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China tells US to stop imposing its norms on world after Afghanistan debacle
Press TV 03 Sep 2021
China has called on the US to ponder on the recent advice of Russian President Vladimir Putin to quit imposing American norms on other nations after the Afghanistan fiasco. "President Putin's view should provoke some reflection in the US," China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said during a regular press briefing ... Putin ... Russia ... .
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NATO calls on Russia to be transparent with military exercises
Metro USA 03 Sep 2021
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO’s secretary general called on Russia on Friday to be open about its “Zapad-2021” military exercises and the troop numbers involved as alarm grows in Poland, the Baltics and Ukraine about Moscow’s intentions ... The main phase of the exercises is due to start on Sept. 10 ... .
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Lionel Messi on receiving end of horror tackle in Argentina win
90min 03 Sep 2021
Lionel Messi was on the wrong end of a horror tackle from Adrian Martinez in Argentina's win over Venezuela ... .
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Here they go again - ABBA reunite for first new album in 40 years
Gulf Daily News 03 Sep 2021
Swedish supergroup ABBA announced their first new album in four decades on Thursday and said they would stage a series of virtual concerts using digital avatars of themselves in London next year. Fans piled online to celebrate the long-awaited reunion of one of the world's most successful bands ... The album "Voyage" will come out on Nov ... "ABBATARS" ... .
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U.N. warns catastrophe looms in Ethiopia’s north, urges government to end de facto aid blockade
Metro USA 02 Sep 2021
NAIROBI (Reuters) – A de facto blockade on aid to the Tigray region in Ethiopia’s north is bringing millions of people to the brink of famine, the United Nations humanitarian agency said on Thursday, warning of “looming catastrophe”. The U.N ... Those include 400,000 people who are already facing famine conditions, it said ... 22 ... .
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Mullah Baradar to lead new Afghanistan government – Taliban sources
Metro USA 03 Sep 2021photo: AP / Manuel Balce Ceneta
‘QAnon Shaman’ to plead guilty to charges in U.S. Capitol riot, lawyer says
Penn Live 03 Sep 2021
Jacob Chansley, who gained notoriety as the bare-chested “QAnon Shaman” seen in photographs inside the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot, will plead guilty Friday to federal charges, according to reports. Albert Watkins, the lawyer representing Chansley, confirmed to NBC News that his client had agreed to plead guilty today ... “The path charted by Mr ... .
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Worst Tripoli fighting in a year tests Libya ceasefire
Al Jazeera 03 Sep 2021photo: European Community / Etienne Ansotte
EU and AstraZeneca reach deal to end vaccine row
Graphic 03 Sep 2021
The EU and UK-Swedish drug-maker AstraZeneca have settled a row over a shortfall in coronavirus vaccines that affected the European rollout earlier this year. AstraZeneca has agreed to deliver 200 million doses of its vaccine, which had been promised under a contract, to the EU by the end of March 2022 ... .
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Israeli strikes target pro-Iran groups in Syria: monitor
The New Arab 03 Sep 2021
Israeli missile strikes hit military positions used by pro-Iran groups near the Syrian capital Damascus overnight, a war monitor said Friday ... The official SANA news agency said Syrian air defences shot down most of the missiles ... AFP reporters heard loud explosions in the Syrian capital ... ....
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Russia – and Vladimir Putin – has a lot to lose over the poisoning of Alexei Navalny
The Independent 03 Sep 2021
It is not known who in Russia cleared the German air ambulance carrying Alexei Navalny for take-off from the Siberian city of Omsk. Navalny’s wife had appealed directly to president Vladimir Putin, and there are reports that German diplomats interceded at the highest level ... .
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China’s Alibaba promises $15.5 billion for anti-poverty work
The Independent 03 Sep 2021
E-commerce giant Alibaba Group said Friday it will spend $15.5 billion to support President Xi Jinping’s campaign to spread China’s prosperity more evenly, adding to pledges by tech companies that are under pressure to pay for the ruling Communist Party’s political initiatives ... That doubled the company’s spending on corporate social responsibility ... .
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Storm Ida: Death toll climbs to 45 across four US north-east states
BBC News 03 Sep 2021
US President Joe Biden says "historic investment" is needed to deal with the climate crisis, as the north-east reels from flash flooding and tornadoes that have killed at least 45 people. The US is facing climate-related destruction across the country and tackling it is "a matter of life and death", the president said ... 'Niagara Falls level of water'.
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Climate crisis triggers spike in lightning strike deaths in India
Phys Dot Org 03 Sep 2021
Faizuddin is still traumatised from the lightning strike that killed his three friends as they took selfies atop a 400-year-old fort in India, where climate change is making lethal strikes more common ... "The sound was deafening, it felt like a huge bomb blast ... 'A sudden surge' ... 'Devil came from the sky' ... Explore further ... © 2021 AFP Citation ... ....
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