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Iran’s IRGC had contact with man charged with stabbing Rushdie - report
The Jerusalem Post 14 Aug 2022
The suspect arrested for stabbing prominent author Salman Rushdie, Hadi Matar, had been in contact with the US-designated terrorist organization, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), prior to the nearly lethal assault on the writer, news organization VICE reported on Sunday ... console.log("BODY1. CatId is."+catID);if(catID == 69 . ... .
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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
Reading and watching the media over the past year, you might be forgiven for thinking that we are facing the collapse of civilisation ... In the face of these threats, it may be hard to maintain a rose-tinted view of the future – unless, that is, you are the Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker ... The Covid-19 pandemic is the obvious place to start ... .
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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
Aynsley Genga is a JURIST Staff Correspondent in Kenya. She reports from Nairobi. It has been five days since we in Kenya had our elections on August 9th. Five days, and still we do not know who our president is. As the wait continues, so does the pressure. Kenya is in a state of limbo at the moment ... The rigging attempts do not end there ... Kenya region ... .
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More US lawmakers visit Taiwan 12 days after Nancy Pelosi trip
Al Jazeera 14 Aug 2022
A US delegation of lawmakers has arrived in Taiwan for a two-day visit during which they will meet President Tsai Ing-wen – the second high-level group to come amid continued military tensions with the island’s giant neighbour, China ... Taiwan’s presidential office said the group would meet Tsai on Monday morning ... 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
Left. Merrick Garland; right. Marjorie Taylor Greene. Left. AP Photo/Susan Walsh; right. AP Photo/John Bazemore, Pool, File Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene wants to impeach Attorney General Merrick Garland for the Mar-a-Lago raid ... The FBI recovered 11 boxes containing classified records that Trump took from the White House. Rep ... —Rep ... ....
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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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