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'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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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 ... Associated Press ... .
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China blames U.S. for standstill in ties, making ‘imaginary enemy’
Metro USA 26 Jul 2021
BEIJING (Reuters) -China accused the United States of creating an “imaginary enemy”, adding that it was unqualified to level criticism on human rights at a meeting on Monday with the second-ranking U.S. diplomat ... On Saturday, senior U.S ... The U.S ... President Joe Biden’s administration ... democracy, while U.S ... .
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Mozambique President Nyusi says army gaining ground in insurgency-hit region
Reuters 26 Jul 2021
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Trump calls critical race theory ‘flagrant racism’ at Phoenix rally
The Independent 26 Jul 2021photo: AP / Frank Franklin II
Equatorial Guinea Reportedly Closing UK Embassy After London Sanctions President's Son
Sputnik 26 Jul 2021
London has introduced sanctions against Teodorin Obiang Mangue, Equatorial Guinea's First Vice President and the son of the country's president. The UK accuses Obiang of misappropriating millions of dollars on his luxury life style ... .
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Trump is 'an American war criminal in his own country': Carl Bernstein
Alternet 26 Jul 2021
That egomaniacal blather led directly to the January 6th insurrection in Washington, D.C ... Then he elaborated saying that... Mark Milley], has now compared Trump - not the press, not reporters comparing Trump to Hitler - but rather the head of the American military, comparing him and his movement to Brownshirts, to the Reichstag fire ... Carl Bernstein ... .
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Belavia's Boeing 737 Lands Safely at Moscow's Domodedovo Airport After 'Sending a Distress Call'
Sputnik 26 Jul 2021
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - A Belavia flight from the Belarusian capital Minsk to Antalya, Turkey changed course and will land in Moscow's Domodedovo airport, a source in the aviation sector told Sputnik on 26 Monday ... .
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Afghanistan: Record civilian casualties in 2021, UN reports
BBC News 26 Jul 2021
The number of Afghan civilians killed or injured in escalating violence has risen to record levels in the first half of this year, the UN says. A new report says Afghanistan has recorded more than 1,600 civilian deaths so far in 2021. That's a 47% rise compared to this time last year ... Of all casualties, 32% were children ... .
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A water crisis explodes in parched Iran
Asiatimes 26 Jul 2021
Unprecedented water shortages in Iran have sparked protests across southwestern Khuzestan that have quickly spread to other regions, a popular uprising that threatens wider stability as authorities violently crack down ... On social media, hashtags such as “Khuzestan is thirsty” in Persian are strongly trending ... Photo. Twitter ... Photo. Wikipedia ... Photo ... ....
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Crisis-hit Lebanon holds consultations to pick new PM
The Times of India 26 Jul 2021
BEIRUT. Lebanon was to hold talks on Monday to designate a new premier who will make the third attempt within a year to form a government amid deepening political and economic turmoil ... According to local media reports, billionaire businessman and two-time premier Najib Mikati is the most likely choice ... Start a Conversation. .
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Bitcoin Climbs 13% to $40,000 in Short Squeeze as Amazon Suggests BTC Plans
Coinspeaker 26 Jul 2021
A Bitcoin squeeze has seen the crypto asset jump over 13% to $40,000, caused by factors such as Amazon’s interest and support from big names. Bitcoin recorded a significant squeeze over five days from $30,000 on July 21st to about $35,000 on July 25th ... At the time of this writing, Bitcoin is trading at $38,700. Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ ... next ....
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Russia blocks 49 Navalny-linked websites
The Times of India 26 Jul 2021
MOSCOW. Russia's media regulator has blocked 49 websites linked to jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, his ally said Monday, as pressure mounts on the movement of the opposition leader ahead of parliamentary elections in the autumn ... AFP journalists said Navalny's website was unavailable in Russia ... Start a Conversation. .
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‘We have to get it right,’ Dem vows as Jan. 6 probe begins
Cleveland 26 Jul 2021
WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, Bennie Thompson, didn’t realize the severity of the Jan. 6 insurrection until his wife called him ... “It doesn’t register,” the Mississippi Democrat recalled in an interview with The Associated Press ... 6 ... ___. Associated Press video producer Padmananda Rama contributed to this report.
