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Alec Baldwin film tragedy: Actor fired live round, police say
BBC News 27 Oct 2021
Alec Baldwin was handed a gun with a live round in it on a film set in New Mexico, the local sheriff has said. The actor accidentally shot dead cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounded the film's director Joel Souza on Thursday ... .
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NATO’s Afghan mission hit by ‘mission creep,’ official says
Wtop 27 Oct 2021
BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO’s security operation in Afghanistan became a victim of “mission creep” as the military organization allowed itself to be dragged into helping rebuild the impoverished, conflict-torn country, the official leading a process of drawing lessons from the mission said on Wednesday ... “The insurgency was still gaining strength ... 1.
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Controversial Sri Lankan monk heads legal reforms panel
Straits Times 27 Oct 2021
COLOMBO (AFP) - A Sri Lankan Buddhist monk long accused of fanning sectarian hatred will head a new task force on legal reforms in the ethnically and religiously fractured nation, according to a government announcement ... There are no women on the committee ... Many of the countries special family laws are heavily patriarchal and disadvantage women ... � ....
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US appeals UK judge’s refusal to permit Assange extradition
Al Jazeera 27 Oct 2021
“We maintain that the district judge was wrong to come to the conclusion she did,” said James Lewis, a lawyer for the US government. US officials accuse Assange of 18 offences – 17 counts of espionage and one of computer misuse – relating to WikiLeaks’ release of confidential US military records and diplomatic cables about 10 years ago ... Legal battle.
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Senate Democrats unveil plan to hit 700 billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos with ...
Business Insider 27 Oct 2021
Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon speaks to reporters at the US Capitol. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon unveiled a plan to hit 700 American billionaires with new taxes ... The plan was authored by Sen ... While Democrats are broadly supportive of taxing the wealthy, some were cautious about fully backing the Wyden proposal ... ....
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Victims of human trafficking being ‘punished and stigmatized’
United Nations 27 Oct 2021
Human Rights. Victims of trafficking by terrorist groups are too often being punished instead of protected, a human rights expert warned the General Assembly this Wednesday ... .
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‘John Doe’ Who Accused Former Blackhawks Video Coach Brad Aldrich Of Sexual Abuse Identifies Himself ...
CBS Sports 27 Oct 2021
CHICAGO (CBS) — The “John Doe” who accused former Blackhawks video coach Brad Aldrich of sexual abuse back in 2010 identified himself Wednesday as former Blackhawks minor league player Kyle Beach. Beach spoke with Rick Westhead on Canada’s TSN SportsCentre.READ MORE. Investigators Raid Three Locations Of Parlor Pizza Restaurant ... .
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Pope OKs Canada trip to help healing with Indigenous peoples
Moosejaw Today 27 Oct 2021
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican says Pope Francis has agreed to visit Canada to help ongoing efforts at reconciliation with Indigenous peoples following shocking revelations of the Catholic church’s role in the abuse and deaths of thousands of native children ... 17-20 visit ... .
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Nicaragua’s Daniel Ortega has become what he once fought against
The Independent 27 Oct 2021
Being cast as a political hero is fraught with dangers ... Somoza was hunted down and killed in Paraguay. The assassination was codenamed “Operation Reptile”. .
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Build wall to halt migrants, German state chief tells EU
The Times/The Sunday Times 28 Oct 2021photo: Public Domain
'Animalism': Blackhawks scandal raises culture questions
The Call 27 Oct 2021
Three weeks that — more than a decade later — rocked a once-proud franchise and raised more questions about the culture of sports ... Asked Wednesday about the law firm's report, Aldrich responded ... “There has to be some context, no different than being concerned about concussions in football games.
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Erdogan says he’ll discuss F-35 dispute with Biden in Glasgow
Stars and Stripes 27 Oct 2021
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he will meet Joe Biden in Glasgow during the global climate summit, where discussions will focus on how the U.S. can reimburse $1.4 billion Turkey paid to procure F-35 fighter jets ... 31. “We will need to discuss with them how they will repay us.”. The U.S ... The U.S ... on Sept ... 25 ... allies Greece, Israel and Cyprus.
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Cryptocurrency: Investing or gambling
Manila Bulletin 28 Oct 2021
Another hypothesisis about the rising income inequality over the past few decades.Resources have shifted from poorer households to richer ones ... Cryptocurrency started at around 2009 through bitcoin ... (digitized NFTs) ... To quote Buttonwood, “many investors hold fierce philosophical beliefs about bitcoin – that is either salvation or damnation.”.
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Kyle Beach comes out as Blackhawks’ sexual assault victim: ‘The healing process is just beginning’
Chicago Sun-Times 28 Oct 2021photo: US DoD / EJ Hersom
Daesh Capable of Attacking US in 6 Months: Pentagon
Tolo News 27 Oct 2021
The U.S. intelligence community has assessed that Islamic State in Afghanistan could have the capability to attack the United States in as little as six months, and has the intention to do so, a senior Pentagon official told Congress on Tuesday ... pullout thwarted by suicide bombings and other attacks claimed by Islamic State ... withdrawal in August ... .