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US CENTRAL COMMAND SAYS A MISSILE FIRED FROM YEMEN LANDED IN THE GULF OF ADEN WITHOUT CAUSING CASUALTIES OR DAMAGE.
THE US ATTACKED AND DESTROYED FOUR DRONES AND ONE MISSILE IN YEMEN TODAY...US CENTRAL COMMAND "X"
"I'm sure that you understand what a difficult period our country is living through..."
That's Russian President Vladimir Putin as he urges Russians to vote in this Sunday's Presidential Election.
It's an election dominated by Mr. Putin with victory expected by a wide margin.
Acknowledging that Russia faces "serious challenges" Putin also said:
"And to continue addressing them, overcoming them, we must be consolidated and self-confident"...
TASS RUSSIA
In Ukraine late tonight air raid alerts in eight regions...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...
The European Union agreeing to a 5 billion Euro (5.473.500 billion US Dollar) aid package for Ukraine...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
US CENTRAL COMMAND ANNOUNCING THE USE OF THREE AIRCRAFT TO DROP AID INTO GAZA TODAY INCLUDING A C-17 AIRCRAFT BASED IN THE USA.
TODAY 35,000 PLUS MEALS AND 28,000 PLUS WATER BOTTLES DROPPED FOR A POPULATION OF SOME TWO MILLION PEOPLE...US CENTRAL COMMAND "X" POST
INDEPENDENT PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. WILL ANNOUNCE HIS RUNNING MATE ON MARCH 26TH.
NAMES BATTED AROUND BY MAINSTREAM MEDIA INCLUDE AARON RODGERS AND JESSE VENTURA...NEW YORK POST
US politics and Congresswoman Lauren Boebert of Colorado staying out of the Special Election for the seat in Congress she is seeking this November.
The Republican currently holding that seat Congressman Ken Buck suddenly resigned yesterday in what could be interpreted as a move to force Boebert out of Congress.
To run in a Special Election in his district Boebert would be forced to resign from Congress further hurting the narrow Republican majority in the House.
Boebert staying out of the Special Election but continuing to seek Buck's House seat in the Primary Election.
She also notes that her endorsement by President Trump...(Information from News Agencies Used In Story)...LAUREN BOEBERT "X"
The talks on a new government in the Netherlands the latest Party of Freedom leader Geert Wilders will not be Prime Minister even though his party won the most votes in last November's election.
There is strong pressure in the Netherlands for a government led by non-elected officials with financial challenges cited likely leading to budget cuts and tax increases.
The "technocratic" cabinet idea pushed by the New Social Contract Party which holds the third largest number of seats in the House Representatives.
Tomorrow the second mediator seeking to help form a new government, former Labor Party Senator Kim Putters, will present a report on the progress of the talks...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
Four new national political polls in the US today President Trump leads Joe Biden in all four with a two-percentage point margin in three and an eight-percentage point lead in the Rasmussen Poll...REAL CLEAR POLLING LATEST POLLS
IN ATLANTA THE JUDGE IN THE CASE PROSECUTING PRESIDENT TRUMP AND OTHERS FOR CHALLENGING THE 2020 ELECTION RESULTS DISMISSING THREE CHARGES AGAINST MR. TRUMP.
TEN OTHER CHARGES REMAIN...BNO NEWS "X"
The markets today.
The Dow up 37.83 points.
The NASDAQ down 87.87 points.
At 532 pm New York Time the price of oil sits at 79 dollars 60 cents a barrel up two dollars four cents or 2.63 percent for the day...MARKETWATCH
THE RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY SAYING IT HAS NO INFORMATION LINKING ESTONIA OR FINLAND TO DRONE ATTACKS IN THE ST. PETERSBURG AREA.
SPOKESWOMAN MARIA ZAKHAROVA NOT FLATLY DENYING THOSE NATION'S INVOVLEMENT IN THE ATTACKS INSTEAD SAYING:
"as of now, I have no such information"
THERE HAVE BEEN THREE DRONE ATTACK INCIDENTS THIS MONTH IN AND AROUND RUSSIA'S SECOND LARGEST CITY.
ST. PETERSBURG IS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE NEIGHBORING NATIONS OF ESTONIA AND FINLAND...TASS RUSSIA
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AT THE VERY LEAST UKRAINE WOULD HAVE LIKELY HAVE FLOWN ITS DRONES A LONG DISTANCE OVER POLAND AND OR THE BALTIC STATES TO HAVE REACHED THE ST. PETERSBURG AREA OF RUSSIA.
OTHERWISE THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN DETECTED OVER RUSSIAN TERRITORY AND SHOT DOWN ON THEIR FLIGHT TO ST. PETERSBURG.
WITH THIS STORY RUSSIAN MEDIA OPENLY SPECULATING ON THE NOTION OF ESTONIA AND OR FINLAND BEING USED AS LAUNCH PADS FOR DRONE ATTACKS ON THE AREA IN AND AROUND RUSSIA'S SECOND LARGEST CITY.
The US House voting 352-65 in favor of the legislation forcing TikTok to be owned by a company under US government regulation and or control.
Libertarian lawmakers like Republican Thomas Massie of Kentucky and staunch supporters of President Trump like Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia in the minority.
Republican US House Speaker Mike Johnson claiming the legislation is aimed at Chinese efforts to 'spy on or manipulate Americans'...NEWS AGENCIES-FRANCE 24...
Meanwhile Congresswoman Greene says the legislation will:
"open Pandora's box and create a slippery slope for future government censorship".
Greene citing her own censorship by the American owned social media app Twitter (now "X") just a few years ago...MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE "X" (VIDEO EMBED)
CHINA'S EMBASSY IN THE US URGING AN END TO ARMS SHIPMENTS TO TAIWAN.
THE STATEMENT NOTES PREVIOUS US GOVERNMENT STATEMENTS AFFIRMING THE ONE CHINA PRINCIPLE SAYING THAT TAIWAN IS PART OF CHINA...TASS RUSSIA
China says the Philippines is ignoring its attempt to settle the dispute over islands in the South China Sea.
A senior Chinese official spoke to the Manila Times about the refusal of President Ferdinand Marco's government to consider it.
In response Mr. Marcos saying the Philippines does not reject the proposal but claims it is based on a 'questionable' premise.
The view from China regarding the dispute which has led to confrontations between Chinese and Philippine vessels in the South China Sea is that outside forces as in the United States are manipulating the situation...BBC NEWS
Two dead and 26 injured after a natural gas explosion in China. The blast in a city less than 30 miles east of the center of Beijing...AFP FRANCE-MALAY MAIL
A private Japanese company's attempt to launch a satellite into space failed with an explosion shortly after liftoff.
Venture capital company Space One working to determine the cause of the blast...NHK WORLD JAPAN (VIDEO EMBED)
IN THE AUSTRALIAN STATE OF QUEENSLAND A 31-YEAR OLD MAN FACING 116 CHARGES FOR ABUSING AND RAPING CHILDREN HE MET ONLINE.
THE OFFENSES SAID TO HAVE OCCURRED OVER SEVERAL MONTHS.
DION ADAM LINGARD TAKEN INTO CUSTODY LAST MONTH BEING HELD WITHOUT BAIL.
POLICE WARNING PARENTS TO BE AWARE OF THEIR CHILDREN'S ONLINE ACTIVITY...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA
ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR
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DEADLY ISRAELI ATTACK ON UN WORKERS IN GAZA
MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
TIMES OF ISRAEL
One UN relief worker killed, 22 others wounded in an Israeli attack in Gaza. The attack on a food distribution center in the southern city of Gaza...TASS RUSSIA...Later mainstream media reports speak of five killed in this incident...(News Agencies)
In other news...
In New Zealand authorities approving the use of pharmacists to administer vaccinations to children five years and younger.
Currently pharmacists administer vaccines to older children and adults.
The health department concerned about what is said to be a declining rate of childhood vaccinations...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND
THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
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