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Iran warns against ‘dangerous’ US defiance of intl. law as it eyes illegal ban on Tehran
Press TV 18 Sep 2020
Iran has warned against Washington’s “precarious” defiance of international law as the US has signaled that it seeks to illegally extend an expiring arms embargo on Iran ... UN Security Council rejects US resolution to extend Iran arms embargo ... Azadi also slammed US accusations of terrorism, accusing Washington of backing government terrorism itself ... ....
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Guess Where Trump’s Getting Herd-Immunity? From Rush Limbaugh's Racially Charged Diatribes
WorldNews.com 18 Sep 2020
Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas Darling ... “Sure, over a period of time. Sure, with time it goes away ... In the early stages of the virus, he said, “I have to get something off my chest here. I, El Rushbo, have been asking why California has not had more coronavirus cases and more coronavirus deaths. There are 40 million people ... I’m a layman ... A herd....
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Turkey and Iran are engaging in new operations in Africa - reports
The Jerusalem Post 18 Sep 2020
Call it a new 'Great Game' or war for hearts and minds, or just influence peddling, but Iran and Turkey are now engaged in greater efforts to expand their role in Africa. This comes as Russia and China are also extending networks on the continent ... ... ... That means they have direct connections to the security framework in Riyadh and Cairo ... ....
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FBI director Wray says Russia is actively interfering in 2020 election to 'denigrate' Biden
CNN 18 Sep 2020
Washington (CNN)FBI Director Christopher Wray said Thursday that Russia has been "very active" in its efforts to influence US elections, with the primary goal being to "denigrate" Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden ... Trump's intelligence chief reverses decision to halt in-person election briefings for congressional committees ... Read More ... ....
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'I Was Drunk and Stupid': Danish Foreign Minister Apologises for Sex With 15-Year-Old Girl
Sputnik 18 Sep 2020
Jeppe Kofod called having sex with a 15-year-girl from his party's youth wing “the biggest mistake of his life” and admitted it would haunt his career. Still, the case had no legal repercussions and didn't stop him from making a spectacular political comeback ... “I was drunk, and I was stupid,” Kofod admitted to TV2 ... I wish I could change that ... ....
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Taipei Scrambles Fighters to Monitor Chinese Jets That 'Crossed Mid Line of Taiwan Strait'
Sputnik 18 Sep 2020
Earlier this day, Beijing stated that it is conducting military exercises near the Taiwan Strait, citing the need to safeguard its sovereignty and territorial integrity ... ....
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Tesla driver falls asleep behind wheel of car going 93mph on autopilot
The Independent 18 Sep 2020
A Canadian man has been charged with dangerous driving after being caught asleep at the wheel of a Tesla car on autopilot that was going at 150kmh (93mph). Police in Alberta were called following reports of 2019 Tesla Model S speeding on a highway near the town of Ponoka. ... Alberta Police said ... Read more ... Read more ... ....
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Modi govt boosts defences on China frontier with new tunnels, roads, airstrips
Live Mint 18 Sep 2020
A tunnel nearing completion in the Indian Himalayas will slash by hours the time it takes troops to reach the Chinese border, part of an infrastructure blitz by New Delhi that is gathering pace since a bloody border clash ... "This tunnel and the other infrastructure plans change a lot for the troops," he told AFP. - Engineering feat - ... - Tanks - ... ....
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US accuses Hezbollah of stockpiling weapons and ammonium nitrate across Europe
Yahoo Daily News 18 Sep 2020
The US has accused Hezbollah of storing caches of weapons and ammonium nitrate for use in explosives across Europe in recent years, with the alleged aim of preparing for future attacks ordered by Iran ... Hezbollah is reported to have significant influence in the running of the port ... “We have reason to believe that this activity is still under way ... ....
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Clues to scale of Xinjiang labour operation emerge as China defends camps
The Guardian 18 Sep 2020
The Chinese Communist party government has defended its system of internment camps for Uighur and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang, in a white paper that also revealed some details of the breadth of its labour program ... Experts say the practices amount to cultural genocide.....
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Assange ‘offered win-win deal by Trump over Democrats’ emails source’
Belfast Telegraph 18 Sep 2020
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was offered a “win-win” deal by Donald Trump to avoid extradition by revealing the source of the hacking of Democratic party emails, a court has heard ... “He and Mr Johnson also explained that any information from Mr Assange about the source of the DNC leaks would be of interest, value and assistance to Mr Trump.” ... ....
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Donald Trump: President denies new assault allegation
BBC News 18 Sep 2020
US President Donald Trump has denied allegations that he sexually assaulted a former model in New York in 1997 ... Mr Trump's lawyers have denied the claims, branding it an "attempt to attack" him before the election....
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Polish ruling party forming minority govt, rejects partners
The Journal 18 Sep 2020
An official with Poland's conservative governing party said Friday that the the country's right-wing coalition government has collapsed. Marek Suski said the Law and Justice party will continue to run Poland as a minority government, without the junior partners that were part of the coalition dubbed the United Right ... ....
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2 Turkish soldiers killed in North Iraq
Middle East Monitor 18 Sep 2020
Two Turkish soldiers were killed in an attack by PKK terrorists in a cross-border anti-terror operation area in northern Iraq, according to the Turkish National Defense Ministry, Anadolu reports ... .......
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'Forrest Gump' author Winston Groom dies
Deutsche Welle 18 Sep 2020
Vietnam-war era journalist Groom wrote 16 books. His "Forrest Gump" bestseller and then the film, starring Tom Hanks, became iconic exposes of the American psyche. . Winston Groom has died at the age of 77 in his Alabama home in Fairhope, the town's mayor Karin Wilson posted on social media Friday ... "It's more subtle and more complicated." ... ....
