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Election workers give first-hand account of Belarus poll fraud
Independent online (SA) 01 Sep 2020
Minsk, Belarus — Even before the August 9 presidential election in Belarus ended, a poll worker in Minsk said she was asked to sign a document summing up its result, with the vote totals left blank. Another worker who pointed out violations during the vote-counting was fired on the spot ... Picture. Sergei Grits/AP ... Picture. Sergei Grits/AP ... File picture....
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US isolated again as it vetoes UN resolution on terrorists’ fate
Press TV 01 Sep 2020
The United States has once again become isolated as it vetoed a UN Security Council resolution on foreign Daesh terrorists, while the other 14 council members voted in favor of the resolution ... The United States wants foreign terrorists sent home to be either prosecuted or rehabilitated there ... Report ... www.presstv.ir. www.presstv.co.uk. www.presstv.tv. ....
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China accuses India of conducting 'flagrant provocations' as simmering border standoff heats up
CNN 01 Sep 2020
New Delhi (CNN)China's government has accused Indian troops of illegally trespassing onto Chinese territory, in comments that could set the stage for a second tense border standoff between the two nuclear powers in just three months ... Tuesday's comments are the latest in a string of accusations and counter accusations ... Read More ... ....
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Macron warns Lebanese leaders of sanctions if reforms are not swift
The Jerusalem Post 01 Sep 2020
French President Emmanuel Macron has warned Lebanese politicians they risk sanctions if they fail to set the nation on a new course within three months, stepping up pressure for reforms in a country collapsing under the weight of an economic crisis ... "It's a risky bet I'm making, I am aware of it ... my political capital." ... ....
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Trump promises more of the same in a second term — and that’s frightening
Hawaii Tribune-Herald 01 Sep 2020
In accepting the Republican nomination for a second term as president, Donald Trump sounded lofty themes of national unity and love for country while also offering a glowing and highly exaggerated account of his stewardship ... For Trump and his allies, the issue isn’t just law and order, it’s the fear of a cultural reckoning....
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Charlie Hebdo republishes notorious Mohammed caricatures on eve of trial over killings
Yahoo Daily News 01 Sep 2020
Charlie Hebdo has republished a series of controversial cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed on the eve of the trial of the alleged accomplices in the attack ... In an editorial, director Laurent "Riss" Sourisseau, one of the few survivors of the attack, wrote. "We will never lie down. We will never give up." ... The front-page reads ... More ... More ... ....
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Brexit: Boris Johnson signals no-deal increasingly likely and hits out at EU for refusing to compromise
The Independent 01 Sep 2020
Boris Johnson has admitted the UK is currently heading for a no deal Brexit, with progress now “very difficult” as the two sides refuse to compromise ... More follows…. ....
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20 new sexual assault counts filed against adult film actor
Independent Online 01 Sep 2020
Adult film star Ron Jeremy was charged Monday with 20 new counts of rape or sexual assault involving 12 women and a teenage girl, authorities said. The charges came two months after the 67-year-old Jeremy was charged with the rape of three women and the sexual assault of a fourth ... ....
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Johnny Depp wants $50mn trial deferred as it clashes with 'Fantastic Beasts 3' shoot
The Times of India 01 Sep 2020
Actor Johnny Depp has put in a request to delay the $50 million defamation trial because it overlaps with his shooting schedule ... Shooting of the David Yates-directed film was put on hold due to the Covid-19 pandemic ... Depp understood that Warner Bros ... ....
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Philippine President Duterte orders customs chief to shoot, kill drug smugglers
Indian Express 01 Sep 2020
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte publicly ordered the country’s top customs official to shoot and kill drug smugglers in one of his most overt threats during a deadly four-year campaign that has been the centerpiece of his presidency ... I’d like you to kill there … anyway, I’ll back you up and you won’t get jailed ... ....
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Police detain alleged IS commander in Turkey
Wtop 01 Sep 2020
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish police have detained an alleged top commander of the Islamic State group in Turkey, as well as 11 suspected collaborators, Turkish officials said Tuesday. Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu identified the suspect as Mahmut Ozden and described him as the “so-called emir” of the militant group in Turkey ... Source ....
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Hamas and Israel strike deal to end Gaza escalation
The Times of India 01 Sep 2020
GAZA CITY. Gaza's Islamist rulers Hamas said Monday they had reached a Qatari-mediated deal with Israel to end more than three weeks of cross-border attacks. In the latest escalation, Israel has bombed Gaza almost daily since August 6 in response to airborne incendiary devices and, less frequently, rockets launched across the border ... Download ... ....
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Sudan's Bashir appears at trial over 1989 coup
Yahoo Daily News 01 Sep 2020
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Ousted Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir appeared in court on Tuesday at the start of a trial over the military coup in which he took power in 1989 ... He is also wanted by the International Criminal Court on charges of alleged genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur ... ....
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Iranian leader says UAE ‘betrayal’ of Palestinians won’t last long, but ‘stigma’ will stay forever
Russia Today 01 Sep 2020
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has blasted the United Arab Emirates for normalizing relations with Israel, saying the stain of this action will forever be remembered ... I hope the UAE wakes up soon and compensates for what they’ve done.— Khamenei.ir 🏴 (@khamenei_ir) September 1, 2020 ... This stigma will remain on them ... ....
