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1 month, 3 weeks ago

One in four Americans predict riots after the election and 10% fear a civil war whoever wins, poll finds

Fights have broken out at polling stations and election workers have gone through active shooter drills. Partners, more than 25 percent think there will be rioting whether Harris or Trump wins, and 10 percent fear there will be a civil war. Just over one in five think a Democratic victory would lead to a repeat of January 6, and 21 …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Filipinos advised to leave Lebanon immediately over war fear

China Daily

A man checks a car destroyed during an Israeli airstrike in the town of Marjeyoun, Lebanon, Aug 14, 2024. MANILA -- Filipinos staying in Lebanon have been advised to leave the Middle East country as early as possible as tension escalates due to the threat of an all-out war between the Iran-backed group Hezbollah and Israel. In a social media …

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1 year ago

Why Donald Trump should absolutely fear the 14th Amendment

Raw Story

Lawyers who represent the U.S. government in federal court face a never-ending supply of 1st and 14th Amendment cases filed by creative plaintiffs’ counsel. Lack of precedent is irrelevant Argue as some might, a lack of prior similar cases doesn’t render Section 3 of the 14th Amendment any less potent, or its historical imperative any less compelling. Section 3 of …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Democrats fear that Biden’s Israel-Hamas war stance could cost him reelection in Michigan

Associated Press

LANSING, Mich. — Democrats in Michigan have warned the White House that President Joe Biden’s handling of the Israel-Hamas conflict could cost him enough support within the Arab American community to sway the outcome of the 2024 election in a state he almost certainly can’t afford to lose in his bid for reelection. Aiyash, the Democratic floor leader in the …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Defiance, fear in Niger as ECOWAS deadline looms

Al Jazeera

The regional bloc’s ultimatum for Niger’s coup leaders to restore deposed President Mohamed Bazoum or risk military intervention is set to expire on Sunday. They said they have established other strategies to grow our economy.” The coup in Niger makes the country the fifth in West Africa – after Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso and Chad – whose government has been …

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1 year, 5 months ago

WORLD AFFAIRS | Syrian Refugees fear being forced back

The Hindu

Published : Jul 20, 2023 14:37 IST - 6 MINS READ As Jordan hosted regional talks this spring aimed at ending Syria’s isolation after more than a decade of civil war, Syrian refugee Suzanne Dabdoob felt a deep pressure in her brain and in her ears, she said, a fear she had not felt since arriving to Jordan 10 years …

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1 year, 5 months ago

A Wagner ex-convict returned from war and a Russian village lived in fear. Then he killed again

LA Times

In this image taken from video and released on May 20 by the press service of Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner private military contractor, his forces wave Russian and Wagner flags atop a damaged building in Bakhmut, Ukraine. Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin said he had recruited 50,000 convicts for Ukraine, an estimate also made by Olga Romanova, director of …

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2 years, 2 months ago

The bleak Ukrainian landscape Russia leaves behind: Corpses in the garden, land mines and fear

LA Times

Corpses in need of reburial, traumatized villagers, rocket remnants strewn across sunflower fields: In eastern Ukraine, this is the bleak landscape left behind when Russian troops fled. As Ukrainian and Russian troops traded artillery fire along the adjacent front line, “the dogs barked nonstop,” recalled Raisa Nikolaevna, a Sviatohirsk resident in her 60s. A 67-year-old retired cleaning lady agreed to …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Fear grows for migrants held in Ukraine’s detention centre