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- US presses allies to ditch Huawei citing cybersecurity risks from China – report
Washington has been on a mission to discourage its allies from using Chinese telecommunication giant Huawei’s equipment, the Wall Street Journal reports. The firm earlier slammed the US for using politics for unfair competition.World News - Mission accomplished? Number of Sunni terrorists worldwide quadrupled from Sept 11, 2001 – study
Despite Washington’s extremely costly worldwide ‘War on Terror’, nearly four times as many Sunni Islamic militants are operating around the world today as on September 11, 2001, a new study has found.USA News - US promises to ‘disrupt’ oil shipments to Syria, sanctions Russian & Iranian companies
The US has introduced sanctions against what it called a network of petroleum shipments to Syria, including Russian and Iranian companies and individuals. Washington says it wants to disrupt shipments to Syrian-owned ports.USA News - What democracy? 70% of ‘not free’ countries get US military aid
Washington has a habit of bombing defenseless nations in the name of democracy, but isn’t the least bit squeamish about selling weapons and giving military aid to countries its own human rights watchdogs deem dictatorial.USA News - Russia won’t be dragged into new arms race, but will respond to US withdrawal from INF – Putin
Moscow will not leave Washington’s decision to unilaterally withdraw from the landmark nuclear arms treaty unanswered, Russian President Vladimir Putin said, adding that the country doesn’t need to join another arms race.World News - War hawks mourn ‘underfunded’ US military that could ‘lose next war’ against Russia or China
Although Washington spends more on its military than the next ten countries combined, a bipartisan commission now warns that the Pentagon needs even more money if the US is to maintain hegemony against threats by Russia and China.USA News
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