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Real estate tycoon and critic of China's President Xi Jinping jailed for 18 years Xi Jinping

Real estate tycoon and critic of China's President Xi Jinping jailed for 18 years

Chinese real estate mogul Ren Zhiqiang - COLOR CHINA PHOTOThe former chairman of a state-owned real estate company who publicly criticised President Xi Jinping's handling of the coronavirus pandemic was sentenced to 18 years in prison on Tuesday on corruption charges, a court announced.Ren Zhiqiang, who became known for speaking…
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September 22, 2020
Pope Tells Parents Of LGBTQI Children, “God Loves Your Children As They Are” Pope Francis

Pope Tells Parents Of LGBTQI Children, “God Loves Your Children As They Are”

Pope Francis has said this week that “God loves your children as they are” while addressing about 40 parents from an Italian organisation called La Tenda di Gionata in a brief private, meeting following his weekly general audience at the Vatican. Tenda di Gionata which translates to English as Jonathan’s Tent…
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September 22, 2020
What ScoMo means by ‘transition’: a quick guide to climate change spin Climate Change

What ScoMo means by ‘transition’: a quick guide to climate change spin

The prime minister's words promoting fossil fuels are loaded with meaning — they just don't mean what they say. Prime Minister Scott Morrison. (Image: AAP/Mick Tsikas) Scott Morrison is very much at home spinning the story for the fossil-fuel industry, with phrases like "gas-led recovery" and "transition fuel" leading his…
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September 22, 2020
‘I want them to do it’: Trump says he welcomes second impeachment over Supreme Court seat Impeachment

‘I want them to do it’: Trump says he welcomes second impeachment over Supreme Court seat

Courtney Subramanian   | USA TODAY WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump insisted Monday that he welcomes the threat of a second impeachment by Democrats if he is successful in his push to fill the Supreme Court seat vacated by the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg."Go ahead ... I want them to do it,"…
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September 22, 2020
Poll: White Suburban Women Who Feel Safe Support Joe Biden; Those Who Feel Unsafe Support Trump Joe Biden

Poll: White Suburban Women Who Feel Safe Support Joe Biden; Those Who Feel Unsafe Support Trump

White suburban women who feel safe in their communities overwhelmingly support Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, but those who feel unsafe support President Donald Trump, according to an Axios/SurveyMonkey poll released on Thursday. The “survey of 14,043 U.S. adults who are white and live in suburbs,” was part of a…
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September 22, 2020
Trump and Xi to give dueling speeches Tuesday at UN General Assembly Xi Jinping

Trump and Xi to give dueling speeches Tuesday at UN General Assembly

President Trump and China’s Xi Jinping will address the UN General Assembly just minutes apart on Tuesday morning — with Russia’s Vladimir Putin following soon thereafter.The big picture: Trump has promised a “strong message on China.” Xi, meanwhile, is expected to laud global cooperation — with the clear implication that…
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September 22, 2020