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'My name is Cleo': Girl is found 18 days after vanishing from campsite
Gulf News 03 Nov 2021
Melbourne. A 4-year-old girl who vanished while camping with her family in a remote area of Western Australia was found "alive and well" 18 days later in a locked house, authorities said Wednesday. The girl, Cleo Smith, was freed after the police broke into the empty house in Carnarvon, the same town where she and her family lived ... About 1 a.m ... .
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Taliban bans foreign currencies in Afghanistan
BBC News 03 Nov 2021
The Taliban has banned the use of foreign currencies in Afghanistan, a move that could further disrupt an economy on the brink of collapse. "The economic situation and national interests in the country require that all Afghans use Afghan currency in their every trade," the Taliban said ... Assets frozen, funds stopped ... Related Topics. .
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“Idiots in the Pentagon Are Pushing the U.S. into a Military Confrontation with China over Nothing,” Says Former Top Policy Adviser
GlobalResearch 02 Nov 2021
To receive Global Research’s Daily Newsletter (selected articles), click here. Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mark Milley claimed last week that China was close to a “sputnik moment” due to its successful test of a hypersonic missile. However, U.S ... It has all of our attention.” ... and USSR ... The U.S ... .
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Joint UN, Ethiopia rights team: all sides committed abuses in Tigray
Reuters 03 Nov 2021
GENEVA/ADDIS ABABA, Nov 3 (Reuters) - All sides fighting in the war in Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray committed violations that may amount to war crimes, according to a joint investigation by the United Nations and Ethiopia published on Wednesday ... It was released the day after Ethiopia declared a state of emergency ... YEAR OF CONFLICT ... ....
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Can Rishi Sunak save the planet with green finance?
New Statesman 03 Nov 2021
Sunak will appear alongside former Bank of England chief Mark Carney, and announce two things ... There are a couple of important caveats, though. The first is that, as so often in politics, when you see the words “up to” right before a sum of money, you can safely substitute in “less than”. The second is what happens on the other side of the ledger ... .
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Search suspended for three missing French climbers in Nepal
Urdu Point 03 Nov 2021
Rescuers on Wednesday suspended their hunt for three French climbers missing in the Himalayas after an avalanche, with little hope of finding the men alive when the search resumes later this week ... "As we could not make any progress in tracing the missing climbers, we have decided to stop the search operation," he told AFP on Tuesday ... ....
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New York elects ex-cop Eric Adams as second ever Black mayor
Independent online (SA) 03 Nov 2021
Peter HUTCHISON and Andréa BAMBINO. Ex-cop Eric Adams, who fought racial discrimination within the police, was elected New York's next mayor on Tuesday and will become just the second African American to lead the United States's largest city ... Being New York's mayor is often described as the most difficult job in the United States after president.
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Indonesian jumped ship in Somali waters to escape abuse on Chinese fishing vessel: survivor recalls death and violence at sea
South China Morning Post 03 Nov 2021
But their bid was in vain; after drifting for hours far from….
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Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Jumps by 8%
Finance Magnates 03 Nov 2021
Bitcoin (BTC) mining is getting difficult by the time. The latest report published by Glassnode highlights a sharp increase in BTC mining difficultly. According to the numbers, the BTC mining difficulty level has reached its highest level since June 2021. Every Bitcoin block requires 930k Exahashes to solve at an average block time of 10 mins ... ....
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Death toll rises to 15, many missing in Nigeria building collapse
Al Jazeera 02 Nov 2021
Rescuers in Lagos have dug through rubble searching for survivors a day after a luxurious high-rise building collapsed in Nigeria’s commercial capital. The 21-storey building was still under construction when it fell abruptly into a pile of concrete slabs on Monday ... “We have recovered more bodies ... “He got approval for 15 floors but built 21.” ... .
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Climate change is omnipresent: Nobody is safe from climate crisis
Korea Times 03 Nov 2021
The Han River Park near Cheonho Bridge in Seoul is submerged due to heavy rain in this Aug. 6, 2020 photo. South Korea suffered from torrential rains in its capital and central regions at the time, with the first flood alert in nine years issued for areas near the river. Korea Times photo by Hong In-ki ... ― ED ... By Jun Ji-hye ... On Oct ... 2021-11-01 17.18 ... 18 ... .
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Biden shows willingness to confront China on climate during global summits
Belfast Telegraph 03 Nov 2021
Over five days abroad at two global summits, US president Joe Biden has shown a new willingness to openly confront China over climate change and its lack of leadership on the global stage ... The US leader told a news conference at the end of his trip to Glasgow ... Daily Headlines & Evening Telegraph Newsletter ... Enter email address ... AP/PA Images. / ... PA. /.
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Lavrov: US Trying to Set Up Bases Near Afghanistan
Tolo News 02 Nov 2021
The United States is continuing its efforts to deploy military bases in a country neighboring Afghanistan, Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov told Russian Television (RT) in an interview. Sergey Lavrov stressed that proposals have been sent to Pakistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan as well, but were rejected by the countries’ officials ... .
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WFP: Madagascar May Be Suffering World’s First Climate-Induced Famine
Voa News 02 Nov 2021
The World Food Program reports successive years of extreme weather events have plunged thousands of people in Madagascar into what WFP officials say is the world’s first climate-induced famine ... The latest U.N ... WFP Deputy Country Director in Madagascar, Aduino Mangoni, said an estimated 30,000 people are suffering from famine ... .
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UN Report Says Ethiopia’s War Marked by ‘Extreme Brutality’
Voa News 03 Nov 2021
The U.N. human rights chief said Wednesday that Ethiopia’s yearlong war has been marked by “extreme brutality” as a joint investigation into alleged atrocities faulted all sides for committing abuses, but avoided saying who was the most to blame ... The report, a rare collaboration by the U.N ... The U.N ... A high-level task force will be formed, it said.