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What to know about Truth Social, Trumpās social media platform
Politics Mar 26, 2024 2:25 PM EDT SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ā Former President Donald Trump launched his social media platform, Truth Social, in early 2022, after he was banned from major sites such as Facebook and the platform formerly known as Twitter following the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. While heās since been reinstated to […]
September 7, 2024
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the world interest rates table
The World Interest Rates Table reflects the current interest rates of the main countries around the world, set by their respective Central Banks. Rates typically reflect the health of individual economies, as in a perfect scenario, Central Banks tend to rise rates when the economy is growing and therefore instigate inflation. Rate cuts on the other […]
August 15, 2024
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More than 400 wildfires burning in B.C. amid hot, dry weather
B.C. Wildfire Service says it’s expecting hot and dry weather to continue over weekend CBC News Ā· Posted: Aug 10, 2024 4:28 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago More than 400 wildfires are burning across B.C. as of Saturday morning, according to the B.C. Wildfire Service (BCWS). In a report Saturday, the service says a period of […]
August 10, 2024
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Grooving to the beat
Monday, August 14, 2023, 15:02 Grooving to the beat By Chen Nan Xinjiang fuels the rise of hip-hop dance in China, building on the regionās cultural and artistic diversity When Bahtiyar Yusanjan, a young man from Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, attended a friendās wedding last month, he experienced far more than […]
August 20, 2023
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Harris will be the first female, Black and Asian vice president. But not the first VP of color.
Harris will be the first female, Black and Asian vice president. But not the first VP of color. By Gillian BrockellNovember 12, 2020 at 7:00 a.m. EST Vice president-elect Kamala D. Harris is a trailblazer in many ways. She is the first female vice president. The first Black vice president. The first South Asian vice president. And, perhaps, […]
November 12, 2020
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A GREAT AND SUDDEN CHANGE: THE GLOBAL POLITICAL VIOLENCE LANDSCAPE BEFORE AND AFTER THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
https://acleddata.com/2020/08/04/a-great-and-sudden-change-the-global-political-violence-landscape-before-and-after-the-covid-19-pandemic/ In this special report, ACLED Research Analyst Melissa Pavlik reviews key findings from 16 weeks of data recorded by our COVID-19 Disorder Tracker, highlighting the most significant changes to global political violence and demonstrations trends since the onset of the pandemic. Introduction The coronavirus pandemic has brought at least half of the world under lockdown […]
August 18, 2020
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Thousands Protest Against Thai Government as Pressure Rises
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare via EmailPrint this pageEast Asia Pacific https://www.voanews.com/east-asia-pacific/thousands-protest-against-thai-government-pressure-rises By ReutersAugust 16, 2020 09:04 AM BANGKOK – Thousands of Thai protesters chanting “down with dictatorship” and “the country belongs to the people” joined an anti-government demonstration in Bangkok on Sunday that was one of the biggest since a 2014 coup. Students have organized […]
August 16, 2020
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Tens of Thousands āMarch for Freedomā in Belarus
https://www.voanews.com/europe/tens-thousands-march-freedom-belarus By VOA NewsUpdated August 16, 2020 09:30 AM Rival rallies were held in the Belarusian capital of Minsk Sunday, a week after a disputed election that gave longtime leader Alexander Lukashenko another term in office. Tens of thousands of protesters questioning the legitimacy of the recent election gathered for a āMarch for Freedomā, called for […]
August 16, 2020
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US to act ‘in the coming days’ on Iran arms embargo after UN Security Council rejects extension
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/us-act-iran-arms-embargo-un-security-council Ambassador Kelly Craft said ‘failure was simply not an option.’ By Adam Shaw, Ben Evansky | Fox News The Trump administration said late Friday that it will act āin the coming daysā to extend a soon-to-expire arms embargo on Iran — after a U.S. resolution to extend it failed in the U.N. Security Council. āThe United States has acted […]
August 15, 2020
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US sees embarrassing UN defeat over Iran arms embargo proposal
Aug 15, 2020 17:15 Asia/Tehran [Updated: Aug 15, 2020 17:56 Asia/Tehran] The US has suffered a humiliating defeat at the United Nations as its proposal to extend an arms embargo on Iran won support from only the Dominican Republic at the security council vote. Iran Press/America: The US resolution was never likely to be passed in […]
August 15, 2020
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