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Colombia's most-wanted drug lord 'Otoniel' captured
Straits Times 24 Oct 2021
BOGOTA (AFP) - Colombia's most-wanted drug trafficker, Dairo Antonio Usuga, also known as "Otoniel," was arrested by the country's authorities, the government said on Saturday (Oct 23). Presidential adviser Emilio Archila praised "the capture in Necocli of Dairo Antonio Usuga, alias 'Otoniel', head of the Gulf Clan," in a message on Twitter ... ....
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Turkey’s Erdogan orders expulsion of 10 Western ambassadors
Al Jazeera 23 Oct 2021
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan moved to expel the ambassadors of 10 Western countries who appealed for the release of a jailed civil society leader ... He did not set a firm date. Kavala has been in prison since late 2017, charged with financing nationwide protests in 2013 and with involvement in a 2016 failed coup. He denies the charges ... .
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U.S. Legislators Demand Fauci Answer for Beagle Puppy Research Funding
TMZ 24 Oct 2021
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Turkey to Expel U.S. Envoy and Nine Others
Hamodia 24 Oct 2021
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that he had told his Foreign Ministry to expel the ambassadors of the United States and nine other Western countries for demanding the release of philanthropist Osman Kavala ... He has remained in detention while his latest trial continues, and denies the charges. In a joint statement on Oct ... The U.S ... 26 ... .
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What's next after the release of Meng Wanzhou?
BBC News 24 Oct 2021
By the time photographers captured the long embrace shared by Michael Kovrig and his wife, Vina Nadjibulla, on the tarmac of Toronto's Pearson airport one month ago, he had spent over 1,000 days in a concrete cell in China. It was an emotional reunion because, as Canadians knew, it was no normal homecoming ... A tale of two detentions ... But he says ... .
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Michael Gove ‘open’ to keeping Grenfell Tower as a memorial
The Observer 24 Oct 2021
Michael Gove has signalled he will explore “retention” options to preserve Grenfell Tower as a memorial to the 72 people killed in the 2017 fire, a move that has been welcomed by relatives of the dead ... Choucair said. “We wanted the minister to visit us here where our catastrophe took place – not in an office – so he could feel our pain.” ... .
photo: USAF / Air National Guard/Senior Airman Michael Quiboloy
Senior Al-Qaeda leader killed in US drone strike in Syria: Pentagon
Arab News 23 Oct 2021
WASHINGTON. A senior Al-Qaeda leader was killed in a US drone strike in Syria, the Pentagon said on Friday. The strike comes two days after a base in southern Syria, used by the US-led coalition fighting the Daesh group, was assaulted ... ....
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Far-right leader Salvini on trial for blocking migrant ship
Dawn 24 Oct 2021
PALERMO. Italy’s former interior minister and far-right leader Matteo Salvini went on trial on Saturday for allegedly illegally blocking over 100 migrants in dire sanitary conditions from disembarking from a rescue ship ... The hearing was largely procedural and lasted less than three hours before Murgia set the next hearing for December 17 ... .
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Joe Biden's Taiwan gaffes create concern in China and Asia
Deutsche Welle 23 Oct 2021photo: AP / David Josek
World Championship bronze medallist Quinonez killed in Ecuador
Reuters 24 Oct 2021
Oct 23 (Reuters) - Sprinter Alex Quinonez, Ecuador's World Championship bronze medallist, has been killed in his home city of Guayanquil on Friday, the country's sports ministry said on Saturday. Guayaquil-based newspaper El Universo said Quinonez, who was 32, and another individual were fatally shot at around 9.20 p.m ... ....
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Hungary: Orban accuses EU, US of meddling as election looms
Deutsche Welle 24 Oct 2021
Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban has accused Brussels and Washington of backing the opposition seeking to replace him after more than a decade in power ... .
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Evacuation flights for migrants start again in Libya
The Malta Independent 23 Oct 2021
The United Nations said on Friday that it has resumed humanitarian evacuation flights for migrants stranded in Libya after authorities suspended them for several months. The announcement comes after a massive crackdown on migrants by Libyan security forces ... The latest suspension came from the country's ministry of interior on Aug ... .
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Can artificial intelligence become addicted?
The Independent 24 Oct 2021photo: AP / Virginia Mayo
Brexit: UK says new Northern Ireland Protocol talks 'constructive'
BBC News 23 Oct 2021
The first round of new talks on the Northern Ireland Protocol were "constructive", UK officials have said. However big gaps remain, particularly on the role of the European Court of Justice (ECJ). EU and UK officials held technical talks in Brussels last week, and an EU team will arrive in London on Tuesday to continue negotiations ... .
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As ‘metal pirates’ loot seabed treasures, there are fears Australia’s first submarine could be next
The Observer 24 Oct 2021
Scavengers, trophy hunters and “metal pirates” are looting the treasures under the seas – and there are fears Australia’s first submarine could be next ... The 726-tonne submarine was travelling in hazy weather off the coast of what is now Papua New Guinea when it disappeared, and it was declared lost at sea on 14 September 1914 ... Read more ... Photograph ... .