Los Angeles Times - Near East

• newReview: Democracy fails another stress test as Trump runs roughshod over debate
  Chris Wallace tried pleading, placating, interrupting back. Nothing stopped President Trump from ignoring all the rules in his first debate with Joe Biden.
  - 3 hours ago 30 Sep 20, 4:54am -
• newAsked to condemn white supremacists, Trump tells Proud Boys hate group to 'stand by'
  When debate moderator Chris Wallace asked President Trump to condemn white supremacists, he instead called on the Proud Boys hate group to 'stand back and stand by!'
  - 4 hours ago 30 Sep 20, 4:25am -
• newKey takeaways from the first presidential debate between Trump and Biden
  President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden faced off in Cleveland in their first presidential debate.
  - 6 hours ago 30 Sep 20, 2:40am -
• newFact-checking the first Trump-Biden presidential debate
  Fact-checking the debate: President Trump unleashed a blizzard of falsehoods; Joe Biden hewed closer to the truth, but strayed at times.
  - 7 hours ago 30 Sep 20, 1:34am -
• newPhotos: President Trump and Joe Biden face off in first debate
  President Trump and Joe Biden clash Tuesday night in their first face-to-face debate
  - 7 hours ago 30 Sep 20, 1:10am -

• newWashington boosts support for Greece in spat with Turkey
  The Trump administration pumps up military and diplomatic relations with Greece, in a warning to neighboring Turkey.
  - 10 hours ago 29 Sep 20, 10:35pm -
• newWhy 'herd immunity' can't save us from COVID-19
  The term 'herd immunity' has found its way into politicized discussions about how to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic. What does it actually mean? Can it work?
  - 13 hours ago 29 Sep 20, 7:49pm -
• newTiny ethnic Armenian enclave may spark a wider conflict
  As Armenia-Azerbaijan fighting intensifies over separatist region, wider rivalries could come into play
  - 17 hours ago 29 Sep 20, 3:24pm -
• newCoronavirus infections among school-age kids rose in September after classes resumed
  in the last 6½ months, at least 277,285 schoolchildren in 38 states tested positive for the coronavirus, the CDC reported. Cases rose as school resumed.
  - 17 hours ago 29 Sep 20, 3:02pm -
• newAmnesty International halts work in India, blaming government 'witch hunt'
  The human rights group says its bank accounts were frozen in an ongoing crackdown against critics of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
  - 22 hours ago 29 Sep 20, 10:43am -
• Lebanon's economy is going to pot — in a good way, it hopes
  Lebanon has legalized marijuana farming — already a thriving illicit industry — in hopes of giving a boost to its foundering economy.
  - 1 day ago 29 Sep 20, 8:00am -
• COVID-19 death toll hits 1 million amid fears of renewed outbreaks
  The global COVID-19 death toll surpassed 1 million, one measurement of a scourge that has ravaged lives and economies and evoked an era of plagues.
  - 1 day ago 29 Sep 20, 12:37am -
• Commentary: We need to talk about those Breonna Taylor T-shirts
  There is a whole e-commerce ecosystem that is monetizing the deaths of Black people that have gripped the nation. Even if you purchased that Breonna Taylor T-shirt or George Floyd mug from an outlet that is making donations to Black causes, ask yours…
  - 2 days ago 28 Sep 20, 6:51pm -
• Breonna Taylor's death shocked the nation. In Louisville, many Black people are far from surprised
  Many Black residents of Louisville, Ky., are sadly familiar with marginalization and otherness, and have watched a system that vows to uphold justice fall short of its promise.
  - 2 days ago 27 Sep 20, 8:53pm -
• Harsh new light on Trump taxes as Biden decries GOP 'abuse of power' on court pick
  Amid incendiary published revelations about Trump finances, Democrats determined to exact a political price if Trump's Supreme Court nominee is confirmed.
  - 3 days ago 27 Sep 20, 4:06pm -
• 'It's going to be like war.' Voters eye 2020 election outcome with fear and loathing
  Many supporters of Biden and Trump fear violence is likely in November. Each side blames the other.
  - 3 days ago 27 Sep 20, 1:00pm -
• Far-right Portland afternoon rally spurs anxiety, but fewer than expected show up
  Thousands had been expected at the Portland rally led by the far-right group the Proud Boys. Several hundred showed up, and dispersed quietly.
  - 3 days ago 26 Sep 20, 11:38pm -
• Column: Black women know, there are fewer and fewer reasons to have faith in the system
  After Breonna Taylor and now Amy Coney Barrett, this week was a harbinger of the chaos to come if Americans stop believing in our system of government.
  - 4 days ago 25 Sep 20, 11:56pm -
• 'I have no faith in the legal system.' Breonna Taylor's mother attends emotional protest
  Breonna Taylor's mother says her daughter was failed by a lack of adequate investigation into the fatal shooting by Louisville police officers.
  - 5 days ago 25 Sep 20, 5:55pm -
• 'I really don't think he has done a great job': COVID-19 puts Florida at risk for Trump
  COVID-19's spread in Florida jeopardizes Trump's reelection prospects in the crucial battleground state.
  - 5 days ago 25 Sep 20, 12:00pm -
• A nightmare comes true for 12 Hong Kongers arrested at sea, now in Chinese detention
  What sparked Hong Kong's mass protests last year — fear of extradition to mainland China — has become a dark reality for 12 Hong Kong families.
  - 5 days ago 25 Sep 20, 11:00am -
• In Israel, the Jewish High Holidays clash with a new coronavirus lockdown
  In Israel, the holiest period on the Jewish calendar has coincided with the world's first reimposed national coronavirus lockdown.
  - 5 days ago 25 Sep 20, 10:00am -
• A Pakistani father's ordeal: China seized his Uighur son and sent his daughters to an orphanage
  China's oppression of Muslims reaches beyond Xinjiang into Pakistan. Why does it stay quiet?
  - 5 days ago 25 Sep 20, 9:00am -
• 'A lot of hurt.' With no police charges in Breonna Taylor case, mourning blankets Louisville and nation
  In Louisville, Ky., two police officers were recovering after being shot during protests after Breonna Taylor case grand jury returns. "Violence will only be a source of pain," the mayor says.
  - 6 days ago 24 Sep 20, 6:43pm -
• 'We are fighting for real democracy': Why protesters are taking on Thailand's king
  Tattep Ruangprapaikitseree and other young activists want to rein in the monarchy and its military allies who have ruled Thailand since a 2014 coup.
  - 6 days ago 24 Sep 20, 9:00am -
• Protests erupt after grand jury does not charge Louisville officers in killing of Breonna Taylor
  The death of Breonna Taylor nearly slipped into obscurity. But protesters made it a national cause celebre. On Wednesday, a grand jury indicted only one of three officers, and none for shooting Taylor inside her apartment in March.
  - 6 days ago 24 Sep 20, 4:03am -
• 'These voices aren't going to stop': Hundreds in L.A. protest over Breonna Taylor case
  Wednesday evening, the decision in Louisville, Ky., not to charge police officers with the death of Breonna Taylor prompted new outrage.
  - 6 days ago 24 Sep 20, 2:20am -
• Tensions rise in Ecuador and Peru as Chinese fishing fleet moves south from Galapagos
  A Chinese fishing fleet of roughly 300 vessels has been scooping up sea life near the Galapagos Islands and is now moving south into Peruvian waters.
  - 6 days ago 24 Sep 20, 12:01am -
• Young adults are now the largest group of Americans getting COVID-19, CDC says
  The median age of people with COVID-19 in the U.S. has declined, with adults in their 20s now accounting for more cases than people in any other age group.
  - 6 days ago 23 Sep 20, 11:22pm -
• 'Change the laws!': Celebrities rage over 'insulting' charge in Breonna Taylor case
  Common, Kerry Washington, George Clooney, Viola Davis and others expressed anger and disbelief over Wednesday's grand jury decision in Breonna Taylor's case.
  - 7 days ago 23 Sep 20, 8:21pm -
• College openings fueled 3,000 COVID-19 cases per day, researchers say
  College reopenings around the country drove a coronavirus surge of about 3,000 new cases a day in the U.S., according to a draft study released this week.
  - 7 days ago 23 Sep 20, 6:56pm -
• Threats of arrest, job loss and surveillance. China targets its 'model minority'
  China's forceful implementation of a new language policy in Inner Mongolia has drawn criticism, even from the Communist Party elite.
  - 7 days ago 23 Sep 20, 5:00pm -
• Door-knocking in the COVID era: When 'get out the vote' becomes 'get people help'
  Door-knockers are finding a landscape changed by COVID-19. In Arizona they are lifelines for communities that could decide the presidential election.
  - 7 days ago 23 Sep 20, 12:00pm -
• The museum closed first. As in many states, New Mexico's small towns bear the brunt of the pandemic
  As the federal government is cutting funding to states, municipalities like Lordsburg, N.M., are struggling with unemployment and a devastated tax base.
  - 7 days ago 23 Sep 20, 9:00am -
• Trump slams China in U.N. speech echoing his campaign themes
  President Trump hit China unusually hard in a video address to a virtual United Nations General Assembly, with two audiences in mind: global and U.S. voters.
  - 7 days ago 23 Sep 20, 12:17am -
• More than 200,000 people have died of COVID-19 in the U.S.
  Deaths from COVID-19 in the U.S. reach 200,000 as authorities across the country continue to struggle to curb its spread.
  - 8 days ago 22 Sep 20, 3:42pm -
• These gloves help fight COVID-19. But they're made in sweatshop conditions
  U.S. trade bans are spurring labor reforms in Malaysia, which produces two-thirds of the world's disposable gloves.
  - 8 days ago 22 Sep 20, 9:00am -
• Against rising intolerance, a transgender Indonesian woman finds acceptance in a remote village
  Hendrika Mayora Victoria Kelan is being hailed as one of the only transgender public officials in Indonesia. The Southeast Asian nation is ranked among the least tolerant countries for LGBT people and rights.
  - 8 days ago 22 Sep 20, 12:26am -
• CDC acknowledges risk of coronavirus aerosols in new guidelines, then reverses course
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said new guidance that warned about the dangers of coronavirus transmission via aerosols was posted by mistake.
  - 8 days ago 21 Sep 20, 11:11pm -
• 'Use my words against me': What GOP senators said about election-year SCOTUS picks in 2016 and now
  In 2016, Republicans blocked Obama's Supreme Court nominee, saying there was no recent precedent for confirming nominees in election years. That has changed.
  - 9 days ago 21 Sep 20, 7:35pm -
• Colombia lawmakers seek to take control of cocaine market. It's a long shot
  Colombian lawmakers introduce a plan calling for the government to take control of the cocaine market, buying harvests and regulating sales.
  - 9 days ago 21 Sep 20, 11:00am -
• Californians moved to Oregon for affordable housing. Wildfires left them homeless
  Oregon wildfires leave California transplants homeless and facing rising housing costs.
  - 9 days ago 21 Sep 20, 11:00am -
• Armed and Black. How a group of men licensed to carry guns say they are seeking racial justice
  Armed Black groups like the Minnesota Freedom Fighters work to protect the streets as calls for racial justice mount.
  - 9 days ago 21 Sep 20, 10:00am -
• CDC says coronavirus spreads mainly in the air, through respiratory aerosols and droplets
  In new guidance, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the coronavirus spreads mainly through respiratory aerosols, small particles that apparently can remain suspended in the air and inhaled.
  - 9 days ago 21 Sep 20, 3:49am -
• Trump could name his Supreme Court pick in days — and says it will be a woman
  President Trump is urging the Senate to consider his upcoming nomination for the Supreme Court seat vacant after Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death.
  - 11 days ago 19 Sep 20, 2:48pm -
• Tell us: Why was Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg important to you?
  Ruth Bader Ginsberg gained fame for her feminist ideals and her civil rights record. Share your feelings about her, and we may publish your thoughts.
  - 11 days ago 19 Sep 20, 3:01am -
• Street life slowly returns to Mexico, even as the coronavirus toll climbs
  The official death toll in Mexico quietly surpassed 70,000 this month, a figure topped only in the United States, Brazil and India.
  - 11 days ago 19 Sep 20, 2:59am -
• Ruth Bader Ginsburg tributes from Obama, Clinton: 'There will never be another like her'
  Hillary Clinton, Kate McKinnon, Janet Mock, and Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, honor Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died Friday.
  - 11 days ago 19 Sep 20, 2:00am -
• McConnell vows to fill Ginsburg's seat, thrusting court to center of 2020 presidential race
  Democrats insist President Trump hold off on filling the Supreme Court vacancy left by the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Republicans offer no commitment.
  - 11 days ago 19 Sep 20, 1:23am -
• Ruth Bader Ginsburg, liberal giant of the Supreme Court, dies
  Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was the second woman to serve on the Supreme Court and the first to become a pop culture icon.
  - 11 days ago 18 Sep 20, 11:44pm -
• Trump and Biden battling for Minnesota, a longtime Democratic bastion now in play
  President Trump and Joe Biden both campaigned in Minnesota on Friday, a longtime Democratic bastion that's now a battleground state.
  - 11 days ago 18 Sep 20, 11:00pm -
• Damage from wildfires' toxic air lingers long after the smoke clears
  As smoky skies blanket the West, researchers look a the lasting health impacts by studying a Montana town previously smothered by wildfire smoke.
  - 12 days ago 18 Sep 20, 1:10pm -
• Column One: In the ring, they were gods. Now the coronavirus is forcing lucha libre stars to sell street food
  'We thought we were eternal,' said the lucha libre star known as Olímpico. 'We never knew something like this could happen.'
  - 12 days ago 18 Sep 20, 11:00am -
• Deep in Oregon wilderness, five men battle wildfire to save a historic resort
  Five men stayed behind, after dozens of guests and staffers were evacuated in the face of a massive wildfire, to save Breitenbush, a famed Oregon hot springs retreat.
  - 12 days ago 18 Sep 20, 10:00am -
• Empty trucks, falsified records: How Louis DeJoy's changes at the Postal Service brought chaos
  New rules requiring U.S. Postal Service trucks to leave exactly on schedule went relatively unnoticed amid the public outcry over the removal of sorting machines across the country — but they were far more disruptive to mail delivery.
  - 13 days ago 17 Sep 20, 12:00pm -