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China says its ban on Japanese seafood is about safety. Is it really?
Read more: China says its ban on Japanese seafood is about safety. Is it really?CNN.com In the busy streets of Hong Kong’s Central district the lunchtime queues snake around the swanky Japanese restaurants where high-end sushi can sell at $150 a pop just for a tasting menu. At Fumi, one of the more popular joints, the floors are packed with over a hundred people chattering away and chowing down.…
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Thai ex-officer attacks day-care center, killing dozens, including 24 children
Read more: Thai ex-officer attacks day-care center, killing dozens, including 24 children(WashingtonPost.com) BANGKOK — A former police officer attacked a day-care center in northeastern Thailand with a pistol and a knife Thursday, in a rampage that left at least 36 people dead — at least 24 of them children, according to police. The alleged attacker, identified by authorities as Panya Kamrab, 34, was fired from the…
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NATO leaders promise Zelenskyy more troops, aid; Ukraine says it sank Russian warship Orsk
Read more: NATO leaders promise Zelenskyy more troops, aid; Ukraine says it sank Russian warship Orsk( CNBC.com ) It’s a day of high-level meetings on Thursday, with an extraordinary NATO summit taking place in Brussels, as well as meetings of EU leaders and the G-7. NATO is expected to commit to “major increases” in troop numbers along its eastern flank, with Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg telling CNBC ahead of the…
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AND IT BEGINS! China and Russia forming a new axis to challenge the West!!
Read more: AND IT BEGINS! China and Russia forming a new axis to challenge the West!!For years, international-affairs watchers have scoffed at the idea that Beijing’s and Moscow’s interests would align so closely, or that they were scared enough of the United States and its allies, that they would become either formal or informal partners in crime. Thanks to the war in Ukraine, that day has arrived, and we should be…
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Folk singer Hana Horká dies of COVID after deliberately catching virus
Read more: Folk singer Hana Horká dies of COVID after deliberately catching virusVeteran folk singer Hana Horká died Sunday of COVID-19 after intentionally exposing herself to the virus in an ill-advised self-immunization technique. She was 57 years old. The Czech musician’s passing was confirmed by her son Jan Rek, who told Prague Morning that she “preferred to catch the disease than get vaccinated.” Her fatal goal: to regain access…