Wed 03 August 2022: As the world’s biggest soft drinks makers cut their Russian ties, local producer Chernogolovka is aiming for a 50 percent share of the country’s near $9 billion market, its boss has told Reuters. A mass exodus of Western firms due to sanctions and restrictions over Russia’s actions in Ukraine has created […]
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Wed 03 August 2022: Tlaib all but secures a third term in US Congress after comfortably defeating primary challengers in Michigan district. Dearborn, Michigan, US – US Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib has all but secured re-election after comfortably fending off primary challengers and an advertising campaign by a pro-Israel group. Tlaib won the Democratic Party’s nomination for a newly […]
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Wed 03 August 2022: US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in Taipei on Wednesday that China must realize that it will not prevent people from traveling to Taiwan. Her contentious visit to the self-governing island has drawn harsh criticism from an enraged Beijing. “I just hope that it’s really clear that while China has stood in the way of Taiwan participating and going to certain meetings, that they understand that they will not stand in the way of people coming to Taiwan,” Pelosi said at a joint news conference with Taiwan’s President Tsai […]
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Wed 03 August 2022: The South China Morning Post (SCMP), citing security analysts, claimed that Pakistani airspace was used by the drone that killed Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri in the center of Afghanistan’s capital Kabul. US President Joe Biden said on Monday (August 1) that Zawahiri was killed in a “precision” strike. His death comes […]
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Tue 02 August 2022: On Tuesday, August 2, a leading member of the Sadrist movement in Iraq asked his supporters to relocate their demonstration from inside the country’s parliament outside. The statement comes amid demands for political opponents in the country to engage in discussion. Two important Shiite factions are at odds with one another […]
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Tue 02 August 2022: China stated on Tuesday that it will begin a “series of targeted military operations” in reaction to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan. China’s Defense Ministry declared that the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) would conduct a number of targeted military operations to counter (Nancy) Pelosi’s travel to Taiwan island […]
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Tue 02 August 2022: A total of 2,171 people have been infected with monkeypox in France, health minister Francois Braun said on Tuesday Braun told parliament France was one of the first countries to start offering free vaccination against the disease and that 42,000 doses have been delivered so far. France has enough doses to […]
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Tue 02 August 2022: Turkish Defence Minister, Hulusi Akar, said the only goal that his country wishes to achieve from carrying out military operations outside its borders, including in Syria, is to combat terrorist organisations. He pointed out that the Turkish forces have neutralised 2,226 terrorists since the beginning of this year in the context […]
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Tue 02 August 2022: Foreign Secretary Liz Truss’s bid to become Britain’s next prime minister got a major boost on Monday when she received the backing of a lawmaker she narrowly defeated to make it to the final two candidates vying to replace Boris Johnson. Junior trade minister Penny Mordaunt was the last contender to […]
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Tue 02 August 2022: Pelosi would put it on a collision course with China and provoke tensions in the region. “We cannot say for sure right now whether she will or will not get there, but everything about this tour and the possible visit to Taiwan is purely provocative,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters. China has repeatedly warned Pelosi against […]
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