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Former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad forced to leave UAE - report
The Jerusalem Post 18 Oct 2021
Former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was forced to leave the United Arab Emirates after he arrived in the country to visit the Expo 2020 in Dubai, due to the recommendation of Emirati officials, according to Iranian Fars News. He reportedly returned to Iran on Sunday night ... او ساعت ۲۱ دبی را ترک کرد ... (credit ... .
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China says recent test was spacecraft not missile
RTE 18 Oct 2021
China has denied a report it had recently launched a hypersonic missile, saying it tested a spacecraft to trial reusable technologies. The Financial Times reported on Saturday that Beijing had launched a nuclear-capable missile in August that circled the Earth at low orbit before narrowly missing its target ... .
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Colin Powell has died of COVID-19 complications, family says
The Los Angeles Times 18 Oct 2021
WASHIINGTON — . Colin Powell, the former secretary of State and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has died from COVID-19 complications, his family said Monday. He was 84. In an announcement on social media, the family said Powell had been fully vaccinated ... Advertisement ... Bush, and made the case for war against Iraq ... Sports ... Obituaries.
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North Korea fires missile into waters off Japan
FBC News 19 Oct 2021
North Korea has fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile into waters off the coast of Japan, South Korea’s military has said. The launch comes weeks after South Korea unveiled its own such weapon ... Some of these tests violate strict international sanctions ... ....
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War movie depicting brutal defeat of US Army tops China’s box office
New York Post 18 Oct 2021
A Chinese propaganda film depicting the defeat of the US Army has become a box-office smash in the Communist country. The three-hourlong war epic, “The Battle at Lake Changjin,” has grossed a whopping $769 million in China since its release less than three weeks ago, the Hollywood Reporter has revealed ... ....
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Hundreds protest in Bangladesh over religious violence
The Times of India 18 Oct 2021
DHAKA. Hundreds of people protested in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka on Monday calling for an end to religious violence that has gripped the country for four days, leading to at least two deaths and several injured ... Two Hindu men died following that protest, Mohammed Shahidul Islam, the police chief in Noakhali, told Reuters by phone ... .
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WTO to conduct 8th trade policy review of China
People Daily 19 Oct 2021
BEIJING, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- The World Trade Organization (WTO) will start the eighth trade policy review of China on Wednesday, the Ministry of Commerce said Tuesday ... This year marks the 20th anniversary of China's accession to the WTO ... The last review was conducted in 2018 ... .
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Bitcoin investing could get boost from exchange-traded fund
Business Line 19 Oct 2021
ProShares said Monday it plans to launch the country’s first exchange-traded fund linked to Bitcoin. The ETF with the ticker symbol “BITO” is expected to begin trading Tuesday, barring any opposition from regulators ... Cryptocurrencies, meanwhile, have exploded into a nearly $2.5 trillion industry after the creation of thousands of digital currencies.
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Catastrophic collapse of West Antarctic ice sheet ‘avoidable’ if warming stays below 2C
The Independent 19 Oct 2021
Of the world’s three major ice sheets, the West Antarctic ice sheet is considered the most vulnerable to collapse, a process which would raise global sea levels by 3.2 metres ... .
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Hong Kong Leader Carrie Lam in Hospital With Minor Elbow Fracture
The Epoch Times 19 Oct 2021
"She attended the hospital by herself and was diagnosed with a minor right elbow fracture," the statement said ... Lam has not answered questions on whether she will seek another term ....
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Iran: Tehran and Caracas to sign 20-year collaboration document
Ruptly 18 Oct 2021
Iran and Venezuela announced the signing of a 20-year cooperation accord between the two countries in a joint press conference on Monday. The document will be signed during a visit of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in Tehran ... The document can be understood as an extension of the cooperation between the two countries ... .
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Ecuador declares state of emergency over crime wave
Deutsche Welle 19 Oct 2021
The South American country is grappling with a surge in violent crime and deadly prison riots. The government has pointed to drug trafficking and consumption as the underlying problem ... .
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Syrian government, opposition delegates agree to start drafting new constitution, says UN special envoy
Press TV 18 Oct 2021
The United Nations special envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, says representatives of the Syrian government and moderate opposition groups have reached a long-awaited agreement to start drafting new constitutional provisions during UN-mandated talks between the two sides in Geneva this week ... Envoy ... UN envoy ... Terrorist entity in northern Syria ... ....
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Taliban says Afghan girls will return to secondary schools soon
Al Jazeera 18 Oct 2021
Afghanistan’s Ministry of Interior Affairs has said girls will be allowed to return to secondary schools soon. Qari Saeed Khosty, a spokesman for the interior ministry, told Al Jazeera on Sunday that the exact timing will be announced by the Ministry of Education ... But boys in all grades and girls of primary age were told to return to school ... .
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Mitsotakis, Tsipras Clash in Parliament Over Handling of the Pandemic
The National Herald 18 Oct 2021
ATHENS -- "The government is giving priority to dealing with the pandemic. We are still battling to persuade our fellow citizens to get vaccinated ... "There is no truth to SYRIZA's lies and the misinformation that runs through the entirety of your politics ... We do not have any excess mortality due to covid ... .
