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Mike Pence accuses China of meddling in US elections despite lack of evidence

Pimping for Trump and using racism and yellow peril to cover bribes from Russia.

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Vice-president’s allegation echoes similar claim made by Trump last week but has been contradicted by cybersecurity experts

Mike Pence has claimed that Russian interference in US elections “pales in comparison” with Chinese meddling, which he said was aimed at ousting Donald Trump.

Related: Trump accuses China of meddling in midterms, citing Iowa newspaper ad

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FSIS recalls beef, ham in Salmonella, Listeria outbreaks | CIDRAP

Today the FSIS said JBS Tolleson, Inc., of Tolleson, Ariz., is recalling about 6.5 million pounds of raw beef products that may be contaminated with Salmonella Newport. This includes ground beef, chuck, and burgers sold through several retailers, including Walmart, Cedar River Farms Natural Beef, and Showcase.

Source: FSIS recalls beef, ham in Salmonella, Listeria outbreaks | CIDRAP

“The first time I was offered a journalism job in Nigeria, the…

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“The first time I was offered a journalism job in Nigeria, the newspaper owner suggested that I supplement my income with bribes.  He told me: ‘I’m giving you a platform.  Use what you have to get what you need.’  I knew then that the rumors were true.  Journalism in this country was corrupted.  There was no idealism.  Reporters were writing stories for money.  And even more damaging, they were killing stories for money.  I didn’t want to participate.  I felt it would be more ethical to just find a corporate job.  But in 2008, I was given the opportunity to manage a new paper founded by Nigeria’s only Pulitzer Prize winner, Dele Olojede.  The paper was called Next.  And we tried to change things.  We hired young people who were untainted by the culture.  Half of them were women.  We paid them well and we trained them well.  Ethics came first.  Accepting gifts was absolutely forbidden.  Our paper survived for three years.  During that time, we broke major stories every single week.  We exposed all sorts of corruption.  But we were targeted for our success.  Our reporters were detained.  Our board members were threatened.  The government leaned on our advertisers, and they withdrew one by one.  Eventually we were forced to close.  But for three years we set the pace.  We created a mold.  And I believe we changed the media landscape.  Investigative journalism is stronger now.  Many of our journalists have gone on to start amazing publications of their own.  The paper may have been short lived, but I know it had an impact.  Revolution is too strong of a word, but we definitely shook the table.”
(Lagos, Nigeria)

Israel bans entry of over half of the participants in the Jordan Industries Exhibition

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Deputy Chairman of the Amman Chamber of Industry and Chairman of the Organizing Committee of Jordan Industries Exhibition, Adnan Ghaith, on Wednesday said that the Israeli occupation authorities have banned entry of more than half the participants who were supposed to take part in the exhibition, which was launched yesterday at the Convention Palace in Bethlehem.

Ghaith said that the number of registered to participate in the exhibition was 200 people, however, only 80 were allowed to enter Palestine. Several companies were also banned from entering.

Ghaith said that this falls within the occupation’s policies aimed at thwarting the establishment of such events, which are part of the exchange and trade cooperation between Palestine and Jordan.

“The occupation authorities try to block the exhibition every time, but our message is clear; we are determined to organize it in Palestine, despite any difficulties,” he said.

Jordan’s Minister of National Economy Abeer Odeh and Jordan’s Minister of Industry, Trade and Supply Tariq Al-Hammouri, on Tuesday have ann0ounced the opening of Jordan’s fourth industrial exhibition in Palestine, with the participation of more than 60 Jordanian factories from different sectors.

The exhibition was opened in the presence of the heads of the Jordanian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, members of the Jordanian Senate and Chambers, representatives of the Palestinian public and private sectors and a wide participation of businessmen, traders and industrialists from various sectors.

During the opening of the exhibition at the Bethlehem Convention Palace, minister Odeh stressed the keenness of her leadership to promote the distinctive bilateral relations between Jordan and Palestine, and ease import and export process between the two.

The Minister called on the Jordanian private sector institutions to invest in Palestine in these promising sectors, and benefit from these laws and incentives.

Jordan’s Minister of Trade and Supply thanked the Palestinian government for the success of the exhibition for the fourth year, stressing the kingdom’s position headed by the King towards the Palestinian cause, which is the priority of the Palestinian cause. The Palestinian issue is a just and comprehensive solution and the establishment of a viable Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital.

The minister pointed out that the holding of this exhibition is an important step to improve development by providing businessmen with the opportunity to discuss relations and building long-term commercial companies between the private sector that contribute to opening new markets in both countries.

In turn, the governor of Bethlehem, Kamel Hamaid, stressed continuity in the struggle of achieving freedom, independence and the establishment of the state with Jerusalem as its capital.

The Governor stressed the importance of developing the economic relationship between the two countries and doubling the volume of trade exchange, pointing out that “we want to try a large part of the trade exchange with Israel with Jordan, and we make a voluntary transformation and strengthen our economy and support our brothers in the Jordan River,”expressing thanks and appreciation to all the components of the private sector steadfast Maintain the national economy.