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Saudi Arabia says France arrested wrong man over Khashoggi murder
Al Jazeera 08 Dec 2021
French police have arrested a Saudi national suspected of involvement in the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, as Saudi officials said they believed it was a case of mistaken identity ... The Saudi embassy in Paris issued a statement saying the man arrested “has nothing to do with the case in question” and demanded his immediate release ... .
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Biden-Putin talks yield no breakthrough in Ukraine tensions
The Independent 08 Dec 2021
President Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin were still far apart after two hours of talks on the escalating crisis caused by Russia’s massing of tens of thousands of troops near its border with Ukraine. Biden delivered a simple message during Tuesday’s video call with Putin ... National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said ... .
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Colombia gangs: 'Surrender or we'll hunt you down' warns minister
BBC News 08 Dec 2021
The capture in October of drug lord Dairo Antonio Úsuga was described by the Colombian government as "the most important blow to drug trafficking since the fall of Pablo Escobar" ... But in an interview with the BBC, Colombian Minster of Defence Diego Molano insisted that Otoniel's arrest spelled "the end of the Gulf Clan" ... .
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Germany on new path as Scholz replaces Merkel as chancellor
Fresno Bee 08 Dec 2021
Olaf Scholz is set to take office Wednesday as Germany’s ninth post-World War II chancellor, succeeding Angela Merkel after her heralded 16-year tenure. Scholz's government takes office with high hopes ... .
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Russia risks becoming ‘appendage of China’ – Bolton
Russia Today 08 Dec 2021
Despite disagreements on many issues, Moscow and Washington could find common ground over Beijing, especially as Russia risks becoming an “appendage of China,” an ex-advisor of former US president Donald Trump has claimed ... Read more 5 key takeaways from Putin-Biden online summit ... “We have many fields of cooperation with China ... .
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US senator ‘won’t rule out’ nuclear strike against Russia
Russia Today 08 Dec 2021
Republican Mississippi Senator Roger Wicker gave a disturbing interview with Fox News where he floated the possibility of a ground deployment and nuclear strike against Russia should the US engage in a conflict over Ukraine. “I would not rule out military action ... On Fox News, Sen ... This is damn dangerous.
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Papua New Guinea holds mass Covid burial
The Times of India 08 Dec 2021
PORT MORESBY. Papua New Guinea carried out the first in a series of mass Covid-19 burials Wednesday, interring 54 people whose remains were unclaimed for months as the pandemic ravaged the under-resourced Melanesian nation ... The ceremony took place at Nine Mile Cemetery on the outskirts of the capital Port Moresby ... No families were present ... .
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Indian Army helicopter with CDS Gen Bipin Rawat on board crashes in Tamil Nadu
Urdu Point 08 Dec 2021
Video clips on social media and TV footage show the wreckage, along with thick smoke and fire. New Dehli. (UrduPoint/UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News-Dec 8th, 2021) Indian Army Chopper carrying Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat crashed in Tamil Nadu ... There was fire and smoke at the spot ... (Details to Follow) ....
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Myanmar democracy in new era as Suu Kyi sidelined by army
The Times of India 08 Dec 2021
BANGKOK. In sentencing Myanmar's iconic democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to prison, the country's generals have effectively exiled her from electoral politics. But that doesn't mean the Southeast Asian nation is back to square one in its stop-start efforts to move toward democracy ... A de facto coup on Feb ... Start a Conversation. .
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UN refugee chief warns of world’s inability to restore peace
Indian Express 08 Dec 2021
The growing inability of the international community to restore peace in countries like Yemen, Libya and Ethiopia is forcing humanitarian and refugee organizations to work increasingly during conflicts which they can’t solve despite the expectations of many people caught up in these crises, the U.N. refugee chief warned Tuesday ... The U.N ... Tags ... .
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‘More cautious’ China shifts Africa approach from debt to vaccine diplomacy
The Guardian 08 Dec 2021photo: AP / Ted S. Warren, Pool
Report: Apple CEO Tim Cook engineered a secret $275 billion deal with China - Ars Technica
WorldNews.com 08 Dec 2021
SAMUEL AXON - 12/7/2021, 11.03 PM. Today, The Information published a lengthy report detailing Apple CEO Tim Cook's efforts to establish strong relationships between Apple and Chinese government officials and agencies. Citing both interviews and direct access to internal Apple documents.. read full story. .
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5G might disrupt aircraft flights & touch-downs
Russia Today 08 Dec 2021
Massive rollout of mid-band 5G systems might pose an aircraft safety risk by interfering with navigation equipment and causing flight diversions, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has warned in a series of directives ... Altimeters tell how high an aircraft is above the ground when a pilot cannot see it ... .
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Apple's 'secret $275 billion deal with China exposed
Beijing News 08 Dec 2021
Apple CEO Tim Cook reportedly signed a 'secret? $275 billion deal with Chinese authorities to bypass restrictions on his company's operations, according to newly published internal documents ... A $300 million green energy fund was established by 2018, all seemingly in line with the five-year agreement ... READ MORE ... (RT.com) ....
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Journalists in China face ‘nightmare’ worthy of Mao era, press freedom group says
The Guardian 08 Dec 2021
Reporters Without Borders calls increasing media oppression in China a ‘great leap backwards’ and says Hong Kong journalism is ‘in freefall’ Xi Jinping has created a “nightmare” of media oppression worthy of the Mao era, and Hong Kong’s journalism is in “freefall”, according to Reporters Without Borders (RSF) ... .