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India Covid: Delhi seeks more cremation space as deaths rise
BBC News 30 Apr 2021
Police in India's capital Delhi have asked local authorities to identify more sites for cremations, as the city recorded its highest Covid death toll. A ferocious second wave is ravaging parts of India, overwhelming hospitals, morgues and crematoriums ... India reported 3,645 deaths on Thursday, which was another record ... Related Topics. .
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Al Qaeda promises 'war on all fronts' against America as Biden pulls out of Afghanistan
CNN 30 Apr 2021
(CNN)This weekend marks the 10th anniversary since Osama Bin Laden, the mastermind of the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, was killed by US special-operations forces, Seal Team 6, inside his high-walled compound in the Pakistani military college city of Abbottabad ... It's unclear why the group has chosen to do so now. Read More ... Photos.
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Pope facilitates Vatican prosecutions for cardinals, bishops
Wtop 30 Apr 2021
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has sent another message to Vatican-based cardinals and bishops about his intent to hold them accountable for criminal misconduct. He removed the procedural obstacles that had spared them from being prosecuted by the Vatican’s criminal tribunal ... The judge questioned why the Vatican secretary of state and his No ... Source .
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Dozens killed in stampede at Israeli religious festival
DNA India 30 Apr 2021
Dozens of people were killed in a stampede at a religious bonfire festival in Israel on Friday, medics said, in what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described as a "heavy disaster" ... The ecstatic crowds packed the Mount Meron slope in defiance of COVID-19 warnings by health officials ... Also read ... Reports ... .
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Black patients are more likely than white patients to die after heart surgery
Open Access Government 30 Apr 2021
A new study has found that black patients are more likely to die after their heart bypass surgery than white patients in the same hospitals. Researchers from Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan, reviewed Medicare claims from more than 12,000 heart bypass procedures between 2008 and 2014 ... Segregation ... Read the full study here. ....
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Erdogan riles critics, Russia with 'crazy' new canal
Urdu Point 30 Apr 2021
Istanbul, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 30th Apr, 2021 ) .Not content with shaping Turkey's history, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is about to change its geography, too, by building an alternative to the Bosphorus, raising hackles at home and alarm in Russia ... a president who changed the shape of Turkey's beating heart -- Istanbul." .. ....
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US, NATO Troops Leaving Afghanistan as Fighting Escalates
Voa News 30 Apr 2021
Troops and equipment are leaving Afghanistan, days ahead of the official start of the U.S. withdrawal, the White House said Thursday, marking the beginning of the end of America’s longest war ... “It will be deliberate and conducted in a safe and responsible manner that ensures the protection of our forces,” she said ... The U.S ... All for one and one for all.
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Guantanamo detainee Abu Zubaydah to file complaint with UN agency
Al Jazeera 30 Apr 2021
A Guantanamo Bay inmate alleges he was tortured by his American captors after the September 11 attacks and will file a complaint with the United Nations over his unending 19-year detention, his lawyer has said ... In 2003, he was transferred to Guantanamo, where he has stayed ever since ... No charge ... .
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To achieve press freedom, we must rewrite journalism
Open Democracy 30 Apr 2021
Monday will mark World Press Freedom Day. It’s a moment to celebrate the work that journalism does in holding power to account. It’s also a moment to raise awareness of the dangers facing journalists in many countries. At least 1,400 journalists have been killed for doing their job in the three decades since the first World Freedom Day in 1991 ... Submit.
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Israel: Deadly stampede in Meron 'one of the worst tragedies Israel has known' - Netanyahu
Ruptly 30 Apr 2021
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reacted to the deadly stampede at a religious festival in Meron, saying it was "one of the worst tragedies Israel has known", on Friday ... "The Mount Meron disaster is one of the worst tragedies Israel has known. We mourn the victims ... "The sights here are heartbreaking ... .
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Iraqi Kurds plan special court to try suspected Islamic State fighters
The Guardian 30 Apr 2021
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First pregnant Egyptian mummy surprises researchers
Egypt Independent 30 Apr 2021
An Egyptian mummy previously believed to be a priest has turned out to be a pregnant woman. The surprise discovery, the first of its kind anywhere in the world, was made by Polish scientists at the Warsaw Mummy Project ... She told Polish state news agency PAP ... a tiny foot.” ... “We don’t know why it was left there ... Ejsmond explained ... ___.
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‘You changed America’: Biden marks first 100 days in Georgia – a state key to his victory
The Guardian 30 Apr 2021
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Biden in TODAY Exclusive: ‘I Don't Think the American People Are Racist'
NBCBayArea 30 Apr 2021
Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get the latest breaking news and local stories. President Joe Biden has responded to comments made by Republican Sen. Tim Scott by saying he doesn't think America is racist, but there is still work to be done to address racial issues. Local. Pittsburg 21 mins ago ... crime 1 hour ago ... More from TODAY ... .
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The Global Deep State: A New World Order Brought to You by COVID-19
GlobalResearch 29 Apr 2021
“A psychotic world we live in. The madmen are in power.”― Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle. For good or bad, COVID-19 has changed the way we navigate the world. It is also redrawing the boundaries of our world (and our freedoms) and altering the playing field faster than we can keep up. Owing in large part to the U.S ... Global Disease ... It cannot ... .
