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US carried out airstrikes in Afghanistan: Pentagon
Indian Express 23 Jul 2021
The US carried out airstrikes across Afghanistan in the last several days as part of an effort to support the Afghan security forces fighting Taliban insurgents, the Pentagon has said ... Top News Right Now ... The Pentagon, however, refrained from giving any specifics of its airstrikes in Afghanistan ... 📣 The Indian Express is now on Telegram ... Tags ... Live Blog.
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US set to formalize end of combat mission in Iraq
Middle East Online 23 Jul 2021
WASHINGTON - The United States and Iraq are expected to formalize the end of Washington's combat mission in Iraq by the end of the year and continue the transition toward training and advising Iraqi forces, US officials said on Thursday ... "The mission doesn't change ... .
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Biden's belief that Putin is conspiring with China to take down democracy betrays his complete ignorance of Russia's own politics
Russia Today 23 Jul 2021
Russia and China are betting that autocracy will beat democracy. That’s according to US President Joe Biden. But apart from generating headlines, his explosive claim seems to have little to do with the reality in either country. Not only is lumping the two states together a mistake, so too is the act of contrasting the two ideologies ... autocracy.
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Rapper Lil Uzi Vert becoming ‘first human to own a planet’ months after inserting $24m diamond into his actual forehead
Metro UK 22 Jul 2021
Lil Uzi Vert is out here buying an actual planet, just so you know (Photo by C Flanigan/Getty Images). Lil Uzi Vert is just days away from becoming the first-ever human being to own a whole planet. Yes, you read that right ... Taking to Twitter on Wednesday, the Kill V. Maim singer shared a photo of WASP-127b, a gas giant exoplanet larger than Jupiter ... .
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UN warns of ISIS, Al Qaeda threats expanding in Africa
Yahoo Daily News 23 Jul 2021
New York [US], July 23 (ANI). The United Nations on Thursday warned that terrorist organisations - Islamic State (ISIS) and Al Qaeda pose a growing threat in much of Africa ... The report warns that Africa is now "the region most affected by terrorism" -- with al Qaeda and ISIS-aligned groups inflicting higher casualties there than anywhere else ... (ANI) ... .
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Russia battles with ‘catastrophic’ wildfires as scrutiny turns to lack of fire defence funding
The Independent 23 Jul 2021
Wildfires are raging throughout Russia, overwhelming an overstretched firefighting service, and leaving desperate locals with little choice but to defend themselves however they can. The summer may not set a record for forest fires in recent memory — that was likely set in 2003 ... In Yakutia, many towns have been blanketed in a layer of smoke ... .
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Crypto crackdown: Malaysian police steamroll Bitcoin machines
The Times of India 23 Jul 2021photo: AP / Olivier Matthys
Hungary’s PM condemns EU’s ‘ideological war’ after bloc seeks two-month delay to country’s recovery-plan talks
Russia Today 23 Jul 2021
Hungary’s Viktor Orban has accused the European Union of engaging in an “ideological war” after the bloc sought to delay talks over his country’s recovery plan, amid ongoing disagreement about Budapest’s new anti-LGBTQ+ law ... “Corruption is often cited as an issue, but we were already close to an agreement.
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Bosnia’s High Representative Imposes Genocide Denial Ban
Balkan Insight 23 Jul 2021
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s top international official, High Representative Valentin Inzko, used his power to impose amendments to the country’s criminal code to ban the denial of genocide and the glorification of war criminals. Valentin Inzko at the Srebrenica Memorial Centre. Photo courtesy of N1 ... .
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Cop26: Glasgow warns poor must not be hit hard by climate action
The National 23 Jul 2021
Glasgow, the host city of the Cop26 climate change summit, has told leaders that efforts to stop global warming will fail unless the world's poorest see the benefits of such policies ... Cop26. John Kerry says climate action must go beyond Paris deal ... "It can't be about just telling our poorest residents what they have to give up ... .
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To reach a peace deal, Taliban say Afghan president must go
The Independent 23 Jul 2021
The Taliban say they don’t want to monopolize power, but they insist there won’t be peace in Afghanistan until there is a new negotiated government in Kabul and President Ashraf Ghani is removed ... and NATO soldiers leave Afghanistan. This week, the top U.S. military officer, Gen ... But he said it is not inevitable ... 31 ... Then “there will be no war.” ... .
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Violence overshadows memorial Mass for slain Haitian leader
Indian Express 23 Jul 2021
A priest told mourners at a memorial service for slain President Jovenel Moise that too much blood is being shed in Haiti as authorities warned of more violence ahead of his funeral. The Rev. Jean-Gilles Sem spoke to dozens of people wearing white T-shirts emblazoned with Moise’s picture on Thursday ... “We’re tired.” ... Go in peace.
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El Salvador orders arrest of ex-president Sanchez Ceren
Deutsche Welle 23 Jul 2021
Former President Salvador Sanchez Ceren, and nine other former officials, have been accused of money laundering in a massive embezzlement scheme ... .
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Biden Tells Central American Asylum Seekers to Stay Home
Human Rights Watch 23 Jul 2021
Refugees are defined under international law as people outside their country who fear being persecuted upon return. United States President Joe Biden seeks to turn that definition on its head ... “They should not come,” Biden said. “If you seek asylum in the United States, you can seek it from the country, from your – in place ... Click for original article.
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Son signs new Tottenham deal until 2025
The Times of India 23 Jul 2021
Tottenham Hotspur forward Son Heung-min has signed a new four-year deal that will keep him at the club until 2025, the Premier League team said on Friday ... "It's like home, especially with the fans, the players, the staff. There was no decision. It was easy ... .
