#Countries

Facts that most people forget: - The West Bank was administered by Jordan from 1948-1967, in exactly the same scenario as Israel is now in (disputed territory/military occupation) and nobody
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10 Countries with the strongest military power and amazing facts about their army (A Thread)1. USAWith $738Billion military budget, 800 military bases outside the US, 1.3M soldiers in the army
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Just explained @BBCEngland that test and trace has picked up 10K new cases in last 2 weeks which is minority of new cases as reported by @ONS. National tracers have
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Trump’s New Trade War Weapon Might Just Be Antique China Debt - Collectors of pre-Communist debt are lobbying the White House to force Beijing to pay up.CCP has never recognized
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DEEP DIVE — November's election represents a hinge moment for America's place in the world.It may be living through the last gasps of America First — or just getting a
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tw// abuse, murder, knife, stabbing-------- like most things that happen in india people are probably gonna ignore this thread but i couldnt help myself so here i am A man
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TathagatThe famed gigantic Buddha statues of Bamyan, Afghanistan. They were carved out of mountain cliffs & were completed by 6th century CE. The bigger statue was 174 ft & the
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COVID19 Vaccine Early Results @JennerInstitute @AstraZeneca @CEPIvaccines @UKRI_News One crucial step & v encouraging builds on incredible global research effort. To see promising results from several candidates in mths is
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1/ It's been a while since I did one of these: a thread of charts and data on the real-time economic impact of COVID-19, from @Quandl and other sources. 2/
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1/Western elites often talk about a "rules-based international order" and how China has defied it.But what exactly is this "order"? And why do Western elites feel so threatened by China
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The UK has so far had one of the worst coronavirus epidemics of any country in the world. The Government has serious questions to answer about failures in its response.https://twitter.com/ChrisGiles_/status/1265885480144470023
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1/ A thought. It's important to unpack, "there's a crisis on, support the government."Easy to accept as common sense.Easy to dismiss as creepy knee-bending.I think it's all a little more
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Pakistan's federal government and their supporters appear to be very happy on the declining number of #COVID19 cases, and are terming it a success. However, the celebrations might be a
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Rape epidemic in our countries is deeply rooted in the gendered hierarchies and power from home to the nations capital and state houses.Castration is headline catching but it doesn’t deal
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Hooo boy, it is difficult to put into words what a terrible idea this is. /1https://twitter.com/UNESCO/status/1251813037268402176 First, and most obviously, this is aggressively unconstitutional in the U.S. Full stop. No
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This is a thread about the "War on Drugs." I answer the following question: are government bureaucrats historically incompetent at achieving their goals, or are they pursuing goals that are
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