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British PM Boris Johnson denies he lied about lockdown party
Gulf News 18 Jan 2022
London. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson denied on Tuesday an accusation by his former adviser that he had lied to parliament about a lockdown party, saying nobody had warned him the "bring your own booze" gathering might contravene COVID-19 rules ... Asked if he had lied to the public and parliament, Johnson told reporters. "No ... 'The PM lied' ... .
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Cummings claims Johnson lied about alleged parties at Downing Street
Irish Independent 18 Jan 2022
Dominic Cummings, the former chief aide to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, has claimed he and other eyewitnesses are prepared to swear under oath that Mr Johnson has "lied to parliament about parties" at Downing Street. He also alleged there are "many other photos of parties after I left yet to appear" ... (© Telegraph Media Group Ltd 2022).
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Texas synagogue siege: Everything we know about the hostage-taker in Colleyville
The Independent 16 Jan 2022
How did a British man from Blackburn end up holding four people hostage in a synagogue in Texas? That is the question both UK and US authorities are now trying to answer after the FBI named Malik Faisal Akram as Saturday's hostage-taker ... Finally a hostage rescue team secured the prisoners, and Akram was killed, though it's not clear exactly how ... .
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Canada deploys special forces to Ukraine – media
Russia Today 18 Jan 2022
Ottawa has reportedly sent elite troops to assist both Canadian diplomats and the Kiev government. In addition to bolstering Ukrainian forces, the soldiers will help to “develop evacuation plans for Canadian diplomatic personnel in the event of a full-scale invasion," the broadcaster reported on Monday, citing unnamed sources ... .
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Russian troops arrive in Belarus for combat drills
Urdu Point 18 Jan 2022
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photo: USAF / Airman 1st Class Zoe Thacker
Astronomers find SpaceX satellites are contaminating pictures of space more than ever before
The Independent 18 Jan 2022photo: AP / Alexander Turnbull
Western-based tycoon announces plan for Kazakhstan ‘regime change’
Russia Today 18 Jan 2022
Activist has said plans to topple the government are at hand. A Kazakh businessman living in France, described as the country's "opposition leader" by US state-run media, has announced that he has a plan to take over the nation with the help of Western powers ... After that we will hold elections ... There will be no such thing as the president ... .
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Iraq faces growing violence as political rift deepens
Al Jazeera 18 Jan 2022
Baghdad, Iraq – The threat of worsening violence looms over Baghdad again this week, underscoring the challenges faced by influential Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr, the leader of parliament’s biggest bloc, in his stated efforts to form a majority government following October’s contested election ... .
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Chemical pollution has passed safe limit for humanity, say scientists
The Guardian 18 Jan 2022
The cocktail of chemical pollution that pervades the planet now threatens the stability of global ecosystems upon which humanity depends, scientists have said ... .
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Sanctions point to the decline of Western liberal democracy
China Daily 18 Jan 2022
The US's anti-China policy has reached a point of hysteria culminated at the new legislation of the so-called Uygur Forced Labor Prevention Act signed into law by President Joe Biden on 23 December 2021 ... Xinjiang is well-known for being a major cotton producer and a supplier of much of the global materials for solar panels ... .
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How the world reacted to the Houthi attack on UAE
Al Jazeera 18 Jan 2022
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group attacked the United Arab Emirates in what it said was an operation using missiles and drones. Monday’s attack set off explosions in fuel trucks, killing three people, injuring six and causing a fire near the airport in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the region’s commercial and tourism hub ... United Nations ... United States ... .
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Norway massacre: Court weighs mass killer Breivik's application for parole
Deutsche Welle 18 Jan 2022
A district court in Norway is hearing extremist Anders Behring Breivik's appeal for an early release. He was convicted of killing 77 people in 2011 — the country's deadliest terror attack since World War II. ... What is happening in court? The hearing, which will be broadcast live, is scheduled to last three days with an additional day in reserve.
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Is the world doing enough to help Afghans?
Deutsche Welle 18 Jan 2022
The international community faces a dilemma on how to deal with the Afghan Taliban, who seized power in August.
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Returning travellers made to hand over phones and passcodes to Australian Border Force
The Guardian 18 Jan 2022photo: White House
‘It’s a tough time’: why is Biden one of the most unpopular US presidents?
The Guardian 18 Jan 2022
Much of his domestic agenda is stalled on Capitol Hill, impeded by members of his own party. The virus is once again raging out of control ... ....