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Police killing hundreds in Rio de Janeiro despite court ban on favela raids
The Observer 18 Apr 2021
Nearly 800 people were killed by police in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro in the past nine months, as raids remain a terrifying routine for favela families – despite a supreme court ruling to halt incursions during the coronavirus pandemic ... Black lives shattered. outrage as boy, 14, is Brazil police's latest victim. Read more ... Photograph ... .
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5 Wounded in Rocket Attack on Iraqi Base Hosting US Troops
Beijing News 19 Apr 2021
SAMARRA, IRAQ - Five rockets targeted an Iraqi airbase hosting U.S. soldiers Sunday, wounding two foreign contractors and three Iraqi soldiers, in the latest attack coinciding with tensions between Baghdad's allies Tehran and Washington. Two of the rockets fired at Balad airbase, north of Baghdad, crashed into a dormitory and a canteen of U.S ... ....
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Deadly clashes after Islamists take police hostage in Pakistan's Lahore
The Jerusalem Post 18 Apr 2021
Police in Pakistan said a hardline Islamist group had taken six security personnel hostage at its headquarters in Lahore on Sunday after a week of violent clashes following the arrest of the group's leader ... The authorities responded by arresting its leader, prompting supporters to hold protests and sit-ins across Pakistan ... .
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Ukraine's battle-hardened troops say ready to repel Russia
The Jordan Times 18 Apr 2021
ZAYTSEVE, Ukraine — On the frontline in Ukraine's east, battle-weary soldiers are sceptical that US sanctions against Moscow and Kiev's appeal for NATO help will deter Russian President Vladimir Putin ... The separatists, who have carved out two "People's Republics" in eastern Ukraine, are backed by Russia ... Most of them were victims of sniper fire.
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Experts banned from research publication for challenging Covid Narrative: BITCHUTE
Community news 18 Apr 2021photo: AP / Menahem Kahana/Pool
Israel and Greece sign record defence deal
Al Jazeera 18 Apr 2021
Israel and Greece have signed their biggest ever defence procurement deal, which Israel said would strengthen political and economic ties between the countries as the two countries’ air forces launched a joint exercise ... Elbit will supply kits to upgrade and operate Greece’s T-6 aircraft and also provide training, simulators and logistical support ... .
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Russia expels 20 Czech diplomats in retaliatory move
Al Jazeera 18 Apr 2021
Russia on Sunday expelled 20 Czech diplomats in retaliation for a slew of diplomatic expulsions by Prague and gave the affected Czech diplomats just over 24 hours to leave the country, the RIA news agency quoted the foreign ministry as saying ... In an earlier statement on Sunday, the Russian foreign ministry called the Czech announcement “absurd” ... .
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Iran asks Interpol to arrest Natanz ‘sabotage’ suspect
Gulf News 18 Apr 2021
Tehran. Iran has asked Interpol to help arrest a suspect in a sabotage attack on its Natanz nuclear facility which it blames on Israel, a local newspaper reported Sunday ... The broadcaster said the suspect had “fled the country before the incident” and that “legal procedures to arrest and return him to the country are currently underway” ... .
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With German Greens second in polls, party seeks to pick candidate for chancellorship
Irish Independent 19 Apr 2021
The eventual successor of Angela Merkel as chancellor could be named by a rival party today , as Germany focuses on who will lead her Christian Democrats (CDU) into September’s elections. The German Greens are set to name their candidate for the chancellorship today, and for the first time they have a genuine chance of winning power ... .
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Russia expels 20 Czech diplomats in retaliation
China Daily 19 Apr 2021
MOSCOW -- The Russian Foreign Ministry said Sunday that it is expelling 20 staffers of the Czech embassy in Moscow in response to the expulsion of 18 Russian diplomats from the Czech Republic ... sanctions against Russia. .
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Navalny’s team calls protests amid reports of failing health
Wtop 18 Apr 2021
MOSCOW (AP) — Activists for imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Sunday called for massive protests in the heart of Moscow and St. Petersburg as Navalny’s health reportedly is deteriorating severely while on hunger strike ... We don’t know how long he can hold on.. But it is clear we do not have time.” ... Navalny was arrested on Jan.
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3 policemen killed in insider attack in Afghanistan
China.dot.org 19 Apr 2021
The shooter took weapons and ammunition from the post and fled the scene presumably joining Taliban militants, he said ... .
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Nasa hopes to make history with helicopter's test flight on Mars
Dawn 18 Apr 2021
Nasa hopes to score a 21st-century Wright Brothers moment and make history on Monday as it attempts to send a miniature helicopter buzzing over the surface of Mars in what would be the first powered, controlled flight of an aircraft on another planet. Landmark achievements in science and technology can seem humble by conventional measurements ... .
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Could Marine Le Pen finally triumph with her third tilt at French presidency?
The Observer 18 Apr 2021
In Paris’s symbolic Place de la République, under the watchful gaze of France’s allegorical figurehead Marianne, the skateboarders are not in the mood to discuss politics. For the young here, as everywhere, life has been paused during a pandemic that has halted studies, jobs, socialising and parties ... Outside Paris it is a different story ... Photograph ... .
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HIV Breakthrough: Japanese Scientists Develop New 'Mimic' Molecule; Tricks HIV Into Not Attacking Body's Cells
International Business Times 17 Apr 2021
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage for a second year, another pandemic has managed to persist for over three decades and has continued to claim thousands of lives a year—the Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) ... A Deadly Virus ... So far, around 33 million people in total have succumbed to the deadly infection ... Eventually, the host is killed ... .
