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    Niger Coup: Nigerian senators reject Tinubu’s request for troops deployment

    Niger Coup: Nigerian senators reject Tinubu’s request for troops deployment President Mohamed Bazoum was deposed on 26 July in a coup led by his presidential guards. ByBisi Abidoye August 5, 2023 Senators have rejected the request by President Bola Tinubu for permission to deploy Nigerian...
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    Burkina Faso, Mali warn against military intervention in Niger

    https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/1/burkina-faso-and-mali-warn-against-foreign-intervention-after-niger-coup "Niger’s neighbours say any intervention to restore deposed President Mohamed Bazoum will be considered a ‘declaration of war’ against them."
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    Xi calls for a Palestinian state to become 'full member' of UN

    Chinese President Xi Jinping reiterated to Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas on Wednesday his call for a state of Palestine to become a "full member" of the United Nations, state media reported. Xi expressed Beijing's position during a summit with Arab countries in Saudi Arabia in December...
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    China launches digital yuan ATMs in tropical Sanya, allowing tourists to exchange foreign cash for e-CNY

    A new e-CNY foreign exchange machine is China's latest bid to court tourists to its tropical southern vacation hotspot Sanya, on Hainan island, by allowing people to exchange 20 currencies for digital yuan, a move that could give visitors greater access to a ubiquitous local mobile payments...
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    Enemies of all mankind: U.S. government’s torture regime

    By Andrew P. Napolitano - - Wednesday, March 1, 2023 Last week in a federal courtroom at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, an American physician hired by the Pentagon testified about the CIA‘s use of rectal “feeding” tubes on prisoners it detained and tortured in Thailand from 2001...
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    Controversial 'rectal feeding' technique used to control detainees' behaviour

    CIA operatives subjected at least five detainees to what they called “rectal rehydration and feeding”, a medical practice applied with extreme rarity and known more colloquially as a nutrient enema, according to a Senate intelligence committee report released Tuesday. The CIA forced the...
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    Biden Rejects Ohio's Request for Federal Aid After Train Disaster in East Palestine

    Things are becoming dire for the residents of East Palestine, Ohio. It’s the site of the recent train derailment that hurled scores of toxic chemicals into the surrounding areas. Sens. J.D. Vance (R-OH) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) visited the area to assess the situation. Vance demonstrated how the...
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    Man froze to death after being put in prison walk-in freezer as 'punishment'

    Horrifying pictures show the moment Anthony Mitchell, 33, was placed inside a walk-in freezer by two correctional officers. A lawsuit filed by the man's family alleges the mentally ill man was placed in a freezer or other cold area of the jail and left to languish on the floor as he slowly died...
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    Reporter Arrested After Broadcast at Ohio Governor's Press Conference

    A NewsNation reporter was arrested while covering a news conference regarding the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, on Wednesday. According to the news outlet, reporter Evan Lambert was arrested by the East Palestine Police Department after being told to be quiet by officers while Gov...
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    Bank of England's extraordinary response to government policy is almost unthinkable

    The Bank of England has stepped in to fix a part of the financial market which had broken following the government's mini-budget last Friday. Ed Conway Economics & data editor @EdConwaySky Wednesday 28 September 2022 18:21, UK Why you can trust Sky News This is an extraordinary moment...
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    Pound falls to 37-year low against dollar as mini-budget puts markets in spin

    Kwasi Kwarteng’s tax-cutting mini-budget has sent financial markets into a tailspin, with UK government borrowing costs soaring and the pound slumping to a 37-year low against the dollar. Issuing a punishing verdict on the chancellor’s “dash for growth”, traders in the City of London sent...
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    China scientists discover huge lithium deposit in Everest region

    An official science publication in China is trumpeting what its quoted geologists called a “breakthrough” discovery of lithium in the same region as Mount Everest. The hard-rock resource has the potential to host the third-biggest mine of its kind in China, according to ScienceNet.cn, a website...
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    US/Canada Coronavirus tracker

    https://coronavirus.1point3acres.com/en Built by Chinese engineers as a weekend hackathon project. It contains the most detailed information on the coronavirus in US and Canada. The CDC uses it's data.
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    The FDA Now Says It Will Allow Imports Of KN95 Masks, An Alternative To Scarce N95 Masks

    The FDA Now Says It Will Allow Imports Of KN95 Masks, An Alternative To Scarce N95 Masks Although the regulator recently authorized use of many kinds of foreign-certified respirators, it left the Chinese masks off the list. Ken BensingerBuzzFeed News Reporter Posted on April 2, 2020, at 6:57...
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    Chinese scientists have genetically modified dairy cows...

    to produce human breast milk The scientists have successfully introduced human genes into 300 dairy cows to produce milk with the same properties as human breast milk. Human milk contains high quantities of key nutrients that can help to boost the immune system of babies and reduce the risk...
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    There’s a Secret Patriot Act, Senator Says

    You think you understand how the Patriot Act allows the government to spy on its citizens. Sen. Ron Wyden says it’s worse than you know. Congress is set to reauthorize three controversial provisions of the surveillance law as early as Thursday. Wyden (D-Oregon) says that powers they grant the...
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    Are the Chinese raring for revolution?

    Are the Chinese raring for revolution? The Director of International Survey Research at Pew Global Attitudes Project, James Bell, thinks not. Recent Pew survey data shows the Chinese are much more optimistic about their future than the Egyptians were: "…While the Egyptian and Chinese publics...
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    Generations pay off debts through slavery

    Generations pay off debts through slavery – The CNN Freedom Project: Ending Modern-Day Slavery - CNN.com Blogs free those people from slavery india.
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    Indian rally raises pressure on Singh

    (FT) -- Pressure mounted on Manmohan Singh, India's prime minister, as thousands of workers marched in the capital to protest against inflation. The opposition has been seeking to capitalise on the weakening position of Mr Singh, who is reeling from a spate of corruption scandals that threaten...
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