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Taiwan’s reunification countdown has begun
Asiatimes 08 Aug 2022
China’s People’s Liberation Army Eastern Theater Command said in a statement on Monday (August 8) that joint drills in the sea and airspace around Taiwan were continuing. The notice did not specify the precise location of the exercises or when they would end. Whether the six danger zones for the August 4-7 exercises remain in effect is unclear ... Photo.
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Russia suspends US inspections of its nuclear arsenals under New START treaty
Anadolu Agency 09 Aug 2022
. Russia informed the US on Monday that it is temporarily suspending American inspections of its nuclear weapons sites under the 2010 Treaty on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (New START) ... The statement stressed that the measures had a "temporary character." ... .
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Nagasaki to urge nuclear abolition as city marks 77th A-bomb anniv.
Kyodo 09 Aug 2022
Nagasaki marked the 77th anniversary Tuesday of the U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city during World War II, with Mayor Tomihisa Taue set to call for the abolition of nuclear weapons amid mounting concerns over their potential use following Russia's invasion of Ukraine ... Photo shows Peace Park in Nagasaki on Aug ... (Kyodo) ... But some U.S.
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Is Google down? Many users report 500 error code
The Independent 09 Aug 2022
Over 40,000 such incidents have been reported .
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Iran official rejects report of 'final text' in Vienna talks with Europeans
Press TV 09 Aug 2022
An Iranian foreign ministry official has dismissed a Wall Street Journal report that a text for restoring the 2015 nuclear accord with Iran had been completed and that negotiations in Vienna were finished ... The negotiations to revive the deal through removing US sanctions on Iran have dragged on since April 2021 ... www.presstv.ir. www.presstv.co.uk ....
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Many dead, missing as S Korea’s Seoul deluged by record rain
Al Jazeera 09 Aug 2022
At least seven people have died and six were missing in and around Seoul, the South Korean capital, after torrential rain knocked out power, triggered landslides and flooded homes and the city’s metro system ... The Yonhap news agency said the downpour was the heaviest in 80 years ... They were later found dead. More sad news emerging ... .
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Man killed by 22-pound metal ball during Highland Games in Netherlands
New York Post 09 Aug 2022
A man touring a Dutch castle died after he was hit with a 22-pound metal ball thrown by a competitor at the Open Highland Games. East Brabant Police said the 65-year-old Geldrop local died Sunday, “after being hit by a metal ball in use at a sporting event.” ... “It wasn’t a spectator so he didn’t see the ball coming at all.” ... We’re devastated.” ... ....
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Palestine demands international protection at UN from 'unprovoked’ Israeli aggression
Anadolu Agency 09 Aug 2022
. Palestine urged the international community on Monday to provide protection in the wake of recent Israeli attacks on the besieged Gaza Strip that left 46 Palestinians dead. The Palestinian envoy to the UN told the UN Security Council that it was an ''unprovoked and unjustified'' aggression. ''It’s real reason is barely veiled ... .
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Finnish premier urges EU to restrict Russian tourism amid Ukraine war
Anadolu Agency 08 Aug 2022
The Finnish prime minister on Monday urged EU countries to impose additional sanctions to restrict Russian tourists’ entry into the Schengen countries. Speaking to Finnish state broadcaster YLE, Sanna Marin said ... It's not right.” ... My personal position is that tourism should be restricted,” she said ... 24 ... .
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Afghanistan: One year since the Taliban takeover
The Times of India 09 Aug 2022
KABUL. The Taliban stormed back to power a year ago as US-led forces withdrew from the country, two decades after first ousting the hardline Islamist regime. As the United States and its allies begin withdrawing their forces from Afghanistan, the Taliban launch a final offensive to win back control of the country they ran between 1996 and 2001 ... .
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COVID-19 Vaccines Hinder the Immune System, Lead to More Severe Illness: Dr. Robert Malone - The Epoch Times
WorldNews.com 08 Aug 2022
A study out of the United Kingdom has shown that health care workers who received multiple COVID-19 vaccine boosters after initially being infected with the original virus strain from Wuhan are more prone to chronic reinfection from the Omicron variant ... Robert Malone ... He added that this process is reinforced by multiple inoculations.
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Gabby Petito’s family to file $50m wrongful death case against Utah police
The Guardian 08 Aug 2022
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Life sentence for racial hate crime man who shot and killed a black jogger
South China Morning Post 08 Aug 2022
The killing became part of a larger national reckoning over racial injustice and killings of unarmed black people including George Floyd and Breonna Taylor ... .
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Zionists only understand language of power: Iran FM
Tehran Times 08 Aug 2022
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has said that Israelis have sought to change the "balance of power and terror" since 2006 but they failed and accepted a ceasefire because they only understand the language of power ... .
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Donald Trump says FBI raided his Florida home, broke into his safe
The Times of India 09 Aug 2022
Former President Donald Trump said FBI agents raided his Mar-a-Lago estate on Monday and broke into his safe, possibly connected to a U.S. Justice Department investigation of Trump's removal of official presidential records to the Florida resort ... "They even broke into my safe!" ... senator from Connecticut ... The U.S ... In addition, the U.S ... .