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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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Ex-Japan PM feared dead after apparent shooting
Eye Witness News 08 Jul 2022photo: AP / Francois Mori
Blatter and Platini acquitted on corruption charges
RTE 08 Jul 2022
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and French football star Michel Platini were both cleared of corruption charges by a Swiss court. Blatter, who led FIFA for 17 years, was cleared of fraud by the Federal Criminal Court in the southern city of Bellinzona ... ... .
photo: AP / Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo
Putin to Ukraine: Russia has barely started its action
Odessa American 08 Jul 2022
The Associated Press. MOSCOW With Russia’s military action in Ukraine in its fifth month, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday warned Kyiv that it should quickly accept Moscow’s terms or brace for the worst, adding ominously that Russia has barely started its action ... “We are hearing that they want to defeat us on the battlefield,” Putin said.
photo: AP / Koji Sasahara
Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe has died: state broadcaster
Dawn 08 Jul 2022
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has died, state broadcaster NHK said on Friday. Abe, 67, had been delivering a stump speech near a train station in the western city of Nara when he was shot by an assailant ... Earlier, incumbent Prime Minister Fumio Kishida condemned the attack, terming it “absolutely unforgivable” ... 'A large bang' ... “ ... .
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Brazil police raids gang allegedly using crypto to launder illegal gold mining
FX Empire 08 Jul 2022
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s federal police on Thursday carried out an operation against an alleged criminal gang that it said used crypto tokens to launder money made from illegal gold mining. Police arrested five people and served 60 search and seizure warrants in the operation ... ($1 = 5.3391 reais) ... Advertisement ... Sign Up. Latest Articles ... ....
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Russia’s Lavrov says will not go ‘running after’ US for G20 talks
Al Jazeera 08 Jul 2022
Sergey Lavrov, the foreign minister of Russia, has said he would not chase after the United States for talks as his counterpart, Antony Blinken, declined to see him at a Group of 20 (G20) summit in Indonesia’s resort island of Bali ... Lavrov, while saluting Indonesia, denounced the approach of Western nations at the G20 ... But, he added ... .
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Ukraine forces finally seeing impact of western arms, says Zelenskiy
The Guardian 07 Jul 2022photo: AP / Jim Watson
Amber Heard 'pleading' with Johnny Depp over $10 million debt?
The News International 08 Jul 2022
Amber Heard 'pleading' with Johnny Depp over $10 million debt?. Amber Heard has reportedly been ‘begging’ Johnny Depp to ‘scale back’ on the $10 million defamation case debt, in private meetings ... Heard has been going around trying to renegotiate her debt with Mr. Depp directly ... .
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Trudeau gov’t considers regulating ‘political’ and ‘private’ communications
Life Site 08 Jul 2022
OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) — Furthering their censorship goals, advisers for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government now say “misleading political communications” needs to be regulated ... “Many experts voiced concern over misinformation and disinformation and highlighted it was not included,” they added.
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China aims to increase population, offers women perks for having babies
The Siasat Daily 08 Jul 2022
Beijing. In a bid to increase its population and further help the country’s labour force, China is giving incentives such as tax and housing credits, educational benefits and even cash to encourage women to have more children ... For decades, the Chinese Communist Party forced abortions and sterilizations on women as part of its one-child policy ... .
photo: AP / Kirsty Wigglesworth, File
Injured Nadal Out of Wimbledon; Kyrgios Advances to Final
Voa News 08 Jul 2022
Rafael Nadal withdrew from Wimbledon because of a torn abdominal muscle on Thursday, a day before he was supposed to play Nick Kyrgios in the semifinals. It is the first time since 1931 that a man dropped out of the oldest Grand Slam tournament before a semifinal or final ... "I can't serve ... He twice described himself as "very sad." ... .
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Biden to visit CIA as intelligence plays key role in Ukraine
Wtop 08 Jul 2022
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will visit the CIA Friday at a time when his administration’s support for Ukraine has pushed the work of the normally secretive intelligence agencies into the limelight. Biden will commemorate the agency’s 75th anniversary since its founding after World War II ... during the two-decade war ... Sen ... U.S ... U.S ... The U.S.
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China demands end to U.S.-Taiwan military ‘collusion’
Asahi News 08 Jul 2022
BEIJING--China has demanded the U.S. cease military “collusion” with Taiwan during a virtual meeting between the joint chiefs of staff from the two countries whose relationship has grown increasingly fractious. Gen. Li Zuocheng told Gen ... “China demands the U.S ... ties and stability in the Taiwan Strait,” Li said ... Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin ... U.S ... .
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Rishi Sunak key favourite in race to replace Boris Johnson as UK PM
The Telegraph India 08 Jul 2022
Rishi Sunak, Insosys founder Narayana Murthy’s son-in-law, is an odds-on favourite to become the UK’s next prime minister after his shock resignation as chancellor was key in toppling Boris Johnson. Bookies are giving Sunak 4/1 chances of landing the top job after Johnson announced he would quit as prime minister, sparking the leadership race ... UK ... .