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Egypt 'seizes' megaship over nearly $1bn Suez claim
The New Arab 13 Apr 2021
A megaship which blocked Egypt's Suez Canal and crippled world trade for nearly a week has been 'seized' on court orders. A megaship which blocked Egypt's Suez Canal and crippled world trade for nearly a week has been 'seized' on court orders until the vessel's owners pay $900 million, canal authorities said Tuesday ... Read more ... A looming conflict?.
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Italy's 'diabolical lover' doctor gets life for patient deaths
Urdu Point 13 Apr 2021
An Italian appeals court on Tuesday upheld a life sentence for an emergency room doctor convicted of killing ten people, while acquitting him of three other murders ... The ruling by the Milan court against Leonardo Cazzaniga, 65, came just months after it upheld a 30-year-old sentence against his nurse lover for killing two people ... ....
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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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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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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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Ethiopian Migrants Returning Home from Yemen with IOM Support in Wake of Tragic Boat Sinking
Reliefweb 13 Apr 2021
**Aden/Addis Ababa -- **One hundred and sixty Ethiopian migrants have returned home safely from Yemen today with the assistance of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), just one day after a perilous journey across the Gulf of Aden claimed the lives of dozens of people, including at least 16 children ... I never had much to eat." ... .
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Swiss strike gold with world's smallest commemorative coin
Phys Dot Org 13 Apr 2021
A tiny Swiss gold coin bearing a picture of Albert Einstein sticking his tongue out has been crowned as the world's smallest commemorative coin, Switzerland's mint announced Tuesday ... "Guinness World Records has recognised the quarter-franc gold coin issued in 2020 as the world's smallest commemorative coin," Swissmint said in a statement ... ....
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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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Huawei to pump in $1B on car tech in 2021
BGR 13 Apr 2021
Chinese technology giant Huawei is heavily focusing on optimising its portfolio to boost business resilience. It has announced that it will invest $1 billion in smart car technologies in 2021, according to media reports ... “Moving forward, we will continue to find ourselves in a complex and volatile global environment,” Xu said.
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President Joe Biden to nominate Christine Wormuth as first woman secretary of the Army
Yahoo Daily News 13 Apr 2021
WASHINGTON — A woman may serve as secretary of the Army in the Department of Defense for the first time ... 6. Pentagon officials allegedly delayed authorization to deploy National Guard troops to quell the attacks, according to testimony from the head of the District of Columbia National Guard ... Four years later, the U.S ... Bush's second term in office.
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Conor McGregor under fire after telling son ‘to hit other child back’ in video
Yahoo Daily News 13 Apr 2021
>. Former UFC champion Conor McGregor has been criticised after telling his three-year-old son to hit another child back “in the mouth”. In a video posted onto Facebook from a beach in Dubai, where McGregor is on holiday with his family, his son Conor Jr. is seen disclosing to his father that he had been struck on the back ... He said. “Hit him back ... 1 ... 2 ... 3.
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Putin foe Navalny says he sues prison for withholding Quran
Greenwood Commonwealth 13 Apr 2021
MOSCOW (AP) — Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Tuesday he was suing his prison for withholding the Quran, which he intended to study while serving time in a prison outside Moscow ... But he said Tuesday in an Instagram post that his first lawsuit against prison officials had to do with the Muslim holy book ... All rights reserved ... .
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Bitcoin endorsement: Ex CIA director backs Bitcoin
Cryptopolitan 13 Apr 2021
TL.DR Breakdown.. Ex-CIA director remains optimistic about Bitcoin. Bitcoin endorsement is set to increase according to him. As specific individuals and nations remain pessimistic about the World’s largest Cryptocurrency, has recently come from the US CIA’s ex-director in the person of Michael Morrell ... ....
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U.S. not involved in Iran nuclear facility incident: White House
People Daily 13 Apr 2021
"The U.S. was not involved in any manner," White House press secretary said of an attack on Iran's Natanz nuclear facility, noting that the Biden administration is focused on discussions scheduled this Wednesday in Vienna to revive the Iran nuclear deal ... "We, of course, have seen the reports of the incident at the Natanz enrichment facility. The U.S ... .
