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US sees heightened extremist threat heading into midterms
Federal News Radio 08 Jun 2022
WASHINGTON (AP) — A looming Supreme Court decision on abortion, an increase of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border and the midterm elections are potential triggers for extremist violence over the next six months, the Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday ... wake of the Sept.
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Lavrov says Russia won’t take advantage if Kyiv lets grain shipments leave safely
FX Empire 08 Jun 2022
“These are guarantees from the president of Russia,” Lavrov said. (Reporting by Reuters). Advertisement ... Basics of Forex Trading – Part 2 ... ....
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Pope Francis’ summer plans spark fresh resignation rumours
The Independent 08 Jun 2022
Pope to visit tomb of predecessor who established pontiff right to resign .
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UN: Somalia on brink of fatal famine
Middle East Monitor 08 Jun 2022
... hundreds of thousands," reported Anadolu Agency ... "Somalia is on the brink of a devastating mass famine that could claim hundreds of thousands of lives."
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A deadly ideology: how the ‘great replacement theory’ went mainstream
The Guardian 08 Jun 2022
For a brief moment in the aftermath, it seemed the horror of the latest tragedy would be enough to ensure that the conspiracy theory would be consigned to the fringes of the far right whence it came.
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N. Korea gets nuke-test warning
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 08 Jun 2022
warned North Korea of strong punishment if it conducts a nuclear test, as Washington and a United Nations' watchdog agency have said signs indicate Pyongyang could soon set off its first atomic device since 2017 ... "Any nuclear tests would be in complete violation of U.N.
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Ex-Kurdish fighter helps Swedish govt survive
Dawn 08 Jun 2022
Sweden’s government survived a no-confidence vote on Tuesday with the help of a lawmaker whose demands for support for Kurds in Northern Syria could complicate its attempts to join Nato ... Independent member of parliament Amineh ...
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Luka Modric signs new one-year deal at Real Madrid
Belfast Telegraph 08 Jun 2022
Luka Modric has signed a one-year contract extension to keep him with Real Madrid until June 2023, the LaLiga club have announced. Veteran Croatia midfielder Modric has scored 31 goals in 436 appearances for European champions Real since joining from Tottenham for a reported £31.5million in 2012 ... Florentino Pérez 👕 @lukamodric10 #RealMadrid ... Latest. .
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House of Representatives votes to set 21 as minimum age for semi-automatic guns
Belfast Telegraph 09 Jun 2022
The United States House of Representatives has voted to set a minimum age of 21 for buying semi-automatic weapons in response to recent mass shootings, including in New York and Texas ... The portion of the bill involving increasing the minimum age for semi-automatic weapons was approved by a vote of 228-199 ... Democrat Veronica Escobar of Texas said.
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La Luz del Mundo ‘apostle’ sentenced to nearly 17 years as victims detail sexual slavery
The Los Angeles Times 08 Jun 2022
Naasón Joaquin Garcia, the leader of the La Luz del Mundo church, was sentenced Wednesday to 16 years and eight months in prison for sexually abusing juvenile members of his congregation. Several of Garcia’s victims testified during the lengthy hearing Wednesday, and the courtroom was filled with muffled sobs as the sentence was handed down.
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UK's PM Johnson 'In Denial' As He Faces MPs After Confidence Vote
News18 08 Jun 2022
The Conservatives are braced for ...
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Ukraine launching ‘Book of Executioners’ to detail war crimes—Zelensky
The Philadelphia Inquirer 08 Jun 2022photo: AP / Alberto Pezzali
Top Gun betrays Hollywood's weakness in China
BBC News 09 Jun 2022
Some are cheering the release of Tom Gun ... When a trailer for the film was released in 2019, Taiwanese and Japanese flags were removed from Cruise's bomber jacket - appeasing Beijing (which claims Taiwan and disapproves of Japan) but upsetting Americans ... Admittedly, such a film is less likely to pass muster in the age of Xi Jinping.
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Taliban Welcome, Others Criticize Return of Former Afghan Officials
Voa News 09 Jun 2022
While many Afghans have desperately sought ways to flee the Taliban's return to power in Afghanistan, a handful of former Afghan government officials returned to Kabul this week to be welcomed by the Taliban. Farooq Wardak, former minister of education, is the highest-level former official to return.
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Turkey barters with US, Russia ahead of Syria incursion
Asiatimes 08 Jun 2022
Ankara appears to be taking advantage of the conflict in Eastern Europe to achieve strategic goals in the Middle East ... Turkish troops plan to seize the towns of Tel Rifaat, Kobani, Ain Issa and Manbij in northern Syria ... From the Russian perspective, some sort of a “land swap” – Manbij for Jabal al-Zawiya in Idlib – would be the best option.