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Woman beheaded in knife attack in France's Nice city; three dead
DNA India 29 Oct 2020
A woman was beheaded by an attacker with a knife who also killed two other people at a church in the French city of Nice on Thursday, police said, in an incident, the city's mayor described as terrorism ... Police said three people were confirmed to have died in the attack and several were injured. Also read ... France knife attack. ....
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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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France attack: What we know about stabbings in Nice
BBC News 29 Oct 2020
Three people have been killed in a knife attack at a church in the southern French city of Nice. One suspect has been arrested over the stabbings on Thursday, which President Emmanuel Macron described as an "Islamist terrorist attack" ... What happened at the church? ... A man was also killed at the scene ... Who were the victims? ... Who was the attacker? ... ....
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Moderna prepares global launch of its COVID-19 vaccine
People Daily 30 Oct 2020photo: US Navy / Keenan Daniels
China's military rise poses the greatest foreign policy challenge to the next US President
CNN 30 Oct 2020
This year alone has seen China engage in deadly border clashes with Indian troops; China's People's Liberation Army aircraft have repeatedly buzzed Taiwanese and Japanese air defenses; and Chinese ships have been involved in multiple incidents in the disputed waters of the South China Sea....
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Trump doled out billions to drug makers and hospitals with few strings attached
The Los Angeles Times 29 Oct 2020
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has pumped billions of dollars into the healthcare industry during the COVID-19 crisis, padding bottom lines at some of the country’s most profitable businesses even as millions of Americans have been left struggling with mounting medical bills ... Advertisement ... Advertisement ... Advertisement ... workers pay....
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John Kerry: 'People want a future. The orange menace is not providing that'
The Guardian 29 Oct 2020
In 2004, the Democrats’ presidential candidate, John Kerry , was on the receiving end of one of the most egregious smear campaigns in modern history ... The claims were later discredited, but the lies travelled around the world, and the damage was done....
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Pelosi: Trump should accept election results 'like a man'
Press TV 29 Oct 2020
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said President Donald Trump should accept the election results "like a man" and not try to sow doubt about them if all ballots are not counted on election night ... "On January 20, 2021, Joe Biden will be inaugurated president of the United States ... “We’ll see what happens.” ... "Peaceful transfer? I absolutely want that ... ....
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Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost tie the knot
Indian Express 30 Oct 2020
Actors Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost have tied the knot. The couple got married in an intimate ceremony in the presence of family and close friends. The wedding was announced by a charity named Meals on Wheels America via their Instagram handle ... Please consider donating to celebrate the happy couple by clicking the link in our bio.” ... Tags ... ....
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Philadelphia protests: National Guard called in as city imposes curfew after police fatally shot black man
The Independent 29 Oct 2020
The mayor imposed a curfew on Philadelphia on Wednesday and called in the National Guard following successive nights of rioting after police shot to death a black man whose family said he was in the midst of a mental health crisis....
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US election 2020: Why racism is still a problem for the world's most powerful country
BBC News 30 Oct 2020
The stories of police brutality and discrimination against African Americans this year are similar to those of 20 years ago, writes the BBC's Clive Myrie. A new breed of civil rights activist is trying to bring about a reckoning with America's racist past. I remember my first US presidential election well....
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U.S. breaks daily record for coronavirus cases with over 91,000 new infections
Yahoo Daily News 30 Oct 2020
(Reuters) - The United States broke its single-day record for new coronavirus infections on Thursday, reporting over 91,000 new cases, as hospitalizations also hit new highs in many states, according to a Reuters tally. The spike in cases comes less a week before the presidential election on Tuesday ... The previous one-day record for U.S ... 23 ... 17 ... ....
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Global Covid-19 cases nearing 45mn: Johns Hopkins
The Siasat Daily 30 Oct 2020
Washington, Oct 30 . The overall number of global coronavirus cases was nearing the 45 million mark, while the deaths have surged to 1,179,270, according to the Johns Hopkins University ... The US is the worst-hit country with the world’s highest number of cases and deaths at 8,943,577 and 228,636, respectively, according to the CSSE ... Source. IANS ... ....
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Suspension of Jeremy Corbyn the latest salvo in Labour’s civil war
AOL 29 Oct 2020
Jeremy Corbyn has said he will “strongly contest” his suspension from Labour, signalling another outbreak of hostilities in the party’s bitter civil war ... I will strongly contest the political intervention to suspend me ... I will continue to support a zero tolerance policy towards all forms of racism ... He said ... Now we can finally move on....
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Ecotricity founder to grow diamonds 'made entirely from the sky'
The Guardian 30 Oct 2020
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