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Belarus raises alarm about US, NATO military build-up in region
Press TV 03 Dec 2020
Belarus’ President Alexander Lukashenko says military build-ups by the United States and NATO near the western borders of his country, Russia, and a number of other states in the region is cause for “serious concern.”. “Once again, the world is on the brink of an unbridled arms race ... Russia slams West for ‘interfering’ in Belarus internal affairs ... ....
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Why I am trying to put the brakes on Trump's pardon powers
CNN 03 Dec 2020
(CNN)The United States Constitution was designed to meet the evolving demands of our nation. In just a few short pages, it lays out a robust system of representative government that continues to serve as the basis for the oldest modern democracy in the world ... This dynamic process is a design feature, not a flaw, of our democracy ... Rep. Steve Cohen ... ....
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Ex-presidents would get vaccine publicly to boost confidence
Journal Review 03 Dec 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) — Three former presidents say they'd be willing to take a coronavirus vaccine publicly, once one becomes available, to encourage all Americans to get inoculated against a disease that has already ... “I may end up taking it on TV or having it filmed, just so that people know that I trust this science,” Obama added ... ___ ... ....
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About That Apocalypse And Trump: Did Evangelicals And Christian Nationalists Just Make A Category-Mistake
WorldNews.com 02 Dec 2020
Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas Darling ... Benito Mussolini’s revived Roman Empire, replaced by Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich and the Holocaust, appeared at a time to match predictions in the book of Daniel and Revelation ... The Apocalypse or Revelation provides more details of what Jesus’ generation is to expect....
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Storms that slammed Central America in 2020 just a preview, climate change experts say
Yahoo Daily News 03 Dec 2020
HAVANA/GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Villagers in Guatemala's Mayan hillside hamlet Sanimtaca had been about to harvest their cardamom crops that take three years to grow when waves of floodwater triggered by two tropical storms last month washed them away ... "The school is flooded, the cemetery is flooded." ... It put the cost of adapting below 0.5% of GDP....
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Jordan fears losing control over Muslim sites in Jerusalem
The Jerusalem Post 03 Dec 2020
Jordan is growing increasingly worried about reports suggesting that Israel has offered Saudi Arabia control over the Islamic holy sites in Jerusalem, including Haram Al-Sharif/Temple Mount, Jordanian and Palestinian officials said on Thursday ... The Wakf Department that oversees Muslim sites in Jerusalem is controlled by the Jordanian government ... ....
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Politician named Adolf Hitler Uunona wins election in Namibia
The Hill 03 Dec 2020
A Namibian candidate named Adolf Hitler Uunona won a regional election in the nation’s northern Oshana region by a commanding margin ... Uunona told the newspaper his father had named him after the historical figure, and that he doubted he had been aware of his notoriety.ADVERTISEMENT. RESULTS ... .......
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Iranians launch “tweetstorm” for release of Navid Akari’s jailed brothers
The Jerusalem Post 03 Dec 2020
The Iranian regime’s imprisonment of Vahid and Habib Afkari for protesting against regime corruption in 2018 sparked on Wednesday a tweetstorm demanding their release. The twitter hashtag #ReleaseAfkaris gained widespread traction on the micro-blogging platform ... Both brothers are also slated to receive 74 lashes ... In a separate tweet, she wrote ... ....
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Korea confirms highly pathogenic avian influenza case from wild bird
Korea Times 03 Dec 2020
Gettyimagesbank. South Korea on Thursday confirmed another case of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a wild bird, with local authorities raising their guard against its transmission into poultry farms ... The country is currently carrying out investigations on droppings of wild birds gathered from Suncheon, 415 km south of Seoul as well ... (Yonhap). ....
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How a blow to Australian wine shows tensions with China
BBC News 03 Dec 2020
Imagine, just for a second, the Australian wine industry as a bottle shop. For decades it had loyal customers overseas - old friends from the UK and the US partial to an antipodean drop. Then a few years ago, a new customer walked in who began eyeing up the reds ... In 2019, China bought more bottled wine from Australia than it did from France ... ....
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Billie Lourd: Angry construction worker ‘fires gun’ outside Star Wars actor’s LA home
The Independent 03 Dec 2020
Shots have reportedly been fired outside Star Wars actress Billie Lourd’s Los Angeles home following a confrontation between two construction workers, according to a new report ... It is not clear when the alleged shooting took place ... SIGN UP ... {{#verifyErrors}} {{message}} {{/verifyErrors}} {{^verifyErrors}} {{message}} {{/verifyErrors}} ... ....
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CAR court rejects ex-president Bozize’s election candidacy
Al Jazeera 03 Dec 2020
The top court in the Central African Republic (CAR) has rejected the candidacy of former President Francois Bozize in the December 27 election. Bozize planned to run against President Faustin-Archange Touadera. But the Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday that Bozize, ......
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Obama said “defund the police” is a bad slogan. This shouldn’t come as a surprise.
Vox 03 Dec 2020
Obama’s critique of defunding aligns with his longtime messaging on policing ... “You lost a big audience the minute you say it, which makes it a lot less likely that you’re actually going to get the changes you want done,” Obama told Peter Hamby, who hosts the Snapchat political show called Good Luck America ... Jim Clyburn and Sen ... Rep ... that’s the point....
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Asteroid shines ‘ten times brighter than moon’ in astounding footage
The Independent 03 Dec 2020
A meteor crashed and burned in Earth’s atmosphere over the US and Canada, with astonishing footage by a 24-hour streaming camera. Footage picked up by the live webcam service EarthCam shows an object passing by the CN tower in Totonto ... It is unclear if the two events are related ... Read more. NASA. Mystery object is 54-year-old rocket, not asteroid ... ....
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Joe Biden isn't the president the EU thinks he is
The Spectator 03 Dec 2020
For four years, president Donald Trump radicalised international relations. There was a shift towards the nation state and unilateralism, beginning with the United States. He viewed intergovernmental organisations like the WHO or the World Trade Organization with acute scepticism thanks to what he saw as their bureaucratic sloth and partisanship ... ....
