020

Source country wptv Tuesday, September 22, 2020 11:15:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Entities: Jim Bridenstine[1];

NASA has unveiled its $28 billion plan to send the first woman to the moon. On Monday, the agency said they hope to have a woman and man land on the moon in 2024. “With bipartisan support from Congress, our 21st-century push to the Moon is well within America’s reach,” said NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine in the press release....

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World's top emitter China aims to go carbon neutral by 2060

China, top global emitter, aims to go carbon-neutral by 2060

Source country TorontoStar Tuesday, September 22, 2020 11:30:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Entities: Frans Timmermans[1]; Xi Jinping[1]; Barack Obama[1]; John Sterman[1]; Donald Trump[1]; Patricia Espinosa[1]; Jennifer Morgan[1];

Other categories: Renewable Energies; Coronavirus Infection; Climate Change; Communicable Diseases; Climate Action - general; Environment (general); Frans Timmermans; Environmental Protection; EU-Africa; EU-Pacific; EU - China; EU-Asia;

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John Sterman said: “It puts a lot more pressure on the United States,”

John Sterman said: “Emissions that don’t happen between now and 2030 are going to reduce warming a lot more than the same emission reductions after 2060,”

TANZANIA, Tanzania - Chinese President Xi Jinping says his country will aim to stop adding to the global warming problem by 2060. Xi’s announcement during a speech Tuesday to the U.N. General Assembly is a significant step for the world’s biggest emitter of greenhouse gases....

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What a gift: Russia offers UN staff free virus vaccines MOSCOW (AP) — What do you do when Vladimir Putin offers you Russia’s new coronavirus vaccine, for free? United Nations staff in New York and around the world are now facing that choice, after the Russian president offered Tuesday to provide them the Sputnik-V vaccine in a speech to this year’s General Assembly marking the body’s 75th birthday. Only results from small early studies on Russian vaccine have been published, raising concerns among... Associated Press

Covid 19 coronavirus: Russian president Vladimir Putin offers free vaccine to United Nations

Source country nzherald Tuesday, September 22, 2020 10:37:00 PM CEST | info [other]

Entities: Михаил Мурашко[1]; Hans Kluge[1]; Vladimir Putin[3];

Other categories: Regional Policy (general); Public Health (general); Coronavirus Infection; UN Bodies; Communicable Diseases;

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Vladimir Putin said: "Any one of us could face this dangerous virus. The virus has not spared the staff of the United Nations, its headquarters and regional entities,"

Vladimir Putin said: "Russia is ready to offer UN workers the necessary, qualified help, and in particular we propose to supply our vaccine for free to employees of the organisation and its subsidiaries who volunteer for vaccination,"

What do you do when Vladimir Putin offers you Russia's new coronavirus vaccine, for free? United Nations staff in New York and around the world are now facing that choice, after the Russian president on Tuesday offered to provide them the Sputnik-V vaccine in a speech to this year's General Assembly marking the body's 75th birthday....

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