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- While Bush & Biden praise the late Colin Powell, ‘war criminal’ trends on Twitter
The death of General Colin Powell has drawn an outpouring of sympathy and praise from politicians, but social media users made “war criminal” trend instead, having not forgiven Powell for his role in the 2003 invasion of Iraq.Oct 18, 2021 18:53USA News - ‘Blow to US strategic superiority’? Chinese media fuels suspense over ‘hypersonic missile that circled globe to hit target’Beijing has delivered a “blow to the US' mentality of strategic superiority,” according to a Global Times editorial, which neither confirmed nor denied claims that China tested a hypersonic missile, catching US spies by surprise.Oct 18, 2021 02:38World News
- China says ‘US & Canada colluded to stir up trouble’ by sending warships through Taiwan StraitThe Chinese military has blasted the US and Canada for sending their warships through the Taiwan Strait, claiming such stunts jeopardize regional stability, after Beijing itself staged beach war drills in a nearby province.Oct 17, 2021 23:17World News
- Regime-change hawk John Bolton says Russia is making ‘BIG MISTAKE’ by getting closer with China rather than Western powersFormer US National Security Advisor John Bolton told RT’s Going Underground that Moscow has chosen the wrong strategic path by building stronger ties with Beijing instead of mending relations with the US and Western Europe.Oct 16, 2021 20:30USA News
- Pentagon offers unspecified ‘condolence payments’ for 7 Afghan children & aid worker murdered in botched drone strikeThe US military is offering “condolence payments” to a family in Afghanistan after a badly planned drone strike killed 10 civilians, including seven children, in the country’s capital in August, though did not provide any numbers.Oct 16, 2021 05:07USA News
- US Navy insists its destroyer was on a ‘routine’ mission after Russia summons military attache over Sea of Japan warship incidentResponding to Moscow’s protests over the approach of the warship USS Chafee to Russian territorial waters, the US Pacific Fleet has labelled Moscow's account as false and insisted its guided missile destroyer did nothing wrong.Oct 15, 2021 22:38Russia & Former Soviet Union
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