The screen went black just before 9 p.m. ET after PBS moderator Judy Woodruff asked Mayor Pete Buttigieg if the US should boycott the 2022 Beijing Olympics over China’s alleged mass detention of its Uyghur citizens. ### The feed from the PBS/Politico debate in Los Angeles remained cut for about nine minutes while candidates were …
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The statement is just the latest in a slew of threats coming from North Korea. Earlier this month, a top North Korean official said the country will send a “Christmas gift” to the US, but what that present contains will depend on the outcome of ongoing talks between Washington and Pyongyang. ### A US administration …
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“I have obviously returned from leave and I know that has caused some great anxiety in Australia and (my wife) Jenny and I acknowledge that,” Morrison said in a news conference on Sunday. “If you had your time over again and you had the benefit of hindsight then (you’d) have made different decisions.” ### Morrison …
The latest victim died at Middlemore Hospital in Auckland, New Zealand police said. Sixteen victims of the eruption have died in New Zealand and one person died after being transferred to Australia, officials said. ### White Island, also known as Whakaari, erupted December 9 while 47 people were visiting the volcano. The active volcano off …
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This year gave us a lot of highs and lows. From breakups, office romances, tinder dates, relationship red flags to sheer funny moments in bed, the millennial life was a rollercoaster ride. There has been a lot going on in the connections we make on a daily basis. We looked at all kinds of relationships …
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It was just another day for an 88-year-old who was travelling economy on an overnight Virgin Atlantic flight from New York to London, when a passenger walked up to her row and asked her if she wanted to fly in first class! She would have never thought that somebody would come up to her and …
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Climate change is a fatal threat to our future. The events this year have made it extremely clear that we can no longer ignore the reality of the times we live in. Devastating fires in the Amazon rainforest that raged on for days; scarcity of water in the metropolis of Chennai, a city of five …
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Ever since the Citizenship Amendment Bill became an Act, protests against the new law have rocked the country. Be it students protesting in Jamia or the common man in the states of Tripura and Assam, the situation has escalated with the police responding with force which has drawn a lot of flak from the public. …
AFP At least 23 have died so far as violent protests against the controversial citizenship law that excludes Muslim immigrants continues to sweep the country despite the government’s ban on public assembly and suspension of internet services in many parts. Read more Here’s more top news of the day: 1) We Will Oppose Citizenship Law Even …
Read more “23 Dead Across India In Anti-CAA Stir; NE Against CAA + More Top News”
After protests were met with violence in Yogi Adityanath-ruled Uttar Pradesh, leaving a horrendous sight behind, many hit by bullets are struggling for life in hospitals. Among those who were killed in violence during anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in the state, was an eight-year-old who had gone out to play with friends when a lathicharge …