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Russia, US confrontation will impose global starvation
Independent online (SA) 20 Aug 2022
By Marina Lopes. Some two-thirds of the world could starve to death in the event of a nuclear war between Russia and the US, according to a Rutgers University led study published this week ... Food insecurity in these cases would be deadlier than the nuclear blasts, the study predicts. “The data tell us one thing ... .
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Are Iran and the West about to finally agree a nuclear deal?
Al Jazeera 20 Aug 2022
Tehran, Iran – A European proposal to restore the 2015 nuclear agreement between Western countries and Iran appears to be gaining traction, with sources revealing to Al Jazeera Arabic details of the proposed agreement, and indicating that there is broad agreement among all sides ... What does the potential deal look like? ... .
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21 warplanes, 5 naval ships from China tracked around Taiwan: Report
Zeenews 20 Aug 2022
China has increased its antics in Taiwan Strait post the visit of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to the self-governed island. Taiwan assigns defence systems to monitor and respond to Chinese activities ... .
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Kobe Bryant's widow 'devastated' over helicopter crash photos
RTE 20 Aug 2022
Kobe Bryant's widow has told a Los Angeles court she was "devastated" when she learned first responders had snapped graphic photographs of her dead husband and daughter in the wreckage of the helicopter crash that killed them. A tearful Vanessa Bryant said she lives in fear of the pictures surfacing on the internet, and "constantly being spread." ... .
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Mexico arrests ex-attorney general in missing students case
Federal News Radio 20 Aug 2022
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Federal prosecutors said Friday they have arrested the attorney general in Mexico’s previous administration, apparently on charges he mishandled investigations into the 2014 disappearances of 43 students from a radical teacher college ... READ MORE ... Insight by Monster Government Solutions. Let’s make one thing clear ... Read more ... .
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97-Year-Old Veteran Recounts Top Secret Aerial Battle Hidden From American Public for Decades
The Epoch Times 19 Aug 2022
In an aerial “dogfight” that made U.S ... The year was 1952, in the midst of the Korean War ... ....
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At least 10 killed as gunmen storm hotel in Somali capital
The Associated Press 20 Aug 2022
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — At least 10 people were killed in an attack by Islamic militants who stormed a hotel in Somalia's capital late Friday, police and eyewitnesses said ... The attack started with explosions outside the hotel before gunmen entered the building.
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Thai, Filipino, Chinese workers caught working illegally in South Korean adult parlours
South China Morning Post 19 Aug 2022
A June/July investigation found 642 undocumented employees of foreign nationality. Brokers encourage them to stay illegally and connect them to unlawful employment, reportedly advising them to ‘dress like tourists’ ... .
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France’s Macron assails Putin’s ‘brutal attack’ on Ukraine
Wtop 20 Aug 2022
PARIS (AP) — Hours after talking with Vladimir Putin, French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday accused the Russian leader of launching a “brutal attack” on Ukraine in an imperialist, revanchist violation of international law ... Earlier Friday, Macron spoke more than an hour with Putin to urge Russia to accept Ukraine’s conditions to allow U.N.
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UN fails to reach agreement to extend Taliban travel ban waiver
Al Jazeera 20 Aug 2022
A United Nations waiver allowing 13 Afghan Taliban officials to travel abroad expired on Friday, as the Security Council failed to reach an agreement on whether to extend the travel exemptions ... Under a 2011 UN Security Council resolution, 135 Taliban officials are subject to sanctions that include asset freezes and travel bans ... A rival proposal ... .
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Finnish PM takes drugs test after party video causes stir
The Wire Network 20 Aug 2022
Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said on Friday she had taken a drugs test following the publication of video footage this week that showed her partying with friends, and vowed she had never used illegal drugs ... Social Democrat leader Marin said she had never taken drugs and that she had not seen anyone doing so at the party she attended ... Also read.
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Putin allows inspectors to visit Russia-held nuclear plant
The New Arab 20 Aug 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed for a team of independent inspectors to travel to the Moscow-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant via Ukraine, the French presidency said on Friday ... "You are seeing a complete and total lack of progress by the Russians on the battlefield," the official said, speaking to reporters on grounds of anonymity.
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Islamic State militant gets life in US prison over killing of hostages
The Arab Weekly 20 Aug 2022
WASHINGTON –. A US federal judge on Friday sentenced a member of an Islamic State cell known as “The Beatles” to life in prison for involvement in a hostage-taking plot that led to the killings of American journalists and aid workers in Syria ... He was found guilty on four counts of hostage-taking and four counts of conspiracy after a two-week trial ... .
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Drones, missiles and more in new USD 775 million US arms package for Ukraine
DNA India 20 Aug 2022
The US Defence Department has announced that it would provide a new USD 775 million in additional military assistance to Ukraine, including HIMARS missiles, artillery, and mine-clearing systems. The package will be sent through the Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA), a senior defence official quoted by CNN. The package includes. ... . .
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Russia to shut Nord Stream gas pipeline for 3 days
China.dot.org 20 Aug 2022
Russian gas giant Gazprom announced on Friday that it will suspend natural gas delivery to Europe via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline from Aug. 31 to Sept. 2 due to maintenance ... .