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Three players, five personnel on NFL’s Tennessee Titans test positive for COVID-19

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The NFL’s Tennessee Titans had three players and five other members of the organization test positive for COVID-19, according to the NFL Network, prompting the team and its last opponent, the Minnesota Vikings, to suspend…

Iraqi PM rallies allies to stop US closing embassy after Pompeo threats

Total failure by Pompous and crew…

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US warned Mustafa al-Kadhimi it will withdraw diplomats if Baghdad fails to prevent rocket attacks

Iraq’s prime minister has rallied allies to help stop the US from closing its embassy in the country after the Trump administration threatened to withdraw its diplomats if Baghdad fails to stop persistent rocket attacks.

The ultimatum was delivered over the weekend by the US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, to Mustafa al-Kadhimi, and was followed by a small-scale evacuation from the fortified mission in what officials saw as a statement of intent.

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Mike Pompeo to criticise Vatican’s renewal of China deal during visit

Knows more than the Pope – now that’s pompous personified.

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Pope Francis reportedly declining to meet US secretary of state who says the Catholic church too soft on Beijing

Mike Pompeo will visit the Vatican to protest at the imminent renewal of a deal between the Catholic church and China, which the US secretary of state claims endangers its moral authority.

Pope Francis has reportedly declined to meet Pompeo during his visit this week, citing the closeness of the US election. However such a snub is likely to be linked to Pompeo’s recent attacks on the Vatican’s perceived soft-pedalling on China’s human rights record as the two sides prepare to extend a historic agreement signed two years ago.

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‘They don’t want us here’: Native Americans struggle to vote in US election

Many members of the Oglala Lakota tribe on South Dakota’s Pine Ridge reservation live in abject poverty. The system is stacked against them — even when it comes to basic rights like voting in the presidential election.

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Many members of the Oglala Lakota tribe on South Dakota’s Pine Ridge reservation live in abject poverty. The system is stacked against them — even when it comes to basic rights like voting in the presidential election.