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The moon’s shadowed, frigid nooks and crannies may hold frozen water in more places and in larger quantities than previously suspected.   –   Copyright  Michael Probst/Associated Press   The moon’s shadowed, frigid nooks and crannies may hold frozen water in more places and in larger quantities than previously suspected, scientists in the United States reported on Monday.While previous observations have […]

With one week left in the election, President Donald Trump is perfecting his closing argument about the pandemic gripping much of the nation: Don’t worry about it. In rally after rally, tweet after tweet, Trump is encouraging his supporters and everyone else to stop talking about the coronavirus. His key message: It’s not that big […]

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan speaks at an event organized for the Mawlid an-Nabi (the birth of the Prophet Muhammad) in the capital Ankara, Oct. 26, 2020. (AA)  President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called on Turkish people on Monday to boycott French brands amid French President Emmanuel Macron’s Islamophobic remarks. “It becomes more and more difficult to […]

A Qatar Airways plane over Doha, Qatar, on June 5, 2017. © Stringer, Reuters (file photo) Female passengers flying from Qatar were subjected to invasive searches after a premature baby was found abandoned in an airport bathroom, in an incident labelled “offensive” and “grossly inappropriate” by Australia’s government. Airport officials have not denied the incident, saying […]

Pedro Sánchez (c) and deputy prime ministers Carmen Calvo (l) and Pablo Iglesias during Sunday’s Cabinet meeting.BORJA PUIG DE LA BELLACASA / EFE The new decree gives regional governments the option to prohibit travel in and out of their territories unless it is justified, as well as imposing an obligatory nationwide curfew between 11pm and […]

President of ethiopia Sahle Work Zewde and President Trump Ethiopia condemned US President Donald Trump’s comments that the country could “blow up” the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) that straddles the Blue Nile, as it accused the United States President of ‘inciting war’. Trump was speaking with respect to the national security of the two countries downstream the reservoir, […]

(source: tuko.co.ke) Al-Shabaab—the Somali al-Qaeda affiliate in East Africa—has reportedly experienced a change in its top leadership in order to better organize its terrorist activities amid an increasing onslaught by African Union troops and the continued loss of key leaders to U.S airstrikes. Shaykh Ahmed Diriye, a.k.a Abu Ubaidah, allegedly transferred power to his deputy […]

U.S. President Donald Trump waves after voting in the 2020 presidential election at the Palm Beach County Library in West Palm Beach, U.S., Oct. 24, 2020. (Reuters Photo)  President Donald Trump cast his vote Saturday in Florida ahead of another punishing day with three campaign rallies as he works to close the gap with Joe […]

Body of a victim is carried following a shooting at a school in Kumba, Cameroon [Tamfu Ciduan Ndimbie/My Media Prime TV/via Reuters]   At least eight children were killed and a dozen wounded after attackers stormed a school in southwestern Cameroon with guns and machetes, the United Nations said. Arriving on motorbikes and in civilian […]

Voters wait in line outside the Polk County Government Center Monday in Lakeland, Fla. | Chris O’Meara/AP Photo Florida Republicans are pouring out of the trenches. After weeks of Democrats outvoting them by mail, Republican voters stormed early voting precincts in person this week, taking large bites out of their opponents’ historic lead in pre-Election […]