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Turkey’s Erdogan orders expulsion of 10 Western ambassadors
Al Jazeera 23 Oct 2021
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan moved to expel the ambassadors of 10 Western countries who appealed for the release of a jailed civil society leader ... The Council of Europe, the continent’s top human rights watchdog, issued a final warning to Turkey to comply with a 2019 European Court of Human Rights order to release Kavala pending trial ... .
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Senior Al-Qaeda leader killed in US drone strike in Syria: Pentagon
Arab News 23 Oct 2021
WASHINGTON. A senior Al-Qaeda leader was killed in a US drone strike in Syria, the Pentagon said on Friday. The strike comes two days after a base in southern Syria, used by the US-led coalition fighting the Daesh group, was assaulted ... ....
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Evacuation flights for migrants start again in Libya
The Malta Independent 23 Oct 2021
The announcement comes after a massive crackdown on migrants by Libyan security forces ... It welcomed the resumption of humanitarian flights, but also called on the government to urgently address the needs of asylum-seekers and refugees in a “humane and rights-based manner,” especially those who cannot return to their countries of origin ... .
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Colombia's most-wanted drug lord 'Otoniel' captured
Straits Times 24 Oct 2021
BOGOTA (AFP) - Colombia's most-wanted drug trafficker, Dairo Antonio Usuga, also known as "Otoniel," was arrested by the country's authorities, the government said on Saturday (Oct 23). Presidential adviser Emilio Archila praised "the capture in Necocli of Dairo Antonio Usuga, alias 'Otoniel', head of the Gulf Clan," in a message on Twitter ... ....
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Alec Baldwin told prop gun was safe before fatal shooting
RTE 23 Oct 2021
Ms Hutchins died of her wounds and Mr Souza was injured but has since been released from a local hospital ... Mr Baldwin said yesterday that he was in shock over the accidental shooting as reports emerged of walk-outs on the 'Rust' set earlier in the week over unsafe conditions ... Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins ... The entrance to Christus St ... .
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Joe Biden's Taiwan gaffes create concern in China and Asia
Deutsche Welle 23 Oct 2021photo: AP / David Josek
World Championship bronze medallist Quinonez killed in Ecuador
Reuters 24 Oct 2021
Oct 23 (Reuters) - Sprinter Alex Quinonez, Ecuador's World Championship bronze medallist, has been killed in his home city of Guayanquil on Friday, the country's sports ministry said on Saturday ... (This story was refiled to remove extraneous words from third paragraph.)Reporting by Hritika Sharma in Bengaluru, editing by Pritha Sarkar ... ....
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Verstappen edges Hamilton for US Grand Prix pole in front of 120,000 fans
Supersport 24 Oct 2021
</p>Verstappen, who leads Hamilton by six points in the championship race, claimed his ninth pole of 2021 with a time of 1min 32.910sec, just two tenths faster than the British driver. </p>Sergio Perez, in the second Red Bull, was third, only 0.15sec behind Hamilton ... </p>Verstappen has finished fourth, third and second.
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The Roads To Hyperbitcoinization
Bitcoin Magazine 23 Oct 2021
An examination of data that supports the increasingly discussed monetary replacement of the century — hyperbitcoinization.Introduction ... Step 1. Collection ... Several countries have reported possession of bitcoin after seizing it from criminal activities, but no country has announced a specific strategy for hoarding digital assets as a reserve currency.