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South Africa: Police deployed amid looting and riots following jailing of former president
Ruptly 12 Jul 2021
Police officers and firefighters were deployed in the Alexandra township in Johannesburg on Monday to stem widespread rioting following the jailing of former South African President Jacob Zuma ... Firefighters were extinguishing blazes set by protesters ... .
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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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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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Bizarre illness dubbed ‘scromiting’ linked to the rise of more potent cannabis in US
The Independent 12 Jul 2021photo: US Navy
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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Hawaii records its first coronavirus-related death of a fully vaccinated person
Star Advertiser 12 Jul 2021
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Haiti arrests ‘Florida doctor’ as alleged mastermind in president’s murder, while US dispatches ‘security team’
Russia Today 12 Jul 2021
Meanwhile, Washington is sending an expert team to Haiti to help with the probe ... “Today, an inter-agency team largely from the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI are heading down to Haiti right now to see what we can do to help in the investigative process,” Pentagon spokesman John Kirby confirmed on Sunday.
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India: Lightning strikes kill at least 50 people
Deutsche Welle 12 Jul 2021
Lightning strikes have killed at least 50 people in the states of Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. In one incident, 11 people were killed while taking a selfie at a historical fort ... .
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Beijing Vows Retaliation After Washington Blacklists Chinese Companies for Their Alleged Roles in Xinjiang
Time Magazine 12 Jul 2021
BEIJING — China on Sunday said it will take “necessary measures” to respond to the U.S. blacklisting of Chinese companies over their alleged role in abuses of Uyghur people and other Muslim ethnic minorities. The Commerce Ministry said the U.S ... [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”]. The U.S ... The U.S ... .
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Myanmar's Suu Kyi faces new charges in Mandalay court: lawyer
The Star 12 Jul 2021
(Reuters) - Myanmar's deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi is facing four additional charges, filed in a court in Mandalay, the country's second biggest city, a member of her legal team said on Monday. Read full story ... .
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Taliban Intensifies Attacks on Ghazni City, Kandahar City
Tolo News 12 Jul 2021
The Taliban has intensified attacks on Ghazni city and Kandahar city, both provincial capitals, in the last 10 days, raising concerns among some MPs and residents who warn that the provincial centers will fall to the Taliban if the government does not focus efforts to push back the attacks ... The Taliban has rejected these figures ... .
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US Afghanistan withdrawal: Top commander steps down
BBC News 12 Jul 2021
The top US and Nato general in Afghanistan has formally transferred control as the US-led military mission fast approaches its end after 20 years. General Austin "Scott" Miller stepped down on Monday, days after President Joe Biden said that US military operations would cease by 31 August ... "Our job is now not to forget." ... .
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Police investigate racist abuse of three England soccer players after Euro Cup loss
The Los Angeles Times 12 Jul 2021
LONDON —. British police opened investigations Monday into the racist abuse of three Black soccer players who missed penalty kicks in England’s shootout loss to Italy in the European Championship final ... British fans had hoped for a Euro Cup title to erase their country’s half-century wait for a major championship. The English Football Assn ... L.A.
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Thousands march in Cuba in rare mass protests amid economic crisis
The Observer 12 Jul 2021
Thousands of Cubans have marched on Havana’s Malecon promenade and elsewhere to protest against food shortages and high prices amid the coronavirus crisis, in one of biggest anti-government demonstrations in memory ... Police initially trailed behind as protesters chanted “freedom”, “enough” and “unite” ... “We are fed up with the queues, the shortages ... .
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Mexico president calls for end to Cuba trade embargo after protests
The Times of India 12 Jul 2021
MEXICO CITY. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday that the US economic embargo of Cuba should be ended to help it's people, after the biggest anti-government protests in decades broke out on the island fueled by anger over shortages in basic goods ... Start a Conversation. .
