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US to send Abrams tanks to Ukraine: American official

By Anadolu Agency US President Joe Biden is likely to announce plans to send M1 Abrams battle tanks to Ukraine “as early as tomorrow,” a US official confirmed to Anadolu on Tuesday. The official said the announcement will include “a battalion size number of tanks” that would comprise roughly 30-50 tanks. Earlier in the day,

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Ukraine corruption scandal claims several top officials

In this undated photo Deputy Defense Minister of Ukraine Viacheslav Shapovalov pose for a photo in Kyiv, Ukraine. Deputy Defense Minister Viacheslav Shapovalov resigned, local media reported Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, alleging his departure was linked to a scandal involving the purchase of food for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. (Ukrainian Defense Ministry Press Office via

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GAVIN WILLIAMSON AND THE SOMALILAND MASSACRE

Gavin Williamson with military leaders in Somaliland in 2019. (Photo: Gavin Williamson / Twitter) Declassified UK By PHIL MILLER Former UK defence secretary faces criticism for his staunch support of a breakaway African republic, after its security forces killed 20 protesters. Declassified sees evidence a UK-trained police unit may have been responsible for a massacre

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7 dead as California mourns 3rd mass killing in 8 days

Law enforcement personnel control the scene of a shooting Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, in Half Moon Bay, Calif. Multiple people were killed in two related shootings Monday at a mushroom farm and a trucking firm in a coastal community south of San Francisco, and officials say a suspect is in custody. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) By

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Senior UK Conservatives under fire over tax, finances

Britain’s Conservative Party Chairman Nadhim Zahawi, center, leaves the Conservative Party head office in Westminster, central London, Monday, Jan. 23, 2023. The chairman of Britain’s governing Conservative Party was under pressure to resign on Monday over allegations he settled a multimillion-dollar unpaid tax bill while he was in charge of the country’s Treasury. (James Manning/PA

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South Africa defends planned military drills with Russia and China

South Africa’s Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor shakes hands with Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, ahead of their bilateral meeting in Pretoria, South Africa, January 23, 2023. Photographer Siphiwe Sibeko By Reuters South Africa’s foreign minister on Monday deflected criticism of joint military drills planned with Russia and China, saying that hosting such exercises with “friends”

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Canada to pay over $2B to hundreds of Indigenous abuse survivors

By Anadolu Agency Canada will provide hundreds of Indigenous communities $2.8 billion in compensation for nearly a century of abuse suffered by children in residential schools, the government has announced. “Canada is committed to addressing the collective harm caused by the residential schools system and the loss of language, culture, and heritage – through this

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California shooting suspect kills himself after Lunar New Year massacre

Flowers are left near the scene of a shooting that took place during a Chinese Lunar New Year celebration, in Monterey Park, California, U.S. January 22, 2023. Photographer Allison Dinner By Reuters A 72-year-old gunman killed himself when approached by police on Sunday, about 12 hours after he had carried out a Lunar New Year

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Worldwide condemnations pour in over Quran burning in Sweden

By Anadolu Agency Condemnations continued to pour in from across the Arab and Islamic worlds over the burning of a copy of the Quran, Islam’s holy book, by a Swedish-Danish right-wing extremist in the Swedish capital, Stockholm. Rasmus Paludan, the leader of the Stram Kurs (Hard Line) Party, under the protection of police and with

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FBI searched Biden home, found items marked classified

File- President Joe Biden speaks in the East Room of the White House to mayors who are attending the U.S. Conference of Mayors winter meeting in Washington, on Friday, Jan. 20, 2023. The FBI searched Biden’s home in Wilmington, Del., on Friday and located additional items consisting of documents with classified markings and also took

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