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Ukraine's Nova Poshta says depots destroyed in Russian attacks
Aug 28 - Russian attacks have destroyed Nova Poshta sorting centres near the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv and in the northern city of Sumy, the Ukrainian private postal and courier company said on Friday.
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'High risk' of lake bursting and causing second flood, warns China
China has warned there is a "high risk" that a lake which formed after the recent landslide near the Nepal-Tibet border may burst, causing a second flood downstream. The warning comes after Wednesday's deadly flash flood in the same area which scientists say was triggered by the collapse of a mountain glacier into a river. As of Friday morning, an estimated 2.5 million cubic metres of water had accumulated at the barrier lake, according to state broadcaster CCTV. A barrier lake is a body of water formed when debris dams up a river.
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Accurate Voter Rolls Can Build Public Trust in Elections
Turn any article into a podcast. Upgrade now to start listening. Members can share articles with friends & family to bypass the paywall. This summer, administrative actions in several states brought a critical election security issue back to the forefront: voter roll maintenance and noncitizen registration. In New Jersey and Oregon, clerical and software errors at motor vehicle agencies mistakenly added ineligible noncitizens to voter registration files.
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Germany’s AfD Poised for Historic Saxony-Anhalt Election Win
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Federal judge blocks Trump administration mail-in voting restrictions
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Trump administration restricts internships for international students
Some schools, including the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of California, Berkeley, have paused certain applications for work authorisations for international students. WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump's administration has issued a memo for universities that seeks to restrict the issuance of certain internship work authorisations for international students, as the federal government warned that colleges not complying with the regulations may lose certification to enrol foreign students.
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China Tells Japanese Lawmakers Taiwan Is at Heart of Tensions
A senior Chinese diplomat told a group of Japanese lawmakers that history and Taiwan are at the center of tensions between the nations, saying Tokyo needed to take “concrete actions” for them to improve.
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Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration's attempt to restrict mail-in voting
The judge's order blocks a newly finalized rule for at least 14 days. A federal judge on Thursday night blocked the Trump administration from implementing key provisions of a new rule restricting mail-in voting. U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani issued a temporary order preventing the United States Postal Service from increasing its oversight of mail-in voting, following an executive order from President Donald Trump that would effectively employ the Postal Service as the primary enforcer of mail-voter eligibility. Talwani blocked the newly finalized rule for at least 14 days.
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Toyota Sales Fall for Six Straight Months on Weak China Demand