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White House takes aim at Fauci as he disagrees with Trump on virus
CNN 13 Jul 2020
Anthony Fauci. ... Fauci has been wrong on things." ... "As a country, when you compare us to other countries, I don't think you can say we're doing great ... Read More ... "Dr ... I disagree with him," Trump said in an interview Tuesday when questioned about Fauci's assertion the US is still "knee-deep in the first wave" of the pandemic ... ....
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Trump suggested selling Puerto Rico in response to Hurricane Maria, says former Cabinet official
The Independent 12 Jul 2020
A former cabinet official has revealed that President Donald Trump suggested that one response to the devastation of Puerto Rico by Hurricane Maria would be to sell the US territory ... Download the new Independent Premium app....
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Ten million kids ‘may never return to school’ after virus
Manila Bulletin 13 Jul 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has caused an “unprecedented education emergency” with up to 9.7 million children affected by school closures at risk of never going back to class, Save the Children warned Monday ... “If we allow this education crisis to unfold, the impact on children’s futures will be long lasting,” Ashing said ... ....
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Iran blames misalignment and bad communication for shooting down Ukrainian jet
Belfast Telegraph 12 Jul 2020
The incident happened the same night Iran launched a ballistic missile attack targeting US soldiers in Iraq, its response to the American drone strike that killed General Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad on January 3. At the time, Iranian troops were bracing for a US counterstrike and appear to have mistaken the plane for a missile....
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Sabotage, sanctions and the bullying of Iran by Trump and Israel is bound to backfire on the west
The Guardian 12 Jul 2020photo: AP / Kin Cheung
China raises flood response to second-highest level
Xinhua 12 Jul 2020
BEIJING, July 12 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Water Resources (MWR) on Sunday raised the emergency response for flood control to Level II, the second-highest in the response system, as heavy downpours continued to lash vast stretches of the country ... on Sunday, indicating an extraordinary emergency of flood control ... dollars) ... Enditem. ....
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Bitcoin scammers rake in $24M in Q1 2020, report
Cryptopolitan 13 Jul 2020
A recently published report by crypto tracking and analysis firm Whale Alert shows that Bitcoin scammers have pocketed $24 million in the first quarter of this year, implying that no amount of crisis or slowdowns can deter them from deceiving people ... Bitcoin scammers make most of 2020 crisis ... Scammers are a step ahead in the game ... .......
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Trump wears mask in public for first time during pandemic
Dawn 12 Jul 2020
As he left the White House, he told reporters. “When you’re in a hospital, especially ... I think it’s a great thing to wear a mask.” ... The president was a latecomer to wearing a mask during the pandemic, which has raged across the US since March and infected more than 3.2 million and killed at least 134,000 ... Read. Hypocrisy gone viral ... ....
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Trump, Biden try to outdo each other by talking tough on China
TVNZ 13 Jul 2020
It's an issue that runs deeply through the troubles with the virus, which tanked the US economy. Voters also will be asking themselves whether Trump or Biden can best defend the US against China's unfair trade practices, theft of intellectual property rights, rising aggression across the globe and human rights abuses....
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US records another 60,000 new virus cases in 24 hours
Manila Bulletin 13 Jul 2020photo: AP / Ariel Schalit
Protest Against Government’s Economic Response to Virus Turns Violent
Hamodia 12 Jul 2020
Police forces tried dispersing the protesters and were attacked with tear gas and bottles ... Three officers were lightly wounded ... “We are not working already nearly five months and unfortunately most of us have not received any compensation from the Israeli government and this is really a tragedy,” said Daniel Tieder, a protester ... ....
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Why LeBron James refuses to wear social justice message
Indian Express 12 Jul 2020
Black Lives Matter; Say Their Names; I Can’t Breathe; and Respect Us.In fact, Lakers center JaVale McGee chose “Respect Us” for the back of his jersey ... Follow Us ... T&C Privacy Policy Advertise with Us Contact Us Subscribe Statutory provisions on reporting (sexual offenses)....
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Tensions flare as protesters raid office of Mali president’s political party
South China Morning Post 13 Jul 2020
Protesters ransacked a building belonging to President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita’s political party ......
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Exit Polls Show Poland’s Duda Leading in Presidential Runoff
Hamodia 13 Jul 2020
The exit poll by the Ipsos institute showed Duda with 50.8% of the vote and challenger Rafal Trzaskowski with 49.2% ... He said he was still dreaming of a Poland “that knows how to rebuild a united society, that is proud of it’s tradition, that is looking to the future, that is just, European, tolerant, where no one divides us.” ... ....
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Over 200,000 vote in Hong Kong's unofficial pro-democracy poll
Deccan Chronicle 12 Jul 2020
Hong Kong. Hundreds of thousands of Hong Kongers turned up over the weekend to vote in an unofficial two-day primary election held by the city’s pro-democracy camp as it gears up to field candidates for an upcoming legislative poll ... Its goal is to win a majority in the legislature, which is typically skewed toward the pro-Beijing camp ... .......
