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Age is no barrier: 110yo woman who took part in NEARLY ALL Indian elections, shows up again at New Delhi vote

Age is no barrier: 110yo woman who took part in NEARLY ALL Indian elections, shows up again at New Delhi vote The assembly elections in New Delhi are crucial to so many that even the oldest voter in the capital couldn’t resist throwing her weight behind one of the candidates, encouraging others to follow suit. Among the millions of voters that will cast their ballots this Saturday in New Delhi, there is one that stands out, not just because of her age, but also her remarkable voting record. At 110, Kalitara Mandal is said to have taken part in almost all Indian elections throughout the 20th century. “I remember, they [polling officials] would take my thumb impression and then the ballot paper would be folded and put into boxes. I have voted with bi...

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American in Wuhan, China dies of coronavirus, reported to be 1st US citizen killed in fast-moving outbreak

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American in Wuhan, China dies of coronavirus, reported to be 1st US citizen killed in fast-moving outbreak A US citizen has died of coronavirus in China, according to the country’s embassy. The patient succumbed to the disease in Wuhan – the epicenter of the epidemic which has already spread to more than 20 countries. “We can confirm that a 60-year-old US citizen diagnosed with coronavirus died at a hospital in Wuhan, China, on February 6,” an embassy spokesman told AFP. The US citizen was a woman with underlying health conditions, according to sources cited by the New York Times. The news comes as Japan’s Foreign Ministry confirmed that a Japanese national died from pneumonia in Wuhan. The man was suspected of being infected with coronavirus. The n...

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India’s Modi, New Delhi’s chief minister mobilize youth & women to ‘vote in record numbers’ in battle for capital's assembly

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India’s Modi, New Delhi’s chief minister mobilize youth & women to ‘vote in record numbers’ in battle for capital's assembly As some 14.7 million Indians gear up for an assembly election in New Delhi, party leaders are seeking to attract new voters, calling on women and the young to storm the polls in a bid to edge out the competition. Prime Minister Narendra Modi – whose Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) aims to unseat Delhi’s current chief minister, Arvind Kejriwal – took to Twitter early on Saturday to urge India’s youth to flock to the voting booths. Urging the people of Delhi, especially my young friends, to vote in record numbers दिल्ली विधानसभा चुनाव के लिए आज मतदान का दिन है। सभी मतदाताओं से मेरी अपील है कि वे अधिक से अधिक संख्...

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Diamond Princess cruise ship quarantine extended after Japan finds 3 more cases of coronavirus on board

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Diamond Princess cruise ship quarantine extended after Japan finds 3 more cases of coronavirus on board Three more passengers stranded aboard a quarantined cruise ship off the coast of Japan have tested positive for coronavirus, the country’s Health Ministry said on Saturday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases on the vessel to 64. While the quarantine period for the ship was initially set for two weeks, a health official has clarified that it would be extended each time a new case was confirmed on the vessel, currently stuck at the port of Yokohama with around 3,700 people on board. Some 279 passengers – either showing signs of illness or coming into close contact with those who do – have undergone tests for the virus. To date, each infected passenger has been transf...

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‘Free speech only for Americans!’ US senators threaten Twitter with sanctions unless it censors Iranian leadership

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‘Free speech only for Americans!’ US senators threaten Twitter with sanctions unless it censors Iranian leadership US senators have demanded that Twitter ban the accounts of two top Iranian officials, or face the wrath of US sanctions, in a thinly veiled threat to naïve free speech-believers who might fall out of favor with Washington next. Despite an Obama-era provision exempting certain internet platforms – including social media – from a raft of sanctions imposed on Iran, the four Republican lawmakers insisted in a joint letter that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif enjoyed no such protection, demanding that Twitter ban them immediately. “Twitter is aware of these accounts and their links to the Iranian regime,...

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‘Even you are hackable’: Facebook gets its Twitter & Instagram accounts hacked, trolled with cybersecurity services offer

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‘Even you are hackable’: Facebook gets its Twitter & Instagram accounts hacked, trolled with cybersecurity services offer In a highly unusual form of guerrilla marketing, hackers have breached the official Twitter and Instagram accounts of Facebook and its Messenger app, advertising their cyber security ‘services’ in a number of posts. Twitter confirmed the hacks on Friday, with a spokesperson noting the company had “locked the compromised accounts” and is now “working closely with our partners at Facebook to restore them.” The incident follows a series of hiccups on the platform, which caused widespread outages. Facebook and Messenger accounts on Twitter both hacked ... ouch! pic.twitter.com/YHHk44jg7p— Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra) ...

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‘Friday night massacre’: Sondland follows Vindmans as Trump cleans house of ‘traitors/heroes’ following failed impeachment

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‘Friday night massacre’: Sondland follows Vindmans as Trump cleans house of ‘traitors/heroes’ following failed impeachment The recall of US ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland seems to indicate that President Donald Trump is dismissing from service the officials who testified against him in the abortive impeachment proceedings. “I was advised that the president intends to recall me effective immediately,” Sondland said in a statement on Friday evening, adding he was grateful to Trump for the opportunity to head the US mission in Brussels. Wow — EU Ambassador Gordon Sondland recalled. His attorney sends me this statement on his behalf pic.twitter.com/UrCfHaENjE— Katherine Faulders (@KFaulders) February 7, 2020 https://platform.twitter....

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Could Brexit unfreeze Anglo-Russian relations? George Galloway thinks so

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Could Brexit unfreeze Anglo-Russian relations? George Galloway thinks so The UK needs new foreign partners after Brexit and mending ties with Russia looks like a logical step, especially with London not having to observe EU sanctions against Moscow any more, ex-MP George Galloway tells RT. “Britain has slipped its moorings in the EU and is setting sail for the world,” with last week’s Brexit, Galloway said on Friday, while visiting the RT headquarters in Moscow. Russia is “a major part” of this world, being the largest country in Europe and one of the biggest largest international economies, he added. Logically Britain ought to be looking for friends and ought to thaw, if not warm up, its relations with Russia. Also on ...

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‘End that son of a b*tch’: Duterte confirms US-Philippines military collaboration agreement is toast

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‘End that son of a b*tch’: Duterte confirms US-Philippines military collaboration agreement is toast Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte is “terminating” the Visiting Forces Agreement, which provides legal immunity to US military drills, in retaliation for the US canceling the visa of a political ally and fellow drug-warrior. “The president said he is terminating the VFA,” Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana told ABS-CBN News on Friday. “I asked for clarification and he said he is not changing his decision.” The agreement provides legal immunity for US soldiers conducting military exercises in the Philippines. Enraged by the US decision to cancel the visa of former police chief and Senator Roland dela Rosa last month, Duterte had given Washington a...

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Putin & Lukashenko's ‘moment of truth’ in Sochi: Agreement reached on ice hockey, but no deal on political impasse

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Putin & Lukashenko's ‘moment of truth’ in Sochi: Agreement reached on ice hockey, but no deal on political impasse The Belarussian leader had dubbed it the “moment of truth” in relations between Moscow and Minsk. However, Friday's Sochi meeting between Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko ended with a whisper rather than a scream. There was no post-summit press conference, let alone white smoke. In the end, Putin's deputy chief of staff, Dmitry Kozak, delivered a statement that revealed Russia won't be giving oil discounts to Belarus. From this we can infer no progress was made. Unless, of course, there are subsequent revelations. Fundamentally, Moscow has been subsidizing Minsk for a couple of decades. Lukashenko has used that support to kee...

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