Israel halts fuel deliveries into Gaza amid deadly clashes with Palestinian protesters
Israel has ordered that fuel deliveries into Gaza be halted, citing violence against Israeli soldiers and citizens by Palestinian protesters. It comes as six Palestinians were reportedly killed in clashes on Friday.
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Facebook carries out massive purge of oppositional pages
On Thursday, Facebook removed some of the most popular oppositional pages and accounts on the world’s largest social media network, in a massive and unconstitutional assault on freedom of expression.
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Ecuador gets UN praise for ‘freedom of expression’ as Assange remains gagged in embassy limbo
A UN official praised Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno for his treatment of journalists despite the fact that the leader is said to be preparing to hand over WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange to the governments persecuting him.
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China posts record trade surplus with the US in September, Beijing says
China recorded a record trade surplus of $34.13 billion with the U.S. in September amid intense trade tensions between the world's two largest economies.The September surplus with the U.S. was larger than China's overall trade surplus of $31.69 billion for the month.The world's two largest economies are locked in a bitter trade dispute, with U.S. President Donald Trump taking issue with his country's massive trade deficit against China.
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Clinton fires back at Trump: 'You asked Russia to hack me on national television'
Hillary Clinton offered one of her most direct rebukes of President Trump in months on Thursday after Trump accused her of colluding with Russia during the 2016 presidential election at his campaign rally in Pennsylvania Wednesday night.
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Billionaire Bloomberg rejoins Democratic Party
Billionaire Michael Bloomberg, a three-term mayor of New York City as a Republican, announced Wednesday that he had re-registered as a Democrat. The action follows a series of huge donations to Democratic candidates in the 2018 midterm elections, including $80 million to House candidates and $20 million to Senate candidates, that will make Bloomberg the biggest single financial backer of the Democratic Party….
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Republican attacks take aim at non-white congressional candidates
Negative campaign advertisements are as familiar in US elections as door-knocking and yard signs. But as the 2018 midterm election campaign pulls into its homestretch, Republican attacks in two congressional races happening 3,000 miles apart have triggered alarm bells for targeting non-white candidates in an apparent effort to highlight their “otherness”.
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Michelle Obama: George W. Bush is 'my partner in crime' and 'I love him to death'
WASHINGTON – Former first lady Michelle Obama said Thursday that ex-President George W. Bush has become her "partner in crime" after years of sitting together at official events.
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'You lie': Kiev under Hungarian fire after Ukrainian gov denies ties to 'death lists'
Ukraine's festering dispute with Hungary escalated after 'death lists' of Ukrainians, allegedly holding Hungarian citizenship, were published on a notorious Ukrainian witch-hunting website.
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