Asia Pacific stocks mixed as China's manufacturing activity in August beats forecasts - CNBC

Stocks in Asia Pacific were mixed in Tuesday trade as a private survey showed Chinese manufacturing activity in August expanding at its fastest pace in nearly 10 years.

Mainland Chinese stocks recovered from an earlier slip to rise by the afternoon, with the Shanghai composite up fractionally while the Shenzhen component added 0.224%. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index was below the flatline.

The moves came as the Caixin/Markit manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for August came in at 53.1. On Monday, China's official manufacturing PMI for August came in at 51.0, according to the country's National Bureau of Statistics.

Following the release, the onshore Chinese yuan strengthened to 6.8193 per dollar, as compared to levels above 6.84 against the greenback seen yesterday. Its offshore counterpart changed hands at 6.8202 per dollar. 

Economic data releases from China have been watched by investors for signs of the country's recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. PMI readings above 50 signify expansion, while those below that figure indicate contraction. PMI readings are sequential and indicate on-month expansion or contraction.

"The strong yuan story is really the flipside of the weaker dollar," Clive McDonnell, head of equity strategy at Standard Chartered Private Bank, told CNBC's "Street Signs" Tuesday.

"For now, it does seem that the weaker dollar is set to continue and in line with that, yuan strength will continue unless we see some … sharp developments as we head towards the November presidential election," McDonnell said.

Elsewhere, the S&P/ASX 200 in Australia led losses among the region's major markets as it fell 1.85%.

In Japan, the Nikkei 225 was slightly lower while the Topix index shed 0.26%. South Korea's Kospi added 1.07%.

Overall, the MSCI Asia ex-Japan index gained 0.36%.

Meanwhile, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) on Tuesday maintained its targets for the cash rate and yield on 3-year Australian Government bonds.

Following the RBA's announcement, the Australian dollar last changed hands at $0.7399 following a rise yesterday from levels around $0.735.

Overnight stateside, the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average wrapped up their best August performances in decades. The Dow fell 223.82 points, or 0.8%, to end its trading day on Wall Street at 28,430.05 and the S&P 500 shed 0.2% to close at 3,500.31. The Nasdaq Composite gained 0.7% and finished its trading day at 11,775.46.

The Monday moves left the Dow up 7.6% for August, its biggest gain for that month since 1984. The S&P 500 rose 7% for the same month, notching its best August performance since 1986.

The U.S. dollar index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of its peers, was last at 91.806 following an earlier slip from around the 92.4 mark.

The Japanese yen traded at 105.72 per dollar after seeing levels around 105.5 against the greenback yesterday.

Oil prices were higher in the afternoon of Asian trading hours, with international benchmark Brent crude futures up 1.08% to $45.77 per barrel. U.S. crude futures also gained 0.94% to $43.01 per barrel.

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Spencer Howard earns 1st win, Phillies beat Nationals 8-6 - Minneapolis Star Tribune

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PHILADELPHIA — Spencer Howard got a celebratory beer shower, wiped it off with baby powder and calmly talked about his first major league win like a guy who expects many more.

Howard threw five effective innings, Rhys Hoskins homered and drove in three runs and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Washington Nationals 8-6 Monday night.

Juan Soto hit a pair of two-run homers and Michael Taylor and Trea Turner also went deep for the defending World Series champions, who fell to 12-20.

Howard (1-1) allowed two runs and five hits, striking out four to earn his first win in his fourth start. He got three of those Ks in the first inning.

"It was nice," Howard said about the traditional beer shower. "Tonight was the first time I felt synched up mechanically. My goal is to get better every day."

The Phillies are 15-15 at the midpoint of the pandemic-shortened season after winning six of seven.

They'll be counting on Howard to win important games in September as the club tries to reach the postseason for the first time since 2011.

"He used all his pitches and he was a different guy," manager Joe Girardi said. "I hope this is a big step for him."

Nationals starter Erick Fedde (1-3) gave up six runs and four hits in six innings.

"We're falling behind early in a game and playing catch-up," Nationals manager Dave Martinez said. "We've got to get some of these guys to understand the big innings kill us."

Hoskins drove one out to left field in the first for a 1-0 lead. He has hit all six of his homers in the last 13 games, including five in the past seven.

After the Nationals closed within two, Hoskins ripped a two-run double with two outs in the seventh off Wander Suero to extend Philadelphia's lead to 8-4.

"Our offense is really starting to click," Hoskins said. "We have professional at-bats one through nine and that wears teams down."

Jay Bruce connected in the second for a 2-0 lead. He has 17 homers in 201 at-bats since the Phillies acquired him from Seattle last June.

Jean Segura lined a three-run double to left-center in the fourth and scored on Alec Bohm's sacrifice fly to make it 6-0.

Soto slammed his 10th homer in the fifth, an opposite-field drive that cut it to 6-2. Taylor and Turner hit consecutive homers off Heath Hembree in the seventh to get Washington to 4-2. Turner has a 16-game hitting streak.

The Phillies needed four innings from their revamped bullpen, which saw its majors-worst ERA rise to 7.09. JoJo Romero retired all four batters he faced before giving way to Hembree. Tommy Hunter got four outs and Brandon Workman finished, giving up Soto's 11th homer with one out in the ninth.

MASHING

Soto has 11 homers in just 24 games played. Turner was 4 for 5, becoming the first player in Nationals/Expos history to have at least three hits in four straight games. He is the first major leaguer to do so since Ketel Marte last June.

"They're just falling in the right spots," Turner said. "We've got plenty of guys that are hitting balls right at people, so it's just lucky."

LEAGUE OF HIS OWN

Hoskins is the first Phillies player since 1900 to have three straight games with multiple extra-base hits and a home run, and the only player in the majors to do so this season.

MAKING MOVES

Philadelphia acquired right-hander David Phelps from the Milwaukee Brewers before Monday's trade deadline for three players to be named. Phelps is the fourth reliever the team acquired in a trade in 10 days. Catcher Deivy Grullón and right-hander Reggie McClain were designated for assignment to make room on the roster.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Phillies: Bruce and LHP Ranger Suarez were activated from the injured list. INF/OF Scott Kingery was placed on the 10-day injured list with back spasms.

UP NEXT

LHP Patrick Corbin (2-2, 3.82 ERA) starts for the Nationals and RHP Aaron Nola (3-2, 3.00) goes for the Phillies on Tuesday night.

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Ad calling out Trump for anti-Asian rhetoric will air in battleground states - NBC News

“The point of ‘Words Matter’ is to highlight the kinds of racist rhetoric that Trump is using when he calls the coronavirus ‘kung flu’ or calls it the ‘Chinese virus,’” Ira Kurzban, an immigration lawyer and the founder of Immigrants’ List Civic Action, told NBC Asian America.

According to the group, the ad is one of several that is set to be released appealing to marginalized or minority groups, including Latinx Americans, Arab Americans and immigrants, in battleground states.

Kurzban said all the states his team selected were places where Trump won by a very small margin in the 2016 presidential election. He believes getting people of color and recent immigrants who haven't voted before to the ballot box in larger numbers will turn the tide in those states.

“We’re trying to get people out to vote because we believe if new Americans vote, we will have a new person in the White House in January 2021,” he said.

Since March, research shows that discrimination against Asian Americans has surged. Asian Americans have reported being coughed on, refused entry by stores and car services, online harassment and physical assault, according to Stop AAPI Hate, an online reporting forum launched in mid-March.

In the months that followed, the forum received hundreds of reports of discrmination or harassment from Asian Americans across the country.

John C. Yang, president and executive director of the civil rights group Asian Americans Advancing Justice, told NBC Asian America in March that he thinks Trump’s phrasing has an impact.

“The deliberate use of terms like “Chinese virus” has definitely fanned the flames of racism toward Asian Americans in this country,” he said. “We have seen people associate the virus with Chinese people as they are assaulting them. It’s outrageous for any elected official to have been dismissive when the evidence of racist attacks continues to climb. Words matter and they often hold more weight when spoken by our politicians.”

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Asian investors buy control of Red Lobster - Restaurant Business Online

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Executives of Red Lobster have teamed up with two prominent Asian restaurateurs and one of the chain’s major seafood suppliers and investors to buy Golden Gate Capital’s controlling stake in the casual-dining brand.

The purchase price was not disclosed.

Golden Gate, a California-based private equity firm, purchased Red Lobster from Darden Restaurants in 2014 for $2.1 billion.

The deal is likely to strengthen the influence on the chain of Thai Union Group, a seafood supplier that invested $575 million in Red Lobster in 2016 for a 25% stake. As part of its cash infusion, Thai Union was granted two seats on the restaurant operator’s board.

Thai Union, which pegs its annual sales at $4.1 billion annually, is the parent of such well-known retail seafood brands as Chicken of the Sea and King Oscar.

Joining Thai Union in the purchase of Golden Gate’s stake is a newly formed investment group called Seafood Alliance. It’s backed by two big-name global restaurant operators, Paul Kenny and Rit Thirakomen. Kenny is the former CEO of Minor Food, an operator of more than 2,000 full and limited-service restaurants in 27 countries. Included were franchises of Sizzler, Dairy Queen, Burger King and Benihana. Thirakomen is CEO and principal owner of MK Restaurant Group, a Thai operation.

Today’s announcement did not reveal which Red Lobster executives are participating in the deal. The chain is led by Kim Lopdrup, who remained CEO after Red Lobster was acquired by Golden Gate.

"We are thrilled to deepen our relationship with Thai Union,” Lopdrup said in a statement.  “Our organization will also benefit from the tremendous international restaurant and hospitality expertise brought by Seafood Alliance. I want to thank Golden Gate Capital for their unwavering support over the past six years and particularly over the past five months."

He was referring to Red Lobster’s struggles during the coronavirus. The brand has been quiet during that time, contending with the rest of casual dining with the shutdown of dining rooms and directives from state officials that consumers stay home.  Thai Union revealed earlier this month that its share of Red Lobster’s losses for the second quarter amounted to $22 million.

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As it turns out, the Buccaneers are not yet completely set at placekicker, either. With four practices to go before cuts, the team is still carrying two of them, with incumbent Matt Gay trying to hold off a challenge from first-year kicker Elliott Fry…as well as any other kicker that is currently available and might warrant a look. Gay is confident he can provide the consistency Arians wants, but the decision is still yet to be made. For him and a number of other players who are striving for one of the last spots on the roster, Saturday's waiver wire could bring new competition.

"Both these guys have been really, really good," said Arians of Gay and Fry. "They both had a bad day or two. We'll look at some other people and see if they're any better, just like we do [with] every single position, just like the waiver wire when everybody makes their cuts. Those last five guys are never safe. I don't look at it as any different than those situations."

The competition at kicker is very binary for the Bucs right now – pick one or the other. At some other positions, it's less clear how many spots will be available in the end and how the depth chart stacks up behind the obvious front-runners. A good example is the defensive line, which boasts a starting trio of Ndamukong Suh, Vita Vea and Will Gholston plus a veteran camp standout in Rakeem Nunez-Roches. After those four, there are five more candidates of various backgrounds and strengths. That group includes 2019 holdovers Patrick O'Connor and Jeremiah Ledbetter, sixth-round draft pick Khalil Davis, mid-camp veteran addition Kyle Love and undrafted rookie Benning Potoa'e.

That position may be one where the Bucs have a difficult time picking one or two winners from a group in which all have done well in camp.

"All those guys have been excellent," said Arians. "Pat gives us great versatility, so he right now is also a good special teams player. Love – he's a vet, he knows how to play the game, he's a good run-stuffer. The other young guys, they're solid. I think [Khalil] Davis has really picked his stuff up and is playing the run really, really well and is rushing the passer well. I think Pat is the guy who has separated himself."

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Auburndale's Transition to 8 Man Football an Unexpected Move - OnFocus

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Auburndale (OnFocus) – With the Marawood Conference announcing their plans last week to go ahead with a fall football season, everything appeared to be set for the 8 Marawood teams to have a 7 game conference season in 2020. Nearing the September 1 deadline to declare if their schools were playing fall sports in the fall or in the spring, the schools in the Marawood announced they were all-in for football this fall.

Turns out those plans took an abrupt turn, however, late last week.

Auburndale announced their decision to play 8-man football for the 2020 season, a decision that was not easy to make, Auburndale Football Coach and Athletic Jay Anderson explained.

“This was dictated by recent factors. I have had some people around me that were more able to recognize or admit that this was a step that needed to be taken. I either didn’t recognize it as much or didn’t want to,” Anderson explained.

Numbers were a big factor in the decision, as was a squad made up mostly of underclassmen.

“We have had a decrease in participation at our school in all sports but for football to go to 8-man was something that came about because of a number of factors. The main reason is still to allow our Freshmen and Sophomores to play at the level that they can have successes,” Anderson said. “If we would have remained in 11-man football this Fall, we would be able to play one level. Just playing a Varsity schedule would not have allowed the majority of our younger kids to play any meaningful minutes. We would have lost some of those kids if they didn’t play. Also, we would have lost some of those kids if they were forced to play a Varsity schedule before they were physically or mentally ready.”

Abbotsford Head Coach Jake Knapmiller was surprised by the announcement.

” I wasn’t aware of this being a possibility, but apparently it was an issue in their board meetings. It would have been nice to have a heads up on it,” Knapmiller shared.

Colby Head Coach Jim Hagen was also surprised by the move.

“It certainly came as a surprise to me. I know that Coach Anderson talked last spring about the potential for low numbers and maybe not being able to play JV games, but moving to 8-man did come as a surprise,” Hagen said. “However, with all that is going on, they need to do what is best for their program and I respect that and hope their numbers improve in the future.”

Anderson explained the decision to move to 8-man was a move just for this season, and with difficulty getting numbers for this season, made the most sense for his program.

“I am hoping that the move to 8-man this year is our best option to get back to 11-man as soon as possible. Another factor was that I simply don’t know what our numbers are going to be this year. We had 19 kids show up for our last contact day. The most we had during our contact days was 20 kids. The majority of those kids were Freshman and Sophomores. Each year I have to recruit players throughout the Spring and get kids active during the Summer through the weight room and open gyms with basketball and wrestling. Obviously I didn’t have that opportunity this off-season,” Anderson explained.

The decision was not an easy one, for certain. Athens Head Coach and Athletic Director Craig Diedrich knew it was something that Auburndale put considerable thought into.

“I am sure Coach Anderson, his staff and the Auburndale administration had many discussions about Auburndale switching to 8 man football,” Diedrich said.

COVID-19 played a big role in causing the need to move to 8 man football, Anderson added.

“We looked at going to the Alternate Spring season but when that didn’t occur, we had to consider 8-man football and that is what we did. I don’t believe that we would have had to change to 8-man if we weren’t shut down for the last six months because of COVID,” Anderson said.

Without a conference for this season, Auburndale now faces the tough task of finding opponents. With little time to act on crafting a schedule, it’s not going to be easy.

“A conference is considering accepting us into their schedule. It may be just a portion of the schools willing to play us but I am hoping that it would be a start of a schedule and I could therefore fill in with schools that are in our situation. I have had four schools contact us that would be willing to play and it would ultimately come down to making the weeks fit. This is the biggest worry for me at this point. I have to find some games for these kids,” explained Anderson.

For the remaining members of the Marawood, finding an opponent for the open date began immediately.

“The challenge is finding a team that has an opening also that Friday night. In Colby, we will not be picky as to who we play and we are willing to travel a great distance just to fill the opening. We just want players to have an opportunity to play this season and sometimes it is ok to travel so student/athletes see a different part of the state,” Hagen explained.

“Our AD(Colby and Abbotsford shared athletic director Jerry Hughes) is on it. The challenges are opposing teams size/travel etc. I believe we are going to play OMRO who is a solid Division 4 team with some great talent. It will be a very tough first game for us,” Knapmiller said.

“Athens lost a scrimmage opponent and an opponent for 11/6/20. We are advertising on the WIAA website and asking anyone that can help us find opponents to play,” Diedrich said.

The decision by Auburndale to move to 8-man was only for this year, but plans for beyond this season are not certain. Although it’s a temporary move, things aren’t certain for next season.

“I am looking at the move this year to be as temporary as possible. Even with just 3 Seniors next year, we have a good Sophomore class. We have good numbers there and I am going to expect all of the kids to prepare themselves accordingly. However, I can’t guarantee we will be 11-man next year. It’s too difficult for me to predict,” Anderson explained. “Our last enrollment was down as low as I have ever seen. It isn’t getting any easier. My biggest concerns are creating a satisfactory schedule for this year’s seniors and that I don’t know of a school going to 8-man that has ever made the switch back to 11-man.”

Despite the uncertainty about how this season will play out, the mood is positive for area teams.

“Our athletes and coaches are very excited to get things going. We are approaching everything with the mentality of ‘Some is better than none’,” Diedrich explained.

“Overall, once we start practice it will be business as usual with the exceptions of the mandates by Governor Evers and recommendations from the WIAA. Colby anticipates having at least 50 players out for high school football and I know in talking to many of the players, they are excited to get started. I just hope that we can get most of our games in and we hope the pandemic stays away from schools once students start coming back to school. Time will tell I guess,” Hagen shared.

“Our numbers look good. The challenge will be keeping kids healthy in general and safe with the virus. Our kids have done a very nice job individually of doing what they can to prepare to be the best they can, whenever we are able to play,” Knapmiller explained.

When Anderson first mentioned the possibility of a move to 8 man football, his players were surprised.

“The first time that I brought this up to any of our kids was during an open workout. At that workout, which was open to everyone, we had one Junior and two Senior football players present. That was the first time that I knew that I had to mention the possibility. So I told those three that a move to 8-man will have to be considered. I could see they were disappointed about the thought of not having 11-man but at the same time they were able to recognize the concerns. They knew that it had to be an option when they are at a workout and it’s just those three. After that, I was able to get the word to those that would show up and it was surprising to them but they quickly realized that we didn’t have much choice,” Anderson said.

Parents have been supportive, Anderson added.

“The parents that I have had contact with are supportive. They have said themselves that if we had more involvement in the Junior and Senior classes this wouldn’t have happened and they all realize the safety implications of football. It is also easy to understand when we have just two returning football players in the Junior class with a third planning on joining after a year off. Our extremely low numbers in that class puts more pressure on the classes around it.”

This will be an adjustment for Auburndale fans, and Anderson explained this was an extremely decision to make.

“As for the community, there will be the pride factor and I’m sure some will be upset without knowing the facts or even caring to know the facts. And to tell you the truth, I am upset. I guarantee that I am more upset about this than anyone. I’m always trying to find a solution but it’s difficult not knowing what is the root cause. I was able to pick the numbers up from the years before I coached but it was just temporary. Last year’s Senior class had 15 players but at least 7 weren’t out for football here the year before I was coaching. It has been a struggle to get the numbers up and most people understand that,” Anderson explained.

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Seneca Therapeutics, Inc. Licenses Tumor Endothelial Marker 8 (TEM8) to Enable Better Patient Selection for SVV-001 Therapy - Business Wire

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PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Seneca Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development of oncolytic immune-therapeutics based on Seneca Valley Virus (SVV-001), announced today the company has licensed TEM 8 intellectual property from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK). TEM8 may enable pre-screening of solid tumors to determine if SVV-001 might be effective in that patient. This discovery is based on research from Charles Rudin, MD., Ph.D. and colleagues at MSK. Researchers at MSK discovered that a protein called TEM 8 is the receptor of SVV. This discovery supports other work in the scientific field that TEM 8 is very selectively expressed on the surface of tumor cells in many solid cancer indications. Dr. Rudin and his laboratory demonstrated that the level of expression of TEM 8 and genes in the innate immune system could predict with a high degree of certainty what type of cancer cells would support SVV replication in and killing of the tumor cells. This research, originally published in 2017, will be utilized in upcoming SVV-001 clinical trials to pre-select patients that might best respond to SVV–mediated cancer therapy.

Dr. Rudin is the Sylvia Hassenfeld Professor and Chief of Thoracic Oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Dr. Rudin and his colleagues have been investigating SVV as a novel and promising cancer immunotherapeutic since 2005. Dr. Rudin said, “I couldn’t be more pleased to see this new exciting enabling technology head toward POC Phase II trials to demonstrate that SVV is efficacious and synergistic with checkpoint inhibitors.”

Dr. Paul Hallenbeck, Founder, President, and Chief Scientific Officer at Seneca Therapeutics added, “Unlike most other oncolytic viruses SVV only replicates and kills cells that express TEM 8, namely solid tumor cells. MSK’s technology should also enable the wise selection of cancer indications best able to benefit from SVV therapy and enhance the number of patients that should respond.”

About Seneca Therapeutics

Seneca Therapeutics was founded by Dr. Paul Hallenbeck to develop SVV-001. Seneca Therapeutics is also developing armed versions of SVV-001 that will selectively express gene product(s) that are inserted into the genome of SVV-001 and create additional anti-tumor effects.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains “forward-looking statements” concerning the development of Seneca Therapeutics products, the potential benefits and attributes of those products, and the company’s expectations regarding its prospects. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks, assumptions and uncertainties that could cause actual future events or results to differ materially from such statements. These statements are made as of the date of this press release. Actual results may vary. Seneca Therapeutics undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements for any reason.

Disclosures

Dr. Rudin has intellectual property interests related to TEM 8. Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) has intellectual property and associated interests related to Seneca by virtue of the licensing agreement between MSK and Seneca.

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A murder case in Summers County and an Ohio murder case ends up in Pleasants County. Bars reopen today in Morgantown while WVU student athletes march for unity and justice. High school student athletes, coaches, and others plan to rally this morning in Charleston hoping to persuade the Governor to let them play this week in spite of the much maligned color coded map which has caused teams in four counties to be idle for the opening night of high school football. Rabies treatment of raccoons will happen from the air in the days ahead in West Virginia. In Sports, it’s game week at Marshall. Those stories and more in today’s MetroNews This Morning podcast.

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European Markets Making Gains after Asia’s Bad Session - Voice of America

European markets are continuing to trade higher Monday after nearly all Asian indices sustained serious losses. 

The CAC-40 in Paris is up 0.5%, while Frankfurt’s DAX index is 0.4% higher at the midday mark. The FTSE index in London is closed for a public holiday. 

A woman walks past a bank electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index outside a Hong Kong local bank, Aug. 31, 2020.

Hours earlier in Asia, the Hang Seng in Hong Kong finished 0.9% lower.  Mumbai’s Sensex plunged 2.1%.  The KOSPI index in South Korea was 1.1% lower, while Taiwan’s TSEC finished down one percent. Australia’s S&P/ASX and Shanghai’s Composite index were both down 0.2%.       

However, Japan’s benchmark Nikkei index closed out the day 1.1% higher.    

In commodities trading, gold is selling at $1,975.00 an ounce, slightly higher but basically unchanged percentage-wise.  U.S. crude is selling at $43.49 per barrel, up 1.2%, while Brent crude is basically unchanged at $45.08 per barrel.      

All three major U.S. indices are trending positively in futures trading ahead of Monday’s opening bell on Wall Street.  

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The Patriots wrapped up their final training camp practice with media access on Sunday and will now begin to transition into more of a regular season practice schedule. But with cut-downs looming on Saturday, there will still be plenty of jobs won or lost this week. It's hard to believe the regular season kickoff is less than two weeks away.

Here are this morning's Patriots stories to get your week started right.

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Asian stocks gain after Wall Street advances to record - Your Valley

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BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets rose Monday after Wall Street turned in its fifth straight weekly gain and China’s manufacturing growth held steady.

Benchmarks in Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Seoul advanced.

U.S. stocks benefited from Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell’s announcement of a strategy change that could keep interest rates low for a long time. The change, dubbed “average inflation targeting,” could mean rates stay low even if inflation hits the Fed’s 2% target.

“The market continues to run hot after U.S. Fed Chair Powell tipped his hat to a lengthy period of easy Fed policy,” said Stephen Innes of AxiCorp in a report.

The Shanghai Composite Index rose 1.1% to 3,441.31 after the Chinese statistics bureau and an industry group reported a survey showed manufacturing grew in August at about the same rate as the previous month.

The Nikkei 225 in Tokyo added 1.9% to 23,329.47, rebounding after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's announcement that he was resigning for health reasons triggered heavy selling on Friday. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng advanced 1.4% to 25,780.44. The Kospi in Seoul was little-changed at 2,354.11.

Australia’s S&P-ASX 200 was 0.2% higher at 6,083.70. New Zealand and Jakarta retreated while Singapore gained.

Global stock markets have recovered most of this year’s losses despite rising coronavirus infection numbers in the United States, Brazil and some other countries.

Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 index is at a record high, propelled by big gains for technology stocks investors expect to do well despite the pandemic. But most stocks in the index still are down.

On Friday, the S&P 500 gained 0.7% to 3,508.01. The index gained 3.3% for the week, capping its longest weekly winning streak since December.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied 0.6% to 28,653.87. It returned to positive territory for the year.

The Nasdaq composite climbed 0.6% to a record 11,695.63. Benchmark U.S. crude oil gained 20 cents to $43.17 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract slipped 7 cents on Friday to settle at $42.97. Brent crude, the international standard, rose 34 cents to $46.15 per barrel in London.

The dollar declined to 105.46 yen from Friday's 105.55. The euro edged down to $1.1913 from $1.1918.

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• New analysis from the International Rescue Committee (IRC) finds widening education and digital access gaps among children in humanitarian settings stemming from COVID-19.
• Education remains one of the least-funded sectors in humanitarian response, with a current COVID-19 funding gap of $135 million.
• School closures are impacting refugee girls harder than boys, with more than half not expected to return.

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New York, NY, August 31, 2020 — As children in wealthier countries begin to head back to a different model of school or continue remote learning, a new analysis from the IRC finds continued disruptions for children within humanitarian settings, leading to widening gaps in accessing quality education. Prior to COVID-19, 250 million school-aged children were out of school, with the majority of those impacted living in fragile and conflict-affected contexts. COVID-19 has further widened this divide, with 86% of children in developing countries at the primary school level no longer having access to education, compared to 20% in developed countries[1].

As schools in fragile states remain closed, and as the economic impacts of COVID-19 continue to take their toll on families, children are at a higher risk of dropping out of school altogether.  The consequences are even more dire for girls, who face additional risks of exploitation, early marriage, pregnancy, and child labor. Estimates suggest more than half of all refugee girls will not return when schools open[2]. Those without access to digital technology are disproportionately affected by COVID-19 as they cannot transition from the classroom to online learning. A recent analysis found less than one-quarter of low-income countries are providing any form of remote instruction[3]. Moreover, remote learning options available to children in wealthier contexts are impossible in humanitarian settings given limited access to the Internet. In the least-developed countries, only two in ten households have access to the Internet[4].

Education remains critically underfunded in humanitarian settings, receiving less than 3% of aid annually, and prior to COVID-19, faced an $8.5 billion annual deficit[5]. Despite increased international attention to the loss of learning stemming from COVID-19, this has yet to change. The Global Humanitarian Response Plan for COVID-19 calls for a mere 4% of the $10.26 billion appeal to go to education. As of August, only $277 million of the $403 million requested has been provided for education programs--a $135 million gap for the rest of this year alone[6]. 

“While the global scale of this crisis is unprecedented, interruptions to education and threats to children’s learning are commonplace in countries affected by crisis,” said Sarah Smith, senior director, education, International Rescue Committee. “But we know that children and their families are inherently resilient, and we now have an opportunity to work together to transform business as usual and provide quality, innovative learning opportunities in the most challenging contexts on earth. By getting creative in how children access learning and ensuring the most vulnerable children are included in all educational plans that take into account their unique experiences and varying degrees of digital access, we can lessen the disruptions and build better systems that work for all children.”

Given the lack of Internet in many humanitarian contexts, the IRC has designed tailored response plans to help mitigate the loss of learning brought on by school closures:

• In Tanzania, latest figures show that an estimated 2 million children between the ages of 7 and 13 are out of school and almost 70% of children aged 14-17 are not enrolled in secondary education[7]. Although schools reopened in June following lockdown measures, many students have yet to return. In response, the IRC converted classroom-based lesson plans into worksheets and at-home activities with a focus on continuing the development of literacy, numeracy, and social-emotional skills. Bundled with food and medicine, these materials are being distributed to 78,000 children.
   
• Prior to COVID-19, the Colombian government opened its public schools to displaced Venezuelan school-aged children living in the country. However, challenges such as the costs of transportation and school materials have impeded access, resulting in 260,000 children still unable to attend[8]. The IRC designed a new platform called Autoclass to help teachers provide engaging audio content to students in their homes through radio, mobile phones, and tablets. Teachers are provided with a content bank to develop lesson plans as well as ways to track students’ progress.
   
• Three years after the start of the Rohingya crisis, more than 300,000 Rohingya refugee children in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh are missing out on an education due to the COVID-19 pandemic and government restriction on Internet access. As of today, 6,000 learning institutions in the largest refugee camp in the world are closed[9]. In the face of these barriers, the IRC piloted an innovative approach: a localized, high-quality, interactive and guided curriculum that can be accessed on a tablet which allows students to take charge of their own learning without relying on a physical classroom, the Internet or a formal teacher[10].
   
• Prior to COVID-19, 66% of Syrian school-aged children living in Jordan were enrolled in public schools[11]. Following the closure of schools, daycares, and other preschool programs to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, the IRC adapted its Ahlan Simsim early childhood programming to reach caregivers of young children remotely via WhatsApp and phone calls. Since the IRC launched this adaptation in May, more than 12,000 children and caregivers have been reached through this modified programming across the region. However, the digital access gap remains a challenge in Jordan where one-sixth do not have Internet at home and one-third do not have a computer[12].

Innovative solutions are available to reach crisis-affected children, but they require financing and political will. Host governments must ensure refugees and other displaced populations are included within national education initiatives, both while schools remain closed and when they do reopen. Donors must fund the global appeal for education, and provide multiyear, flexible financing to partner organizations supporting education during and after this challenging time for those who risk being left even further behind.

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[1] https://www.unocha.org/sites/unocha/files/GHRP-COVID19_July_update.pdf

[2] https://www.globalpartnership.org/blog/displacement-girls-education-and-covid-19

[3] https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ndHgP53atJ5J-EtxgWcpSfYG8LdzHpUsnb6mWybErYg/edit?ts=5e6f893e#gid=0

[4] https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Documents/facts/FactsFigures2019.pdf

[5] https://www.educationcannotwait.org/annual-report/pdfs/ECW2019-Annual-Results-Report.pdf

[6] https://www.unocha.org/sites/unocha/files/Global-Humanitarian-Response-Plan-COVID-19.pdf

[7] https://www.unicef.org/tanzania/what-we-do/education

[8] https://en.unesco.org/news/significant-efforts-colombia-ensure-nearly-200000-venezuelan-children-and-youth-have-access

[9] https://www.rescue.org/press-release/new-irc-report-more-300000-rohingya-refugee-children-need-internet-access-remote

[10] https://airbel.rescue.org/projects/pop-up-learning/

[11] https://www.unhcr.org/en-us/news/stories/2018/3/5a9ec9ad4/school-offers-syrian-girls-jordan-chance-flourish.html

[12] https://blogs.worldbank.org/arabvoices/covid-19-and-digital-learning-preparedness-jordan

About the IRC

The International Rescue Committee responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC is at work in over 40 countries and over 20 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future, and strengthen their communities. Learn more at www.rescue.org and follow the IRC on Twitter & Facebook.

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World stocks hold firm, set for fifth straight month of gains - Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - World stocks hovered near record highs on Monday and were set to end August with five consecutive months of gains, as investors bet on central banks keeping up the policy punchbowl for years to come.

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An upbeat reading on China’s service sector added to the positive mood, with MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS touching its highest since March 2018.

News that French water and waste firm Veolia hopes to buy a near 30% stake in smaller peer Suez for 2.9 billion euros boosted European markets , with bourses in Paris .FCHI, Frankfurt .GDAXI and Milan .FTMIIB up 0.5-0.9%.

London was closed for a public holiday, while U.S. stock futures pointed to a positive open for Wall Street ESc1 1YMc1.

That left MSCI’s world equity index .MIWD00000PUS near record high levels. It has risen over 6% in August, set for its fifth straight month of gains.

Massive monetary and fiscal stimulus has bolstered stock markets in recent months, overpowering concern about the outlook for a world economy battered by the coronavirus.

Fed Chair Jerome Powell boosted stock markets last week by committing to keep inflation at 2% on average, allowing prices to run hotter to balance periods when they undershot.

The risk of higher inflation in the future, assuming the Fed can get it there, was enough to push up longer-term Treasury yields and sharply steepen the yield curve.

Yields on 30-year bonds US30YT=RR jumped almost 16 basis points last week and were last at 1.50%, 137 basis points above the two-year yield. The spread was now approaching the June gap of 146 basis points, the largest since late 2017.

“We know now the Fed is behind inflation and will be less strict than before, so it would be logical to see higher yields,” said Eric Vanraes, fixed income portfolio manager at Eric Sturdza Investments in Geneva.

“But at the same time, we are in a tough situation regarding the economy and the Fed cannot allow a huge steepening of the curve, otherwise its efforts to fight the crisis would have been destroyed,” he said.

“At some point, I think we will see a correction in equities but not a collapse, and that would be normal and good news for the market because equity levels are too high and disconnected to the economic reality and earnings.”

A host of Federal Reserve officials are set to speak this week, kicking off with Vice Chair Richard Clarida later Monday.

Tokyo's Nikkei .N225 closed up more than 1%, buoyed by news Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (BRKa.N) had bought more than 5% stakes in each of the five leading Japanese trading companies.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s resignation on Friday had hurt shares on concern about future fiscal and monetary stimulus policies. Such worries were allayed somewhat by news Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, a close ally of Abe, would join the race to succeed his boss. A slimmed-down leadership contest is likely around Sept. 14.

DOLLAR RECOVERY

The dollar firmed against its peers but was set for its fourth straight month of losses.

The dollar index rose 0.26% to 92.426 =USD, nudging off recent two-year lows. It was 0.5% firmer at 105.87 yen JPY=EBS, while the euro was a touch softer at $1.1885 EUR=EBS, having climbed 0.9% last week.

The Fed’s shift to an average inflation target was likely to continue to weigh on the greenback, analysts said.

“Even if U.S. central bankers are likely to be pleased about the interpretation of their measures, it is not good news for the dollar,” Commerzbank analysts said in a note.

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Elsewhere, the dollar rebound weighed on gold, which fell 0.3% to at $1,957 an ounce XAU=.

Brent crude oil touched its highest in five months, underpinned by a 30% cut in Abu Dhabi crude supplies and encouraging Chinese data.

Brent crude futures LCOc1 rose to $46.46 a barrel, the highest since March, and was last up 1.4%. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude CLc1 was at $43.35 a barrel, up 38 cents, or 0.9%.

Reporting by Dhara Ranasinghe with additional reporting by Wayne Cole in Sydney and Julien Ponthus in London; Editing by Mark Heinrich

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Asian stocks reach 29-month top, China services surprisingly strong - Reuters

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian shares notched a fresh two-year high on Monday as investors wagered monetary and fiscal policies globally would stay super stimulatory for a protracted period, keeping the safe-haven dollar on the defensive.

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MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan added 0.2% to reach its highest since June 2018, extending a 2.8% rise last week.

Tokyo's Nikkei .N225 rallied 1.4% aided by news Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (BRKa.N) had bought more than 5% stakes in each of the five leading Japanese trading companies.

The Nikkei had dipped on Friday after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s resignation stirred doubts about future fiscal and monetary stimulus policies.

Those concerns were eased somewhat by news Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, and a close ally of Abe, would join the race to succeed his boss. A slimmed-down leadership contest is likely around Sept. 13 to 15.

The next event of note in Asia will be China’s official manufacturing PMI survey for August which is forecast to show a slight improvement to 51.2 as the recovery there continues.

The U.S. ISM manufacturing survey is also expected to show a continued pick up in activity in August, while August payrolls on Friday are forecast to rise 1.4 million with the unemployment rate dipping to a still painfully-high 9.8%.

A host of Federal Reserve officials are set to speak this week, kicking off with Vice Chair Richard Clarida later Monday as they put more flesh on the bank’s new policy framework

Fed Chair Jerome Powell boosted stock markets last week by committing to keep inflation at 2% on average, allowing prices to run hotter to balance periods when they undershot.

The risk of higher inflation in the future, assuming the Fed can get it there, was enough to push up longer-term Treasury yields and sharply steepen the yield curve.

Yields on 30-year bonds jumped almost 16 basis points last week to stand at 1.508%, 137 basis points above the two-year yield. The spread was now approaching the June gap of 146 basis points which was the largest since late 2017.

That shift was of little benefit to the U.S. dollar given the prospect of short rates staying super-low for longer, and the currency fell broadly.

Early Monday, the dollar index was down at 92.211 and just a whisker above the recent two-year low of 92.127. The euro edged higher to $1.1915 EUR=, having climbed 0.9% last week.

Marshall Gittler, head of investment research at BDSwiss Group, noted speculators had already built up record levels of long positions in the euro which could work to limit further gains.

“A truly crowded trade that will take more news to push higher,” he argued.

The dollar did steady a little on the yen at 105.47 JPY=, after dropping 1.1% on Friday before finding support in the 105.10/20 zone.

In commodity markets, the drop in the dollar helped gold bounce to $1,974 an ounce.

Oil prices steadied, having dipped on Friday after Hurricane Laura passed the heart of the U.S. oil industry without causing any widespread damage.

Brent crude futures rose 15 cents to $45.96 a barrel, while U.S. crude gained 6 cents to $43.03.

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This year’s edition of MTV’s Video Music Awards are set to take place Sunday, Aug. 30 throughout New York City.

The 2020 edition of the VMAs was originally slated to be held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, but plans for an indoor ceremony were thrown for a loop by the coronavirus pandemic.

Instead, the event will take place throughout the city.

The VMAs start at at 7 p.m. (8 p.m. EST) and will be streamed live on fuboTV, which offers a 7-day free trial. The event will be televised on MTV, BET, BET Her, CMT, Comedy Central, Logo, MTV2, Nick at Nite, Paramount Network, Pop, TV Land, VH1 and The CW.

Host

“Hustlers” star Keke Palmer is hosting the 2020 MTV VMAs.

Performers

Ariana Grande and born Lady Gaga are set to sing their chart-topping “Rain on Me” at the show, while Miley Cyrus will debut “Midnight Sky.”

K-pop sensation BTS will make its first-ever VMAs performance when it plays its new single “Dynamite,” marking the first TV performance of the instant-hit song.

Black Eyed Peas, DaBaby, Doja Cat, The Weeknd, Maluma and CNCO are also set to perform.

Presenters

Presenters include Anthony Ramos, Bebe Rexha, Bella Hadid, Drew Barrymore, Jaden Smith, Joey King, Kelly Clarkson, Machine Gun Kelly, Madison Beer, Nicole Richie, Sofia Carson, and Travis Barker.

Nominees

VIDEO OF THE YEAR

Billie Eilish – “everything i wanted”

Eminem ft. Juice WRLD – “Godzilla”

Future ft. Drake – “Life Is Good”

Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande – “Rain On Me”

Taylor Swift – “The Man”

The Weeknd – “Blinding Lights”

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

DaBaby

Justin Bieber

Lady Gaga

Megan Thee Stallion

Post Malone

The Weeknd

SONG OF THE YEAR

Billie Eilish – “everything i wanted”

Doja Cat – “Say So”

Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande – “Rain On Me”

Megan Thee Stallion – “Savage”

Post Malone – “Circles”

Roddy Ricch – “The Box”

BEST COLLABORATION

Ariana Grande & Justin Bieber – “Stuck with U”

Black Eyed Peas ft. J Balvin – “RITMO (Bad Boys For Life)”

Ed Sheeran ft. Khalid – “Beautiful People”

Future ft. Drake – “Life Is Good”

Karol G ft. Nicki Minaj – “Tusa”

Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande – “Rain On Me”

PUSH BEST NEW ARTIST

Doja Cat

Jack Harlow

Lewis Capaldi

Roddy Ricch

Tate McRae

YUNGBLUD

BEST POP

BTS – “On”

Halsey – “You should be sad”

Jonas Brothers – “What a Man Gotta Do”

Justin Bieber ft. Quavo – “Intentions”

Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande – “Rain On Me”

Taylor Swift – “Lover”

BEST HIP HOP

DaBaby – “BOP”

Eminem ft. Juice WRLD – “Godzilla”

Future ft. Drake – “Life Is Good”

Megan Thee Stallion – “Savage”

Roddy Ricch – “The Box”

Travis Scott – “HIGHEST IN THE ROOM”

BEST ROCK

blink-182 – “Happy Days”

Coldplay – “Orphans”

Evanescence – “Wasted On You”

Fall Out Boy ft. Wyclef Jean – “Dear Future Self (Hands Up)”

Green Day – “Oh Yeah!”

The Killers – “Caution”

BEST ALTERNATIVE

The 1975 – “If You’re Too Shy (Let Me Know)”

All Time Low – “Some Kind Of Disaster”

FINNEAS – “Let’s Fall in Love for the Night”

Lana Del Rey – “Doin’ Time”

Machine Gun Kelly – “Bloody Valentine”

twenty one pilots – “Level of Concern”

BEST LATIN

Anuel AA ft. Daddy Yankee, Ozuna, Karol G & J Balvin – “China”

Bad Bunny – “Yo Perreo Sola”

Black Eyed Peas ft. Ozuna & J. Rey Soul – “MAMACITA”

J Balvin – “Amarillo”

Karol G ft. Nicki Minaj – “Tusa”

Maluma ft. J Balvin – “Queì Pena”

BEST R&B

Alicia Keys – “Underdog”

Chloe x Halle – “Do It”

H.E.R. ft. YG – “Slide”

Khalid ft. Summer Walker – “Eleven”

Lizzo – “Cuz I Love You”

The Weeknd – “Blinding Lights”

BEST K-POP

(G)I-DLE – “Oh My God”

BTS – “On”

EXO – “Obsession”

Monsta X – “SOMEONE’S SOMEONE”

Tomorrow X Together – “9 and Three Quarters (Run Away)”

Red Velvet – “Psycho”

VIDEO FOR GOOD

Anderson .Paak – “Lockdown”

Billie Eilish – “all the good girls go to hell”

Demi Lovato – “I Love Me”

H.E.R. - “I Can’t Breathe”

Lil Baby – “The Bigger Picture”

Taylor Swift – “The Man”

BEST MUSIC VIDEO FROM HOME

5 Seconds of Summer – “Wildflower”

Ariana Grande & Justin Bieber – “Stuck with U”

blink-182 – “Happy Days”

Drake – “Toosie Slide”

John Legend – “Bigger Love”

twenty one pilots – “Level of Concern”

BEST QUARANTINE PERFORMANCE

Chloe & Halle – “Do It” from MTV’s Prom-athon

CNCO – Unplugged At Home

DJ D-Nice – Club MTV presents #DanceTogether

John Legend – #togetherathome Concert Series

Lady Gaga – “Smile” from One World: Together At Home

Post Malone – Nirvana Tribute

BEST DIRECTION

Billie Eilish – “xanny” – Directed by Billie Eilish

Doja Cat – “Say So” – Directed by Hannah Lux Davis

Dua Lipa – “Don’t Start Now” – Directed by Nabil

Harry Styles – “Adore You” – Directed by Dave Meyers

Taylor Swift – “The Man” – Directed by Taylor Swift

The Weeknd – “Blinding Lights” – Directed by Anton Tammi

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

5 Seconds of Summer – “Old Me” – Cinematography by Kieran Fowler

Camila Cabello ft. DaBaby – “My Oh My” – Cinematography by Dave Meyers

Billie Eilish – “all the good girls go to hell” – Cinematography by Christopher Probst

Katy Perry – “Harleys In Hawaii” – Cinematography by Arnau Valls

Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande – “Rain On Me” – Cinematography by Thomas Kloss

The Weeknd – “Blinding Lights” – Cinematography by Oliver Millar

BEST ART DIRECTION

A$AP Rocky – “Babushka Boi” – Art Direction by A$AP Rocky & Nadia Lee Cohen

Dua Lipa – “Physical” – Art Direction by Anna Colomeì Nogu ì

Harry Styles – “Adore You” – Art Direction by Laura Ellis Cricks

Miley Cyrus – “Mother’s Daughter” – Art Direction by Christian Stone

Selena Gomez – “Boyfriend” – Art Direction by Tatiana Van Sauter

Taylor Swift – “Lover” – Art Direction by Ethan Tobman

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Billie Eilish – “all the good girls go to hell” – Visual Effects by Drive Studios

Demi Lovato – “I Love Me” – Visual Effects by Hoody FX

Dua Lipa – “Physical” – Visual Effects by EIGHTY4

Harry Styles – “Adore You” – Visual Effects by Mathematic

Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande – “Rain On Me” – Visual Effects by Ingenuity Studios

Travis Scott – “HIGHEST IN THE ROOM” – Visual Effects by ARTJAIL, SCISSOR FILMS & FRENDER

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

BTS – “On” – Choreography by Son Sung Deuk, Lee Ga Hun, Lee Byung Eun

CNCO & Natti Natasha – “Honey Boo” – Choreography by Kyle Hanagami

DaBaby – “BOP” – Choreography by Dani Leigh and Cherry

Dua Lipa – “Physical” – Choreography by Charm La’Donna

Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande – “Rain On Me” – Choreography by Richy Jackson

Normani – “Motivation” – Choreography by Sean Bankhead

BEST EDITING

Halsey – “Graveyard” – Edited by Emilie Aubry, Janne Vartia & Tim Montana

James Blake – “Can’t Believe the Way We Flow” – Edited by Frank Lebon

Lizzo – “Good As Hell” – Edited by Russell Santos & Sofia Kerpan

Miley Cyrus – “Mother’s Daughter” – Edited by Alexandre Moors, Nuno Xico

ROSALIìA – “A Paleì” – Edited by Andre Jones

The Weeknd – “Blinding Lights” – Edited by Janne Vartia & Tim Montana

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