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UN defeats Russia resolution promoting women at peace tables
Indian Express 31 Oct 2020
The UN Security Council defeated a Russian resolution Friday to commemorate the 20th anniversary of a UN measure demanding equal participation for women in activities promoting global peace, with opponents objecting to its failure to adequately address human rights and the key role of civil society in pushing for gender equality ... Tags ... Advertisement....
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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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Kanye West, Kim Kardashian and her dad: Should we make holograms of the dead?
BBC News 31 Oct 2020
Getting a hologram of a lost loved one might not be on your birthday wish list. Nor was it on reality star Kim Kardashian West's before she was surprised by husband Kanye West with a hologram of her late father Robert for her 40th celebrations. But in tweets that have since gone viral, she called it "the most thoughtful gift of a lifetime" ... ....
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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
... radio talk show hosts like Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Glen Beck, and Mark Levine-all heavily subsidized by the far-right and major corporations.What triggered the revolution in America was the brutal death of one more Black man, George Floyd, who died while in police custody....
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Strong earthquake kills 14 people in Turkey and Greek islands
The Irish Times 30 Oct 2020
Fourteen people were killed in Turkey and Greece after a strong earthquake struck the Aegean Sea on Friday, bringing buildings crashing down and setting off tidal waves that slammed into coastal areas and islands ... “I am very used to earthquakes ... WATCH ... “We have never experienced anything like it,” said George Dionysiou, the local vice-mayor ... ....
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New Zealand Greens accept Ardern's offer of 'cooperation agreement'
The Guardian 31 Oct 2020
Jacinda Ardern, has agreed on a governing “cooperation agreement” with the Green party, offering two ministries and agreeing to a handful of shared policy priorities for her second term – an offer they accepted late on Saturday ... Davidson is Māori, and a survivor of sexual violence ... ....
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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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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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Philippines orders evacuation as world's strongest 2020 typhoon approaches
Gulf Daily News 31 Oct 2020
Manila. Philippine officials on Saturday ordered evacuation of thousands of residents in the southern part of the main Luzon island as a category 5 storm that is the world's strongest this year approaches the Southeast Asian nation ... "The strength of this typhoon is no joke." ... Around 20 typhoons hit the Philippines every year. ....
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Far from home, Rohingya refugees face a new peril on a remote island
BBC News 31 Oct 2020
After fleeing a brutal crackdown which left thousands dead in their homeland of Myanmar, the Rohingya are once again under threat. In Cox's Bazar, the massive refugee camp in Bangladesh to which many of the Rohingya refugees fled, violence and drug and human trafficking are on the rise ... The UN called it a "textbook ethnic cleansing" ... The Island ... ....
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If 2020 is like 2000, Trump believes he's got the votes
Yahoo Daily News 30 Oct 2020
“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 ... Two decades ago, when the disputed 2000 election came down to Florida, the court voted 5-4 along ideological lines to essentially settle the election in favor of Republican George W. Bush ... 3 ... 3 and Nov ... ....
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Study: 1 to 2 million tons of US plastic trash goes astray
The News Tribune 30 Oct 2020photo: AP / Alexander Zemlianichenko
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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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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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 ... ... ....
