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G7 launches $600bn infrastructure plan to counter China
Al Jazeera 27 Jun 2022
The leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) nations have pledged to raise $600bn in private and public funds over five years to finance infrastructure in developing countries and counter China’s older, multitrillion-dollar Belt and Road project ... “That’s not just a humanitarian concern, it’s an economic and a security concern for all of us.” ... .
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Police crack down on Istanbul Pride march, detain over 200
Manila Standard 27 Jun 2022
Turkish police on Sunday broke up a banned Pride march in Istanbul, detaining more than 200 demonstrators, organisers said. A Turkish policeman detains a demonstrator during a Pride march in Istanbul, on June 26, 2022 ... Kemal Aslan / AFP ... Police detained protesters, loading them on to buses. AFP journalists saw four busloads of detained people ... ....
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At least 22 young people die in South African tavern
Yahoo Daily News 26 Jun 2022
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) -South African authorities are investigating the deaths of at least 22 young people found inside a popular tavern in the coastal town of East London, provincial health officials and the presidency said on Sunday ... "We are talking 22 bodies right now," Manana said, adding that toxicology tests were part of the examination ... ....
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Food export bans, from India to Argentina, risk fuelling inflation
Khaleejtimes 27 Jun 2022photo: AP / Ebrahim Nooroozi
Afghanistan earthquake: Villagers report aftershocks but no aid
BBC News 27 Jun 2022
It's easy to miss the village of Dwegur if you're not looking for it. Its mud homes appear to merge with the mountainside they're scattered on. In Afghanistan's south-eastern Paktika province, less than 20 miles from the border with Pakistan, it's also about 20 miles from the epicentre of the earthquake which struck the region last week ... Top Stories ... .
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Gold miner in Canada finds mummified 35,000-year-old woolly mammoth
The Observer 26 Jun 2022
It was a young miner, digging through the northern Canadian permafrost in the seemingly aptly named Eureka Creek, who sounded the alarm when his front-end loader struck something unexpected in the Klondike gold fields ... a stunningly preserved carcass of a baby woolly mammoth thought to be more than 35,000 years old ... “She has a trunk. She has a tail ... .
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Energy prices are causing chaos in Asia. Here’s why the rest of the world should worry
Egypt Independent 26 Jun 2022
(CNN Business) – In Sri Lanka, people queue for miles to fill a tank of fuel. In Bangladesh, shops shut at 8 p.m. to conserve energy ... In Sri Lanka and Pakistan, the sense of crisis is palpable. Public anger has already caused a wave of ministers to resign in Colombo and contributed to Imran Khan’s downfall as prime minister in Islamabad ... .
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Ecuador could halt oil production in 48 hours due to protests: official
China.dot.org 27 Jun 2022
QUITO, June 26 (Xinhua) -- Ecuador could suspend oil production in 48 hours if the nationwide indigenous protests and road blockades continue, the South American country's Ministry of Energy and Mines said on Sunday. The hydrocarbon sector was adversely affected by road blockades and the seizure of oil wells in the country's Amazon region, it said.
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Ukrainian spouses in Palestine suffer from double conflict
The Observer 27 Jun 2022
For more than a decade, Natalya Hassoumi’s family in Ukraine have worried about her safety in the Gaza Strip; they have been unable to reach her for days at a time while airstrikes have pummelled the isolated Palestinian territory. Now, Hassoumi is experiencing something similar ... “It’s very hard not knowing.” ... “This has been a huge shock ... .
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Russia strikes Kyiv as troops consolidate gains in the east
The Times of India 26 Jun 2022
KYIV, UKRAINE. Russia attacked the Ukrainian capital in the early hours of Sunday morning, striking at least two residential buildings, Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said, as elsewhere Russian troops consolidated their gains in the east. Associated Press journalists in Kyiv saw rescue services battling flames and rescuing civilians ... .
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Four dead, dozens hurt as stands collapse in Colombia bullring
The Economic Times 27 Jun 2022photo: AP / Mikhail Metzel/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP
Ukraine war: Russia defaults on foreign debt for first time since 1918
South China Morning Post 27 Jun 2022photo: AP / Eric Gay, File
With the end of Roe, the US edges closer and closer to civil war
The Observer 26 Jun 2022
The cracks in the foundations of the United States are widening, rapidly and on several fronts. The overturning of Roe v Wade has provoked a legitimacy crisis no matter what your politics. For the right, the leaking of the draft memo last month revealed the breakdown of bipartisanship and common purpose within the institution ... But one fact is clear ... .
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Julian Assange Is Enduring Unbearable Persecution for Exposing US War Crimes
GlobalResearch 26 Jun 2022
Ever since U.K. Home Secretary Priti Patel formally ordered the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the U.S. last week, press freedom advocates around the world have been mobilizing. Assange Defense, on whose advisory board I serve, is organizing a national and international campaign to pressure U.S ... The stakes could not be higher.
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Russia to send nuclear-capable missiles to Belarus, Putin says
Fresno Bee 26 Jun 2022
KYIV/MOSCOW — Russia intends to supply nuclear-capable Iskander-M missile systems to Belarus in the coming months, President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday, as his forces solidified their battlefield gains in the eastern city of Severodonetsk. Putin made the remarks at a meeting with Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko in St ... 24 ... Read more at.