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Russia announces end to massive troop buildup near Ukraine
Yahoo Daily News 22 Apr 2021
Russia's defense minister said Thursday that massive military exercises near the border with Ukraine had been completed, and that he had ordered troops to return to their permanent bases by May 1, according to state media. Why it matters ... Between the lines ... and Europe ... would not fight a war over Ukraine. The European response was more muted still ... .
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South Korean president calls Trump failure who ‘beat around the bush’ on North Korea
The Independent 22 Apr 2021
South Korea’s president Moon Jae-in has criticised Donald Trump’s efforts to denuclearise the Korean Peninsula and said he “failed” in his diplomacy towards North Korea ... .
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How Best Picture nominee Judas and the Black Messiah questions the meaning of freedom
Vox 22 Apr 2021
Daniel Kaluuya as Fred Hampton in Judas and the Black Messiah. Warner Bros. The powerful drama about the assassination of Black Panthers leader Fred Hampton presents moral queries that rhyme with the present. This year, eight films are in the running for Best Picture , the most prestigious award at the Oscars ... But I’d like to hear from you ... Alissa ... .
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Israel hits Syria after missile sets off sirens near reactor
Egypt Independent 22 Apr 2021
JERUSALEM (AP) — A missile launched from Syria was fired into southern Israel early Thursday, setting off air raid sirens near the country’s top-secret nuclear reactor, the Israeli military said. In response, it said it attacked the missile launcher and air-defense systems in neighboring Syria ... However, Iran did not retaliate then ... ___ ... ....
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‘It was a torture chamber’: Ugandans abducted in vicious crackdown
The Guardian 22 Apr 2021
Exclusive. victims and relatives describe suffering as repression intensifies under Yoweri Museveni. Hundreds of ordinary people suspected of supporting opposition politicians in Uganda have been snatched off the streets by security services in the worst wave of repression in the east African country for decades ... “They continued to torture me ... .
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Turkey alarmed over Biden’s intent to recognise Armenian ‘genocide’
The Arab Weekly 22 Apr 2021
WASHINGTON--US President Joe Biden is expected to honour a campaign pledge and become the first occupant of the White House to describe the wartime massacre of Ottoman Turkey’s Armenians as “genocide” ... President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is likely to furiously push back at Biden’s formal use of the word “genocide” ... Bi-partisan pressure ... .
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Afghanistan: US Exit Is with Caveats
GlobalResearch 22 Apr 2021
The United States and NATO are yet to begin the withdrawal of their forces from Afghanistan but the eyes are cast over the horizon at what lies after the ‘forever war’ formally ends. The US exit strategy in Afghanistan assumes the look of that random arbitrariness of a lottery that was the case with its Iraq war ending inconclusively in 2011 ... etc ... .
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Greta Thunberg calls for end to fossil fuel subsidies at US Congress hearing
Irish Independent 22 Apr 2021
International climate activist Greta Thunberg has urged the US Congress to end fossil fuel subsidies during a hearing on the issue ... Ms Thunberg said ... Ms Thunberg said in the video that leaders present “very insufficient targets”. .
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Chinese air pollution data was altered, statistical analysis suggests
New Scientist 22 Apr 2021
A statistical analysis of air pollution data gathered in Chinese cities between 2015 and 2017 has shown that discrepancies between official data and readings taken at US embassies are probably due to data being altered ... .
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Czech Republic to reduce, put cap on employee number at Russian embassy
China.dot.org 22 Apr 2021
PRAGUE, April 22 (Xinhua) -- The Czech Republic will reduce and put a cap on the number of employees in the Russian embassy in Prague to the same number at the Czech embassy in Moscow, the Czech Foreign Ministry said on Thursday ... "This is not a situation that would please us ... That is why we have decided to respond adequately," Babis said ... Enditem .
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Tchaikovsky to replace Russian anthem at Tokyo Olympics - committee
Supersport 22 Apr 2021
Music by composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky will replace Russia's national anthem at this summer's Tokyo Olympics and the Beijing Olympics in 2022, the country's Olympic Committee said on Thursday ... 1 had been approved," it said in a statement.
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Apple targeted in ransomware attack; asked to pay $50 million
Indian Express 22 Apr 2021
US tech giant Apple has been the target of a new ransomware attack after a trove of engineering and manufacturing schematics was stolen from Quanta, a Taiwan-based company that is responsible for manufacturing many Apple products including the MacBook laptops. The schematics included current and future products ... Top Tech News Now ... Tags ... Advertisement ... .
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NASA's Perseverance Mars rover extracts first oxygen from Red Planet
Hindustan Times 22 Apr 2021
NASA said that a toaster-size, experimental instrument aboard Perseverance called the Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE) accomplished the task. PUBLISHED ON APR 22, 2021 08.09 AM IST ... The test took place April 20, the 60th Martian day, or sol, since the mission landed on February 18 ... Oxygen isn't just the stuff we breathe ... ....
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Israel retaliates after Syrian missile lands near nuclear reactor
The Star 22 Apr 2021
A Syrian surface-to-air missile exploded in southern Israel on Thursday, the Israeli military said, in an incident that triggered warning sirens in an area near the secretive Dimona nuclear reactor. Read full story ....
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Arctic sizzled in 2020, the warmest year for Europe too
Deccan Herald 22 Apr 2021
Europe endured record heat and rainfall last year while temperatures in Arctic Siberia soared off the charts, the European Union's climate monitoring service reported Thursday. The continent in 2020 was nearly half a degree Celsius hotter than the next warmest year, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) ... Read ... Read ... Climate Change.
