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Iran’s IRGC had contact with man charged with stabbing Rushdie - report
The Jerusalem Post 14 Aug 2022
The Mideast intelligence officer told VICE that “A 24-year-old born in the United States did not come up with Salman Rushdie as a target on his own," adding that “Even an avid consumer of Iranian propaganda would have some difficulty finding references to Rushdie ...
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Mexico flies hundreds of troops to Tijuana after wave of gang attacks
Daily Bulletin 14 Aug 2022
Hundreds of Mexican military troops were flown into Tijuana on Saturday to beef up street patrols after armed gangs hijacked and burned at least a dozen vehicles in the border city, the latest in a wave of attacks hitting civilians across the country. U.S ... Tijuana is home to the San Ysidro-El Chaparral ports of entry, the busiest U.S. border crossing.
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Putin says Russia and North Korea will expand bilateral relations - KCNA
Asahi News 15 Aug 2022
SEOUL--Russian President Vladimir Putin told North Korean leader Kim Jong Un the two countries will "expand the comprehensive and constructive bilateral relations with common efforts," Pyongyang's state media reported on Monday ... .
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Despite climate, war and Covid, is everything actually … getting better?
The Observer 14 Aug 2022
The Covid-19 pandemic is the obvious place to start ... The Office for National Statistics has just reported that the UK’s GDP has shrunk in the second quarter of 2022, suggesting that we are on the brink of a recession, while the average salary is set to fall behind inflation by 8% this year – the biggest drop in real wages in over 100 years ... .
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On the anniversary of partition, let’s consign the pitiless logic of Hindu v Muslim to the past
The Guardian 14 Aug 2022
In a remarkable document from the 13th century, a Sufi writer records his epiphany about the prophet Muhammad granting permission to music in India ... ....
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Las Vegas airport put on lockdown over false reports of active shooter
The Independent 15 Aug 2022
Video footage showed crowds of passengers running through a security area .
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Letter from Africa: How racism haunts black people in Italy
BBC News 15 Aug 2022
In our series of letters from African journalists, Ismail Einashe writes that many black people in Italy feel that racism is not taken seriously. For Italian-Eritrean filmmaker and podcaster Ariam Tekle, there is no doubt that the recent killing of a disabled Nigerian street vendor, Alika Ogorchukwu, in Italy was a "racist murder" ... .
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Afganistán ha perdido 500 millones en un año por no permitir seguir estudiando a las niñas, según UNICEF
Europa Press 14 Aug 2022
UNICEF ha intentado mantener los programas de higiene y apoyo que antes se prestaban en los centros educativos. MADRID, 14 Ago. (EUROPA PRESS) - ... Esta cifra supone un 2,5 por ciento del PIB anual afgano además de implica privar a las niñas y jóvenes de su derecho a una formación ... educación secundaria ... "No pararemos hasta lograr este objetivo ... .
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Kenya dispatch: ‘Kenya is in a state of limbo at the moment’
Jurist 14 Aug 2022
Earlier, on Friday, IEBC chairman Chebukati announced that the returning officer for Embakasi East had gone missing. According to the IEBC chairman, the officer went missing Thursday at around 9.45 am. The officer had been situated at the East African School of Aviation during the time of his disappearance.
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More US lawmakers visit Taiwan 12 days after Nancy Pelosi trip
Al Jazeera 14 Aug 2022
Taiwan’s presidential office said the group would meet Tsai on Monday morning ... China views Taiwan as its own territory ... “We are ready to create vast space for peaceful reunification, but we will leave no room for separatist activities in any form,” China’s Taiwan Affairs Office said in a white paper ... It added, however ... .
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Marjorie Taylor Greene is trying to impeach Merrick Garland, saying the Trump Mar-a-Lago raid was ...
Business Insider 14 Aug 2022
The FBI during its search recovered 11 boxes containing classified records that Trump took with him from the White House once he left office, according to the court records made public Friday ... the Oval Office to the residence," a Friday statement from the former president said.
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Iraq's Garden of Eden Now 'Like a Desert'
Voa News 15 Aug 2022
To feed and cool his buffaloes, Hashem Gassed must cross 10 kilometers (6 miles) of sunburnt land in southern Iraq, where drought is devastating swathes of the mythical Mesopotamian Marshes ... Vast expanses of the once lush Huwaizah Marshes, straddling the border with Iran, have been baked dry, their vegetation yellowing ... "We are at a loss where to go.
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After Mar-a-Lago search, authorities warn of threats to the judge and others involved
Democratic Underground 15 Aug 2022
Federal officials warned in a new bulletin that law enforcement officers and others in the government are facing increasing threats after last week's unprecedented search of former President Donald Trump's residence at Mar-a-Lago ... .
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Billionaire Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, 'India's Warren Buffet', dies at 62
Eye Witness News 14 Aug 2022
Calling the 62-year-old "indomitable", Prime Minister Narendra Modi echoed tributes from other senior officials, tweeting that the death of the tycoon was "saddening." ... .
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