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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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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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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 ... Civil's attorney, Reynold Georges, called his client's arrest politically motivated ... “No justice, no peace!” he said ... .
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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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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 ... ... .
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China to expand size of its Private Military Companies in Central Asia
Yahoo Daily News 26 Jul 2021
Beijing [China] July 26 (ANI). Increase in Taliban insurgencies and the danger that it will seek to expand its influence into Central Asia, either by direct incursions or as a role model for local radicals--has refocused China's attention and changed its calculations as well as those of the Central Asian governments ... (ANI). TRENDING. The Quint ... News18 ... .
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Iraq wants American firm to replace Exxon, says Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi
The Times of India 27 Jul 2021
WASHINGTON. Iraq's Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi said on Monday he wants another American company to replace Exxon Mobil Corp when it exits Iraq ... "When Exxon Mobil departs, we will not accept its replacement to be other than another American company," he added, speaking through a translator ... Chevron Corp also operates in Iraq ... .
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Mexican president says Biden must “make decision” on Cuba embargo
Metro USA 26 Jul 2021
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Monday that he thinks U.S. President Joe Biden must make a decision about the embargo against Cuba amid the biggest unrest in the Caribbean nation in decades ... “I think that President Biden must make a decision about it ... embargo. Lopez Obrador says the U.S ... .
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California's largest fire burns homes as blazes scorch West
TVNZ 26 Jul 2021
California's largest wildfire merged with a smaller blaze and destroyed homes in remote areas with limited access for firefighters, as numerous other fires gained strength and threatened property across the US West. Your playlist will load after this ad. More than 80 blazes are burning in 11 states, most of them are uncontained. Source. 1 NEWS ... Source ... .
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Police, bystanders lift car to free baby in New York
FBC News 27 Jul 2021
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Bermuda and the Philippines Have Won Their First Olympic Gold Medals—Ever
Time 27 Jul 2021photo: AP / Ace Morandante/ Malacanang Presidential Photographers Division
'I did not know I was fighting my own government,' Duterte says on drug war
Sun Star 26 Jul 2021
WHEN he said back in 2016 that he would eradicate the illegal drug trade in six months, President Rodrigo Duterte said he thought the fight would be no different from the one he waged in his hometown Davao City ... Little did he know that he would be "fighting (his) own government" as nine police generals were involved in the illegal trade, he said.
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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 ... .
