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Moscow warns of end to Russia-US relations if assets seized
The Jerusalem Post 13 Aug 2022
Any possible seizure of Russian assets by the United States will completely destroy Moscow's bilateral relations with Washington, TASS quoted the head of the North American Department at the Russian foreign ministry as saying on Saturday ... Consequences ... SPUTNIK/ALEKSEY NIKOLSKYI/KREMLIN VIA REUTERS) ... .
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Risk of new tensions as Ethiopia completes third filling of Nile mega-dam
The Arab Weekly 13 Aug 2022
ADDIS ABABA –. Ethiopia announced Friday it has completed the third filling of its mega-dam on the Blue Nile, a new milestone that could raise further tensions with downstream neighbours Egypt and Sudan ... “The Nile is a gift of God given to us for Ethiopians to make use of it.” ... Concerns over impact ... Almost complete ... .
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Eleven dead, including two children, in mass shooting in Montenegro
Gulf Daily News 13 Aug 2022
CETINJE, MONTENGRO. Eleven people, including two children and a gunman, were killed in a mass shooting in Montenegro on Friday, and six others were injured, a state prosecutor told Vijesti TV after an initial investigation of the crime scene ... "The family was staying at the house of the shooter as tenants," Brdjanin said ... .
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US points new-gen missile defense radar at China, Russia
Asiatimes 12 Aug 2022
The United States is wrapping up tests of its new Long-Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) as part of a significant upgrade of its missile defense systems amid renewed great power competition and a renewed nuclear arms race, defense website Breaking News reports ... A Ground-Based Interceptor is lowered into its missile silo in Alaska ... Image ... Image ... ....
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Hong Kong suffers biggest ever population drop as exodus accelerates
Egypt Independent 13 Aug 2022
Hong Kong (CNN) – Hong Kong has recorded its sharpest annual drop in population, with experts blaming the decline on strict Covid control measures and a political crackdown that have taken the shine off a financial hub long advertised as “Asia’s world city.” ... The figures include expatriates and other non-permanent residents ... .
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US actress Anne Heche dies at 53, family says 'we have lost a bright light'
International Business Times 13 Aug 2022
US actress Anne Heche is dead but will remain on life support to allow for a possible organ donation, her representative has said. The 53-year-old had been in a coma for a week after crashing her car into a house in Los Angeles, reports the BBC. "Today we lost a bright light, a kind and most joyful soul," her family said in a statement on Friday ... .
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Author Salman Rushdie on ventilator after New York stabbing
The Associated Press 13 Aug 2022
CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. (AP) — Salman Rushdie, whose novel “The Satanic Verses” drew death threats from Iran’s leader in the 1980s, was stabbed in the neck and abdomen Friday by a man who rushed the stage as the author was about to give a lecture in western New York. A bloodied Rushdie, 75, was flown to a hospital and underwent surgery ... Dr ... Rushdie ... U.N ... ___ ... .
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Ballon d’Or: Seven-time winner Lionel Messi misses out on nomination after lacklustre season
Financial Express 13 Aug 2022
Lionel Messi missed out on making the Ballon d’Or shortlist for the first time since 2005, paying the price for an underwhelming first campaign with Paris Saint-Germain. The seven-time winner was left off the 30-strong list for this year’s award ... But the 35-year-old missed out on the 2022 award after switching from boyhood club Barcelona.
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FBI seized top secret documents at Trump's home; Espionage Act cited
Gulf Daily News 13 Aug 2022
FBI agents in this week's search of former US President Donald Trump's Florida home removed 11 sets of classified documents including some marked as top secret, the Justice Department said on Friday, while also disclosing it had probable cause to conduct the search based on possible Espionage Act violations ... "They didn't need to 'seize' anything ... .
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Rushdie está con respiración artificial y podría perder un ojo
Deutsche Welle 13 Aug 2022
El escritor británico de 75 años se encuentra en condición grave en un hospital de Pensilvania tras ser atacado por un hombre de 24 años, que lo apuñaló en reiteradas ocasiones. Salman Rushdie ... "Las noticias no son buenas", declaró la madrugada de este sábado (13.08.2022) su agente, Andrew Wylie, a The New York Times ... DZC (EFE, AFP). .
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Liquidations Cross $160 Million As Ethereum Breaches $2,000
CoinGape 13 Aug 2022
The global digital asset market printed green indexes on Saturday as the largest crypto like Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) grabbed an upward momentum. However, traders choose this as a good time to liquidate their funds. Ethereum price jumps by 80% in last 30 days ... It added that the largest single liquidation order happed on the OKX ... ETC up by 7% ... .
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150,000 Bangladeshi tea workers strike against dollar-a-day wages
Gulf News 13 Aug 2022
Dhaka. Nearly 150,000 workers at more than 200 Bangladeshi tea plantations went on strike Saturday to demand a 150 per cent rise to their dollar-a-day wages, which researchers say are among the lowest in the world. Most tea workers in the country are descendants of labourers brought to the plantations by colonial-era British planters ... .
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Taliban disperses Afghan women’s march for ‘work and freedom’
Al Jazeera 13 Aug 2022
Taliban fighters beat female protesters and fired into the air on Saturday to dispersed a rare rally in the Afghan capital, Kabul, days before the first anniversary of the group’s return to power. About 40 women marched on the education ministry in Kabul, chanting “bread, work and freedom” ... — Oliver Marsden (@OliverGMarsden) August 13, 2022 ... .
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US Congress passes Biden's landmark climate, tax and health care plan
France24 13 Aug 2022photo: AP / Mosa'ab Elshamy
Veteran opposition leader Odinga ahead in Kenya’s presidential race- official results
FX Empire 13 Aug 2022
By Katharine Houreld. NAIROBI (Reuters) – Veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga led Kenya’s presidential race, official election results showed on Saturday, pushing Deputy President William Ruto into second place ... East Africa’s wealthiest nation and most vibrant democracy held presidential, parliamentary and local elections on Tuesday ... Advertisement.