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US points new-gen missile defense radar at China, Russia
Asiatimes 12 Aug 2022
The United States is wrapping up tests of its new Long-Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) as part of a significant upgrade of its missile defense systems amid renewed great power competition and a renewed nuclear arms race, defense website Breaking News reports ... A Ground-Based Interceptor is lowered into its missile silo in Alaska ... Image ... Image ... ....
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Israel warns Russia against election interference - report
The Jerusalem Post 12 Aug 2022
Israel appealed to Russia to not interfere in the upcoming November elections, Maariv has learned. Israel is concerned with the possibility of external interference, particularly via cyber means. . The appeal was apparently made between the Shin Bet and its Russian counterpart, following a directive from Prime Minister Yair Lapid ... (credit ... .
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Has Anyone Noticed That Putin’s New Youth Movement Is Similar To Hitler’s “Greater Youth Movement?"
WorldNews.com 12 Aug 2022
Starting in first grade, students across Russia and “Greater Russia” will sit through weekly classes featuring war movies and virtual tours through Crimea. They will be fed a steady dose of lectures and topics centering on traditional values, Russia’s greatness, and the geopolitical situation in Europe and the World ... (1).
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China sees US increasing military deployment in region amid Taiwan tensions
Anadolu Agency 12 Aug 2022
Doubling down on its policy of Taiwan’s reunification with mainland, China has, however, said the US may increase its military deployment in the region amid tensions in the Taiwan Strait. “At present, the situation in the Taiwan Strait is still turbulent ... Pelosi undertook the trip on Aug ... 4 that ended this week on Wednesday ... He added.
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Novelist Salman Rushdie stabbed on lecture stage in New York
Belfast Telegraph 12 Aug 2022
A man has been taken into custody after author Sir Salman Rushdie was stabbed on stage in New York state. The 75-year-old novelist, whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, was about to deliver a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution when the incident occurred ... AP/PA Images. / ... A statement from New York State Police said ... Most Read ... .
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Ukraine urges US to sanction all Russian banks – Bloomberg
Russia Today 12 Aug 2022
Kiev reportedly wants Washington to add a couple of banks per week to its list of blacklisted financial institutions. Ukraine is calling on President Joe Biden’s administration to sanction all private Russian banks, Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing Kiev’s envoy to Washington Oksana Markarova ... READ MORE.
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Anne Heche remains in critical condition, 'not expected to survive', says family
The Telegraph India 12 Aug 2022
Anne Heche remains in coma in critical condition and is "not expected to survive", her family has said, a week after the actor was hospitalised with severe burn injuries following a car crash ... "Unfortunately, due to her accident, Anne Heche suffered a severe anoxic brain injury and remains in a coma, in critical condition ... .
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Vaccine expert Vanden Bossche announces Covid vaccine disaster
WorldNews.com 12 Aug 2022
Belgian vaccination expert and virologist Geert Vanden Bossche warns in an interview with investigative journalist Del Bigtree that vaccinated people are at extreme risk in the coming months. The reason. the coronavirus will continue to mutate, and in many cases that will be fatal for vaccinated people, Vanden Bossche says ... .
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European firefighters join battle to stop French wildfires
Belfast Telegraph 12 Aug 2022photo: AP / Ugur Can/DHA
Protests in Syria after Turkey FM suggests 'reconciliation'
The New Arab 12 Aug 2022
Northern Syria has erupted in protest after Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu suggested "reconciliation" between the Syrian opposition and regime. "We have to somehow get the opposition and the regime to reconcile in Syria. Otherwise, there will be no lasting peace, we always say this," the Turkish FM told diplomats on Thursday ... نعم قد نصالح.
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Brazilians march in defence of democracy over Bolsonaro election fears
BBC News 12 Aug 2022
Thousands of Brazilians have taken to the streets amid concern President Jair Bolsonaro will try to stay in power even if he loses October's election. Protesters marched in several cities on Thursday in defence of democracy over fears the far-right leader would not respect the outcome of the vote ... We need to get it back." ... Related Topics ... .
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Biden’s new challenge is FBI’s Trump search
The Hill 12 Aug 2022
The White House has a new messaging challenge on its hands. Donald Trump. . President Biden, wary of appearing to influence the ongoing Justice Department investigation into the former president, doesn’t want to talk about the FBI search earlier this week at Mar-a-Lago ... “On the one hand, you really can’t be out in front of it ... Harry Reid (D-Nev.).
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Nuclear Catastrophe Is Gaining Momentum in Ukraine
Antiwar 12 Aug 2022
>. It is beginning to appear that beyond the increasingly likely exchange of nuclear weapons strikes between the US and Russia there is yet another scenario for a nuclear catastrophe that in recent days has presented itself in Ukraine ... The obvious question is who is responsible for this shelling? ... Rafael Grossi commented on the crisis saying ... .
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‘Suicidal’ use of nuclear plant as shield risks fate worse than Chernobyl
Irish Independent 12 Aug 2022
Plumes of smoke yesterday rose over the Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant, a low-slung grey building on the banks of the river Dnipro. For the Ukrainian citizens on the other side of the river – and the watching world – the smoke provoked a fresh shiver of fear ... In his overnight address late on Sunday, President Volodymyr Zelensky said ... .
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Taiwanese to Undergo ‘Re-Education’ If Beijing Were to Take Over: Chinese Ambassador
The Epoch Times 12 Aug 2022
The Chinese Ambassador to Australia Xiao Qian has told a room full of journalists that Beijing will use any force necessary to bring Taiwan under its control.