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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!....
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Poland’s churches become sites of protest amid abortion row
Indian Express 28 Oct 2020
Protests against the tightening of abortion legislation have a long tradition in Poland — but never before has the country seen protesters enter churches and disrupt services. At the weekend, 20 young men and women held a sit-down protest in front of the altar of a church in Poznan, chanting and holding up banners ... Catholic Church under fire ... Oct 28 ... ....
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'Already broken': US election unlikely to change relations with Russia
The Guardian 28 Oct 2020photo: AP / Mark Lennihan
NXIVM founder Keith Raniere sentenced to 120 years in prison
ABC7 27 Oct 2020
Keith Raniere was sentenced to 120 years in prison at a Brooklyn federal court on Tuesday for running NXIVM, a self-help organization prosecutors labeled a "criminal enterprise" exploited by Raniere for power, profit and sex ... They had asked he receive a life sentence ... "I believed in you. I believed in your mission ... ....
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The world is facing an insane danger that's greater than Covid-19
CNN 27 Oct 2020
(CNN)Honduras just became the 50th nation to ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) on Saturday. The accord has now met the required threshold to enter into force in 90 days -- on January 22. Ira Helfand ... The treaty's entry into force could not be timelier ... The consequences are simply too great, and people are, well ... human ... ....
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Eyeing China, India signs defense pact with US
Asiatimes 27 Oct 2020
India is embroiled in disputes on its land borders and the US and its allies are contesting China’s claim to maritime territories across critical shipping routes in the Indo-Pacific region ... The Chinese action surely shook India’s leadership, which has invested heavily in China, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi meeting Xi Jinping more than 16 times....
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Biden vows to back Belarus opposition in removing Lukashenko
The Guardian 28 Oct 2020
Joe Biden has voiced support for Belarus’s opposition in its general strike against President Alexander Lukashenko, saying the embattled leader’s reign was illegitimate ... “I also condemn the appalling human rights abuses committed by the Lukashenko regime....
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Channel migrants: Deaths should be 'a wake-up call' for those in power
BBC News 28 Oct 2020
The deaths of two children and two adults after a migrant boat sank off the coast of northern France should serve as a "wake-up call" to those in power, charities have said. Fifteen others were taken to hospital but the French authorities believe at least one more could be lost at sea ... "The English Channel must not become a graveyard for children." ... ....
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Walter Wallace: Philadelphia calls National Guard after unrest
Al Jazeera 28 Oct 2020
Philadelphia will deploy more police officers and has called for help from the National Guard as it braces for further unrest after the police killing of a Black man armed with a knife, authorities said on Tuesday.....
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Asteroid Apophis Could Still Hit Earth in 2068, New Measurements Suggest
Gizmodo 27 Oct 2020
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Majority of Arab voters in US favor Biden over Trump
The Jerusalem Post 28 Oct 2020
Arab voters in the United States are more likely to vote for Democratic candidate, Joe Biden, in the upcoming presidential elections (59%) than to reelect the US President Donald Trump according to a survey conducted among 805 US citizens by the Arab American Institute (AAI) ... split during the 2016 election. ....
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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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NASA scientists spot ‘unexpected’ molecule in Titan’s atmosphere
The Siasat Daily 28 Oct 2020
Washington, Oct 28 . NASA scientists have discovered a molecule in Saturn moon Titans atmosphere that has never been detected in any other atmosphere. In fact, many chemists have probably barely heard of this molecule called cyclopropenylidene, or C3H2 ... But dense atmospheres like Titan’s are hives of chemical activity ... IANS. Disclaimer ... ....
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Banks lent £1.9tn linked to ecosystem and wildlife destruction in 2019 – report
The Guardian 28 Oct 2020
Led by Wall Street giants Bank of America, Citigroup and JP Morgan Chase, 50 top investment banks provided ......
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What is at stake for Donald Trump? It’s certainly not just the election
The Guardian 27 Oct 2020
Going bankrupt once is unfortunate. Going bankrupt twice looks like carelessness. Driving your companies into bankruptcy six times , however, as Donald Trump has done, makes you a brilliant businessman. That is according to the US president, anyway ... However, we all know that Trump is not bothered by ethics ... ....
