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US diplomats lodge extraordinary protest against Trump

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COURTESY BY: https://www.dawn.com/ WASHINGTON: In a highly unusual move, American diplomats have drafted two cables condemning President Donald Trumpā€™s incitement of the deadly assault on the Capitol on Wednesday and calling for administration officials to possibly support invoking the 25th Amendment to remove him from office. Using what is known as the State Departmentā€™s dissent channel, career foreign and civil service officers said they fear the Jan 6 siege may badly undermine US credibility to promote and defend democratic values abroad. ā€œFailing to publicly hold the president to account would…

Facebook reviews ā€˜race-blindā€™ hate speech policy

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COURTESY BY: https://www.dawn.com/ NEW YORK: Facebook has decided to revise its hate speech algorithms to prioritise blocking slurs against blacks, Muslims and others that have historically faced discrimination, theĀ Washington PostĀ reported on Thursday. The change is set to alter the social networkā€™s ā€œso-called race-blindā€ system that has removed anti-white comments and excised innocuous comments by people of colour, theĀ PostĀ said. The reform is at an early stage and aims to target speech deemed ā€œthe worst of the worstā€, including slurs against blacks, Muslims, people of more than one race, the LGBTQ community…

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 eyes accord on stealth fighter jets with UAE

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COURTESY BY: https://www.dawn.com/ WASHINGTON: The United States and the United Arab Emirates hope to have an initial agreement on the sale of F-35 stealth fighter jets to the Gulf state in place by December, as the Trump administration studies how to structure a deal without running afoul of Israel. Sources close to the negotiations said the goal is to have a letter of agreement in place in time for UAE National Day celebrated on Dec 2. Any deal must satisfy decades of agreement with Israel that states any US weapons…

Continued protests may help Trumpā€™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 ā€œBlack Lives Matterā€ 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…

Donald Trumpā€™s week to be remembered as his undoing or his revival

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COURTESY BY: https://www.hindustantimes.com/ Donald Trump endured one of the grimmest weeks of his presidency, as days of protests in U.S. cities emerged as the biggest test yet of his ability to lead in a crisis and put new strains on his argument for a second term. Yet, for Trump it was also a week that ended on a high note. An unexpected surge in May hiring, despite the coronavirus pandemic, and an easing of tensions on American streets allowed him to claim Friday, in an extemporaneous Rose Garden speech, that…

T&T teams finish second at US Open

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Youth teams from T&T did the country proud when they made the finals of the Youth US Open T20 tournament in both the Under-17 and Under-15 categories, only to fall at the final hurdle at the Central Broward Regional Park on Monday night. The T&T Secondary Schools U-17 team and the Kumar Rampat Cricket Academy U-15 squad both visited the tournament for the first time and reached the finals at the Central Broward Regional Park. The KRCA was drawn to play the Washington Future Stars in the Under-15 tournament and…