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As The 2020 Election Ends, The Errors From 2016 - WikiLeaks, Afghanistan, Assange, And Hillary - Went Unlearned
WorldNews.com 04 Dec 2020
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. On June 19, 2012, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange walked into the Ecuadorian Embassy in London and claimed political asylum ... The grim picture revealed how U.S. and coalition forces had killed thousands of civilians in unreported incidences while using torture techniques against certain prisoners of war....
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China achieves quantum supremacy in major computing breakthrough
The Independent 04 Dec 2020
China has achieved a major breakthrough in quantum computing, performing a calculation that would take a modern-day supercomputer billions of years to complete. The milestone, known as quantum supremacy, comes just over a year after Google became the first in the world to achieve the same feat. ... Read more. ‘Quantum apocalypse’ ... SIGN UP ... SIGN UP ... ....
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UN says fighting hampers aid delivery to Ethiopia's Tigray region
The National 04 Dec 2020
The United Nations said on Friday that fighting continued "in many parts" of Ethiopia's Tigray, complicating efforts to deliver humanitarian aid despite a deal granting the UN access to territory under federal control ... But the TPLF has vowed to fight on. "We have reports of fighting still going on in many parts of Tigray ... Read More ... ....
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Chinese Spacecraft Lifts Off From Moon Carrying Lunar Rocks
Time 04 Dec 2020
(BEIJING) — A Chinese spacecraft lifted off from the moon Thursday night with a load of lunar rocks, the first stage of its return to Earth, the government space agency reported ... The Chang’e 5 touched down Tuesday on the Sea of Storms on the moon’s near side. Its mission ... Earlier, the U.S ... < ....
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UN rights chief laments worsening situation in Belarus
San Francisco Chronicle 04 Dec 2020
GENEVA (AP) — The United Nations' human rights chief lamented a deteriorating situation in Belarus and said Friday that reported beatings of protesters by security forces may in some cases amount to torture. Michelle Bachelet, the high commissioner for human rights, told the U.N ... 9 election that the opposition said was riddled with fraud ... ....
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US needs a hi-tech revolution to combat China, says General Mark Milley
South China Morning Post 04 Dec 2020photo: AP / Evan Vucci
Fauci apologises after implied criticism of UK's 'rushed' Covid vaccine approval
Irish Independent 04 Dec 2020
America’s top infectious disease expert has apologized for suggesting U.K. authorities rushed their authorization of a COVID-19 vaccine, saying he has "great faith" in the country’s regulators. Dr ... regulators hadn’t acted "as carefully" as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Fauci said late Thursday that he meant to say U.S....
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Belarus raises alarm about US, NATO military build-up in region
Press TV 03 Dec 2020
Belarus’ President Alexander Lukashenko says military build-ups by the United States and NATO near the western borders of his country, Russia, and a number of other states in the region is cause for “serious concern.”. “Once again, the world is on the brink of an unbridled arms race ... Russia slams West for ‘interfering’ in Belarus internal affairs ... ....
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Biden calls on Trump to attend inauguration: ‘It is important in only one sense’
The Independent 04 Dec 2020
President-elect Joe Biden is hopeful Donald Trump will attend his inauguration next month in order to demonstrate a peaceful transfer of power, while adding that his predecessor’s presence would be of “no personal consequence” for him ... Mr Biden said the outgoing president’s presence would be “important in only one sense” ... ... SIGN UP ... SIGN UP ... ....
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How 800 Families Descended From Slaves Could Be Pushed Out by a Bolsonaro-U.S. Base Deal in Brazil
CounterPunch 04 Dec 2020
Antonio Marcos Diniz was only 13 years old when his family was forced to leave their home near Brazil’s Atlantic coast in 1983. Along with 311 other families, they had to move 60 kilometers west to Agrovila Peru so that the government could build the Alcântara Launch Center (CLA), in Maranhão, in northeastern Brazil ... Expansion Impacts ... government ... ....
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US Plans to Take on China in Bitcoin Mining
Finance Magnates 04 Dec 2020
Software developer and services provider for crypto mining, Titan announced that it has partnered with CoinMint and Core Scientific to establish the first-ever enterprise-grade bitcoin mining pool in North America. The recent launch indicates the efforts of American crypto companies to challenge the dominance of China in bitcoin mining ... .......
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U.S. in talks with Huawei CFO Meng on resolving criminal charges -source
Canada Dot Com 04 Dec 2020
U.S ... Negotiations between Meng’s attorneys and the U.S. Justice Department picked up after the U.S ... Try refreshing your browser, or ... U.S ... ....
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Nice sack Vieira after poor run of results
BE Soccer 04 Dec 2020
After a poor run of form in Ligue 1 and Europa League elimination, Nice have sacked manager Patrick Vieira ... They sit 11th in Ligue 1 ... .......
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Judge refuses to dismiss media charges in Pell trial
Wtop 04 Dec 2020
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A Supreme Court judge in Australia’s Victoria state on Friday dismissed submissions from news media organizations and journalists that there is no case to answer on charges they breached a gag order on reporting about Cardinal George Pell’s sex abuse convictions in 2018 ... staff and publications ... 28 ... The U.S ... Source ....
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