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Ex Guantánamo detainee plans legal action to restore British passport
The Guardian 19 Jan 2022
A former Guantánamo detainee is planning legal action against Priti Patel to try to restore his British passport, which was stripped from him eight years ago after two trips to Syria.
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British PM Boris Johnson denies he lied about lockdown party
Gulf News 18 Jan 2022
London. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson denied on Tuesday an accusation by his former adviser that he had lied to parliament about a lockdown party, saying nobody had warned him the "bring your own booze" gathering might contravene COVID-19 rules ... Asked if he had lied to the public and parliament, Johnson told reporters. "No ... 'The PM lied' ... .
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Cummings claims Johnson lied about alleged parties at Downing Street
Irish Independent 18 Jan 2022
Dominic Cummings, the former chief aide to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, has claimed he and other eyewitnesses are prepared to swear under oath that Mr Johnson has "lied to parliament about parties" at Downing Street. He also alleged there are "many other photos of parties after I left yet to appear" ... (© Telegraph Media Group Ltd 2022).
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Tonga says facing ‘unprecedented disaster’, UN prepares relief
Al Jazeera 19 Jan 2022
The Tonga government says the Pacific island nation is facing an “unprecedented disaster” after a massive volcanic eruption triggered a tsunami and blanketed parts of the country of 100,000 people in thick volcanic ash ... The United Nations said it was ready to provide assistance, but might have to do so remotely because of the coronavirus pandemic ... .
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Canada deploys special forces to Ukraine – media
Russia Today 18 Jan 2022
Ottawa has reportedly sent elite troops to assist both Canadian diplomats and the Kiev government. In addition to bolstering Ukrainian forces, the soldiers will help to “develop evacuation plans for Canadian diplomatic personnel in the event of a full-scale invasion," the broadcaster reported on Monday, citing unnamed sources ... .
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Russian troops arrive in Belarus for combat drills
Urdu Point 18 Jan 2022
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World's oldest man dies 3 weeks short of 113th birthday
Manila Bulletin 19 Jan 2022
NEW YORK, United States — The world’s oldest man, Spaniard Saturnino de la Fuente Garcia, has died at the age of 112 years and 341 days, the Guinness World Records said Wednesday ... .
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UK PM Johnson faces 'pork pie' plot to trigger leadership challenge
Hong Kong Standard 19 Jan 2022
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was fighting to shore up his premiership on Wednesday amid a revolt by his own lawmakers who are angry over a series of lockdown parties in Downing Street. ... Johnson has repeatedly apologized for the parties and said that he was unaware of many of them ... The Standard Channel. IOS Android. IOS Android. More>>.
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Astronomers find SpaceX satellites are contaminating pictures of space more than ever before
The Independent 18 Jan 2022photo: AP / Anmar Khalil, File
Iraq faces growing violence as political rift deepens
Al Jazeera 18 Jan 2022
Baghdad, Iraq – The threat of worsening violence looms over Baghdad again this week, underscoring the challenges faced by influential Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr, the leader of parliament’s biggest bloc, in his stated efforts to form a majority government following October’s contested election ... .
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Western-based tycoon announces plan for Kazakhstan ‘regime change’
Russia Today 18 Jan 2022
Activist has said plans to topple the government are at hand. A Kazakh businessman living in France, described as the country's "opposition leader" by US state-run media, has announced that he has a plan to take over the nation with the help of Western powers ... After that we will hold elections ... There will be no such thing as the president ... .
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Bali bombings: Indonesian militant jailed for 15 years
Khaleejtimes 19 Jan 2022
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Hong Kong activist Edward Leung released from prison
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Chemical pollution has passed safe limit for humanity, say scientists
The Guardian 18 Jan 2022
The cocktail of chemical pollution that pervades the planet now threatens the stability of global ecosystems upon which humanity depends, scientists have said ... .
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Sanctions point to the decline of Western liberal democracy
China Daily 18 Jan 2022
By playing the "human rights" card, Biden Administration is positioning itself as the guardian of democracy and human rights, having a role to democratize other societies against a universal form of democracy ... After earning a PhD, he started his career at the University of Cambridge and then moved on to the UN system.