VietPress USA ( November 1st, 2016):
Report: Coal power doesn't help the poor. The report is strikingly counter-intuitive: on the whole, building coal power plants does little to help the poor, and often it can actually make them poorer. (theguardian.com)
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China on Tuesday rejected a plan by U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to back out of a global climate change pact, saying a wise political leader should make policy in line with global trends, a rare comment on a foreign election (reuters.com)
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Syrian women saved from Isis by female Kurdish fighters set up their own women-only battalion (independent.co.uk)
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NATO, Russia to hold parallel military drills in the Balkans: NATO is holding an emergency exercise drill in Montenegro while Russian troops will participate in a war game in Serbia (cbsnews.com)
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Because of Brexit, British Jews whose families once fled the Nazis are applying for German passports. In August, the German Embassy in London confirmed it had received over 400 inquiries regarding citizenship in the seven weeks following the EU referendum. (independent.co.uk)
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Moroccan students boycotted schools on Monday and took to the streets to continue their protests over the gruesome death of a 31-year-old fishmonger who was crushed to death inside a garbage truck as he was attempting to recover his fish after it was confiscated by authorities (themoroccantimes.com)
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Turkish authorities shut down first Kurdish all-female news agency: 'We do not bow down to the decrees of the AKP, which is misogynistic and counts women as nothing' (independent.co.uk)
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Jailed anti-Putin activist says he is being tortured in prison: A Russian opposition activist who became the first person to be jailed for repeatedly staging peaceful anti-Kremlin protests under a new law says he is being tortured in prison and fears for his life. (reuters.com)
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Saudi Arabia sacks longstanding finance minister as kingdom grapples with lost oil revenue (independent.co.uk)
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Transgender Muslim woman hacked to death in Russia few days after marrying a man following her father's TV plea: 'Bring him here and kill him in front of my eyes'(news.sitibe.com)
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Behind Soft PaywallVenezuela is telling hungry city dwellers to grow their own food (washingtonpost.com)
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They survived Boko Haram, but now officials are raping and sexually abusing women and girls in Nigeria (hrw.org)
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Nearly half of Russians fear Syria conflict could lead to World War III, poll finds (independent.co.uk)
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