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Twitch streamers are no strangers to DMCA music claims. Over the summer, the platform acknowledged a flood of takedown requests for older videos, which could’ve potentially put streamers in jeopardy of consequences under Twitch’s content policy. The company has offered a library of free-to-use tunes for years, but using a song from one of today’s…

BEIRUT, Sept 30 (Reuters) – Piles of rubble and broken glass lie in the corridors and courtyard of Beirut’s College Notre Dame de Nazareth.A man works inside Sagesse Beyrouth school which was damaged due to the explosion at the port area, in Beirut, Lebanon September 24, 2020. Picture taken September 24, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed AzakirThe principal’s…

The University of Oxford is to tackle the small number of black British students taking its postgraduate courses by introducing a scholarship programme to boost their numbers. The universitys Black …

U.S.|Battle to Fill John Lewis’s Congressional Seat for 1 Month Moves to RunoffA clear-cut winner did not emerge from a special election on Tuesday in which seven candidates vied to serve the remainder of Mr. Lewis’s term, pushing Kwanza Hall, a former Atlanta city councilman, and Robert M. Franklin Jr., a former president of Morehouse…

Sept. 29, 2020Updated 7:23 a.m. ETWant to get The Morning by email? Here’s the sign-up.Good morning. The first presidential debate is tonight. One million people have died from the coronavirus. And a new study sheds light on free college.ImageGraduates from California State University, San Marcos, celebrated in May.Credit…Mike Blake/ReutersFree college — an idea that Bernie…

LONDON (Reuters) – British university students will be able to return home for Christmas, although face-to-face teaching may have to end a few weeks before they leave to allow for self-isolation, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said on Tuesday.FILE PHOTO: A cloth face mask lies on the pavement near Oxford University buildings, ahead of the new…

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson visists Exeter College in Exeter, Britain September 29, 2020. Finnbarr Webster/Pool via REUTERSLONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s economy is underproductive and its weaknesses have been exposed by the COVID crisis, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday as he announced new measures to try to improve skill levels in the workforce.“Our…

LONDON (Reuters) – British university students will be able to return home for Christmas, although face-to-face teaching may have to end a few weeks before they leave to allow for self-isolation, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said on Tuesday.FILE PHOTO: A view shows a Teeside University lecture taking place at the Middlesbrough’s Town Hall, amid the…

Sept. 27, 2020Updated 6:21 a.m. ET THE NEW YORK TIMES / SIENA COLLEGE POLL 49% 41% Based on a New York Times/Siena College poll of 950 likely voters from Sept. 22 to Sept. 24. THE NEW YORK TIMES / SIENA COLLEGE POLL Based on a New York Times/Siena College poll of 950 likely voters from…

FILE PHOTO: Cyclists are seen in front of Cambridge University, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Cambridge, Britain, May 15, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew CouldridgeLONDON (Reuters) – The University of Glasgow has offered a rent rebate to residents and support with securing food and medical supplies for self-isolating students in a sign of the huge…