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Joe Biden Would Beat Trump By Double Digits in 2020 Election
Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs on November 1 in Chicago. "I have no plans on running in 2020", Biden said in a Wednesday NPR interview . The vice president also served for 36 years in the Senate representing Delaware. Biden could face a crowded Democratic field that would likely include Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders. [Full Article...]
Exports dip in Oct, trade deficit at 3-year high
Imports, however, grew by 7.6 per cent to United States dollars 37.11 billion in October from USD 34.5 billion in the year-ago month, the commerce ministry data released today showed. Exports had soared by 25.7 per cent to $28.6 billion in September, its highest growth in six months, with expansion in shipment of chemicals, petroleum, and engineering products. [Full Article...]
Google pays tribute to India's first woman advocate Cornelia Sorabji
She was the first female advocate in India. Sorabji helped an estimated 600 women and orphans fight legal battles, sometimes at no charge. However, even as she passed the pleader examination in Allahabad High Court in 1899, she was not recognised as a barrister until 1923, when the laws concerning women lawyers finally changed. [Full Article...]
Two-county effort underway for Operation Christmas Child
Since 1993, Operation Christmas Child has collected and delivered more than 146 million gift-filled shoeboxes to children in more than 160 countries and territories. "It gives you a whole different perspective on what you're doing, the conditions they live in and the conditions of the churches and schools that they go to, it broadens your perspective on things", said O'Connor. [Full Article...]
'Short and fat': Trump's North Korea bluster during Asia trip
It comes as the ex-director of the Government Communications Headquarters, Robert Hannigan, warned that the WannaCry ransomware attack on the NHS in May is only the beginning of despot leader Kim Jong-un's cyber war. Arriving in Seoul on Tuesday, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy Joseph Yun told the local press he was not sure whether North Korea's break from nuclear testing wou... [Full Article...]
India slashes GST rates as growth hits new low
The meeting was held to iron out the rough edges in the GST which was introduced in the month of July 2017. Whereas, guar meal, hop cone, certain dried vegetables, unworked coconut shell and fish now attract nil GST tax as against 5 per cent earlier. [Full Article...]
12-Year-Old Joins Lawsuit Against Attorney General Sessions Over Medicinal Marijuana
Like most 12-year-olds, Alexis Bortell is energetic and loves to read, write and explore her family's 35-acre farm in Colorado. The plaintiffs now include five people: 12-year-old Alexis Bortell, who uses cannabis oil to ward of life-threatening seizures, 6-year-old Jagger Cotte who is being treated for Leigh syndrome , former NFL Linebacker Marvin Washington who has also founded Isodiol Per... [Full Article...]
Suu Kyi meets Tillerson, UN chief on Rohingya crisis
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has come under increasing global pressure to act to prevent further tragedies from occurring. In a summit on Monday night with leaders of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, of which Myanmar is a member, Guterres also voiced concern about the Rohingya. [Full Article...]