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24 Sudan parties reject Israel normalisation deal
Middle East Monitor 13 Apr 2021
More than 24 Sudanese political parties announced their rejection of normalising relations with the occupation and the abolition of Israel boycott law ... Last year, Sudan signed the Abraham Accords to build ties with Israel under US auspices. Khartoum followed in the steps of the UAE and Bahrain. OPINION ... ....
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Student shot dead at US high school after police say he fired on them
Irish Independent 13 Apr 2021
Police shot and killed a Knoxville, Tennessee, high school student on Monday after they said he opened fire on them in a campus bathroom, wounding an officer. The gunfire, which erupted at about 3.15 p.m. at Austin-East Magnet High School on the east side of Knoxville, marked the latest in a rash of shootings in the United States since mid-March ... ... .
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Russia warns Turkey against fueling militarization in Ukraine
Press TV 13 Apr 2021
Russia has warned Turkey against fueling the Ukrainian government’s “never-ending militarization sentiments,” amid speculation that Kiev may be planning to launch a new offensive against the Russian-speaking Donbass region in Ukraine ... The Turkish government provided Ukraine with drones in 2019 ... ‘We live here! What about you?!’ ... www.presstv.ir ... .
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Hundreds clash with police in Minneapolis as anger grows over shooting of black man
The Irish Times 13 Apr 2021
Hundreds of protesters clashed with police overnight in a suburb of Minneapolis in defiance of a city-wide curfew, as outrage grew over the shooting of another black man in the city. Daunte Wright (20) was shot dead by a police officer on Sunday after he was stopped for a traffic violation ... “You’re ordered to disperse to the north ... Homicide ... .
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China accused of largest incursion into Taiwanese airspace as US-Philippines South China Sea military drills begin
Russia Today 12 Apr 2021
Taiwan has accused the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of its largest incursion of the nation's air defense zone with jets and nuclear-capable bombers, as joint US-Philippines military drills begin in the South China Sea ... 25 PLA aircraft (Y-8 ASW*2, KJ-500 AEW&C, J-10*4, J-16*14 and H-6K*4) entered #Taiwan’s southwest ADIZ on Apr. 12, 2021.
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Japan to release contaminated water from Fukushima nuclear station into sea
France24 13 Apr 2021
Japan plans to release into the sea more than 1 million tonnes of contaminated water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear station, the government said on Tuesday, a decision that is likely to anger neighbours such as South Korea ... .
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Purple revolution: India’s farmers turn to lavender to beat drought
The Guardian 13 Apr 2021
In the 30-odd villages on the hilly slopes of Jammu’s Doda district, more than 200 farmers have shifted from maize to lavender production, starting a “purple revolution” in the region ... ....
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Major Training: Biden Dog Gets Help Adjusting to White House
The Epoch Times 13 Apr 2021
WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden's dog Major will get professional help adjusting to the White House after a pair of biting incidents last month ... Both dogs spent time ....
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Trudeau bows to Xi Jinping in HFX scandal
Asiatimes 12 Apr 2021
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, widely seen as an appeaser and pushover to Chinese policy, has stumbled into a scandal that involves Taiwan’s president ... HFX had planned to present its prestigious John McCain Prize for Leadership in Public Service to Tsai ... US Sen. John McCain (right) as a Navy pilot in in Vietnam in 1965. Credit ... ....
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Canada scraps military export permits for NATO ally Turkey
Press TV 13 Apr 2021
Canada on Monday blocked military arms exports to NATO ally Turkey after a probe found Canadian drone technology had been misdirected for use in conflicts. Shipments had been suspended last October pending an investigation into allegations that Canadian imaging and targeting systems on unmanned drones were used by Azerbaijan in clashes with Armenia.
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Haiti president vows ‘more effort’ on kidnappings
The Philadelphia Inquirer 13 Apr 2021
They include seven Catholic clergy -- five of them Haitian, as well as two French... .
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Legumes research gets flexitarian pulses racing with farming guidance
The Guardian 13 Apr 2021
Researchers calculated a “nutritional density” unit for different types of crops ... ....
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As Israel rejects the ICC investigation, what are the possible scenarios?
Middle East Monitor 12 Apr 2021
The Israeli government's position regarding an impending investigation by the International Criminal Court over alleged war crimes committed in occupied Palestine has finally been declared by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ... As a result, he added, Israel "completely rejects" any accusations that it has committed war crimes.
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US Needs to Show Its Willingness to Defend Taiwan
The American Spectator 13 Apr 2021
“We are willing to defend ourselves, that’s without any question,” Wu said. “We will fight a war if we need to fight a war.” Meanwhile, U.S. Admiral Philip Davidson, who is the senior U.S. commander in the region, told a Senate panel that the risks of a Sino–U.S. war over Taiwan “are actually going up.” And a Chinese defense official cautioned the U.S.
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World's wealthiest 'at heart of climate problem'
BBC News 13 Apr 2021
The world’s wealthy must radically change their lifestyles to tackle climate change, a report says. It says the world's wealthiest 1% produce double the combined carbon emissions of the poorest 50%, according to the UN. The wealthiest 5% alone – the so-called “polluter elite” - contributed 37% of emissions growth between 1990 and 2015 ... .
