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US says second Chinese 'spy balloon' over Latin America
RTE 04 Feb 2023
A Chinese spy balloon has been spotted over Latin America, the Pentagon has said, a day after a similar craft was seen in US skies, prompting the scrapping of a rare trip to Beijing by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken ... Late yesterday, Pentagon spokesman Pat Ryder said. "We are seeing reports of a balloon transiting Latin America." ... .
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Griner misses out on selection for US training camp in preparation for Paris 2024
Inside The Games 03 Feb 2023
Two-time Olympic gold medallist Brittney Griner has been omitted from the United States women’s basketball squad for an upcoming four-day training camp in Minneapolis as preparations for Paris 2024 are launched ... Griner was part of the US team that claimed gold at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 but has not made the USA Basketball’s training squad ... .
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India: Crackdown on underage marriage, over 1,800 men arrested
Deutsche Welle 03 Feb 2023
Police in the state of Assam began arresting over 1,800 people violating underage marriage laws. India has the highest proportion of child brides in the world. . Police in the Indian state of Assam in the east of the country have launched a crackdown on underage marriage, and arrested more than 1,800 men on Friday ... .
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Britain remains a major military power — but for how long?
The Hill 03 Feb 2023
In 1976, George S. Brown, who served as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under Presidents Nixon, Ford and Carter, once dismissed Britain and its military as “pathetic.” For good measure, he added, “They’re no longer a world power. All they’ve got are generals, admirals and bands ... He did not need that anonymous U.S ... .
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Ukraine will fight for Bakhmut ‘as long as we can’: Zelenskyy
Al Jazeera 04 Feb 2023
Ukraine will not give up on embattled Bakhmut in the east of the country, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said as Moscow’s forces continue their onslaught against a town the Ukrainian leader described as a “fortress” ... “No one will surrender Bakhmut ... “Our goal is absolutely clear. to start negotiations on Ukraine’s membership,” he said on Friday ... .
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EU officials hold talks in Ukraine in their first such mission to a country at war
The Los Angeles Times 03 Feb 2023
KYIV, Ukraine — . Top European Union officials were due to meet Friday in Kyiv with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in a show of support for the country as it battles to counter Russia’s invasion and strives to join the EU as well as NATO ... The last such summit was held in Kyiv in October 2021 — a few months before the war started.
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How Putin’s plans to blackmail Europe over gas supply failed
The Guardian 03 Feb 2023photo: AP / Burhan Ozbilici
Turkey: No evidence from Western nations after consulate closures
Al Jazeera 03 Feb 2023
Turkey says Western nations, including the United States and Germany, have not given it any information to back up their assertions that security threats had prompted them to close their missions in the country ... “We see the closures of consulates without sharing the details of the information with us as intentional,” Cavusoglu told reporters ... .
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Biden stands by Jerusalem status quo in meeting with Jordan king
Al Jazeera 03 Feb 2023
United States President Joe Biden has underlined his support for the legal “status quo” of Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in a meeting at the White House with Jordan’s King Abdullah II ... Under a longstanding agreement, non-Muslims can visit the site at specific times but are not allowed to pray there ... US commitment to Iraq ... .
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After Netanyahu talks, President Macron warns of Iran nuclear 'consequences'
France24 03 Feb 2023
French President Emmanuel Macron denounced on Thursday the "headlong rush" of Iran's nuclear programme after talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was in Paris to seek a stronger European stance against Tehran. ... Iran also holds several foreign citizens who are considered political hostages by Western governments ... .
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Wave of ‘sushi terrorism’ grips Japan’s restaurant world
The Guardian 03 Feb 2023
“This is sickening,” one Twitter user wrote, with another adding ... .
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US alleges Chinese spy balloon flew over sensitive military site
Al Jazeera 03 Feb 2023
The United States is tracking a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon seen over the country’s airspace for a couple of days, but the Pentagon has decided not to shoot it down due to the risk of harm to people on the ground, officials have said ... The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive information ... .
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Kidney disease: Foods to lower your creatinine levels
Hindustan Times 03 Feb 2023
Creatinine is a waste product that is made by your muscles as a part of normal wear and tear. So, the chemical is made by your body naturally and leaves the body through urine. However, for a person with faulty kidney function, creatinine can accumulate in the blood ... Eating less red meat and fish products can help control creatinine levels ... (Also read.
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Baswedan’s rise stoking Indonesia election flames - Asiatimes
WorldNews.com 03 Feb 2023
JAKARTA – Newly retired Jakarta governor Anies Baswedan is emerging as the opposition candidate for Indonesia’s 2024 presidential election with his three-party coalition holding strong and removing a potential obstacle to its unity by giving him a free hand in choosing a running mate. That is likely to be Democrat Party...read full story.
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Italian mob suspect Edgardo Greco found working as pizza chef after 16 years on run
The Guardian 03 Feb 2023
Greco is wanted for murder of two brothers beaten to death in Calabria fish shop as part of ‘mafia war’, Interpol says A convicted Italian killer, believed to belong to one of the country’s most powerful mafia organisations, has been discovered working as a pizza chef and arrested after 16 years on the run ... He was then placed in detention ... .