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Not even Ukraine’s leaders are buying the American hype about a Russian invasion
Bangor Daily News 14 Feb 2022
On Jan. 18, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that “our assessment has been that could happen any time between mid-January and mid-February.”. On Jan. 28, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said that the United States sees “every indication that is going to use military force sometime perhaps between now and the middle of February.”.
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Iran nuclear deal talks stall as Tehran urges US to accept terms
The Guardian 14 Feb 2022
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Zelensky says Ukraine has been told Feb. 16 will be 'day of attack'
The Hill 14 Feb 2022
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday said that he has been informed that Russia will attack on Wednesday. The comments from the Ukrainian leader, made in an address to his nation posted on Facebook, come amid heightened tensions between Kyiv and Moscow. Russia has amassed more than 100,000 troops near the Ukrainian border ... U.S ... ....
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Like father, like son; 50 years later, Canada's Trudeau invokes emergency powers
Reuters 15 Feb 2022
OTTAWA, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Faced with truckers' protests popping up across the nation, and hampering cross border trade, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday became the only Canadian leader since his father 50 years ago to declare a state of emergency in peacetime ... read more ... read more Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com.
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Cambodia steps up surveillance with new internet gateway
The Manila Times 14 Feb 2022
PHNOM PENH. Cambodia is powering up its new National Internet Gateway, a move activists say will allow the government to further silence the country's embattled opposition voices ... It is the latest move by authoritarian ruler Hun Sen to clamp down on dissent in a country that has arrested dozens for online posts in recent years, critics say ... .
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Pakistan court acquits man who killed sister after parents’ pardon
The Guardian 14 Feb 2022photo: Creative Commons
Watch: Mystery as hundreds of birds plunge from the sky
NewstalkZB 15 Feb 2022
This is the moment thousands of migratory blackbirds plummet from the sky in a huge mass, leaving over 100 dead on the ground. The dead birds were found in the area of Alvaro Obregon in Cuauhtemoc, a city in the Mexican state of Chihuahua, on the morning of 7th February ... .
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Trump accountants say financial reports unreliable
BBC News 15 Feb 2022
Donald Trump's accounting firm has cut ties with the former president and said a decade of financial reports should "no longer be relied upon". The firm, Mazars, said in a letter to the Trump Organization that it could not stand behind statements it had prepared for Mr Trump from 2011-20 ... .
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Russian envoy warns of right to counterattack in eastern Ukraine
The Guardian 14 Feb 2022photo: AP / Hussein Malla
Saad Hariri expects the worse for Lebanon
Arab News 15 Feb 2022
BEIRUT. The situation in Lebanon is deteriorating, said former Prime Minister Saad Hariri during a meeting with his parliamentary bloc on Sunday. Hariri met his supporters after he had paid his respects at the grave of his father, Rafik Hariri, on the 17th anniversary of his assassination in Beirut ... One supporter said ... MP Mohammed Al-Hajjar noted ... 24.
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'Vladdy daddy please no war...': Gen Z posts on Russia-Ukraine tensions
Straits Times 14 Feb 2022photo: WN / Periasamy
Indonesian islands bank on Singapore bubble for tourism revival
Al Jazeera 15 Feb 2022
Ubud, Bali – Before the pandemic, Carol Pou, a corporate trainer in Singapore, would visit the Indonesian island of Batam several times a month. So when plans for a travel bubble between Singapore and the neighbouring islands of Batam and Bintan were announced last month, Pou was inundated with messages from friends and relatives about the news ... .
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Tonga PM counts mental health 'cost' of disasters
BBC News 15 Feb 2022
Tonga's Prime Minister Hu'akavemeiliku Siaosi Sovaleni says his island nation is trying to rebuild the lives of its people and not just its infrastructure, in the wake of the devastating volcanic eruption and tsunami ... And while the financial costs are piling up, the mental health cost for his people is also formidable ... Covid cases rising ... .
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Europe closer to war than at any point in 70 years, fears UK minister
The Observer 14 Feb 2022
Europe is closer to war than at any point over the past 70 years, a UK government minister has warned, as Russian troops amass around the borders of Ukraine and western leaders warn that an invasion could take place early this week ... He said ... Yet all of that is now in place too.” ... Heappey said there was “real urgency” to ongoing negotiations. He said ... .
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Three NATO Aircraft Carrier Strike Groups, 13 U.S. Anti-missile Ships in the Mediterranean
GlobalResearch 14 Feb 2022
To receive Global Research’s Daily Newsletter (selected articles), click here. Visit and follow us on Instagram at @globalresearch_crg. On February 10 the U.S. Naval Institute website published a report that four more Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers had been sent to the Mediterranean Sea ... 6th Fleet and our NATO allies.” ... The Harry S ... etc.