Friday, October 16, 2020

Trump holds indoor rally for hundreds of seniors

Trump holds indoor rally for hundreds of seniors

Donald Trump rallies support from seniors in Florida, saying they’ll be first in line for a vaccine and suggests “the light at the end of the tunnel is near” on the COVID-19 pandemic.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/thenational/trump-holds-indoor-rally-for-hundreds-of-seniors-1.5766521?cmp=rss

Azerbaijan says at least 10 killed in latest rocket attack, blames Armenia

ARMENIA-AZERBAIJAN/GANJA-CLEAN

Armenian and Azeri forces fought new clashes on Friday, defying hopes of ending nearly three weeks of fighting over the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/nagorno-karabakh-azerbaijan-armenia-rocket-attack-1.5766419?cmp=rss

FBI probing if Russia involved in Hunter Biden email story

USA-ELECTION/CONVENTION

A New York tabloid's puzzling account about how it acquired emails purportedly from Joe Biden's son has raised some red flags.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/fbi-investigation-russia-hunter-biden-email-1.5766293?cmp=rss

U.S. sees record-breaking early voting numbers

APTOPIX Election 2020 North Carolina Voting

Nearly 21 million Americans have already cast ballots in the 2020 election, a record-shattering avalanche of early votes driven both by Democratic enthusiasm and a pandemic that has transformed the way the nation votes.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-early-voting-numbers-record-1.5766018?cmp=rss

Trudeau talks Nagorno-Karabakh war with Armenian, Turkish leaders, calls for dialogue

Turkey G-20

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today he spoke with his Armenian counterpart Nikol Pashinyan this morning to express Canada’s concerns about the war in Nagorno-Karabakh between Azerbaijani and Armenian forces that has raged on for weeks.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/nagorno-karabakh-armenia-turkey-azerbaijan-1.5765986?cmp=rss

Former Mexican defence secretary accused in U.S. of trafficking massive amounts of drugs

Mexico Detained General

Mexico's former defence secretary helped smuggle thousands of kilograms of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and marijuana into the United States in exchange for bribes, according to court documents unsealed Friday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/u-s-mexico-secretary-drugs-zepeda-1.5765326?cmp=rss

Police shoot dead a man who slit teacher's throat in Paris suburb

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French police on Friday shot dead a man who minutes earlier had killed a middle school teacher by slitting his throat in the street in a Paris suburb, police said on Friday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/france-police-killing-teacher-1.5765409?cmp=rss

Britain says it's walking away from talks with EU on Brexit

Britain Politics

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday it was now time to prepare for a no-trade deal Brexit unless the European Union fundamentally changed course, bluntly telling Brussels that there was no point in talking any more.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/britain-eu-brexit-impasse-1.5764905?cmp=rss

Remdesivir has little effect on hospital stay or mortality in COVID-19 patients, WHO study finds

Remdesivir Gilead

Gilead Sciences Inc.'s remdesivir had little or no effect on COVID-19 patients' length of hospital stay or chances of survival, a clinical trial by the World Health Organization has found.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/remdesivir-covid-19-who-solidarity-trial-1.5764858?cmp=rss

Republican Sasse lets loose with criticism of Trump including 'way he kisses dictators' butts'

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U.S. Republican Sen. Ben Sasse told Nebraska constituents in a telephone town hall meeting that President Donald Trump has "flirted with white supremacists," mocks Christian evangelicals in private, and "kisses dictators' butts."



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/republican-sasse-trump-1.5764781?cmp=rss

Foreign Minister Champagne meets Belarus's exiled opposition leader in Lithuania

APTOPIX Poland Belarus

As he continues a European tour, Canada's top diplomat has met in Lithuania with the exiled opposition leader of Belarus.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/champagne-belarus-1.5764773?cmp=rss

New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern hopes to lead party to rare majority government

New Zealand Election

Opinion polls indicate Jacinda Ardern is on track to win a second term as prime minister in Saturday's general election in New Zealand. Her liberal Labour Party is polling well ahead of the conservative National Party.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/newzealand-election-preview-1.5764736?cmp=rss

Biden makes closing pitch to TV viewers — without Trump's interruptions

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After a cacophonous debacle in the first presidential debate, American voters were given a chance on Thursday to watch, without interruption, the candidates vying for high office.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-biden-town-halls-1.5764625?cmp=rss

Thai PM vows to stay on as protesters defy his ban

THAILAND-PROTESTS/PRAYUTH

Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said on Friday he was not quitting after tens of thousands of anti-government protesters defied a ban on demonstrations and he warned them not to persist.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/thai-pm-protests-1.5764695?cmp=rss

China's Qingdao city says coronavirus cluster traced to two dock workers

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The cause of an outbreak of the novel coronavirus at a hospital in the Chinese coastal city of Qingdao was traced to two infected dock workers, authorities said on Friday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/china-qingdao-coronavirus-outbreak-dock-workers-1.5764700?cmp=rss