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    2020 U.S. Election

    in Politics and World Events

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    I am a Filipino who lives in Australia and I am quite disappointed that most of my fellow countrymen who are immigrants in the USA voted for Trump!

    Their strong reason is the abortion stance. Much like my people liking President Duterte, they seem (not me) to warm up to pompous and brash characters.

    2020 U.S. Election

    in Politics and World Events

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    16 hours ago, runa said:

    No one said that. Chill.

    My facebook is filled with my relatives who are avid Trumpeters and they always attack Joe with him being old and senile. It is so sickening to watch it on my feed. These are close first degree relatives, whom you haved known for years. 

    Now they are claiming Trump was mainly responsible for the oil price decrease and Obama made it high.

    COVID-19 aka Coronavirus

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    New Zealand celebrates 100 days without community transmission of COVID-19

     

    New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

    New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Source: AAP

    Jacinda Ardern's Labour Party has released its first election policy ahead of New Zealand's 19 September election - business support to hire new workers in the COVID-hit economy.

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    New Zealand has reached a major milestone in its fight against the coronavirus: 100 days without community transmission of the disease.

    Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, out on the campaign trail ahead of the 19 September poll, welcomed the "significant" point on Sunday but warned Kiwis it would not prevent future outbreaks.

    "I don't believe there is any other country that has had COVID, come into our position, and sustained it away from our borders for that period of time," she said.

    "But it actually doesn't lessen any of the risks.

    "That's daily as long as we are continuing to exist in a world where this pandemic is growing.

    "We are still having to manage our borders very very carefully ... we still have to be vigilant."

     

     

    Free of COVID restrictions on movement or gatherings for two months, life has returned to normal for New Zealanders, apart from tight border controls.

    Ms Ardern has been given top marks by Kiwis for her government's response to the pandemic, enjoying record popularity after the tough but successful lockdown which eliminated COVID-19 and allowed the domestic economy to reopen.

    The 40-year-old spent the morning at Grey Lynn in her Mount Albert electorate, visiting a farmers market and chatting to Sunday shoppers.

     

    New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern campaigns at Grey Lynn Farmers Market in her Auckland electorate of Mount Albert.
    New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern campaigns at Grey Lynn Farmers Market in her Auckland electorate of Mount Albert.
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    The Labour leader said it was "really heartening to hear business has picked back up" for stallholders, noting the "ingenuity" of businesses that had changed their operations because of the pandemic.

    At Saturday's campaign launch, she warned voters to expect a "COVID election campaign" revolving around the country's ravaged economy.

    Admitting previous plans are out the window, Ms Ardern said the six-week campaign would be all COVID, all the time.

    "No one wants it this way," she said.

     

     

    "It's more an acceptance that naturally, that is how this will turn out to be.

    "Of course we all had plans for a very different election campaign but the reality is, this is the biggest challenge that New Zealand will face for decades to come.

    "It's only right that we talk about our plan to respond, recover and rebuild."

    Labour launched the first policy of the campaign on Saturday, a $NZ311 million ($A287 million) scheme that will see bonuses paid to businesses hiring out-of-work Kiwis.

     

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