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The US will soon dump many asylum seekers in Guatemala
Nov 11, 2019 12:31If forced by the United States to return to Guatemala, Central American asylum seekers will have little protection from misogynistic attacks. The Guatemalan government, in many cases, has been unable or unwilling to prosecute people accused of brutality against women.
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US sanctions on Iran killing innocent people
Nov 11, 2019 12:26The administration of Donald Trump in its blind policy of economic terrorism against Iran has sanctioned such basic needs as medicine and food.
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Unity Week Special (1)
Nov 11, 2019 12:20These days most Muslims all over the world are marking the Islamic Unity Week on the occasion of the blessed birth anniversary of the Messenger of Mercy, Prophet Mohammad (Blessings of God upon him and his progeny).
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IBM vs Google and the race to quantum supremacy
Nov 10, 2019 16:57Google’s quantum supremacy claim has now been disputed by its close competitor IBM. Not because Google’s Sycamore quantum computer’s calculations are wrong, but because Google had underestimated what IBM’s Summit, the most powerful supercomputer in the world, could do.
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Leftists make a comeback in Latin America
Nov 10, 2019 07:20The U.S. is concerned about the presence of its rivals, especially Russia and China, in Latin America and the cooperation of these two countries with leftist states in the region.
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Start of Islamic Unity Week
Nov 10, 2019 07:13Welcome to a special feature on the occasion of the start of Unity Week that bridges the two dates of Rabi al-Awwal which the Sunni and Shi’a Muslims respectively regard as the birth anniversary of the Messenger of Mercy, Prophet Mohammad (Blessings of God upon him and his progeny).
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Main revolutionary ideal: Establishment of new civilization in the second phase of the Revolution (6)
Nov 10, 2019 07:04The statement about the second phase of the Islamic Revolution is based on maintenance and continuation of the three principles of honor and dignity, prudence, and expediency in the Islamic Iran's international relations.
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Our vanishing world: Insects
Nov 09, 2019 16:46About 12,000 years ago, late stone-age humans precipitated the neolithic (agricultural) revolution that marked the start of the steady rise to civilization. Coincidentally, this occurred at the same time as the beginning of what is now known as the Holocene Epoch, the geological epoch in which humans still live.
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Dismay as US formally starts pullout from Paris climate accord
Nov 09, 2019 16:43US President Donald Trump, who took office in 2017, has pledged to turn back environmental regulations as states such as California and New York try to take stronger action on their own. Trump has sought to block California from setting tighter standards on car emissions and moved to let states set their own standards on existing coal-fired power plants.
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House of Commons or house of corruption
Nov 09, 2019 16:38Most people will remember the parliamentary expenses scandal of 2009 in which hundreds of British MPs were proven to be improperly claiming expenses. Once the investigation into the full scope of the scandal was completed, it was revealed that more than half the House – 389 MPs in total – had improperly claimed expenses.