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Latest news: The United States is almost done, Iranian sanctions are back and leaders are looking for inspiration in the Amazon.
• Closing arguments in the US election.
The tumultuous mid-term campaigns of 2018 worked well until the weekend and until election day on Tuesday.
The most prominent activists are on both sides of a broad political divide. President Trump travels the country to deliver messages based on fear about immigration and other issues. Former President Barack Obama assaulted him in a surprisingly bitter and systematic manner.
• The sanctions have returned.
As you read this briefing, the United States will have imposed severe economic sanctions on Iran and financial penalties to those who continue to import Iranian products. Above, Iranian rials in a foreign exchange office in Basra, Iraq.
The reinstated sanctions threaten to create a wedge between the United States and its European allies, who have criticized President Trump for abandoning the landmark Iran nuclear deal signed in 2015.
But the United States has relaxed its own sanctions in granting six-month exemptions to eight countries – including India, South Korea, Japan and China, which are among the largest importers of Iranian oil in the world. The US has not received an exemption.
Moreover, Oleg Deripaska, a Russian oligarch close to President Vladimir Putin, has been pressuring Washington to save his companies from the sanctions imposed by the Trump administration. His efforts can be successful.
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• In Germany, one of the longest dry periods ever recorded left the Rhine, above, record levels for months, wreaking havoc on many European companies.
About 80% of the goods transported by boat in Germany take the Rhine, where many freighters have stopped calling. River-dependent service stations for fuel delivery in the Netherlands are dry, and a German chemical plant using Rhine water has had to reduce its production.
Europeans are preparing for increased instability. One researcher predicted that because of global warming, "extremes would happen more often".
In addition, an environmental group has found new evidence that dishonest factories in China are behind the resurgence of the banned gas CFC-11, which is destroying the ozone layer and contributing to global warming.
• Paradise or "Island of Death"?
The Thai island of Koh Tao, above, is popular with Western tourists. However, at least nine European visitors have died or disappeared since 2014, and an allegation of rape by a 19-year-old British woman raised new questions about how does the police manage serious crimes against tourists.
Police said they found no evidence to support the rape allegation and arrested 12 people who had posted articles about it on Facebook.
• McKinsey, Booz Allen Hamilton and Boston Consulting all have continued to work with Saudi Arabia as investors split after the murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Above, a conference on Saudi investment in Riyadh last month.
• Since President Trump A Times investigation found that financial penalties against banks and large corporations accused of malpractice had declined sharply.
• Berkshire Hathaway, the conglomerate led by Warren Buffett, bought close to $ 1 billion of its own shares during its successful third quarter.
• Apple's decision limiting the amount of information to be provided – including the number of iPhones, iPads and Macs sold each quarter – and its disappointing fourth-quarter sales outlook resulted in a decline in inventory.
• Coming this week: BMW to Release Third Quarter and US Results Foreign Ministers will meet to discuss trade relations with the United States and ways to modernize the World Trade Organization.
• Here is an overview global markets.
• London police investigate allegations that some members of the British Labor Party, the British opposition, have published anti-Semitic threats online. Above, protesters in front of the party headquarters.[[[[The New York Times]
• Ross EdgleyBritish, who spent five months at sea, would be the first person to have swam around the island of Britain. [The New York Times]
• The husband of Asia Bibi, a Christian acquitted in Pakistan of blasphemy leaders, claimed asylum to Britain and other countries, asserting that their life was in danger considering the public demands for its execution.[[[[Reuters]
• Voters in New Caledonia, French territory of the Pacific, chose to stay in France in a referendum on independence. [BBC News]
• A tiger eater in India responsible for the deaths of 13 people were killed after months of hunting involving drones, elephants and a bottle of cologne. The environmentalists were furious that she was not captured instead. [The New York Times]
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• Famous chefs in the Andes, they venture deep into the Amazon in search of new ingredients, such as the caiman, a relative of the alligator and the carp-like paiche.[[[[The New York Times]
• The New York Marathon: Ethiopian Lelisa Desisa fell behind to win the men's race in 2 hours 5 minutes 59 seconds. Mary Keitany of Kenya won the women's race for the fourth time finishing in 2:22:48. In the wheelchair division, Daniel Romanchuk of the United States defeated defending champion Marcel Hug of Switzerland a second in 1:36:21. Manuela Schar, of Switzerland, defended her title in the women in 1:50:27. • Novak Djokovic Karen Khachanov of Russia lost in the finals of the Paris Masters tennis tournament, ending a run of 22 consecutive victories. • In memory: Judith Kazantzis, 78, a British feminist poet and activist. She once said that she "had started writing to remedy the desperation of a young mother confined to the house".Return story
Stickers can be surprisingly motivating, even for adults.
That's at least the idea behind the I Voted stickers I've distributed in the US polling stations – that they will encourage voters to run, and inspire those who see them to vote themselves. (Election day is Tuesday.)
While some states keep things simple, others take the opportunity to express their identity. Some stickers, like those of Alabama, Ohio and Tennessee, take the form of the state. Georgia uses the state's famous fishing, while California uses 13 languages.
Residents of Alaska who voted early this year have received stickers with animated versions of state animals. The Louisiana stickers, featuring the iconic "Blue Dog" by Cajun artist George Rodrigue, have been released on eBay.
The city of New York has its own sticker on the theme of the subway. Other cities follow the example of Chicago and instead offer bracelets.
The stickers are also online. Instagram carries the "I Voted" and "Yo Voted" emblems, as well as an article titled "We Voted" on Polling Day, which collects messages written by a user's friends.
Do they really make a difference? One study found that in 2010, Facebook's "I Voted" button drove 340,000 Americans to the polls.
But in any case, you always get a sticker.
Jennifer Jett wrote Back Story today.
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