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Who is Yevhen Murayev, named by Britain as Kremlin’s pick to lead Ukraine?
Metro USA 23 Jan 2022
KYIV (Reuters) – Britain has accused the Kremlin of wanting to install a pro-Russian leader in Ukraine, and said Russian intelligence officers had been in contact with former Ukrainian politicians as part of plans for a military offensive ... Murayev also poured cold water on the claim in comments to the Observer newspaper. WHO IS YEVHEN MURAYEV?.
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Yellow Vests march through Paris to protest against 'vaccination pass' and other govt policies
WorldNews.com 22 Jan 2022
RuptlyRuptly is live from Paris on Saturday, January 22, as Yellow Vests hold a new round of protests against the COVID-19 ‘vaccine pass' and other measures taken by the French government in order to try to curb the ongoing spread of the virus.
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Former Arkansas Professor Pleads Guilty to Lying About China Patents
The Epoch Times 22 Jan 2022
A former professor at the University of Arkansas (UA) on Friday pleaded guilty to one count of making a false statement to the FBI about patents for his inventions in China.
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Heavy gunfire heard in Burkina barracks, gov't denies army takeover
Gulf Daily News 23 Jan 2022
OUAGADOUGOU. Gunfire rang out from several military camps in Burkina Faso early on Sunday, the government said, but it denied the military had seized power ... (0500 GMT), a Reuters reporter said. The reporter later saw soldiers firing into the air in the camp, and the air base close to Ouagadougou airport ... STREET PROTESTS ... .
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Eighty years late: groundbreaking work on slave economy is finally published in UK
The Observer 23 Jan 2022
In 1938, a brilliant young Black scholar at Oxford University wrote a thesis on the economic history of British empire and challenged a claim about slavery that had been defining Britain’s role in the world for more than a century ... Capitalism and Slavery by Eric Williams ... “You cannot begin to talk about slavery without talking about it ... Photograph ... .
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Was Russia really targeting US diplomats with microwave weapons?
Russia Today 23 Jan 2022
The rise and fall of ‘Havana Syndrome’ is a story of lazy assumptions and sloppy reporting ... But now the CIA admits Moscow wasn’t actually behind “Havana Syndrome.” The story fits a disturbingly familiar pattern of misinformation. With each passing week, the list of discredited allegations against Russia grows and grows ... And so on ... .
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‘House of Trump is crumbling’: why ex-president’s legal net is tightening
The Guardian 22 Jan 2022
“As soon as I saw it there was no question about it,” he said. It would be the world’s “greatest golf course” ... ....
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Syria prison attack kills more than 100, clashes ongoing
Al Jazeera 23 Jan 2022
At least 120 people have been killed in ongoing battles between US-backed, Kurdish-led forces and ISIL (ISIS) fighters after an attack on a Syrian prison ... ISIL claimed responsibility for the prison break on its Amaq media mouthpiece on Friday ... Al Jazeera could not independently verify the authenticity of the footage ... Freeing comrades ... .
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French soldier dies in attack on anti-insurgent base in Mali
Irish Independent 23 Jan 2022
By Associated Press Reporters January 23 2022 01.12 PM ... Martin was seriously wounded and later died ... .
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Britain says Russia seeking to replace Ukraine government
The Malta Independent 23 Jan 2022
The British government on Saturday accused Russia of seeking to replace Ukraine’s government with a pro-Moscow administration, and said former Ukrainian lawmaker Yevheniy Murayev is being considered as a potential candidate. Murayev is head of the small pro-Russian party Nashi, which currently has no seats in Ukraine’s parliament ... U.S ... .
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‘I’ve already sold my daughters; now, my kidney’: winter in Afghanistan’s slums
The Observer 23 Jan 2022
The temperature is dropping to below zero in western Afghanistan and Delaram Rahmati is struggling to find food for her eight children. Since leaving the family home in the country’s Badghis province four years ago, the Rahmatis have been living in a mud hut with a plastic roof in one of Herat city’s slums ... There are no jobs ... Photograph ... Photograph ... .
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Oil spill tars Peruvian seaside towns, leaves fishermen jobless
Urdu Point 23 Jan 2022
Ancon, Peru, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 23rd Jan, 2022 ) .Thousands of barrels of crude oil that were spilled off Peru's central coast have taken a grim toll. dead birds adrift in the sea and irate fishermen stuck on the docks ... For fisherman Bernardo Espinoza, the disaster couldn't have come at a worse time ... ....
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Secret ballot to elect president of Italy begins as Berlusconi drops out
The Observer 23 Jan 2022
Italian parliamentarians will begin casting their votes for a new president on Monday after scandal-plagued Silvio Berlusconi abandoned his dream of becoming the next head of state ... The winner of the seven-year mandate requires a two-thirds majority in the first three rounds of voting; from the fourth, an absolute majority is sufficient ... Editorial ... .
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UFC 270: Francis Ngannou beats Ciryl Gane to retain heavyweight title and unify division
CNN 23 Jan 2022
(CNN)Francis Ngannou beat Ciryl Gane at UFC 270 on Saturday night to retain his heavyweight title and unify the division. Hampered by knee injuries -- which he revealed after the fight -- Ngannou, known for being one of the sport's biggest punchers, relied on his wrestling and ground game against Gane ... Read More ... "It's been a very tough training camp.
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US detains smuggling ship, UK seizes drugs in Mideast waters
Stars and Stripes 23 Jan 2022
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The U.S. Navy announced Sunday it seized a boat in the Gulf of Oman carrying fertilizer used to make explosives that was caught last year smuggling weapons to Yemen. The British royal navy said it confiscated 2,295 pounds of illegal drugs in the same waters ... The U.S ... U.S ... U.N ... 15 ... .