U.S. security officials are warning that violent domestic extremists pose a threat to the presidential election next month, amid what one official called a “witch’s brew” of rising political tensions, civil unrest and foreign disinformation campaigns.
FBI and U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) memos say threats by domestic extremists to election-related targets will likely increase [...]

The World Health Organization announced Tuesday it would investigate newly released reports of alleged sexual exploitation and abuse against Congolese individuals perpetrated by the WHO’s Ebola aid workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo.  
A year-long investigation by the New Humanitarian and the Thomson Reuters Foundation included interviews with 51 women who recounted several instances [...]

North Korea gave no indication Tuesday that it has moved any closer to denuclearization in its statement during the final day of the U.N. General Assembly. 
“In the present world, where high-handedness based on strength is rampant, genuine peace can only be safeguarded when one possesses the absolute strength to prevent war itself,” North Korea’s U.N. [...]

Armenia and Azerbaijan traded accusations Tuesday of firing on each other across a shared border, the latest sign of a conflict over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh that is threatening to erupt into war.
Both countries reported firing to the west of the region, where intense fighting broke out Sunday between ethnic Armenian and Azeri forces, [...]

If the Covid-19 situation improves, Bangladesh will play international cricket only in January when West Indies visit [Read More]

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Source: Bangladesh news from Cricinfo

All-round Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) opened their account in the points tally as Delhi Capitals slumped to their first defeat in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium on Tuesday. A Rashid Khan masterclass and a Jonny Bairstow fifty helped Sunrisers seal a 15-run victory over Delhi. [Read More]

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Source: The Daily Star

Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld In times of major uncertainty it is important for the strategist to define key issues that could
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Source: Weekly Blitz :: Writings

“It is a jail, isn’t it? Have you ever heard that a person lived happily in a jail?” [Read More]

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Source: The Daily Star

The introduction of antigen tests for suspected Covid-19 patients still remains uncertain, as health officials are yet to start the process of procuring the kits, despite getting the nod from the government over a week ago. [Read More]

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Source: The Daily Star

In a bid to make a quick buck cashing in on the pandemic, several health officials purchased more than 20,000 fake N95 masks and supplied those to 10 hospitals for staffers treating Covid-19 patients. [Read More]

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Source: The Daily Star