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South Africa: Ninety schoolchildren given 'cannabis muffins'
BBC News 21 Sep 2023
Around ninety primary schoolchildren in South Africa were sent to hospital after eating muffins thought to be laced with cannabis.
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Guinea’s leader defends coups in Africa and rebuffs the West, saying things must change
Times Union 21 Sep 2023
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The recent coups in Africa are attempts by militaries to save their countries from presidents' “broken promises," the head of Guinea’s junta said Thursday as he rebuffed the West for boxing in the continent of more than 1 billion people. Col ... experts ... “It is a demand for solutions to perennial problems.” .
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Venezuela sends 11,000 troops to control gang-run prison with pool and zoo
Al Jazeera 21 Sep 2023
Venezuela says it has seized control of a prison from the hands of a powerful gang with an international reach in a major operation involving 11,000 members of its security forces ... list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Former Venezuela spy chief pleads not guilty to US drug charges. list 2 of 3Venezuela using arbitrary detention as ‘tool of repression’. Amnesty ... .
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Nuclear veterans take legal action against MoD over ‘illegally withheld’ medical records
ITV 21 Sep 2023
Steve Purse, 49, who was born with short stature about a decade after his father, Flight Lieutenant David Purse, served with the RAF in Maralinga, Australia, where British nuclear tests were carried out, said “you wonder whether you have played genetic Russian roulette with his life”.
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A $10,000 bill from 1934 just sold for a record $480,000
Business Insider 21 Sep 2023
A $10,000 bill issued by the US Treasury in 1934 just sold at auction for a record-breaking $480,000. The bill features Salmon Chase, who was President Abraham Lincoln's Treasury secretary."Large-denomination notes always have drawn the interest of collectors of all levels," Heritage Auctions' Dustin Johnston said ... Talk about inflation! ... ....
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Australian delegation visits DC to push for Assange’s release
The Hill 22 Sep 2023
An Australian delegation visited Washington, D.C. this week to push the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to cease its attempts to extradite and imprison WikiLeaks publisher and Australian national Julian Assange. The group of lawmakers, from across the Labor, Liberal, Greens and National parties, lobbied U.S ... officials ... relationship.” ... Assange appealed.
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Syria's Assad visits China for first time since civil war
Deutsche Welle 21 Sep 2023
Syrian President Bashar Assad is due to meet with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. China has long provided diplomatic support to Assad's regime, and could play a role in reconstructing war-battered Syria ... .
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India suspends visa services in Canada and rift widens over killing of Canadian citizen
Moosejaw Today 21 Sep 2023
NEW DELHI (AP) — India's visa processing center in Canada suspended services Thursday as a rift widened between the countries after Canada's leader said India may have been involved in the killing of a Canadian citizen ... Canada also expelled an Indian diplomat, and India followed by expelling a Canadian diplomat on Tuesday ... It gave no further details.
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Niger’s ousted Bazoum appeals to West Africa bloc court to free him
Al Jazeera 21 Sep 2023
The coup-toppled president of Niger has appealed to a court of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to free him, his lawyer said on Wednesday. Mohamed Bazoum was overthrown by members of his presidential guard on July 26 and has been detained at home with his wife and child since ... “The EU position is clear and unchanged ... .
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LILLEY: Canadians and Modi government ask Trudeau for proof
Toronto Sun 22 Sep 2023
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EU asks Poland for ‘clarifications’ on visa fraud allegations
CNN 21 Sep 2023
The European Commission has sent a letter to Poland asking for “clarifications,” amid reports that Polish officials have been involved in an alleged cash-for-visas scandal ... “These allegations are very concerning and give rise to questions regarding the compliance with EU law,” Hipper said in a Wednesday statement ... .
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Italian PM Giorgia Meloni urges UN to wage 'war without mercy' on migrant trafficking
Raw Story 21 Sep 2023
Italy's prime minister on Wednesday urged the United Nations to launch a "global war without mercy" against migrant smugglers, after a surge of arrivals on the island of Lampedusa ... "Can an organization like this which reaffirms in its founding document the faith in the dignity and worth of human beings turn a blind eye to this tragedy?" she asked ... .
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Poland to stop arming Ukraine over grain deal - Polish PM
RTE 21 Sep 2023
Poland has said it will no longer arm Ukraine and instead focus on its own defense, as the two allies clashed at a key moment in Kyiv's fightback against invasion by Russia. In a mounting row over grain exports from Ukraine, Poland summoned the Ukrainian ambassador to protest remarks at the UN by President Volodymyr Zelensky ... EU transit route ... .
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Rupert Murdoch steps down, says 'companies in robust health, as am I'
India Today 21 Sep 2023
Rupert Murdoch has stepped down as the chairman of Fox Corp and News Corp, ending a more than seven-decade career during which he created a media empire ....
