Month: January 2020

Tsai’s Record Victory Moves Taiwan Further From Xi’s Grasp

(Bloomberg) — Xi Jinping’s goal of bringing Taiwan under his control moved further out of his grasp as the island’s voters re-elected a president who has vowed to defend its sovereignty, raising questions about the success of China’s Taiwan strategy. Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen won a landslide victory over China-friendly opposition challenger Han Kuo-yu to…

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Harry Dunn crash: US calls UK extradition request for Anne Sacoolas ‘highly inappropriate’

The US state department has labelled an extradition request for the American woman charged with causing the death of a teenage motorcyclist in Northamptonshire as “highly inappropriate”. The Home Office sent an official demand on Friday that Anne Sacoolas be returned to the UK. The 42-year-old – the wife of an American intelligence officer –…

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US, Russian Navy ships avoid collision after US destroyer 'aggressively approached': Fifth Fleet

US, Russian Navy ships avoid collision after US destroyer ‘aggressively approached’: Fifth Fleet originally appeared on abcnews.go.com American and Russian Navy ships narrowly avoided collision after the U.S. destroyer was “aggressively approached” by a Russian spy ship in the Northern Arabian Sea, according to the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet. In video released by Fifth Fleet…

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Neil Peart, Rush Drummer, Dies at 67

Neil Peart, the legendary drummer of Rush, has died, according to an announcement from the band. He was 67. The cause of death, according to a spokesperson, was brain cancer. Peart passed on Tuesday, January 7th, in Santa Monica. One of the most innovative drummers in rock history, Peart was famous for his state-of-the-art drum…

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'A lot of good news coming out of this Administration': Trump says of lower cancer deaths

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump suggested Thursday in a tweet that he and his administration were a factor in the U.S. cancer death rate hitting a record low in 2017, but the American Cancer Society (ACS) refuted that assertion. Researchers from the ACS released a report Wednesday that showed the cancer death rate fell steadily from 1991 through 2017,…

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Under pressure, Iran admits it shot down jetliner by mistake

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s Revolutionary Guard on Saturday acknowledged that it accidentally shot down the Ukrainian jetliner that crashed earlier this week, killing all 176 people aboard, after the government had repeatedly denied Western accusations and mounting evidence that it was responsible. The plane was shot down early Wednesday, hours after Iran launched a…

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