After 50 years of complicated ties, are Japan and China friends or foe?
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As China and Japan celebrate 50 years of normalised diplomatic ties amid rising tensions, the ties between the two Asian countries remain complicat
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As China and Japan celebrate 50 years of normalised diplomatic ties amid rising tensions, the ties between the two Asian countries remain complicat
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Average world leader is a 59 years old man, reveals analysis of UNGA session data
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An average world leader is a 59-year-old man, according to details of leaders who spoke at this year's United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
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An average world leader is a 59-year-old man, according to details of leaders who spoke at this year's United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
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US imposes fresh sanctions on export of Iran oil
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The US on Thursday (September 28) imposed fresh sanctions on companies suspected of involvement in Iran's petrochemical and petroleum trade.
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The US on Thursday (September 28) imposed fresh sanctions on companies suspected of involvement in Iran's petrochemical and petroleum trade.
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White House clarifies Biden comment on deceased congresswoman
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During a speech, the president asked for Jackie Walorski, who died in August
The White House has clarified that President Joe Biden looked around the room asking for Congresswoman Jackie Walorski on Wednesday because โshe was on his mind.โ While Biden apparently thought Walorski would be at the White House event, she died in a car accident last month.
Speaking at a conference on food insecurity, Biden thanked a list of lawmakers who sponsored a bill establishing the conference. Walorski, a Republican from Indiana, was among them.
โJackie, are you here?โ Biden asked as he scanned the crowd. <... ...
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During a speech, the president asked for Jackie Walorski, who died in August
The White House has clarified that President Joe Biden looked around the room asking for Congresswoman Jackie Walorski on Wednesday because โshe was on his mind.โ While Biden apparently thought Walorski would be at the White House event, she died in a car accident last month.
Speaking at a conference on food insecurity, Biden thanked a list of lawmakers who sponsored a bill establishing the conference. Walorski, a Republican from Indiana, was among them.
โJackie, are you here?โ Biden asked as he scanned the crowd. <... ...
Who wins from demolishing the EUโs gas lifelines?
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Past covert ops and sabotage provide clues to the apparently deliberate destruction of Nord Stream pipelines
Speculation abounds since both Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines, designed to carry cheap Russian gas to Europe, were damaged this week in what officials widely describe as deliberate acts of sabotage. Who could be responsible? Incidents buried in the past may provide a clue.
Speculation abounds, and typically in a direction colored by the preexisting biases of the person speculating โ which is hardly helpful.
Letโs start with the end result and work backwards. The outcome ultimately means that Europeโs economic impetus for eve...
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Past covert ops and sabotage provide clues to the apparently deliberate destruction of Nord Stream pipelines
Speculation abounds since both Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines, designed to carry cheap Russian gas to Europe, were damaged this week in what officials widely describe as deliberate acts of sabotage. Who could be responsible? Incidents buried in the past may provide a clue.
Speculation abounds, and typically in a direction colored by the preexisting biases of the person speculating โ which is hardly helpful.
Letโs start with the end result and work backwards. The outcome ultimately means that Europeโs economic impetus for eve...
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EU to make it easier to sue AI companies
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The proposal seeks to simplify proceedings for damages where people suffer harm from robots, drones and other AI products
The European Commission unveiled new draft rules on Wednesday that would make it easier for consumers to seek compensation from artificial intelligence companies if theyโre harmed by their digital products.
The AI Liability Directive aims to simplify legal proceedings for victims if they suffer damage caused by products such as robots, drones or smart-home systems that were rendered unsafe by software updates or other digital services, including AI.
The new rules seek to give more legal clarity not only to consumers, but al...
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The proposal seeks to simplify proceedings for damages where people suffer harm from robots, drones and other AI products
The European Commission unveiled new draft rules on Wednesday that would make it easier for consumers to seek compensation from artificial intelligence companies if theyโre harmed by their digital products.
The AI Liability Directive aims to simplify legal proceedings for victims if they suffer damage caused by products such as robots, drones or smart-home systems that were rendered unsafe by software updates or other digital services, including AI.
The new rules seek to give more legal clarity not only to consumers, but al...
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EU state threatens to block new anti-Russia sanctions
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If fresh restrictions target the energy sector, there will be no backing from Hungary, a senior official has said
Budapest will not support any new anti-Russian sanctions proposed by the EU if they target Russian energy, a senior official in the government of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has warned.
โHungary has done a lot already to maintain European unity but if there are energy sanctions in the package, then we cannot and will not support it,โ Gergely Gulyas, Orbanโs chief of staff, told journalists during a briefing on Thursday....
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If fresh restrictions target the energy sector, there will be no backing from Hungary, a senior official has said
Budapest will not support any new anti-Russian sanctions proposed by the EU if they target Russian energy, a senior official in the government of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has warned.
โHungary has done a lot already to maintain European unity but if there are energy sanctions in the package, then we cannot and will not support it,โ Gergely Gulyas, Orbanโs chief of staff, told journalists during a briefing on Thursday....
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US VP speaks of โstrong allianceโ with North Korea
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Kamala Harris meant to pay tribute the countryโs southern neighbor
US Vice President Kamala Harris praised the โstrong allianceโ between the US and North Korea during a visit to the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on Thursday in a gaffe.
โThe United States shares a very important relationship, which is an alliance, with the Republic of North Korea,โ Harris said, misnaming the Republic of Korea, which is the official name of South Korea.
Harris continued, this time naming the country correctly. "I cannot state enough that the commitment of the United States to the defense of the Republic of Korea is iron-clad,โ she said...
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Kamala Harris meant to pay tribute the countryโs southern neighbor
US Vice President Kamala Harris praised the โstrong allianceโ between the US and North Korea during a visit to the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on Thursday in a gaffe.
โThe United States shares a very important relationship, which is an alliance, with the Republic of North Korea,โ Harris said, misnaming the Republic of Korea, which is the official name of South Korea.
Harris continued, this time naming the country correctly. "I cannot state enough that the commitment of the United States to the defense of the Republic of Korea is iron-clad,โ she said...
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Finland explains border closure for Russian tourists
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Helsinki says the increased number of Russians arriving amid the partial mobilization โendangersโ Finland
Russian citizens with Schengen tourist visas will be denied entry to Finland starting from Thursday night at midnight, the government has announced.
The authorities have decided to โsignificantly restrict the entry of Russian tourists into Finland,โ the statement said, adding that Schengen rules allow nations to take such decisions when...
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Helsinki says the increased number of Russians arriving amid the partial mobilization โendangersโ Finland
Russian citizens with Schengen tourist visas will be denied entry to Finland starting from Thursday night at midnight, the government has announced.
The authorities have decided to โsignificantly restrict the entry of Russian tourists into Finland,โ the statement said, adding that Schengen rules allow nations to take such decisions when...
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US offers a new definition of โhealthyโ
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Food-safety watchdog proposing an updated product-labeling approach in a bid to improve peopleโs eating habits
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday proposed a new set of standards that food products must meet to be labeled โhealthy.โ The new rules would align the definition, which has not been updated since 1994, with โcurrent nutrition science,โ the watchdog said in a statement.
Under the updated definitions, in order to obtain a โhealthyโ label, the products should satisfy two criteria. First, they need to contain โa certain meaningful amountโ of food from at least one of the food groups or subgroups re...
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Food-safety watchdog proposing an updated product-labeling approach in a bid to improve peopleโs eating habits
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday proposed a new set of standards that food products must meet to be labeled โhealthy.โ The new rules would align the definition, which has not been updated since 1994, with โcurrent nutrition science,โ the watchdog said in a statement.
Under the updated definitions, in order to obtain a โhealthyโ label, the products should satisfy two criteria. First, they need to contain โa certain meaningful amountโ of food from at least one of the food groups or subgroups re...
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Israel gives green light for drone assassinations โ media
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Having been deployed in Gaza since 2008, unmanned aircraft will reportedly now be used for targeted killings in the West Bank
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has approved the use of attack drones to assassinate Palestinian terrorism suspects in the West Bank, the Jerusalem Post reported on Thursday. The order comes after a violent Israeli raid a day earlier, and as the IDF increasingly looks to robots to police the Palestinian territories.
According to the newspaper, IDF commanders will be allowed to use drones...
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Having been deployed in Gaza since 2008, unmanned aircraft will reportedly now be used for targeted killings in the West Bank
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has approved the use of attack drones to assassinate Palestinian terrorism suspects in the West Bank, the Jerusalem Post reported on Thursday. The order comes after a violent Israeli raid a day earlier, and as the IDF increasingly looks to robots to police the Palestinian territories.
According to the newspaper, IDF commanders will be allowed to use drones...
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Safe-sex study delivers surprising result
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Young people who were texted about safe sex ended up catching diseases through sex more than those who werenโt, research indicates
Sending text messages encouraging safe-sex behavior to young people who have recently experienced a sexually transmitted infection (STI) is unable to prevent them from getting reinfected, a British study has found out.
The effectiveness of the Safetxt project, which is aimed at reducing reinfections of chlamydia and gonorrhea, has been tested by researchers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
They published the results of the study, which involved more than 3,000 people aged between 16 and 24, in the medical magazine...
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Young people who were texted about safe sex ended up catching diseases through sex more than those who werenโt, research indicates
Sending text messages encouraging safe-sex behavior to young people who have recently experienced a sexually transmitted infection (STI) is unable to prevent them from getting reinfected, a British study has found out.
The effectiveness of the Safetxt project, which is aimed at reducing reinfections of chlamydia and gonorrhea, has been tested by researchers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
They published the results of the study, which involved more than 3,000 people aged between 16 and 24, in the medical magazine...
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Tรผrkiye responds to US move on Cyprus
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Washingtonโs decision to lift arms trade restrictions with the island is โinexplicable,โ President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said
Ankara says it will be reinforcing its military presence in northern Cyprus after the United States decided to lift defense-trade restrictions with the island, Tรผrkiyeโs President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday.
Speaking to CNN Turk, Erdogan said Washingtonโs decision on the sale of arms to the island was โinexplicable in terms of content and timing.โ
Earlier this month, the US State Department announced that, for the fiscal year 2023, it will suspend a long-standing ban on the sale of US weapons to t...
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Washingtonโs decision to lift arms trade restrictions with the island is โinexplicable,โ President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said
Ankara says it will be reinforcing its military presence in northern Cyprus after the United States decided to lift defense-trade restrictions with the island, Tรผrkiyeโs President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday.
Speaking to CNN Turk, Erdogan said Washingtonโs decision on the sale of arms to the island was โinexplicable in terms of content and timing.โ
Earlier this month, the US State Department announced that, for the fiscal year 2023, it will suspend a long-standing ban on the sale of US weapons to t...
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Russia, US seeking to revive key nuclear deal โ Moscow
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Both states are considering the resumption of inspections under a nuclear arms reduction treaty known as New START, Russia says
Moscow and Washington are โengaged in a dialogueโ with a view to reviving the New START agreement, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told a briefing on Thursday. New START is a key nuclear arms reduction treaty that puts a cap on the number of deployed nuclear warheads, as well as their delivery vehicles.
The two powers are considering the resumption of mutual inspections of deployed nuclear arsenals in particular, which were suspended back in 2020 because of the Co...
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Both states are considering the resumption of inspections under a nuclear arms reduction treaty known as New START, Russia says
Moscow and Washington are โengaged in a dialogueโ with a view to reviving the New START agreement, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told a briefing on Thursday. New START is a key nuclear arms reduction treaty that puts a cap on the number of deployed nuclear warheads, as well as their delivery vehicles.
The two powers are considering the resumption of mutual inspections of deployed nuclear arsenals in particular, which were suspended back in 2020 because of the Co...
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Polish MEP deletes tweet implying US sabotage
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While he deleted a congratulatory message to Washington, Radoslaw Sikorski said he was glad Nord Stream was โparalyzedโ
Polish MEP and former foreign minister Radoslaw Sikorski has deleted a tweet in which he thanked the United States for apparently blowing up Russiaโs Nord Stream gas pipelines. Sikorski still reckons the US had the โmotive and the abilityโ to sabotage the lines.
After the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines lost all pressure on Monday following a series of underwater explosions off the Danish island of Bornholm, Sikorski took to Twitter to gloat, posting a photo of a massive gas leak in the Baltic...
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While he deleted a congratulatory message to Washington, Radoslaw Sikorski said he was glad Nord Stream was โparalyzedโ
Polish MEP and former foreign minister Radoslaw Sikorski has deleted a tweet in which he thanked the United States for apparently blowing up Russiaโs Nord Stream gas pipelines. Sikorski still reckons the US had the โmotive and the abilityโ to sabotage the lines.
After the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines lost all pressure on Monday following a series of underwater explosions off the Danish island of Bornholm, Sikorski took to Twitter to gloat, posting a photo of a massive gas leak in the Baltic...
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Florida disaster may be 'deadliest' โ Biden
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The US President declared a โmajor disasterโ in Florida as Hurricane Ian reportedly caused โsignificant loss of lifeโ
Hurricane Ian, which hit Florida on Wednesday, may turn out to be the โdeadliestโ storm in the southern stateโs history, US President Joe Biden warned on Thursday.
Speaking after a briefing with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) officials, Biden said that the number of casualties is still unclear, but the early reports suggest that there โmay be substantial loss of life.โ
โThis could be the deadliest hurricane in Floridaโs history,โ the US leader said.
Earlier on Thursday, the presi...
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The US President declared a โmajor disasterโ in Florida as Hurricane Ian reportedly caused โsignificant loss of lifeโ
Hurricane Ian, which hit Florida on Wednesday, may turn out to be the โdeadliestโ storm in the southern stateโs history, US President Joe Biden warned on Thursday.
Speaking after a briefing with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) officials, Biden said that the number of casualties is still unclear, but the early reports suggest that there โmay be substantial loss of life.โ
โThis could be the deadliest hurricane in Floridaโs history,โ the US leader said.
Earlier on Thursday, the presi...
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Sept 29 -- UK Cops Punish "Offensive Speech" Instead of Crime
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Freedom-loving UK Man arrested for refusing to give cop his name. He calls the cop a "dick head" and orders him off his property. (Remember private property?) Altercation ensues and half the police force attend.
Patrick Joseph Watson at his best!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zs4d9iDnEds
Viewer reaction-
"This is what happens when your police
are too weak and cowardly to pursue actual criminals. They turn their
impotent rage on those they're meant to protect. Shameful and pathetic."
"The wife getting hit with the "pre-crime" accusation...unFUCKINGbelievable.
"As a lawyer for 30 years, this is tragic and...
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Freedom-loving UK Man arrested for refusing to give cop his name. He calls the cop a "dick head" and orders him off his property. (Remember private property?) Altercation ensues and half the police force attend.
Patrick Joseph Watson at his best!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zs4d9iDnEds
Viewer reaction-
"This is what happens when your police
are too weak and cowardly to pursue actual criminals. They turn their
impotent rage on those they're meant to protect. Shameful and pathetic."
"The wife getting hit with the "pre-crime" accusation...unFUCKINGbelievable.
"As a lawyer for 30 years, this is tragic and...
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