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Turkey’s two-faced ‘sultan’ is no friend of the west. It’s time to play hardball
The Observer 05 Feb 2023
That Turkey is a “vital strategic ally” of the west is the sort of truism on which people such as Joe Biden and Jens Stoltenberg, Nato’s secretary general, are raised ... Geography doesn’t change. Turkey wields significant influence at the crossroads of Europe, Asia and the Middle East ... Erdoğan rejects and circumvents Ukraine-related sanctions ... .
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Zelenskyy: Situation Getting Tougher in Eastern Ukraine
Beijing News 05 Feb 2023
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday the situation is getting tougher in Eastern Ukraine, with a fresh wave of Russian shelling in Chernihiv, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk and Mykolaiv regions ... Zelenskyy vowed Friday not to "surrender Bakhmut. We will fight as long as we can." ... 'It's a good vehicle ... ....
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China expresses 'strong dissatisfaction' over US shooting down balloon
Korea Times 05 Feb 2023
Beijing on Sunday blasted the Pentagon's decision to shoot down an alleged Chinese spy balloon spotted flying over North America, accusing the United States of "clearly overreacting and seriously violating international practice" ... American officials first said on Thursday that they were tracking a large Chinese "surveillance balloon" in US skies ... .
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‘Putin assured me he wouldn’t kill Zelensky,' Bennett recalls - The Jerusalem Post
WorldNews.com 05 Feb 2023
Russian President Vladimir Putin promised not to assassinate his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky when he met with former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett last year in the early days of the war. “Do you intend to kill Zelensky?” Bennett recalled asking Putin, during an almost five-hour interview he...read full story.
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Hunter Biden begs friends, dad Joe's employees to get him off the hook
Sott 04 Feb 2023
Hunter Biden has friends in high places ... In other developments in the laptop story. Hunter Biden attorney Abbe Lowell tried to walk back his prior admission that the laptop did indeed belong to his client.
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US downs Chinese balloon over ocean, moves to recover debris
WPTV 04 Feb 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States on Saturday downed a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the Carolina coast after it traversed sensitive military sites across North America and became the latest flashpoint in tensions between Washington and Beijing. An operation was underway in U.S ... U.S ... military operations “that present a significant hazard.” ... Gen ... .
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Death toll in Chile forest fires rises to 23
RTE 05 Feb 2023
At least 23 people have died in hundreds of forest fires whipped up amid a blistering heat wave in south central Chile, a senior government official has said. "We want to mourn the passing of 23 persons," said Deputy Interior Minister Manuel Monsalve, adding that 979 people have been injured in the fires ... .
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Indonesia tells outsiders not to use ASEAN as 'proxy'
The Jakarta Post 05 Feb 2023
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Meeting between Xi and Putin must have realistic expectations
South China Morning Post 04 Feb 2023
The Chinese president’s trip to Russia provides an opportunity for progress on de-escalating the war in Ukraine. But China cannot be expected to achieve this on its own ... .
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Egypt's former prime minister dies at 67: president
The New Arab 04 Feb 2023
Former Egyptian prime minister Sherif Ismail, who served during President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's first term in office, died Saturday at the age of 67 ... Sherif Ismail," the president wrote on Facebook Saturday ... ١/٢ — Abdelfattah Elsisi (@AlsisiOfficial) February 4, 2023 ... ....
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China’s hypersonic triad pressing down on US
Asiatimes 04 Feb 2023
For the first time, China has revealed the specifications of its YJ-21 hypersonic anti-ship missile, which was first observed last April during a test launch from a Type 055 cruiser. Alongside air-launched and land-based hypersonic missiles, the YJ-21 signals China’s nascent hypersonic weapons triad for conventional deterrence ... Photo ... Carter ... Image.
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The 239 Year Timeline Of America’s Involvement in Military Conflict
GlobalResearch 04 Feb 2023
First published by Global Research on December 20, 2015. I should welcome almost any war, for I think this country needs one. – President Theodore Roosevelt. The American public and the world have long since been warned of the dangers of allowing the military industrial complex to become such an integral part of our economic survival ... No U.S ... Sources.
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Iraqi currency crash halts after meeting with U.S. official
Orange County Register 05 Feb 2023
BAGHDAD — Iraq’s currency ended its nosedive after a meeting between the Iraqi Central Bank head and a top U.S. Treasury official. Under Secretary of the Treasury for terrorism and financial intelligence Brian E ... Since the U.S ... The devaluation has prompted protests and fears of inflation ... .
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Democrats’ Ilhan Omar defence weakened by party’s own attacks over Israel
The Guardian 05 Feb 2023photo: Creative Commons / Hanay https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en
Israelis rally for fifth week against Netanyahu’s judicial plans
Al Jazeera 05 Feb 2023
Tens of thousands of Israelis have gathered for a fifth week of protests against controversial judicial changes proposed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government ... “It’s a disgrace, it shall not stand.” ... Local media reported protests in some 20 cities across the country ... .