US Open draft Nov 25

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MARGATE/FL – USA: The players draft for the US Open T20, 2020 tournament will take place on November 25 in the United States of America. Chairman and CEO of Cricket Council USA (CCUSA) Mahammad Qureshi said that this year it will be done differently. “We are doing it differently his year because of the Covid 19 pandemic. On November 25 we will be sending all the players’ names who have registered on Cricketerbook.com to all eight team owners. They will then deliberate on who they want and by November 30…

Government Probes Microsoft’s Plan To Hire More Black Staff Members

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COURTESY BY: https://www.bolnews.com/ Microsoft is being questioned by the US government over whether a diversity initiative amounts to racial discrimination. The Department of Labor has singled out Microsoft’s pledge to double the number of “black and African American” senior staff by 2025. Officials have warned the company the target appears “to imply that the employment action may be taken on the basis of race”. Microsoft denies the accusation. “We are clear that the law prohibits us from discriminating on the basis of race,” the firm’s lawyer Dev Stahlkopf blogged. “We…

Don’t be afraid of the virus,’ says Trump on return to White House; faces backlash

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COURTESY BY: https://www.dawn.com/ US President Donald Trump staged a dramatic return to the White House after leaving the military hospital where he was receiving an unprecedented level of care for Covid-19. He immediately ignited a new controversy by declaring that despite his illness the nation should not fear the virus that has killed more than 210,000 Americans and then he entered the White House without a protective mask. “If the President bounces back onto the campaign trail, he will be an invincible hero, who not only survived every dirty trick…

Virus spreads on US Senate panel handling Supreme Court nomination

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COURTESY BY: https://www.dawn.com/ WASHINGTON: Two Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee have tested positive for the coronavirus, raising questions about the timing of Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett and whether additional senators may have been exposed. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell declared the confirmation process was going full steam ahead. North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis and Utah Sen. Mike Lee both said that they had tested positive for the virus. Both had attended a ceremony for Barrett at the White House on Sept 25 with…

US President Donald Trump Tests Positive For Coronavirus

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COURTESY BY: https://www.bolnews.com/ The United States President Donald Trump said late on Thursday that he and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for Covid-19 and have been quarantined. Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this TOGETHER! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 2, 2020 The first lady also confirmed on her official twitter handle: As too many Americans have done this year, @potus & I are quarantining at home after testing positive for COVID-19.…

Donald Trump Paid No Tax At All In 10 Years

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The President of the United States of America (USA) Donald Trump paid just $750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and 2017, revealed a report on Monday. The year he won the presidential election. According to the report, the US President paid no income taxes at all in 10 of the previous 15 years. The report contained information that Donald Trump disclosed to the US government’s Internal Revenue Service and were not findings of any independent inquiry. Report Findings The report tabulated the tax returns relating to President Trump and…

US President Trump won’t commit to peaceful transfer of power if he loses

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COURTESY BY: https://www.dawn.com/ United States President Donald Trump again declined to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses the November 3 presidential election. “We’re going to have to see what happens,” Trump said on Wednesday at a news conference, responding to a question about whether he’d commit to a peaceful transfer of power. “You know that I’ve been complaining very strongly about the ballots, and the ballots are a disaster.” It is highly unusual that a sitting president would express less than complete confidence in the American democracy’s electoral…

Twitter slaps warning label on Trump tweets

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COURTESY BY: https://www.dawn.com/ Twitter Inc on Thursday placed warning labels on tweets by United States President Donald Trump, saying his post included potentially misleading information regarding the process of mail-in voting. “Because of the new and unprecedented massive amount of unsolicited ballots which will be sent to “voters”, or wherever, this year, the November 3rd Election result may NEVER BE ACCURATELY DETERMINED, which is what some want. Another election disaster yesterday. Stop Ballot Madness!” Because of the new and unprecedented massive amount of unsolicited ballots which will be sent to…

Generals want to keep arms makers happy: Trump

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COURTESY BY: https://www.dawn.com/ WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump accused the US military brass on Monday of wanting to fight wars to keep weapon makers happy. At a White House news conference, Trump criticised his rival Joe Biden, describing him as a proponent of “endless wars”, before turning his criticism toward military leaders who he himself appointed, saying they are interested in conflict to satisfy military contractors. “I’m not saying the military is in love with me. The soldiers are. The top people in the Pentagon probably aren’t because they want to…

Continued protests may help Trump’s re-election

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COURTESY BY: https://www.dawn.com/ WASHINGTON: Police used chemical irritants to disperse protesters from streets around the White House on Monday as President Donald Trump claimed Democrats had lost control over the “Black Lives Matter” movement. Thousands gathered in Washington this weekend to protest racism and alleged police brutality. The rallies began on Friday evening and continued till Monday morning, splitting into small groups and marching in the streets around the White House. Mostly, the protesters remained peaceful, standing in lines, chanting slogans and taunting police. But clashes with police were reported…