PARIS – Leaders of countries once subjugated to Western powers sent a pointed message at this year’s U.N. General Assembly: For those who think the word “colonialism” evokes a long-ago, no-longer-relevant era, think again.Several leaders raised this year’s global protests inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement in the United States and renewed demands for reparations for the slave trade, calling them just one step in a still-unfinished reckoning with crimes of former empires.The onetime French colony of New Caledonia -- still run by Paris, more than 10,000 miles and 10 time zones away – is voting Sunday on whether to break free.

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Protesters urged to stay away from planned Holyrood coronavirus demo

Scottish Parliament tomorrow. Protesters plan to gather at Holyrood to rally against new tough restrictions.

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Consumers urged to start Christmas shopping to minimise December queues

DublinTown, the business group of 2,500 businesses in Dublin City centre, has urged consumers to start their Christmas shopping early and before the December rush.

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Quebec premier urging Quebecers to download COVID-19 Alert app

Premier François Legault’s frustration was evident at the National Assembly on Thursday. Legault is accusing opposition parties of cultivating a culture of fear among Quebecers, which is keeping people from downloading and using the COVID-19 Alert application.

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DC faults White House over Rose Garden event, urges testing

WASHINGTON – In an extraordinary step, the Washington, D.C., Department of Health has released an open letter appealing to all White House staff and anyone who attended a Sept. 26 event in the Rose Garden to seek medical advice and take a COVID-19 test.

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Rick Zamperin’s Week 5 NFL picks: Bills make you wanna shout, no one loves New York

NFL season.I didn’t like my 9-6 record straight up last week and I have to do a lot better than 5-9-1 against the spread, but while my weekly picks are for entertainment purposes only O’Brien lost his job as head coach of the Houston Texans following the club’s dreadful 0-4 start to the season.How will the Romeo Crenel-led Texans fare in Week 5? Find out below. Rick Zamperin: Coronavirus may force NFL to reschedule more games Week 5 kicks off Thursday night in the Windy City as the surprising 3-1 Bears host Tom Brady and the 3-1 Buccaneers.

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Katherine Schwarzenegger urges fans to vote for Biden, slams Trump’s ‘don’t be afraid of COVID’ tweet

Katherine Schwarzenegger is falling on her sword in her steadfast endorsement of Democratic nominee Joe Biden in November’s presidential election. The author responded to President Trump’s tweet Monday, in which he announced that he'd be leaving Walter Reed Medical Center following his treatment for COVID-19, adding, "Don’t be afraid of Covid.

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Ontario, Quebec urge people to stay home as new cases surge

Health officials in Ontario and Quebec are urging people to stay home to help control a resurgence of COVID-19.

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Coronavirus: Premier Doug Ford urges Ontario residents to only celebrate with their household this Thanksgiving

Premier Doug Ford clarified who should be attending Thanksgiving dinner on the weekend, saying people need to stick to just their households. But there is still some confusion. Miranda Anthistle explains.

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How Flagler hotels are coming together to prevent, solve crimes

FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. – Whether it’s an unruly hotel guest or a different crime, hotels can now stop or prevent illegal activity a lot easier thanks to the Business Watch program that the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office launched in August.“It just allows us to get in there, help the business and ensure that their business is not only safe for themselves and their employees, but for their customers,” Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly said.Staly said it’s like the Neighborhood Watch Program but for the business community and they’re starting with hotels. He said their Homeland Security Unit, which is part of the real time crime center, visits the properties to make suggestions and educate management.

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LIVE TRACK, MODELS, SATELLITE: New Orleans urged to stay vigilant about Hurricane Delta

NEW ORLEANS – The Latest on Hurricane Delta (all times CDT):2 p.m.New Orleans' mayor has urged the city’s residents to remain vigilant as the expected path of Hurricane Delta is predicted to hit the state’s coast Friday night or Saturday morning.“We stand ready,” Mayor LaToya Cantrell at a news briefing Wednesday.Colin Arnold, director of New Orleans Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, said the storm’s projection remains uncertain but the forecast track is currently west of the city.“It was a monster before it hit the Yucatan,” Arnold said of Delta. “And, we are on the east side of this, slightly out of the cone, but be careful.

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Wyoming National Guard Called Upon to Assist Wyoming Department of Health

October 7, 2020Members of the Wyoming Military Department have been requested by the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH), and activated by Gov. Mark Gordon, to temporarily assist with voluntary COVID-19 mapping (contact tracing) efforts and other associated administrative tasks.A total of 20 soldiers and airmen began State Active Duty orders Tuesday, Oct.

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Robert De Niro blasts Trump administration amid coronavirus pandemic: 'We're in a national abusive situation'

Robert De Niro did not mince words in a recent interview in which he was asked about how he's holding up amid the coronavirus pandemic. The "Irishman" star was quick to call his current situation "fortunate" but pointed out the state of the nation as a whole was more than grim due to the Trump administration.

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NHRC urges action to protect victims of covid-19

NEW DELHI : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has released an advisory suggesting urgent action to protect the victims of the COVID-19 pandemic, including children."Urgent action is required taking into account the constitutional obligations, domestic laws, the UNCRC's general principles and the SDGs to safeguard the lives and dignity of 39% of India's population which was impacted due to the pandemic," the NHRC said.According to the Commission, there are reports of increased violence against children, both physical and sexual, child marriage, and child trafficking. Cases of child abuse and safety have also increased manifold during the lockdown is evidenced by the increase in calls to helplines.

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Tourism taskforce urges radical steps to sustain industry

The Tourism Recovery Taskforce has called for radical steps to sustain and revive the industry post-Covid 19 including €120 million in grant aid, a loan scheme and staggered school holidays.

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National Night Out events held across Philly amid surge of gun violence

PHILADELPHIA - Several towns and cities across our area held a scaled back National Night Out Tuesday. There was music, games and laughs on Cecil Street in Cobbs Creek. However, the fun of National Night Out couldn't erase the reality of surging gun violence in the city. Ebony Bell is a mother of five between the ages of 6 to 16, she worries about their futures.“The kids can’t be kids anymore," Bell said. “We could be sitting outside like right now minding your own business and something fatal can happen.

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New tool ranks COVID-19 responses of 19 hard-hit nations

The United States ranks ninth out of 19 based on a newly developed tool to evaluate public perception of different countries' responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published today in PLOS One.

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Novelist Lydia Millet among National Book Award finalists

NEW YORK – Stories of race, class and climate change were among the fiction finalists Tuesday for the 71st annual National Book Awards. The National Book Foundation, which presents the awards, announced five works in each of five categories: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translation and young people's literature.

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Doctors urged to tackle malnutrition in obesity

Surprisingly, they found that malnutrition was common even among those with overweight or obesity. The results appear in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.In an accompanying editorial, two cardiologists write that physicians commonly perceive malnutrition to be a problem that only affects people who are “undernourished” — in other words, underweight.

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First Minister: National coronavirus lockdown will not be imposed this week

"circuit breaker lockdown" is needed to reduce transmission of the disease in the community.

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Trey Songz tests positive for coronavirus, urges fans to take it seriously

Trey Songz has revealed that he’s tested positive for coronavirus and will now be self-isolating in the same week that his new album arrives.Sharing the news in an Instagram video, Trey explained that he’s been getting tested for the virus periodically over the last few months — but this time around he received a positive result.“Here with a very important message to let you know that I tested positive for COVID-19,” his message began. “I’ve taken many tests as I’ve been out protesting, food drives, of course I have a very young son at home, so I get tested periodically and this time unfortunately it came back positive.”He continued: “7.5 million Americans have contracted Covid.

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It’s a boy! National Zoo reveals gender of newest panda cub

WASHINGTON - The wait is over – it's a boy!Download the FOX 5 DC News App for Local Breaking News and WeatherThe wait is over – it's a boy!The Smithsonian's National Zoo revealed on Monday that their newest 6-week-old giant panda cub is a male.The Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s 6-week-old giant panda cub is a male. (Smithsonian’s National Zoo) The sex was determined using a genetic DNA test.

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China, 25 other countries call on Western nations to lift sanctions amid coronavirus

China and 25 other nations countries on Monday called for the immediate lifting of sanctions by the United States and Western countries to ensure an effective response to the COVID-19 pandemic.Speaking on behalf of the 26 countries at a meeting of the U.N. General Assembly’s human rights committee, China’s U.N.

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Tam urges caution during Thanksgiving amid recent rise in coronavirus cases

Thanksgiving holiday is safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.Dr. Theresa Tam says indoor gatherings should be kept small, especially in parts of the country where infection rates are high.1/3 This #Thanksgiving’s cornucopia needs to include an abundance of anti-#COVID19 personal precautions + set up for virtual or well-spaced gatherings to keep 2-metres #PhysicalDistancing between people not in the same #ContactBubble.

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Letter: Top deputies accuse Texas attorney general of crimes

DALLAS – Several top deputies of Texas' attorney general have reported to law enforcement that their boss engaged in crimes including bribery and abuse of office, according to an internal letter.In a single-page letter to the director of human resources in the attorney general's office, the seven senior lawyers wrote that they reported Republican Ken Paxton to “the appropriate law enforcement authority” for potentially breaking the law “in his official capacity as the current Attorney General of Texas.”“We have a good faith belief that the attorney general is violating federal and/or state law including prohibitions related to improper influence, abuse of office, bribery and other potential criminal offenses,” the Thursday letter states.

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Coronavirus: Trump ‘wants to come back home,’ says national security advisor O’Brien

U.S. National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien told reporters on Sunday that he is going to give a remote foreign policy and national security briefing to President Trump, along with Secretary Mike Pompeo, Sunday afternoon.

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Experts, national parents group, call for specialized proton therapy clinic in Canada

children’s cancer research says it’s time Canada makes an advanced form of radiotherapy, called proton beam therapy, more widely available.Canada is the only G7 country without a clinical proton facility – a situation that forces families to travel to the United States to seek a treatment that has been around for about a decade.Canadians should have access to the advanced level of care that comes from proton beam therapy, said Chris Collins, chair of Advocacy for Canadian Childhood Oncology Research Network, or Ac2orn.“This is an important and proven technology and medical treatment,” Collins said in a recent interview.

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Biden leads Covid-hit Trump nationally by 10 points, largest in a month: Poll

NEW YORK: Democrat Joe Biden opened his widest lead in a month in the U.S. presidential race after President Donald Trump tested positive for the coronavirus, and a majority of Americans think Trump could have avoided infection if he had taken the virus more seriously, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Sunday.The Oct.

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Over 70s urged to limit visits to 'very small' group

Older and vulnerable people are being strongly advised to limit the number of people they meet to a "very small core group".

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Could there be a second national lockdown as coronavirus cases are rising?

hereOn Friday, it emerged that the coronavirus R rate is stubbornly above one and is continuing to creep up, which suggests "widespread growth of the epidemic across the country".Data released by Sage shows the estimate for R for the whole of the UK is between 1.3 and 1.6.Last week, the R number was lower - at between 1.2 and 1.5.And the latest daily growth rate range for the UK is from + 5 per cent a day to + 9.The latest figures on the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases were at the 6,900 mark with 66 new deaths reported in the UK in 24 hours as of 9am on Friday.Addressing the nation on Wednesday at a Downing Street briefing, the Prime Minister warned: "And yesterday we saw the biggest rise in daily cases since the pandemic began, today a

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Republicans face reckoning over Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, diagnosis

Donald Trump’s coronavirus diagnosis was a moment of reckoning for his Republican Party, whose leaders largely adopted his strategy of playing down the disease but are now confronted with a stark political nightmare a month from Election Day.The president’s infection thrust the pandemic front and centre when Republicans would rather be talking about Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, law enforcement or the economy as early voting is underway in most states. They include Iowa and North Carolina, states that Republicans must win to maintain their three-vote edge in the Senate.On Saturday, another Republican senator, Ron Johnson on Wisconsin, announced he has tested positive for the virus, the third GOP senator this past week.

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Doctors urge Canadians to be vigilant despite fewer deaths during 2nd coronavirus wave

COVID-19 and how to keep it out of high-risk settings which means there are far fewer people dying of the virus now than there were in the spring.But doctors and politicians are frantically warning that if the case numbers in Canada keep soaring as they have been in recent weeks, that may not be the case for much longer.Dr. Matthew Oughton, an infectious disease specialist at Jewish General Hospital in Montreal, says the second wave of the pandemic in Canada is largely being spread among younger, healthier populations than it was in the spring, when long-term care homes were hit hardest.

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Glynn urges people to meet up with one household only as cases rise

The Acting Chief Medical Officer has appealed to everyone to follow public health advice and only meet up with people from one other household at any given time.

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Trump rallygoers in 2 states urged to get COVID-19 tests as events postponed

WASHINGTON (AP) - Following the announcement that President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump tested positive for the novel coronavirus, health officials in states where Trump held recent public events are urging attendees to get tested for the virus. Shortly after Trump’s diagnosis, Minnesota health officials put out an announcement urging people who attended events associated with President Donald Trump’s visit this week to consider being tested for the coronavirus.The Minnesota Department of Health on Friday urged anyone with symptoms to be tested right away.

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Public Health urges New Brunswickers to prepare for a safe Thanksgiving and Halloween

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]There have been two deaths, and the number of active cases is five.As of Thursday, 78,635 tests have been conducted

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Murphys urge Trump's NJ fundraiser attendees to quarantine, get tested

TRENTON, N.J. - New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy and First Lady Tammy Murphy are wishing President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump a quick and full recovery from COVID-19.But they also have a message for those who attended a political fund-raiser that the president traveled to Thursday night in the Garden State.A release from the governor's office states:"Tammy and I send our best wishes to President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump for a speedy and complete return to good health. If there is one thing we have learned in New Jersey over these months, it's that we pull together and support everyone fighting this virus."The contact-tracing process is underway.

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Donald Trump COVID 19 Positive: Hollywood stars urge fans to wear a mask after POTUS contracts Coronavirus

Donald Trump confirmed that he has contracted COVID-19. The US President, who seems to have a strained relationship with a mask, took to Twitter and confirmed that he and his wife, First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for Coronavirus.

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As COVID-19 total tops 34 million, World Bank offers vaccine plan for poorer nations

The global COVID-19 total topped 34 million cases today, as an official from the World Bank announced a $12 billion plan to help lower-income countries buy vaccine and as US lawmakers clung to the hope of a still-elusive stimulus bill to limit the pandemic's economic damage to families and businesses.

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‘KUWTK’ Preview: Kim Kardashian Urges Scott Disick To See A Doctor Amid COVID-19 Fears — Watch

Scott Disick revealed he was scared to see a doctor amid the global coronavirus pandemic in the latest preview for Keeping Up With the Kardashians. He was joined by Kim Kardashian in the teaser, which dropped October 1, as the pair discussed the disease which was first spreading to the United States back in March “This feeling of exhaustion came out of nowhere and I really can’t seem to shake it. I am kind of like worried about it,” the father-of-three said.

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Health officials urge flu vaccines amid 'twindemic' fears

FILE - A woman receives a flu shot. A CDC report found that this year's flu vaccine doesn't match the virus circulating.

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National COVID-19 tracking app now available to Manitobans

COVID Alert app, which lets users know if they may have been exposed to someone who has tested positive, is now available in Manitoba.People who have tested positive for the coronavirus will be given one-time keys from their local health authorities that they can enter into the app, and the app will then notify others who have come into close contact with that person for longer than 15 minutes.

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Construction industry urged to be Brexit ready

The Taoiseach has urged those involved in the construction industry to focus on preparing for Brexit.

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New coronavirus maps show stark north-south divide amid fears of national lockdown

These new maps reveal the coronavirus divide between the North and South of England amid fresh warnings of a second national lockdown.

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Commercial landlords urged to show forebearance

The Government has urged commercial landlords to show forbearance to tenants who cannot meet their obligations under their leases because of the financial pressures caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Community workers urge authorities to not forget vulnerable populations during second wave

coronavirus situation intensifies, community workers are urging elected officials to not forget vulnerable populations, and for governments to commit to programs that will ensure people are not left behind and that their needs are top of mind in any post-COVID-19 plan.One group advocates are worried about is the homeless, many of whom lost jobs and income when the economy shut down earlier this year.Workers point to a recent temporary camp in Montreal North, a COVID-19 hot spot in the city. Community groups say this type of encampment sheds a light on the housing crisis gripping the city and shows exactly who is being left behind as the second wave of the pandemic hits.

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With weather improving, ULA will try again to launch national security payload

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – After four scrubs, will Wednesday’s attempt be the one to successfully launch a national security payload on a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy? Delays are always possible with rocket launches but the company’s next attempt will benefit from improved weather conditions.The last two tries to lift off with the National Reconnaissance Office secretive satellite known as NROL-44 were delayed due to weather as thunderstorms surrounded the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 37.

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Pet cats spread Covid and must self-isolate with owners, scientists urge

cats can spread coronavirus and must be kept indoors while their owners self-isolate, scientists say.Moggies are "highly susceptible" to catching the virus and can pass it on for the next five days.Dogs can also catch the bug but don't pose any risk of infecting others with Covid-19, a US pilot study found.There are now hopes that felines' immune systems could hold the key for new coronavirus vaccines as the virus's global death toll topped one million.The Colorado State University researchers said: "Infected pet cats should not be allowed to roam freely outdoors to prevent potential risk of spreading infection to other outdoor cats or wildlife."While neither species developed clinical disease in this study, cats shed infectious virus for

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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