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Today’s Silent Majority Is Not What Trump Or Republicans Think It Is. Instead, It Mirrors Biden’s Cabinet
WorldNews.com 26 Oct 2020
Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas Darling. Today, there is a fundamental flaw in how Donald Trump and the Republicans perceive the Silent Majority ... (1)The Real Silent MajorityThe problem the president and Republicans face is this is not 1969, and since then, America has undergone a major shift in diversity ... Sen ... Women make up 51 percent....
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Pakistan opens first metro line after years of delays
Gulf News 26 Oct 2020
Lahore. Pakistan’s first metro line began operations Monday in the eastern city of Lahore following years of delays, in a country severely lacking public transport or modern infrastructure ... “This project will provide world-class facilities to the public in Lahore,” Punjab’s chief minister Usman Buzdar said during an inauguration ceremony Sunday ... AFP ... ....
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Australia protests Qatar airport’s examination of women passengers
Gulf News 26 Oct 2020
Canberra. Australia on Monday condemned Qatar authorities’ treatment of women passengers on a flight to Sydney who were subjected to internal examinations after a newborn baby was found abandoned at a Doha airport ... “This is a grossly, grossly disturbing, offensive, concerning set of events,” Foreign Minister Marise Payne told reporters ... ....
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White House: 'We're not going to control the pandemic'
Press TV 26 Oct 2020
The White House says the United States is "not going to control" the coronavirus pandemic amid a spike in cases across the country. The US has seen its highest ever number of new virus cases in the past two days, recording 79,852 new infections on Saturday, close to the previous day's record of 84,244 new cases ... With nine days to go before the Nov ... ....
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As India drifts into autocracy, Gandhi is inspiring students' nonviolent resistance
The Guardian 26 Oct 2020
Nothing is as important, the philosopher Immanuel Kant claimed, as the “freedom to make public use of one’s reason on all matters” ... The government obeyed promptly .......
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Infection of Pence aides raises new questions about Trump’s virus response
Indian Express 26 Oct 2020
“COVID, COVID. COVID, COVID, COVID, COVID,” President Donald Trump groused at a rally in North Carolina on Saturday, expressing dismay that the deadly coronavirus pandemic had come to dominate the final days of his struggling reelection campaign. He made up a scenario. “A plane goes down, 500 people dead, they don’t talk about it ... Robert C ... Rep ... Tags ... ....
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Pakistan quadcopter shot down by Indian Army in J-K's Keran sector
Yahoo Daily News 26 Oct 2020
Kupwara (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], October 24 (ANI). Indian Army troops shot down a Pakistan Army quadcopter along Line of Control (LoC) in Keran sector of Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district on Saturday ... (ANI). ....
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Isle of Wight oil tanker: Seven arrested on suspicion of hijacking
The Independent 26 Oct 2020
Some 10 hours later, the Ministry of Defence confirmed that British armed forces had boarded the ship and detained seven men. ....
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Marine Le Pen declares Islamism an ‘enemy of France’
Free West Media 26 Oct 2020
“A war is being waged against us and we must fight this war”. Ten days after the terrorist assassination of Samuel Paty, Marine Le Pen felt that “Islamist ideology” should be considered “an enemy of France”. “We are not waging this war against a State, but against an ideology ... Bruno Pomart, a former police officer of the RAID, recently told CNews ... .......
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Putin offers NATO site inspections to avoid missile buildup
The Oklahoman 26 Oct 2020
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed Monday that NATO and Russia should conduct mutual inspections of each other's military bases to secure a moratorium on the deployment of new missiles in Europe following last year’s demise of a U.S.-Russian nuclear arms pact ... doesn’t deploy such arms to Europe ... The U.S ... The U.S ... Associated Press ... ....
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Water on moon may be more common than previously thought
The Irish Times 26 Oct 2020
Hidden pockets of water on the moon could be much more common than scientists previously thought, and the discovery could have potential implications for future lunar missions. Researchers suggest that in some cases tiny patches of ice might exist in permanent shadows no bigger than a penny ... Many of those tiny shadows could be full of ice.” ... . ....
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‘Boycott French products’ launched over Macron’s Islam comments
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Facebook, Google and Microsoft 'not paying enough tax in developing world'
BBC News 26 Oct 2020
Google, Facebook and Microsoft should be paying more corporation tax in developing nations, says ActionAid. The aid charity estimates that poorer countries are missing out on up to $2.8bn (£2.2bn) in tax revenue that could be used to tackle the pandemic ... Facebook declined to comment while Microsoft and Google did not respond to requests for comment ... ....
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Kremlin says Joe Biden is wrong that Russia is number one threat
The Times of India 26 Oct 2020
MOSCOW. The Kremlin said on Monday that US Democratic presidential candidate 's assessment of Russia as the biggest threat to US national security was wrong and encouraged hatred of Russia. The comments come just over a week before Biden faces in the Nov ... Download ... Top Videos ... ....
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Celebrations as Chile votes by huge majority to scrap Pinochet-era constitution
The Guardian 26 Oct 2020
“Starting today, we must all collaborate so that the new constitution is the great framework for unity, stability and the future,” he said.....
