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Ukraine is losing and the West is to blame
Asiatimes 07 Jul 2022
For a few weeks, I’ve been in Kiev, partly as a visiting fellow at leading Ukrainian think tank the Transatlantic Dialogue Center. Kiev is an astonishingly elegant and beautiful city; a premier league European capital ... Cafes and restaurants are open and largely busy ... “We are losing this war.”. He is right ... While Ukraine is not winning, it is losing ... ....
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Japan’s tight gun laws add to shock over Abe’s assassination
Wtop 09 Jul 2022
TOKYO (AP) — The assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in broad daylight Friday shocked a world that has come to associate Japan with relatively low crime and strict gun control. Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, Abe was shot in the back while campaigning in the city of Nara for parliamentary candidates ... ___ ... Source .
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Ukrainian official warns of 'catastrophe' in captured city
Independent Online 09 Jul 2022
A Ukrainian regional official warned Friday of deteriorating living conditions in a city captured by Russian forces two weeks ago, saying Sievierodonetsk is without water, power or a working sewage system while the bodies of the dead decompose in hot apartment buildings. Gov ... “Fierce battles are going on in several villages on the region’s border.
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Replaying Empire in Afghanistan - As Children Scream at Night
WorldNews.com 08 Jul 2022
There is a widespread perception that the history of the United States is best viewed in a linear context. That said, it could not be further from the truth ... This transition seemed seamless and continued until Americans were sent to fight wars in the Great Middle East ... It also exposes how US history is cyclical ... “We were poor before the takeover ... .
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16 dead in flash floods at occupied Kashmir pilgrimage site
Dawn 09 Jul 2022
Sixteen people were killed in India-occupied Kashmir, with rescuers searching for dozens more missing, after flash floods swept away hundreds of tents near a popular Hindu pilgrimage site, officials said on Saturday ... — Reuters. “We found 16 bodies so far and at least 40 are missing,” an official from the state disaster response agency told AFP ... — AFP.
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Russian veto stops last aid lifeline into NW Syria
The New Arab 09 Jul 2022
Russia on Friday vetoed a bid to extend UN Security Council approval for 12 months of UN aid deliveries to some 4 million people in opposition-controlled northwest Syria from Turkey. The resolution, drafted by Ireland and Norway, received 13 votes in favour, while China abstained ... "This is a life and death issue ... "We're not daunted by this veto ... ....
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US President Biden signs executive order to 'protect reproductive rights of women'
Khaleejtimes 09 Jul 2022
US President Joe Biden has signed an executive order to protect women's reproductive rights, after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last month. The order will introduce new measures to give women access to abortion clinics, medical professionals, medicines, contraceptives, and more ... Wade ... 'FIRST STEPS' ... ALSO READ. US.
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Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa flees as protesters surround residence, says report
Indian Express 09 Jul 2022
Video clips showed people shouting slogans against Rajapaksha as they marched through rooms and corridors of the palatial building ... .
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‘Abenomics’: Abe’s contentious economic legacy
Al Jazeera 08 Jul 2022
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s legacy on the economy is defined by his namesake strategy. Under “Abenomics”, Abe, who died on Friday after being shot during an election campaign event, sought to jolt Japan’s economy back to life after more than two decades of stagnation following the collapse of an asset bubble in the early 1990s ... .
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'Very shocking': Four stabbed by assailant at major Shanghai hospital
Gulf Daily News 09 Jul 2022
SHANGHAI. Four people at a renowned Shanghai hospital were wounded by a knife-wielding assailant on Saturday, in the second reported stabbing incident after a Covid-19 lockdown of the financial hub was lifted early in June ... A long trail of blood was seen on the marble surface of a flight of stairs in one video ... "This is very despairing ... .
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U.N. Steps Up Efforts Against Anti-LGBTQ+ Violence and Discrimination
Yahoo Daily News 09 Jul 2022
The United Nations Human Rights Council Thursday adopted four new resolutions, including one in which it extends the mandate of the independent expert on protection from violence and discrimination related to sexual orientation and gender identity for three years. The mandate for the independent expert was first approved in 2016 and renewed in 2019.
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Musk’s withdrawal from Twitter deal sets stage for long court battle
The Guardian 09 Jul 2022
Musk in May said he had secured financing to complete the deal ....
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Kremlin: Russia has used only a fraction of its potential in Ukraine
FX Empire 08 Jul 2022
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has used only a small portion of its potential in its “special military operation” in Ukraine, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Friday ... (Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Kevin Liffey) ... ....
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Detectan en Ghana 2 casos de presunta fiebre hemorrágica de Marburgo
Sputnik 08 Jul 2022
ZÚRICH, SUIZA (Sputnik) — Dos casos de presunta infección con el virus de Marburgo, que provoca fiebre hemorrágica, se detectaron por primera vez en Ghana, comunicó la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) ....
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Twitter claims it suspends 1 mn spam users a day
The Siasat Daily 09 Jul 2022
San Francisco. As Elon Musk threatened to scrap the $44 billion Twitter acquisition deal over spam and fake accounts, the microblogging platform has revealed that it is suspending more than 1 million spam accounts a day. The new figure represents a doubling of its previous update ... It has since started to supply him with public tweet data. Also Read ... .