Morning news brief: Trump on US elections; Police officer shot in Louisville & more!
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K-pop band BTS delivers 'message of hope' at 75th UN General Assembly
BTS recently became the first Korean act to debut at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart with their first English-language song, 'Dynamite'.
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US TV shows try a new election playbook: making voting part of the story
Thirty years after “Rock the Vote,” a liberal nonprofit group, fused pop culture and politics, TV makers are seeking to make dry topics like registering to vote, filling out the census and finding…
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TikTok asks court to block Trump's ban claiming it to be US elections' agenda
The President had announced that he will be willing to let the app entertain its millions of American users only if ByteDance gives up the control over its US operations
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At least 23 killed including students as fuel truck catches fire in Nigeria
Several other vehicles including the bus caught fire leading to chaos on the street as officials struggled to get the situation under control.
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Police officers shot in Louisville during protests over Breonna Taylor shooting case
A state of emergency and a 9:00 pm curfew has been declared by the mayor of the city
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Cannot consider Lukashenko legitimately elected leader of Belarus: US
Opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya who had fled into exile after the election said that the secret inauguration was "an attempt to seize power".
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Trump refuses to commit on peaceful transition of power after US elections
Trump had earlier cast doubts on mail-voting which is set to be used in a big way in various US state in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Kentucky grand jury indicts at least one of three officers in Breonna Taylor case
A Louisville police officer was charged with three counts of "wanton endangerment" on Wednesday in connection with the March shooting of a 26-year-old black woman in the US city
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Australia says majority of 470-strong beached whale pod has died
The majority of a 470-strong pod of pilot whales found stranded off Australia's remote southern coast has died, officials said on Wednesday
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UN Security Council will become obsolete, if not reformed: G4 countries
The G4 statement "expressed disappointment" and without taking China's name called out "attempts to derail this process".
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Trump unveils new sanctions against Cuban rum and cigars
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday imposed new curbs on imports of Cuban rum and cigars and banned Americans from staying at properties owned by the Cuban government
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Thousands protest in Minsk after Belarusian leader Lukashenko hastily sworn-in
Belarusian security forces began detaining people and fired water cannon to disperse crowds as thousands took to the streets of Minsk
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Mourners pay respects to Ginsburg at US Supreme Court
Mourners quietly filed past the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's flag-draped coffin outside the white marble court building on Wednesday
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Is there a link between Trump's Supreme Court candidate and 'The Handmaid's Tale'?
Barrett has been a part of a ultraconservative Christian community called People Of Praise which has freakish similarities to the male-dominated socity of Margaret Atwood's novel 'The Handmaid's…
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