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US lawmakers pass landmark climate, health plan
Aug 13, 2022 01:52US lawmakers on Friday adopted President Joe Biden's sprawling climate, tax and health care plan -- a major win for the veteran Democrat that includes the biggest ever American investment in the battle against global warming.
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China warns Taiwan against tempting ‘an abyss of catastrophes’
Aug 13, 2022 01:04China again warns Taiwan against harboring any aspirations of secession from the mainland, including by teaming up with “external forces.”
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US weapons not used to attack Russian airbase in Crimea: Pentagon
Aug 13, 2022 00:46The Pentagon claimed American-supplied weapons were not used to attack a Russian airbase in Crimea, which voted in 2014 to break off from Ukraine and join Russia.
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‘We cannot ignore US missile deployment in South Korea’: China
Aug 13, 2022 00:44China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman says Beijing cannot ignore US Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system in South Korea as it undermines China’s strategic security.
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Salman Rushdie attacked on stage in New York: US media
Aug 12, 2022 12:36Salman Rushdie, the author of a blasphemous anti-Islam book, has been attacked on stage during an event in New York, according to US media.
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Russia destroys US-made radar system, downs HIMARS missiles
Aug 12, 2022 12:15Russian forces have destroyed a US-made radar system and advanced US-made missiles in eastern Ukraine.
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EU admits to ‘double standards’ towards Ukraine, Palestine, says that’s just international relations
Aug 12, 2022 12:13The European Union’s foreign policy chief has admitted that the 27-nation bloc applies double standards when it comes to the wars in Ukraine and Israeli-occupied Palestine but says double standards permeate international relations anyway.
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China tells Pelosi to express remorse for worldwide US atrocities
Aug 12, 2022 09:29China has called on US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to express remorse and apologize for the atrocities committed by the Americans in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Libya.
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UN watchdog warns of ‘grave hour’ at Ukraine’s nuclear power plant
Aug 12, 2022 07:52The UN nuclear watchdog has called for officials to visit Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia power plant amid fresh escalation in the area and warnings of the “catastrophic consequences” of continued fighting near Europe’s largest atomic plant.
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Black Muslims sue Alaska Airlines for being deplaned over Arabic texts
Aug 12, 2022 07:31Two Black Muslim men have filed a lawsuit against Alaska Airlines for being wrongfully deplaned from one of its flights in Washington after a fellow passenger complained about one of the men sending a text message in Arabic.