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Massive cyberattack disrupts gas stations in Iran
Anadolu Agency 26 Oct 2021
A massive cyberattack has caused widespread disruption at gas stations across Iran, affecting fuel distribution facilities, authorities said on Tuesday. No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack, which has sent shock waves across the country amid fears of a fuel crisis ... Officials have mostly blamed arch-enemy Israel for the attacks ... .
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk creates history, becomes $36.2 billion richer in ONE day
DNA India 26 Oct 2021
Elon Musk, the world's wealthiest person and the CEO of big businesses such as SpaceX and Tesla, witnessed his net wealth rise by $36.2 billion (Rs 2.71 lakh crore) on Monday when Hertz Global Holdings placed an order for 100,000 Teslas. With electric cars, Tesla is speeding up the world's shift to renewable power.
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Sudan army seized power to prevent civil war - coup leader
BBC News 26 Oct 2021
Sudan's coup leader Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has said the military seized power on Monday to prevent "civil war". He added that the deposed Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok was being kept at the general's house "for his own safety" and would be allowed home soon ... Phone and internet links are also disrupted ... Related Topics.
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‘Not a life’: Israel keeps many Palestinians without legal status
Al Jazeera 26 Oct 2021
Ramallah, occupied West Bank – A thick cloud of frustration, sadness and anger hung over dozens of undocumented Palestinians who rushed to the Ministry of Civil Affairs in Ramallah last week after hearing Israel had approved requests to grant legal status. They had scoured the ministry-issued lists for their names, but to no avail ... .
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Blinken urges all U.N. member states to support Taiwan participation
Metro USA 26 Oct 2021photo: AP / Victoria Jones
US judge sets July deadline for Prince Andrew's testimony in accuser's lawsuit
RTE 26 Oct 2021
Britain's Prince Andrew must make himself available to answer questions under oath by 14 July next in a civil lawsuit by a woman who accuses him of sexually abusing her when she was a teenager ... Andrew has not been charged with any crimes, and has "categorically" denied Ms Giuffre's claims ... .
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Haiti gang leader demands PM resign amid harsh fuel shortages
Al Jazeera 26 Oct 2021
One of Haiti’s most powerful gangsters has demanded that Prime Minister Ariel Henry resign, as gas stations remain empty and gangs blocked entry to ports holding fuel stores. Haiti’s normally busy streets were quiet on Tuesday as days-long fuel shortages have left residents with few transport options and forced some businesses to close ... .
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Japan's Princess Mako marries commoner, loses royal status
The Times of India 26 Oct 2021
TOKYO ... There will be no wedding banquet and there have been no other marriage rituals for the couple ... She is the first imperial family member since World War II to not receive the payment while marrying a commoner and chose to do so because of the criticism over her marrying a man some consider unfit for the princess ... Start a Conversation. .
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Chile is at the dawn of a new political era
Mail Guardian South Africa 26 Oct 2021
“It feels like we are at the end of an era,” Bárbara Sepúlveda tells me on 12 October 2021. Sepúlveda is a member of Chile’s Constitutional Convention and of the Communist Party of Chile ... But Sepúlveda is not sure about what comes next ... The work of mayors such as Jadue is crucial to the overall project for the construction of a new development model.
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UN chief laments 'leadership gap' ahead of climate talks
Moosejaw Today 26 Oct 2021
BERLIN (AP) — The head of the United Nations says a “leadership gap” is undermining the world's efforts to curb global warming, days before presidents and prime ministers from around the globe gather for a climate summit in Glasgow. U.N ... “The clock is ticking,” he said in New York. “The emissions gap is the result of a leadership gap ... ” ... 31-Nov ... ___ ... .
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Australian government sued over global warming by indigenous Torres Strait Islanders ‘on frontline of climate crisis’
Russia Today 26 Oct 2021
Indigenous Torres Strait Islanders have launched a climate change class action against the Australian government over claims it has failed to tackle global warming, risking residents “becoming climate refugees.” ... It is thought to be the first climate change lawsuit filed by indigenous Australians ... If you like this story, share it with a friend! .
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Turkey’s Erdogan Drops Threat to Expel Western Diplomats
Balkan Insight 26 Oct 2021
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stepped back from his decision to expel ten Western diplomats who urged the release of a jailed human rights activist after they promised not to interfere in Turkey's internal affairs. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul, December 2019 Photo. EPA-EFE/ERDEM SAHIN ... Recep Tayyip ErdoganTurkey. .
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Sudan general: Prime minister is being held at a home
Moosejaw Today 26 Oct 2021
Gen ... U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration announced the suspension of $700 million in emergency assistance to Sudan, a nation in Africa linked by language and culture to the Arab world ... The country and the world are now braced to see if more violence will unfold in the nation, which saw a bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests in 2019 ... U.S ... .
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Facebook yanks Bolsonaro video claiming vaccines cause AIDS
Federal News Radio 26 Oct 2021
who have received two coronavirus vaccine doses are developing AIDS faster than expected ... Insight by GitLab ... Last year, Facebook and Instagram removed posts by the far-right leader that violated community guidelines for COVID-19, including one video in which he claimed the anti-malarial hydroxychloroquine was curing COVID-19 the world over ... .
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Businesses in Thailand urge government to reverse alcohol ban
The Guardian 26 Oct 2021
Just weeks ahead of the reopening, many bars, clubs and restaurants are closed or struggling to survive ....