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We Can Learn A Lot From How Singapore Tackled COVID-19 And Corruption
WorldNews.com 01 Apr 2020
Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas Darling. The word corruption has a long tradition of playing an important role in most countries’ political transformations. For the United States, charges of corruption were an essential force in creating the Constitution and a part of every debate about governmental structure ... Nixon’s Watergate ... The Fix ... 111. ....
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Barack Obama urges climate action in veiled attack on Trump for failing over coronavirus
The Independent 01 Apr 2020
Former president Barack Obama has publicly dismissed his successor's actions on the coronavirus pandemic, comparing the crisis to Donald Trump’s climate denialism as the Republican rolled back Obama-era fuel standards ... Download the new Independent Premium app. Sharing the full story, not just the headlines Download now. Mr Obama said on Twitter ... ... ....
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The world's largest coronavirus lockdown is having a dramatic impact on pollution in India
CNN 01 Apr 2020
(CNN)When India imposed a nationwide lockdown a week ago, it was designed to stop the imminent spread of the novel coronavirus. But grinding this country of 1.3 billion people to a near halt has also provided a temporary remedy to another pressing health issue. suffocating pollution levels ... Read More ... Lowest traffic pollution ... Pollution protest ... ....
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What the Polls Say About a Donald Trump vs Joe Biden Presidential Matchup
Newsweek 31 Mar 2020
Nearly all recent polls show Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden beating incumbent President Donald Trump in a hypothetical general election matchup, with several surveys even showing the former vice president in the lead by double digits ... Currently, national polling suggests that Biden is the frontrunner in the general election as well ... ....
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Will the coronavirus kill the oil industry and help save the climate?
Yahoo Daily News 01 Apr 2020
The plunging demand for oil wrought by the coronavirus pandemic combined with a savage price war has left the fossil fuel industry broken and in survival mode, according to analysts. It faces the gravest challenge in its 100-year history, they say, one that will permanently alter the industry ... But some take an opposing view ... View photos ... Photograph ... ....
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At Least Eight Afghan Civilians Killed By Roadside Bomb In Helmand
Radio Free Europe 01 Apr 2020
At least eight civilians, mostly children, were killed when their vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan’s southern province of Helmand ... Two other civilians were wounded in the attack. Zwak said the casualty figures could rise ... Provincial councilor Abdul Majid Akhundzada also confirmed the death toll ... .......
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Australian navy intercepts 3,000kg of narcotics in the Gulf of Aden
Middle East Monitor 01 Apr 2020
The Royal Australian Navy HMAS Toowoomba has intercepted more than 3,000 kilograms of illegal narcotics including hashish and heroin in the Gulf of Aden, Minister of Defence Linda Reynolds has said ... .......
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US again accused of killing civilians in Somalia airstrikes
The Oklahoman 01 Apr 2020
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The U.S. military is facing more allegations of killing civilians with airstrikes in Somalia, and now says it will address the issue more fully in upcoming public reports. Amnesty International said in a new report Wednesday that the U.S ... One airstrike on Feb ... Her sisters, aged 12 and 7, and their grandmother were wounded ... The U.S ... ....
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Haftar militias suffer heavy losses in battle for Tripoli
Middle East Monitor 01 Apr 2020
Militias loyal to General Khalifa Hafter in Libya have suffered heavy losses in the ongoing battle for the capital, Tripoli. At least 53 fighters were killed last Friday in Al-Washka to the west of Sirte, including senior officers ... The GNA used drones supplied by Turkey to bomb the militias while ground troops advanced ... Libya ... .......
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Taliban team arrives in Kabul to monitor prisoner release
Dawn 01 Apr 2020
KABUL. A three-member Taliban technical team arrived on Tuesday in the Afghan capital to monitor the release of their prisoners as part of a peace deal signed by the Taliban and the US, a spokesman for the insurgent group said. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid confirmed the team’s arrival in a tweet ... “We have seen a team identified ... ....
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A magnitude 6.5 earthquake strikes Idaho
CNN 01 Apr 2020
(CNN)A preliminary magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck northeast of Boise, Idaho, on Tuesday night, according to the United States Geological Survey. There were no immediate reports of injuries, but residents on social media in several cities reported feeling the shaking ... ....
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“It Shattered My Life”: Former Joe Biden Staffer Tara Reade Says He Sexually Assaulted Her in 1993
Democracy Now 31 Mar 2020
In an exclusive Democracy Now! TV/radio broadcast, we speak with Tara Reade, the former staffer in Joe Biden’s Senate office who has come forward with allegations that Biden sexually assaulted her in 1993 ... This is viewer supported news. Please do your part today. Donate. Related Story. StoryMar 16, 2020“Something Is Wrong in America” ... ....
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US Planning To Impose Ban On Travel From Brazil, Says Donald Trump
NDTV 01 Apr 2020
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he is strongly considering a ban on travel from Brazil, where his close ally Jair Bolsonaro dismisses the danger of the coronavirus ... ....
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Coronavirus transforms New York as US deaths top 4,000
RTE 01 Apr 2020
Emergency field hospitals were set up in New York's Central Park and at the home of the US Open tennis tournament as the number of American deaths from the coronavirus pandemic surged past 4,000 - higher than the toll in China ... Hospital worker in New York takes a break from dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic ... Read.. More coronavirus stories ... ....
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