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The Military Coup Within A Coup: Trump Came Closer To Stealing A 2nd Term Than Many Realize - What Stopped Him?
WorldNews.com 27 Jan 2021
As early as 2018, the former president had liked Milley’s “bluntness and banter,” and praised the general for being “good at pricing” bombs as well “throwing them.” (1) Trump quickly offered Milley the job of NATO Commander, hoping the general would share the same dislike for the trans-Atlantic military pact....
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Mike Pence is homeless after leaving office and ‘couch-surfing’ with Indiana politicians, report says
The Independent 27 Jan 2021photo: AP / U.S. Navy
Philippines protests new China law as `verbal threat of war’
Wtop 27 Jan 2021
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines has protested a new Chinese law that authorizes its coast guard to fire on foreign vessels and destroy other countries’ structures on islands it claims, Manila’s top diplomat said Wednesday. Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr ... Failure to challenge the law “is submission to it,” he said ... Source ....
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Couple Arrested in South India for Murdering Two Daughters Out of Superstition
Sputnik 27 Jan 2021
In a similar shocking incident in the Burari area of New Delhi, 11 members of a family committed suicide out of superstition in 2018 ... The father V. P ... The mother, said police, remained in a state of trance during her arrest and refused to undergo a mandatory COVID test as she claimed it couldn't harm her ... ....
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Republicans rally against impeachment trial, signalling likely acquittal for Trump
Gulf News 27 Jan 2021
By a vote of 55-45, the Senate narrowly killed a Republican effort to dismiss the proceeding as unconstitutional because Trump is no longer in office ... 6 as Congress met to finalise the election ... In 1876, as the House was preparing to impeach him on corruption charges, William Belknap, Ulysses S....
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Mali says joint military operation with France killed 100 jihadists, captured another 20
News24 27 Jan 2021
Malian and French forces have killed around 100 jihadists and took another 20 captive in a joint operation this January in central Mali, the West African nation's army has said in a statement ... ....
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Farmers back at protest camp after deep challenge to PM Modi
Wtop 27 Jan 2021
The protests demanding the repeal of new agricultural laws have grown into a rebellion that is rattling Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government ... The farmers, some carrying ceremonial swords, ropes and sticks, overwhelmed police ... “If the farmers are agitated overall India, you can’t dismiss the protests as some opposition inciting the farmers.”....
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Biden restores aid to Palestinians, reversing Trump move to scrap US contributions
The Independent 27 Jan 2021
The Biden administration on Tuesday announced that the US will restore aid to the Palestinians as part of a UN programme and re-open its diplomatic mission, reversing key foreign policies of the Trump administration ... The position is in contrast to Donald Trump’s policy towards the region, which had been seen as favouring the Israeli government....
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Putin warns against tech giants becoming competitors to states
Urdu Point 27 Jan 2021
His comments came as Russia ramps up pressure on the activities of foreign internet companies, which are not subject to state censorship unlike the majority of the country's media outlets ... Piskaryov was cited by the TASS news agency as saying that "questions had piled up" about the China-based video-sharing service....
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EU revealed to be world's biggest live animal exporter
The Guardian 27 Jan 2021
The EU was estimated to be responsible for more than three-quarters of that total. ... It said it wants to, “shift from live transport to a trade in meat and carcasses as well as genetic material.” The FAO argues that it does not make sense to aggregate all transported animals in the same way. “Some are very small and other large ... ....
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Police raid Russian opposition leader's apartment, offices
ABC News 27 Jan 2021
Russian police are searching the apartment of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, another apartment where his wife is living and two offices of his organization ... ....
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Tiktok to shut down India business
The Siasat Daily 27 Jan 2021
New Delhi. Chinese social media firm Bytedance, which owns Tiktok and Helo apps, has announced the closure of its India business following continued restrictions on its services in the country ... The executives expressed uncertainty on the company’s comeback to India but expressed hope to do so in times to come ... ....
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Biden and Putin agree to extend nuclear treaty, Kremlin says
The Irish Times 27 Jan 2021
It limits the number of strategic nuclear warheads deployed by the United States and Russia to 1,550 each as well as the number of land – and submarine-based missiles and bombers that deliver them....
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Climate change: Biggest global poll supports 'global emergency'
BBC News 27 Jan 2021
Despite the pandemic, almost two thirds of people around the world now view climate change as a global emergency ... Conserving forests and land emerged as the most popular solution for tackling the issue ... Across all countries, 64% of participants saw climate change as an emergency, requiring urgent responses from countries....
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UN rights chief seeks sanctions against Sri Lanka generals
Urdu Point 27 Jan 2021
The 17-page report also calls for possible targeted sanctions "such as asset freezes and travel bans against credibly alleged perpetrators" of rights violations. Bachelet expressed concern at General Shavendra Silva's elevation as army chief and General Kamal Gunaratne's appointment as defence secretary....
