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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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China's military rise poses the greatest foreign policy challenge to the next US President
CNN 30 Oct 2020
Hong Kong (CNN)China was one of two countries, along with Russia, named in a 2018 Pentagon report as posing the most significant military challenge to the United States. Two years on and that challenge has only grown ... The USS Nimitz and USS Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Groups conduct dual carrier operations in the Indo-Pacific earlier this year ... ... ....
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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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Moderna prepares global launch of its COVID-19 vaccine
People Daily 30 Oct 2020photo: AP / Eric Gaillard/Pool via AP
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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Woman beheaded in knife attack in France's Nice city; three dead
DNA India 29 Oct 2020
A woman was beheaded by an attacker with a knife who also killed two other people at a church in the French city of Nice on Thursday, police said, in an incident, the city's mayor described as terrorism ... Police said three people were confirmed to have died in the attack and several were injured. Also read ... France knife attack. ....
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Tanzania's president poised to be declared election winner
ABC News 30 Oct 2020photo: Public Domain / Hungryogrephotos
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 ... ....
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Macron vows defiance after 'Islamist' knife attack in church kills three
The Times of India 30 Oct 2020
NICE. French president vowed his country would stand firm against religious extremists after a knife-wielding man killed three people at a church, in the country's second attack blamed on Islamist terrorism this month ... "Tell my children I love them," she managed to say before her death, according to French cable channel BFM TV ... ....
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Trump doled out billions to drug makers and hospitals with few strings attached
The Los Angeles Times 29 Oct 2020
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has pumped billions of dollars into the healthcare industry during the COVID-19 crisis, padding bottom lines at some of the country’s most profitable businesses even as millions of Americans have been left struggling with mounting medical bills ... Advertisement ... Advertisement ... Advertisement ... workers pay....
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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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John Kerry: 'People want a future. The orange menace is not providing that'
The Guardian 29 Oct 2020
In 2004, the Democrats’ presidential candidate, John Kerry , was on the receiving end of one of the most egregious smear campaigns in modern history ... The claims were later discredited, but the lies travelled around the world, and the damage was done....
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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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Pelosi: Trump should accept election results 'like a man'
Press TV 29 Oct 2020
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said President Donald Trump should accept the election results "like a man" and not try to sow doubt about them if all ballots are not counted on election night ... "On January 20, 2021, Joe Biden will be inaugurated president of the United States ... “We’ll see what happens.” ... "Peaceful transfer? I absolutely want that ... ....
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Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost tie the knot
Indian Express 30 Oct 2020
Actors Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost have tied the knot. The couple got married in an intimate ceremony in the presence of family and close friends. The wedding was announced by a charity named Meals on Wheels America via their Instagram handle ... Please consider donating to celebrate the happy couple by clicking the link in our bio.” ... Tags ... ....
