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UN defeats Russia resolution promoting women at peace tables
Indian Express 31 Oct 2020
The UN Security Council defeated a Russian resolution Friday to commemorate the 20th anniversary of a UN measure demanding equal participation for women in activities promoting global peace, with opponents objecting to its failure to adequately address human rights and the key role of civil society in pushing for gender equality ... Tags ... Advertisement....
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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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New Zealand Greens accept Ardern's offer of 'cooperation agreement'
The Guardian 31 Oct 2020
Jacinda Ardern, has agreed on a governing “cooperation agreement” with the Green party, offering two ministries and agreeing to a handful of shared policy priorities for her second term – an offer they accepted late on Saturday ... Davidson is Māori, and a survivor of sexual violence ... ....
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Turkish rescue workers search for quake survivors; death toll rises to 27
Yahoo Daily News 31 Oct 2020
By Murad Sezer. IZMIR (Reuters) - Turkish rescue workers searched through rubble for survivors on Saturday, as the death toll from a powerful earthquake that hit the Aegean Sea the previous afternoon rose to 27 ... At least 20 buildings in the city were destroyed, authorities said, and the rescue work was punctuated by frequent aftershocks ... ....
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Philippines orders evacuation as world's strongest 2020 typhoon approaches
Gulf Daily News 31 Oct 2020
Manila. Philippine officials on Saturday ordered evacuation of thousands of residents in the southern part of the main Luzon island as a category 5 storm that is the world's strongest this year approaches the Southeast Asian nation ... "The strength of this typhoon is no joke." ... Around 20 typhoons hit the Philippines every year. ....
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Kanye West, Kim Kardashian and her dad: Should we make holograms of the dead?
BBC News 31 Oct 2020
Getting a hologram of a lost loved one might not be on your birthday wish list. Nor was it on reality star Kim Kardashian West's before she was surprised by husband Kanye West with a hologram of her late father Robert for her 40th celebrations. But in tweets that have since gone viral, she called it "the most thoughtful gift of a lifetime" ... ....
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Romania’s Ceausescu And America’s Trump: What To Do With Two Authoritarians That Refuse To Leave
WorldNews.com 30 Oct 2020
Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas Darling. Amid lagging poll numbers and dwindling crowds at campaign stops, it was not too long ago that President Donald Trump was humiliated by a White House balcony speech after contracting Covid-19 ... (1) ... Mourners honoring Justice Ginsberg, suddenly shouted ... Yet it did not do so ... Protest, Power, and Change ... 444.....
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An order of queer and trans 'nuns' in San Francisco take on an unholy year
The Guardian 31 Oct 2020
Among them, Sister Roma – brushing seven feet in heels and a wimple garnished with a mane of blue feathers – laughed from behind her bejeweled face mask ... .......
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Strong earthquake kills 14 people in Turkey and Greek islands
The Irish Times 30 Oct 2020
Fourteen people were killed in Turkey and Greece after a strong earthquake struck the Aegean Sea on Friday, bringing buildings crashing down and setting off tidal waves that slammed into coastal areas and islands ... Neighbourhoods were deluged with surging seawater that swept debris inland and left fish stranded as it receded ... WATCH ... Flooding ... – Reuters....
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Far from home, Rohingya refugees face a new peril on a remote island
BBC News 31 Oct 2020
After fleeing a brutal crackdown which left thousands dead in their homeland of Myanmar, the Rohingya are once again under threat. In Cox's Bazar, the massive refugee camp in Bangladesh to which many of the Rohingya refugees fled, violence and drug and human trafficking are on the rise ... The UN called it a "textbook ethnic cleansing" ... The Island ... ....
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If 2020 is like 2000, Trump believes he's got the votes
Yahoo Daily News 30 Oct 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 81 million Americans have already voted in the presidential election, but President Donald Trump thinks he can count on one hand the votes that will determine the outcome. “I think this will end up in the Supreme Court,” Trump said last month of the election ... And Trump gave three of those conservatives their jobs ... Bush ... 3 ... ....
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Number of Palestinians made homeless by Israeli demolitions hits four-year high despite pandemic
The Independent 30 Oct 2020
The number of Palestinians made homeless by Israeli house demolitions has reached a four-year record high, despite Israel’s promises of a freeze amid concerns over the dangers posed to public health in the coronavirus pandemic ... “For Israeli authorities, a world pandemic is no reason to stop demolishing Palestinian homes ... ....
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Three workers from Modi’s ruling party shot dead in Kashmir as anger erupts at controversial land law
The Independent 30 Oct 2020
Three workers of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were shot dead in Kashmir late on Thursday, amid simmering tensions over a controversial new land ownership law. The attack was reportedly carried out by separatist militants in the Kulgam area of what is now the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir ... ....
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Study: 1 to 2 million tons of US plastic trash goes astray
The News Tribune 30 Oct 2020photo: Creative Commons / Oliver Holzbauer https://www.flickr.com/people/128575832@N08
Qatar to prosecute officials over forced exams of women at airport
BBC News 30 Oct 2020
Qatar says officials responsible for subjecting women on flights from Doha's airport to forced gynaecological exams have been referred for prosecution. The women - who included Australian, British and New Zealand citizens - were checked for whether they had recently given birth after a baby was found in a bin at the airport on 2 October ... Top Stories....
