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NATO secretary general urges South Korea to allow direct arms exports to Ukraine
CNN 30 Jan 2023
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Monday asked South Korea to reconsider its rule on not exporting weapons to countries in conflict so it could help arm Ukraine in repelling Russia’s invasion ... The Leopard 2 is a next generation tank that is both agile and quick, despite being equipped with advanced protective armor and long-range firepower.
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Blinken due in Jerusalem as violence rages in Israeli-Palestinian conflict
RTE 30 Jan 2023
Israel was preparing to demolish the east Jerusalem family home of a Palestinian man who killed seven people near a synagogue, as part of measures to punish the relatives of attackers. The step comes as violence rages in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which also saw dozens of Palestinians killed this month, sparking global alarm ... Gun permits ... .
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Did Germany just declare war against Russia?
Free West Media 29 Jan 2023
Is it a real declaration of war? Yes. On January 24, Baerbock gave a speech to the Council of Europe – not to be confused with an institution of the European Union. Although this speech contained borderline provocations, it was a scripted intervention. However, in the subsequent hearing, Baerbock had to answer questions without a prepared text ... ....
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NATO hopeful could be ‘shocked’ by Türkiye – Erdogan
Russia Today 30 Jan 2023
Ankara may give ‘different responses’ to Stockholm and Helsinki on their membership bids, the president has said ... “But Finland should not make the same mistake,” the Turkish leader warned ... In return, Ankara has been expected to support their NATO membership. Read more Türkiye puts NATO expansion on hold – media ... .
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Cyclone in Madagascar kills dozens, displaces tens of thousands
Al Jazeera 30 Jan 2023
More than two dozen Madagascans have died and tens of thousands have been left homeless since a severe tropical cyclone made landfall last week and swirled for days off the island’s western coast, official records show ... Over the week it tracked southeastwards, extending damage to houses, and schools and cutting off several national roads ... .
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Britain's Boris Johnson says Putin threatened him with missile strike
Reuters 30 Jan 2023
LONDON, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened him with a missile strike during a phone call in the run up to the invasion of Ukraine ... Johnson, who stepped down in September in the wake of a series of scandals, sought to position London as Kyiv's top ally in the West.
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NATO chief stresses 'interconnected' security amid N. Korean support of Russian war efforts
Korea Times 29 Jan 2023
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, left, talks with South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin during their meeting at the Foreign Ministry, in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday. AP ... Stoltenberg made the remark in his meeting with South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin in Seoul ... And the war in Ukraine has also ramifications for your region ... (Yonhap). .
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Prosecuting genocide is not 'optional' for any nation
Korea Times 29 Jan 2023
By Duggan Flanakin. Recently, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy contended that atrocities committed by Russian troops against unarmed Ukrainian citizens constituted war crimes. "This is real genocide," Zelenskyy said while surveying the death toll in the town of Bucha. President Joe Biden also used the term "genocide" in discussing the killings.
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US War on Asylum-Seekers Has Led to Mass Grave in Mexico
Common Dreams 29 Jan 2023
The municipal cemetery of Tapachula in the Mexican state of Chiapas is a sprawling expanse overflowing with graves in colorful disrepair. Tombstones from centuries past crack and crumble, and the clutter is so extreme that, to reach certain parts of the graveyard, you must resign yourself to stepping on the dead ... "You mean the mass grave." ... .
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‘The Deep State Is Real’ and the ‘Best’ Thing in COVID, UK’s Dominic Cummings Says
The Epoch Times 29 Jan 2023
“The deep state is real,” according to Dominic Cummings, former Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s ex-chief advisor ... ....
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Ron DeSantis advisers preparing for 2024 presidential run: report
New York Post 29 Jan 2023
More On. ron desantis. Donors slow as the realization hits that Trump can’t beat feeble Joe Biden. Trump takes aim at DeSantis in first major campaign of 2024 race. Rapper praises DeSantis, says she feels ‘way safer’ in Florida than LA. Ron DeSantis indicates RNC needs ‘new blood’ ahead of chair vote. Florida Gov ... Getty Images ... Getty Images.
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‘Ideology of hate’ consuming India, Gandhi’s great-grandson says
Al Jazeera 29 Jan 2023
India’s rising tide of Hindu nationalism is an affront to the legacy of Mahatma Gandhi, his great-grandson said ahead of the 75th anniversary of the revered independence hero’s assassination ... “That whole philosophy has now captured India and Indian hearts, the ideology of hate, polarisation, divisions,” he told AFP news agency ... [File ... .
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French PM says no dice on pension age as strikes loom
Urdu Point 29 Jan 2023
Paris, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 29th Jan, 2023 ) .France's prime minister on Sunday ruled out backtracking on a plan to raise the retirement age as unions prepared for another day of mass protests against the contested reform ... But the headline age limit of 64 was not up for discussion, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said Sunday ... ....
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Netanyahu: Israel will strip terror families of citizenship, support settlements
The Jerusalem Post 29 Jan 2023
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged to strip family members of terrorists of residency and or citizenship rights and to expand settlement activity when he spoke at the start of the weekly government meeting ... HAIM ZACH/GPO) ... .
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Western countries should stop insulting sacred books: Türkiye
Anadolu Agency 29 Jan 2023
Western countries should put an end to insulting holy books, Turkish parliament speaker Mustafa Sentop said on Sunday in the wake of the Quran burning incident in Sweden ... The Islamophobic act came days after the far-right leader burned a copy of the Quran outside the Turkish Embassy in Sweden, during a police-approved protest ... .