ISLAMABAD – Historic negotiations between the Taliban and Afghanistan’s political leadership opened in Qatar on Saturday, offering the best chance of peace after decades of war.The U.S.

had hoped negotiations would start within two weeks of Feb. 29, when it signed a peace deal with the Taliban, effectively acknowledging a military stalemate after nearly two decades of conflict.

The agreement called for direct intra-Afghan negotiations but required both sides to release prisoners as a sign of good faith ahead of talks.The Afghan government, which was in the throes of a political crisis over a disputed presidential election held last September, balked at being told to free 5,000 Taliban but eventually relented.U.S.

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Tropical Storm Beta forecast to make landfall Monday

HOUSTON – Tropical storm conditions were expected to begin Monday morning in parts of Texas and Louisiana as Tropical Storm Beta slowly worked its way into a part of the country that's already been drenched and battered during this year's exceptionally busy hurricane season.No longer expected to gain hurricane strength, forecasters also decreased expected rainfall totals from Beta early Monday, saying in a U.S. National Hurricane Center advisory that up to 15 inches (38 centimeters) of rain could fall in some areas.

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First coronavirus friendly brothel opens where punters are made to wear masks

A UK brothel has reopened following the lockdown with special measures in place to avoid spreading the coronavirus.

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Many pubs around the country to reopen for first time since March

Publicans outside Dublin are making final preparations ahead of the lifting of restrictions on bars outside the capital today.

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The Latest: Eugene Levy wins his first Emmy Award

LOS ANGELES – The Latest from the Emmy Awards (all times PDT):5:30 p.m.Eugene Levy has ridden up “Schitt’s Creek” to his first acting Emmy. Levy won the Emmy Award for best actor in a comedy series on Sunday night for Pop TV’s “Schitt’s Creek,” taking home the trophy for the sixth and final season of the show he co-created with his son, Dan Levy.

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The latest Greater Manchester coronavirus infection rates as positive cases in a week hit 3,000 for first time

coronavirus tests were recorded in a week in Greater Manchester for the first time, the latest figures show.

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Exclusive costume reveal: Lips in ‘The Masked Singer’ Season 4 is talking back to the competition

LOS ANGELES - The newest season of “The Masked Singer” on FOX comes with a sneak peak of its newest contestant, Lips. If these Lips could talk they’d certainly sing, and that’s exactly what they’ll do as Season 4 starts with a bang to follow up last year’s iconic lineup. Lips joins a handful of creative costume designs including the Snow Owls, the Crocodile, the Sun, the Giraffe, the mysterious Whatchamacallit, and many more.

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Desert communities told to evacuate as winds stoke flames

JUNIPER HILLS, Calif. – Strong winds stoked a wildfire burning for nearly two weeks in mountains northeast of Los Angeles, prompting authorities to issue new evacuation orders for desert communities that lost some homes a day earlier. Meanwhile, officials were investigating the death of a firefighter on the lines of another Southern California wildfire that erupted earlier this month from a smoke-generating pyrotechnic device used by a couple to reveal their baby’s gender.

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Vancouver theatre company among first in Canada to relaunch during COVID-19

No Child, which premieres Sept. 24.

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Olivia Colman and Paul Mescal among nominees ahead of first post-Covid-19 Emmys

Olivia Colman, Jodie Comer and Paul Mescal are among the nominees ahead of this year’s Emmy Awards, which will take place with a largely virtual ceremony due to the pandemic.

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Tata group to launch India's first low cost Covid-19 test 'Feluda'

RT-PCR tests, with quicker turnaround time, less expensive equipment, and better ease of use.

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Nunavut reports first confirmed coronavirus infections with 2 new cases

COVID-19.The territory’s chief public health officer, Dr. Michael Patterson, says in a news release there are two cases at the Hope Bay gold mine 125 km southwest of Cambridge Bay.Patterson says both miners are asymptomatic and were exposed to COVID-19 in their home jurisdictions.

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Volusia sheriff talks new training for deputies following calls for change from community

ORLANDO, Fla. – From calls to defund the police to requiring de-escalation and implicit bias training, the current climate of policing in America is hot topic across the country.Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood joined anchor Justin Warmoth on “The Weekly on ClickOrlando.com” to give his thoughts and ideas on how to improve the somewhat torn relationship between the community and law enforcement.“Listen to the message the peaceful protesters are protesting about,” Chitwood said. “Is de-escalation a bad word? Obviously not.

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UN leaders gather virtually for first time in 75-year history amid COVID-19 pandemic

FILE - A man passes by the UN headquarters in New York on September 18, 2020. - During the 75th session of the UN General Assembly, Heads of State and Government will exchange statements via pre-recorded messages, that will be broadcast to a nearly e (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)With COVID-19 still careening across the planet, the annual gathering of its leaders in New York will be replaced this year by a global patchwork of prerecorded speeches, another piece of upheaval in a deeply divided world turned topsy-turvy by a pandemic with no endpoint in sight.As U.N.

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First Native American racer blazes trail at Tour de France

LE PECQ – A late draft to the Tour de France, Neilson Powless didn’t have time to scramble together a turtle necklace, the spirit animal of his Native American tribe, or paint one of their wampum bead belts on the frame of the bike that he's ridden for three punishing weeks, over 3,300 kilometers (2,000 miles) of roads. But although unable to carry the Oneida Tribe’s symbols with him, the Tour rookie has become a powerful symbol himself as the first tribally recognized Native North American to have raced in the 117-year-old event.

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Bars in downtown Orlando open this weekend for first tome in months

ORLANDO, Fla. – Bars are open in Florida for the first full weekend in months.Ryan Davis owns Kevin O’Ryan’s The Other Bar on Wall Street and Stagger Inn. He said he’s excited to be back in business.“Everybody needs to do the right thing.

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Friday B.C. COVID-19 numbers include ‘historical cases’

Global’s Keith Baldrey breaks down Friday’s slightly confusing COVID-19 numbers.

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Will a second COVID-19 wave resemble the first wave?

For months, public health officials have warned of a resurgence of COVID-19 in Canada. More people are returning to work and school, and the colder weather means more people will be indoors.

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'A jurist of historic stature': Reaction pours in after death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

LOS ANGELES - Reaction poured in from both sides of the political aisle for U.S Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died at 87 due to complications of metastatic pancreatic cancer. She was the oldest sitting member on the court.Chief Justice John G.

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Mummies: Royal Ontario Museum opens first Ancient Egypt exhibit in a decade

The ROM is getting set to showcase six mummies at a new exhibit opening on Saturday. But as Matthew Bingley reports, getting the travelling exhibit to Toronto amid a pandemic wasn’t without its challenges.

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B.C. health officials report 179 new COVID-19 cases, 40 historical cases and three deaths

B.C. health officials release a written statement with the daily COVID-19 numbers for Friday, Sept. 19. Legislative Bureau Chief Keith Baldrey has the details and explains why 40 cases from August 11 are just being counted now.

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HHHS secretary talks testing guidelines, COVID-19 vaccine during Orlando visit

ORLANDO, Fla. – Health and Human Services secretary Alex Azar discussed the coronavirus pandemic during a visit to Central Florida on Friday.Azar toured the AdventHealth Transplant Institute with hospital leaders to announce the expansion of support for living organ donation.The announcement included compensation for lost wages, child care and elder care through the Health Resources and Services Administration.[TRENDING: ‘God, forgive me:’ Mom arrested on murder charge | Trump pushes for 2nd round of $1,200 direct payments | Daylight Saving Time debate]Azar’s visit came hours before the CDC announced changes to its COVID-19 testing guidelines.The agency now recommends people get tested if they are exposed to someone who has coronavirus,

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Coronavirus: Hamilton Catholic school board reports first COVID-19 case in Bishop Tonnos student

COVID-19 case at an Ancaster high school.The city’s public health department says a student at Bishop Tonnos Catholic Secondary School has tested positive for the virus.In a letter sent to families, school principal Carmelo Barone wrote that the student was last at the school on Monday and received the positive test result on Friday morning.“Bishop Tonnos CSS and the Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board are working with Public Health officials to facilitate case and contact tracing,” wrote Barone.“Out of respect for the privacy of the individual, personal health information and identifiers will not be released.” Coronavirus — Staff member at Hamilton before-and-after school program tests positive for COVID-19 Public health

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Fishing Lake First Nation school goes 100% online as ‘a precautionary measure’

virtual learning after the coronavirus was detected in nearby municipalities.“Parents were concerned that all around us, there was contact tracing and they didn’t feel that it was safe for our students to be coming in,” said Chief Sabitawasis School principal Rhonda Kayseas, adding that a number of teachers commute onto the reserve from other communities.Located about 210 kilometres northeast of Regina, Fishing Lake First Nation isn’t far from a handful of communities subject to Saskatchewan Health Authority potential COVID-19 exposure alerts this week.

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Urbanworld Film Festival Holds First-Ever Virtual Edition Amid COVID-19

Candyman director Nia DaCosta, Dear White People creator Justin Simien, Lena Waithe and many more. Highly-anticipated films screening in Urbanworld, followed by post-film discussions, include Simien’s latest Bad Hair for Hulu starring Kelly Rowland, Vanessa L. Williams and Waithe; Oyelowo’s directorial debut The Water Man starring himself; the Baltimore-set Charm City Kings, starring Jahi Di’Allo Winston (perhaps best-known as young Ralph Tresvant from BET’s The New Edition Story), rapper Meek Mill and Love Is star Will Catlett.

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LIFE drummer launches mental health podcast ‘Keep Talking’

LIFE drummer Stewart Baxter has launched a new mental health podcast called Keep Talking, with the first episode out now.New instalments will arrive weekly and will find the musician chatting to fellow artists about “life, art and everything in between”.

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Russia approves first Covid-19 prescription drug for sale in pharmacies

Moscow: Russia has approved R-Pharm's Coronavir treatment for outpatients with mild to moderate COVID-19 infections and the antiviral drug could be rolled out to pharmacies in the country as soon as next week, the company said on Friday.Coronavir's approval as a prescription drug follows the green light for another Russian COVID-19 drug, Avifavir, in May. Both are based on favipiravir, which was developed in Japan and is widely used there as the basis for viral treatments.R-Pharm's announcement is another sign Russia is pushing hard to take a global lead in the race against the virus.

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COVID-19 vaccine: Govt in talks with Russia for 'possible advancement' of Sputnik V in India

COVID-19 vaccine — Sputnik V — in the country, according to news agency PTI. India is "exploring the possibility of cooperation between the two countries for advancing the COVID-19 vaccine in the country," the news agency reported.The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) informed that it had received information about one COVID-19 vaccine developed and approved in Russia, minister of state for health Ashwini Choubey informed the Lok Sabha.Russia was the first country in the world to register a COVID-19 vaccine after less than two months of human testing.

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UK coronavirus cases rise by over 4,000 for first time since early May

The UK's coronavirus death count has increased by 27 today amid the biggest single-day jump in cases since May 8.

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Dancing Sky Theatre first ticketed performance at new Shakespeare site

Dance Sky Theatre will have the first ticketed performances at the new Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan site next week- and the performers are excited to entertain an in-person audience.

Firefighter dies in California fire started by gender reveal gathering

MOUNTAIN HOME VILLAGE, CALIFORNIA - September 9: A group of inmate firefighter watch as the El Dorado Fire burns a hillside near homes in Mountain Home Village, California, inside the San Bernardino National Forest, September 9, 2020. (Photo by Kyle SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. - A firefighter has died battling a wildfire in California that was sparked by a smoke-emitting device used to reveal a baby’s gender, a factor that will surely affect the couple who hosted the gathering to determine the sex of their unborn child. The death occurred Thursday in the San Bernardino National Forest as crews battled the El Dorado Fire, the U.S.

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Firefighter dies battling wildfire sparked by gender reveal

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. – A firefighter died battling a wildfire in California that officials said was sparked by a device used to reveal a baby’s gender.The death occurred Thursday in the San Bernardino National Forest as crews battled the El Dorado Fire, the U.S. Forest Service said in a news release.The El Dorado Fire erupted earlier this month from a smoke-generating pyrotechnic device was used by a couple to reveal their baby’s gender, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire, said.The name of the firefighter was being withheld until family members are notified.

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Nicola Sturgeon coronavirus update LIVE as First Minister warns of 'tough decisions' on lockdown

coronavirus cases continue to rise, according to a new poll. A study carried out by YouGov spoke to 2,690 people across the UK about a possible return to restrictions seen over March, April and May.

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November date for two Perth bi-elections still stands despite COVID-19 uncertainties

Perth and Kinross are still scheduled to take place despite the COVID-19 pandemic.A vote is scheduled for both Perth City North and Perth City South on November 26.The council confirmed it was pressing ahead with the polls.But campaigning will be slightly different with coronavirus restrictions in place.Woman's racist slur was a bid to get herself arrestedThe council’s SNP group has lost two councillors this year following Dave Doogan’s election as MP for Angus in December 2019 and the sad passing of Cllr Bob Band, who represented Perth City South, in March 2020.A by-election for Perth City North, Dave Doogan’s former seat, had been scheduled to take place in May but was postponed due to the pandemic.The SNP group has announced its

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'Forrest Gump' author Winston Groom dies at 77

FAIRHOPE, Ala. - Winston Groom, the writer whose novel “Forrest Gump” was made into a six-Oscar winning 1994 movie that became a soaring pop cultural phenomenon, has died at age 77.Mayor Karin Wilson of Fairhope, Alabama, said in a message on social media that Groom had died in that south Alabama town. A local funeral home also confirmed the death and said arrangements were pending.“While he will be remembered for creating Forrest Gump, Winston Groom was a talented journalist & noted author of American history.

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Senior US envoy holds talks in Taiwan amid Chinese drills

TAIPEI – The second high-level U.S. envoy to visit Taiwan in two months began a day of closed-door meetings Friday as China conducted military drills near the Taiwan Strait after threatening retaliation.Undersecretary of State Keith Krach, who handles the economic growth, energy and the environment portfolio, held talks with Taiwan's minister of economic affairs and the Cabinet’s vice premier.

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Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital marks first anniversary, over 15k emergency pediatric visits

Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital Thursday as it celebrated its one year anniversary.The hospital saw over 15,000 visits to its pediatric emergency department by June 2020, according to the Saskatchewan Health Authority.During that time, the hospital performed over 2,300 surgeries, and delivered 4,109 babies. Saskatoon couple welcomes 1st baby of 2020 “It’s hard to believe a year’s passed,” said health minister Jim Reiter.The hospital’s opening was rocky, plagued with nearly 600 concerns — from moving a desk to serious safety concerns with the building.

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Old Strathcona ‘Peace Camp’ given Friday deadline to pack up and leave

Residents of the “Peace Camp” homeless camp in Old Strathcona have to pack up their tents and be out of the south Edmonton park by 11 a.m. Friday.

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City of Edmonton still working to move Camp Pekiwewin, Peace Camp residents

Weeks after it sprung up, interim city manager Adam Laughlin said the city and social agencies are still working to move Camp Pekiwewin residents to supportive housing and other more stable options, and wind down the encampment in the river valley as cold weather approaches. He also talked about the pending eviction of Peace Camp in Old Strathcona.

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First lady promotes Trump's approach to opioid crisis in NH

CONCORD, N.H. – First lady Melania Trump used her first solo trip outside Washington since before the start of the coronavirus pandemic to showcase a piece of her “Be Best” youth well-being initiative on Thursday in a state her husband is hoping to win in November.The first lady toured Concord Hospital in New Hampshire’s capital city with James Carroll, director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, in an effort to highlight the hospital’s treatment programs for babies born with neonatal abstinence syndrome. Mrs.

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Austria corrects Trump’s ‘forest city’ claim: ‘We don’t have exploding trees’

Donald Trump’s claim that people in its country live in “forest cities.”Trump recently cited Austria and other European countries as models of good forest management that U.S. states like California, which has seen devastating wildfires lately, should learn from.

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Nicola Sturgeon coronavirus update LIVE as First Minister hints at national lockdown restrictions

Nicola Sturgeon takes questions on coronavirus in parliament.The First Minister announced 290 new cases in the past 24 hours and hinted at new nationwide lockdown restrictions.Earlier, Sturgeon said she cannot rule out imposing a curfew for pubs and restaurants if the number of Scots testing positive for Covid continues to rise. UK Government ministers are already considering introducing a 10pm or 11pm curfew on hospitality businesses if local measures are unable to bring the spread of the virus under control in England.

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First volume of Barack Obama's memoir coming Nov. 17

NEW YORK – The first volume of former President Barack Obama's memoir is coming out Nov. 17, two weeks after Election Day.

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Oreo releasing 'first-ever' gingerbread-flavored cookie for holiday season

(Oreo) Peeps may have put the kibosh on its holiday offerings, but Oreo is fully committing to its Christmas treats.In celebration of the upcoming holiday season, the sandwich cookie brand has rolled out a brand new limited-edition flavor: gingerbread.According to a spokesperson for Oreo, the specialty gingerbread flavor has already hit shelves – so those looking for an excuse to start holiday shopping early, here it is.Related: Peeps not producing Halloween, Christmas Peeps due to coronavirus pandemicThe new treat features two gingerbread-flavored cookie sandwiched around Oreo’s original crème filling, swirled with “crunchy sugar crystals,” the package shares.

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‘Pandemic showed up historic neglect of the health sector’

Mint candidly and shared his views on the challenges the panel faced and the broad contours of their proposals. Edited excerpts:How have your recommendations been influenced in such a tumultuous year?I have already given a report for one year, 2020-21, in the context of the economic slowdown at that time, because you know even before covid-19, if you look at the figures around October of last year, when we gave the report we factored in that we wanted to look to better growth prospects.

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Halifax mayoral candidates take part in first — and perhaps only — in-person debate

COVID-19.It was also the first chance for these mayoral candidates to share their campaign platforms and debate the other candidates on those issues.Incumbent Mike Savage is seeking his third term as mayor and says he’s got a proven track record and wants to build on those successes. ‘I don’t care if you vote for me’: TikTok star throws wrench in HRM mayoral race “I think the experience that I have and the maturity that I have and the ability to get things done and to raise the sights of the citizens is important,” said Savage.Matt Whitman served two terms as District 13 councillor in Hammonds Plains and was the first candidate to throw his hat in the ring, announcing his run for mayor last October.

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