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More than 32,000 bitcoin or about $335M has been withdrawn from BitMEX after the US government charges its owners
The Block 02 Oct 2020
More than 32,000 bitcoin, currently worth about $335 million, has been withdrawn from BitMEX in less than 24 hours after the U.S. government filed charges against the crypto derivatives exchange's owners. The withdrawal figure was revealed by Philip Gradwell, chief economist at blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis, on Friday at around 430 AM EST....
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The Trump-Biden Debate And Reassessing Why Clinton Lost In 2016
WorldNews.com 02 Oct 2020
Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas Darling. Many observers dismissed the role of race in 2016 by arguing that President Barack Obama’s voters could not have had unfavorable views of racial minorities. But this past Tuesday evening at the presidential debate, it was clear what role race will play in 2020 ... The same was true for immigration....
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Coronavirus: what happens if Trump becomes incapacitated
South China Morning Post 02 Oct 2020
Like two US presidents before him, Donald Trump could temporarily hand over power to his vice-president should he become incapacitated, for example while undergoing a medical procedure as treatment for the coronavirus ... Vice-President Mike Pence would become acting president, although Trump would remain in office ... Vice-President George H.W ... ....
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Fighting intensifies in Nagorno-Karabakh as Armenia and Azerbaijan ignore calls for ceasefire
Yahoo Daily News 02 Oct 2020
Armenia and Azerbaijan rejected calls for a ceasefire and accused each other of targeting civilians in Nagorno-Karabakh on Thursday, as Russia and France repeated calls for peace talks amid the worst fighting in the breakaway region since the 1990s ... ... Russia and France co-chair the Minsk group with the United States ... . ....
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US intelligence agencies 'not ready' to compete with China on global stage: Adam Schiff
Yahoo Daily News 02 Oct 2020
Washington [US], October 2 (ANI). The United States' intelligence agencies are not ready to compete on the global stage for decades to come with China, which is expanding its economic, military and diplomatic might, according to US House Intelligence Committee ... "What we found was unsettling ... (ANI). ....
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Trump says he and wife test positive for COVID-19
People Daily 02 Oct 2020
US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump tested positive for COVID-19, he said in a tweet early on Friday. "We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately," he said as they awaited the test results after a top aide he spent substantial time with this week tested positive for COVID-19 ... Trump tweeted late Thursday ... ....
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Military Bases on the Moon: U.S. Plans to Weaponize the Earth’s Satellite
CounterPunch 02 Oct 2020
In July, Dmitry Rogozin, Director General of Roscosmos, cited the U.S. “retreat from principles of cooperation and mutual support” to justify Russia’s refusal to join the latest U.S. space initiative. to build lunar bases. Rogozin was likely referring to the U.S ... Russia responded by declaring that Venus is a “Russian planet.” The U.S ... plans for ... will ... ....
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Trump debate comment pushing Black Americans, others to vote
Yahoo Daily News 02 Oct 2020
DETROIT (AP) — When President Donald Trump refused to outright condemn white nationalists in this week's presidential debate and urged his supporters to monitor polling sites, Portia Roberson was reminded of earlier eras when Black Americans were intimidated at the polls to deter them from voting ... But they were also a call to action ... Hope ... Dr ... ___ ... ....
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Joe Biden Hopes for President Trump’s ‘Swift Recovery’ Following COVID Diagnosis
The Wrap 02 Oct 2020
Joe Biden wished President Donald Trump and Melania Trump a “swift recovery” following the news that the two had tested positive for COVID-19. “Jill and I send our thoughts to President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump for a swift recovery,” Biden tweeted Friday morning ... We will get through this TOGETHER!”. Also Read....
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The EU-US dialogue on China is 'dead on arrival'
China Daily 02 Oct 2020
European Union (EU) foreign policy chief Josep Borrell proposed the EU-US dialogue on China in June to check the Asian nation's rise and growing influence in Eastern Europe ... Borrell again complained that China was employing "mask diplomacy" when the Asian power sent medical equipment to some of the countries to deal with the coronavirus pandemic ... ....
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India's Hindu Nationalists Flood Twitter, Hailing Assassin of Iconic Leader Mahatma Gandhi
Sputnik 02 Oct 2020
India observes the birthday of the iconic leader of the national freedom movement Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, fondly known as Mahatma Gandhi, on 2 October ... #NathuramGodseZindabad, or hail Nathuram Godse has been trending on Twitter ... ....
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Emmanuel Macron sets up a fight with radical Islamists and states that fund extremists
The National 02 Oct 2020
Emmanuel Macron, the French president, has announced plans to push through a new law to fight the threat from radical Islamist ideology and other extremist activity in the biggest reform to the country's civil code in 115 years ... The measure was billed as a full scale overhaul of the landmark 1905 law on the separation of religion and state ... ....
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Japan ready to join as permanent UN Security Council member
Malaysia Today 02 Oct 2020
(Nikkei) – Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi on Tuesday underlined Japan’s willingness to contribute to global governance as a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council as he made a case for reform of the world body’s 15-nation decision-making organ ... U.N ... ....
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Here’s why it is important to understand your eyes as you grow older
Indian Express 02 Oct 2020
As we grow old, our eyes tend to become weak, too. And just like most other parts of the body, the eyes are mostly taken for granted and ignored. It is only when we feel some discomfort or see a problem, do we take cognizance — but, sometimes, it may be too late ... Understanding presbyopia ... ALSO READ ... Understanding cataract ... Understanding dry eyes ... ....
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Study reveals writing by hand makes kids smarter
The Times of India 02 Oct 2020
Results from several studies have shown that both children and adults learn more and remember better when writing by hand. Now another study confirms the same. choosing to handwrite over keyboard use yields the best learning and memory ... Van der Meer and her colleagues have investigated this several times, first in 2017 and now in 2020 ... ....
