Nobel Peace Prize: UN World Food Programme wins for efforts to combat hunger

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The WFP says it provided assistance to almost 100 million people last year – Reuters In Oslo, Norway, the Nobel Peace Prize committee has awarded the 2020 prize to the World Food Programme, the United Nations’ largest specialized agency and … Read More

Donald Trump declares himself ready for rallies

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Donald Trump Credit: AP/Press Association Images Donald Trump insisted on Thursday he was ready to resume campaign rallies and felt “perfect” only one week after his Covid-19 diagnosis, as his doctor said the president had “completed his course of therapy” for … Read More

Iran foreign minister to visit China following U.S. sanctions

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In this July 19, 2020, file photo, Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, speaks during a press conference with his Iraqi counterpart, Fouad Hussein during his visit to Baghdad, Iraq. –THE ASSOCIATED PRESS China says Iran’s foreign minister will visit … Read More

Vice presidential debate: Harris, Pence spar on plexiglass-divided stage over coronavirus, Supreme Court

The VP nominees clashed over coronavirus, the Amy Coney Barrett nomination and taxes. Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris and Vice President Mike Pence did not waste time trading fire over President Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, the idea of packing the Supreme Court and taxes as … Read More

Authorities Investigate Mass Deaths of Sea Life Off The Coast of Russia

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Pollution off the Pacific shoreline of the remote Kamchatka peninsula has caused the mass death of marine creatures, Russian scientists said Tuesday. Locals sounded the alarm in late September as surfers experienced stinging eyes from the water and sea creatures … Read More

Trump authorizes declassification of all Russia collusion, Hillary Clinton email probe documents

‘I have fully authorized the total Declassification of any & all documents,’ Trump tweeted President Trump on Tuesday said he has “fully authorized the total Declassification of any & all documents” related to the Russia investigation and the FBI’s investigation into … Read More

Confidence in Merkel is at all-time high in several countries during her last full year in office

German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives at a press conference at the Federal Chancellery in Berlin following a virtual meeting with governors of Germany’s 16 states on Aug. 27, 2020. (Omer Messinger-Pool/Getty Images) As Angela Merkel enters the home stretch of … Read More

Left-wing Berlin wants to ban words such as ‘foreigner’ and ‘asylum seeker’

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Such words as ‘foreigner’ and ‘asylum seeker’ are, according to a new handbook, discriminatory. Officials in Berlin’s left-wing government have a new handbook which states that they can no longer label people as “foreigners” or “asylum seekers”, with both of … Read More

‘Accept more refugees’ — Germany’s left places new demands on the government

For the first time since 2011, the number of people living in a country with refugee status decreased. In Germany, for the first time since 2011, the number of people living in a country with refugee status decreased year-on-year. Some … Read More

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