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‘Exciting new discovery about the Moon’ is coming that will impact NASA’s upcoming lunar mission
Russia Today 22 Oct 2020
NASA is teasing an “exciting new discovery” about the Moon which was made thanks to a telescope on board a jumbo jet and could shed light on how life developed on Earth ... The space agency said that the discovery came courtesy of its Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) ... SOFIA with its telescope door open during a test flight....
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9 Family Members Die After Eating Year-Old Homemade Noodles
Newsweek 22 Oct 2020
The homemade delicacy was found to have contained a deadly toxin, traces of which were also discovered in the deceased .......
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Faced with an election loss, Trump will sow doubt about the truth. We can’t let that happen
Detroit Metro Times 21 Oct 2020
I was a staffer on George W. Bush’s 2000 campaign, and I experienced first-hand the chaotic uncertainty and political maneuvering that was the Florida recount. As historically bad as that time was for our country, it pales in comparison to what may be to come if vote counts on November 3 are at all close ... Here’s the problem ... ‘Firehose of falsehood’ ... ....
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Critics Noted Trump’s Ignorance About Puerto Rico, But What About The Rest Of America Or The Ponce Massacre?
WorldNews.com 21 Oct 2020
Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas Darling. At a recent rally in Florida, critics were quick to note Donald Trump’s ignorance about Puerto Rico. Along with devoting part of his speech to Puerto Rico-claiming he has been a terrific president for the island, he demanded that its people vote for him for president ... Settlers. Oakland, California ... 192.....
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'Great' earthquake, 1000 times stronger than recent ones likely to shatter Himalayan region
Yahoo Daily News 22 Oct 2020
The study notes that the sequence of future Himalayan earthquakes could be similar to the great earthquakes that occurred in the twentieth century along the Aleutian subduction zone, which extends from the Gulf of Alaska to Kamchatka in Russian Far East ... Wesnousky told PTI ... Seismologist Supriyo Mitra noted that the research matches previous studies ... ....
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US Ice officers 'used torture to make Africans sign own deportation orders'
The Guardian 22 Oct 2020
US immigration officers allegedly tortured Cameroonian asylum seekers to force them to sign their own deportation orders, in what lawyers and activists describe as a brutal ......
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Putin: Russia-China military alliance can't be ruled out
Yahoo Daily News 22 Oct 2020
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin says there is no need for a Russia-China military alliance now, but noted it could be forged in the future ... “The time will show how it will develop, but we won't exclude it,” the Russian president said. ....
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The Atlantic Daily : What Trump Revealed About the World Order
The Atlantic 21 Oct 2020
Every weekday evening, our editors guide you through the biggest stories of the day, help you discover new ideas, and surprise you with moments of delight. Subscribe to get this delivered to your inbox ... Below are three of their takeaways from the past four years of Trumpism. 1. Trump revealed a new world order ... 2 ... They said … [it] was his naïveté. 3 ... 1 ... ....
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Whistleblower Edward Snowden granted permanent residency in Russia
Russia Today 22 Oct 2020
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has been granted an open-ended permanent residency permit by the Russian Federation ... The US has demanded his extradition to face charges for violating the Espionage Act ever since ... Also on rt.com ‘CNN badly misreported this’....
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Essex lorry deaths: Migrant 'paid £13k for 'VIP' smuggling trip'
BBC News 22 Oct 2020
The parents of a Vietnamese man paid £13,000 for a "VIP" smuggling trip to Britain along a route where 39 migrants died, a court has heard. Prosecutors allege the man, known as Witness X, was on one of two successful cross-channel runs before the deaths on October 23 last year ... Four men are on trial in connection with the deaths ... 'Move fast' ... ....
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Nigerian president criticised over response to protests crackdown
The Guardian 22 Oct 2020
Security forces shot live ammunition to disperse crowds who had gathered in defiance of a government curfew ... .......
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US To Accuse Google of Protecting Illegal Monopoly
Slashdot 20 Oct 2020
The Justice Department plans to accuse Google of maintaining an illegal monopoly over search and search advertising in a lawsuit to be filed on Tuesday, the government's most significant legal challenge to a tech company's market power in a generation, according to officials at the agency. From a report ... Attorney General William P ... Mr ... ....
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US reactions to pope backing same-sex civil unions: ‘The Church cannot support objectively immoral relationships’
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Nigeria shooting fans long-simmering anger at the state
The National 22 Oct 2020
Amnesty International says it documented more than 82 cases of abuse and extrajudicial killings by SARS officers from January 2017 to May this year ... Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu blamed the attack in Lekki on "forces beyond our direct control” and ordered the formation of a fact-finding committee to be headed by a retired military officer ... ....
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India sets aside $7 billion to vaccinate its population: Sources
The Times of India 22 Oct 2020
NEW DELHI. The Centre has set aside nearly $7 billion to vaccinate India's 1.3-billion people against Covid-19, reported Bloomberg quoting people with knowledge of the matter ... The money provisioned so far is for the current financial year ending March 31 and there will be no shortage of further funds for this purpose, they added ... Download ... India. ....
