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Afghanistan stunned by scale and speed of security forces’ collapse
The Guardian 13 Jul 2021
The Afghan army and police needed to retrench, figures including the then defence minister, Assadullah Khalid, told Ghani ... ....
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Rebel forces in Ethiopia's Tigray launch new offensive
The Times of India 13 Jul 2021
DEBARK. Tigrayan forces claimed on Tuesday to have launched a new offensive in the conflict-torn northern region of Ethiopia, two weeks after the federal government declared a unilateral ceasefire in the face of rebel advances ... "We promised to liberate every square inch of Tigray," Getachew said ... Start a Conversation. .
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Cuba arrests activists as government blames unrest on US interference
Straits Times 13 Jul 2021
HAVANA (REUTERS) - Cuba blamed historic protests that took place over the weekend on US "economic asphyxiation" and detained some of the highest profile activists, while the Biden administration said it supported the Cuban people's right to demonstrate ... Outages in mobile Internet - the only way many Cubans have of accessing the web - were frequent.
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EU prepares sanctions against Lebanon leaders a year after Beirut blast
The Guardian 13 Jul 2021
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Venezuela Announces Terrorism Charges Against Guaido Ally After Highway Arrest
The Epoch Times 13 Jul 2021
Guevara is a close ally of opposition leader Juan Guaido, who is recognized as the South American country's legitimate president by the United States and others.
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10 dead in South Africa riots over jailing of ex-leader Zuma
NewstalkZB 13 Jul 2021
Rioting triggered by the imprisonment of former South African President Jacob Zuma escalated Monday as shopping malls in Johannesburg were looted, major roads were blocked by burning tires and the police and military struggled to contain the violence ... The South African National Defence Force has been deployed to help the police ... (Photo / AP) ... .
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Iraqi health officials: 64 dead in fire at coronavirus ward
Journal Review 13 Jul 2021
BAGHDAD (AP) — The death toll from a catastrophic blaze that erupted at a coronavirus hospital ward in southern Iraq the previous day rose to 64 on Tuesday, Iraqi medical officials said ... A blackened skull of a deceased female patient from the ward was found ... “The whole state system has collapsed, and who paid the price? The people inside here ... Maj ... .
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US Dismisses Chinese Claim It Drove Away Warship in South China Sea
Voa News 12 Jul 2021
The U.S. Navy dismissed as “false” China’s claims that it “drove away” a U.S. warship that passed through the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea on Monday. The USS Benfold destroyer sailed near the small archipelago, located south of China and east of Vietnam, in a move known as a freedom of navigation operation, according to the Navy ... .
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China hotel collapse: Eight dead and others still missing after building comes down in Suzhou
The Independent 13 Jul 2021
At least 14 have been rescued from the site so far, the People’s Daily reported on Tuesday ... .
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China-EU trade sees rapid growth in H1
People Daily 13 Jul 2021
Tuesday's data showed that China's total imports and exports expanded 27.1 percent year on year to 18.07 trillion yuan in the first half of 2021, marking an increase of 22.8 percent from the pre-epidemic level in 2019. (Web editor. Xia Peiyao, Hongyu). .
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France fines Google 500 million euros over copyright row
Gulf News 13 Jul 2021
Paris. France's antitrust watchdog slapped a 500 million euro ($593 million) fine on Alphabet's Google on Tuesday for failing to comply with the regulator's orders on how to conduct talks with the country's news publishers in a row over copyright ... If it does not do that, the company would face additional fines of up to 900,000 euros per day ... .
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Hawaii records its first coronavirus-related death of a fully vaccinated person
Star Advertiser 12 Jul 2021
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Bizarre illness dubbed ‘scromiting’ linked to the rise of more potent cannabis in US
The Independent 12 Jul 2021photo: US Navy / Sarah Myers
China military ‘drove away’ US warship in South China Sea
Al Jazeera 12 Jul 2021
China’s military said it “drove away” a United States warship that it said illegally entered Chinese waters near the disputed Paracel Islands on Monday, the anniversary of a landmark international court ruling that Beijing has no claim over the South China Sea ... Nothing PRC (the People’s Republic of China) says otherwise will deter us.” ... .
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Hong Kong district councilors must take oath despite exodus
Yahoo Daily News 13 Jul 2021
Read full article. ZEN SOO. 13 July 2021, 7.32 am·2-min read. 1 / 2. Hong Kong. Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam listens to reporters' questions during a press conference in Hong Kong, Tuesday, July 13, 2021 ... (AP Photo/Vincent Yu) ... “They decided to resign. This is out of our control.” ... Horoscope Today, July 13, 2021 ... Horoscope Today, July 12, 2021 ... .
