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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Tue 09 August 2022: Mali’s army has reported that armed attackers believed to be members of the ISIL (ISIS) group attacked the country’s south over the weekend and killed 17 Malian soldiers and four civilians. Nine soldiers were also reported missing and vehicles and equipment were destroyed as a result of the attack on Sunday […]
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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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Tue 09 August 2022: The risk of a new conflict between Kosovo and Serbia, according to Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti, is high because the region’s circumstances have changed since the Ukrainian war. Kurti commented on the escalating tensions between the two countries in an interview with the Italian daily La Repubblica. “The risk of […]
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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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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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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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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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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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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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