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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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Chile sinkhole grows large enough to swallow France's Arc de Triomphe
Yahoo Daily News 08 Aug 2022
(Reuters) - A sinkhole in Chile has doubled in size, growing large enough to engulf France's Arc de Triomphe and prompting officials to order work to stop at a nearby copper mine. The sinkhole, which emerged on July 30, now stretches 50 meters (160 feet) across and goes down 200 meters (656 feet) ... ....
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More than 18,000 people crossed the English Channel in small boats this year
South China Morning Post 08 Aug 2022
Figures show that 12,840 people have made the crossing since the deal with Rwanda in April, in which asylum seekers are sent to the east African country to have their applications processed ... .
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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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Russia, Ukraine trade blame for strike on nuclear plant
Dawn 07 Aug 2022
MOSCOW/KYIV. Moscow and Kyiv on Sunday blamed each other for a new strike on the Zaporizhzhia atomic power plant, where recent fighting sparked a UN warning of a potential nuclear disaster ... The strike damaged some administrative buildings and fell in a “zone storing used nuclear fuel” ... “Yesterday ... “One... More grain sets sail ... Amnesty regrets report ... .
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Even in exile, Thailand’s former leader Thaksin Shinawatra tries to sway redshirts in bid to oust Prayuth...
South China Morning Post 08 Aug 2022
Thaksin Shinawatra, from his base in Dubai, has ...
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Mexico's president visits site of trapped miners as rescue efforts intensify
France24 08 Aug 2022
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador called Sunday for intensified efforts to save 10 workers trapped in a flooded coal mine, during a visit to see firsthand the rescue operation ... .
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Lessons from Ukraine: Chinese marines need better air defence capabilities, magazine says
South China Morning Post 08 Aug 2022photo: WN / RTayco
Student restores Akutagawa’s century-old notes on trip to China
Asahi News 08 Aug 2022
FUJISAWA, Kanagawa Prefecture--A graduate student painstakingly restored a notebook kept by acclaimed author Ryunosuke Akutagawa (1892-1927) that offers a keen insight into the writer’s viewpoint on Japan’s bearing on modern China. The notebook had been preserved at the Fujisawa City Archives here and in an advanced state of deterioration.
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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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Islamic Jihad head: If Israel breaks agreement, we will resume fighting
The Jerusalem Post 08 Aug 2022
Palestinian Islamic Jihad Secretary-General Ziyad al-Nakhala warned that his terrorist movement would resume fighting with Israel if its demands for the release of Islamic Jihad prisoners were not met, during a speech delivered as a ceasefire took effect between Israel and Islamic Jihad on Sunday night ... console.log("BODY1 ... console.log("BODY2 ... (credit.
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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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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 ... ....