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Trump says UN must 'hold China accountable' for Covid-19
Daily Star Lebanon 22 Sep 2020
US President Donald Trump told the UN General Assembly Tuesday that China must be held accountable by the world for its actions over the Covid-19 pandemic ... ....
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Trump again refuses to commit to peaceful transfer of power if he loses election
Irish Independent 24 Sep 2020
The president has for several months been pressing a campaign against mail-in voting in the poll by tweeting and speaking out critically about the practice, which has been encouraged by more states as a way of keeping voters safe amid the coronavirus pandemic....
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Su-30 fighter jet accidentally shot down during military exercises
Pravda RU 23 Sep 2020
Details about the crash of the Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jet near the city of Tver on September 22 continue to emerge ... The pilots of the damaged fighter jet ejected and were not injured. The military are looking into the causes of the incident to find out how the real attack occurred and why the weapons of the aircraft were activated ... ....
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No homicide charges against police who killed Breonna Taylor
La Prensa Latina 24 Sep 2020
Washington, Sep 23 (efe-epa).- A grand jury in Kentucky declined to indict any of the three Louisville police officers involved in the fatal shooting of the Breonna Taylor on homicide charges, the state’s attorney general said Wednesday ... Neither of the other two officers who discharged their weapons, Sgt. John Mattingly and Det ... EFE....
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Seoul: North Korea fired at a S. Korean and burned his body
The Independent 24 Sep 2020
South Korea on Thursday accused North Korea of firing at a South Korean government official and burning his body and urged the North to punish those responsible ... The South Korean Defense Ministry said the missing official was on North Korean shores on Tuesday afternoon ... North Korea didn’t immediately respond to the South Korean announcement ... ....
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China's surprise climate pledge leaves Australia 'naked in the wind', analysts say
The Guardian 24 Sep 2020photo: AP / Hani Mohammed
US War Crimes in Yemen: Stop Looking the Other Way
Antiwar 24 Sep 2020
On September 16, State Department officials testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee about whether the State Department misled Congress – and the American people – by circumventing controls designed to limit arms sales and ensure congressional oversight ... Human Rights Watch isn’t alone in raising concerns about potential U.S....
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US Tells Kenya to Publicly Support Israel or Forget Free Trade Deal
GlobalResearch 23 Sep 2020
The US wants Kenya to support Israel’s political and commercial interests, or forget a free trade deal (FTA) with the world’s biggest economy ... We are negotiating with transparency and openness,” said the US ambassador to Kenya, Kyle McCarter, when asked about the inclusion of Israel in the negotiations ... Political connotation ... Controversial objectives....
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Taliban kills 28 police officials as Doha peace talks continue
Al Jazeera 23 Sep 2020
Officials said the Taliban launched a wave of attacks on security checkpoints in southern Afghanistan overnight ... ....
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California will ban the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035
Digital Trends 24 Sep 2020
By 2035, all new vehicles sold in California must be zero-emission, according to a new executive order Gov. Gavin Newsom signed on Wednesday ... ....
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‘You run our country like an eight-year-old’: Ilhan Omar condemns Trump after racist attack at rally
The Independent 23 Sep 2020
Minnesota Democrat Ilhan Omar on Tuesday night issued a strong rebuttal against Donald Trump over comments the president made at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania where he taunted the lawmaker over her Somalian heritage and suggested she was not American ... She later gained US citizenship ... ....
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Researchers Found the Manual For the World's Oldest Surviving Computer
Slashdot 24 Sep 2020photo: Creative Commons / Gage Skidmore
Judge orders Eric Trump to testify before Election Day
The Grio 24 Sep 2020
Eric Trump must respond to a subpoena by the New York Attorney General Letitia James. President Donald Trump’s middle son is being forced to testify after he has been avoiding it for months ... “Mr ... The judge also ordered the Trump Organization to submit financial records about the Seven Springs Estate and other properties related to our investigation ... ....
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Global Covid-19 cases top 31.7mn: Johns Hopkins
The Siasat Daily 24 Sep 2020
Washington, Sep 24 . The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 31.7 million, while the deaths have increased to more than 975,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University ... The US is the worst-hit country with the world’s highest number of cases and deaths at 6,943,071 and 201,957, respectively, according to the CSSE ... Source ... ....
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Dismay over Breonna Taylor spills into America's streets
The Independent 24 Sep 2020
Violence seized the demonstrations in her hometown of Louisville as gunfire rang out and wounded two police officers ... Interim Police Chief Robert Schroeder said a suspect was in custody but did not offer details about whether that person was participating in the protests. He says both officers are expected to recover, and one was undergoing surgery ... ....
