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Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping plan to attend Nov G20 summit: Indonesian President
"Xi Jinping will come. President Putin has also told me he will come," dpa news agency quoted Widodo as saying to Bloomberg in an interview published on Friday. Indonesia currently holds the G20 presidency. Widodo had invited Putin but the Kremlin has so far not confirmed the Russian President's plans either way.
Liz Cheney bruised but undaunted in campaign against Donald Trump
From the day she lost her lone Wyoming seat in the Republican primaries for the upcoming ballot for the House on November 8, Cheney has begun to position herself as the fulcrum for an anti-Trump lobby in her bid for a longer-term fight with former President. The question Cheney is confronting today is whether there is an appetite within the Republican Party for a candidate singularly focused on serving as an antagonist for its most popular and dominant figure. Cheney has begun setting up an apparatus to support and insulate her future political moves -- including a potential presidential bid as a Trump foil.
Iran says entry into new stage in nuke talks hinges on US response
Hossein Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks in a phone call with his Omani counterpart Sayyid Badr Hamad al-Busaidi, in which they discussed bilateral, regional and international issues, according to the Iranian Foreign Ministry's website on Thursday.
Kim Jong-un's sister rejects South Korean leader's 'absurd dream'
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, who has been in office for three months, said on Wednesday that South Korea was ready to help its neighbour as long as North Korea showed determination to disarm. He added that Seoul would not require "complete denuclearisation before we do anything". Kim Jong-un's sister Kim Yo-jong called Yoon's speech "nonsense", "ridiculous" and "pipedream-like remarks" in a press statement.
Man accused of stabbing Salman Rushdie pleads not guilty
Hadi Matar, 24, appeared at a Thursday afternoon hearing at Chautauqua County Court after being indicted by a grand jury, reports dpa news agency. Pictures showed him in a grey striped jumpsuit and white face mask, with his hands shackled. Matar, of Fairview, New Jersey, was arrested after allegedly rushing on to the stage at the Chautauqua Institution on August 12, stabbing the Indian-born novelist about a dozen times in front of a crowd, including in the neck and eye.
Gutteres celebrates one small win for UN in Ukraine war -- restarting grains exports
While visiting Lviv in Ukraine, Guterres on Thursday declared that the agreement to allow the export of Ukrainian foodgrains "reflects a victory for diplomacy". It will help "vulnerable people in every corner of the world," he told reporters in Lviv, noting that global "wheat prices dropped by as much as eight per cent following the signing of the agreements".
Pakistan military wants to empower Islamists at the cost of secular Pashtuns
The Islamist militant group once controlled large swathes of the mountainous region that borders Afghanistan and is populated by Pashtuns. Tens of thousands of people were killed and millions more displaced in years of TTP attacks and the army's large-scale military operations against it, RFE/RL reported. The group finally fled to Afghanistan in 2014.
Taliban seized over $7 billion of US military equipment
The majority of the outlay, according to a report from the US Defence Department's inspector general went into tactical ground vehicles like MRAPs and Humvees, which cost about $4.12 billion when the Islamic Emirate took control of Kabul on August 15, 2021. "The DoD estimated that US-funded equipment valued at $7.12 billion was in the inventory of the former Afghan government when it collapsed, much of which has since been seized by the Taliban," the report wrote.
Ukraine plans to attack Zaporozhye nuclear power plant on Friday: Russia
The predicted attack will be timed to coincide with the ongoing visit to Ukraine by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, the ministry claimed. The Russian ministry said it has detected movements of Ukrainian troops, indicating a looming 'provocation.' Kiev has deployed units trained in responding to the use of weapons of mass destruction, pre-positioning them to report a radiation leak and demonstrate a purported action to mitigate it, Russian military spokesman Igor Konashenkov said, RT reported.
Rishi Sunak 'could head straight to US' if he loses battle for UK PM
Some MPs are predicting that the former chancellor will opt to leave the Parliament if he loses the battle for Prime Minister, although allies insist he is 'not going anywhere', Daily Mail reported. Senior Conservatives believe Sunak has 'burned his boats' during the contest, due to come to a conclusion on September 5, and is unlikely to be offered a job he could accept, the report said.
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