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Pelosi’s ‘reckless’ Taiwan visit deepens US-China rupture – why did she go?
The Observer 07 Aug 2022
Roy Blunt lived up his surname when he said this week. “So I’m about to use four words in a row that I haven’t used in this way before, and those four words are. ‘Speaker Pelosi was right.’”. The Republican senator was praising Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, the first by a speaker of the US House of Representatives in a quarter of a century ... “Yes ... .
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Nuclear apocalypse was postponed in 1968. Now it’s back on the agenda
The Observer 07 Aug 2022
A crucial event for the future of international peace and security – and global sanity – got under way at UN headquarters in New York last week, though, given the lack of political and media attention, you might be forgiven for not noticing ... Few international agreements enjoy such near universal support ... “Another” is the operative word ... It went on ... .
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Amnesty regrets ‘distress’ caused by report rebuking Ukraine
FX Empire 07 Aug 2022
KYIV (Reuters) – Amnesty International apologised on Sunday for “distress and anger” caused by a report accusing Ukraine of endangering civilians which infuriated President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and triggered the resignation of its Kviy office head ... “Amnesty International’s priority in this and in any conflict is ensuring that civilians are protected.
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Islamic Jihad agrees Gaza truce with Israel, 43 dead
The New Arab 07 Aug 2022
Islamic Jihad militants on Sunday agreed terms of an Egyptian-brokered truce with Israel, intended to end three days of intense bombing that has left at least 43 Palestinians dead. "A short while ago the wording of the Egyptian truce agreement was reached," senior Islamic Jihad member Mohammad al-Hindi said in a statement ... 'Terrifying' ... ....
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Chinese and Taiwanese warships eye each other as drills due to end
The Philadelphia Inquirer 07 Aug 2022
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DC insider: Deleted Jan. 6 texts are ‘very clearly a conspiracy’
Alternet 07 Aug 2022
While President Barack Obama gave the executive order for the operation that resulted in Osama bin Laden’s death in Pakistan on May 11, 2011, it was under President Joe Biden’s watch that another top al-Qaeda leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, was killed in Kabul, Afghanistan on July 31, 2022 ... forces ... READ MORE ... 6 texts to 'skeptical' House committee members.
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China and US lead the world on joint research output but that is changing, warns study
South China Morning Post 07 Aug 2022
Growing bilateral geopolitical tensions in the past five years have come to a head over US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan visit ... .
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Seventeen missing and 121 hurt as fire rages in Cuban oil tank farm
Belfast Telegraph 07 Aug 2022
A fire set off by a lightning strike at an oil storage facility is raging uncontrolled in the Cuban city of Matanzas, where four explosions and flames injured 121 people and left 17 firefighters missing ... Authorities said about 800 people were evacuated from the Dubrocq neighbourhood closest to the fire ... AP/PA Images. / ... Enter email address ... Most Read ... .
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Gazans said they got 15 minute warning before Israeli strikes destroyed homes
The Philadelphia Inquirer 07 Aug 2022
"What can we do with 15 minutes?" said 68-year-old Nadia Shamalakh, who cares for four disabled sons and daughters in Gaza ... .
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If America Falls to Marxists, Western Civilization Will Follow: Farage
The Epoch Times 07 Aug 2022
“Ladies and gentlemen, we are under attack,” said Farage, the past leader of Great Britain’s Brexit Party ... ....
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Canada to investigate police handling of Senegal diplomat
Arab News 07 Aug 2022
OTTAWA. Canada announced Saturday it will open an investigation into police conduct after Senegal lodged a formal complaint that one of its diplomats in Ottawa was handcuffed and “savagely beaten” in a recent incident ... It said it had summoned the Canadian representative to “vigorously denounce and strongly condemn the racist and barbaric act.” ... ....
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Twitter Permanently Bans Author James Lindsay
The Epoch Times 07 Aug 2022
Twitter has permanently banned author James Lindsay for calling a transgender attorney a “child sexualization specialist” on the social media platform ... ....
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Colombia’s first-ever leftist president sworn in
Manila Standard 07 Aug 2022
“Here begins a government that will fight for environmental justice,” he added. On the campaign trail, Petro had promised to raise taxes on the rich, invest in health care and education, and reform the police after a brutal crackdown on anti-inequality protests last year that was internationally condemned ... – Peace talks – ... .