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S. Arabia struggling to save face in Yemen: Danish political activist
Tehran Times 23 Jan 2021photo: AP / Nariman El-Mofty
'Choose, either I kill you or rape you': horrific accusations of abuse surge in Ethiopia's war
Independent online (SA) 23 Jan 2021
By Michael Georgy. Hamdayet, Sudan - The young coffee seller said she was split from family and friends by an Ethiopian soldier at the Tekeze river, taken down a path, and given a harrowing choice. "He said ... "The soldier ... forced a gun on her and raped her," Limeuh, who was volunteering with the Sudanese Red Crescent, said the woman told him ... ....
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Tunisia: Rights groups say 1,000 arrested in protests
WorldNews.com 23 Jan 2021
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Jair Bolsonaro could face charges in The Hague over Amazon rainforest
The Guardian 23 Jan 2021
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China risks a Himalayan water war with India
Asiatimes 23 Jan 2021
China-India tensions in the Himalayas is shifting from confrontation and saber-rattling over contested border territory to a potentially more destabilizing conflict over water flows from the world’s highest mountain range ... Photo. AFP Forum ... It’s possible China is trying to establish a similar dynamic with India with its Yarlung Zangbao Dam designs....
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Larry King: American talk show legend dies aged 87
ITV 23 Jan 2021
US talk show host Larry King has died in Los Angeles at the age of 87. King died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, according to Ora Media, the studio and network he co-founded ... The statement from Ora Media said ... ....
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Pakistani man killed during TikTok stunt on train track
Straits Times 23 Jan 2021photo: Creative Commons / Russian Presidential Executive Office
Erdoğan threatens to launch military operation against PKK in Iraq's Sinjar
Middle East Monitor 23 Jan 2021
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday threatened that his country might launch a joint operation with Iraq to clear PKK terrorists out of the Sinjar region, Anadolu Agency reported ... .......
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Kosovo Election Authorities Put Main Opposition Leader's Candidacy In Doubt
Radio Free Europe 23 Jan 2021
Kosovo election authorities have rejected dozens of candidates for upcoming parliamentary elections on February 14, potentially dashing former Prime Minister Albin Kurti’s bid of taking up the post again ... According to the law, a candidate found guilty of a crime in the previous three years is barred from running for office ... .......
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Research on COVID-19 Vaccination Technology Could Lead to HIV, Cancer Vaccines
Newsweek 23 Jan 2021photo: AP / Ng Han Guan, Pool, File
China authorises coast guard to fire on foreign vessels if needed
Al Jazeera 23 Jan 2021
China has passed a law that for the first time explicitly allows its coast guard to fire on foreign vessels, a move that could make the contested South China Sea and nearby waters more choppy. China has maritime sovereignty disputes with Japan in the East China Sea and with several Southeast Asian countries in the South China Sea ... ....
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Son of Syrian businessman linked to Beirut blast escapes assassination attempt
The New Arab 23 Jan 2021
Gunmen opened fire on Bassel Haswani in Yabroud, just days after his father was linked to the purchase of the shipment of ammonium nitrate that exploded in Beirut ... Bassel Haswani, a businessman himself, was fired upon in his hometown of Yabroud, north of Damascus ... According to the report by Firas Hatoum, Savaro Ltd ... Read more ... .......
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Incredible treatment allows paralyzed mice to walk again
Digital Trends 23 Jan 2021
A new treatment is giving hope that paralysis from spinal cord damage could one day be reversible. Researchers from Germany’s Ruhr-University Bochum were able to get paralyzed mice to walk again after stimulating their brains to produce a particular protein, which was then spread to other areas of the nervous system ... ....
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Russia detains dozens of Navalny supporters at anti-Putin protests
Manila Bulletin 23 Jan 2021
Russian police detained dozens of protesters on Saturday as thousands of supporters of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny took to the streets following his call to protest against President Vladimir Putin’s rule ... (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP) ... He was arrested at Sheremetyevo Airport and jailed ... ....
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China marks Wuhan lockdown anniversary
RTE 23 Jan 2021
China has reported more new cases of Covid-19 and the financial hub of Shanghai imposed new restrictions, as the country marked the anniversary of the world's first coronavirus lockdown in Wuhan city, where the disease emerged in late 2019 ... The commission said in a statement that 90 of the new cases were local infections ... ....
