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Controversial Sri Lankan monk heads legal reforms panel
Straits Times 27 Oct 2021
COLOMBO (AFP) - A Sri Lankan Buddhist monk long accused of fanning sectarian hatred will head a new task force on legal reforms in the ethnically and religiously fractured nation, according to a government announcement ... There are no women on the committee ... Many of the countries special family laws are heavily patriarchal and disadvantage women ... � ....
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NATO’s Afghan mission hit by ‘mission creep,’ official says
Wtop 27 Oct 2021
BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO’s security operation in Afghanistan became a victim of “mission creep” as the military organization allowed itself to be dragged into helping rebuild the impoverished, conflict-torn country, the official leading a process of drawing lessons from the mission said on Wednesday ... “The insurgency was still gaining strength ... 1.
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Senate Democrats unveil plan to hit 700 billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos with ...
Business Insider 27 Oct 2021
Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon speaks to reporters at the US Capitol. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon unveiled a plan to hit 700 American billionaires with new taxes. Billionaires like Musk and Zuckerberg would pay tens of billions in taxes if it's implemented ... The plan was authored by Sen ... "I'm anxious to look at it," Sen ... ....
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US appeals UK judge’s refusal to permit Assange extradition
Al Jazeera 27 Oct 2021
The United States has appealed against a British judge’s decision to block the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to face espionage charges because of concerns over his mental health ... “We maintain that the district judge was wrong to come to the conclusion she did,” said James Lewis, a lawyer for the US government ... “He is very thin ... .
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Alec Baldwin film tragedy: Actor fired live round, police say
BBC News 27 Oct 2021
Alec Baldwin was handed a gun with a live round in it on a film set in New Mexico, the local sheriff has said. The actor accidentally shot dead cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounded the film's director Joel Souza on Thursday ... .
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Daesh Capable of Attacking US in 6 Months: Pentagon
Tolo News 27 Oct 2021
The U.S. intelligence community has assessed that Islamic State in Afghanistan could have the capability to attack the United States in as little as six months, and has the intention to do so, a senior Pentagon official told Congress on Tuesday ... pullout thwarted by suicide bombings and other attacks claimed by Islamic State ... withdrawal in August ... .
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Nicaragua’s Daniel Ortega has become what he once fought against
The Independent 27 Oct 2021
Being cast as a political hero is fraught with dangers ... Somoza was hunted down and killed in Paraguay. The assassination was codenamed “Operation Reptile”. .
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Pope OKs Canada trip to help healing with Indigenous peoples
Moosejaw Today 27 Oct 2021
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican says Pope Francis has agreed to visit Canada to help ongoing efforts at reconciliation with Indigenous peoples following shocking revelations of the Catholic church’s role in the abuse and deaths of thousands of native children ... 17-20 visit ... .
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Erdogan says he’ll discuss F-35 dispute with Biden in Glasgow
Stars and Stripes 27 Oct 2021
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he will meet Joe Biden in Glasgow during the global climate summit, where discussions will focus on how the U.S. can reimburse $1.4 billion Turkey paid to procure F-35 fighter jets ... 31. “We will need to discuss with them how they will repay us.”. The U.S ... The U.S ... on Sept ... 25 ... allies Greece, Israel and Cyprus.
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World urgently needs a solar revolution
Gulf News 27 Oct 2021
As the world prepares for the UN Climate Summit in Glasgow, the stakes have never been higher. The IPCC report, which confirms that the planet is imminently on course for global warming in the next two decades, has demonstrated that the world needs an urgent and comprehensive shift in energy thinking ... A clear pathway. This pathway is clear ... .
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Belgium warns Poland “not to play with fire” over EU dispute
The Associated Press 27 Oct 2021
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union founding member Belgium warned Poland on Wednesday not to treat the EU like “a cash machine” to boost its economic fortunes while disregarding its democratic and rule of law principles at will ... The comments follow years of disputes over changes Poland’s government has made to the country’s courts ... ADVERTISEMENT ... .
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Wayne Couzens appeals against whole-life sentence for Sarah Everard murder
ITV 27 Oct 2021
The police officer who murdered Sarah Everard has lodged an appeal to reduce the length of his jail sentence. Wayne Couzens was handed a whole-life tariff in September after kidnapping, raping and murdering the 33-year-old ... A Court of Appeal official said on Wednesday ... Sarah Everard ... The judge said ... .
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Watchdog: 30 recent cases of violence to Afghan journalists
The Independent 27 Oct 2021photo: Creative Commons / Francisco Anzola https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tianjin_Skyline_(6228618578).jpg
White paper reveals China's principles on tackling climate change
Straits Times 27 Oct 2021
BEIJING (XINHUA) - China has formulated new principles on tackling climate change and is contributing its solutions to global climate governance, according to a white paper released Wednesday (Oct 27) by the State Council Information Office ... China's Policies and Actions ... More on this topic. � ....
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UN, US sanction Libyan official over human trafficking
Arab News 27 Oct 2021
CAIRO. The United Nations Security Council and the United States have imposed sanctions on a Libyan official over the alleged abuse and torture of migrants in a detention center. The Security Council and the US said in separate statements late Tuesday that Osama Al-Kuni is the de facto head of a detention center in the North African nation’s west.