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Massive cyberattack disrupts gas stations in Iran
Anadolu Agency 26 Oct 2021
A massive cyberattack has caused widespread disruption at gas stations across Iran, affecting fuel distribution facilities, authorities said on Tuesday. No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack, which has sent shock waves across the country amid fears of a fuel crisis ... Officials have mostly blamed arch-enemy Israel for the attacks ... .
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk creates history, becomes $36.2 billion 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. at $288.6 billion ... .
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UN chief laments 'leadership gap' ahead of climate talks
Moosejaw Today 26 Oct 2021
BERLIN (AP) — The head of the United Nations says a “leadership gap” is undermining the world's efforts to curb global warming, days before presidents and prime ministers from around the globe gather for a climate summit in Glasgow. U.N ... “The clock is ticking,” he said in New York. “The emissions gap is the result of a leadership gap ... ” ... 31-Nov ... ___ ... .
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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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Turkey’s Erdogan Drops Threat to Expel Western Diplomats
Balkan Insight 26 Oct 2021
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that after ten Western ambassadors, including those of the US, Germany and France, issued conciliatory statements, he was stepping back from his threat to kick them out of the country for demanding the immediate release of jailed Turkish human rights activist Osman Kavala.
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US judge sets July deadline for Prince Andrew's testimony in accuser's lawsuit
RTE 26 Oct 2021
US District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan set the deadline to complete depositions in a scheduling order agreed to by lawyers for Andrew and Virginia Giuffre, his accuser ... She also accused the 61-year-old prince of abusing her at Epstein's mansion in Manhattan, and on Epstein's private island in the US Virgin Islands ... .
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Chile is at the dawn of a new political era
Mail Guardian South Africa 26 Oct 2021
“It feels like we are at the end of an era,” Bárbara Sepúlveda tells me on 12 October 2021 ... The era to which Sepúlveda refers is that of General Augusto Pinochet, who led the US-backed coup in 1973 that overthrew the popularly elected government of President Salvador Allende ... This slogan seems to have come true with the ending of the Pinochet era.
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Blinken urges all U.N. member states to support Taiwan participation
Metro USA 26 Oct 2021photo: AP / Marwan Ali
Sudan army seized power to prevent civil war - coup leader
BBC News 26 Oct 2021
The US, the UK, EU, UN and African Union, of which Sudan is a member, have all demanded the release of all arrested political leaders which includes members of Mr Hamdok's cabinet ... Are you in Sudan? Tell us about your experience of recent events by emailing.
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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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‘Not a life’: Israel keeps many Palestinians without legal status
Al Jazeera 26 Oct 2021
“[They] wanted to deceive us all … they wanted to provoke your anger against us, but we must continue to work together in order for everyone to obtain their right to family unification.”.
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Do crypto holders need to fear the digital dollar?
Cryptoslate 26 Oct 2021
Through central banking, the U.S. government has already demonstrated it has access to infinity money printing ... This helps us understand why the digital dollar would even be needed in the first place ... Image credit ... This leaves us with the most important question, how would CBDCs affect cryptocurrencies? The Digital Dollar vs ... jk that’s the US dollar ... .
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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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South African court rules Zuma’s corruption case to continue
Wtop 26 Oct 2021
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Former South African President Jacob Zuma’s effort to get a prosecutor removed from his corruption case has been dismissed by the Pietermaritzburg High Court. Zuma filed a special application to have prosecutor Billy Downer taken off his case, accusing him of bias ... The trial will continue on April 11, 2022, said the judge ... Source .
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Facebook’s quarterly profits rise amid scandal
Indian Express 26 Oct 2021
“Good faith criticism helps us get better, but my view is that what we are seeing is a coordinated effort to selectively use leaked documents to paint a false picture of our company,” Zuckerberg said in an earnings call ... US outlets publish damaging reports ... Follow Us.