U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden offered sharply contrasting views on the still-raging coronavirus pandemic at Thursday’s final presidential debate, seeking to persuade the few remaining undecided voters 12 days before their Nov. 3 election. Trump, a Republican, adopted a more restrained tone than he did during a chaotic first debate in September, when he repeatedly interrupted Biden. But Thursday’s clash still featured plenty of personal attacks between two men who evince little respect for each other, and Trump kept fact-checkers busy by leveling unfounded corruption accusations at Biden and his family. The absence of disruptions yielded a more substantive debate over a range of topics including the economy, race, climate change, healthcare and imm...

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari spoke to the nation about the unrest that has gripped the country in recent days, but without making any mention of the shootings of peaceful protesters at Lekki toll plaza on Tuesday night that prompted international outrage. The military opened fire without warning on thousands of peaceful protesters singing the national anthem Tuesday night, killing at least 12 people. The shootings have been widely condemned but Buhari did not speak of them at all during his Thursday address, instead urging protestors to stop their demonstrations. He urged protesters to resist the temptation of being used by some subversive elements to cause chaos with the aim of truncating our nascent democracy. He called on Nigeria’s youths “to discontinue the street pr...

To protest the social and economic policies of President, Ivan Duque and the killing of human rights activists and police violence, thousands of union members, teachers, students and indigenous people participated in a national strike in Colombia on Wednesday  The government warned protesters of increased risk of corona virus infections. Colombia, which was under lock down for more than five months, is set to top one million confirmed infections this weekend. The marches are the latest in a sporadic series of protests which began late last year, including September demonstrations against police brutality that led to 13 deaths. Variety of government concessions, including guaranteed income for those who lost jobs in the pandemic, more funding for health and education and steps to sto...

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