Britain’s New Entry in Conservative Media Is Off to a Splashy, but Shaky, Start
Date: 18 June 2021
By Mark Landler
Mark Landler
Advertiser boycotts, dropped microphones and prank calls bedeviled GB News, but its evening talk show drew higher ratings than competitors on the BBC and Sky.
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The Faces I’ll Remember, Long After I Put My Notebook Down
Date: 18 June 2021
By Denise Grady
Denise Grady
In two decades covering medicine for The New York Times, the people I met, and the truths they revealed, have always stayed with me.
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No, there is no evidence that the F.B.I. organized the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
Date: 18 June 2021
By Linda Qiu
Linda Qiu
The term “unindicted co-conspirators” generally refers to individuals for whom there is insufficient evidence to bring charges or who have cut a deal. “Legally, it wouldn’t make sense to call informants co-conspirators,” said one legal expert.
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New in Paperback: ‘The World’s Fastest Man’ and ‘Our Time Is Now’
Date: 18 June 2021
By Jennifer Krauss
Jennifer Krauss
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.
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Britain’s travel limits could cost it Euro 2020’s soccer final, and more news from around the world.
Date: 18 June 2021
By Tariq Panja
Tariq Panja
The deciding games of the monthlong European soccer championship have for years been planned for London, where Wembley Stadium is set to host both semifinals and the final of the quadrennial event next month.
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Kim Jong-un Says He’s Ready for ‘Dialogue and Confrontation’ With Biden
Date: 18 June 2021
By Choe Sang-Hun
Choe Sang-Hun
During a Workers’ Party meeting, the North Korean leader reviewed the new U.S. policy on his country and ordered “counteraction,” state news media reported.
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Moscow Sets Record for Daily Infections
Date: 18 June 2021
By The Associated Press
Coronavirus case numbers in the Russian capital have tripled over the past two weeks, with virologists saying that the Delta variant, first found in India, is now the most prevalent version in Moscow.
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U.N. Condemns Myanmar Military Over Coup
Date: 19 June 2021
By The Associated Press
The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution on Friday rebuking the Myanmar military and demanding an end to its five-month-old coup.
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Biden Pleads With Americans: ‘Get Vaccinated Now’
Date: 18 June 2021
By The Associated Press
With the nation unlikely to reach President Biden’s goal of having 70 percent of adults partly vaccinated against the coronavirus by July 4, he trumpeted a different milestone: 300 million shots given in his first 150 days.
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Scenes of Flooding From Tropical Storm Claudette
Date: 19 June 2021
By The Associated Press and Storyful
After forming on Saturday in the Gulf of Mexico, the storm dropped several inches of rain in the Mississippi Delta and along the Gulf Coast. Tornadoes were reported in Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Mississippi.
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