George Morara was a legislator with a promising career— until he demanded answers over Tom Mboya's killer. Days later, he was dead. As he sipped his drink one late evening in Lusaka, Zambia, early September 1970, West Mugirango MP George…
Lewis Hamilton won the Tuscan Grand Prix at Mugello. The Mercedes driver took a comprehensive victory at the circuit where Formula One was racing for the first time. In an incident-packed race that was stopped twice, once due to a major and…
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Richard Waters in Los Angeles and James Politi in Washington
– Sep 13, 2020, 10:27 AM
President Donald Trump is set to visit California on Monday as the pace of devastating wildfires spreading through the western US slowed long enough over the weekend for firefighters to regroup. With gusting winds and surging heat expected to…
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Mehul Srivastava in Tel Aviv
– Sep 13, 2020, 1:11 PM
Israel will be locked down for at least three weeks, starting on Friday and continuing over the Jewish high holy days, the first significant country to re-enter an economically crippling closure, after failing to curb a second wave of the…
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Arash Massoudi in London and Leo Lewis and Kana Inagaki in Tokyo
– Sep 13, 2020, 9:00 AM
SoftBank executives have revived discussions about taking the technology group private as the Japanese conglomerate seeks to redefine its strategy after a series of big asset disposals, people with direct knowledge of the matter said. The talks are…