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Putin orders two upgraded ‘Doomsday’ planes for use in event of nuclear war
New York Post 27 Jul 2021
Russian President Vladimir Putin has directed the construction of two new so-called “Doomsday” planes that would function as command and control centers in the event of a devastating nuclear conflict ... The planes are accompanied by fighter jets and are windowless save for the cockpit ... An E-4B refuel mid-flight simply never gets old ... .
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Koreas restore communication channels, agree to improve ties
Yahoo Daily News 27 Jul 2021
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The leaders of North and South Korea restored suspended communication channels between them and agreed to improve ties, both governments said Tuesday, amid a 2 ½ year-stalemate in U.S.-led diplomacy aimed at stripping North Korea of its nuclear weapons ... It thinks South Korea still has an effective value ... About 28,500 U.S.
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Lebanon Turns to Billionaire Tycoon to Form Next Government - New York Times
WorldNews.com 27 Jul 2021
Najib Mikati, who has served as prime minister twice before, will try to form a government that can please Lebanon’s politicians and address its financial meltdown. His two predecessors failed. Go To Source . .
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India flooding: Death toll soars past 150 as dozens more remain missing
Yahoo Daily News 27 Jul 2021
Swathes of India have been ravaged by floods and landslides following a deluge of heavy monsoon rains that have claimed at least 164 lives, with more than 64 people missing and thousands evacuated ... The crew used boats and helicopters to search for missing people ... Other key roads leading to villages were also under water ... Read More ... TRENDING. The Quint ... .
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Naomi Osaka OUT of Tokyo Olympics singles after shock defeat by Marketa Vondrousova in third round
Yahoo Daily News 27 Jul 2021
>. The poster girl of the Tokyo Olympics, Naomi Osaka, is out of the women’s singles after she was stunned in straight sets by the Czech Republic’s Marketa Vondrousova ... "Naomi is the greatest, she’s the greatest in the game and she was also face of the Olympics, so it was kind of tough for her to play like this,” Vondrousova said ... Read More ... 1 ... 2 ... .
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Haiti arrests top security official in slain president probe
Yahoo Daily News 27 Jul 2021
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Authorities in Haiti arrested a top official who served as general security coordinator when President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated, his attorney told The Associated Press on Monday ... He was wearing a white suit and black tie as he spoke to the crowd at the seaside slum of La Saline in the capital of Port-au-Prince ... .
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Tunisian president responds to coup critiques: 'review your constitutional lessons'
Reuters 27 Jul 2021
CAIRO, July 26 (Reuters) - Tunisian President Kais Saied, who recently ousted parliament, responded to critics who called his actions a coup on Monday by telling them to "review your constitutional lessons.". The president was also keen to reassure the business community saying ... read more ... read more ... read more ... Our Standards ... More from Reuters.
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Beijing warns US risks disaster if Biden team continues ‘wrong China policies’ of Trump
South China Morning Post 27 Jul 2021
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi blamed US President Joe Biden’s administration for continuing the ...
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Biden Reportedly Agrees to Iraqi Request to Remove All Combat Troops From Country
Sputnik 26 Jul 2021
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Myanmar junta cancels results of 2020 polls won by Suu Kyi's party
Manila Standard Today 27 Jul 2021
Myanmar's junta on Monday cancelled the results of 2020 polls won by Aung San Suu Kyi's party, announcing they were not "free and fair" almost six months after deposing the Nobel laureate in a coup ... The junta has previously said it would hold new elections within two years but has also threatened to dissolve the NLD ... .
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Jeff Bezos offers NASA $2 billion in exchange for moon mission contract
Gulf News 27 Jul 2021
Fresh off his trip to space, billionaire businessman Jeff Bezos on Monday offered to cover up to $2 billion in NASA costs if the US space agency awards his company Blue Origin a contract to make a spacecraft designed to land astronauts back on the moon ... A SpaceX spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment ... .
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Indigenous Americans demand a reckoning with brutal colonial history
The Guardian 27 Jul 2021
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Fuel tanker owned by Mexico's Pemex on its way to Cuba -data, sources
Reuters 27 Jul 2021
MEXICO CITY, July 26 (Reuters) - A diesel cargo sent by Mexico's state-run Pemex is due to arrive in Cuba's Havana port on Monday, according to Refinitiv Eikon data and sources, after Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador promised humanitarian aid to the Communist-run island.
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Vatican's Cardinal Becciu on trial in $412m fraud case
BBC News 27 Jul 2021
A Roman Catholic cardinal who was once a close ally of Pope Francis is going on trial in the Vatican, accused of misusing Church funds in a ruinous London property venture. Cardinal Angelo Becciu, 73, is the most senior cleric in modern times to face trial for alleged financial crimes ... He denies wrongdoing ... The trial is expected to last for months ... .
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Joe Biden and Press Freedoms: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Antiwar 27 Jul 2021
In early June 2021, the Biden Justice Department issued a new order prohibiting government officials from spying on or obtaining warrants to seize the records of journalists to identify sources who might be providing leaked classified information ... The Justice Department separately told reporters ... White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki added ... ... .
