Iraqi PM survives assassination attempt, ramping up tensions

Troops deployed around world-regions on Sunday following the terrorism” target=”_blank”>failed assassination attempt< The attack significantly ramped up tensions sparked by the refusal of Iran-backed militias to accept last month’s parliamentary election results. Seven of Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi’s security guards were wounded in the attack by at least two armed drones in Baghdad’s heavily fortified…

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Pompeii dig yields rare window on daily life of enslaved

archaeology” target=”_blank”>Archeologists< excavating a villa amid the ruins of the 79 A.D. volcanic eruption that destroyed the ancient city have discovered a cramped dormitory and storage room that offers “a very rare insight into the daily life of slaves,” officials said Saturday. Italy’s culture minister, Dario Franceschini, said the find was “an important discovery that…

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COP26 protesters in Glasgow push for action from leaders

Protesters in the tens of thousands braved rain and gusts to march through Glasgow, host of a united-nations” target=”_blank”>United Nations<, part of what organizers said would be a coordinated global demonstration pushing for more action from governments to curb global warming. Police had blocked off swaths of the city, and organizers said by late afternoon…

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Iraqi officials: Premier’s residence hit by rocket attack

world-regions officials said Sunday the residence of Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi was hit by rocket fire but he was unharmed in the attack. Residents of Baghdad heard the sound of an explosion followed by gunfire from the direction of the capital’s heavily fortified Green Zone, which houses foreign embassies and government offices. POST-WITHDRAWAL AFGHANISTAN IS…

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Oil tanker explodes in Sierra Leone, killing at least 98

An oil tanker truck disasters” target=”_blank”>exploded<capital, killing at least 98 people and severely injuring dozens of others after large crowds gathered to collect leaking fuel, officials and witnesses said Saturday. The explosion happened late Friday when the tanker collided with another truck as it was pulling into a gas station near a busy intersection in…

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Sierra Leone oil tanker explodes; scores feared dead

Scores of people were feared dead near world-regions’s capital after an oil tanker disasters” target=”_blank”>exploded < A street view Freetown, Sierra Leone, in West Africa, on June 16, 2021. (Getty Images) President Julius Maada Bio, who was in Scotland attending the United Nations climate talks Saturday, deplored the “horrendous loss of life.” CLICK HERE TO…

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Russian diplomat found dead in Berlin, embassy refused autopsy

world-regions authorities found a world-regions foreign-policy” target=”_blank”>diplomat<, which also first identified Zhalo using “open-source data.”   NORTH KOREA CAN MAKE MORE INGREDIENTS FOR NUCLEAR BOMBS THAN EXPECTED Records indicate that Zhalo worked in the embassy as assistant secretary since the summer of 2019, but German security authorities believed that Zhalo was instead a member of…

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North Korea can make more ingredients for nuclear bombs than expected

conflicts has the capacity to make more base ingredients for nuclear bombs than previously believed, according to new research, suggesting the Kim Jong Un regime possesses the potential to accelerate the earliest stages of production.  The nation’s output of uranium—a fissile material for nuclear weapons when enriched—is just a fraction of what could be produced, according to…

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China mocks 'powerless' Biden over climate summit 'apology'

world-regions has taken joe-biden” target=”_blank”>President Biden< environment summit as a chance to mock the president as “powerless,” despite the absence of President Xi Jinping from the conference.   Biden spoke at the opening of the COP26 united-nations” target=”_blank”>U.N.< for the fact “the U.S., under the last administration,” pulled out of the Paris accord. “I guess…

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