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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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International dark web bust leads to more than 170 arrests
The Daily Dot 22 Sep 2020
The US Justice Department (DOJ) announced on Tuesday the results of an international law enforcement operation aimed at taking down drug traffickers on the dark web ... https.//twitter.com/TheJusticeDept/status/1308401473471078400?s=20 ... https.//twitter.com/Europol/status/1308390752452476929?s=20 ... ....
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Ginsburg’s Death and Trump’s Emerging Legal Coup D’Etat
CounterPunch 22 Sep 2020
Mitch McConnell are Donald Trump now moving rapidly to replace with a 3rd right wing nominee to the SCOTUS ... This is Florida’s 2000 election deja vu, except now in multiple states and not just involving voting irregularities in 3 counties in that state ... The 6-3 clear majority now gives Trump even more encouragement to implement this strategy....
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Cult leader who claims to be reincarnation of Jesus arrested in Russia
The Guardian 22 Sep 2020
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Blast rocks Hezbollah stronghold in south Lebanon
Yahoo Daily News 22 Sep 2020
BEIRUT (AP) — An explosion shook a Hezbollah stronghold in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, sending thick grey smoke billowing over the village, but the cause was not clear. The blast occurred in the southern village of Ain Qana, above the port city of Sidon. There were no immediate reports of casualties ... ....
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At UN, China's Xi says no intention to fight 'a cold war or hot one' with any country
The Times of India 22 Sep 2020photo: White House / Tia Dufour
Trump on 200K COVID-19 deaths: 'It's a shame'
The Hill 23 Sep 2020photo: White House / Joyce N. Boghosian
Canadian woman charged over ricin letter sent to Trump
Yahoo Daily News 23 Sep 2020
A Canadian woman accused of sending a ricin poison-laced letter to Donald Trump was formally charged on Tuesday with threatening the President of the United States. Pascale Ferrier, a 53-year-old from Quebec, made a brief appearance in a federal court in Buffalo, New York after her arrest at a border crossing over the weekend ... cat/mdo/jm. ....
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More than 160 world leaders and diplomats call for UK to release Julian Assange
The Independent 23 Sep 2020
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should be released from a UK prison and not be extradited to the US, according to more than 160 world leaders, politicians and diplomats. The high-powered group gave their support to Assange in an open letter addressed to prime minister Boris Johnson and other government ministers ... Watch more ... ‘It’s a stitch-up’ ... ....
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Millennials and the Holocaust
WorldNews.com 22 Sep 2020
The Jewish Forward reported over the weekend that “survey results on Holocaust knowledge in America are in, and the findings are terrifying ... Americans are only just as ‘ignorant’ or maybe as ‘rebellious’ as Europeans ... Maybe they can solve this acute educational problem by attaching a large and heavy iron Star of David to the back of every millennial....
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Bolsonaro to world: Brazil is victim of environmental smear
Wtop 22 Sep 2020
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro defended his administration’s record protecting the Amazon rainforest, telling the United Nations’ virtual meeting of global leaders on Tuesday that his country has been wrongly portrayed as an environmental villain ... “The Brazilian Amazon is well-known to be very rich ... Source ....
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US senators to consider Trump’s supreme court nominee
The Irish Times 23 Sep 2020
Flowers, candles and messages encircle an image of the late US justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg ... Photograph. Michael Reynolds ... While it is now virtually certain that Mr McConnell will proceed with a confirmation hearing, he has not clarified if this will take place before November 3rd or during the “lame duck” session between election day and January ... ....
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Boris Johnson's early Christmas present to Britain: Six months of coronavirus gloom
CNN 22 Sep 2020
London (CNN)Faced with a surge in coronavirus cases across the UK, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced new measures to combat the virus, including a 10 p.m. curfew for restaurants and bars, and restrictions -- enforceable by the police -- on how people can socialize ... Masks are already required on public transport, and for customers in shops ... ....
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says he 'hears voices' in prison: psychiatrist
Gulf News 22 Sep 2020
London. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange complained of hearing imaginary voices and music while detained in a high-security British prison, a psychiatrist who has interviewed him told his extradition hearing on Tuesday ... Assange's suicidal impulses "arise out of clinical factors... ....
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South Korea’s Bithumb exchange is up for sale from $430 million
Cryptopolitan 22 Sep 2020
While citing the investment banking (IB) industry, the Herald Corporation the exchange sale is being promoted by the Bithumb Holdings, which holds a significant stake (about 74 percent) in Bithumb exchange in Korea ... The industry sees the sale of Bithumb Holdings as an exit (return of investment) for founders....
