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Romania’s Ceausescu And America’s Trump: What To Do With Two Authoritarians That Refuse To Leave
WorldNews.com 30 Oct 2020
Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas Darling. Amid lagging poll numbers and dwindling crowds at campaign stops, it was not too long ago that President Donald Trump was humiliated by a White House balcony speech after contracting Covid-19 ... (1) ... Mourners honoring Justice Ginsberg, suddenly shouted ... Yet it did not do so ... Protest, Power, and Change ... 444.....
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Number of Palestinians made homeless by Israeli demolitions hits four-year high despite pandemic
The Independent 30 Oct 2020
The number of Palestinians made homeless by Israeli house demolitions has reached a four-year record high, despite Israel’s promises of a freeze amid concerns over the dangers posed to public health in the coronavirus pandemic ... “For Israeli authorities, a world pandemic is no reason to stop demolishing Palestinian homes ... ....
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Three workers from Modi’s ruling party shot dead in Kashmir as anger erupts at controversial land law
The Independent 30 Oct 2020
Three workers of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were shot dead in Kashmir late on Thursday, amid simmering tensions over a controversial new land ownership law. The attack was reportedly carried out by separatist militants in the Kulgam area of what is now the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir ... ....
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Study: 1 to 2 million tons of US plastic trash goes astray
The News Tribune 30 Oct 2020photo: AP / Pavel Golovkin
Russia registers 44 ceasefire violations in Syria over past 24 hours, Turkey registers 4
Sify 29 Oct 2020
Moscow [Russia], October 29 (ANI/Sputnik) ... The Turkish part of the commission recorded four breaches," the ministry said in its daily bulletin ... This figure included 153 women and 261 children ... Military personnel discovered and defused 24 explosive devices. (ANI/Sputnik). ....
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If 2020 is like 2000, Trump believes he's got the votes
Yahoo Daily News 30 Oct 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 81 million Americans have already voted in the presidential election, but President Donald Trump thinks he can count on one hand the votes that will determine the outcome. “I think this will end up in the Supreme Court,” Trump said last month of the election ... And Trump gave three of those conservatives their jobs ... Bush ... 3 ... ....
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Americans have bought record 17m guns in year of unrest, analysis finds
The Guardian 30 Oct 2020
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Russia open to return of occupied lands in Karabakh to Azerbaijan: Putin
Press TV 30 Oct 2020
Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow is open to the return of the occupied lands of the south Caucasus region of Nagorna-Karabakh to Baku, in an effort to put an end to weeks of heavy fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia ... “Each side has its own truth. There are no simple solutions,” Putin added ... Karabakh conflict ... www.presstv.ir ... ....
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Lord Janner inquiry: Alleged abuse investigation was 'cover-up'
BBC News 30 Oct 2020
Police investigations into allegations of child sexual abuse against Lord Janner amounted to a "cover-up", an inquiry has heard....
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China's military rise poses the greatest foreign policy challenge to the next US President
CNN 30 Oct 2020
Two years on and that challenge has only grown ... China's actions, especially those in the South China Sea, present a challenge to what the US military calls a free and open Indo-Pacific, a place where it says commerce should flow without intimidation and where fishing and mineral rights are respected under international laws and treaties. Read More ... ....
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Qatar to prosecute officials over forced exams of women at airport
BBC News 30 Oct 2020
Qatar says officials responsible for subjecting women on flights from Doha's airport to forced gynaecological exams have been referred for prosecution. The women - who included Australian, British and New Zealand citizens - were checked for whether they had recently given birth after a baby was found in a bin at the airport on 2 October ... Top Stories....
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UN urges UK to restart resettlement of refugees after family drowns in Channel
The Guardian 30 Oct 2020
The UK government needs to urgently restart its resettlement scheme after two young children and their parents died while trying to cross the Channel, the UN refugee agency’s UK representative has said ... The fate of the family’s third child, 15-month-old Artin, is unknown ... The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) assesses and grants refugee status....
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Indonesia condemns France for 'disrespectful' statement on Islam
The Jakarta Post 30 Oct 2020
Shares. Indonesia, through the Foreign Ministry, has condemned a “disrespectful” statement toward Islam made by French President Emmanuel Macron that has offended the Muslim community globally. The ministry said Macron’s statement had offended over 2 billion Muslims in the world and also sparked division among different faiths ... 16 ... ....
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France attack: What we know about stabbings in Nice
BBC News 29 Oct 2020
Three people have been killed in a knife attack at a church in the southern French city of Nice. One suspect has been arrested over the stabbings on Thursday, which President Emmanuel Macron described as an "Islamist terrorist attack" ... What happened at the church? ... A man was also killed at the scene ... Who were the victims? ... Who was the attacker? ... ....
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Election emerges as referendum on race relations in America
The Independent 30 Oct 2020
Every day feels like a raw wound for Omari Barksdale. His sister, Laneeka Barksdale, died of COVID-19 in late March in Detroit — and since then, so have more than 226,000 Americans. Many were Black Americans whose communities were disproportionately devastated by the virus ... People of color bore the brunt of pandemic-related job losses ... Sign up ... ....
