Sunday, Sept. 13th, 2020

Trump bashes Biden at Nevada rally President Trump traveled to Nevada for a campaign rally in Douglas County on Saturday as he sets his sights on winning over the state he narrowly lost in 2016. A recent New York Times/Siena College poll showed Trump trailing his Democratic challenger, former Vice President Joe Biden, in the Silver State, but the race is considered a close one, and Nevada remains one of Trump’s best chances at flipping a Hillary Clinton-won state in 2020. At the rally, Trump warned he was ready to “be really vicious” during the campaign’s stretch run, and he gave the audience a taste during his speech. Trump called Biden a “pathetic person” who “doesn’t know he’s alive.” He also accused Nevada’s Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak of trying to “rig the election” because the Trump campaign had to move the rally out of Reno because of COVID-19 restrictions. Source: Politico

2  L.A. County deputies shot while sitting in patrol car Two Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies — a 31-year-old female and a 24-year-old male — were shot Saturday night while sitting in their patrol vehicle in Compton, the department tweeted. Both deputies were left in critical condition with multiple gunshot wounds and underwent surgery at a hospital in Lynwood. “They are both still fighting for their lives,” the department said in a tweet. Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva and Capt. Kent Wegener said during a briefing that the shooting took place at 7 p.m. local time. Wegener said the suspect approached the vehicle from behind, walked along the passenger side of the car, and shot multiple times, hitting both deputies. A video released by LASD appears to show the incident, which ended with the suspect running away. The search for the shooter, for whom investigators only have a “very generic description,” is still ongoing. Source: CNN

NFL gets ready for first slate of Sunday games The first full slate of NFL games kicks off Sunday, as the league begins play amid the coronavirus pandemic. The season officially began Thursday night when the Kansas City Chiefs launched their Super Bowl title defense with a 34-20 win over the Houston Texans, but the rest of the league will get going Sunday. Week 1 features quite a few rivalry games, including a matchup between the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears. Reigning MVP Lamar Jackson will be back under center for the Baltimore Ravens, who are hosting the Cleveland Browns. The main draw of the day, though, will take place at 4:25 p.m. E.T. on Fox when the New Orleans Saints take on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who will be led by quarterback Tom Brady as he dons a new uniform after two decades with the New England Patriots. Source: ESPN

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Saturday,  Sept. 12th, 2020

The first peace talks between the government and the Taliban start in Doha, Qatar. The Taliban had confirmed it would attend after the final release of six of their prisoners. Abdullah Abdullah, representing the government, says they are seeking a “dignified peace” while U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo calls the meeting “historic”. (BBC)

Iran executes Navid Afkari, a wrestler who was convicted of killing a security guard during anti-government protests in 2018. According to media, which quoted the judiciary in Fars, the execution was carried out after insistence from the victim’s family. Activists and Afkari’s family claim he made a forced confession to the crime. (DW)

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Friday,  Sept.  11th, 2020

The Brazilian state of Bahia is expected to conduct phase III trails of Russia’s Gam-COVID-Vac vaccine and buy 50 million doses. (Reuters)

It is announced that schools in Los Angeles County will remain closed until the winter. (Patch.com)

It is announced that bars in South Florida counties such as Miami-Dade and Palm Beach County will remain closed. However, bars in the rest of the state will be allowed to reopen at a 50% capacity. (The Sun-Sentinel)

in at a gold mine near Kamituga in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, kills at least 50 miners. (The Guardian)

Governor Jared Polis says that the state might extend its mask mandate in indoor public spaces for another 30 days. (The Denver Post)

For the second time in the same week, Portugal reports the biggest daily increase in new cases since the national lockdown was lifted in May, with 687 new cases and three deaths, bringing the cumulative totals to 62,813 confirmed cases and 1,855 deaths in 193 days since the first infections were detected in the country. (DGS)

The United Kingdom reports 3,539 cases of COVID-19, up from 2,919 a day earlier. Six deaths are also reported. (Reuters)

Japan and the United Kingdom reach a tentative free trade agreement, which British trade secretary Liz Truss hails as the UK’s “first major post-Brexit trade deal”. (CNBC)

Run-off parliamentary elections are being held in Iran. The first round of the election was held in February and provoked criticism as more than 7000 applicants got barred from participating. (Foreign Brief)

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