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7 votes
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New York 22nd district race up in air as county finds fifty-five uncounted ballots
12 votes -
Rubber ducks have become a symbol of Thailand’s pro-democracy protests in Bangkok after demonstrators used them as shields against police water cannon and teargas
12 votes -
Norway will extradite a man to France who is suspected of taking part in an attack that killed six people in a Jewish restaurant in Paris thirty-eight years ago
7 votes -
In a 5-4 ruling, Supreme Court sides with religious groups in a dispute over Covid-19 restrictions in New York
20 votes -
Amazon's reported surveillance of workers could break Australian law, union says
7 votes -
US President Donald Trump pardons Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about Russia contact
22 votes -
The Trump administration is clearing the way for the start of President-elect Joe Biden's transition, despite Donald Trump vowing to keep up election fight
30 votes -
Alberta officials warn drivers not to let moose lick their cars
13 votes -
Guatemala protesters torch Congress as simmering anger boils over
9 votes -
Donald Trump's election power play: Persuade Republican legislators to do what US voters did not
12 votes -
BuzzFeed to acquire HuffPost in multi-year partnership with Verizon Media
10 votes -
SAS soldiers made to shoot prisoners to get their first kill, thirty-nine Afghans 'murdered', inquiry finds
12 votes -
Minneapolis violence surges as police officers leave department in droves
14 votes -
Florida governor pushes expansion of Stand Your Ground law as part of "anti-mob" crackdown
17 votes -
Belgium has expelled five Danish far-right activists and banned them for a year over their plans to burn a Quran in a mainly-Muslim area of Brussels
10 votes -
"The intelligence coup of the century" - For decades, the CIA read the encrypted communications of allies and adversaries
12 votes -
Robin Kemp lost her news job in Clayton County, Ga. — but she kept reporting the news. It paid off on election week.
16 votes -
Trump loyalists get top Pentagon jobs after firing of defence secretary Mark Esper
11 votes -
The FBI says ‘Boogaloo’ extremists bought 3D-printed machine gun parts
13 votes -
Estonia's far-right minister resigns over Biden remarks
12 votes -
Inside the New York Times' heated reckoning with itself
7 votes -
Peru's congress votes 105-19 to impeach President Martín Vizcarra and remove him from office
21 votes -
Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia sign Nagorno-Karabakh peace deal
14 votes -
A little-known Donald Trump appointee is in charge of handing transition resources to US President Joe Biden — and she isn’t budging
20 votes -
2020 Election News and Information (Week of November 1st)
A thread you can easily ignore A new week a new thread As the pace and the quantity of information that is coming out of the election increases. Instead of creating a new post for everything, or...
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A new week a new thread
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Final thread before the election
23 votes -
Joe Biden elected president
69 votes -
Joe Biden is the next President of the United States
Race called by Decision Desk HQ at 08:50 AM EST: https://twitter.com/DecisionDeskHQ/status/1324710866516905984 Other sources will follow as there is no path back for Donald Trump to win PA. Update...
Race called by Decision Desk HQ at 08:50 AM EST: https://twitter.com/DecisionDeskHQ/status/1324710866516905984
Other sources will follow as there is no path back for Donald Trump to win PA.
Update #1: Called by Business Insider
Update #2: Called by Vox (thanks @dubteedub)
Update #3: The Economist is coming as close as they can to calling it (explanation: https://twitter.com/gelliottmorris/status/1324860925745229824)
Update #4: The AP, NBC, CNN and ABC News have called the race. It's over.
Update #5: New York Times, BBC
Update #6: Meanwhile in Trump's fantasy land
Update #7: Fox News has called it as well.72 votes -
Donald Trump gives remarks regarding the US election results
12 votes -
Public shooting in Vienna (Allegedly terror attacks)
Short Summary: On Monday, approximately 20:00 local time, public shootings occured at multiple places in Vienna, Austria. 4 deaths in total, one perp, 3 civilians. 15 people are severely injured,...
Short Summary:
- On Monday, approximately 20:00 local time, public shootings occured at multiple places in Vienna, Austria.
- 4 deaths in total, one perp, 3 civilians. 15 people are severely injured, including one member of the police.
- Attacker(s) is/were armed with a rifle and several handguns, and were wearing a dummy explosive vest.
- The dead perpetrator has been investigated over the night, identified as a sympathisant of IS ("Islamic State"). There have been multiple arrests and house searches of the people surrounding this person by Austrian SWAT (Kobra).
- Schools are closed on Tuesday (today).
- In total, six places have been hit: Morzinplatz, Salzgries, Seitenstettengasse, Graben, Bauernmarkt und Fleischmarkt
- The police is still currently working with military support.
- Locals are urged to stay home today and it's difficult to get reliable updates.
- The police has asked the public to refrain from posting videos/pictures on social media, and instead send it to them, as posting material could endanger the police and military working.
- Multiple perpetrators are possible, but not confirmed.
- The attack is currently considered to be an Islamic terror attack.
Best place to get news: @LPDWien (local police department Vienna) on Twitter: https://nitter.net/lpdwien They post relevant information in both English and German.
18 votes -
Anti-Rupert Murdoch petition wins record support in Australia
9 votes -
A discussion of Glenn Greenwald's departure from The Intercept
Glenn Greenwald resigned from from The Intercept_ an online publication he helped start after the Edward Snowden Leaks. In that letter Glenn Greenwald goes into detail for the reason for his...
Glenn Greenwald resigned from from The Intercept_ an online publication he helped start after the Edward Snowden Leaks. In that letter Glenn Greenwald goes into detail for the reason for his resignation.
The final, precipitating cause is that The Intercept’s editors, in violation of my contractual right of editorial freedom, censored an article I wrote this week, refusing to publish it unless I remove all sections critical of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, the candidate vehemently supported by all New-York-based Intercept editors involved in this effort at suppression.
Editor-in-Chief of The Intercept's response with a heavy critique of Glenn Greenwald work as a Journalist.
it is important to make clear that our goal in editing his work was to ensure that it would be accurate and fair. While he accuses us of political bias, it was he who was attempting to recycle the dubious claims of a political campaign — the Trump campaign — and launder them as journalism.
Glenn Greenwald post the unedited article w/ typos and and all that The Intercept refused to publish.
Glenn has also posted the email exchange between himself and other editors at The Intercept.
26 votes -
2020 Election News and Information (Week of October 25th)
A thread you can easily ignore A new week a new thread As the pace and the quantity of information that his coming out of the election increases. Instead of creating a new post for everything, or...
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Thank goodness this is almost over
16 votes -
New Zealand voters approve euthanasia but reject recreational marijuana
17 votes -
Terror attack in Nice: 'Woman beheaded inside church' as three dead in knife attack frenzy
14 votes -
Since 2016, the Falun Gong-backed Epoch Times newspaper has used aggressive Facebook tactics and right-wing misinformation to create an anti-China, pro-Trump media empire
11 votes -
How Syria's disinformation wars destroyed the co-founder of the White Helmets
6 votes -
2020 Election News and Information (Week of October 18th)
A thread you can easily ignore As the pace and the quantity of information that his coming out of the election increases. Instead of creating a new post for everything, or not posting things...
A thread you can easily ignore
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20 votes -
As local news dies, a pay-for-play network rises in its place
7 votes -
James Randi, magician and paranormal debunker, dies at 92
22 votes -
Pro-democracy protests in Thailand, in pictures
12 votes -
US ICE officers 'used torture to make Africans sign own deportation orders'
10 votes -
Peter Madsen, convicted of murdering Kim Wall in 2017, has been recaptured after escaping from his suburban jail in Copenhagen by taking a psychologist hostage
11 votes -
Growing number of unexpected arrivals in Arctic waters around Greenland – shrinking sea ice has fast-tracked a race among powers for control over resources and waterways
5 votes -
Thai police crack down on protesters, PM refuses to resign
11 votes -
The problem of free speech in an age of disinformation
13 votes -
Danish mayor Frank Jensen quits amid sexual harassment allegations – Social Democrat has apologized for his behaviour, saying he did not want to stand in the way of progress
6 votes -
Jacinda Ardern leads New Zealand Labour Party to historically high re-election, projected to win 49% of votes and 64/120 seats
28 votes -
Police are cutting ties with domestic violence programs that support Black Lives Matter
15 votes -
Terror inquiry after teacher beheaded near Paris
13 votes