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China extends military exercises around Taiwan in retaliation against Pelosi’s visit
The Los Angeles Times 08 Aug 2022
BEIJING — ... The extended exercises would include anti-submarine drills, apparently targeting U.S ... House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the self-ruled island last week ... World & Nation News Analysis ... The Biden administration and Pelosi say the U.S ... Unraveling the mystery of Erika Jayne’s $800K diamond earrings — and Tom Girardi’s finances.
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Chile sinkhole grows large enough to swallow France's Arc de Triomphe
Yahoo Daily News 08 Aug 2022
(Reuters) - A sinkhole in Chile has doubled in size, growing large enough to engulf France's Arc de Triomphe and prompting officials to order work to stop at a nearby copper mine. The sinkhole, which emerged on July 30, now stretches 50 meters (160 feet) across and goes down 200 meters (656 feet) ... ....
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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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Lessons from Ukraine: Chinese marines need better air defence capabilities, magazine says
South China Morning Post 08 Aug 2022photo: AP / Fernando Vergara
Gustavo Petro: Ex-rebel fighter sworn in as Colombia’s president
Al Jazeera 08 Aug 2022
He plans to finance social spending with a $10bn-a-year tax reform that would boost taxes on the rich and do away with corporate tax breaks ... Their cabinet includes an internationally renowned professor, Jose Antonio Ocampo, as finance minister and an academic who researches the negative impacts of industries as minister for mining ... .
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US Senate adopts sweeping climate and health plan, in major victory for Biden
Urdu Point 08 Aug 2022
Washington, Aug 7 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 8th Aug, 2022 ) .After 18 months of arduous negotiations and a marathon night of debate, the US Senate on Sunday passed Joe Biden's ambitious climate, tax and health care plan -- a significant victory for the president ahead of crucial midterm elections ... "It required many compromises ... ....
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Türkiye will clear last 'terror nests' in Syria: President Erdogan
Anadolu Agency 08 Aug 2022photo: Creative Commons / Kobac
Vanuatu takes Pro-China Stance Calling Taiwan an ‘Inalienable Part of China’
The Epoch Times 08 Aug 2022
The government of Pacific nation Vanuatu has thrown its support behind the One China policy following U.S ... On Aug.
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Attack on Ukraine nuclear plant ‘suicidal’, says UN chief as he urges access to site
The Observer 08 Aug 2022
UN secretary general António Guterres has called for international inspectors to be given access to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant after Ukraine and Russia traded accusations over the shelling of Europe’s largest atomic plant at the weekend ... Guterres said the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) needed access to the plant ... Read more ... 5 ... .
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GM, PepsiCo, Lenovo demonstrate resilience of green bond market
GreenBiz 08 Aug 2022photo: Creative Commons / No Swan So Fine https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en
London museum to return 72 artefacts to Nigeria
RTE 08 Aug 2022
London's Horniman Museum has said it would return 72 artefacts, including 12 brass plaques known as Benin Bronzes, looted from Benin City by British soldiers in 1897 to the Nigerian government ... They were seized, along with thousands of other items, in a British military incursion, and ended up in museums in Europe and the United States ... .
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Russia, Ukraine trade blame for strike on nuclear plant
Dawn 07 Aug 2022
MOSCOW/KYIV. Moscow and Kyiv on Sunday blamed each other for a new strike on the Zaporizhzhia atomic power plant, where recent fighting sparked a UN warning of a potential nuclear disaster ... The strike damaged some administrative buildings and fell in a “zone storing used nuclear fuel” ... “Yesterday ... “One... More grain sets sail ... Amnesty regrets report ... .
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A year on, Afghans hide out fearing death by data
Khaleejtimes 08 Aug 2022
Sadaf was at work last year, at the Attorney General's office in suburban Kabul, when her sister rang with news that the Taliban had entered the Afghan capital, begging her to race home. "Cover your face! And don't tell anyone where you work," her sister had said, her voice shaking with fear ... Outside was chaos ... Digital danger ... ALSO READ ... Photo. Reuters ... .
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Pirates of the Niger Delta – The Curse of the Black Gold
FX Empire 08 Aug 2022
In modern English, when something/ someone “strikes oil”, success usually follows. Sadly, this is not the case for the west African nation of Nigeria. Since massive oil reserves were discovered in Niger Delta in 1956, most Nigerians aren’t benefitting from the supposed oil wealth ... Limited production and investment ... Advertisement. Domestic strife ... ... ....
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Touch not my anointed: Holy fever grips Kenya in election season
Al Jazeera 08 Aug 2022
Nairobi, Kenya – They may not be on the ballot or possess Kenyan citizenship but the names God and Jesus Christ are all over the politics of the East African nation. “Stop pretending to be deputy Jesus,” Martha Karua, the former justice minister who is the running mate of leading challenger Raila Odinga said in Swahili at a rally on August 3 ... .