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Europe Welcomes Biden, but Won’t Wait for Him
The European Union is eager for “a political climate change” and cooperation, but if the new president is consumed with domestic problems, it won’t put its own agenda on hold.
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Defence Blog
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U.S. Army to buy general-purpose and hardened penetration bombs
The U.S. Army Contracting Command announced in a Jan. 14 notice posted to the Federal Business Opportunities website that Army is looking to buy Mk-80 series general-purpose and BLU-109 hardened penetration bomb kits. In a notice posted on the Federal website, the Contracting Command in Rock Island said it is issuing sources sought announcement in an […]
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U.S. Navy to award contract for new electromagnetic aircraft catapult
General Atomics, a defense contractor that manufactures electromagnetic aircraft launch and recovery systems, will receive a contract for the procurement of supplies and services in support of new digital catapult systems of the Ford Class of Carriers. The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) announced in a Jan. 14 notice posted to the government’s […]
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U.S. Marine Corps uses MRZR tactical warfighter as mobile command vehicle
The U.S. Marine Corps shared his experience with the use of the light, all-terrain platform as a mobile command post and communication vehicle. According to a press release from 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit released on Sunday, the use of the MRZR (Military RZR) all-terrain vehicle enhances the mobility of communication capabilities. The vehicles are agile, […]
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Pentagon sends B-52 bombers to Middle East in show of power
The U.S. military flew a pair of B-52 Stratofortress long-range bombers to the Middle East Sunday for a deterrence mission against Iran. A KC-10 Extender assigned to the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron and two U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress assigned to the 5th Bomb Wing were spotted on Sunday flying over Israeli airspace heading […]
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U.S. Marines conduct UTV training in Japan
The U.S. Marine Corps announced on Friday that Marines with 3d Reconnaissance Battalion, 3d Marine Division, have conducted the Utility-Terrain Vehicle Driver’s Course on Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan. According to a recent service news release, the Utility Terrain Vehicle Course teaches Marines capabilities and proper handling of off-highway vehicles during its reconnaissance missions. UTVs are […]
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U.S. Army helicopters participate in unique joint exercise in Greece
On Saturday, the 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment has announced that U.S. Army’s 1st Battalion, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB), 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), together with Hellenic Armed Forces, executed Eddie’s Odyssey, a first of its kind, joint training mission on Velopoula Island and over the Aegean Sea. The unit press release said that […]
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Ukraine’s Motor Sich awarded $800 million contract to support Chinese JL-10 trainer fleet
Ukrainian manufacturer of jet engines Motor Sich has agreed to a record $800 million contract with People’s Liberation Army for turbofan AI-322 engine production, according to multiple reports. The story was first reported by Defense Express, which cited a defense industry source that stated that China is buying a batch of 400 AI-322 engines for JL-10 […]
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Russian Navy deploys stealth patrol vessel to Syria
The Russian Navy had deployed its latest patrol vessel Dmitry Rogachev to the naval base at Tartus on the north Syrian coast. The Project 22160 patrol ship Dmitry Rogachev was filmed heading cruising down the Bosphorus. The video was posted on social media by Bosphorus-based naval observer Cavit Ege Tulça. The Russian Black Sea Fleet […]
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E-International Relations
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Interview – Tariq Modood
Tariq Modood talks about the relationship between secularism and multiculturalism, as well as free speech and the role of political satire.
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Global Issues News Headlines
Punch Like A Muslim Woman: An Egyptian-Danish Boxer Breaking Many Stereotypes
NEW DELHI, India, Jan 18 (IPS) - As a Muslim woman born and brought up in Denmark, Nadia Helmy Ahmed broke many stereotypes when she started boxing at the age of 15. “Back then it was not common for girls to take up elite boxing, let alone common for Muslim girls, I used to be the only girl in my gym, along with ten others boys,” said Nadia to IPS News.
Read the full story, “Punch Like A Muslim Woman: An Egyptian-Danish Boxer Breaking Many Stereotypes”, on globalissues.org →
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We Need a Global Coordinated Effort to Secure Equal Access to Safe & Effective Vaccines
GENEVA, Jan 18 (IPS) - Ilze Brands Kehris is Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights heading the UN Human Rights Office in New York
Addressing an online event organized by the Danish Institute for Human Rights in conjunction with the Human Rights Council’s third inter-sessional meeting on Human Rights and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable DevelopmentA year into the COVID-19 crisis, countries across the globe continue to face alarming levels of pressure on their health and social services. Education and other essential rights, such as water and sanitation, have been severely compromised.
Read the full story, “We Need a Global Coordinated Effort to Secure Equal Access to Safe & Effective Vaccines”, on globalissues.org →
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Advisors Propose New System To Regulate Chinas Overseas Investments
BEIJING, Jan 15 (IPS) - A government-backed coalition of international advisors to the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has recommended that China apply more stringent environmental controls over its overseas investments. If adopted, this would be a major departure from China’s usual approach of deferring to host country rules, many of them inadequate, for regulating its overseas investments.
Read the full story, “Advisors Propose New System To Regulate Chinas Overseas Investments”, on globalissues.org →
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Twitter, Donald Trump, and Incitement to Violence
CARACAS, Jan 15 (IPS) - Over the last four years, United States President Donald Trump has had in Twitter his main political communication tool. On this technological platform, he spread messages that were not entirely true, insulted and disqualified people, fired, or mocked his collaborators. Twitter was a stage for his sort of presidential reality show.
Read the full story, “Twitter, Donald Trump, and Incitement to Violence”, on globalissues.org →
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Dengue—an Epidemic Within a Pandemic in Peru
NEW YORK, Jan 15 (IPS) - While the world is grappling with the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Peru is still dealing with an epidemic that it has not been able to control—the mosquito-borne viral disease known as dengue.
Read the full story, “Dengue—an Epidemic Within a Pandemic in Peru”, on globalissues.org →
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Tuberculosis Kills As Many People Each Year As COVID-19. It's Time We Found a Better Vaccine
Jan 15 (IPS) - In July 1921, a French infant became the first person to receive an experimental vaccine against tuberculosis (TB), after the mother had died from the disease. The vaccine, known as Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG), is the same one still used today.
Read the full story, “Tuberculosis Kills As Many People Each Year As COVID-19. It's Time We Found a Better Vaccine”, on globalissues.org →
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Legally Speaking, Is Digital Money Really Money?
WASHINGTON DC, Jan 15 (IPS) - Countries are moving fast toward creating digital currencies. Or, so we hear from various surveys showing an increasing number of central banks making substantial progress towards having an official digital currency.
Read the full story, “Legally Speaking, Is Digital Money Really Money?”, on globalissues.org →
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Q&A: China Accused of Intimidating, Detaining Citizens Critical of COVID-19 Linked Abuses
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 14 (IPS) - China must end its campaign against individuals seeking redress for COVID-19 linked abuses and the human rights lawyers and activists who help them, Human Rights Watch (HRW) with reports ranging from allegedly trapping them inside their homes, to chaining alleged lock-down violators to metal posts.
Read the full story, “Q&A: China Accused of Intimidating, Detaining Citizens Critical of COVID-19 Linked Abuses”, on globalissues.org →
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Series of disasters unfolding across Indonesia
As Indonesia continues to count the number of dead from last week's earthquake on Sulawesi island, search and rescue teams are being stretched to breaking point, as they grapple with a series of disasters unfolding across the country.
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Navalny arrested on his return to Moscow
Russia's leading Kremlin critic, Alexey Navalny, was detained by local police, moments after his return to the country and five months after he was poisoned with the nerve agent Novichok. CNN's Frederik Pleitgen reports Navalny had originally been scheduled to land at Vnukovo airport, where a crowd of hundreds of supporters and journalists waited. CNN has been unable to establish why the flight was diverted.
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Why you won't find Sean Hannity and Tucker Carlson on British TV
The insurrection at the US Capitol has sparked a political firestorm and unnerved millions of Americans. It has also unleashed a wave of criticism over the role played by pro-Trump media outlets such as Fox News, which fed lies and conspiracy theories about the election to angry supporters of the president for weeks.
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China dismisses US charge against Wuhan's bio-lab as 'conspiracy'
China on Monday vented out its anger against outgoing US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo calling him "Mr. Liar" and dismissed as "conspiracies and lies" the allegations by the State Department that the Covid-19 may have emerged from Wuhan's bio-lab and had links to the Chinese military. A latest document issued by the US State department reinforcing its previous allegation that the virus may have emerged from the WIV, coinciding with the visit of a WHO inquiry team of scientists to Wuhan has further riled Beijing.
18 Jan 2021 at 9:28pm
World facing 'catastrophic' moral failure on vaccines: WHO chief
The world is on the "brink of a catastrophic moral failure" if rich countries hog Covid-19 vaccine doses while the poorest suffer, the head of the WHO said. WHO denounced the "me-first" attitude of wealthy nations and also blasted vaccine manufacturers for chasing regulatory approval in rich countries rather than submitting their data to the WHO to green-light vaccine use globally.
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China to sanction US officials for 'nasty' behaviour over Taiwan
US officials who have engaged in "nasty" behaviour over Chinese-claimed Taiwan will face sanctions, China's foreign ministry said on Monday, after Washington lifted curbs on exchanges between US and Taiwanese officials. Ties have worsened as China has already condemned this month's easing, announced by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in the waning days of President Donald Trump's presidency.
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Imran Khan under 'immense pressure' to resign by Jan 31: PML-N
Rejecting the claims about the federal government's pressure on the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb has said it is Prime Minister Imran Khan who is under "immense pressure" from the 11-party opposition alliance to resign by January 31.
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World news | The Guardian
Latest World news news, comment and analysis from the Guardian, the world's leading liberal voice
US defense officials fear insider attack on Biden inauguration
- Authorities will ‘thoroughly vet’ national guard troops
- Pro-Trump Capitol attack on 6 January left five dead
- Kamala Harris: how will the next vice-president wield her power? Join the Guardian for a live conversation at 4pm ET
US defense officials say they are worried about an insider attack or other threat from service members involved in securing President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on Wednesday, prompting the FBI to vet all 25,000 national guard troops coming into Washington for the event.
Related: Biden will appeal for unity as US braces for violence by Trump supporters
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Italian PM battles for coalition’s survival over Covid recovery plan
Italia Viva party’s departure deprives Conte of majority, with crunch vote on Tuesday
Italy deserves a “cohesive government”, its prime minister, Giuseppe Conte, has said as he began the fight for his coalition’s survival.
Conte told the lower house of parliament on Monday that the political crisis triggered last week by the former prime minister Matteo Renzi was “unfounded” and risked severely damaging the country at a time when Italians were struggling with health and financial worries.
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Coronavirus live news: Japan detects fast-spreading variant first found in Britain; Portugal deaths at new high
Japan finds Covid variant in three people with no record of travel to UK; Portugal’s daily death toll reaches record high of 167
- WHO: just 25 Covid vaccine doses administered in low-income countries
- Bolsonaro rival says vaccine is ‘triumph of science against denialists’
- ‘An unmitigated disaster’: America’s year of Covid
- Wisconsin woman set to celebrate 109th birthday after beating Covid
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Disneyland Paris said on Monday it was postponing its reopening by almost two months, to April 1, due to the resurgence of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Due to the prevailing conditions in Europe, Disneyland Paris will not reopen on the 13th of February as initially planned. If you have a booking with us during the closing per...
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Canada police officers refuse questions over one-year-old's shooting death
Watchdog says none of the officers who opened fire on pickup truck in Ontario in November have spoken to investigators
Two months after a one-year old boy was killed in a police shooting in rural Ontario, the officers involved have still not spoken to investigators, according to a police watchdog.
Ontario’s special investigations unit (SIU) said that none of the officers who opened fire on a pickup truck on 27 November have agreed to interviews, adding that they had no legal obligation to do so.
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Alexei Navalny: court orders 30-day detention until parole review
Poisoned Russian opposition leader was arrested on return to Moscow from Berlin on Sunday
A judge in Moscow has ordered that Alexei Navalny be held in custody for 30 days until a parole review that could imprison him for years, as Russia defied international pressure to release the Kremlin critic.
Despite an international outcry led by US and European leaders and joined by activists including Edward Snowden, a Russian resident, the Kremlin has moved forward with the legal framework it would need to send one of Vladimir Putin’s most tenacious opponents to a penal colony by the end of the month.
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UK launches inquiry into alleged corruption in British Virgin Islands
British government takes extraordinary step amid claims of a climate of fear in overseas territory
Allegations of widespread political corruption, misuse of taxpayer’s money and a climate of fear on the British Virgin Islands have led the UK government to take the extraordinary step of establishing an independent judge-led inquiry into the claims.Gus Jaspert, the British-appointed BVI governor, with the personal backing of the UK prime minister, has established a commission of inquiry to investigate concerns over governance, including specific allegations that point to possible corruption and infiltration by serious organised criminal gangs. The six-month inquiry, to be led by Sir Gary Hickinbottom, follows a haul of cocaine in November f...
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China reports strongest growth in two years after Covid-19 recovery
Country was expanding at a faster rate than before the coronavirus pandemic at the end of 2020
China’s economy has posted its strongest growth in two years after completing a rapid recovery from the slump caused by the Covid-19 pandemic at the start of 2020.
Although the 2.3% annual increase in activity for the world’s second biggest economy was its slowest since 1976, by the final three months of last year China was expanding at a faster rate than before the crisis.
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Uighur campaigners to target 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics sponsors
Activists will write to companies in bid to persuade them to use their influence with Chinese government
Campaigners fighting against the persecution of Uighur Muslims in China are to target private companies sponsoring the Beijing Winter Olympics in an attempt to persuade them to use their influence with the Chinese government ahead of the 2022 event.
Uighur campaigners in 10 different countries are coming together to write to companies asking them to use their platforms to educate and inform the world of the persecution under way in Xinjiang province. The first to be targeted is the chief executive officer of Airbnb, Brian Chesky.
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International: Top News And Analysis
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Can We Develop Herd Immunity to Internet Propaganda?
Internet propaganda is becoming an industrialized commodity, warns Phil Howard, the director of the Oxford Internet Institute and author of many books on disinformation. In an interview, he calls for greater transparency and regulation of the industry.
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New Study Explores Risk Played By Children in COVID Spread
Few other issues are as hotly debated as school closures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. New data from Austria now provides further evidence of the risk posed by children. The virus mutant B.1.1.7 could make the situation even worse.
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Europe's Army of Filipino Domestic Workers: Modern Slavery
They clean, walk dogs and take care of children, day in and day out, for years at a time. A photography project shows how women from the Philippines work in poor conditions in Europe so that their families back home can have better lives.
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Bavaria's FFP2 Requirement: Critics Say Expensive Masks Burden the Poor
Those wanting to enter a store or board public transportation in Bavaria will be required to wear an FFP2 mask starting next week. Even though they offer better protection against the coronavirus, the masks are expensive, and not everyone can afford them. But relief could be coming soon.
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Virgin Orbit rocket launches into space from a plane
Billionaire Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit reached space for the first time on Sunday with a successful test of its air-launched rocket, delivering 10 NASA satellites to orbit and achieving a key milestone after aborting the rocket's first test launch last year.
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Trump allies involved in rally that ignited U.S. Capitol siege, records show
Members of U.S. President Donald Trump's failed presidential campaign played key roles in orchestrating the Washington, D.C., rally that spawned a deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol, according to an Associated Press review of records, undercutting claims the event was the brainchild of the president's grassroots supporters.
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