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Hongkong

MURIC cautions Nigerians against new protest

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has cautioned Nigerians, especially the Muslim faithful, against any new protest. MURIC Director, Ishaq Akintola, said this in a statement on Monday in Lagos. “The attention of MURIC has been drawn to subterranean rumblings as precursors of demonstrations. “We like to remind Nigerian Muslims in…

bubmagNovember 9, 2020

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MURIC cautions Nigerians against further protest

Agency Reporter The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has cautioned Nigerians, especially the Muslim faithful against any new protest. MURIC Director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, said this in a statement on Monday in Lagos. “The attention of MURIC has been drawn to subterranean rumblings as precursors of demonstrations. “We like to remind…

bubmagNovember 9, 2020

Kim Jong Un

From ‘love’ to ‘thug’: Biden win to change US-North Korea dynamic

By Sunghee Hwang (AFP) 20 hours ago in Politics Headline-grabbing summits between the leaders of North Korea and the United States will be off the agenda for some time, analysts say, after US president-elect Joe Biden characterised Kim Jong Un a "thug", in contrast to Donald Trump's declarations…

bubmagNovember 9, 2020

Impeachment

Why it is important for Donald Trump to deliver a concession speech

Maintaining the position he has voiced practically since 2016 -- not to accept any election results unless he wins -- Donald Trump has refused to concede that Joe Biden has won the 2020 U.S. election and is now president-elect. This is despite the many national leaders (Justin Trudeau was among the first) who swiftly congratulated Biden…

bubmagNovember 9, 2020

Slavery Abolition

American election shows U.S. Senate should be abolished, not replicated in Canada

Does anyone recall the Reform Party of Canada's campaign starting in the late 1980s to impose on our country a "triple-e Senate" -- that is to say elected, effective, and, above all, "equal"? Pushed by the likes of Calgary-area farmer Bert Brown and would-be philosopher king Preston Manning, this call for…

bubmagNovember 9, 2020

Censored Internet

The English Word That Hasn’t Changed in Sound or Meaning in 8,000 Years

The word lox was one of the clues that eventually led linguists to discover who the Proto-Indo-Europeans were, and where they lived.Photograph by Helen Cook / FlickrOne of my favorite words is lox,” says Gregory Guy, a professor of linguistics at New York University. There is hardly a more quintessential…

bubmagNovember 9, 2020

Hurricane

Tropical Storm Eta makes landfall in the Florida Keys

Tropical Storm Eta was unleashing more strong winds, heavy rains and "dangerous storm surge" over parts of Florida early Thursday, ahead of an expected second landfall in the state, per the National Hurricane Center. The state of play: Eta was pummeling Florida's west coast overnight after briefly strengthening into a…

bubmagNovember 9, 2020

Hurricane

Hurricane alert issued as Tropical Storm Eta lashes South Florida

Tropical Storm Eta was unleashing more strong winds, heavy rains and "dangerous storm surge" over parts of Florida early Thursday, ahead of an expected second landfall in the state, per the National Hurricane Center.The state of play: Eta was pummeling Florida's west coast overnight after briefly strengthening into a Category…

bubmagNovember 9, 2020

Berlin Wall

Today in History for November 9th

Skip to main content HomeCoronavirus Updates2020 Election ResultsElectionsNationWorldPoliticsFactcheckEducationInvestigationsHealthWeatherRace in AmericaImpeachmentJust the FAQsTracking 2020Register to VoteVoter GuideHighlights of this day in history: Germans dance on top of Berlin Wall as communism crumbles in Eastern Europe; Nazis target Jews during 'Kristallnacht'; A massive blackout hits the Northeast; Poet Dylan Thomas and Actor…

bubmagNovember 9, 2020

Hurricane

Tropical Storm Eta lashes Florida after slamming Cuba

Tropical Storm Eta, the lingering former hurricane that hit Central America last week, lashed parts of South Florida with powerful winds, heavy rain and a dangerous storm surge Sunday after slamming Cuba, officials said. Eta had been downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical depression, but it restrengthened to a…

bubmagNovember 9, 2020

MURIC cautions Nigerians against new protest

MURIC cautions Nigerians against further protest

From ‘love’ to ‘thug’: Biden win to change US-North Korea dynamic

Why it is important for Donald Trump to deliver a concession speech

American election shows U.S. Senate should be abolished, not replicated in Canada

The English Word That Hasn’t Changed in Sound or Meaning in 8,000 Years

Tropical Storm Eta makes landfall in the Florida Keys

Hurricane alert issued as Tropical Storm Eta lashes South Florida

Today in History for November 9th

Tropical Storm Eta lashes Florida after slamming Cuba

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