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‘Racial Discrimination’ Alcohol Ban Reintroduced In Australian Town

Alice Springs has brought back a ban on alcohol that critics considered “racial discrimination” after a surge in violence in the town where one-fifth of residents are Indigenous Australians.

No takeaway booze can be sold on Mondays and Tuesdays, while no alcohol at all can be sold except between 15:00 and 19:00 on all days excluding Saturday.

Official data shows that in the 12 months to November last year, there were 2,653 assaults in the town of around 25,000 people.

PM Anthony Albanese insisted Tuesday that the move was “in the context of the gap in health outcomes, housing outcomes, life expectancy, incarceration rates between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.”

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The US will send 31 Abrams tanks to Kiev

The US will send 31 Abrams main battle tanks to Ukraine, President Joe Biden announced in a hastily scheduled speech on Wednesday, after Germany said it would start delivering its Leopard MBTs to the government in Kiev. 

The speech was announced on Wednesday morning as a last-minute addition to the White House schedule. 

Calling the Abrams the “most capable tanks in the world,” Biden noted they are complicated to operate and maintain and as such Washington will also provide “parts and equipment necessary to effectively sustain these tanks on the battlefield.”

Biden insisted the tanks were a “defensive” weapon and not a threat to Russia, while praising Ukraine as “fighting for freedom” and pointing out the announcement coincided with President Vladimir Zelensky’s birthday.

Earlier in the day, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Berlin would send 14 of its own Leopard 2A6 tanks to Ukraine and allow other EU and NATO countries to do the same with theirs. “We are acting in a closely coordinated manner internationally,” Scholz said in a statement.

Poland had pushed for sending the Leopards to Kiev as part of an “international coalition,” but the move required Berlin’s approval. German officials signaled last week that the US would need to commit to sending the Abrams tanks first.

The US military has reportedly been reluctant, considering the gas-guzzling, turbine-powered Abrams too difficult to operate and maintain and too heavy for Ukrainian infrastructure. 

According to Biden, the US and its allies have provided Ukraine over 3,000 armored vehicles and over 8,000 artillery pieces so far. Moscow has warned the West that such deliveries only prolonged the conflict and risked drawing the West into direct confrontation.

Russia’s ambassador to Washington has described the rumored delivery of US tanks to Kiev as “another blatant provocation” by the “real aggressor” in the conflict, adding that they will “no doubt be destroyed” along with other hardware that NATO has poured into Ukraine over the past year.

Europe lacks real foreign or defense policy – Italian FM
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The interests of Europe always are always secondary to those of the US, Antonio Tajani says

Europe needs strong leaders, akin to former German chancellor Angela Merkel, to have its voice heard on the global stage, Italy’s foreign minister told La Stampa newspaper on Wednesday.

“There are too many jealousies, too many leaders,” Antonio Tajani said, arguing that Europe has ended up serving the world instead of pursuing its own interests, and that “even Germany, the strongest country [in Europe], fails to impose itself. A Merkel is missing.”

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BRICS summit to discuss its own currency, says Russian FM

The BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) will discuss creating their own currency at a summit in late August, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday.

According to the diplomat, "serious, self-respecting countries understand very well what is at stake."

"They see the incompetence of the current international financial system owners and want to establish their own mechanisms to ensure sustainable development, which will be protected from external diktat," Lavrov stressed.

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Germany: Two killed, several injured in knife attack inside Kiel-bound train
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A knife attack killed at least two individuals and injured many on a regional train in northern Germany on Wednesday.

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After Germany, US announces it will send 31 M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine
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United States President Joe Biden in a speech on Wednesday (January 25) said Washington will send 31 M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, in a major reversa

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As we reach out to stars, we keep our feet on ground: India's President Droupadi Murmu
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India's President Droupadi Murmu in an address to the nation ahead of country's 74th Republic Day emphasised on shedding the colonial baggage while

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Mau­ri­tan­ian ex-pres­i­dent in court for land­mark cor­rup­tion tri­al
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Bank of Cana­da rais­es rates, first ma­jor bank to sig­nal pause
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Af­ter rais­ing rates to high­est lev­el in 15 years, the cen­tral bank said it will hold off fur­ther in­creas­es for now.
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US will send dozens of Abrams tanks to Ukraine, Biden an­nounces
US pres­i­dent says the new mil­i­tary aid un­der­scores Wash­ing­ton’s ‘en­dur­ing com­mit­ment’ to Kyiv against Moscow’s in­va­sion.
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Manpower From Eastern Europe Would Reduce Risk Of Body Bags For NATO — George Soros

A resurfaced publication by George Soros, dated 1993, discusses how the US could manipulate crises for its own goals by using European soldiers as cannon fodder.

The document casts further doubt on the Western narrative that NATO and its allies have no stake in the ongoing conflict.

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Two dead as man stabs passengers on train in Germany
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An initial investigation indicated seven people were wounded, the police agency said

US and Germany sending battle tanks to back Ukraine war effort
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The US decision follows Germany agreeing to send 14 Leopard 2 A6 tanks from its own stocks

Woman allegedly forced into prostitution 'kept knife in case of violent clients'
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Former Custom House Capital manager goes on trial over alleged fraud of investors
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Former financial services manager has gone on trial charged with allegedly conspiring with others to defraud investors over a decade ago