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Poland's abortion ban is a cynical attempt to exploit religion by a failing leader
The Guardian 28 Oct 2020
Coronavirus may be new, but the authoritarian instinct is as old as politics itself. One of the standard tricks of the Covid-19-era illiberal populist is to reach for religion when you are being accused of incompetence ... This in practice now means almost all forms of abortion are banned ... The slogan “women’s hell” has gone viral....
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Biden casts early vote for US presidential election
The Times of India 29 Oct 2020
WASHINGTON. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has cast an early ballot in his home state of Delaware for the November 3 election, saying that he will work with the Republicans on improving the (ACA) to give Americans better healthcare ... Regarding the ACA, also known as , the former vice president said ... Download ... more from times of india news ... ....
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Climate change: China's forest carbon uptake 'underestimated'
BBC News 28 Oct 2020
China's aggressive policy of planting trees is likely playing a significant role in tempering its climate impacts. An international team has identified two areas in the country where the scale of carbon dioxide absorption by new forests has been underestimated ... China's increasing leafiness has been evident for some time ... He commented ... ....
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Will The Undecided Voter Choose The Next President Of The United States? Probably So
WorldNews.com 28 Oct 2020
Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas Darling. The undecided voter in this election is not only an endangered species, but they probably will choose the next president of the United States of America, whether the Republican incumbent Donald Trump or Democratic nominee Joe Biden ... (1) The opposite, however, may be true ... Being Wrong ... New York, New York....
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Hong Kong activist Tony Chung prosecuted under a national security law imposed by Beijing
RTE 29 Oct 2020
Hong Kong activist Tony Chung has been charged with secession. The teenager is the first public political figure to be prosecuted under a sweeping new national security law Beijing imposed on the city in June ... The UK-based activist group 'Friends of Hong Kong' said he had planned to enter the consulate claim asylum ... ....
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Turkey vows legal action over Erdogan cartoon
BBC News 28 Oct 2020
Turkey has vowed to take "legal, diplomatic actions" over a cartoon of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in French magazine Charlie Hebdo. The cartoon depicts Turkey's president lifting the dress of a veiled woman. State media say Turkish prosecutors have launched an official investigation into the satirical magazine ... Related Topics. ....
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Al-Qaeda still 'heavily embedded' within Taliban in Afghanistan, UN official warns
BBC News 29 Oct 2020
"The Taliban were talking regularly and at a high level with al-Qaeda and reassuring them that they would honour their historic ties," Mr Fitton-Brown said.....
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Fukushima nuclear disaster: Japan to unveil plan to release radioactive waste water
The Independent 28 Oct 2020photo: Creative Commons / Studio Incendo
Global Covid-19 cases top 44.4mn: Johns Hopkins
The Siasat Daily 29 Oct 2020
Washington, Oct 29 . The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 44.4 million, while the deaths have surged to 1,173,270, according to the Johns Hopkins University ... The US is the worst-hit country with the world’s highest number of cases and deaths at 8,855,182 and 227,673, respectively, according to the CSSE ... Source. IANS ... ....
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Macron imposes new virus lockdown as French hospitals engulfed
The Jakarta Post 29 Oct 2020
Shares. French President Emmanuel Macron announced Wednesday a new coronavirus lockdown until at least Dec.1, hoping to bring under control an outbreak that is poised to overwhelm hospitals in a matter of days. ... "If we did nothing... within a few months we would have at least 400,000 additional deaths," he said ... Topics .. ....
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Joe Biden calls running mate’s husband ‘Kamala’s wife’ as gaffes pile up days before election (VIDEO)
Russia Today 28 Oct 2020
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden accidentally suggested that his running mate, Kamala Harris, was married to another woman. Biden has suffered a series of tongue slips as he enters the final stretch of the 2020 contest ... “My wife, Jill, as you know, and Doug Emhoff, uh, Kamala’s wife, were there ... Joe Biden calls Sen ... ....
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8 dead, 45 missing in landslides in central Vietnam
Sina 29 Oct 2020
HANOI, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- At least eight people died and 45 others remain missing in landslides in Vietnam's central Quang Nam province as of Thursday morning, Vietnam News Agency reported ... Enditem. ....
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Pakistan successfully conducts anti-ship missile live-fire demonstration
China.dot.org 28 Oct 2020
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Heathrow loses claim to being Europe's biggest airport
The Malta Independent 28 Oct 2020photo: AP / Aaron Favila
Police chief killed by fighting cock during raid on illegal venue in Philippines
Russia Today 27 Oct 2020
A Filipino police officer bled to death after a fighting cock slashed his femoral artery during a raid on an illegal event on the island of Northern Samar. Like other sports, cockfights have been officially banned due to Covid-19 ... Three other attendees fled before they could be apprehended and remain at large ... Like this story? Share it with a friend!....
