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US, Allies Question Moscow's Motives Near Ukraine
Beijing News 10 Apr 2021
WASHINGTON - The United States is accusing Russia of hiding the true intent of its military buildup along the border with Ukraine following consultations with allies about heightening tensions in the region. U.S. officials declined Friday to share specifics on the number or types of Russian forces they have seen massing near Ukrainian territory ... U.S.
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Indian troops shoot dead four in fresh election bloodshed
Dawn 10 Apr 2021
Five people were killed in fresh election bloodshed in the Indian state of West Bengal on Saturday, including four shot dead by paramilitary troops “in self-defence”, officials said ... The latest incident in the northern district of Coochbehar 700 kilometres north of Kolkata saw a crowd of around 400 people surround troops guarding a polling station ... .
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Iran starts up advanced centrifuges in new nuclear deal breach
Arab News 10 Apr 2021
TEHRAN. Iran announced Saturday it has started up advanced uranium enrichment centrifuges in a breach of its undertakings under a troubled 2015 nuclear deal, days after talks on rescuing it got underway ... Former President Donald Trump withdrew from the deal in 2018 ... ....
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U.S. to Send 2 Warships to Black Sea Amid Russia-Ukraine Tension, Turkey Says
Moscow Times 09 Apr 2021photo: Creative Commons / Pixabay/ BirdEL
Two dead whales wash up on Bangladesh beach
Urdu Point 10 Apr 2021
"The carcass of the whale found today is at least 50 feet (16 metres) long and 10 feet wide ... There is an injury mark on the back of the second whale ... Mohammad Shahidul Alam, a professor at the Institute of Marine Science and Fisheries, said parts of the Bay of Bengal are seriously polluted, and that could have led to the animals' demise ... ....
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Google updates YouTube ad targeting terms to remove hate speech
TeluguStop 10 Apr 2021
San Francisco, April 10 . Tech giant Google said it has blocked several terms associated with hate speech from being used as ad keywords on YouTube videos ... At the same time, the report found, Google was blocking advertisers from using terms such as "Black Lives Matter" to find videos and channels to run ads against.
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Chad's April 11 presidential vote mired by boycott, assassination and bomb plots
Ghana Web 10 Apr 2021
Chad is gearing up for a tense presidential election on Sunday, which has already seen plots to assassinate prominent political figures and bomb polling stations and opposition calls for a boycott ... The election is likely to hand the country's 30-year leader Idriss Deby a sixth term as 10 of his challengers were either barred or quit ... A new chapter? ... .
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NASA Mars Helicopter Ingenuity Ready for First Flight
NDTV 10 Apr 2021photo: US Navy / Stevin Atkins
The Latest: Indian states warn of COVID-19 vaccine shortages
Tacoma News Tribune 10 Apr 2021
NEW DELHI — Multiple Indian states are warning the federal government of COVID-19 vaccine shortages as another spike in cases threatens to overrun the country and its already-feeble medical infrastructure ... .
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Jack Ma’s Alibaba fined record $2.7B by China
BGR 10 Apr 2021
Taking its war against Jack Ma-founded empire to a serious level, Chinese regulators have slapped a record fine of 18.2 billion yuan ($2.8 billion) on e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding. The fine has been imposed on Alibaba for violating anti-monopoly rules as the country seeks to rein in the power of internet conglomerates ... .
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South Korea rolls out the KF-21, joining elite group of global supersonic fighter jet makers
CNN 10 Apr 2021
Seoul (CNN)South Korea unveiled its homegrown supersonic jet fighter on Friday, joining an exclusive club of military aviation giants and setting the stage for a $5.2 billion program it hopes will be a top export driver and jobs creator ... Read More ... The effect will be much greater if they're exported," Moon said ... Exclusive club ... Overseas sales ... .
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Djibouti says longtime president on way to winning 5th term
San Francisco Chronicle 10 Apr 2021
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Djibouti’s government says longtime President Ismail Omar Guelleh has overwhelmingly won a fifth term, citing provisional results ... Other opposition boycotted Friday’s vote. The final results are expected to be announced later Saturday by the electoral commission ... “Let’s continue together!” ... .
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Amazon's win in union fight shows harsh realities facing labour movement
The Times of India 10 Apr 2021
NEW DELHI. .com Inc’s fierce resistance to unionisation, skepticism among workers that organizing could get them a better deal and decisions on election parameters all contributed to the apparently lopsided defeat of a labor drive at the company’s warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, people close to the events said ... In each case, the unions were wrong ... .
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Video: UAE announces first Arab woman astronaut
Gulf News 10 Apr 2021
Dubai ... Read more. Watch ... This defines the journey towards UAE Centennial 2071 ... The two astronauts from the second batch of the UAE Astronaut Programme will also join the '2021 Nasa Astronaut Candidate Class', as part of a joint strategic agreement between the UAE and the United States of America, to train them at Nasa’s Johnson Space Center ... .
