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US citizen kidnapped in Niger rescued in military operation
Stars and Stripes 31 Oct 2020
WASHINGTON — An American citizen kidnapped in the West African nation of Niger this past week has been rescued in a U.S. military operation in neighboring Nigeria, a U.S. official told The Associated Press on Saturday ... The Defense Department confirmed the operation Saturday, saying it took place in northern Nigeria ... Department of State ... The U.S ... .......
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Sean Connery, Legendary James Bond Actor, Dies at 90
Spin 31 Oct 2020
Sean Connery, the legendary actor who is debatably the best known James Bond, has died at the age of 90. Connery’s son Jason told the BBC that he died peacefully in his sleep while in the Bahamas and had been “unwell for some time.”. Born on Aug ... Sir Sean Connery has died at the age of 90 ... ....
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Russia pledges help to Yerevan if fighting reaches Armenia
The Times of India 31 Oct 2020
YEREVAN. Russia said Saturday it would provide "necessary" assistance to Yerevan in its conflict with Azerbaijan if fighting reached Armenian territory after its ally requested help ... The announcements further raised fears of an escalation in fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan ... Baku denied targeting the main city in Karabakh ... Download ... ....
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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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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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From the streets in Louisville: ‘No justice, No Halloween’
Open Democracy 31 Oct 2020
The thing that surprised me was the guns. That morning – Thursday – I’d been speaking to Latoia Stafford and Milly Martin, two young women who’d taken to the streets to protest against the killing of Breonna Taylor, 153 days before. They’re still protesting every day, and their movement has caught fire across the country ... “It was a woman ... CC BY-NC 4.0....
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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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Berlin’s new airport opens nine years behind schedule
AOL 31 Oct 2020
Berlin’s repeatedly delayed new airport finally opened on Saturday with an easyJet flight. The UK’s largest airline was greeted by a water salute after touching down at Berlin Brandenburg Willy Brandt Airport (BER), which was initially planned to open in 2011 ... Construction and technical problems plagued the development of BER ... She added ... ....
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COVID-19: Kuwait to retain shisha ban until vaccine for virus is available
Gulf News 31 Oct 2020photo: Creative Commons / Joe Mabel (on Flickr as Joe Mabel from Seattle, US) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jmabel
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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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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Trump wall: How much has he actually built?
BBC News 31 Oct 2020
Building a "big, beautiful wall" between the US and Mexico was the signature promise of President Donald Trump's 2016 election campaign. A concrete barrier, he said, would serve to stop what he described as a flow of illegal immigrants and drugs over the border ... 1. How much 'new wall' Trump has built is up for debate ... 2 ... 3 ... 4 ... 5 ... ....
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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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Valtteri Bottas clinches pole position in Imola, Hamilton in P2
GP Blog 31 Oct 2020
Bottas' pole position in Imola is the 15th of his career and his first in Italy. The 31-year-old becomes the first driver to sit on pole in Imola since Michael Schumacher did so in 2006. Pierre Gasly, in AlphaTauri's home race, will start from fourth-place. Daniel Ricciardo rounds out the top five ... Q1 ... Albon moved to P8 ... 16th - Grosjean. 17th - Magnussen....
