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Taliban fighters ride in their vehicle in Surkhroad district of Nangarhar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, June 16, 2018

13:14 GMT 11 July 2020 / updated: 13:14 GMT Military & Intelligence

Ex-CIA Chief Demands Sanctions Over Taliban Bounty Story, Despite Zero Supporting Evidence

U.S. President Donald Trump thrusts his fist as he arrives on the White House South Lawn to host a 4th of July 2020 Salute to America to celebrate the U.S. Independence Day holiday at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 4, 2020

Fake Polls? Why Biden's 'Nationwide Lead' Over Trump Says Nothing About the Election Outcome

A U.S. soldier, left, sits on an armored vehicle behind a sand barrier at a newly installed position near the tense front line between the U.S-backed Syrian Manbij Military Council and the Turkish-backed fighters, in Manbij, north Syria, Wednesday, April 4, 2018.

'Securing' Syrian Oil? US Troops Reportedly Smuggle Trucks Full of Country's Crude to Iraq... Again

A tourist couple checks a map, near the Byzantine-era monument of Hagia Sophia, at Sultanahmet square in Istanbul,Turkey January 14, 2016

Hagia Sophia: What Could Have Prompted Ankara to Convert UNESCO World Heritage Site Into Mosque?

A visit by US Senator Joe Biden to the USSR. US Senator representing Delaware and member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Joe Biden, left, and Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR Andrei Gromyko during their meeting at the Kremlin.

Joe's Trip to USSR: How Biden Rubbed Shoulders With the Soviets Seeking to Diffuse Cold War Tensions

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Europe
Goodbye to EU: Finnish MEP Predicts Bloc's Collapse as Brussels Eyes More Power Over Member States
Predictions about the end of the European project have long been bandied about in the corridors of power and in newspaper columns. However, one Finnish MEP has joined the long list of those making the claim that the end may be on the horizon.
Last update: 11:15 GMT 11.07.2020
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Military & Intelligence
Russia Scrambles 2 Fighters to Intercept US Spy Jet Over Sea of Japan - Video
MOSCOW, (Sputnik) - Russian Su-35 and MiG-31 fighter jets were scrambled on Saturday to intercept the RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft of the US air force over the Sea of Japan (East Sea), the Russian Defenсe Ministry said.
Last update: 10:39 GMT 11.07.2020
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World
FBI Kidnapped Nigerian Influencer From Dubai, Claims His Lawyer
Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, known on Instagram as Ray Hushpuppi, was arrested together with another Nigerian influencer by police in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in June. Last week, the two men appeared in court in Chicago. How they ended up in the United States is unclear, because Washington has no formal extradition treaty with the UAE.
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Business
Rock-Solid Safety: Rich People May Now Hide Their Treasures Inside Mountains
The vaults are expected to be from 100 to 100,000 cubic metres and will allegedly ensure a constant relative humidity of 40 percent and temperature of 53F (12 Celsius), making it possible to store not only gold but also money and artwork as well.
Last update: 13:27 GMT 11.07.2020
13:27 GMT 11.07.2020
UK
No-Deal Brexit Risks Sliding Into Grander War, Leaving Thousands Stateless, Report Says
Concerns are on the rise that crowds of Europeans afraid of being treated like outcasts in post-EU Britain could account for a new Windrush scandal, when over 80 people, descendants from the Caribbean region, were wrongly deported by the Home Office in 2018.
Last update: 14:47 GMT 11.07.2020
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Society
Ancient Egyptian Artefacts: Isotope Analysis Helps Uncover Technology Underlying Great Giza Pyramid
The difficulties in building the pyramids are believed to have sparked various technological advances at the time of their construction 4,500 years ago, with one of them supposedly being a method for shipping huge limestone blocks along the Nile River.
Last update: 13:00 GMT 11.07.2020
13:00 GMT 11.07.2020
Tech
Amateur Astronomers Helped NASA Scientists Discover Gigantic Brown Dwarfs
NASA scientists assume that there is a hidden population of brown dwarfs, balls of gas that are too big to be called planets, but at the same time too small to be called stars, floating around our Solar system. To find them and other celestial bodies the agency has launched a project for scientists and members of the public interested in astronomy.
Last update: 04:42 GMT 11.07.2020
04:42 GMT 11.07.2020
World
Coronavirus Live Updates: US Registers Another Daily Record With 66,627 New Coronavirus Cases
Due to new outbreaks, several areas and cities around the world have been put on lockdown, including parts of eastern Spain and the Australian city of Melbourne. Pandemic restriction measures have also been imposed in Belgium, with people obliged to wear masks in public places once again.