U.S. Designates Four More Chinese News Organizations as Foreign Missions
Date: 22 June 2020
By Edward Wong
Edward Wong
The move brings to nine the total number of Chinese state-run news organizations that the State Department has designated with that label. China will most likely retaliate.
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41 Cities, Many Sources: How False Antifa Rumors Spread Locally
Date: 22 June 2020
By Davey Alba and Ben Decker
Davey Alba
Claims about the involvement of anti-fascist activists in protests of racism show the many ways false information spreads inside communities online.
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America’s Aspiring Autocrat Is in the Home Stretch. How Worried Should We Be?
Date: 21 June 2020
By Jennifer Senior
Jennifer Senior
Beware a despot when he’s cornered.
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Tennessee Newspaper Apologizes for ‘Utterly Indefensible’ Anti-Muslim Ad
Date: 21 June 2020
By Bryan Pietsch
Bryan Pietsch
The full-page ad, which appeared in Sunday’s editions of The Tennessean and claimed “Islam” would detonate a nuclear device in Nashville, “should have never been published,” the editor said.
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Why Trump’s Tulsa Rally Put the City’s Black Residents on Edge
Date: 21 June 2020
By Sarah Kerr, Astead W. Herndon, Ben Laffin and Emily Rhyne
Sarah Kerr
President Trump’s rally in Tulsa, Okla., the site of one of the country’s worst episodes of racial violence in 1921, angered the city’s black residents. In this news analysis, we explain what this moment could mean for Mr. Trump’s re-election bid.
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North Korea Vows to Dump Millions of Leaflets and Trash on the South
Date: 22 June 2020
By Choe Sang-Hun
Choe Sang-Hun
“The time for retaliatory punishment is drawing near,” the North said, threatening to respond to propaganda balloons sent by anti-North Korean activists and defectors in South Korea.
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Public Health Experts Reject President’s View of Fading Pandemic
Date: 21 June 2020
By James Gorman
James Gorman
Contrary to President Trump’s recent comments, specialists say, recent increases are real, and the virus is like a “forest fire” that will burn as long as there is fuel.
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India’s Hospitals, North Korea, Uighurs: Your Tuesday Briefing
Date: 22 June 2020
By Melina Delkic
Melina Delkic
Here’s what you need to know.
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The President’s Shock at the Rows of Empty Seats in Tulsa
Date: 21 June 2020
By Maggie Haberman and Annie Karni
Maggie Haberman
Inside the campaign, advisers believe disappointing attendance at the rally shows genuine fear of the coronavirus and the reality of President Trump’s sliding poll numbers.
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Serbia’s Strongman Wins Big in Election Boycotted by the Opposition
Date: 22 June 2020
By Patrick Kingsley
Patrick Kingsley
Opposition leaders said Serbia’s parliamentary elections lacked legitimacy. But they could allow for greater momentum in peace talks with Kosovo.
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