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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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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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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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Novelist Salman Rushdie stabbed on lecture stage in New York
Belfast Telegraph 12 Aug 2022
A man has been taken into custody after author Sir Salman Rushdie was stabbed on stage in New York state. The 75-year-old novelist, whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, was about to deliver a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution when the incident occurred ... AP/PA Images. / ... A statement from New York State Police said ... Most Read ... .
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Biden’s new challenge is FBI’s Trump search
The Hill 12 Aug 2022
The White House has a new messaging challenge on its hands. Donald Trump. . President Biden, wary of appearing to influence the ongoing Justice Department investigation into the former president, doesn’t want to talk about the FBI search earlier this week at Mar-a-Lago ... “On the one hand, you really can’t be out in front of it ... Harry Reid (D-Nev.).
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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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Has Anyone Noticed That Putin’s New Youth Movement Is Similar To Hitler’s “Greater Youth Movement?"
WorldNews.com 12 Aug 2022
Starting in first grade, students across Russia and “Greater Russia” will sit through weekly classes featuring war movies and virtual tours through Crimea. They will be fed a steady dose of lectures and topics centering on traditional values, Russia’s greatness, and the geopolitical situation in Europe and the World ... (1).
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Israel warns Russia against election interference - report
The Jerusalem Post 12 Aug 2022
Israel appealed to Russia to not interfere in the upcoming November elections, Maariv has learned. Israel is concerned with the possibility of external interference, particularly via cyber means. . The appeal was apparently made between the Shin Bet and its Russian counterpart, following a directive from Prime Minister Yair Lapid ... (credit ... .
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China sees US increasing military deployment in region amid Taiwan tensions
Anadolu Agency 12 Aug 2022
Doubling down on its policy of Taiwan’s reunification with mainland, China has, however, said the US may increase its military deployment in the region amid tensions in the Taiwan Strait. “At present, the situation in the Taiwan Strait is still turbulent ... Pelosi undertook the trip on Aug ... 4 that ended this week on Wednesday ... He added.
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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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China's Xi plans foreign trip including meeting Biden -WSJ
Reuters 12 Aug 2022
Aug 12 (Reuters) - Chinese officials are planning a possible trip by Xi Jinping to Southeast Asia in November for what could be the leader's first foreign trip since the COVID-19 pandemic and include a meeting with U.S ... official ... House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi ... ....
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Protests in Syria after Turkey FM suggests 'reconciliation'
The New Arab 12 Aug 2022
Northern Syria has erupted in protest after Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu suggested "reconciliation" between the Syrian opposition and regime. "We have to somehow get the opposition and the regime to reconcile in Syria. Otherwise, there will be no lasting peace, we always say this," the Turkish FM told diplomats on Thursday ... نعم قد نصالح.
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US Congress passes Biden's landmark climate, tax and health care plan
France24 13 Aug 2022photo: USDA / Lance Cheung
Paraguay’s vice president to resign following US corruption claim
Al Jazeera 12 Aug 2022
Paraguay’s Vice President Hugo Velazquez Moreno has said he will resign following allegations of corruption by the United States. US Ambassador to Paraguay Marc Ostfield announced Friday morning that Velazquez was included in a corruption list for allegedly offering bribes to a public official ... .