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Saudi Arabia to lift ban on Mecca pilgrimage amid virus
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia on Tuesday said Muslims will be allowed to perform the smaller, year-round pilgrimage starting Oct.
Sep 23, 2020 1:11 PM
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Nearly 500 pilot whales stranded in Australia; 380 dead
HOBART, Australia — More pilot whales were found stranded in Australia on Wednesday, raising the estimated total to nearly 500, including 380 that have died, in the largest mass stranding ever recorded in the country.
Sep 23, 2020 1:11 PM
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Orcas knock into sailboats, force Spain to limit yachting
BARCELONA, Spain — Spain has temporarily prohibited yachting across 100 kilometres (62 miles) of its northwestern coast after orca whales apparently got carried away while playing and damaged several sailboats.
Sep 23, 2020 1:11 PM
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France wants to require fathers to take parental leave
PARIS — France’s president wants to expand paternity leave to one month — and require fathers to take time off with their newborns. President Emmanuel Macron announced the plan on Instagram before visiting a child-care facility on Wednesday.
Sep 23, 2020 1:10 PM
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Madrid wants military help, more doctors to fight virus wave
MADRID — Authorities in Madrid want to hire more doctors and get urgent help from Spain’s military and police to fight a second wave of coronavirus infections that might force them into expanding restrictions on free movement that are already controv
Sep 23, 2020 1:09 PM
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EU proposes new asylum system to help frontline nations
BRUSSELS — The European Union announced a major overhaul of its asylum system Wednesday in hopes that more countries will finally share responsibility for people landing on Europe’s shores seeking sanctuary or better lives.
Sep 23, 2020 1:09 PM
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Success of Ginsburg film inspires CNN look at John Lewis
NEW YORK — Indirectly, the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg inspired CNN Films' new documentary on the life of civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis.
Sep 23, 2020 12:27 PM
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Disney delays 'Black Widow,' Spielberg's 'West Side Story'
NEW YORK — The Walt Disney Co. has further postponed its next mega-movies from Marvel, including “Black Widow,” while also postponing Steven Spielberg's “West Side Story” a full year in the company's latest recalibration due to the pandemic.
Sep 23, 2020 12:21 PM
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Wells Fargo CEO apologizes for comments about diversity
NEW YORK — Wells Fargo CEO Charles Scharf apologized Wednesday for comments he made about the difficulty of finding qualified Black executives. Scharf said that “there is a very limited pool of Black talent to recruit from” in corporate America.
Sep 23, 2020 11:58 AM
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Americans load up on candy, trick or treat - or not
Americans may not know if trick or treating will happen this year because of the pandemic, but they’re buying a lot of Halloween candy while they wait to find out. U.S. sales of Halloween candy were up 13% over last year in the month ending Sept.
Sep 23, 2020 11:17 AM
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