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McConnell Warns Democrats that GOP Senators Will Not Vote Again for Raising Debt Ceiling

October 9, 2021 Dime

Republican Senator Mitch McConnell from Kentucky informed US President Biden that he and other GOP Senators, will not cast their votes for raising the debt ceiling set for December if the Democrats face another crisis […]

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Kamala Harris calls for unity of democracy

Kamala Harris Travels to New Jersey instead of Joining Meeting on US-Mexico Border Security

October 9, 2021 Dime

Although several Biden administration officials visited Mexico City on Friday to meet with the Mexican officials and speak about the US-Mexico border security, Kamala Harris was not part of that group, Fox News informed. The […]

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Rashida Tlaib Hails Group that Seeks US to Stop Aiding Israel

October 8, 2021 Dime

Democratic Representative Rashida Tlaib from Michigan took part in a virtual conference on Thursday that showcased support for the Palestinian people in Gaza, while demonizing the state of Israel, giving praise to people that participated […]

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President Biden’s Approval Rating Now Stands at 38%, New Survey Shows

October 8, 2021 Dime

The standing of US President Joe Biden among US citizens keeps dropping, new national poll shows, Fox News informed. The approval rating of Biden is now 38%, and the disapproval rating stands at 53%, according […]

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Turkey Bans Entry of Iranian Trucks in Response to Tehran’s actions

October 8, 2021 Bojan Stojkovski

All Turkish checkpoints on the border with Iran are closed for the passage of Iranian trucks, Ozcan Alash, head of the Association for the Development of Trade with Iran, said. “Turkey’s decision to close border […]

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Hamas Threatens Arab Countries with Consequences Over Normalizing Ties with Israel

October 8, 2021 Bojan Stojkovski

The Palestinian fundamentalist organization Hamas urged Muslim leaders not to believe Israel’s “false promises” and not to normalize relations with the country. The corresponding statement was a response to the words of the Foreign Minister […]

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Prince Andrew to Review 2009 Settlement

October 8, 2021 Bojan Stojkovski

Prince Andrew’s lawyers have been given permission to review the 2009 settlement that they believe will protect him from the current sexual assault lawsuit against him, effectively ending the sexual assault civil lawsuit. Virginia Giuffre […]

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Biden Administration Releases Alarming Reports on Climate Change

October 8, 2021 Bojan Stojkovski

Nearly two dozen federal agencies released reports detailing climate change’s potential for major threats to each department, and how they plan to respond. President Joe Biden asked 23 agencies to prepare the reports in an […]

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Journalists Win Nobel Peace Prize

October 8, 2021 Bojan Stojkovski

Two journalists from the Philippines and Russia have won the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize. The esteemed prize recognized the vital importance of an independent media to uphold democracy, and used the moment to also warn […]

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Trump’s Washington DC Hotel Lost $74m During Presidency, Documents Reveal

October 8, 2021 Bojan Stojkovski

Trump International Hotel Washington DC lost almost $74 million between 2016 and 2020 — a figure in direct, obvious contradiction to Trump’s public claim that the hotel was making tens of millions of dollars. Documents […]

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Boris Johnson Continues To Defend Brexit At Tory Party Conference Speech

October 8, 2021 Bojan Stojkovski

The UK Prime Minister delivered a speech yesterday as the grand finale to his Conservative party’s conference. In it, he defended the post-Brexit transition the country is currently undergoing, and claimed the UK is on […]

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Zuckerberg Attempts Defense After Scathing Whistleblower Testimony

October 8, 2021 Bojan Stojkovski

In a continuation of Facebook’s worst week ever, Mark Zuckerberg has responded to the scathing whistleblower testimony of a former Facebook employee. Frances Haugen testified before Congress about internal Facebook reports she leaked. The former […]

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LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Manchin, Sinema Ratings – Child Payment Program – Biden’s Approval Slips

October 7, 2021 John Ganjei

Your Daily Polling Update for Thursday, October 7, 2021 BIDEN JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 44%Down 2 since Monday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on five polls, ranging from 40% (Quinnipiac) to 45% (Rasmussen, Politico). Biden’s […]

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Pope Francis Expresses Shame Over French Catholic Church’s Dark History of Child Abuse

October 7, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The dark history of the French Catholic Church was revealed this week through an independent commission that exposed how thousands of the French Catholic clergy abused more than 200,000 children over the past 70 years. […]

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Top Trump Aides to Defy Subpoenas Issued by Capitol Riot Committee

October 7, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Former Trump White House aides are expected to defy subpoena orders related to the Capitol attack on January 6. Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, deputy chief of staff Dan Scavino, strategist Steve […]

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Texas Judge Temporarily Blocks Enforcement of Abortion Ban

October 7, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the enforcement of Texas’ extremely controversial new abortion ban. The pause on the ban granted an emergency request made by the Justice Department. The department sought preliminary injunction after […]

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Chip Shortage May Halt Production in VW’s Skoda… Again

October 7, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Due to the global shortage of chips hobbling the automotive sector, the Czech Republic’s biggest exporter Skoda Auto, which is part of Volkswagen Group, may be forced to significantly reduce or even halt production starting […]

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FedEx Express to Invest Over $400m in Saudi Arabia

October 7, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Striving to meet Saudi Arabia’s growing international shipping demands, FedEx Express has announced on Thursday its plans to invest more than SR1.5 billion ($400 million) into the Saudi economy over the next 10 years, Gulf […]

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Expulsion of Russian Diplomats Shows Insincerity of NATO, Moscow Says

October 7, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Commenting on the expulsion of members of the Russian delegation NATO demanded on Wednesday, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko stressed that the Alliance shows with its latest decision the real value of its statements […]

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UK Deputy Prime Minister Raab Criticized for Misogyny Comments

October 7, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

UK Justice Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab is under fire for comments about misogyny. In an interview with BBC Breakfast, Raab rejected that misogyny should become a hate crime in the UK. Activists […]

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Senate Democrats to OK the Short-Term Debt Ceiling Extension McConnell Offered

October 7, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

After the lengthy caucus meeting on Thursday Senate Democrats signaled that they would accept Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s offer for temporarily lift the borrowing limit as compromise to pass a short-term debt ceiling bill that […]

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French Ambassador to Return to Australia after AUKUS Dispute

October 7, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

After the unprecedented recall of its ambassadors, first in modern time, that revealed the extent of French anger against its allies prompted by the security pact AUKUS, Paris will send its ambassador back to Australia, […]

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Guterres Claims UN Does Not Have Political Agenda in Ethiopia

October 7, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

A week after Ethiopia’s government has ordered the expulsion of seven senior UN officials for “meddling” in its internal affairs, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres claimed on Thursday that the organization does not have a […]

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Greenlighted by WHO Experts, First Malaria Vaccine Could Help Billions

October 6, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

After the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) key advisers gave it the green light, the first vaccine against malaria that allegedly prevents 30% of severe cases of malaria, could soon be rolled out to billions of […]

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Merck Stroke Sales Deal with Singapore for Its New COVID-19 Antiviral Pill

October 6, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Less than a week after it published study data on the efficiency of its experimental oral drug for Covid-19, American pharma giant Merck announced on Wednesday it has reached an agreement to provide Singapore with […]

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US and China to Abide by ‘Taiwan Agreement’, Biden Says Pointing to Non-Existing Act

October 6, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

As tensions have escalated lately between Taipei and Beijing, US President Biden informed on Tuesday he agreed with Chinese President Xi Jinping to abide by the Taiwan agreement while discussing the heated political issue, Euractive […]

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NATO Chief Stoltenberg Claims China Not an Enemy

October 6, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

NATO does not consider China an enemy and it doesn’t refer to China as adversary but needs to relate to all the aspects of the rise of China for its own security, the Alliance Secretary-General […]

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US Discloses the Number of Nukes in Stockpile First Time Since 2018

October 6, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Striving to aid global efforts to control the spread of nuclear weapons and in a reversal of Trump administration policy, Biden administration disclosed on Tuesday the US nuclear stockpile for the first time in the […]

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Dozens CIA Overseas Informants Killed, Captured or Compromised

October 6, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

In an unusual top secret cable sent to all stations and bases around the world last week, CIA’s counterintelligence mission center’s officials inform that too many of its informants recruited from other countries to spy […]

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Russian Embassy Dismiss US Claims over Navalny Case as Unfounded

October 6, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The US Department of State’s claims linked to the case of jailed Russian blogger Alexey Navalny are ‘unfounded,’ the Russian Embassy in the United States claims in a post on its Facebook profile. According to […]

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