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Another U.S.-Trained Soldier Stages a Coup in West Africa - The Intercept
WorldNews.com 27 Jan 2022
Earlier this week, the military seized power in Burkina Faso, ousting the country’s democratically elected president, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré. The coup was announced on state television Monday by a young officer who said the military had suspended the constitution and dissolved the government. Beside him sat a...read full story. "When the U.S ... .
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In Afghanistan, Taliban diktat sparks debate about women’s attire
Al Jazeera 26 Jan 2022
Kabul, Afghanistan – Many Afghan women in the capital Kabul have protested against a poster campaign launched by the Taliban, encouraging women to wear a burqa or hijab ... It did not issue an official directive ... The word “hijab” accompanied each picture as if to clarify what that should look like ... “This poses the question ... Mohd Rasfan/AFP] ... .
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IMF Urges El Salvador to Remove Bitcoin's Legal Tender Status
Beijing News 26 Jan 2022
The International Monetary Fund's board 'urged' El Salvador to do away with its move to make bitcoin a legal tender, while calling for strict regulation of the country's e-wallet ... Salvadoran Finance Minister Alejandro Zelaya had no comment. In September, El Salvador became the first country to make bitcoin a legal tender, alongside the U.S. dollar.
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Prince Andrew seeks jury trial in New York in sexual assault case
The Times of India 26 Jan 2022photo: Creative Commons / O'Dea
SpaceX rocket on course to crash into Moon, astronomers warn
The Independent 26 Jan 2022photo: AP / Alexei Ivanov/Russian Defense Ministry Press Service
Biden warns Putin with personal sanctions as West steps up Ukraine defences
Gulf News 26 Jan 2022
Washington/Moscow. US President Joe Biden said on Tuesday he would consider personal sanctions on President Vladimir Putin if Russia invades Ukraine, as Western leaders stepped up military preparations and made plans to shield Europe from a potential energy supply shock ... “Yes,” he responded ... Unilateral US forces to Ukraine ruled out ... ... “We’ve... .
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Minds behind the missiles: North Korea's secretive weapons developers
The Times of India 27 Jan 2022
SEOUL. North Korea’s flurry of new missile tests, including what it calls “hypersonic” weapons, has underscored the importance of the country’s missile engineers and scientists, a group that is high profile within his government but opaque to outsiders ... Here's what we know – and what we don’t – about these key personnel ... Looking for Something? ... .
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Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer Is Retiring, Opening Seat for Biden Nominee
truthout 26 Jan 2022
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring, giving President Joe Biden and Democrats a chance to fill a crucial spot in the nation’s top court. Biden is expected to announce the justice’s retirement as soon as Thursday. The 83-year-old liberal was nominated by President Bill Clinton in 1994 and is the oldest member of the Supreme Court ... Wade ... .
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Erdoğan claims Israel's President Herzog will visit Turkey next month
The Jerusalem Post 26 Jan 2022photo: AP / By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/POOL
Biden expected to nominate first black woman to Supreme Court
BBC News 27 Jan 2022
President Joe Biden will honour his commitment to make an African-American woman his first nomination to the Supreme Court, the White House says. She would replace the liberal justice, Stephen Breyer, who is expected to retire at the end of the current Supreme Court term in June. His retirement plans are yet to be officially confirmed ... .
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Peruvian Regulators Report Second Oil Release Off Lima
The Maritime Executive 26 Jan 2022
During spill-response efforts this week at the La Pampilla refinery complex near Lima, Peru, an additional eight barrels of oil leaked into the sea, according to environmental regulators ... At the time, the Suezmax tanker Mare Doricum was unloading a shipment of Brazilian crude oil at one of the La Pampilla refinery's offshore mooring buoys.
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Salah sends Egypt into African Cup quarterfinals
Wtop 26 Jan 2022
DOUALA, Cameroon (AP) — Mohamed Salah buried the decisive penalty as Egypt beat Ivory Coast 5-4 in a shootout to reach the quarterfinals of the African Cup of Nations on Wednesday. Salah sent his spot kick into the bottom right corner and then ran off and jumped onto the back of Egypt substitute goalkeeper Mohamed Abou Gabal in celebration ... ___.
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UN urges governments to tackle antisemitism ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Xinhua 26 Jan 2022
GENEVA, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Wednesday urged the international community to stand up against antisemitism, ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan. 27. "Today, racism and xenophobia are rising sharply ... "We need to push back against hatred ... 27, 1945 ... ■ ... .
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Fifa president Infantino claims biennial World Cup could save African migrants from 'death in sea'
ITV 26 Jan 2022
The FIFA president's comments have been criticised by refugee charities and football's equality and inclusion organisation, ITV News Correspondent Geraint Vincent reports ... He told delegates. “We need to give hope to Africans so they don’t need to cross the Mediterranean in order to find, maybe, a better life but more probably death in the sea ... .
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Taiwan urged to release 14 detained fishermen
China Daily 27 Jan 2022
A Chinese mainland spokeswoman has urged the Democratic Progressive Party administration in Taiwan to immediately release 14 mainland fishermen detained by the island ... "The island authority should respect the fact that fishermen from both sides of the Taiwan Straits have long been operating in the fishing areas," Zhu said ...