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US election 2020 shows that the American electoral college system is stupid and immoral
• 4 years agoIt's because the outcome of the US presidential election depends on results in individual states — and because those results are much narrower than the national tally — that Trump can claim there is a path to reversing the outcome, however ridiculous that claim is
Russian hackers who pose threat to US election have breached nuclear plants, power grid in the past
• 4 years agoThe timing of the attacks so close to the election and the potential for disruption set off concern inside private security firms, law enforcement and intelligence agencies
Israel allows Ethiopians of Jewish descent to resettle, but fewer than promised; draws flak from activists
• 5 years agoThe plan approved on Monday would admit about one-quarter of the roughly 8,000 who remain, living in mostly rundown communities in the Ethiopian cities of Addis Ababa, the capital, and Gondar
New Zealand stamps out coronavirus for a second time, lifts restrictions after no new cases in Auckland
• 5 years agoPrime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who is facing re-election next week, called the reopening a validation of the country’s “go hard, go early” response. However, experts warned that an elimination strategy may not be viable in the absence of a vaccine
Donald Trump fears coronavirus: Urgency US president showed in seeking treatment puts paid to lies about pandemic
• 5 years agoThe facts of Trump’s experience with coronavirus, including how how quickly it sickened him to the point of requiring intensive medical care, are the best tools to fight the misinformation campaign against COVID-19
As Donald Trump questions his opponent’s health, US President finds his own under scrutiny
• 5 years agoThe question of presidential health has sometimes played an important role in election contests, but rarely has it seemed more acute than this year as 74-year-old Trump squares off against 77-year-old Biden
TikTok, WeChat to be banned in US in 45 days unless sold by parent companies, president Trump issues executive order
• 5 years agoThe twin executive orders that will take effect in 45 days, cited national security concerns.
Donald Trump cannot deny or block release of his financial records, rules US Supreme Court
• 5 years agoThe court’s decision was a major statement on the scope and limits of presidential power in the US, one that will take its place with landmark rulings
Donald Trump a 'narcissist', embraced ‘cheating as way of life’, says US president's niece Mary Trump in tell-all book
• 5 years agoThe book, “Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man”, depicts a multigenerational saga of greed, betrayal and internecine tension
Coronavirus scare cannot keep bats from menu in Indonesia, country's Tomohon Market continues to make money from wild meat
• 5 years agoThe earliest cluster of coronavirus cases in the global outbreak was linked to a market in Wuhan, China, where live animals were kept close together, creating an opportunity for the virus to jump to humans.