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Donald Trump electrified his far-right supporters by calling them to protest in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021, before making a carefully planned plea for a march on the Capitol, a congressional committee has heard. Members of the bipartisan panel investigating last year’s mob attack argued during a public hearing Tuesday that the former president was …

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NATO and EU nations are pushing for better tracing of arms shipments to Ukraine amid fears criminal groups are smuggling them out of the country and onto the European black market. Since Russia launched its war against Ukraine, Western nations have pledged more than $10 billion in military assistance, ranging from man-portable rocket launchers and …

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Dangerous heatwaves engulf parts of China, Europe, the Southwest and central US this week as dozens of cities grapple with soaring summer temperatures. As of Tuesday afternoon, at least 86 Chinese cities in the east and south of the country had issued heat warnings. Chinese meteorologists predict temperatures in some cities would top 40 °C …

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Family and friends of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe have attended his funeral at a Buddhist temple in Tokyo while members of the public paid their respects outside, four days after he was shot dead while delivering a campaign speech. Mourners in black suits and dresses gathered at Zojoji Temple for the private funeral …

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It was a trick as bold as it was ingenious. When police or regulators opened the Uber app, they saw exactly what the public saw: dozens of cars cruising through the city, waiting to be called. But there was one key difference: these cars were fake. Uber had developed a dummy version of its own …

Uber used fake app Greyball to evade police across Europe, leak reveals | Above Read More »

The apparent motive of the man accused of murdering Shinzo Abe has thrown a spotlight on the Unification Church and its links to politicians. Tetsuya Yamagami admitted to killing the former Japanese prime minister in a campaign speech on Friday. He blamed the global religious movement – whose members are often referred to as moonies …

Shinzo Abe Shooting: Who Are The “Moonies” And Why Are They In The Spotlight? | Japan Read More »

According to a UN report, the world’s population grew at less than 1 percent a year for the first time since the aftermath of World War II in 2020 and 2021, with Europe’s overall population actually declining during the coronavirus pandemic. The population of 61 countries is projected to shrink by at least 1 percent …

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When a sailor woke up at 10 p.m., he looked from the deck of the superyacht Ganesha and saw that the ocean had turned white. “There is no moon, the sea seems to be full of plankton, but the bow wave is black. It gives the impression of sailing on snow,” they wrote. For centuries, …

Mysterious glow of a ‘milky sea’ captured on camera for the first time | sea ​​life Read More »

A rare large-scale protest in central China’s Henan Province was violently broken up by unidentified security personnel amid outcry over a financial scandal that has exposed the fragility of the country’s banking system. According to some estimates, a crowd of more than 1,000 protesters had gathered outside the Zhengzhou branch of the People’s Bank of …

China bank account freeze protest turns violent | China Read More »