Monthly Archives: August 2020

NYCC 2020 is canceled, YouTube helps Comic Con Move Online

Fans gather at the Javits Center for 2019’s New York Comic Con. The event has been canceled this year.Photo: Bryan Bedder / for ReedPOP (Getty Images) The stretch of sad (but predictable) conventional wine continues. New York Comic Con 2020, scheduled to take place in Manhattan in October, has been …

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Following the Beirut bombing, the Lebanese cabinet resigned. Now what?

Days after an enormous explosion that swept through the city of Beirut, killing at least 171 people and injuring thousands, the Lebanese cabinet resigned on Monday, acknowledging widespread anger over government inactivity and mismanagement. But members of the opposition, activists who have long protested against a fractured political system that …

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Prior to VP pick, Biden raised 10 points over Trump: interview

When Joe Biden is ready to announce his running mate, a new national poll shows that the former vice president has a 10 percent lead over President Trump among registered voters. According to a poll released by Monmouth University on Tuesday, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee tops Republican commitment in …

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