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Brazil’s health minister tested positive for the coronavirus on Tuesday in New York, where he was attending the UN General Assembly.
He accompanied Brazil’s unvaccinated president, Jair Bolsonaro, to the gathering of world leaders.
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Xi Jinping of China told the UN General Assembly that his country would stop building coal-burning power plants overseas.
The announcement by China, the undisputed king of coal, was cautiously welcomed by climate experts.
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In Episode 10 of Netting Zero, our climate reporter Brad Plumer will be joined by experts to discuss whether international freight can make a comeback, or if the era of cheap mobility is over.
It takes place on Sept. 23 at 1:30 p.m. Eastern. RSVP here.
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She was left lifeless and bloody on a subway station floor.
I wanted to learn who she was.
This story is about Than Than Htwe, her husband and her only child.
They had lived in New York City less than 3 years before their dreams shattered.
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NEW: Moderna accepted $2.5 billion in taxpayer money to develop its Covid-19 vaccine. But as the world faces a dire vaccine shortage, U.S. and overseas officials are having trouble persuading the company to license its technology. w/ @snolen
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Tropical Depression Rose, one of three named storms to form in quick succession, was downgraded from a tropical storm on Tuesday as it moved west across the Atlantic Ocean, forecasters said.
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Two lawsuits filed this week against a Texas doctor might test the constitutionality of the state's strict abortion law more than federal challenges by abortion providers and the Justice Department, legal experts said.
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Investors are watching whether Evergrande, the huge Chinese property firm, will default. But Beijing and the global economy are facing a broader threat: China’s growth is slowing, and the government may have to work harder to rekindle it.
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A CDC panel will meet on Wednesday to decide which Americans should get booster shots of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine — and when.
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A U.S.-British submarine deal with Australia signifies a close alliance between the three nations against China.
It has also unleashed claims of backstabbing and betrayal from France. Why? Listen to today’s episode of The Daily.
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Australia, which had planned to retain heavy international travel restrictions until mid-2022, now plans to open up months ahead of schedule.
The country’s tourism minister urged Australians to get vaccinated to help borders reopen “by Christmas.”
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Paul McAlvain, 41, had waited months for surgery to repair a leaking heart valve. But the spike in Covid cases this summer further delayed his operation.
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People with serious conditions are waiting several weeks for non-Covid surgeries as many U.S. hospitals are inundated once again with coronavirus patients.
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President Xi Jinping of China said that his country would stop building coal-burning power plants overseas. But China still remains heavily reliant on new coal plants at home, and is the world’s top emitter of greenhouse gases.
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I wrote about the Many Saints of Newark star Michael Gandolfini, and his journey to put his own personal stamp on Tony Soprano - the role made famous by his father, James Gandolfini.
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In Opinion
“Make no mistake. This is a crisis, not a spat,” writes Sylvie Kauffmann, the editorial director of Le Monde, on the diplomatic fallout of the submarine deal between the U.S., Britain and Australia, in a guest essay.
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Donald Trump filed a lawsuit on Tuesday accusing his niece Mary Trump and The New York Times of conspiring in an “insidious plot” to publish information about his tax records.
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Former President Trump just sued The New York Times over our 2018 investigation into his history of tax dodging.
NYT statement: "This lawsuit is an attempt to silence independent news organizations and we plan to vigorously defend against it.”
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Peter, the 16th named storm of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season, weakened to tropical depression status. It is set to bring one to two more inches of rain to parts of the Caribbean on Wednesday, and is not expected to affect the U.S. mainland.
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