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Veteran opposition leader Odinga ahead in Kenya’s presidential race- official results
FX Empire 13 Aug 2022
By Katharine Houreld. NAIROBI (Reuters) – Veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga led Kenya’s presidential race, official election results showed on Saturday, pushing Deputy President William Ruto into second place ... East Africa’s wealthiest nation and most vibrant democracy held presidential, parliamentary and local elections on Tuesday ... Advertisement.
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Moscow warns of end to Russia-US relations if assets seized
The Jerusalem Post 13 Aug 2022
The West responded with unprecedented economic, financial and diplomatic sanctions, including freezing around half of Russia's gold and foreign exchange reserves that stood near $640 billion before February 24 ... the frozen reserves to help fund the future reconstruction of Ukraine.
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Eleven dead, including two children, in mass shooting in Montenegro
Gulf Daily News 13 Aug 2022
CETINJE, MONTENGRO. Eleven people, including two children and a gunman, were killed in a mass shooting in Montenegro on Friday, and six others were injured, a state prosecutor told Vijesti TV after an initial investigation of the crime scene ... "The family was staying at the house of the shooter as tenants," Brdjanin said ... .
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Taliban disperses Afghan women’s march for ‘work and freedom’
Al Jazeera 13 Aug 2022
Taliban fighters beat female protesters and fired into the air on Saturday to dispersed a rare rally in the Afghan capital, Kabul, days before the first anniversary of the group’s return to power. About 40 women marched on the education ministry in Kabul, chanting “bread, work and freedom” ... — Oliver Marsden (@OliverGMarsden) August 13, 2022 ... .
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Xi Jinping faces stumbling blocks, as crucial Communist party meeting looms
The Guardian 13 Aug 2022
But so far, the Year of the Tiger has been full of stumbling blocks ... Then the economy showed signs of a serious slowdown, leading to growing unemployment among the young ... ....
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Risk of new tensions as Ethiopia completes third filling of Nile mega-dam
The Arab Weekly 13 Aug 2022
ADDIS ABABA –. Ethiopia announced Friday it has completed the third filling of its mega-dam on the Blue Nile, a new milestone that could raise further tensions with downstream neighbours Egypt and Sudan ... “The Nile is a gift of God given to us for Ethiopians to make use of it.” ... Concerns over impact ... Almost complete ... .
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Las tragedias de Anne Heche: su padre abusó sexualmente de ella, sus tres hermanos murieron, ...
El Mundo 13 Aug 2022
Accidente Muere Anne Heche Anne Heche Accidente de coche fatal. Los peores pronósticos se han cumplido. La actriz norteamericana Anne Heche falleció ayer a los 53 años tras pasar una semana en el hospital a raíz del impacto de su coche contra una casa en el barrio angelino de Mar Vista ... Su vida estuvo plagada de tragedias ... Acababa de cumplir 18 años ... .
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Hong Kong suffers biggest ever population drop as exodus accelerates
Egypt Independent 13 Aug 2022
Hong Kong (CNN) – Hong Kong has recorded its sharpest annual drop in population, with experts blaming the decline on strict Covid control measures and a political crackdown that have taken the shine off a financial hub long advertised as “Asia’s world city.” ... The figures include expatriates and other non-permanent residents ... .
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Author Salman Rushdie on ventilator after New York stabbing
The Associated Press 13 Aug 2022
CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. (AP) — Salman Rushdie, whose novel “The Satanic Verses” drew death threats from Iran’s leader in the 1980s, was stabbed in the neck and abdomen Friday by a man who rushed the stage as the author was about to give a lecture in western New York. A bloodied Rushdie, 75, was flown to a hospital and underwent surgery ... Dr ... Rushdie ... U.N ... ___ ... .
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FBI seized top secret documents at Trump's home; Espionage Act cited
Gulf Daily News 13 Aug 2022
The bombshell disclosures were made in a search warrant approved by a US magistrate judge and accompanying documents released four days after agents searched Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach ... "They didn't need to 'seize' anything ... "Top secret" is the highest level, reserved for the most closely held US national security information ... .
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US points new-gen missile defense radar at China, Russia
Asiatimes 12 Aug 2022
The United States is wrapping up tests of its new Long-Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) as part of a significant upgrade of its missile defense systems amid renewed great power competition and a renewed nuclear arms race, defense website Breaking News reports ... A Ground-Based Interceptor is lowered into its missile silo in Alaska ... Image ... Image ... ....
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Sri Lanka allows entry for controversial Chinese ship amid India suspicions
Straits Times 13 Aug 2022
New Delhi is suspicious of Beijing's increasing presence in the Indian Ocean and influence in Sri Lanka, seeing both as being firmly within its sphere of influence ... .
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US to boost Taiwan trade, conduct air, sea transits
Manila Bulletin 13 Aug 2022
WASHINGTON, United States — The United States will boost trade with Taiwan in response to China’s “provocative” behaviour, the White House said Friday, as it insisted on the right of air and sea passage through the tense strait ... Sam Yeh / AFP ... China views Taiwan as its own territory to be seized one day, by force if necessary.
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Rushdie está con respiración artificial y podría perder un ojo
Deutsche Welle 13 Aug 2022
El escritor británico de 75 años se encuentra en condición grave en un hospital de Pensilvania tras ser atacado por un hombre de 24 años, que lo apuñaló en reiteradas ocasiones. Salman Rushdie ... "Las noticias no son buenas", declaró la madrugada de este sábado (13.08.2022) su agente, Andrew Wylie, a The New York Times ... DZC (EFE, AFP). .
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European drought dries up rivers, kills fish, shrivels crops
Jamaica Observer 13 Aug 2022
LUX, France (AP) — Once, a river ran through it. Now, white dust and thousands of dead fish cover the wide trench that winds amid rows of trees in France's Burgundy region in what was the Tille River in the village of Lux ... It is damaging farm economies, forcing water restrictions, causing wildfires and threatening aquatic species ... (Photos. AP) ... .. ... .