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Republicans vow to block Biden budget pick over her 'disparaging' comments about senators
Democratic Underground 01 Dec 2020photo: Creative Commons
Leaked documents show China lied about Covid-19 case totals and mishandled pandemic
The Independent 01 Dec 2020photo: Creative Commons / Pixabay/ PIRO4D
Unknown space object just skimmed past Earth and scientists still don’t know what it is
Russia Today 01 Dec 2020
It has been classed as an asteroid but scientists still don't have a complete understanding of what the object is ... Here it is a image we did last night ... “We are not sure it is an asteroid (that is, a natural body), as it could be the rocket booster of the Surveyor 2 NASA mission, dating back to 1966,” The Virtual Telescope Project said....
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AI Can Distinguish Between A Conspiracy And True Conspiracy - What Does This Say About Humans?
WorldNews.com 30 Nov 2020
Donald Trump can take partial credit for this, specifically as he continues to claim that his defeat had been engineered by “communist money” and rigged voting machines in a scheme hatched by the late Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez ... As AI designs supercomputers, eventually ......
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Barr: No evidence of fraud that’d change election outcome
The Independent 01 Dec 2020
In an interview with The Associated Press, Barr said U.S ... Before the election, he had repeatedly raised the notion that mail-in voter fraud could be especially vulnerable to fraud during the coronavirus pandemic as Americans feared going to polls and instead chose to vote by mail. Last month, Barr issued a directive to U.S ... Sign up ... Update preferences....
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Magnitude 3.5 earthquake strikes near Tesla Gigafactory east of Sparks
Reno Gazette Journal 02 Dec 2020photo: AP / Sebastian Scheiner
Israel looks headed for more elections as Benny Gantz backs bill to dissolve parliament
Jewish Herald-Voice 01 Dec 2020
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said Dec ... The votes from Gantz's Blue and White would provide the needed votes for the measure to pass in the Knesset ... Gantz had recently launched a commission to investigate a corruption scandal known as "the Submarine Affair," which involves several people close to Netanyahu, further eroding their relationship....
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Mali: COVID-19 and conflict lead to rise in child trafficking
United Nations 01 Dec 2020
Peace and Security ... Meanwhile, adults operating in the mines are subjected to extortionate “taxes” ... “As a result of conflict and socio-economic deterioration worsened by the pandemic, we are seeing some of the most egregious human rights violations in the Sahel,” said Gillian Triggs, UNHCR’s Assistant High Commissioner for Protection ... Home page ....
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Iconic Dish at Arecibo Observatory Has Collapsed
Gizmodo 01 Dec 2020
This is a relief, as it was feared that another cable failure would would bring the towers down, too. Other buildings at the Arecibo Observatory, such as the LIDAR facility and the visitor’s center, were at risk of being damaged by the falling towers ... ....
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Iran’s parliament advances bill to stop nuclear inspections
Indian Express 01 Dec 2020
The bill would require another parliamentary vote to pass, as well as approval by the Guardian Council, a constitutional watchdog ... Express ExplainedWhy BJP focused on Bhagyalakshmi Temple in run-up to Hyderabad pollsCOVID-19 patients treated as untouchables once posters pasted on their homes, says SCEntertainmentJaideep Ahlawat....
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Tesla Whistleblower Martin Tripp Ordered To Pay $400,000 To Settle Hacking Case
Slashdot 02 Dec 2020
The settlement is intended to bring an end to one of the more sordid stories at Tesla, in which Tripp, a former process technician, locked horns with the billionaire CEO over allegations that Tesla was wasting a "jaw-dropping" amount of raw material as it ramped up production of the Model 3 sedan....
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Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: Eritrea refugees in Ethiopia run out of food, UN says
BBC News 01 Dec 2020
Thousands of Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia's conflict-hit northern region of Tigray have run out of food, the UN's refugee agency, UNHCR, has said. It appealed for urgent access to the region to provide emergency assistance ... Nearly 100,000 Eritrean refugees are in Tigray. They fled political persecution and compulsory military service ... Related Topics. ....
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Queen Elizabeth II Changes Christmas Plans for First Time in 32 Years
Newsweek 01 Dec 2020
Queen Elizabeth II has been forced to give up key aspects of her traditional royal Christmas for the first time since 1988 as the 94-year-old adapts to the threat of coronavirus .......
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Trump Tells Pompeo: Go Wild on Iran, Just Don’t Risk ‘World War III’
The Daily Beast 01 Dec 2020
One White House official last week described Trump as mostly “checked out” on this major foreign policy issue, having become consumed by his bumbling legal effort to steal the 2020 election amid the coronavirus pandemic, as well as by other his pet grievances of the moment....
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India calls Justin Trudeau’s comment on farmers’ protest ‘ill informed’
The Siasat Daily 01 Dec 2020
New Delhi. India on Tuesday reacted sharply to the “ill-informed” comments by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on farmers’ protests in India and said the remarks are “unwarranted” especially when pertaining to internal affairs of a democratic country ... Source. ANI ... You can also download our app for Android and iOS. ....
