The sharp exchanges reflect the deep divisions among the three veto-wielding Security Council members that have escalated since the virus first emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan in January.
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Posted inBoston Red Sox, Sports
Red Sox trounced by Orioles in home finale, 13-1
Baltimore pounds Martin Perez and produces 18 hits, including three home runs.
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Progressives pledge to keep pushing Biden to expand Supreme Court
But the former vice president, who ran a relatively centrist primary campaign, hasn’t embraced those calls, worried they may intensify the nation’s partisan split.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Politics mixes with law as Trump closes in on court pick
The president is using the vacancy on the Supreme Court to appeal to battleground-state voters and as a rallying cry for his conservative base.
Posted inNation & World
Israel tightens second lockdown as coronavirus cases soar
The country is currently reporting nearly 7,000 new daily cases, making the outbreak among the worst in the world on a per capita basis.
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Governments urged to help virus-stranded mariners
The United Nations is trying to assist more than 300,000 merchant mariners who are trapped at sea because of coronavirus restrictions.
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Trump promotes health care ‘vision,’ but gaps remain
The president returns to the issue amid disapproval of his administration’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic and growing uncertainty about the future of the Affordable Care Act.
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Prosecutor says murder defendant shot woman in Down East Maine over insults
Carine Reeves, the first person to go on trial for murder in Maine since the start of the pandemic, shot Sally Shaw because she’d insulted the mother of his children, Assistant Attorney General Megan Elam tells jurors.
Posted inNation & World
Feds put first Black inmate to death since execution restart
Christopher Vialva was 19 years old in 1999 when he shot a religious couple and burned them in the trunk of their car.
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MLB roundup: Indians complete four-game sweep of White Sox
Cleveland continues its drive toward home-field advantage in the first round of the playoffs, rallying for a 5-4 win.