Thursday, November 12, 2020

Aung San Suu Kyi wins second term in Myanmar

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The ruling party of Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has won enough parliamentary seats to form the next government, according to official general election results released on Friday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/election-myanmar-suukyi-1.5800439?cmp=rss

Biden wins Arizona, cementing presidential win despite Trump's refusal to concede

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President-elect Joe Biden has won the battleground state of Arizona, dealing another blow to President Donald Trump's struggling effort to overturn the results of the Nov. 3 presidential election.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/biden-win-arizona-1.5800454?cmp=rss

Valerie Jarrett, former Obama adviser, on Joe Biden's White House transition and challenges

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Based on her time working with Joe Biden in the White House, Jarrett says she hopes the qualities she knows the president-elect possesses will help him heal divisions in the U.S.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/valerie-jarrett-interview-1.5797227?cmp=rss

Steve Bannon gets to stay on Facebook despite comments about beheading Fauci, Wray

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Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg told an all-staff meeting on Thursday that former Trump White House adviser Steve Bannon had not violated enough of the company's policies to justify his suspension when he urged beheading two senior U.S. officials, according to a recording heard by Reuters.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/bannon-facebook-video-behead-fauci-wray-1.5800169?cmp=rss

Why Trump's 4-front attack on U.S. election result is almost certain to fail

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U.S. President Donald Trump and his allies are waging a four-front attack on the U.S. election result. It's doomed to fail, but the unusual gambit underscores how abnormal a moment this is in American democracy.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-four-fronts-1.5798857?cmp=rss