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Biden Reportedly Agrees to Iraqi Request to Remove All Combat Troops From Country
Sputnik 26 Jul 2021
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Mexican president says Biden must “make decision” on Cuba embargo
Metro USA 26 Jul 2021
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Monday that he thinks U.S. President Joe Biden must make a decision about the embargo against Cuba amid the biggest unrest in the Caribbean nation in decades ... “I think that President Biden must make a decision about it ... embargo. Lopez Obrador says the U.S ... .
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Putin orders two upgraded ‘Doomsday’ planes for use in event of nuclear war
New York Post 27 Jul 2021
Russian President Vladimir Putin has directed the construction of two new so-called “Doomsday” planes that would function as command and control centers in the event of a devastating nuclear conflict ... The planes are accompanied by fighter jets and are windowless save for the cockpit ... An E-4B refuel mid-flight simply never gets old ... .
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China to expand size of its Private Military Companies in Central Asia
Yahoo Daily News 26 Jul 2021
Beijing [China] July 26 (ANI). Increase in Taliban insurgencies and the danger that it will seek to expand its influence into Central Asia, either by direct incursions or as a role model for local radicals--has refocused China's attention and changed its calculations as well as those of the Central Asian governments ... (ANI). TRENDING. The Quint ... News18 ... .
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Lebanon Turns to Billionaire Tycoon to Form Next Government - New York Times
WorldNews.com 27 Jul 2021
Najib Mikati, who has served as prime minister twice before, will try to form a government that can please Lebanon’s politicians and address its financial meltdown. His two predecessors failed. Go To Source . .
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Tunisian president responds to coup critiques: 'review your constitutional lessons'
Reuters 27 Jul 2021
CAIRO, July 26 (Reuters) - Tunisian President Kais Saied, who recently ousted parliament, responded to critics who called his actions a coup on Monday by telling them to "review your constitutional lessons.". The president was also keen to reassure the business community saying ... read more ... read more ... read more ... Our Standards ... More from Reuters.
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Maintaining US dollar's preeminence is key to U.S. national security
The Hill 26 Jul 2021
Since the Bretton Woods Agreement established the United States dollar as the global reserve currency in 1944, American companies and workers have benefitted from the United States’ unmatched financial influence on the global economy ... dollar — which is exactly why we recently introduced the bipartisan 21st Century Dollar Act ... dollar ... ....
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California's largest fire burns homes as blazes scorch West
TVNZ 26 Jul 2021
California's largest wildfire merged with a smaller blaze and destroyed homes in remote areas with limited access for firefighters, as numerous other fires gained strength and threatened property across the US West. Your playlist will load after this ad. More than 80 blazes are burning in 11 states, most of them are uncontained. Source. 1 NEWS ... Source ... .
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'I did not know I was fighting my own government,' Duterte says on drug war
Sun Star 26 Jul 2021
WHEN he said back in 2016 that he would eradicate the illegal drug trade in six months, President Rodrigo Duterte said he thought the fight would be no different from the one he waged in his hometown Davao City ... Little did he know that he would be "fighting (his) own government" as nine police generals were involved in the illegal trade, he said.
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Kerala man assumed dead in 1976 Indian Airlines crash set to reunite with family
DNA India 26 Jul 2021
A man, who is 70 years old now, will reunite with his family this week after more than 4 decades of being thought to have died in a flight that crashed on its way from Abu Dhabi to India in 1976 ... At that time, his family in Kottayam consisted of his parents, four sisters and four brothers ... Also read ... Also read ... He could never make it ... .
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Trump is 'an American war criminal in his own country': Carl Bernstein
Alternet 26 Jul 2021
For the past six months Donald Trump has persisted with his reckless and inflammatory "Big Lie" rhetoric that the 2020 presidential election was "rigged" and "stolen" from him. That egomaniacal blather led directly to the January 6th insurrection in Washington, D.C ... They represent a much more serious breach of societal norms and international law ... .
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A water crisis explodes in parched Iran
Asiatimes 26 Jul 2021
Unprecedented water shortages in Iran have sparked protests across southwestern Khuzestan that have quickly spread to other regions, a popular uprising that threatens wider stability as authorities violently crack down ... On social media, hashtags such as “Khuzestan is thirsty” in Persian are strongly trending ... Photo. Twitter ... Photo. Wikipedia ... Photo ... ....
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China blames U.S. for standstill in ties, making ‘imaginary enemy’
Metro USA 26 Jul 2021
BEIJING (Reuters) -China accused the United States of creating an “imaginary enemy”, adding that it was unqualified to level criticism on human rights at a meeting on Monday with the second-ranking U.S. diplomat ... On Saturday, senior U.S ... The U.S ... President Joe Biden’s administration ... democracy, while U.S ... .
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Bitcoin surges above $US40,000 on speculation Amazon is considering crypto
Sydney Morning Herald 27 Jul 2021photo: Creative Commons / Marco Verch
After COVID jab, BioNTech sets sights on malaria vaccine
Manila Bulletin 27 Jul 2021
FRANKFURT, Germany — Germany’s BioNTech, which developed a coronavirus vaccine with US giant Pfizer in record time, said Monday it aimed to start trialling a malaria vaccine next year using the same breakthrough mRNA technology ... Thomas Lohnes / AFP ... The coronavirus jab developed by US rival Moderna also uses mRNA technology ... .
