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Israeli forces on high alert after West Bank gun battle kills nine Palestinians
Irish Independent 26 Jan 2023
It marks one of the deadliest days in the territory for years.A gun battle broke out on Thursday when the Israeli military conducted a rare daytime operation in the Jenin refugee camp that it said was meant to prevent an imminent attack against Israelis.The camp, where the ...
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Africa has become ‘less safe, secure and democratic’ in past decade, report finds
The Guardian 26 Jan 2023
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Esteemed Cardiologist: ‘Stop This Rollout Now’
The Epoch Times 26 Jan 2023
Britain’s most influential cardiologist, who took two jabs, now calls for a halt in the rollout of the shot program after spending nine months evaluating the data. He offers a potential explanation for the differing world views. STORY AT-A-GLANCE. Esteemed U.K. cardiologist, Dr ... Esteemed U.K. cardiologist, Dr.
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Why is Big Tech firing employees by thousands? And how worried should we be?In the ...
Deccan Herald 26 Jan 2023
By Nathalie Collins, Paul Haskell-Dowland and Jeff Volkheimer for The Conversation. Tech companies are always in the news, usually touting the next big thing. However, the tech news cycle recently hasn’t been dominated by the latest gadget or innovation. Instead, layoffs are in the headlines ... Also Read ... What’s the damage? ... Also Read ... Sign Up ... Twitter .
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Biden rallies Western alliance and gives Zelensky an ‘iron fist’ against Putin
CNN 26 Jan 2023
The more Russian President Vladimir Putin tries to break NATO, the stronger it gets. Not for the first time in the war in Ukraine, President Joe Biden took decisive action that closed fissures in the alliance ... This represented a significant symbolic, political and military win for Ukraine ... “He expected our support for Ukraine to crumble with time ... .
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Blinken will travel to Mideast amid US concern over violence
Metro USA 26 Jan 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Egypt, Israel and the West Bank this weekend in his first trip to the Middle East this year, amid an escalation in Israeli-Palestinian violence, U.S ... The State Department said Thursday that Blinken would leave Washington on Saturday for stops in Cairo, Jerusalem and Ramallah ... .
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Ugandan students fear being sodomized in school, says nation’s Deputy Speaker
Life Site 26 Jan 2023
KAMPALA, Uganda (LifeSiteNews) — A leading Ugandan politician warned fellow parliamentarians about the effect of homosexuality in the country’s schools. Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa told parliament yesterday that he had heard “painful” and “grueling” stories of the homosexual influence being felt by students.
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Thousands rally for ‘Invasion Day’ protests on Australia Day holiday
FX Empire 26 Jan 2023
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Thousands of Australians marked the country’s national holiday on Thursday with rallies in support of the nation’s Indigenous people, many of whom describe the anniversary of the day a British fleet sailed into Sydney Harbour as “Invasion Day” ... 26 should be considered “Australia Day”, largely unchanged from a year ago ... Sign Up ... ....
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Former Colombian drug-trafficking magnate pleads guilty in US
Al Jazeera 26 Jan 2023
A former Colombian drug trafficker has admitted to overseeing a vast network of criminal operations and cocaine smuggling, including a violent paramilitary group known as the Clan del Golfo or the Gulf Clan cartel ... Otoniel admitted that the group administered “taxes” on cocaine produced, stored or transported through its territory by other groups.
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Israeli raids: Why have so many Palestinians been killed?
Al Jazeera 26 Jan 2023
It began with protests against forced displacement in the occupied East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah and led to a war with the Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad armed groups in the besieged Gaza Strip. Israel’s crackdown included the targeting of fighters affiliated with these groups in the West Bank.
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Ukraine’s Odesa, the ‘pearl of the Black Sea’, added to Unesco World Heritage list
The Guardian 26 Jan 2023
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Macron and Sunak could be on the verge of ending the cross-Channel hostility
The National 26 Jan 2023
The thaw in Anglo-French relations has begun. For the first time in five years, a British prime minster will attend a summit with a French president ... They will meet in Paris on March 10 ... It would be premature to attach weighty significance to these two events ... Yet, there is ample evidence that Mr Sunak and Mr Macron share a spirit of pragmatic respect.
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Court rejects Kurdish party bid to delay closure ruling till after Turkey elections
FX Empire 26 Jan 2023
Polls show he and his ruling AK Party could lose, especially if the HDP cooperates with an opposition alliance ... A prosecutor filed the case against the HDP in March 2021, accusing it of having ties to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which is designated a terrorist group by the United States and the European Union as well as by Turkey.
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Taiwan leader: War with China 'not an option'
The Manila Times 25 Jan 2023
TAIPEI. Taiwan's leader Tsai Ing-wen told Pope Francis in a letter that war with China is "not an option" and said constructive interaction with Beijing, which claims the island as part of its territory, depends on respecting Taipei's democracy ... Taiwanese leaders are uneasy about Vatican's efforts to develop relations with Beijing ... ....
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‘Cope with your own debt’, China tells US over Zambia debt relief
Al Jazeera 25 Jan 2023
The Chinese government says the United States should stop pressuring Beijing on debt relief for Zambia and focus on averting a government default at home, which could have repercussions for the global economy ... The US government has a cap of $31.4 trillion on how much it can borrow, and it reached that limit on Thursday ... .