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  Last update: 04:03 GMT 25.02.2021

  04:03 GMT 25.02.2021

  World

  China Blasts US for Undermining Regional Peace as American Destroyer Sails Through Taiwan Strait

  Earlier, the guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur joined the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force replenishment ship JS Hamana and light frigate FNS Prairial to conduct a tri-lateral replenishment-at-sea.

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  Last update: 02:01 GMT 25.02.2021

  02:01 GMT 25.02.2021

  US

  Greater Idaho? Five Oregon Counties to Reportedly Vote on Joining Neighboring Red State

  The "Greater Idaho" movement is an initiative seeking to add several Oregon counties to the Gem State, with activists claiming that the border between blue state of Oregon and red state of Idaho is outdated and does not properly match the location of "the cultural divide" in the Beaver State.

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  Last update: 03:32 GMT 25.02.2021

  03:32 GMT 25.02.2021

  US

  Democratic Lawmaker Pushes to Designate Proud Boys, Other Right-Wing Groups as Domestic Terrorists

  The administration of the ex-president, Donald Trump, earlier attempted to add the left-wing Antifa movement to a domestic terrorist list and bar its members from entering the US, referring to "violence instigated and carried out by Antifa and other similar groups in connection with the rioting" during anti-racism protests in 2020.

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  Last update: 01:43 GMT 25.02.2021

  01:43 GMT 25.02.2021

  US

  Trump at CPAC Address Will Reportedly Slam Biden's First Steps in Office

  The former US president, Donald Trump, has not spoken publicly since departing the White House, and all of his accounts on major social media platforms have remained suspended following the deadly 6 January Capitol uprising. Nevertheless, Trump is considered by many in the GOP as a likely Republican candidate in the next presidential race.

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  Last update: 01:27 GMT 25.02.2021

  01:27 GMT 25.02.2021

  Asia & Pacific

  At Least 5 People Killed, 70 Missing as Landslides Hit Gold Mine in Indonesia

  MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Landslides have hit a gold mine in the Indonesian province of Central Sulawesi leaving at least five people dead and 70 more missing, Head of Provincial Disaster Management Agency Datu Pamusu Tombolotutu told the Xinhua news agency on Thursday.

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  Last update: 01:33 GMT 25.02.2021

  01:33 GMT 25.02.2021

  US

  COVID is 'Best Thing That Ever Happened' to Biden, Campaign Aide Reportedly Says in Book

  During his presidential campaign, Joe Biden bombarded the Trump administration's response to the coronavirus pandemic in the US with heavy criticism, reiterating that the latter had "no plan" on combating COVID-19. After taking office, Biden continued to blast Trump's coronavirus response.

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  Last update: 23:55 GMT 24.02.2021

  23:55 GMT 24.02.2021

  Middle East

  US, Israel Reportedly to Convene Panel to Negotiate Iranian Nuclear Deal

  Recently Iran has been steadily deconstructing the remains of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), abandoned by the US in 2018, but Iranian leaders have stressed that these moves are reversible if Washington shows the seriousness of its intention to revive the nuclear agreement by removing tough sanctions.

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  Last update: 20:51 GMT 24.02.2021

  20:51 GMT 24.02.2021

  Military & Intelligence

  US Air Force Tests Fires Minuteman 3 Ballistic Missile as Biden to Review Nuclear Update Plans

  The US has decried Iran’s ballistic missiles and its alleged attempts to build a nuclear weapon, although the US maintains thousands of such weapons and is the only country in the world to have ever used them in warfare.