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Alabama gives OC Steve Sarkisian big raise, to $2.5 million
Alabama offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian will make $2.5 million a year under a new threeyear deal reached after his flirtation with the Colorado head coaching job.
Man born in Hiroshima lights 1964 Tokyo Olympic cauldron
Yoshinori Sakai was born in Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, the day the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the city.
Coronavirus talks in Congress face timeline as Trump ponders his own action
Congressional Democratic leaders and White House officials were set to resume negotiations on coronavirus relief legislation on Wednesday, with the administration officials aiming for an agreement by Friday.
7 Dead, 60 Infected by New Disease Caused by Tick-borne Virus in China: Report
More than 37 people in East China's Jiangsu Province contracted with the SFTS Virus in the first half of the year. Later, 23 people were found to have been infected in East China's Anhui province.
Initial investigations point to negligence as cause of Beirut blast, source says
Initial investigations into the Beirut port blast indicate years of inaction and negligence over the storage of highly explosive material caused the explosion that killed more than 100 people, an official source familiar with the findings said.
Not in the room where it happens: U.S. Senate's McConnell opts out of coronavirus talks
As coronavirus aid negotiations between top White House officials and Democratic leaders in the U.S. Congress bogged down over the past week, the question reverberating through nearempty Capitol hallways has been "Where's Mitch?"
Spain's ex-king told friends his exit is only temporary, papers say
Former king Juan Carlos's sudden exit is only temporary, he told friends from aboard a jet carrying him away from Spain, La Vanguardia newspaper reported on Wednesday, as confusion mounted over the exmonarch's plans.
Singapore migrant worker mental health in spotlight after self harm incident
A migrant in Singapore who selfharmed and was pictured bloodied in a stairwell has heightened concerns over the mental health of thousands of lowpaid workers confined to dormitories in the citystate due to the COVID19 pandemic.
Polls Open in Sri Lanka's Parliamentary Election after Being Postponed Twice due to Coronavirus
President Gotabaya hopes for a two-thirds majority for the SLPP in the general election so that he can amend the Constitution to restore presidential powers curbed by a 2015 constitutional change.
Massive blast rips through Beirut, killing 78 and injuring thousands
A huge blast in port warehouses near central Beirut storing highly explosive material killed 78 people, injured nearly 4,000 and sent shockwaves that shattered windows, smashed masonry and shook the ground across the Lebanese capital.
White House, Congress head toward new round of COVID-19 talks as pressure grows
Pressure mounted on Tuesday on congressional Democrats and the White House to reach a deal on a new round of coronavirus relief as the economy reeled from the growing financial and human toll of a pandemic that has killed more than 156,000 Americans.
Brazil, Hotbed for COVID-19 Vaccine Testing, May Struggle to Produce its Own
Brazilian officials say they can start making COVID19 vaccines developed by British and Chinese researchers within a year. Experts say it will take at least twice as long, leaving Brazil reliant on imports to slow the world's secondworst outbreak.
Factbox: Spain's monarchy, beset by scandal, is funded by taxpayers
Spain's Royal House, in the spotlight this week after former king Juan Carlos decided to leave Spain under a cloud of financial scandal, is a publiclyfunded institution created to support the king as the head of state and his family.
