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South Korea scrambles jets as China, Russia warplanes enter air defence zone
Hong Kong Standard 30 Nov 2022
South Korea's military said it scrambled fighter jets as two Chinese and six Russian warplanes entered its air defence zone on Wednesday. ... The Standard Channel. IOS Android. IOS Android ... Unlike a country's airspace - the air above its territory and territorial waters - there are no international rules governing air defence zones. ... .
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NATO concerned about China’s ‘opaque’ military buildup -Blinken
FX Empire 30 Nov 2022
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – NATO allies are concerned about China’s military buildup and its cooperation with Russia, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday after a gathering of the Western military alliance in Romania ... Advertisement ... Sign Up. Sponsored Financial Content. Latest Articles. See All ... Loading ... ....
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FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried says he ‘screwed up’ but didn’t commit fraud
The Guardian 01 Dec 2022photo: AP / Edmar Barros
From the Amazon to Australia, why is your money funding Earth’s destruction?
The Guardian 30 Nov 2022
In every conflict over the living world, something is being protected. And most of the time, it’s the wrong thing ... Most are paid to “enhance capacity”.
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One in 23 people will require humanitarian relief in 2023, UN warns
The Guardian 01 Dec 2022
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South Africa’s President Ramaphosa in peril as panel sees case for impeachment
South China Morning Post 01 Dec 2022
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa is facing renewed pressure after a panel probing a burglary scandal at his farm said it found enough evidence to warrant a parliamentary debate on whether he should be impeached ... .
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Egyptians call on British Museum to return Rosetta Stone
The News-Gazette 30 Nov 2022
The Rosetta Stone ... Hawass argues that Egypt had no say in the 1801 agreement ... Nicholas Donnell, a Boston-based attorney specializing in cases concerning art and artifacts, said no common international legal framework exists for such disputes ... ‘‘I will use the media and the intellectuals to tell the (British) museum they have no right.’’ ... .
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Belgium opens biggest-ever criminal trial over 2016 bombings
Al Jazeera 30 Nov 2022
Belgium has launched its biggest-ever criminal trial, a landmark prosecution of people accused of directing or aiding 2016 bombings in Brussels‘ metro and airport that killed 32 people. The prime French suspect in the dock on Wednesday confirmed his identity as proceedings began. “Abdeslam Salah, 33, electrical mechanic.” ... .
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Half of world's democracies in decline, intergovernmental watchdog says
Reuters 30 Nov 2022
STOCKHOLM, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Half of the world's democracies are in a state of decline amid worsening civil liberties and rule of law while already authoritarian governments are becoming more oppressive, an intergovernmental watchdog group said on Wednesday ... "At the same time, we see global democracy in decline. It is a toxic mix.".
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Study: U.S. gun death rates hit highest levels in decades
Federal News Radio 30 Nov 2022
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S ... READ MORE. NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S ... The U.S ... Why did gun deaths rise so dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic? That’s “a straightforward question with probably a complicated answer that no one really knows the answer to,” said Fleegler, an emergency medicine physician at Boston Children’s Hospital ... ___ ... .
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Biden's nonbinary head of nuclear waste admits to snatching luggage worth over $2,000 from airport
The Washington Times 29 Nov 2022photo: AP / Baderkhan Ahmad
Islamic State leader killed in battle, second for the year
Hong Kong Standard 01 Dec 2022
He gave no further details. ... The U.S ... “ISIS remains a threat to the region,” the U.S ... IOS Android ... No one claimed responsibility for the killing. ... There was no immediate claim of responsibility but the Afghan affiliate of IS has been waging a campaign of violence that escalated since the Taliban took power in August 2021. ... .
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Former President Jiang Zemin, Who Guided China’s Rise, Dies at 96
Hamodia 30 Nov 2022
BEIJING (AP) — Former President Jiang Zemin, who led China out of isolation after the army crushed the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests in 1989 and supported economic reforms that led to a decade of explosive growth, died Wednesday at the age of 96 ... Jiang was born Aug ... He supported Premier Zhu Rongji, the party’s No ... Divorce rates climbed ... .