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Yuma Sun - Arizona
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Rescuers race to find Afghan quake survivors as death toll passes 1,400 JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban reports that a major earthquake in eastern Afghanistan has killed over 1,400 people and injured more than 3,000. The United Nations...
JK Rowling and Elon Musk lead backlash at 'utterly deplorable' arrest of Graham Linehan after Father Ted creator was arrested by armed police for 'anti-trans' tweet
Daily Mail
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September 2, 2025
JK Rowling and Elon Musk today led a growing backlash against the arrest of Father Ted creator Graham Linehan after he was detained by five armed police officers at Heathrow Airport over three 'anti-trans' tweets. The Harry Potter author and Tesla...
Countering Shadow Fleet Activity through Flag State Reform
Royal United Services Institute
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September 1, 2025
Although the term ‘shadow fleet’ has gained prominence in recent years due to Russia’s use of old, poorly maintained and opaquely owned tankers to sustain its oil exports in the face of sanctions, the underlying tactics used by these fleets are...
Downing Street tells Met to focus on 'serious' crime in veiled swipe after force arrests Graham Linehan over 'anti-trans' tweets
Daily Mail
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September 2, 2025
The Metropolitan Police have been told to focus on 'serious crime' in a veiled swipe by Downing Street after Father Ted creator Graham Linehan was arrested by armed police at Heathrow Airport over 'anti-trans' tweets. The Irish comedy writer,...
Russia preparing to welcome North Korean police delegation to Moscow: Records
NK News
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September 1, 2025
Russia is preparing to welcome a North Korean law enforcement delegation to Moscow, with official government documents suggesting the visit will take place this week. Russia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs announced a bid looking for a provider of...
Visitors flock to Gyeonggi observatories for rare views into secretive North Korea
Korea JoungAng Daily
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August 26, 2025
Published: 27 Aug. 2025, 05:00 Visitors take in a view of North Korea from the Aegibong Peace Ecological Park in Gimpo, Gyeonggi, on Aug. 22. [JOONGANG ILBO] GIMPO and PAJU, Gyeonggi — On a clear summer afternoon at a hilltop park near the...
Trump says he wants to meet North Korea leader Kim again
Kuwait Times
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August 26, 2025
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said Monday he hoped to meet again with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, possibly this year, as he held White House talks with South Korea’s dovish new leader that got off awkwardly. Hours before President Lee Jae...
North Korea Tests New Surface-to-Air Missile Systems to Counter US-made F-35 Stealth Fighters
Defense News Security News Army Recognition
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According to information published by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on August 24, 2025, the Missile Administration of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) conducted live-fire testing of two newly developed air defense missile...
Putin and Xi Are Holding the West Together
The Atlantic
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September 2, 2025
At their meeting in Beijing today, the Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin made a show of how close they’ve become. Putin and Xi, referring to each other as friends, praised the strength of their relationship as their...
Putin hails ties with Xi: ‘We were together then, we remain together now’
Mint
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September 2, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin met Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on Tuesday (September 2), praising relations between the two countries as being at an “unprecedented level.” The talks came on the eve of a massive military parade marking...
China about to unveil new top secret laser weapon to audience of tyrants – as Kim Jong-un arrives to meet Putin and Xi
The Sun
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September 2, 2025
CHINA is reportedly poised to unveil the "most powerful laser air defence system in the world" at their huge military parade. The unidentified weapons system was kept closely monitored under green tarpaulin as it travelled through Beijing just...
More than 830 new Texas laws take effect in September. Here's what's changing
Marfa Public Radio - Texas
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September 2, 2025
Hundreds of bills passed earlier this year by Texas' 89th Legislature have now gone into effect. As of Monday, Sept. 1, Texas has a whopping 835 new laws on the books. These measures touch nearly every aspect of life, from education and healthcare...
Mine Explosion Kills 2 in Kursk Region
The Moscow Times
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September 2, 2025
Authorities in the southwestern Kursk region said on Tuesday that two men were killed after they stepped on a mine near the border with Ukraine. Acting Kursk region Governor Alexander Khinshtein identified the two victims as men aged 38 and 28,...
Why Modi’s India Will Not Surrender to Trump? Why US Fears Imran? Editor Moeed Pirzada talks to Prof. Steve Hanke
Global Village Space
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September 1, 2025
Steve Hanke, an influential economist and a professor of Applied Economics at Johns Hopkins University, has worked across continents and pioneered groundbreaking reforms in currency boards and dollarisation. Known for his sharp insights into both...
The Wiretap: When AI Becomes A Cybercriminal’s Best Friend
Forbes
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The Wiretap is your weekly digest of cybersecurity, internet privacy and surveillance news. To get it in your inbox, subscribe here. Last week, AI giant Anthropic said it had uncovered three particularly alarming uses of its Claude tool: a...
Like Communist China, Vietnam Revises History in Celebrating End of World War II With No Mention of America’s Role
The New York Sun
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September 2, 2025
Vietnam has its own version of that turning point in history 80 years ago when the Japanese lost World War II — and their rule over much of Asia. Just as Communist China celebrates the occasion as a communist “victory,” so the Vietnamese, also...
SCO: China’s Counterweight to the West?
Kyiv Post
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September 2, 2025
At the meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Tianjin, host Xi Jinping called for greater unity among members and announced a comprehensive credit programme. Participants included Russian President Vladimir Putin, who will later...
Xi and Putin tighten ranks as Beijing parade looms
Gazeta Tema
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September 2, 2025
BEIJING, Sep 2 — China’s Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin pledged deeper cooperation on Tuesday in Beijing, casting their alliance as a counterweight to the West on the eve of China’s biggest military parade in decades. Putin called...
Loss Mit, Data Mining, Pre-Approval Letter Tools; jumbo, HELOC, Non-Agency News; Watch Those Student Loans
Mortgage News Daily
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September 2, 2025
Loss Mit, Data Mining, Pre-Approval Letter Tools; jumbo, HELOC, Non-Agency News; Watch Those Student Loans What’s old is new again? In Vermont, one man is refurbishing payphones for people to use for free. Very cool. Debt isn’t old or new, but how...
More than 800 new Texas laws went into effect Sept. 1
The Center Square
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September 2, 2025
(The Center Square) – More than 800 new laws were passed and signed into law this year that went into effect Sept. 1. Gov. Greg Abbott highlighted several key new laws, saying the regular legislative session “will be remembered as one of the most...