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Russian veto stops last aid lifeline into NW Syria
The New Arab 09 Jul 2022
Russia on Friday vetoed a bid to extend UN Security Council approval for 12 months of UN aid deliveries to some 4 million people in opposition-controlled northwest Syria from Turkey. The resolution, drafted by Ireland and Norway, received 13 votes in favour, while China abstained ... "This is a life and death issue ... "We're not daunted by this veto ... ....
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Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa flees as protesters surround residence, says report
Indian Express 09 Jul 2022
Video clips showed people shouting slogans against Rajapaksha as they marched through rooms and corridors of the palatial building ... .
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Japan’s tight gun laws add to shock over Abe’s assassination
Wtop 09 Jul 2022
TOKYO (AP) — The assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in broad daylight Friday shocked a world that has come to associate Japan with relatively low crime and strict gun control. Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, Abe was shot in the back while campaigning in the city of Nara for parliamentary candidates ... ___ ... Source .
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Ukrainian official warns of 'catastrophe' in captured city
Independent Online 09 Jul 2022
A Ukrainian regional official warned Friday of deteriorating living conditions in a city captured by Russian forces two weeks ago, saying Sievierodonetsk is without water, power or a working sewage system while the bodies of the dead decompose in hot apartment buildings. Gov ... “Fierce battles are going on in several villages on the region’s border.
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Amber Heard Steps Up Call For Retrial Over 'Improper Juror Service' Claims
Huffington Post 09 Jul 2022
Amber Heard leaving court last week. Amber Heard’s lawyers have stepped up their demands for a new trial in her multimillion-dollar defamation case with ex-husband Johnny Depp following claims of “improper juror service” ... The documents continued ... Johnny Depp ... “Ms Heard’s due process was therefore compromised,” the documents stated ... Lawyers concluded ... .
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'Very shocking': Four stabbed by assailant at major Shanghai hospital
Gulf Daily News 09 Jul 2022
SHANGHAI. Four people at a renowned Shanghai hospital were wounded by a knife-wielding assailant on Saturday, in the second reported stabbing incident after a Covid-19 lockdown of the financial hub was lifted early in June ... A long trail of blood was seen on the marble surface of a flight of stairs in one video ... "This is very despairing ... .
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Ukraine is losing and the West is to blame
Asiatimes 07 Jul 2022
For a few weeks, I’ve been in Kiev, partly as a visiting fellow at leading Ukrainian think tank the Transatlantic Dialogue Center. Kiev is an astonishingly elegant and beautiful city; a premier league European capital ... Cafes and restaurants are open and largely busy ... “We are losing this war.”. He is right ... While Ukraine is not winning, it is losing ... ....
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16 dead in flash floods at occupied Kashmir pilgrimage site
Dawn 09 Jul 2022
Sixteen people were killed in India-occupied Kashmir, with rescuers searching for dozens more missing, after flash floods swept away hundreds of tents near a popular Hindu pilgrimage site, officials said on Saturday ... — Reuters. “We found 16 bodies so far and at least 40 are missing,” an official from the state disaster response agency told AFP ... — AFP.
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'Relentless' Russian shelling in east Ukraine as US promises new aid
Urdu Point 09 Jul 2022
Druzhkivka, Ukraine, July 9 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 9th Jul, 2022 ) .Russian troops pursued their "relentless" shelling of Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region on Saturday, as the United States promised new military aid to Kyiv including powerful rocket launchers ... Air raid sirens sounded overnight throughout the country's east and south ... ....
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For EU, Johnson exit won't change much; damage already done
Korea Times 09 Jul 2022
From his days stoking anti-European Union sentiment with exaggerated newspaper stories, to his populist campaign leading Britain out of the bloc and reneging on the post-Brexit trade deal he signed, outgoing U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been the bane of Brussels for all so many years ... election loss of Donald Trump in 2020 ... 17, 2019. AP-Yonhap.
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US President Biden signs executive order to 'protect reproductive rights of women'
Khaleejtimes 09 Jul 2022
US President Joe Biden has signed an executive order to protect women's reproductive rights, after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last month. The order will introduce new measures to give women access to abortion clinics, medical professionals, medicines, contraceptives, and more ... Wade ... 'FIRST STEPS' ... ALSO READ. US.
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‘Undeniable’ flaws in Shinzo Abe’s security: Japan police officer
Al Jazeera 09 Jul 2022
There were “undeniable” flaws in the security for former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the head of police in the area where the leader was assassinated has admitted, pledging an investigation. Japan’s best-known politician was on the campaign trail in the western region of Nara when a gunman opened fire at close range ... Police facing questions ... .
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‘Like time had stopped’: Japan grapples with Shinzo Abe’s loss
Al Jazeera 09 Jul 2022
Tokyo, Japan – The fatal shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the western prefecture of Nara has sent shockwaves through Japan, a country where firearms are highly regulated and gun violence is rare ... Al Jazeera counted at least two dozen unmarked and marked cars, while officers prowled the area ... ‘Like time had stopped’ ... .
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Replaying Empire in Afghanistan - As Children Scream at Night
WorldNews.com 08 Jul 2022
There is a widespread perception that the history of the United States is best viewed in a linear context. That said, it could not be further from the truth ... This transition seemed seamless and continued until Americans were sent to fight wars in the Great Middle East ... It also exposes how US history is cyclical ... “We were poor before the takeover ... .
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Blinken and Wang meet in bid to defuse US-China tensions
The Guardian 09 Jul 2022
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