World Wide News: اکتوبر 2020

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FOX NEWS: United Kingdom reaction underscores significance of U.S. election

United Kingdom reaction underscores significance of U.S. election

The 2020 U.S. presidential election is creating waves across the pond, where residents of the United Kingdom have taken interest.

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FOX NEWS: Outgoing Rep. Thornberry: Foreign actors trying to 'sow division'

Outgoing Rep. Thornberry: Foreign actors trying to 'sow division'

Former Homeland Security Committee chairman speaks to Jennifer Griffin on 'Bill Hemmer Reports'

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FOX NEWS: Former Green Beret and son given temporary reprieve from extradition to Japan by judge

Former Green Beret and son given temporary reprieve from extradition to Japan by judge

Former Green Beret and private security contractor, Michael Taylor along with his 27-year-old son Peter have won a temporary reprieve from a federal judge preventing their immediate extradition to Japan. The ruling came only hours before the pair were scheduled to board a flight to Tokyo.

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‘They’re coming after our state,’ McSally warns Arizona Republicans.

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The Battlegrounds Within Battlegrounds

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Celebrities lend Biden a hand in turning out the vote in Philadelphia.

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Wikipedia article of the day for November 1, 2020

The Wikipedia article of the day for November 1, 2020 is Typhoon Gay (1989).
Typhoon Gay was a small but powerful tropical cyclone that caused more than 800 fatalities in and around the Gulf of Thailand in November 1989. The worst typhoon to affect the Malay Peninsula in 35 years, Gay rapidly intensified from a monsoon trough, and on 3 November became the first typhoon since 1891 to make landfall in Thailand. It re-emerged into the Bay of Bengal and reorganized as it approached southeastern India. The typhoon moved ashore near Kavali, Andhra Pradesh, and dissipated over Maharashtra early on 10 November. The typhoon's rapid development took seafarers by surprise, leading to 275 offshore fatalities. Across the Malay Peninsula, 588 people died from various storm-related incidents and several towns were destroyed. Losses throughout Thailand totaled ฿11 billion (US$497 million). In India, Gay damaged or destroyed about 20,000 homes in Andhra Pradesh. It left 100,000 people homeless, caused 69 deaths, and was responsible for ₹410 million (US$25.3 million) in damage.

FOX NEWS: Biden and Trump campaign hard in the final sprint

Biden and Trump campaign hard in the final sprint

Rep. John Garamendi weighs in on the state of the two campaigns three days before the 2020 election.

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FOX NEWS: Police declare unlawful assembly in Beverly Hills after Trump supporters and counterprotesters clash

Police declare unlawful assembly in Beverly Hills after Trump supporters and counterprotesters clash

The Beverly Hills Police Department declared an unlawful assembly Saturday after fights broke out between Trump supporters and counterprotesters.

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FOX NEWS: Dr. Fauci’s restaurant-owning cousin wishes he would ease up on lockdowns

Dr. Fauci’s restaurant-owning cousin wishes he would ease up on lockdowns

Fauci's cousin spoke out, saying that lockdowns should be localized instead of applied to industries as a whole.

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FOX NEWS: The 2020 state of play

The 2020 state of play

How the state of the race looks just days before the 2020 presidential election; the panel reacts on 'Bill Hemmer Reports'

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FOX NEWS: Trump makes last-ditch pitch to Black Americans in op-ed

Trump makes last-ditch pitch to Black Americans in op-ed

After losing Black Americans by 85 points to Hillary Clinton in 2016, President Trump has made a concentrated push to win a larger share of that crucial voting bloc, culminating in an op-ed Friday entitled, "My Message to Black America."

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FOX NEWS: Grenell: The energy is behind President Trump

Grenell: The energy is behind President Trump

Ric Grenell, former National Intelligence acting director, joins 'Bill Hemmer Reports.'

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FOX NEWS: NYC Halloween party for 400 draws coronavirus citations from sheriff

NYC Halloween party for 400 draws coronavirus citations from sheriff

New York City’s Sheriff has issued coronavirus violations to organizers of a Halloween party that drew a crowd of 400 mostly maskless people.

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FOX NEWS: Iowa farmers split between voting President Trump and Joe Biden

Iowa farmers split between voting President Trump and Joe Biden

It’s a tight race in the key battleground state of Iowa between President Trump and Joe Biden.

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FOX NEWS: Eric Shawn: Young people, listen to the COVID-19 warnings!

Eric Shawn: Young people, listen to the COVID-19 warnings!

El Paso, Texas Mayor Dee Margo on the unfolding crisis in the border city and his advice for you.

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FOX NEWS: Joe Biden and Barack Obama campaign in Flint, Mich.

Joe Biden and Barack Obama campaign in Flint, Mich.

Biden and Obama make their first joint campaign appearance of the year in Michigan on Oct. 31, 2020.

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For transgender people in the military, much hinges on presidential election

Joe Biden has been vague about his plans for the military if he wins the election, but one specific promise he has made is to roll back the Trump administration policy that effectively bars transgender service members from serving openly in accord with their gender identity.

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Police reach breaking point amid protests, pandemic, rising crime

Amid rising crime rates, a polarizing election and the continued high-profile police killings of Black Americans, some police veterans say they can't recall a tougher time to be an officer.

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Stanford Study Seeks to Quantify Infections Stemming From Trump Rallies

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Senator Kelly Loeffler of Georgia, facing opponents from both parties, embraces Trumpism.

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Police in North Carolina use a chemical spray to disperse a get-out-the-vote rally.

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George Shultz Speaks Out for Renewing U.S. Leadership Overseas

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FOX NEWS: If polls can be trusted, what do they say about Trump's chances?

If polls can be trusted, what do they say about Trump's chances?

'Special Report' All-Star panel discusses contrast between Trump rally enthusiasm, poll numbers

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FOX NEWS: Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp quarantining after COVID exposure despite negative test result

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp quarantining after COVID exposure despite negative test result

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s office announced that he will be placing himself in quarantine after becoming exposed to the coronavirus, despite a negative test result Friday.

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FOX NEWS: Top two pro-Trump super PACs make final $20 million ad push

Top two pro-Trump super PACs make final $20 million ad push

The two leading super PACs that are supporting President Trump's re-election bid are teaming up to shell out $20 million to run ads on TV and digital in seven crucial general election battleground in the closing stretch leading up to Election Day on Tuesday.

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FOX NEWS: Joe Biden appears to call pro-Trump protesters 'ugly' at Minnesota rally

Joe Biden appears to call pro-Trump protesters 'ugly' at Minnesota rally

Joe Biden criticizes pro-Trump protesters at rally in St. Paul, Minnesota

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FOX NEWS: Facebook manually limited New York Post Hunter Biden story: Report

Facebook manually limited New York Post Hunter Biden story: Report

Facebook fact-checkers manually flagged and restricted distribution of the New York Post's Hunter Biden story, documents obtained by The Guardian show.

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Kyle Rittenhouse extradited to Wisconsin following terse ruling from Illinois judge accusing him of asking the court to 'ignore binding Illinois law'

Rittenhouse, charged in Wisconsin with first-degree homicide over the shooting of three people at Kenosha protests, had been fighting his extradition.

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UPS locates mysterious Tucker Carlson package presenter claims contains 'damning' material about Biden family

‘UPS will always focus first on our customers, and will never stop working to solve issues and make things right’

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US sells oil seized from Iran to Venezuela for $40 million

The United States said Thursday that it had sold Iranian oil seized on its way to Venezuela for more than $40 million.

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Body-camera footage released of Wallace killing; family says officers were improperly trained

The footage from body-worn cameras that was taken as police responded to a call about Walter Wallace Jr. shows him emerging from a house with a knife as relatives shout at officers about his mental health condition, a lawyer for the man's family said Thursday.

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Popular Thai pro-democracy figure charged over flash mob rally

One of Thailand’s most popular anti-establishment politicians has been charged for his role in an illegal flash mob protest last year, in a move that is likely to fuel the current wave of pro-democracy protests. Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, 41, a charismatic billionaire and founder of the dissolved Future Forward party, is accused of five public assembly violations linked to the rally in Bangkok's central shopping district last December, Krisadung Nutcharat, his lawyer, said on Thursday. The charges include failing to notify police of a public gathering, blocking a sky train station, using a megaphone without permission and holding a rally close to a royal residence. Four other people from his Progressive Movement Group and Move Forward Party face similar charges. All five deny any wrongdoing. Mr Thanathorn has been an outspoken advocate of the protest movement that has gripped the Thai capital, Bangkok, since June, and he recently condemned a short-lived emergency order aimed at keeping demonstrators off the streets. During last year’s elections, he and his pro-democracy Future Forward Party, proved to be enormously popular with young, first-time voters, and garnered the third-largest share of seats.

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Record turnout in Texas' largest county could be crucial to flipping a usually red state

Election officials in Harris County tripled the number of early-voting sites, expanded their hours and added drive-thru voting.

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Death toll rises in Vietnam after Typhoon Molave triggers widespread flooding, landslides

After forging a path of destruction over the northern and central Philippines and strengthening over the South China Sea, Typhoon Molave brought its deadly impacts to Vietnam from Wednesday into Thursday, inflicting more damage in a country that has been battered by numerous landfalling tropical systems since the beginning of the month. As of Thursday evening, local time, the death toll has risen to 35 and at least 50 people are still missing, according to state media. The death toll is expected to rise in the coming days as search and rescue missions continue and communications with more remote villages are restored. Soldiers and villagers dig through mud after a landslide swamps a village in Phuoc Loc district, Quang Nam province, Vietnam, on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020. Three separated landslides triggered by Typhoon Molave killed over a dozen villagers and left dozens more missing in the province as rescuers scramble to recover more victims. (Lai Minh Dong/VNA via AP) A dozen of those killed by the typhoon were sailors of two fishing vessels that sank while trying to seek shelter from the powerful typhoon. According to VnExpress International, the vessels sank near the province of Binh Dinh on Tuesday night. While strong winds from Molave created treacherous conditions across the western South China Sea, heavy rainfall caused deadly landslides across central provinces. CLICK HERE FOR THE FREE ACCUWEATHER APP Military officers, who were put on standby by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc ahead of Molave's arrival, scrambled to three villages where three separate landslides were responsible for killing at least 19 people and are suspected of burying more than 40 others in thick mud and debris, The Associated Press reported. Homes and roadways in parts of Tra Van village, Tra Leng village and Phuoc Loc district were buried under the landslides. Officers used bulldozers and excavators to help clear gain access to the affected areas and begin rescuing victims, The AP said. Four more residents were killed in Quang Nam province, a tourist draw for an ancient town and Hindu temples, by falling trees and collapsed houses, The AP reported. More than 130 people have been killed in the central Vietnam province since the beginning of October following the tumultuous weather pattern that has brought a relentless series of tropical storms and typhoons. Typhoon Molave is the fourth named tropical system to make landfall over Vietnam this month, and officials are calling this the strongest storm to hit the country in the last 20 years, The Associated Press reported. Molave made landfall just prior to midday Wednesday, local time, according to VnExpress International, unloading torrential rain and damaging winds across the typhoon-weary nation. At landfall, the typhoon had the equivalent strength of a Category 2 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale in the Atlantic and East Pacific basins. Molave lost some wind intensity just prior to landfall after spending some time with the equivalent strength of a Category 3 major hurricane. Ahead of the storm, officials were preparing to evacuate 1.3 million residents along the coast of central Vietnam, according to Reuters. Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc also urged provinces in the typhoon's path to prepare by bringing boats ashore. This satellite image shows Typhoon Molave closing in on the Vietnam coast on Wednesday morning, local time. (CIRA/RAMMB) Molave is the fourth named tropical system to make landfall over Vietnam since Oct. 11, according to AccuWeather Lead International Meteorologist Jason Nicholls. It is also the country's sixth landfalling storm this year. Fierce winds were already beginning to whip ahead of Molave's landfall, with a local news agency reporting nearly 82,000 customers had lost power in the province of Phú Yên by Wednesday morning, local time. As of Wednesday evening, local time, Molave had lost enough wind intensity that it was designated a tropical storm over western Vietnam. Molave first developed into a tropical depression to the east of the Philippines late last week and was given the name Quinta by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration. Molave is the name used by the Japanese Meteorological Agency for the part of the basin that falls under the agency's purview. Residents wearing masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus wade through a flooded road from Typhoon Molave in Pampanga province, northern Philippines, on Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. The fast-moving typhoon has forced thousands of villagers to flee to safety in provinces. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) The storm quickly strengthened into a typhoon with sustained winds of 120 km/h (75 mph) before making its first landfall over San Miguel, Philippines, on Sunday evening, local time. This is equivalent to a Category 1 hurricane in the Atlantic and East Pacific tropical basins. Widespread rainfall totals of 100-200 mm (4-8 inches) were reported in the northern and central Philippines. More than 120,000 people have been displaced by the storm, and at least eight are missing. As of Friday morning, local time, the typhoon is being blamed for at least 22 deaths in the Philippines. As recovery efforts continue, all eyes will be on the strengthening Typhoon Goni, also known as Rolly in the Philippines. Residents impacted by Molave in the Philippines are likely to face impacts from Goni this weekend. Goni could go on to bring more tropical downpours and gusty winds to Vietnam next week. Keep checking back on AccuWeather.com and stay tuned to the AccuWeather Network on DirecTV, Frontier and Verizon Fios.

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Gov. Ron DeSantis had trouble voting because someone had falsely submitted a change of address under his name

Anthony Guevara, 20, was charged with altering a voter registration without consent and unauthorized access of a computer, in connection to the case.

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Miami police officer used excessive force arresting paraplegic man, civilian panel says

Almost a year after an internal review cleared several officers of any wrongdoing during the arrest of a Black paraplegic man who was dragged out of a patrol car, a police civilian oversight board has condemned the actions of five Miami police officers who took Trayon Fussell-Dumas into custody during a traffic stop.

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7.0 earthquake rocks Greece and Turkey

A 7.0 earthquake was reported Friday off the Greek island of Samos, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

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Voters suing Minnesota over a mask mandate are asking the Supreme Court to intervene.

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Time Running Short, Trump and Biden Return to Northern Battlegrounds

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Woman Who Mailed Threat to Susan Collins Gets 30 Months in Prison

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¿Quién ganará Florida, Biden o Trump? Esto dicen las encuestas

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Political Satire Isn’t Dead. It’s Been Turned Into Horror Stories.

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Glimmers of Hope for a Winter With Tropical Travel

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Wikipedia article of the day for October 31, 2020

The Wikipedia article of the day for October 31, 2020 is Bill Kibby.
Bill Kibby (15 April 1903 – 31 October 1942) was a British-born Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that could be awarded to a member of the Australian armed forces during World War II. In 1940, Kibby enlisted in the all-volunteer Second Australian Imperial Force and joined the 2/48th Infantry Battalion. He was injured before the Siege of Tobruk, but was with the battalion during the First Battle of El Alamein in July 1942. In October, the battalion was committed to the Second Battle of El Alamein. Between 23 and 31 October, Kibby went forward alone and silenced an enemy machine gun post, mended a telephone line under heavy fire, and pressed forward under withering machine gun fire to help his company capture its objective. After this final action ultimately cost him his life, the Victoria Cross was awarded for his inspirational leadership.

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