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Belarus raises alarm about US, NATO military build-up in region
Press TV 03 Dec 2020
Belarus’ President Alexander Lukashenko says military build-ups by the United States and NATO near the western borders of his country, Russia, and a number of other states in the region is cause for “serious concern.”. “Once again, the world is on the brink of an unbridled arms race ... Russia slams West for ‘interfering’ in Belarus internal affairs ... ....
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Trump raised over $200 million after Election Day. Just $8.8 million has gone towards challenging ...
The Independent 04 Dec 2020
President Donald Trump has raised $207.5 million since Election Day while seeking to overturn the results, according to a new report, while actually spending just a small fraction of that on efforts to challenge the vote count in key states ... How 2020 became the year of 'fundraising on steroids' ... SIGN UP ... SIGN UP ... ....
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Venezuela election: 'There's no opposition here, just God'
BBC News 05 Dec 2020
"We've come here to show our faces, to tell the truth, to walk the streets with you so you can tell us your problems, and we can solve them," hollered candidate Nicolás Maduro Guerra, addressing a crowd of about 500 on the Caribbean coast of La Guaira ... But coming from "Nicolasito" as he's known, might be hard for some to swallow ... It's stalemate ... ....
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China ‘trying to create biologically enhanced soldiers’
Irish Independent 05 Dec 2020
China is conducting “human testing” to create “biologically enhanced soldiers”, the head of US intelligence has claimed as he warned that Beijing now poses the biggest threat to the national security of the United States ... Mr Ratcliffe said he believes China’s intention was to “dominate” the planet in every sense ... He added ... He said....
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Trump in 2024? For now, president’s hints are freezing GOP field.
The Christian Science Monitor 04 Dec 2020photo: Creative Commons / Gage Skidmore
Sanders says he can't support bipartisan COVID-19 relief proposal in its current form
The Hill 04 Dec 2020
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Friday said that he cannot support a bipartisan $908 billion COVID-19 relief proposal unveiled this week by congressional moderates unless significant changes are made ... "But, in its current form, I cannot support it.”. A bipartisan group of lawmakers, including Sens ... .......
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Trump orders nearly all US troops to leave Somalia by early next year
The Independent 04 Dec 2020
Donald Trump has ordered that nearly all US troops are to leave Somalia by early next year. Around 700 troops have been stationed in the country for the last 13 years fighting local al Qaeda affiliate, al-Shabaab. Now the outgoing president has told the Pentagon to pull them out of the African country, according to the Wall Street Journal ... SIGN UP ... ....
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Trump campaign files lawsuit alleging fraud in Georgia
RTE 04 Dec 2020photo: AP / Noah Berger
California winds ease but fire danger remains high
Times Union 04 Dec 2020
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Powerful winds that pushed wildfires through Southern California, burning several homes and injuring two firefighters, began easing but forecasters warned that the fire danger remained Friday ... The weather service said winds would be decreasing through Friday, down to 25 mph (40 kph) to 45 mph into Friday morning ... ___ ... ....
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Tennessee senator called a ‘lifetime b****’ by top Chinese journalist
The Independent 04 Dec 2020
Republican Senator for Tennessee Marsha Blackburn has been called a “lifetime bitch” by a top Chinese journalist following a racist Twitter post. The online exchange occurred after Ms Blackburn thanked Donald Trump for banning the import of cotton produced by the forced labour of China’s Muslim Uighur ethnic minority in the Xinjiang region ... “Bitch.”....
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Australia-bound asteroid sample may reveal life's origins
Phys Dot Org 04 Dec 2020
A Japanese space mission will deliver samples collected from asteroid Ryugu in a capsule to the outback desert of Woomera in South Australia this Sunday morning. A leading expert from The Australian National University (ANU) who will analyze the samples says they could provide major insights into the origin of life on Earth ... ANU astronomer Dr ... .......
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George Soros: Orbán turns to familiar scapegoat as Hungary rows with EU
The Guardian 05 Dec 2020
Hungary’s rightwing prime minister, Viktor Orbán, is threatening to veto the new EU budget over a provision that would link some funding to rule-of-law concerns. As the standoff intensifies, he has found a familiar enemy to blame ... Soros, of course....
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China achieves quantum supremacy in major computing breakthrough
The Independent 04 Dec 2020
China has achieved a major breakthrough in quantum computing, performing a calculation that would take a modern-day supercomputer billions of years to complete. The milestone, known as quantum supremacy, comes just over a year after Google became the first in the world to achieve the same feat. ... Read more. ‘Quantum apocalypse’ ... SIGN UP ... SIGN UP ... ....
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India formally protests to Canada over Trudeau's remarks on farmers' protests
Dawn 04 Dec 2020
India summoned Canada’s ambassador on Friday and said comments made by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over protests by farmers near Delhi were an interference in its domestic affairs and would seriously hurt bilateral ties ... There was no comment from the Canadian embassy ... The comment was made in apparent reference to Trudeau's remarks ... ....
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Germany blocks Chinese takeover of satellite tech firm
Taipei Times 04 Dec 2020
AFP, BERLIN. German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government has blocked a Chinese defense company from buying up a German firm specializing in satellite and radio technologies, including 5G, over national security risks, local media reported on Thursday ... ....
