CHINA REFUSES TO RULE OUT USE OF FORCE TO UNIFY TAIWAN WITH MAINLAND

Wed 10 August 2022: China refused to rule out the use of force to reunite Taiwan with the mainland on Wednesday, accusing “external forces” of inciting and initiating dangerous moves by separatist forces, Anadolu Agency reported.  However, Beijing stated that “one country, two systems are our basic principles for resolving the Taiwan question and the […]

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BIDEN FORMALLY APPROVES NATO ACCESSION FOR FINLAND AND SWEDEN

Tue 09 August 2022: US President Joe Biden has signed the ratification documents to accept Sweden and Finland into NATO, bringing the northern European countries closer to becoming members of the alliance. Biden said the US was the 23rd country to formally approve the countries’ membership bids. The US Senate had overwhelmingly backed expanding NATO […]

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ISRAELI TROOPS KILLED THREE PALESTINIANS, INCLUDING AL AQSA BRIGADES LEADER IBRAHIM AL-NABULSI

Head of the al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades in Nablus Ibrahim Nabulsi (Twitter) Tue 09 August 2022: Israeli troops killed three Palestinians, including the senior resistance fighter Ibrahim al-Nabulsi, during a raid centred on a house in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus on Tuesday. Nabulsi, one of the Israeli army’s most-wanted men in the northern West Bank city, was shot during […]

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“US BECAME ‘3RD WORLD COUNTRY”‘ TRUMP SLAMS FBI RAID OF HIS ‘BEAUTIFUL’ HOME

Tue 09 August 2022: Former US President Donald Trump said Monday that his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida was being raided by the FBI, decrying the unprecedented “assault.” In a statement posted on his Truth Social network, Trump said his “beautiful home, Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, is currently under siege, raided, and occupied by a large group of FBI agents.” Aerial footage of Mar-a-Lago […]

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TENS OF THOUSANDS OF GOOGLE USERS REPORT AN OUTAGE

Tue 09 August 2022: Tens of thousands of users reported being unable to access various Google services on Monday night, according to outage monitor Downdetector. “User reports indicate Google Maps is having problems since 9:36 PM EDT (0136 GMT),” Downdetector tweeted. More than 40,000 users, including in New York City and Denver, Colorado, reported disruptions when trying to use Google’s services, […]

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AUSTRALIAN CENTRAL BANK LAUNCHES PILOT PROGRAM FOR DIGITAL CURRENCIES

Tue 09 August 2022: The Reserve Bank of Australia has announced plans to study the possible economic benefits of implementing a central bank digital currency (CBDC). In a statement released on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) announced that it would conduct a year-long pilot project to investigate “innovative use cases and business models” […]

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U.S. WILL NOT DICTATE AFRICA’S CHOICES, BLINKEN SAYS

Tue 09 August 2022: The United States will not dictate Africa’s choices, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday, despite having sought support from the continent’s 54 countries in efforts to isolate Russia over its Ukraine invasion. Blinken was presenting a new strategy document for sub-Saharan Africa at the University of Pretoria in […]

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EUROPEAN UNION LAYS DOWN ‘FINAL’ TEXT TO RESURRECT IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL

Mon 08 August 2022: The European Union on Monday said it put forward a “final” text to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal as four days of indirect talks between US and Iranian officials wrapped up in Vienna, reports Reuters. “What can be negotiated has been negotiated, and it’s now in a final text. However, behind […]

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