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China may have at least 1,000 nuclear warheads by 2030: Pentagon
The Telegraph India 04 Nov 2021
China is sharply increasing its nuclear arsenal and could have up to 700 deliverable warheads by 2027 and at least 1,000 by 2030, as the Communist giant aims to surpass US global power by the middle of the 21st century, the Pentagon has warned in a new report ... "The accelerating ...
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Ethiopian capital could fall in 'months if not weeks' — rebels
The Jordan Times 04 Nov 2021
"If things continue in the current trajectory, then we are talking about a matter of months if not weeks," he said, referring to OLA's move on Addis Ababa ... "They are enemies of Ethiopia and they need to [be] dismissed, and to do that all of us need to cooperate with the state of emergency," said Azmeraw Berhan, a self-employed man.
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Rapes recorded by police hit a record 61,000
Belfast Telegraph 04 Nov 2021
Police forces in England and Wales have recorded the highest number of rapes and the second highest number of sexual offences in a 12-month period, figures show ... Nick Stripe, head of crime statistics at the ONS, said the police figures show a “large ...
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Pressured by Biden, OPEC+ meets to decide oil production
The Roanoke Times
04 Nov 2021
The resurgence of COVID-19 cases in China and an expected increase in U.S ... The president acknowledged the irony at the end of the Group of 20 summit in Rome, saying that “on the surface” it does “seem inconsistent.” But Americans need to be able to commute to work and moving to renewables will take time, Biden said.
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‘You are not alone’: E.U. Parliament delegation tells Taiwan on first official visit
Asahi News 04 Nov 2021
Taiwan, which does not have formal diplomatic ties with any European nations except tiny Vatican City, is keen to deepen relations with members of the European Union ... “But next we ... “We believe Taiwan and the EU can certainly continue strengthening our partnership in all domains.”.
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Russia navy to get hypersonic missiles in 2022: Putin
Press TV 04 Nov 2021
President Vladimir Putin says Russia's navy is to begin taking delivery of the country's trademark Zircon hypersonic missiles, whose tests are nearing completion, in 2022 ... The technology features development of projectiles that can travel five times faster than the speed of sound.
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Mexican president slams COP26 'hypocrisy'
Urdu Point 04 Nov 2021
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador Wednesday slammed participants in a major UN climate summit for their "hypocrisy," accusing them of failing to address the root causes of the crisis and pointing to their use of private jets ... We must fight the massive monstrous inequality that exists in the world, that's what I will tell the UN."
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New York City taxi drivers end hunger strike after reaching deal on debt relief
The Guardian 04 Nov 2021
The news arrived on the fifteenth day of a hunger strike led by the drivers and their ...
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International Investigation Needed into Abuses in Ethiopia
Reliefweb 04 Nov 2021
It makes scant mention of the abuses committed by Amhara regional forces and militia against Tigrayans in western Tigray. It documents brutal sexual violence by all warring parties, but fails to acknowledge the scale of abuses, including sexual slavery, by Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Amhara forces targeting Tigrayan women and girls.
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Erdogan: Turkey investigates posts about president's health
BBC News 04 Nov 2021
Turkish authorities have opened a legal inquiry against 30 people accused of tweeting disinformation about the health of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ... On Wednesday, Mr Erdogan attended several events in the capital Ankara to mark the 19th anniversary of his conservative party assuming power in the country.
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The Facebook Papers: What do they mean from a human rights perspective?
Amnesty 04 Nov 2021
The media coverage encompasses a huge range of topics – however, they are all linked to the same underlying problem ... And to make matters worse, the company knows about all these negative effects of its services on people’s lives but they don’t want to fix these problems because their priority lies in increasing their profits.
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The woman defying the Taliban on girls' education
Business Ghana 04 Nov 2021photo: AP / Seth Wenig
UK regulator is first to approve Merck’s COVID pill
Star Telegram 04 Nov 2021
Britain’s regulator became the first in the world to approve Merck & Co.’s COVID-19 antiviral pill, describing the treatment as safe and effective following a swift review. The drug, molnupiravir, ... .
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Dwayne Johnson says no to real guns on his sets after Alec Baldwin tragedy
Gulf News 04 Nov 2021
The ‘Fast & Furious’ star said from now on his production company would use rubber guns and that they would “take care of it in post [production] and we won’t worry about the dollars.” The shooting has reignited concern about the use of prop guns and safety on movie sets.
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