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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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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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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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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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Polexit: Why some fear a Polish split from the European Union
The Independent 19 Oct 2021photo: Creative Commons / PublicDomainPictures
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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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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Africa's glaciers could melt within 20 years - UN
RTE 19 Oct 2021
Africa's fabled eastern glaciers will vanish in two decades, 118 million poor people face immanent drought, floods or extreme heat, and climate change could also shave 3% off continental GDP by mid-century, the UN climate agency has warned ... It has mostly warmed slower than high-latitude temperate zones, but the impact is still devastating ... .
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Invesco withdraws application for a Bitcoin futures ETF
Invezz 19 Oct 2021
Last week, the US Securities and Exchange Commission announced it would be approving Bitcoin futures ETFs. Invesco was among the firms that filed applications to start offering this product, but it is now dropping out of the race. No Longer Pursuing a Bitcoin Futures ETF ... A statement by the firm’s spokesperson to Bloomberg stated that, ... ....
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Venezuela, EU Overcome Impasse Caused by Borrell's Statements on Election Observation
Urdu Point 19 Oct 2021
Santos, the statement says, reaffirmed Venezuela's commitment to follow the rules agreed between both parties for the deployment of election observers ... Earlier in October, Borrell stated that the EU Commission's report on the Venezuelan elections would either legitimize or delegitimize the government of President Nicolas Maduro ... ....
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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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Power games in the Asia-Pacific
The News International 19 Oct 2021
The geopolitical dynamics are rapidly shaping up in strategically important regions of the world – heralding no signs of peace, cooperation and interdependence among international power blocs in the near future ... The gradual shifts in the current unipolar world order have brought US hegemony into a state of jeopardy ... More From Opinion. Hiding wealth ... .
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Cryptocurrency prices today: Bitcoin, other altcoins likely to lose momentum after stellar rally
Indiatoday 19 Oct 2021
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Kim Jong-un's half-brother was linked with South Korea's spy agency: report
Korea Times 19 Oct 2021
Kim Jong-nam / Yonhap. By Yoon Ja-young. Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, who was murdered in Malaysia in 2017, was linked to South Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS), according to a report by South Korean broadcaster SBS, Tuesday ... .
