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World Venezuela's Maduro Suggests Lawmakers To Discuss Same-sex Marriage After Pope's Comment
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has reportedly urged the country's National Assembly to discuss same-sex marriage after Pope Francis' vocal support. Several Latin American countries, including Brazil and Argentina, have laws or court decisions legalising gay marriage, it is not legal in Venezuela. Pope's clear message on same-sex civil...
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World Bomb Kills Syrian Cleric Key To Deals With Rebels
A roadside bombing on Thursday killed a senior Syrian cleric who played a key role in government deals with rebel fighters, according to Syrian state media and a government website. The explosion that killed Damascus Mufti Mohammed Adnan Afiouni took place in the town of Qudsaya, west of the capital of Damascus. It was not known who planted the roadside bomb and no group immediately claimed...
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World Epstein's Ex-girlfriend Maxwell Denies Witnessing 'inappropriate Underage' Activities
British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell denied witnessing "inappropriate underage activities" by his former boyfriend, Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender, according to transcripts of a 2016 deposition made public on October 22. Maxwell has been charged in Manhattan federal court for conspiring with the convicted paedophile to sexually abuse minors....
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World Trump: Biden Gave Typical Politician Debate Answer
President Donald Trump and Joe Biden sparred over whether either candidate had a conflict of interest when dealing with China and whether Biden would hold China accountable for the coronavirus pandemic. Trump spent a decade unsuccessfully pursuing projects in China, operating an office there during his first run for president and forging a partnership with a major government-controlled company,...
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World Trump, Biden Go After Each Other On Coronavirus
In their final debate, President Donald Trump and Democratic Joe Biden offered sharply different visions of how to handle the surging pandemic, with the incumbent declaring that the virus will go away and his challenger warning that the nation was heading toward "a dark winter." The night in Nashville opened with a clash over the president's handling of the coronavirus, which has...
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World Biden Says He Will Phase Out Oil Industry
Joe Biden said on the debate stage Thursday that he would eventually transition away from oil industry. At the end of a heated exchange on the green economy, Trump asked Biden if he would "get rid of the oil industry." During the exchange, Trump also claimed that wind turbines cause more pollution than the production of natural gas. "Show me a scientist who will say that," Biden...
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World US Presidential Debate: Donald Trump Says 'will Announce COVID-19 Vaccine Soon'
US President Donald Trump reiterated his claim of COVID-19 vaccine being "ready" during the final presidential debate with Democratic challenger Joe Biden at Boston University in Nashville on October 23. As expected, moderator Kristen Welker opened the debate with questions about COVID-19 response. While Trump repeated that he is "immune" to the...
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World Joe Biden Says He Would Push For USD 15 Minimum Wage
Former Vice President Joe Biden says he would push for a USD 15-per-hour minimum wage and rejects the idea that it would hurt small businesses. Biden said at Thursday's debate: There is no evidence that when you raise the minimum wage, businesses go out of business.President Donald Trump argued that the minimum wage should be left as an issue for the states to determine.He says, How are...
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World US Presidential Debate: From 'xenophobic' To 'total Disaster'; 5 Fierce Trump-Biden Jibes
The United States President Donald Trump and Democratic Party nominee Joe Biden on Thursday, October 22 locked horns against each other in the final presidential debate before the upcoming election. The debate, which took place in Nashville, Tennessee, saw both Trump and Biden exchange jabs at each other, sometimes getting personal and attacking each...
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World Oxford COVID-19 Vaccine Doing 'everything Expected'; Says Study Calling It 'good News'
The Oxford University COVID-19 vaccine, which is currently undergoing Phase III, clinical trial with Pharma Giant AstraZeneca is doing "everything expected", an independent analysis stated on October 22. The analysis, which was conducted by researchers from Bristol University, examined vaccine candidates ChAdOx1 and also AZD1222, to see "what it...
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