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Beirut port blast investigator forced to suspend probe for third time
France24 04 Nov 2021photo: AP
Ethiopian capital could fall in 'months if not weeks' — rebels
The Jordan Times 04 Nov 2021
ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa could fall within "months if not weeks", an Oromo group allied with Tigrayan rebels told AFP Wednesday, as the fighters advanced southwards ... Earlier on Wednesday OLA spokesman Odaa Tarbii said his group intended to topple Abiy's government, calling his removal "a foregone conclusion" ... Image. Section ... Right .
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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. Advertisement ... "The US is using this report to hype up the "China nuclear threat" theory ... .
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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 ... They included 17,285 between April and June – the highest quarterly figure ... He added ... Most Read ... .
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Putin and Lukashenko sign Decree on the Union State
Pravda RU 04 Nov 2021
Putin and Lukashenko also approved the military doctrine and the concept of migration policy ... .
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International Investigation Needed into Abuses in Ethiopia
Reliefweb 04 Nov 2021
On Wednesday, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission released a much-anticipated joint into abuses committed in the first nine months of the conflict in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region ... The report does not give well-documented trends the attention they deserve ... .
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‘You are not alone’: E.U. Parliament delegation tells Taiwan on first official visit
Asahi News 04 Nov 2021
TAIPEI--The European Parliament’s first official delegation to Taiwan said on Thursday the diplomatically isolated island is not alone and called for bolder actions to strengthen EU-Taiwan ties as Taipei faces rising pressure from Beijing ... “We came here with a very simple, very clear message. You are not alone ... .
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Pressured by Biden, OPEC+ meets to decide oil production
The Roanoke Times
04 Nov 2021
By DAVID McHUGH and JOSH BOAK Associated Press ... gasoline prices — so far to no avail ... That hasn't gone down well with Biden, who has made repeated calls to pump more oil. The U.S ... U.S ... The steady rise in U.S. gas prices has eased in recent days as the typical post-summer drop in demand was delayed this year, according to motor club federation AAA ... .
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Dwayne Johnson says no to real guns on his sets after Alec Baldwin tragedy
Gulf News 04 Nov 2021
Hollywood actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson said he would not use real guns again in his movies after his friend and fellow actor Alec Baldwin accidentally shot and killed a cinematographer on a film set in New Mexico last month ... Baldwin had been told by an assistant director that the gun was “cold”, an industry term meaning it is safe to use ... AP ... .
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Biden rejects blame for shock Virginia election defeat
Business Ghana 04 Nov 2021
Joe Biden has rejected suggestions that his Democratic party's shock loss in the Virginia governor's race was a verdict on his presidency. Mr Biden argued that the miring of his legislative agenda in a Capitol Hill logjam did not sway the outcome ... He added ... Two other Republicans won the other top offices in Virginia ... --Advertisements--. .
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The woman defying the Taliban on girls' education
Business Ghana 04 Nov 2021
When the Taliban took power in Afghanistan they instructed girls and young women to stay home from school. With no resolution in sight, one member of the Afghan diaspora decided to act ... And aged just 13, she realised she had a calling ... According to the Ministry of Education in 2019, more than a third of over 15 year olds were illiterate ... .
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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 ... He said that in testing, the missile had successfully hit both ground and sea targets when fired from under water or from surface ships ... Kremlin ... www.presstv.ir. www.presstv.co.uk.
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Mexican president slams COP26 'hypocrisy'
Urdu Point 04 Nov 2021
The world's top business and political figures are gathered in Glasgow this week for COP26, which is aimed at forging an ambitious new climate agreement ... "And then they arrive in private planes." "Enough hypocrisy and fad ... The program -- known as "Sowing Life" -- aims to create 15,000 jobs planting a billion trees across Mexico's 32 states ....
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Sukhoi Su-75 Checkmate more cost effective that its US competitor
Pravda RU 04 Nov 2021photo: Creative Commons / James Emery
2,700-Year-Old Assyrian Wine Press Found in Northern Iraq
Ancient Origins 04 Nov 2021
A team of Italian archaeologists exploring ruins connected to the legendary Neo-Assyrian Empire have discovered an ancient industrial wine press. Dating to approximately 700 BC, the remains of the wine press were found at an archaeological site known as Khanis, which is in the Duhok governate in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq ... Top image ... .