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  Last update: 19:00 GMT 22.10.2020

  19:00 GMT 22.10.2020

  US

  Photo: Patriot Air Defense System Spotted at Rural Texas Airport

  A battery of MIM-104 Patriot air defense systems recently appeared at a Texas civilian airfield with little explanation, but was later revealed to be part of a US Army training operation.

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  Last update: 19:00 GMT 22.10.2020

  19:00 GMT 22.10.2020

  US

  Photos: Fort Bragg’s Twitter Account Was Not Hacked, Lewd Tweets Sent From Administrator

  Garrison officials with North Carolina’s Fort Bragg have confirmed that a series of lewd posts issued from the military base’s Twitter account were authored by an administrator and not a hacker, as they initially claimed.

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  Last update: 19:35 GMT 22.10.2020

  19:35 GMT 22.10.2020

  Environment

  ‘Unprecedented’: Sea Ice Freeze in Siberian Arctic Delayed to Latest Date on Record

  For the first time on record, the main nursery of the Arctic sea ice in Siberia has not started freezing in late October due to unusually warm temperatures in northern Russia and the intrusion of Atlantic waters, according to climate scientists.

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  Last update: 19:00 GMT 22.10.2020

  19:00 GMT 22.10.2020

  Society

  Photo: US Landlord Allegedly Threatens to Raise Tenants’ Rent Should Biden Win 2020 Election

  The tenants of Ed Pagel’s Trailer Park in Fort Morgan, Colorado, were recently met with a highly questionable notice allegedly dispersed by the lot’s landlord, warning that should Democratic challenger Joe Biden win the 2020 presidential election, their rent would double.

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  Last update: 18:31 GMT 22.10.2020

  18:31 GMT 22.10.2020

  US

  Password - 'maga2020': Donald Trump’s Account on Twitter Reportedly Broken Into by Dutch Hacker

  This is not the first time that the hacker has tried to access Donald Trump’s account on Twitter, where the US president has 87.3 million followers. In 2016, the hacker claimed he had got into Trump’s account by guessing his password with the help of his friends. Back then, it was “yourefired”, a famous line from Trump’s show The Apprentice.

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  Last update: 15:32 GMT 22.10.2020

  15:32 GMT 22.10.2020

  Russia

  Putin to Russia's Ill-Wishers: We Only Worried About How Not to Catch Cold at Your Funeral

  MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Speaking about those countries that are waiting for Russia's demise, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that "we are only worried about one thing — how not to catch a cold at your funeral."

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  Last update: 04:57 GMT 22.10.2020

  04:57 GMT 22.10.2020

  World

  Live Updates: Aliyev Doesn't Rule Out Cultural Autonomy for Armenians in Karabakh

  So far, Armenia and Azerbaijan have twice agreed on a humanitarian ceasefire, mediated by Moscow, in order to exchange prisoners and the deceased. However, both times the sides resumed clashes, accusing each other of breaching the deal and the fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh continued.

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  Last update: 04:43 GMT 22.10.2020

  04:43 GMT 22.10.2020

  World

  COVID-19 Live Updates: Germany Sets New Record With 11,287 New Cases

  More than 41.17 million cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed worldwide, and almost 1.13 million people have died due to the infection since the pandemic broke out, according to Johns Hopkins University. Amid the growing numbers of infections, nations across the world are preparing for a second wave, reintroducing quarantine measures.