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‘Torment’: Assange Spends Up to 23 Hours a Day in ‘Sordid’ Solitary Confinement, His Father Says Julian Assange

‘Torment’: Assange Spends Up to 23 Hours a Day in ‘Sordid’ Solitary Confinement, His Father Says

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who was sheltered for seven years in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London after being accused of obtaining and disclosing US national defence secrets on his whistleblowing platform, is currently being held in a British prison fol…
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September 28, 2019
How a rural women’s network in sub-Saharan Africa became a model for fighting the climate crisis Old-Age Poverty

How a rural women’s network in sub-Saharan Africa became a model for fighting the climate crisis

This year’s United Nations Climate Summit was an emotional rollercoaster: There was Greta Thurnberg’s 495-word speech, one for the history books; a new report on melting ice and warming oceans; and recognition of the sobering reality that effective climate me…
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September 28, 2019
White House Restricted Access to Calls Between Trump and Putin, Prince Muhammed bin Salman: Former Official Putin

White House Restricted Access to Calls Between Trump and Putin, Prince Muhammed bin Salman: Former Official

(WASHINGTON) — The White House severely restricted distribution of memos detailing President Donald Trump’s calls with foreign leaders, including Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed bin Salman, in an effort to curtail the kind of leaks about s…
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September 28, 2019
Retail sector cannot grow with protectionism, says BS Nagesh; asks offline retailers to use Internet to widen reach Protectionism

Retail sector cannot grow with protectionism, says BS Nagesh; asks offline retailers to use Internet to widen reach

The call for banning or asking for action against online e-commerce firms is not going to work but instead, the offline retailers must realise the huge golden opportunity that online retail offers and get on to it, said BS Nagesh, Chairman, Retailers Associat…
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September 28, 2019