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Turkey’s Erdogan Drops Threat to Expel Western Diplomats
Balkan Insight 26 Oct 2021
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stepped back from his decision to expel ten Western diplomats who urged the release of a jailed human rights activist after they promised not to interfere in Turkey's internal affairs. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul, December 2019 Photo. EPA-EFE/ERDEM SAHIN ... Recep Tayyip ErdoganTurkey. .
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Japan's Princess Mako marries commoner, loses royal status
The Times of India 26 Oct 2021
TOKYO . Japanese Princess Mako married a commoner and lost her royal status Tuesday in a union that has split public opinion after a three-year delay caused by a financial dispute involving her new mother-in-law ... No longer a royal, Mako has now taken the surname of her husband and become Mako Komuro - the first time she has had a family name ... .
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Sudan: 7 killed, 140 injured as military fires on anti-coup protesters
The Siasat Daily 26 Oct 2021
Khartoum. Thousands of people who joined the anti-coup protest were fired upon by the Sudanese military resulting in the death of at least seven people while injuring 140 people. Thousands took to the streets in protest in the capital, Khartoum, and its twin city of Omdurman after Sudan’s military seized power from a transitional government ... .
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Facebook yanks Bolsonaro video claiming vaccines cause AIDS
Federal News Radio 26 Oct 2021
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Facebook and Instagram have removed from their platforms a live broadcast that Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro delivered in which he said people in the U.K. who have received two coronavirus vaccine doses are developing AIDS faster than expected ... Insight by GitLab. During this webinar executives from the State Department, U.S ... .
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Sudan general: Prime minister is being held at a home
Moosejaw Today 26 Oct 2021
CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s top general says the deposed prime minister is being detained for own safety at the general’s own house, not in a prison. The military took power in a coup on Monday. Gen ... Burhan said Hamdok was in good health. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below ... Western governments and the U.N ... U.S ... U.S ... He said the U.S ... .
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N.Korea accuses UN special rapporteur of 'distorting reality'
Suryaa 26 Oct 2021
Seoul, Oct 26 (IANS) North Korea on Tuesday rebuked the UN special rapporteur on its human rights situation for "distorting our reality" and acting "at the urging of the US" as the country responded to his recent criticism of the regime ... ....
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US judge sets July deadline for Prince Andrew's testimony in accuser's lawsuit
RTE 26 Oct 2021
Britain's Prince Andrew must make himself available to answer questions under oath by 14 July next in a civil lawsuit by a woman who accuses him of sexually abusing her when she was a teenager ... Andrew has not been charged with any crimes, and has "categorically" denied Ms Giuffre's claims ... .
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Lee Jae-yong: Heir to Samsung business empire convicted of drug charges
The Independent 26 Oct 2021
Samsung’s embattled heir Lee Jae-yong has been convicted and fined for using the sedative propofol ... .
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Polish prime minister criticised for using war rhetoric in standoff with EU
Irish Independent 26 Oct 2021
The European Union’s executive has told Poland there is “no place for rhetoric referring to war” among EU partners, after the Polish prime minister said that Brussels withholding cash over rule-of-law issues would be like starting “the third world war” ... Mr Mamer added that “there is no place for rhetoric referring to war” ... .
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Israel envoy to brief US over ban on Palestinian groups
Wtop 26 Oct 2021
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel is sending an envoy to Washington amid a deepening rift with the Biden administration over six outlawed Palestinian rights groups, a Foreign Ministry official said Tuesday ... Israel’s move marked a major escalation of its decades-long crackdown on political activism in the occupied territories. The U.S ... Source .
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Signs of first planet found outside our galaxy
BBC News 25 Oct 2021
Astronomers have found hints of what could be the first planet ever to be discovered outside our galaxy ... These objects typically contain a neutron star or black hole pulling in gas from a closely orbiting companion star ... This binary contains a black hole or neutron star orbiting a companion star with a mass about 20 times that of the Sun ... .
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Shopping mall shooting in Idaho leaves 2 dead, 4 injured
Metro USA 26 Oct 2021
BOISE, Idaho (Reuters) – Two people were killed and four others, including a police officer, were injured on Monday in a shooting at a shopping center in Boise, Idaho, that ended with the lone suspect taken into custody, authorities said ... local time ... No information about the suspect was given, nor were any of the victims identified ... .
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Pakistan PM Khan dials China's Xi, vows to boost bilateral, economic tiesKhan was also appreciative ...
Deccan Herald 26 Oct 2021
Khan was appreciative of China’s successful containment of the Covid-19 pandemic as well as the relief measures to developing countries, including the vaccine cooperation with Pakistan, it said. Read more. Xi's not there? COP26 hopes dim on Chinese President's likely absence ... The ambitious CPEC was launched in 2015 when President Xi visited Pakistan.
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Bomb cyclone, tornadoes and possible nor’easter all likely to hit US over the next week
The Independent 25 Oct 2021photo: AP / John Raoux
Tesla CEO Elon Musk creates history, becomes Rs 2715000000000 richer in ONE day
DNA India 26 Oct 2021
Elon Musk, the world's wealthiest person and the CEO of big businesses such as SpaceX and Tesla, witnessed his net wealth rise by $36.2 billion (Rs 2.71 lakh crore) on Monday when Hertz Global Holdings placed an order for 100,000 Teslas. With electric cars, Tesla is speeding up the world's shift to renewable power ... and Nike Inc ... Also read ... .