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The ban on the Chinese-owned messaging and payments apps was to come in on Sunday night.

Sure, there were the RBG bobbleheads, the Halloween getups, the lace collars, the workout videos. First as a litigator who fought tenaciously for the courts to recognize equal rights for women, one case at a time, and later as the second woman to sit …

The man told one of the women he had inappropriate photos of her, police say.

One of Nicola Sturgeon’s closest allies has faced a barrage of criticism over a “disgraceful” article stating the deaths of elderly Scots was delivering a “gain” for independence. Angus Robertson, the SNP’s former Westminster leader and deputy leader, said “55,000 predominantly No supporting voters [were] passing away every year”. Combined with more pro-separation young people reaching voting age, he said that had produced a “gain of over 100,000 for independence” since the referendum of 2014. Holyrood’s opposition parties condemned the intervention, highlighting the deaths of thousands of old people in recent months from coronavirus and the threat of a potential second wave. But Mr Robertson, who is planning a political comeback in next May’s Holyrood election, called the criticism “politically motivated” and “manufactured outrage”. He argued the same point about the demography of the Scottish electorate changing had been made the same day by a former head of communications for the Scottish Tories.

One of Nicola Sturgeon’s closest allies has faced a barrage of criticism over a “disgraceful” article stating the deaths of elderly Scots was delivering a “gain” for independence. Angus Robertson, the SNP’s former Westminster leader and deputy leader, said “55,000 predominantly No supporting voters [were] passing away every year”. Combined with more pro-separation young people reaching voting age, he said that had produced a “gain of over 100,000 for independence” since the referendum of 2014. Holyrood’s opposition parties condemned the intervention, highlighting the deaths of thousands of old people in recent months from coronavirus and the threat of a potential second wave. But Mr Robertson, who is planning a political comeback in next May’s Holyrood election, called the criticism “politically motivated” and “manufactured outrage”. He argued the same point about the demography of the Scottish electorate changing had been made the same day by a former head of communications for the Scottish Tories.

Now 45 people face charges for damaging the fragile tide pool ecosystem.

A British bomb disposal expert has been killed in an explosion in the Solomon Islands. Luke Atkinson, 57, was working for Norwegian People’s Aid, an 81-year-old humanitarian organisation, specialising in mine disposal and relief aid. Mr Atkinson, from …

Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death less than two months before the election has fueled a fierce debate over the timing of her replacement.

A Finnish passenger cruise ship was evacuated on Sunday after it ran aground off the island of Aland in the Baltic Sea, the cruise line and emergency services said Sunday.