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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 ... ....
photo: AP / Ebrahim Noroozi
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 ... .
photo: AP / Shizuo Kambayash, File
‘Abenomics’: Abe’s contentious economic legacy
Al Jazeera 08 Jul 2022
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s legacy on the economy is defined by his namesake strategy. Under “Abenomics”, Abe, who died on Friday after being shot during an election campaign event, sought to jolt Japan’s economy back to life after more than two decades of stagnation following the collapse of an asset bubble in the early 1990s ... .
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Kremlin: Russia has used only a fraction of its potential in Ukraine
FX Empire 08 Jul 2022
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has used only a small portion of its potential in its “special military operation” in Ukraine, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Friday ... (Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Kevin Liffey) ... ....
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Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe has died: state broadcaster
Dawn 08 Jul 2022
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has died, state broadcaster NHK said on Friday. Abe, 67, had been delivering a stump speech near a train station in the western city of Nara when he was shot by an assailant ... Earlier, incumbent Prime Minister Fumio Kishida condemned the attack, terming it “absolutely unforgivable” ... 'A large bang' ... “ ... .
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Japan, U.S., S. Korea vow to closely cooperate to counter N. Korea
Kyodo 08 Jul 2022
Foreign ministers from Japan, the United States and South Korea agreed Friday the three nations will work together closely to deal with North Korea's nuclear and missile threats, including strengthening their regional deterrence ... The trilateral talks between Hayashi, U.S ... (From L) U.S ... (Kyodo) ... U.S ... Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, U.S ... (Kyodo).
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Deadly wave of strikes as Russia grinds towards Sloviansk
The Jordan Times 08 Jul 2022
SLOVIANSK, Ukraine — Russian forces left a trail of destruction in their wake on Thursday as they grinded deeper into Donbas with their sights set on the industrial hub of Sloviansk in eastern Ukraine as their next target ... The explosion left a large crater in a courtyard between a hotel and residential buildings and several cars were on the fire.
photo: AP / Jim Watson
Amber Heard 'pleading' with Johnny Depp over $10 million debt?
The News International 08 Jul 2022
Amber Heard 'pleading' with Johnny Depp over $10 million debt?. Amber Heard has reportedly been ‘begging’ Johnny Depp to ‘scale back’ on the $10 million defamation case debt, in private meetings ... Heard has been going around trying to renegotiate her debt with Mr. Depp directly ... .
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China demands end to U.S.-Taiwan military ‘collusion’
Asahi News 08 Jul 2022
BEIJING--China has demanded the U.S. cease military “collusion” with Taiwan during a virtual meeting between the joint chiefs of staff from the two countries whose relationship has grown increasingly fractious. Gen. Li Zuocheng told Gen ... “China demands the U.S ... ties and stability in the Taiwan Strait,” Li said ... Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin ... U.S ... .
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Pogacar: "Llevaba esta etapa en mente desde el invierno"
Europa Press 08 Jul 2022photo: AP / Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo
Putin to Ukraine: Russia has barely started its action
Odessa American 08 Jul 2022
The Associated Press. MOSCOW With Russia’s military action in Ukraine in its fifth month, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday warned Kyiv that it should quickly accept Moscow’s terms or brace for the worst, adding ominously that Russia has barely started its action ... “We are hearing that they want to defeat us on the battlefield,” Putin said.