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Russia shoots down American military satellite
Pravda RU 02 Dec 2021
Most likely, Thompson referred to the Peresvet laser complex, which has recently entered service with the Russian army ... .
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‘I didn’t pull the trigger,’ Alec Baldwin says in new interview about ‘Rust’ shooting
Gulf News 02 Dec 2021
Alec Baldwin has given his first formal prime-time interview since the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the movie ‘Rust,’ ABC News announced Wednesday ... The sit-down interview will begin streaming later that night on Hulu. Halyna Hutchins Image Credit. AFP. “The trigger wasn’t pulled. I didn’t pull the trigger ... So raw ... Alec Baldwin ... .
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Mossad chief: 'Iran will never have nuclear weapons'
The Jerusalem Post 02 Dec 2021
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A collision of COVID-19 and HIV possibly forged the omicron variant, scientist says
Bangor Daily News 03 Dec 2021
The omicron variant, now present in at least 23 countries around the world, was probably incubated in the body of a person with an immune system battered by HIV or another immune-compromising condition that can cause a prolonged coronavirus infection, according to the South African scientist who detected the fast-spreading genetic mutant ... 20 ... Dr ... ....
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Israel calls on world powers to stop Iran nuclear talks immediately
FX Empire 02 Dec 2021
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel on Thursday urged world powers to halt nuclear talks with Iran immediately, citing a U.N. watchdog’s announcement that Tehran has started producing enriched uranium with more advanced centrifuges ... Secretary of State Antony Blinken ... economic sanctions ... “I don’t think we are alone ... It doesn’t have to be the first one.” ... ....
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US defense chief slams China's drive for hypersonic weapons
The Economic Times 02 Dec 2021
The U. S. defense chief says that China's pursuit of hypersonic weapons "increases tensions in the region. " Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin made the remarks in Seoul on Thursday following annual security talks with his South Korean counterpart ... .
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‘Soviet Union’ could invade Ukraine, Pentagon chief claims
Russia Today 02 Dec 2021photo: US DoS / Freddie Everett
Russia to unveil security pact proposals in bid to restrain NATO
Metro USA 02 Dec 2021
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday that Moscow would soon put forward proposals for a new European security pact which he said he hoped would stop NATO from expanding further eastwards ... counterpart Antony Blinken expected to focus on tensions around Ukraine ... Kyiv has denied it has such plans ... .
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UN fears sectarian violence that could 'fracture' Ethiopia
Urdu Point 02 Dec 2021
Ethiopia risks descending into sectarian violence and experiencing a chaotic Kabul-style exodus if the year-long conflict spreads to the capital Addis Ababa, the UN aid chief warned ... "If that were to happen, we're facing something I don't think we have faced before for many, many years. We're facing a fracture of the fabric of Ethiopia." ... He said ... ....
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The Pentagon's new warning means World War III may arrive sooner than you think
Alternet 02 Dec 2021
When the Department of Defense released its on Chinese military strength in early November, one claim generated headlines around the world. By 2030, it suggested, China would probably have 1,000 nuclear warheads — three times more than at present and enough to pose a substantial threat to the United States ... Why “Intelligentization” Matters ... Klare ... .
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New dinosaur wielded a tail like an Aztec war club
Taipei Times 02 Dec 2021
Reuters. More than half of a millennium ago, Aztec warriors brandished a weapon called a macuahuitl, a wooden club with jagged obsidian blades embedded on its sides, to inflict gruesome wounds on enemies in close combat ... A model of a Stegouros elengassen, a newly identified armored dinosaur, is displayed at a news conference in Santiago on Wednesday.
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Putin demands NATO guarantees not to expand eastward
The Spokesman-Review 02 Dec 2021
MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Moscow would seek Western guarantees precluding any further NATO expansion and deployment of its weapons near his country’s borders, a stern demand that comes amid fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine ... U.S ... “We must prepare for all contingencies.”. The U.S.
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Wheelchair-bound shoplifter dies, shot nine times by Arizona police officer
Taipei Times 02 Dec 2021
AFP, LOS ANGELES. A US policeman shot and killed a wheelchair-bound shoplifter, hitting him nine times in the back and side as he rolled away from the officer, a media report said on Wednesday. The shooting is the latest in a country where law enforcement readily resorts to deadly force when confronting criminal suspects ... .
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Ikea customers and staff sleep in store after snowstorm
BBC News 02 Dec 2021photo: AP / Alexander Joe
Global warming not responsible for Madagascar famine: study
Urdu Point 02 Dec 2021
Global warming played only a minimal role in the famine that has hit Madagascar, according to a new study published Thursday which contradicts a UN description of the crisis as a "climate change famine". The southern Indian Ocean island off Africa has been hit by its worst drought in four decades ... At present the increase is around 1.1 C ... ....