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Taiwan’s reunification countdown has begun
Asiatimes 08 Aug 2022
China’s People’s Liberation Army Eastern Theater Command said in a statement on Monday (August 8) that joint drills in the sea and airspace around Taiwan were continuing. The notice did not specify the precise location of the exercises or when they would end. Whether the six danger zones for the August 4-7 exercises remain in effect is unclear ... Photo.
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Turkey resumes gas exploration in eastern Mediterranean after two-year halt
Press TV 09 Aug 2022
Turkey’s new drill ship Abdulhamid Han set off to drill for gas in the eastern Mediterranean on Tuesday, with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan saying that the ship would operate 55 kilometers off the country’s coast within what he called Turkey’s “sovereign territory.”.
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Israel: Troops kill 2 Palestinian gunmen in West Bank clash
San Francisco Chronicle 09 Aug 2022
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli troops killed two Palestinian gunmen in a shootout Tuesday during an arrest operation in the city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, police said ... Israeli police said forces encircled the home of Ibrahim al-Nabulsi, who they say was wanted for a string of shootings in the West Bank earlier this year ... .
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Taiwanese foreign minister says China using drills as excuse to prepare for invasion
Gulf Daily News 09 Aug 2022
Taiwan's foreign minister said on Tuesday that China was using the military drills it launched in protest against US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit as an excuse to prepare for an invasion of the self-ruled island ... "China has used the drills ... "But I don't think they're going to do anything more than they are." ... .
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Donald Trump says FBI raided his Florida home, broke into his safe
The Times of India 09 Aug 2022
Former President Donald Trump said FBI agents raided his Mar-a-Lago estate on Monday and broke into his safe, possibly connected to a U.S. Justice Department investigation of Trump's removal of official presidential records to the Florida resort ... "They even broke into my safe!" ... senator from Connecticut ... The U.S ... In addition, the U.S ... .
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Homeless after deportation, migrants in Tijuana demand government help
La Prensa Latina 09 Aug 2022
By Manuel Ayala. Tijuana, Mexico, Aug 8 (EFE).- Mexican civil society organizations and migrants deported from the United States who are now homeless in the border city of Tijuana on Monday demonstrated against the situation in which they say they have been left by authorities ... Being on “this side” of the wall has been tough for him ... EFE.
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Afghanistan: One year since the Taliban takeover
The Times of India 09 Aug 2022
KABUL. The Taliban stormed back to power a year ago as US-led forces withdrew from the country, two decades after first ousting the hardline Islamist regime. As the United States and its allies begin withdrawing their forces from Afghanistan, the Taliban launch a final offensive to win back control of the country they ran between 1996 and 2001 ... .
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Obama among international dignitaries expected at Abe state funeral
Kyodo 09 Aug 2022
The Japanese government is arranging for former U.S. President Barack Obama to attend a state funeral for slain former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe next month, a government source said Tuesday. Other figures who may attend the Sept ... Former U.S ... (Kyodo). Related coverage.. Japan goes ahead with state funeral plan for slain ex-leader Abe ... ....
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Trump wanted his advisors to be like ‘German generals in WWII,’ according to a new book - The Jerusalem Post
WorldNews.com 09 Aug 2022
Former President Donald Trump wanted his military advisors to be more like. “the German generals in World War II,” . according to a new book about the Trump presidency that quotes from his administration’s top personnel.
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Two more grain ships leave Ukraine, bringing total to 12 under new deal
Hong Kong Standard 09 Aug 2022photo: AP / Riccardo Gangale
Kenya’s close presidential election draws fewer voters
Belfast Telegraph 09 Aug 2022
Fewer Kenyans voted on Tuesday in an unusual presidential election where a long-time opposition leader who is backed by the outgoing president faces the deputy president who styles himself as the outsider. Turnout was just 56% an hour before polls closed as some voters cited little hope of real change. The election was considered close but calm ... / ... / ... .
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Russian Nuclear Blackmail: Zelensky Calls On The World To Increase Sanctions Against Russia
MENA FN 09 Aug 2022
(MENAFN - UkrinForm) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called on the international community to increase sanctions against the Russian Federation for creating the threat of a nuclear ... .
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Taiwan begins live-fire artillery drill simulating defence against China attack
Korea Times 09 Aug 2022
Taiwanese soldiers fire artillery during a live-fire drill in Pingtung, Taiwan, Aug. 9. Taiwan's military held a live fire drill to simulate defense of the country against a Chinese invasion, following the China's recent live fire drill in the six maritime areas around Taiwan. EPA-Yonhap ... The drill will end at around 0130 GMT, he added ... Politics ... (AFP). .
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Russia suspends US inspections of its nuclear arsenals under New START treaty
Anadolu Agency 09 Aug 2022
. Russia informed the US on Monday that it is temporarily suspending American inspections of its nuclear weapons sites under the 2010 Treaty on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (New START) ... The statement stressed that the measures had a "temporary character." ... .
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Turkish defence delegation to visit US for jet talks
The New Arab 09 Aug 2022
A Turkish delegation will visit Washington next week to follow up on US President Joe Biden's pledge to deliver F16 fighter jets for Turkey's ageing air force, Ankara said Tuesday ... "We cannot accept these conditions ... Turkey is due to send its newest drilling ship into disputed east Mediterranean waters in search for natural gas later Tuesday ... ....