The German medical team has gained access to Navalny and ascertained he is fit enough to be airlifted Berlin, despite comments to the contrary from Russian doctors. Follow DW for the latest updates.
North Carolina, Arizona Republican parties are encouraging their voters to cast ballots by mail
The Republican parties in a trio of battleground states have sent mailings to registered GOP voters encouraging them to cast absentee ballots for November’s general election.

The Republican parties in a trio of battleground states have sent mailings to registered GOP voters encouraging them to cast absentee ballots for November’s general election.Republican voters in Arizona, North Caro…
A Texas chaplain prayed with his patients, until coronavirus came for him | The Texas Tribune

The hospital where he had previously ministered to terminally ill patients was full when Adolfo Alvarado Jr. neared death in his Mission home. He was finally admitted, and his daughter watched on her laptop as he died.
Source: A Texas chaplain prayed with his patients, until coronavirus came for him | The Texas Tribune
Stars Join Lebanese Fashion Designer Zuhair Murad in the Launch of a Limited Edition Iconic #RiseFromTheAshes T-Shirt for Beirut Relief – Look to the Stars

One hundred percent of the net proceeds will go towards responding to on ground humanitarian needs for the people of Beirut during this horrific time. This cause is very close to Zuhair’s heart as Lebanon is not only his home but a true inspiration for his creativity. This is the moment, he believes, that from this tragedy, Lebanon has to #RiseFromTheAshes.
Open Thread | The Democratic Party Convention is Over: Do You Have A Voting Plan? — 3CHICSPOLITICO
The adorableness😍😍😍🤗🤗 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸#DemConvention pic.twitter.com/WY5NmDgfR1 — 2020 #DemConvention 🇺🇸 (@DemConvention) August 21, 2020 Well, the Democratic Convention is over. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are the team that we need to be in the White House come January 2021. Now, it’s time for us to do the work. We must vote. I don’t care how you […]
Open Thread | The Democratic Party Convention is Over: Do You Have A Voting Plan? — 3CHICSPOLITICO
‘Each day we learn about a new loss’: artists unite in blast-hit Beirut
Lebanon’s performers rally to fundraise and tell stories of survival in country devastated by disaster
The deadly explosion in Beirut on 4 August was likened to 15 years of war in 15 seconds by Lebanon’s ambassador to the UN, Amal Mudallali.
“It’s been hell,” says Sahar Assaf, an actor, director and professor of theatre at the American University of Beirut. “We’re still in disbelief and trying to fathom what happened. Each day we learn about a new loss, a new story.” Assaf is working to support artists through the crisis. “It feels like time stopped at the moment of the explosion. It’s devastating to witness all the destruction.”

Lebanon’s performers rally to fundraise and tell stories of survival in country devastated by disaster
The deadly explosion in Beirut on 4 August was likened to 15 years of war in 15 seconds by Lebanon’s ambassador to the UN, Amal Mudallali.
“It’s been hell,” says Sahar Assaf, an actor, director and professor of theatre at the American University of Beirut. “We’re still in disbelief and trying to fathom what happened. Each day we learn about a new loss, a new story.” Assaf is working to support artists through the crisis. “It feels like time stopped at the moment of the explosion. It’s devastating to witness all the destruction.”
MPs threaten to sue Boris Johnson unless he acts over Russian meddling in UK polls
A cross-party group of MPs is threatening to sue Boris Johnson unless he orders an independent investigation into Russian interference in recent UK elections and the 2016 Brexit vote.
The MPs say the government’s refusal to investigate Kremlin meddling is a breach of the European convention on human rights, which enshrines the right to free elections in article 3.

Cross-party group to take legal action if PM fails to order independent investigation
A cross-party group of MPs is threatening to sue Boris Johnson unless he orders an independent investigation into Russian interference in recent UK elections and the 2016 Brexit vote.
The MPs say the government’s refusal to investigate Kremlin meddling is a breach of the European convention on human rights, which enshrines the right to free elections in article 3.
Trudeau, Ford to unveil deal Friday to produce N95 masks at 3M plant in Brockville, Ont.
USA would do well to follow Canada’s lead: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will join Ontario Premier Doug Ford Friday to announce a deal aimed at ensuring Canada is never again at the mercy of unreliable foreign suppliers of personal protective equipment during a pandemic.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will join Ontario Premier Doug Ford Friday to announce a deal aimed at ensuring Canada is never again at the mercy of unreliable foreign suppliers of personal protective equipment during a pandemic.
Teachers and students become infected with coronavirus at 41 German schools – National | Globalnews.ca
At least 41 schools in Berlin have reported that students or teachers have become infected with the coronavirus not even two weeks after schools reopened in the German capital.
Daily Berliner Zeitung published the numbers Friday and city education authorities confirmed the figures to The Associated Press.
Hundreds of students and teacher are in quarantine, the newspaper reported. Elementary schools, high schools and trade schools are all affected, the paper wrote. There are 825 schools in Berlin.
U.S. will have third act of coronavirus and it will likely be ‘more pervasive,’ Dr. Scott Gottlieb says
- The U.S. has not yet seen a second wave of the coronavirus, but it could come in the fall and winter, former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb said.
- “I do think that we’re going to have a third act of this virus in the fall and the winter and it’s likely to be more pervasive spread in a broader part of the country,” he said.
- Cases are already beginning to build in the West and Midwest, Gottlieb said, adding that “every community is vulnerable.”
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