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Ugandan president’s son agrees to take over from his father — if he gets enough likes on Twitter
Arab News 07 Dec 2022
DUBAI. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the son of Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni, said that he will succeed his father — if he gets enough likes on Twitter. Kainerugaba, a general in his country’s armed forces and a prolific tweeter, wrote on Monday. “Okay, let those who want me to be president after my father retweet and like ... ....
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Polygamist had 20 wives, some who were children, FBI says
The Oregonian 07 Dec 2022
The leader of a small polygamous group near the Arizona-Utah border had taken at least 20 wives, most of them minors, and punished followers who did not treat him as a prophet, newly filed federal court documents allege ... The document filed Friday provides new insight into what investigators have found in a case that first became public in August.
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Russia could be fighting in Ukraine for a long time: Putin
Al Jazeera 07 Dec 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the threat of a nuclear war was increasing, but insisted that Moscow had not “gone mad” and would not use its arsenal first ... US State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters, “We think any loose talk of nuclear weapons is absolutely irresponsible.” ... War in Ukraine could be ‘long’ ... (Al Jazeera). .
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US denounce 'loose talks' after Putin nuclear war remarks
The New Arab 08 Dec 2022
The United States on Wednesday denounced "loose talk" on nuclear weapons after Russian President Vladimir Putin mused on rising risks of nuclear war but said Moscow would not strike first ... "Russia will under no circumstances use them first," Putin said ... ....
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Saudi’s MBS rolls out the red carpet for China’s Xi, in a not too subtle message to Biden
CNN 07 Dec 2022
When Chinese President Xi Jinping lands in Riyadh in the coming hours Saudi leaders are expected to receive him with the pomp and circumstance normally reserved for the kingdom’s most strategic ally, the United States. The multiple-day visit will include two conferences that will gather leaders from across the Arab world ... This is a new Gulf.
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Peru’s President Pedro Castillo replaced by Dina Boluarte after impeachment
Joy Online 08 Dec 2022
Peru has a female president for the first time, after ex-president Pedro Castillo was impeached – hours after he tried to dissolve parliament. Dina Boluarte – previously the vice-president – was sworn in after a dramatic day in Lima on Wednesday ... But lawmakers ignored this, and in an emergency meeting impeached him ... .
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Taliban stages first public execution since takeover
Deutsche Welle 07 Dec 2022
Afghanistan's ultra-conservative Taliban leadership has announced what it says is the first public execution that has taken place since its return to power ... .
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‘Humanity has become a weapon of mass extinction’: UN
Al Jazeera 07 Dec 2022
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has slammed multinational corporations for turning the world’s ecosystems into “playthings of profit” and warned failure to correct course would lead to catastrophic results ... “We are treating nature like a toilet,” Guterres said ... “This conference is our chance to stop this orgy of destruction,” he added ... .
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Killing of Pakistani journalist Sharif in Kenya ‘planned’: Report
Al Jazeera 07 Dec 2022
The killing of a Pakistani investigative journalist in Kenya was a “planned assassination,” a team of Pakistani investigators has said in a report released on Wednesday. Arshad Sharif, who was critical of Pakistan’s powerful army, was shot dead by the police on the outskirts of the Kenyan capital Nairobi, in late October while traveling in a car ... .
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Brazil risks losing control of Amazon to drug traffickers, judge warns
Reuters 08 Dec 2022
BRASILIA, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Brazil runs the risk of losing control over its vast Amazon rainforest region to organized crime and traffickers who use the lawless region to smuggle drugs, a Supreme Court judge warned on Wednesday ... Lula has pledged to end the criminal impunity in the Amazon ... Our Standards. The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles ... Video ... ....
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Ronaldo close to QUITTING World Cup 2022
Football Transfers 08 Dec 2022
Cristiano Ronaldo threatened to quit the 2022 World Cup after learning he was dropped for Portugal’s last-16 encounter with Switzerland, a report from his homeland states ... MORE ... Ronaldo refuses to leave football with dignity ... The Manchester United star has one goal and no assists at Qatar 2022 to date. Ronaldo nearly walked out on Portugal ... ....
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Guatemala's Court Sentences Ex-President Perez Molina to 16 Years in Prison - Reports
Urdu Point 08 Dec 2022
MEXICO CITY (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 08th December, 2022) A Guatemalan Court for High Risk Crimes has sentenced ex-President Otto Fernando Perez Molina and former Vice President Ingrid Roxana Baldetti Elias to 16 years in prison on charges of criminal conspiracy and customs fraud, the Prensa Libre newspaper reported on Wednesday ... ....
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Situation in Peru's Lima Stable After President's Impeachment
Urdu Point 08 Dec 2022
LIMA (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 08th December, 2022) Small groups of supporters and opponents of impeached Peruvian President Pedro Castillo held demonstrations in the country's capital, Lima, but the atmosphere in the city remains calm and the traffic has been restored, a Sputnik correspondent reported on Thursday ... ....
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Peru President Pedro Castillo dissolves Congress, but lawmakers impeach him instead
South China Morning Post 07 Dec 2022
Facing a third attempt to oust him, the leader had tried to install an emergency government and rule by decree, in what was criticised as a coup ... .
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Blasts deep inside Russia hand Putin a fresh problem, with no obvious answer
CNN 06 Dec 2022
Moscow’s accusation that Ukrainian drones struck two airbases deep inside Russia has once again raised the febrile question of escalation nine months into the war ... Week by week, there are yet more signs that Moscow’s military machine cannot do what it says on its can ... China has been very clear it feels such talk must stop. So has India ... Ukraine ... Russia.