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Cabinet agrees ‘need for action’ in Syria

Cabinet agrees ‘need for action’ in Syria

Posted by | Apr 13, 2018 | , , , |

Cabinet ministers have agreed “on the need to take action” in Syria to “deter the further use of chemical weapons”, Downing Street has said. Ministers at a cabinet meeting said it was “highly likely” the Assad regime was responsible for a suspected chemical attack. They agreed that the use of chemical weapons must not “go unchallenged”. But Transport Minister Jo Johnson later stressed: “There has been no decision to take military action at this point.” No details of UK involvement in any military action in Syria were mentioned in the Downing Street statement. And Mr Johnson, who was a...

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US REPORTEDLY MULLS ‘POWERFUL STRIKE’ ON SYRIA, 22 TARGETS INCLUDE RUSSIAN SITES

US REPORTEDLY MULLS ‘POWERFUL STRIKE’ ON SYRIA, 22 TARGETS INCLUDE RUSSIAN SITES

Posted by | Apr 12, 2018 | , , , , |

Trump and his advisers have been discussing a military response to the purported attack US President Donald Trump has canceled his trip to South America in response to the alleged use of chemical weapons by the Syrian government forces in the city of Douma in Eastern Ghouta. Moscow and Damascus, for their part, are pressing for a fair investigation into the allegations, maintaining that it was a false flag attack. Last week, several media outlets reported, citing militants, that Damascus had dropped a chlorine bomb on Douma, which allegedly claimed up to 70 lives. While the United States has...

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The US can’t back down against China

The US can’t back down against China

Posted by | Apr 11, 2018 | , , |

(CNN)Last Friday on “CNN Tonight,” Don Lemon half-jokingly said that after the Dow dropped due to fears of a trade war with China, he was afraid to look at his 401K. There’s no doubt that Wall Street hates any talk of tariffs and trade wars, as evidenced by the big tumble in stocks last week. I’m hardly a fan of them either, and there’s no one who wants a continued booming stock market more than I do (perhaps with the exception of Donald Trump). But today, there’s so much more at stake than the short-term fluctuation in stock values....

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The town that breeds resistance to Malaria drugs

The town that breeds resistance to Malaria drugs

Posted by | Apr 9, 2018 | , |

As new waves of the disease threaten the globe, worried scientists want to conduct a mass inoculation in a Cambodian region where new vaccines always seem to stop being effective. Pailin is a small settlement nestling in tropical rainforest near Cambodia’s border with Thailand. It is an unassuming town that lies at the centre of one of the country’s main logging areas. Pailin harbours secrets, however. It was in this town, in the late 1970s, that the Khmer Rouge set up one of its main strongholds and ruled Cambodia with a ferocity that caused at least two million deaths....

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German van attack: ‘Suspect had mental health problems’

German van attack: ‘Suspect had mental health problems’

Posted by | Apr 9, 2018 | , |

The man suspected of carrying out a van attack in Muenster was a lone German who suffered mental health problems, the state interior minister has said. Authorities have searched four homes associated with the suspect, and said they have found “no clues” pointing to an extremist or political motive. Two people were killed when a van was driven into a restaurant terrace area of the west German city on Saturday. The 48-year-old driver shot and killed himself after hitting diners. He has been identified in German media as Jens R – prosecutors say he was known to police. In...

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