Iran calls on US to lift sanctions on Lebanon, urges against ‘politicizing' Beirut blast

48 minutes ago | RT

Tehran has cautioned against politicizing the devastating blast in Beirut, arguing that Washington should drop sanctions on Lebanon if it is serious about helping the nation...
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Collapses raise questions about safety-law exemption

54 minutes ago | The Real Deal New York

Weeks before what would have been her younger sister's 59th birthday, Lori Gold was unsettled by reports of crumbling buildings in New York City. Such news is disquieting for...
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NBA Preview for Aug. 10: TV Schedule, Live Stream, Daily Fantasy Picks, Odds

1 hour ago | Bleacher Report

Last year, the Toronto Raptors outlasted the Milwaukee Bucks in six games in the Eastern Conference Finals, going on to win their first NBA title. This year, the Bucks and...
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Dana White's Contender Series 28 weigh-in results, live video stream

1 hour ago | MMAjunkie

LAS VEGAS - MMA Junkie is on scene and reporting live from Monday's official Dana White's Contender Series 28 fighter weigh-ins. The early weigh-ins take place at the host...
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Top prospects from Power 5 conferences speak out, in unison

2 hours ago | NBC Sports

The headline: Top NFL prospects for 2021 want to play college football in 2020. The deeper message: They want to do it in a way that is safe and appropriate. Multiple premier...
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'POSTPONED': Mike Tyson's heavyweight comeback fight vs Roy Jones Jr put back until November - reports

2 hours ago | RT

Fight fans have waited 15 years for Mike Tyson's comeback fight but it seems as though they will have to wait a bit longer after reports suggest that the former heavyweight...
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Stephen Curry offers to be PGA winner Collin Morikawa's caddie

2 hours ago | Sporting News

The Warriors star attended Morikawa's media conference in San Francisco.
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Los Angeles Lakers: Five Troubling Trends Since NBA Restart

3 hours ago | Forbes

But while the Lakers have locked up the top seed in a stacked conference - an accomplishment now moot with no home-court advantage - their flaws have become magnified in the...
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NBA playoff standings 2020: Updated odds for Grizzlies, Trail Blazers & other teams to clinch No. 8 seed in West

5 hours ago | Sporting News

Over in the Western Conference, an intense race for the final playoff spot continues to rage on.
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More than 70% of US startup workers would move abroad if they could do their job remotely - here's where they would pick

6 hours ago | Business Insider

A shift to remote working could shake up America's tech ecosystem. Within five years, 43% of jobs could be based outside of the US state they are currently in, according to a...
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Almost 100K US kids infected with COVID-19 in last two weeks of July

Almost 100,000 American children tested positive for the coronavirus in the last two weeks of July - an alarming 40 percent rise, according to new data. As officials continue... Read more ...

Israeli jeweler makes $1.5m gold coronavirus mask

An Israeli jewelry company is working on what it says will be the world's most expensive coronavirus mask, a gold, diamond-encrusted face covering with a price tag of $1.5 million. Read more ...

Putin congratulates Lukashenko on winning presidential vote in Belarus

Vladimir Putin has congratulated his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko on retaining his job following Sunday's election, expressing hope that he will continue to... Read more ...

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine entered a pact to buy thousands of COVID-19 antigen...

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine tested positive for COVID-19 on August 6, but subsequent tests came back negative. Speaking to CNN, the Republican governor said the experience points to... Read more ...

Puerto Rico Halts Primary Voting For Centers That Never Received Ballots

Hundreds of frustrated voters were turned away from centers across Puerto Rico that never received ballots. Read more ...

Germany's Social Democrats nominate Finance Minister Scholz as party's...

The Social Democrats in Germany proposed Olaf Scholz, the vice chancellor and finance minister and their most high-profile and popular politician, to run to succeed Chancellor... Read more ...

Researchers created a test to determine which masks are the least effective

A group of researchers at Duke University created a simple technique to analyze the effectiveness of various types of masks which have become a critical component in stopping... Read more ...

3,000 detained, dozens of protestors & police injured in clashes after...

More than 3,000 people were arrested in Belarus overnight as protests engulfed the country after Sunday's election, in which incumbent president, Alexander Lukashenko, retained... Read more ...

Poland urges EU to hold extraordinary summit on Belarus after Minsk clashes

Poland on Monday called for an emergency European Union summit on the situation in Belarus after night clashes in Minsk following a presidential election in the country. “The... Read more ...

Trump mocks NYT for ‘fake news' claim he wants his face on Mt. Rushmore, but...

Donald Trump has denied a New York Times report suggesting that he inquired about updating Mount Rushmore to include his own face, but noted, perhaps jokingly, that he was open... Read more ...