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Covid-19 soars to new heights in US
Nov 16, 2020 06:03According to data from Johns Hopkins, the number of coronavirus infections in the U.S. increased by more than 136,000 between Tuesday and Wednesday, November 11th and 10th while over 1,420 Americans died from Covid-19 during that time period, bringing the death toll to roughly 240,000. The U.S. is heading for a "dark winter," a "Covid hell," the "darkest days of the pandemic."
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As climate crisis rages, the world's public banks gathered at first-ever summit and chose to not rule out continued fossil fuels funding
Nov 16, 2020 05:56Climate and social justice campaigners on Thursday, November 12th labeled a global summit bringing together over 450 public development banks a missed opportunity of historic proportions after the gathering concluded with no commitment to stop funding fossil fuel projects.
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11 percent of US adults go hungry as Trump and McConnell fixate on challenging election results
Nov 16, 2020 05:51Federal data shows nearly 11 percent of American adults – including up to 14 percent of adults living with children — report their households do not have enough to eat. Hopes that Congress will pass another pandemic relief package before the end of the year are growing dim, as President Donald Trump fixates attention on trying to overturn the election that he, as the US media projected, lost.
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US formally notifies Congress of sale of F-35 jets to UAE
Nov 15, 2020 14:12The US administration has formally notified Congress of its intention to sell dozens of F-35 advanced fighter jets, Reaper drones, as well as other military hardware and munitions to the United Arab Emirates.
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Trump comes close to admitting defeat but stops short of formal concession
Nov 15, 2020 13:57Donald Trump has come closer than ever to admitting that he lost the US presidential election, suggesting “time will tell” but stopping short of a formal concession to Joe Biden.
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Guantanamo prisoners sent to UAE risk forced expulsion, secret detention
Nov 15, 2020 07:15On October 15, 2020, a group of UN Special Rapporteurs expressed concerns over the situation of the remaining 19 transferred Guantanamo prisoners who remain in the UAE, all of whom have been subject to indefinite and arbitrary detention at secret locations since their arrival there and now face the prospect of forced expulsion to their home countries.
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Trump law firm withdraws from Pennsylvania case challenging election
Nov 15, 2020 07:09A major law firm withdrew overnight from a Trump campaign case in Pennsylvania seeking to have mail-in ballots thrown out, in the latest blow to president Trump’s efforts to challenge the 2020 election result in court.
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Pervasive racial bias in US courts requires transformative social change
Nov 14, 2020 06:38A new report commissioned by New York State Courts found substantial racism throughout the state’s court system.
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EU puts tariffs on US but hopes for change with new American gov’t.
Nov 14, 2020 05:54The World Trade Organization had ruled that Boeing was given an unfair edge over Airbus by tax breaks from Washington State, where Boeing once had headquarters. But after the WTO decision, the state repealed the tax breaks, making the EU’s complaint obsolete in the view of US officials.
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Trump plans obituary readings at rallies to support claims of voter fraud
Nov 13, 2020 16:57US president Donald Trump is reportedly planning to hold campaign-style rallies in support of his push to dispute the outcome of November 3rd presidential race. Those rallies, per reporting from Axios, are set to include Trump reading off names from newspaper obituaries, alleging that those individuals had voted in the election even though they were dead.