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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 ... The picture it paints is appropriately alarming ... Here’s the problem ... Parade of scenarios ... If Trump garners a high enough percentage of in-person ballots, he can preemptively declare victory on election night and thereby reap the psychological benefits of being the first mover to claim that the results make him the winner ... ....
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Goldman Sachs reaches $2.9bn deal to settle US-led 1MDB inquiry
The Guardian 22 Oct 2020
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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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Hacker says he correctly guessed Trump’s Twitter password—it was “maga2020!”
Ars Technica 22 Oct 2020
A security researcher reportedly logged in to President Trump's Twitter account last week by guessing the password—it was "maga2020!"—and then alerted the US government that Trump needed to upgrade his Twitter security practices ... Comments. ....
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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
The goal in paralyzing pro-Independence forces through state terrorism and long-term subordination benefited US corporations and military and naval bases that used the island for training.What Is Puerto Rico?Considering the treatment of Puerto Rico, no wonder President Trump ......
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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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WATCH LIVE: Trump, Biden faceoff in final presidential debate
Daily Herald 23 Oct 2020
President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden are set to square off in their final debate Thursday, one of the last high-profile opportunities for the trailing incumbent to change the trajectory of an increasingly contentious campaign ... ....
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China and Vatican extend deal on bishops
Hong Kong Standard 22 Oct 2020
A secretive 2018 agreement between Beijing and the Vatican was renewed yesterday, despite strident US condemnation and warnings from underground Chinese priests loyal to Rome that they have only become more marginalized since it was signed ... TS Channel. IOS Android. IOS Android. More>> ... The underground community has practically disappeared, he said ... ....
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Trump admits the swine flu pandemic was ‘far less lethal’ — but claims Biden’s management ...
Raw Story 23 Oct 2020
At Thursday night’s presidential debate, President Donald Trump was ......
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China threatens retaliation over US arms sale to Taiwan
The Hill 22 Oct 2020
China is threatening to retaliate against the U.S. after the Trump administration approved a $1.8 billion arms sale to Taiwan, the autonomous island that Beijing considers its own territory. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian accused the U.S. of “interfering” in Beijing’s affairs and said the sale could lead to regional insecurity ... .......
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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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Saad Hariri becomes new Prime Minister of Lebanon
The Siasat Daily 22 Oct 2020
Moscow. Saad Hariri, who had previously twice assumed the position of the head of Lebanon’s council of ministers, was re-elected on Thursday as the country’s new Prime Minister in the wake of Mustapha Adib’s resignation in late September, the office of President Michel Aoun said ... Source. ANI ... ....
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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 ... .......
