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Intel officials to assess national security fallout from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago documents
The correspondence represents the Biden administration’s first known engagement with Congress on the issue of the ongoing investigation ensnaring the former president. Court documents unsealed in recent days have revealed that the Justice Department is investigating potential violations of the Presidential Records Act, the Espionage Act, and…
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UK science superpower claim is ‘bollocks’, says Kate Bingham
The leader of Britain’s successful Covid vaccination programme has accused health officials of dismantling a critically important database, set up to aid Covid vaccine trials, when it could be used for other vital medical research programmes.“All this talk about the UK becoming a serious science superpower is bollocks,” Dame Kate Bingham told…
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Japan vows billions for Africa amid rising Chinese influence | DW | 27.08.2022
Speaking virtually Saturday to a conference in Tunis focused on Japanese investment in Africa's development, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledged $30 billion (€30.1 billion) over three years in an apparent effort to counter China's rising influence on the continent. Amid a "complex" geopolitical environment, Japan pledged the money as…
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Evenepoel keeps Vuelta lead as Vine wins another stage
LAVIANA, Spain (AP) — Jay Vine is having fun in the Spanish Vuelta.The Australian won his second Vuelta stage on Saturday, two days after overcoming a flat tire to take his first win at a Grand Tour race.Vine impressed on the grueling final climb to beat Marc Soler, Rein Taaramae and Thibaut Pinot by more than 40 seconds in a foggy eighth stage…
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Video shows moment car bomb blasts ‘traitor’ in Russian-occupied Ukraine
Dramatic surveillance footage posted Saturday shows the car bomb blast that killed a “traitor” security official in occupied eastern Ukraine earlier this month.
Askyar Laishev, a former Ukrainian security official who joined the Russian-backed Luhansk People’s Republic as head of intelligence in 2014, was killed by Ukraine…
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Russia shrugs off jobs impact after reports of Dell exiting the country
The Dell logo is seen on an item for sale in a store in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., November 24, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File PhotoRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comRegisterThis content was produced in Russia where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in UkraineMOSCOW, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Many of the…
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Turkey Urges France To Recognize Consequences Of Colonial Past – Foreign Ministry –
The Turkish Foreign Ministry is calling on France to acknowledge the consequence of its colonial past without blaming other nations, ministry spokesman Tanju Bilgic said on Saturday
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 27th August, 2022) The Turkish Foreign Ministry is calling on France to acknowledge the consequence of its colonial past…
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The polar bear became an ‘accidental icon’ of climate change. Is it time to rethink that? |
Biologist Andrew Derocher wasn't thinking of climate change when he first started studying polar bears in Hudson Bay in the 1980s. About a decade into his career, a picture started to emerge: as sea ice diminished due to human-caused global warming, the polar bears he was studying were venturing onto land earlier and returning to the ice later…
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Zelenskyy says world narrowly avoided nuclear catastrophe; Putin to boost size of Russian
Authorities in the Zaporizhzhia region are distributing potassium iodide tablets to residents in case of a radiation leakAuthorities in the Zaporizhzhia region have begun to distribute potassium iodide to residents living near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, a Ukrainian official confirmed to NBC News.The distribution of potassium iodide…
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Wolves’ Prince arrest from drug warrant in Texas
Minnesota Timberwolves forward Taurean Prince was arrested in Miami on Thursday due to a fugitive out-of-state warrant stemming from a traffic stop in Texas in May, according to a statement from Arlington police.Prince was pulled over in Dallas because of an expired registration. Police say they found two handguns, a vape pen containing THC and…
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