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Putin blasts US 'hegemony,' predicts end to 'unipolar' world
Stars and Stripes 16 Aug 2022
The Russian leader claimed that "Western globalist elites" were trying "to shift the blame for their own failures to Russia and China," adding that "no matter how hard the beneficiaries of the current globalist model try to cling to it, it's doomed.".
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US Carries Out Missile Test Delayed Over Chinese Drills
Voa News 16 Aug 2022
The United States military on Tuesday said it carried out a test of a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile that had been delayed to avoid escalating tensions with Beijing during China's show of force near Taiwan earlier this month ... officials have said they have seen no reason so far to change Washington's nuclear alert levels ... .
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Saudi woman given 34-year prison sentence for using Twitter
The Guardian 16 Aug 2022
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Spain wildfires: up to 20 injured after passengers break out of train engulfed by flames
The Guardian 17 Aug 2022photo: Public Domain / Klaus Sattler
Russia warns Britain against planned spy plane overflight
The Guardian 16 Aug 2022
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Are your ears ringing? Tinnitus affects 750 million people, yet there is a lack of treatments, a new study finds
South China Morning Post 17 Aug 2022
Commonly described as ringing in the ears, tinnitus affects 750 million people worldwide, and more research is needed to find effective treatments, a new study says ... .
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Biden signs major climate change and health care bill into law
France24 17 Aug 2022
President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed into law a big climate change and health care spending bill, giving Democrats another boost ahead of midterm elections in which Republicans are suddenly less certain of their predicted crushing victory. ... "A nation can be transformed ... "It's about tomorrow," Biden said ... .
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Spy ship: Lanka’s financial requirements & China’s promise of package shaped Colombo’s decision
The Economic Times 17 Aug 2022
Chinese spy ship Yuan Wang 5 on Tuesday docked at the Hambantota Port ...
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Over 2 billion would die in an India-Pakistan nuclear conflict. 5 billion in a US-China one, study finds
South China Morning Post 16 Aug 2022
Tens of millions of immediate fatalities in the war zone would be followed by hundreds of millions of starvation deaths around the globe in the months and years that followed, an international study led by Rutgers University scientists found ... .
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US cuts water supply for some states, Mexico as drought bites
Hindustan Times 17 Aug 2022
More than two decades of well below average rainfall have left the ...
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Between a dam and two autocrats: Biden's GERD dilemma
The New Arab 16 Aug 2022
Not long after Joe Biden clinched the White House, Egypt's ambassador to Washington dialled up ex-congressman, Ed Royce, who fronts the US legal Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck. The task was straightforward ... It sits on the Blue Nile ... Cairo fears that the Nile’s waters, the lifeline of its economy and statehood, will dwindle in the future ... Podcast ... ....
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Zelensky warns Zaporizhzhia 'catastrophe' would threaten whole of Europe
Khaleejtimes 16 Aug 2022
A "catastrophe" at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in southern Ukraine would threaten the whole of Europe, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned on Monday. "Under the cover of the plant, the occupiers are shelling nearby cities and communities," Zelensky said in his evening address ... ALSO READ.
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Cristiano Ronaldo: Chelsea backed for summer transfer as deadline approaches
Sporting Life 16 Aug 2022
Chelsea have been backed into 3/1 second-favourites to sign Cristiano Ronaldo before the conclusion of the transfer window. The 37-year-old has been targeting a move away from Old Trafford after they failed to secure Champions League football for the 2022/23 season ... Cristiano Ronaldo - to sign for before 3rd September (via Sky Bet) ... Safer gambling ... .
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Environmental groups sue US Army over Puerto Rico dredging project
Anadolu Agency 17 Aug 2022
The US Army Corps of Engineers was sued Tuesday by several environmental groups over its plans to expand a dredging project in the US territory of Puerto Rico ... At that time, they say the Army Corps of Engineers presented an environmental assessment which concluded that the project would have no significant environmental effects ... .
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We have been honest and the world accepts it: Jaishankar on India buying Russian oil
One India 17 Aug 2022
New Delhi, Aug 17. External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar said that the world has somewhat accepted New Delhi's position in buying Russian oil amidst the ongoing war in Ukraine. This is because New Delhi has not been defensive about its ... .