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On Being Wrong: The Expertise Of Dr. Fauci Versus The Authoritarianism Of President Trump
WorldNews.com 10 Aug 2020
Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas Darling. It is hard to be an expert in an age of conspiracy theories and hoaxes, and where opinions matter more than the facts. It is more dangerous to be right when you are answerable to what critics would call an authoritarian leader ... Indeed, Dr. Doom-as the president and critics like to call Dr ... Dr ... Dr ... Dr ... Fauci....
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Russia reveals how world's first coronavirus vaccine will work
India TV 10 Aug 2020
Russia is all set to launch the world’s first coronavirus vaccine ... Russia’s Health Ministry has confirmed that the vaccine will be registered this week ... .......
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China imposes sanctions on Ted Cruz and Marcio Rubio as diplomatic spat escalates
The Independent 10 Aug 2020
China’s foreign ministry said it would apply sanctions against 11 US politicians and officials, including Senators Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, starting on Monday ... Download the new Independent Premium app ... More follows…. ....
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China sends fighter jets as US health chief visits Taiwan
Live Mint 10 Aug 2020
TAIPEI . Chinese air force jets briefly crossed the mid-line of the Taiwan Strait on Monday and were tracked by Taiwanese missiles, Taiwan's government said, as U.S. health chief Alex Azar visited the island to offer President Donald Trump's support. Azar arrived in Taiwan on Sunday, the highest-level U.S. official to visit in four decades ... ....
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Israeli warplanes launch fresh airstrike in Gaza
Press TV 10 Aug 2020
The Israeli military's warplanes have launched a fresh air raid against the positions of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas in the northern parts of the besieged Gaza Strip ... The Israeli military says the air raid which targeted a Hamas observation post was in response to the balloons, which it blames on the Palestinian resistance movement ... ....
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Prince Harry urges the world to defeat racism amid ‘crisis of hate’
The News International 10 Aug 2020
Prince Harry praised the youth for taking charge and leading the world through this much-needed change. Prince Harry has touched upon the heated topic of racism once more in a newly-released clip where he urged the public to fight for change ... Harry spoke to Rashad Robinson saying ... In the brief video, Robinson was heard saying ... Harry chimed in saying ... ....
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Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger welcome first child
Independent online (SA) 10 Aug 2020
Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger recently welcomed their first child together, according to her brother Patrick Schwarzenegger ... He told Entertainment Tonight over the weekend in California. "They're doing great - just got her a little gift." ... A source said at the time ... Chris is so excited." ... She said ... ....
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Why Bill Gates is unsure about Microsoft-TikTok’s likely deal
The Times of India 10 Aug 2020
For the past one week or so there has been a lot of talk about how Microsoft may buy some of TikTok’s operations. The US-based company has confirmed its interest in the deal but it looks like its co-founder Bill Gates is quite sceptical about how the deal will work out ... “I agree that the principle this is proceeding on is singly strange ... ....
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China & US War in 3 Months?
Armstrong Economics 10 Aug 2020
The former Labor Prime Minister of Australia Kevin Rudd has come out in a piece he wrote in Foreign Affairs – Beware the Guns of August—in Asia. Rudd is claiming that the US and China may go to war in three months ahead of the US elections. This is clearly the left trying to claim that Trump will start a war just to win the White House ... ....
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Greek national security council to meet amid Turkey tension
Wtop 10 Aug 2020
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s prime minister is to convene the government’s national security council after Turkey announced its research vessel would be conducting exploratory drilling in the eastern Mediterranean in an area between Cyprus and Greece ... 23 ... ‘You are halting the talks ... Source ....
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How the U.S. Failed at Its Foreign Policy Toward Venezuela
CounterPunch 10 Aug 2020
On August 4, 2020, the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a on Venezuela. Appearing before the committee was U.S. State Department Special Representative Elliott Abrams. Abrams, who has had a long—and controversial—career in the formation of U.S. foreign policy, was assaulted by almost all the members of the Senate committee ... “U.S ... Illegal ... ....
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Beirut explosion: protests rage on as ministers resign
The National 10 Aug 2020
Lebanese police fired tear gas to try to disperse rock-throwing protesters blocking a road near parliament in Beirut on Sunday in a second day of anti-government demonstrations triggered by last week's devastating explosion ... Protesters also broke into the housing and transport ministry offices ... Read More. Beirut blast – live updates....
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6 French Aid Workers and 2 Guides Killed by Gunmen at Giraffe Park in Niger
Time Magazine 10 Aug 2020
(NIAMEY, Niger) — Unidentified gunmen killed six French aid workers and two Nigerien guides who were visiting a wildlife park east of Niger’s capital early Sunday, authorities from both countries said. French President Emmanuel Macron expressed his condolences and support for the victims’ families in a statement ... ....
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Belarus opposition candidate rejects election result after night of protests
The Observer 10 Aug 2020
The main opposition candidate in Belarus’s election has rejected the official results that gave President Alexander Lukashenko a landslide victory and her team has vowed to stay in the country to campaign for a change of power ... Her aides said the opposition wanted a vote recount at polling stations where there were problems ... Play Video. 1.06 ... ....
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