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Burkina Faso government denies coup after army mutiny and gunfire near president’s home
The Guardian 24 Jan 2022
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Tonga volcano: 84% of population affected by ash fall and tsunami
BBC News 24 Jan 2022
The Tongan government has said that as many as 84% of its 105,000 population had been affected by ash fall and a tsunami triggered by an underwater volcanic eruption. Tsunami waves triggered by the volcano swept Tonga last week, destroying villages, buildings and the coast ... It said there were under two dozen injuries, most from Nomuka island ... .
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Distrust, disengagement and discord will be the disgraceful legacy of Boris Johnson
The Observer 24 Jan 2022
As Boris Johnson and the Conservative party anxiously tread political water while repeatedly being pulled under by strife and disgrace, two plotlines are unfolding ... Johnson, by contrast, is one of those figures who surveyed the ferment and saw mouthwatering possibilities ... But here we hit one of the most glaring consequences of his misrule ... Read more ... .
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US tells diplomats' families to leave Ukraine, weighs troop options
The Economic Times 24 Jan 2022
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photo: AP / Efrem Lukatsky
Ukraine-Russia crisis: Nato sending more fighter jets and ships to eastern Europe amid growing tensions
The Independent 24 Jan 2022photo: AP / Hussein Malla, File
Syria prison attack kills more than 100, clashes ongoing
Al Jazeera 23 Jan 2022
At least 120 people have been killed in ongoing battles between US-backed, Kurdish-led forces and ISIL (ISIS) fighters after an attack on a Syrian prison ... ISIL claimed responsibility for the prison break on its Amaq media mouthpiece on Friday ... Al Jazeera could not independently verify the authenticity of the footage ... Freeing comrades ... .
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China Sends 2nd Largest Incursion Of Warplanes Into Taiwan Defence Zone
NDTV 24 Jan 2022photo: Creative Commons
Auschwitz: Dutch tourist fined over Nazi salute at former death camp
BBC News 23 Jan 2022
A Dutch tourist has been detained in Poland for giving the Nazi salute at the site of the former Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp, local police say. The 29-year-old woman made the gesture in front of the Arbeit Macht Frei (Work Sets You Free) gate ... .
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Peru Races To Save Seabirds After 6,000-Barrel Oil Spill Poisons Beaches
NDTV 24 Jan 2022
A Lima zoo is racing to save dozens of seabirds, including protected penguins, after 6,000 barrels of crude oil spilled off Peru's coast due to waves from a volcanic eruption in the South Pacific ... .
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UK court to rule on Assange bid to prevent US extradition
The Associated Press 24 Jan 2022
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s High Court is set to rule Monday on whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can take his fight against U.S. extradition to the U.K. Supreme Court ... Just over a year ago, a district court judge in London rejected a U.S. extradition request on the grounds that Assange was likely to kill himself if held under harsh U.S ... U.S ... .
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Journalist Murdered In Mexico, Second In Same City In Less Than A Week
NDTV 24 Jan 2022photo: European Community / DanMS
Israel launches probe into purchase of German submarines
Dawn 24 Jan 2022
JERUSALEM. Israel’s cabinet approved on Sunday the launch of a state investigation into an affair involving the purchase of submarines and other warships from Germany, a case that has embroiled close confidants of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ... The Cabinet authorised establishing a state investigation into the case by vote ... .
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Draghi’s fate hangs in balance as Italy begins presidential vote
Anadolu Agency 24 Jan 2022
Italy’s parliament was due Monday to start voting on a new president amid uncertainty over whether the man many see as the best for the job -- Prime Minister Mario Draghi -- will eventually land it ... “He is the only strong candidate. The other names that are circulating…are frankly underwhelming,” he said ... local time (1400GMT).
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