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Michael Flynn ignored official warnings about receiving foreign payments
Yahoo Daily News 08 Apr 2021
In May 2016, the chief of staff to former DIA directors, wrote to Flynn and other former DIA directors, to remind them that despite their retirement, they were still required to report any significant new intelligence information to the agency ... The Washington Post first reported ...
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US, Allies Question Moscow's Motives Near Ukraine
Beijing News 10 Apr 2021
FILE - Pentagon spokesman John Kirby speaks to reporters Feb ... "We don't think that the Russians have been totally transparent about what they're doing," Pentagon press secretary John Kirby told reporters Friday ... In the meantime, Russia's deputy foreign minister appeared to raise concern over reports the U.S.
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Indian troops shoot dead four in fresh election bloodshed
Dawn 10 Apr 2021
Five people were killed in fresh election bloodshed in the Indian state of West Bengal on Saturday, including four shot dead by paramilitary troops “in self-defence”, officials said ... The latest incident in the northern district of Coochbehar 700 kilometres north of Kolkata saw a crowd of around 400 people surround troops guarding a polling station ... .
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Cyclone-related deaths in Indonesia reaches 167
TeluguStop 10 Apr 2021
Jakarta, April 10 ... The agency's head Doni Monardo said 165 dead victims were reported in East Nusa Tenggara province and two others were in West Nusa Tenggara, reports Xinhua news agency ... He said that 17,834 people were displaced, 160 public facilities affected and three villages are still isolated.
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U.S. to Send 2 Warships to Black Sea Amid Russia-Ukraine Tension, Turkey Says
Moscow Times 09 Apr 2021photo: US Navy / Stevin Atkins
The Latest: Indian states warn of COVID-19 vaccine shortages
Tacoma News Tribune 10 Apr 2021
NEW DELHI — Multiple Indian states are warning the federal government of COVID-19 vaccine shortages as another spike in cases threatens to overrun the country and its already-feeble medical infrastructure ... .
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Chad's April 11 presidential vote mired by boycott, assassination and bomb plots
Ghana Web 10 Apr 2021
Chad is gearing up for a tense presidential election on Sunday, which has already seen plots to assassinate prominent political figures and bomb polling stations and opposition calls for a boycott ... The election is likely to hand the country's 30-year leader Idriss Deby a sixth term as 10 of his challengers were either barred or quit ... A new chapter? ... .
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Jack Ma’s Alibaba fined record $2.7B by China
BGR 10 Apr 2021
The fine was “aimed to promote healthy and continuous development of the country’s internet industry,” it added ... According to a The Wall Street Journal report citing people familiar with the matter, Chinese officials are more “concerned about the technology giant’s sway over public opinion in the country” ... .
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South Korea rolls out the KF-21, joining elite group of global supersonic fighter jet makers
CNN 10 Apr 2021
Seoul (CNN)South Korea unveiled its homegrown supersonic jet fighter on Friday, joining an exclusive club of military aviation giants and setting the stage for a $5.2 billion program it hopes will be a top export driver and jobs creator ... Read More ... The effect will be much greater if they're exported," Moon said ... Exclusive club ... Overseas sales ... .
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Iran starts up advanced centrifuges in new nuclear deal breach
Arab News 10 Apr 2021
TEHRAN. Iran announced Saturday it has started up advanced uranium enrichment centrifuges in a breach of its undertakings under a troubled 2015 nuclear deal, days after talks on rescuing it got underway ... Former President Donald Trump withdrew from the deal in 2018 ... ....
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Britain's Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, has died at 99
Raw Story 09 Apr 2021
Britain's Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, has died at the age of 99 after seven decades at the heart of public life as consort to Queen Elizabeth II ... Philip was seen as an embodiment of British culture. But as with many nineteenth- and twentieth-century British royals, his family origins were a largely continental mix ... 'Will you walk with me?' ... .
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Doctor who performed George Floyd autopsy stands by homicide conclusion
The Jerusalem Post 10 Apr 2021
Baker said he noted in his report that Floyd suffered from heart disease, and fentanyl and methamphetamine were found in his blood because those factors may have played a role in the death ... Envelopes containing the autopsy pictures were handed to everyone in the room, including reporters and spectators.
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Police catch 100 people at underground Paris restaurant
RTE 10 Apr 2021
"Guests fined for failling to respect applicable health measures ... The M6 private television channel last week broadcast a report based on footage recorded with a hidden camera purportedly from a clandestine restaurant in a high-end area of Paris where neither the staff nor the diners were wearing masks ... .
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Russia Moves Ground Troops, Ballistic Missile Systems Near Ukraine Border – British Analysts
Moscow Times 09 Apr 2021photo: WN / Periasamy
Volcano erupts on Caribbean island of Saint Vincent
Gulf News 09 Apr 2021
St. Johns, Antigua and Barbuda. A volcano erupted Friday for the first time in 40 years on the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent, prompting thousands of people to evacuate, seismologists and other officials said ... La Soufriere has erupted ... .
