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Japan wants missiles that can strike China
An improved ground-launched version of the missile is expected to enter service two years earlier than originally planned, sometime in 2024, Japanese newspaper Yomiuri reported on Sunday, citing several government officials. The newspaper claimed that Tokyo eventually wants "more than 1,000" such missiles deployed across the Nansei Islands.
Alexander Dugin known as 'Putin's brain' was intended target of Moscow car bomb which killed his daughter
According to state media, Darya Dugina died after her car exploded in flames while she was driving home. It is thought that her father, the Russian philosopher Alexander Dugin who is known as "Putin's brain," may have been the intended target of the attack, BBC reported. Dugin is a prominent ultra-nationalist ideologue who is believed to be close to the Russian president.
Pakistan's TV channels banned from live telecasting Imran Khan speeches
Imran Khan's addresses are in open violation of the PEMRA rules, according to the PEMRA notification issued in Sunday's early hours. The PEMRA further said that Imran Khan's speeches are a violation of Article 19 of the Constitution. Only pre-recorded speeches can be broadcast now with effective monitoring and editorial control, per the new PEMRA notification, Geo News reported.
Donald Trump's son-in-law distances himself from Jan 6 Capital Hill's insurrection in his book 'Breaking History'
Jared Kushner, married to the Trump's favourite daughter Ivanka Trump, distances himself from the events of January 6, 2021, when a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol to try to stop Congress' Electoral College vote count of the 2020 election results sealing Trump's defeat.
U.S. President Joe Biden says slavery 'America's original sin'
"More than 400 years ago, twenty enslaved Africans were forcibly brought to the shores of what would become the United States," Biden said in the statement on Saturday. "Millions more were stolen and sold in the centuries that followed, part of a system of slavery that is America's original sin."
China-backed hackers spying on govts, India's NIC among victims
The China-sponsored hacking group spoofed organisations such as the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Amnesty International, the Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS), Radio Free Asia (RFA), the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), and other global government, think tank, and humanitarian organisations that "fall within the strategic interests of the Chinese government".
Cyprus to oppose proposal to ban visas for Russians: Media
The Ministry's Permanent Secretary Kornelios Korneliou told the state-run Cyprus News Agency on Saturday that the proposal is expected to be put forward by Baltic countries during the informal meeting of the EU foreign ministers (Gymnich) in Prague on August 30 and 31.
Europe and US mark second anniversary of Navalny poisoning
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Saturday called the Russian dissident and fierce Kremlin critic "a courageous man," saying he stands for the principles "that offer good prospects for many citizens of Russia". Navalny narrowly survived an attempt to poison him on Russian soil with the chemical agent Novichok on August 20, 2020, for which he blames Russian President Vladimir Putin. However, the Kremlin denies involvement.
Legal pundits differ on FBI raid on Donald Trump residence
While questions focussing on the investigation remain unanswered -- specifically whether Trump himself was the target of the probe -- legal pundits across the political spectrum were quick to highlight similarities, and differences, between the search of the former president's home and the FBI's investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails, media reports say.
Trump's claims of declassified docs denied by two of his ex-chiefs of staff
Mick Mulvaney and John Kelly, who both served as former President Donald Trump's White House chief of staff, dismissed his team's claim that there was a "standing order" to declassify federal documents. The FBI carried out a search warrant of Trump's Florida resort home, Mar-a-Lago, on August 8 to recover top secret and other classified materials that the ex-president had taken from the White House.
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