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Zelensky reports 6000 square kilometers of territory retaken in Ukraine blitz
Al Jazeera English reports: Zelenskyy says Ukraine forces recaptured 6,000 sq km of territory from Russia in a counteroffensive this month, marking Moscow’s worst defeat. Read more: https://aje.io/oqg78w
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Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. set to be on September 19th
The funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. will take place on Monday, September 19th in Westminster Abbey in London, Buckingham Palace announced today, foreign agencies report. The day of the funeral will be by order of the new king Charles III. working day off in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and Scotland.
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Today 21 Years Have Passed Since the September Eleventh Terrorist Attacks on the United States
In the USA today, memorial ceremonies will mark the 21st anniversary of the terrorist attacks. The US responded to them with a war on terror, which did not eliminate the threat of Islamic extremist terrorism in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere.
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Zelensky: Ukrainian forces recaptured 2,000 kilometers of territory
In last night’s video address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that Ukrainian forces have recaptured around 2,000 square kilometers of territory since the beginning of September in a counter-offensive. On Saturday, the Russian Ministry of Defense acknowledged the withdrawal or redeployment of forces in the eastern part of the Kharkiv region.
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Charles III is formally proclaimed King of Britain
Charles III is formally proclaimed king by the Accession Council during a ceremony at St James’s Palace in London, September 10, 2022, where he was joined by his wife Camilla, who becomes Queen Consort, and his eldest son and heir to the throne Prince William reports France 24 English. Read more: https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20220910-live-charles-iii-to-be-formally-proclaimed-king-after-vowing-lifelong-service
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Israel admits and says ‘high possibility’ its army killed Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh
Israel says it will not launch a criminal investigation into the killing of Al Jazeera journalist who was shot in the back of the head with a sniper. Abu Akleh, a 51-year-old Palestinian American, was shot dead by Israeli forces on May 11, while she was covering an army raid on Jenin, in the northern […]
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Pilot lands plane after threatening to crash into Walmart in the United States
Al Jazeera English reports: The identity of the pilot, who circled an area in the US state of Mississippi, has not been released. Read more: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/9/3/pilot-held-after-plane-he-threatened-to-crash-into-walmart-lands
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NASA postpones Artemis moon rocket launch again, due to fuel leak
As if a rocket launch with no personnel onboard would be that important, it was cancelled again due to a fuel leak.
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The US planning to sell $1 billion worth of weapons to Taiwan
The US has approved a new arms shipment to Taiwan worth $1.16 billion. The US government formally notified Congress of the intended sale on Friday. The package includes 60 Harpoon anti-ship missiles and a hundred Sidewinder anti-aircraft missiles and an air defense radar system.
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NASA is ready to ‘go’ for a second launch attempt of Artemis I today
The uncrewed Artemis I mission is ready for a second chance at launching on a trip around the moon.
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Seven police officers killed in Colombia explosives attack, the deadliest on security forces since President Gustavo Petro took office promising to restore peace
Al Jazeera English reports: At least seven police officers have been killed in an explosives attack in western Colombia, President Gustavo Petro has said, the deadliest attack on security forces since he took office promising to end the country’s nearly 60-year conflict. Police sources said the officers were killed on Friday when the vehicle in […]
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Russian Gazprom won’t resume gas supplies to Europe on Saturday as planned
BBC reports: The Nord Stream 1 pipeline has been shut because of an oil leak, according to Gazprom’s statement on the closure (in Russian). The state-run company says the fault was detected at the Portovaya compressor station, with the inspection carried out alongside workers from Siemens – the German firm that assists with maintenance of […]
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Palestinian prisoners in Israel are planning a hunger strike
About a thousand Palestinian prisoners in Israel are planning a hunger strike to draw attention to poor prison conditions. Meanwhile, two Palestinians were killed during Israeli army operations in the West Bank.
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European Medicines Agency approves BioNTech-Pfizer, Moderna vaccines against omicron
The European Medicines Agency has given its authorization for the use of vaccines against the omicron variant of COVID-19 to both Moderna and BioNTech-Pfizer. The EU’s drug regulator, the European Medicines Agency (EMA), said on Thursday that it had given the green light to two vaccines that target the omicron variant of COVID-19. The vaccines […]
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Why Gorbachev Failed
Mikhail Gorbachev’s biological death is his second death. Symbolically, he died with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. His role was a purely negative one, that of a vanishing mediator: He “tore down the Wall,” he set in motion the disappearance of the Communist system, and he is remembered and praised for allowing this disappearance […]
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Ukrainian forces destroyed several Russian command posts and ammunition depots in the Kherson region
Ukrainian forces are said to have destroyed several command posts and ammunition depots of Russian forces in the vicinity of the city of Kherson in the region of the same name in the south of the country during the continuation of the counter-offensive. According to the Southern Command of the Ukrainian Army, 16 airstrikes were […]
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Gazprom stops supply to Germany
Deutsche Welle English reports: Russia’s state-owned energy company Gazprom has shut down gas supplies via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline to Western Europe for three days. The energy giant said there would be no gas flow to Germany between August 31 and September 3 due to maintenance on Nord Stream 1. It said there is […]
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Mikhail Gorbachev (the last president of the Soviet Union) has passed away
Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union and one of the most influential politicians of the 20th century, who played one of the main roles in the end of the Cold War, for which he was also awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, died at the age of 91.
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Wealthy American class loses 78 billion dollars in eight minutes
Governor Jerome Powell unequivocally announced on Friday at a symposium of central bankers in Jackson Hole that in the fight against stubborn inflation, it will be necessary to insist on a restrictive monetary policy for a long time, so now there is no longer any expectation that the Fed could already start in the middle […]
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Iraqi president called for early elections to resolve the political crisis
Iraqi President Barham Saleh on Tuesday called for early elections to end the political crisis, the latest expression of which was Monday’s protests by followers of the influential cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. These escalated into clashes that claimed dozens of lives. Al-Sadr himself has been calling for early elections for several months.
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Latvia started building a wire on the border with Belarus
Latvia has started building a fence on the EU’s external border with Belarus, the Latvian Interior Ministry confirmed on Tuesday. The infrastructure is planned along the border on a section of almost 150 kilometers. It is supposed to include patrol routes, control towers, bridges and other facilities, reports the French news agency AFP.
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German and British envoys for the “Western Balkans” warn of the most serious crisis in Bosnia and Herzegovina since 1995
The special envoys of Germany and Great Britain for the Western Balkans, Manuel Sarrazin and Sir Stuart Peach, warned that the current situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina represents the most serious crisis in the country since 1995. They pointed to the failure to implement reforms and increasingly loud plans to divide the country as the […]
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The Flight of Minerva in the City of God
The rule of power or the power of rules? Under this title, which flies in the face of the now very unpredictable international environment and the need to redefine the international system, the largest Slovenian annual foreign policy event, the Bled Strategic Forum (BSF), started yesterday. The diplomatic days begun with the traditional opening conversation […]
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Ukraine’s Tale of Two Colonizations
It would be tragic if Ukraine defeated Russian neo-imperialism only to yoke itself to Western neoliberalism. While being a Western economic colony is certainly better than being absorbed into a new Russian empire, neither outcome is worthy of the suffering Ukrainians are now enduring. Read more: https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/ukraine-russian-occupation-or-western-neoliberal-colonization-by-slavoj-zizek-2022-08
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Ukraine: Western colonization in full swing
Ukraine successfully defends itself against Russia. But unconditional union with the West is the wrong goal. Read more: https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/politik-gesellschaft/slavoj-zizek-ueber-die-ukraine-die-kolonialisierung-durch-den-westen-ist-in-vollem-gange-li.260107
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Floods submerge one third of Pakistan
BBC reports: Devastating flash floods have washed away roads, homes and crops—leaving a trail of deadly havoc across Pakistan. It’s all one big ocean, there’s no dry land to pump the water out. At least 1,136 people have died since the monsoon season began in June, over 33 million have been affected.
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Russia rejects the accusations of the Serbian Deputy Prime Minister
After the Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia, Zorana Mihajlović, accused Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov of abusing Serbia’s decision not to impose sanctions against Russia last week, Moscow announced today that she is apparently not well acquainted with the real relations between the two countries, the Russian press agency Ria Novosti reports.
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Madagascar police shoot dead protesters seeking revenge for albino kidnapping
France 24 English reports: At least 18 people were killed in Madagascar on Monday when police opened fire on what they called a lynch mob demanding that officials turn over to them four suspects held for allegedly kidnapping a child with albinism and killing the mother.
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German Chancellor Scholz supported the expansion of the EU from 30 to 36 members
German Chancellor Scholz has supported the expansion of the European Union from 30 to 36 members, while warning that the EU will require reforms such as the abolition of member states’ right to veto. Scholz said he was committed to the six countries of the Western Balkans, Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine, joining the Union. But […]
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Germany and France against the ban on issuing visas to Russians
Germany and France oppose the introduction of a general ban on issuing visas to Russian citizens, according to the joint position of the two countries, which they forwarded to other EU members. EU foreign ministers will discuss this today in an informal meeting in Prague.
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The leading Croatian and Serbian parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina demand the replacement of the foreign minister
The leading Serbian and Croatian parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina, SNSD and HDZ BiH, on Monday demanded the replacement of the Minister of Foreign Affairs Bisera Turković, reports the Bosnian newspaper Dnevni avaz. According to both parties, Turković does not act in the interests of Serbs and Croats, but only Bosniaks, and she also opposes […]
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Khalil Awawdeh, the Palestinian on a hunger strike since March
Al Jazeera English reports: The case of Palestinian prisoner Khalil Awawdeh was thrust into the spotlight during Israel’s recent bombardment of the blockaded Gaza Strip. The 40-year-old Awawdeh has been on a continuing hunger strike for more than 160 days in protest at his continued detention by Israel without trial or charge, a process known […]
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Influential Iraqi cleric announces hunger strike after protesters stormed Baghdad government palace, leaving 23 dead
The influential Shia cleric already withdrew his deputies from the parliament in June because he failed to form a government according to his wishes. Due to disagreements between the parties regarding the formation of a coalition, Iraq has been without a government, prime minister and president since the parliamentary elections in October last year. Since […]
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EU to suspend Russian tourist visa facilitation next week
The EU move falls short of an outright ban but would make getting travel documents significantly more complicated and expensive, Guardian reports. The EU foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, said a ban would lack the necessary support. “I don’t think that to cut the relationship with the Russian civilian population will help and I don’t […]
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NASA cancels the launch of the first rocket of the Artemis program
The first rocket launch of the Artemis NASA space agency program at the launch site in Cape Canaveral, Florida has been canceled due to problems with one of the main engines. The next possible launch dates for the rocket are September 2 and 5.
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Zelensky calls for the complete stop of the cooperation with Russia
Ukrainian President Zelensky addressed the Bled Strategic Forum (BSF) at its opening today, pleading for the return of all Ukrainian occupied territories. He called for the abolition of the possibility for Russian citizens to stay within the European Union, again labeling Russia a terrorist state.
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Supporters of al-Sadr storm the government palace in Baghdad
Supporters of the Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr stormed the government palace today in Baghdad’s heavily guarded Green Zone, which houses many government institutions and foreign missions. The raid on the palace followed al-Sadr’s announcement that he was withdrawing from politics due to the intractable political deadlock in the country, reports the German news agency dpa.
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The Ukrainian army breaks through the Russian front near Kherson
The Ukrainian army has broken through the Russian front line in the southern Kherson region, according to foreign press agencies, the Southern Command of the Ukrainian army announced. Pro-Russian and Russian forces were reportedly forced to withdraw. According to CNN, this is the opening phase of a large-scale Ukrainian counter-offensive.
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Facebook looses 5 billion in stocks in the past 48 hours as a key leader leaves the company
Local estimations project a 5 billion loss of assets in total in Facebook’s net worth during the past 48 hours. Price for a stock share fell by exactly 1.048% in the past 48 hours, going from $169,78 to $161,78, totaling in a $5bln loss from an estimated net worth of $480bln. This is just after […]
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The Palestinians facing mass eviction in the occupied West Bank
BBC reports: Fears are mounting among more than a thousand Palestinians that Israel’s army will soon force them to leave their homes in the occupied West Bank.
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2022 Brazil Election Standoff: Bolsonaro accusses Lula of massive corruption, Lula says Bolsonaro is destroying Brazil
Brazilian far-right President Jair Bolsonaro accused leftist rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of massive corruption—and drew accusations of “destroying Brazil” in return—as they faced off in their first election debate, reports FRANCE 24 ENGLISH.
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IAEA team on their way to the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant
A team of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is on its way to the besieged nuclear power plant in Zaporizhia and will arrive there this week, the head of the agency, Rafael Grossi, announced today. The team is supposed to assess the physical damage in the power plant, the condition of the […]
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Protests against Europride in Belgrade, EU regrets cancellation
Several thousand people protested in Belgrade against the pan-European Pride Parade in the Serbian capital on Sunday, after President Aleksandar Vučić canceled it on Saturday citing the political situation in the country. The European Commission hopes that the authorities will find a way to hold Europride safely and peacefully, reports the Serbian television portal N1.
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Venezuela and Colombia restore full diplomatic ties
Deutsche Welle reports: Venezuela and Colombia dispatched ambassadors to each other’s capitals on Sunday to rebuild relations between the two countries that have been broken for more than three years. The normalization process should include the full reopening of the border, which has remained largely closed to vehicles. The new Colombian ambassador, Armando Benedetti, was […]
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Report claims Russia extensively uses cluster bombs in Ukraine
Deutsche Welle reports: Hundreds of cluster munition attacks by Russian forces have been documented, reported or alleged since Russia invaded Ukraine, causing hundreds of civilian casualties and damaging homes, schools and hospitals, a monitoring mody called Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC) published on Thursday. A war convention established in 2008 prohibits the use, transfer, production and […]
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“Cynical obstructionism”: US condemns Russia for blocking UN nuclear text
Al Jazeera English reports: The United States has denounced Russia’s “cynical obstructionism” after Moscow recently blocked adoption of a joint declaration on nuclear non-proliferation following lengthy international negotiations at the United Nations. The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which 191 signatories review every five years, aims to stop the spread of nuclear weapons, promote complete disarmament […]
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