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Beyoncé says she's helping provide aid to Nigerian protesters
Beyoncé Knowles-Carter announced Wednesday she is aiding Nigerian protesters amid ongoing unrest over alleged law enforcement abuses in the country.Nigerians have demonstrated since early this month against SARS, a squad started in 1992 to thwart violent crimes including robberies and kidnapping, USA Today reported.Amnesty International, a nongovernmental human rights organization, has accused SARS officers of multiple abuses, including...
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Inside Melania Trump's unprecedented campaign trail absence
First lady Melania Trump -- in a historic break from precedent -- has yet to set foot on the campaign trail this year even as her husband, President Donald Trump, fights for votes, especially among suburban White women with whom she could hold appeal.
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Ben Carson attended indoor fundraiser where attendees didn't wear masks: report
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson attended a fundraiser for a Virginia congressional candidate on Monday in which attendees were not wearing masks, BuzzFeed News reports.Carson attended a fundraiser for Republican Bob Good, who is running to represent Virginia's 5th Congressional District against Cameron Webb (D). Press was denied access to the event, according to a reporter for the Prince William Times, but several photos of...
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The Guardian view on #EndSars and the crackdown: Nigerians deserve better
Nigeria’s flag is stained with blood once more. Protestors were clutching it as security forces opened fire at the Lekki tollgate in Lagos late on Tuesday. The state’s governor denied that anyone was shot dead, but witnesses spoke of multiple fatalities among the hundreds gathered in defiance of a curfew. The #EndSars campaign against police abuses has drawn high-profile support around the world, but at home has unleashed more state brutality....
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The Guardian view on Johnson's government: a threat to the democratic system
Boris Johnson is making a habit of scoring political points against weaker opponents only to lose the war for public opinion. The prime minister this week came off worse in a clash with Greater Manchester’s Labour mayor, Andy Burnham, over stingy levels of state support for businesses forced to shut because of lockdown restrictions. Mr Johnson forced Mr Burnham to accept a smaller bailout package than he would have liked. But it was the mayor...
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FBI says it has 'nothing to add' to Ratcliffe's claim on Russian disinformation
The FBI said in a letter Tuesday night that it had "nothing to add" to comments this week by the Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe, who said there was "no intelligence to support" that Russian disinformation efforts were connected to recently surfaced emails that have been behind stories critical of Hunter Biden and his father Joe Biden.
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Two students were paid to identify slain French teacher, authorities say
French prosecutors on Wednesday argued that the person who beheaded a French teacher last week had paid two students in exchange for helping the attacker identify the teacher. Prosecutors claimed that 18-year-old Abdullakh Anzorov, whom police shot and killed after he attacked 47-year-old history teacher Samuel Paty in broad daylight, had paid two teenage students approximately €300, about $355, to point out Paty, according to BBC News....
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Unknown group sends Democratic voters intimidating emails
BOSTON (AP) — Democratic voters in at least four battleground states including Florida and Pennsylvania received threatening emails, falsely purporting to be from the neo-fascist group Proud Boys, that warned “we will come after you” if the recipients didn't vote for President Donald Trump. The voter-intimidation operation apparently used email addresses obtained from state voter registration lists, which include party affiliation and can...
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COVID-19 vaccine test subject dies in Brazil
AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine trial will continue after officials found no safety issues despite the death of a Brazilian subject, the University of Oxford announced Wednesday.Oxford, which is developing the drug with AstraZeneca, said that officials have conducted an assessment of the death and "there have been no concerns about safety of the clinical trial.""The independent review in addition to the Brazilian regulator have recommended...
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