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US tells China not to overread likely Taiwan president visit
Sun Star 21 Mar 2023
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is putting out the word in advance that an expected unofficial stopover in the United States by Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen would fall in line with recent precedent and should not be used as a pretext by Beijing to step up aggressive activity in the Taiwan Strait ... (AP) .
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Gwyneth Paltrow caused 2016 Utah skiing accident, witness testifies as trial opens
NBC News 22 Mar 2023
Paltrow denies being at fault in the Feb ... Buhler said the sole eyewitness to the crash, Craig Ramon, was in a group that went skiing with Sanderson and roughly 35 feet uphill at the time ... An instructor then approached the group and was "very hostile" to Sanderson, who was still facedown in the snow, Ramon said ... .
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Iran vows to deliver 'proportional response' to EU, UK sanctions
Press TV 21 Mar 2023
Iran vows to reciprocate the European Union and the UK's recent repetitive move to impose sanctions on Iranian targets over, what Brussels and London have called, human rights violations ... The riots erupted in September following the tragic death of the woman, named Mahsa Amini ... Dozens of people and security personnel were killed during the riots ... ....
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Greta Thunberg, climate activists greenlighted to sue Sweden
Al Jazeera 21 Mar 2023
Thunberg and 600 other young activists in a group called Aurora sued the Swedish state in November, claiming it had to do more to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) in order to live up to the European Convention on Human Rights.
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Ugandan parliament passes bill to jail gay people
Joy Online 22 Mar 2023
Homosexual acts are already illegal in the east African country ... A small group of Ugandan MPs on a committee scrutinising the bill disagreed with its premise ... It included making it illegal to promote and fund LGBT groups and activities, as well as reiterating that homosexual acts should be punished by life imprisonment ... .
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US says Xi’s talks with Putin provide “diplomatic cover” for war
Egypt Independent 21 Mar 2023
Xi Jinping sits down for a second day of talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday but Western allies remain skeptical of any breakthrough over the war in Ukraine with Washington saying the Chinese leader’s visit provides “diplomatic cover” for Moscow ... ....
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A ‘marriage of convenience’ for Russia and China amid the Ukraine war, or more?
The Los Angeles Times 21 Mar 2023
When China's Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin sat down together in Moscow on Monday, the trappings were those of imperial power, and the bonhomie hung heavy in the air. They addressed one another as 'dear friend.' They chatted while sitting in ornate chairs in a gilded salon ... the United States ... and the West ... ally, Saudi Arabia ... The U.S ... U.S ... ... .
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China slams Japan PM Fumio Kishida over surprise Ukraine visit
The Telegraph India 21 Mar 2023
China on Tuesday hit out at Japan after its Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made a surprise visit to Ukraine and overshadowed Chinese President Xi Jinping’s meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Moscow, saying Tokyo should do more to de-escalate the situation rather than aggravating it ... Advertisement ... .
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Donald Trump to be arrested? US braces for drama
Eye Witness News 21 Mar 2023
Donald Trump would become the first former or sitting president to be charged with a crime if an indictment over the 2016 hush money payment to Stormy Daniels is filed ... In an online group named "The Donald," some Trump supporters called for a "national strike" and "Civil War 2.0" to protect Trump and protest any arrest.
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Macron to address nation after government survives no-confidence vote
Reuters 21 Mar 2023
PARIS, March 21 (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron will break his silence on Wednesday to outline plans after his administration survived a no-confidence motion in parliament over a deeply unpopular pension reform, the government spokesman said ... The failure of the vote will be a relief to Macron ... That prompted the U.N ... Our Standards ... Video.
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6.5-magnitude earthquake jolts parts of Afghanistan, Pakistan
Xinhua 22 Mar 2023
KABUL/ISLAMABAD, March 22 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 on Richter scale has jolted parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan, causing panic. The official number of casualties is not yet available at the time. The quake hit the Afghan capital Kabul and several more provinces in the country at 09.17 p.m ... ■ ... .
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Greek prime minister announces May elections after rail disaster
The Philadelphia Inquirer 22 Mar 2023
Athens, Greece — Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Tuesday that the country would hold a general election in May, as his government faces widespread anger over a train disaster that killed 57 people in February ... .
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Ja Morant expected back as Grizzlies welcome Rockets
The Charlotte Observer 22 Mar 2023
The Memphis Grizzlies anticipate that Ja Morant will return to action Wednesday when they play the first of back-to-back home games against the Houston Rockets ... Combined with the Sacramento Kings' road loss to the Utah Jazz, the Grizzlies (44-27) reclaimed sole possession of second in the West with 11 games remaining in the regular season. ... .
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Number of city dwellers lacking safe water to double by 2050
The Guardian 22 Mar 2023
UN report predicts water demand will increase by 80% as crisis threatens to get out of control The number of people lacking access to safe drinking water in cities around the world will double by 2050, research has found, amid warnings of an imminent water crisis that is likely to “spiral out of control” ... It’s a triple crisis.”. .
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China tried to tamper Canadian elections: Intelligence report
Beijing News 21 Mar 2023
Ottawa , March 21 (ANI). Intelligence leaks have described ways in which the Chinese government tried to tamper with Canadian elections. Leaked documents from the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) have revealed the ways in which the Chinese government has attempted to tamper with Canadian elections, Asian Times reported ... (ANI) ....