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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
The word tonight is that Mary Peltola the Democrat candidate in the Special Election in Alaska is declared the winner over two Republican candidates Governor Sarah Palin and Democrat turned Republican Nick Begich.
The election held back on August 16th but votes received up until today were allowed to be added to the count.
The Ranked Choice Voting system came into play with the final sorting of the vote putting Peltola just slightly ahead of Palin.
THE US FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION APPROVING THE NEW COVID SHOTS FROM MODERNA AND PFIZER-BIONTECH.
THE SHOTS TOUTED FOR THEIR ABILITY TO TARGET OMICRON VARIATIONS OF COVID...NEWS AGENCIES-DEUTSCHE WELLE GERMANY
Seven unvaccinated cadets disenrolled and removed from the campus of the US Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut...FREE REPUBLIC POST-DISCUSSION
THE NUMBERS DOWN ON WALL STREET TODAY.
THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE OFF 280.44 POINTS OR .88 PERCENT IN VALUE.
THE NASDAQ DECLINED 66.93 POINTS OR .56 PERCENT IN VALUE...MARKETWATCH
Russia measuring an annual inflation rate of 14.31 percent in recent days. It's a slight decline from earlier in the month...TASS RUSSIA
The inflation rate in the Netherlands for August 13.6 percent.
Higher energy prices driving the highest inflation rate so far this year...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
THE DUTCH GOVERNMENT'S 'MEDIATOR' JOHAN REMKES SAYS THAT 'NITROGEN EMISSIONS' MUST BE CUT IN HALF BY 2030.
TALKS BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND FARMERS TODAY OPPOSING THE CLIMATE CHANGE COW GAS RULES.
THE DISCUSSION TODAY INCLUDED THE NOTION THAT A NEW METHOD MAY BE FOUND TO MEASURE THE COW GAS EMISSIONS...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
"Freedom of speech is something worth fighting for in this country"
CO-OPERATOR OF NEW ZEALAND'S 'COUNTERSPIN MEDIA' HANNAH SPIERER SPEAKING OUTSIDE CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT COURT TODAY
ALTERNATIVE NEWS SITE OPERATORS KELVYN ALP AND HANNAH SPIERER FORCED INTO THE DOCK OF A NEW ZEALAND COUTROOM TODAY FACING VARIOUS 'PUBLICATIONS' CHARGES AMONG OTHERS.
A JUDGE ORDERING THE PAIR TO GET LAWYERS BY SEPTEMBER 21ST.
SPEAKING OUTSIDE THE COURT SPIERER DESCRIBED THE GOVERNMENT'S LEGAL ACTION AS A 'FISHING EXPEDITION' TO FIND SOMETHING TO AGAINST THE WEBSITE.
A CROWD OUTSIDE THE COURT SUPPORTING THEM ALONG WITH SOME LEFT-WING OPPONENTS.
THE APP FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 'TRUTH SOCIAL' NOT APPROVED BY GOOGLE PLAY...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
(Updated) An Israeli attack reported on the Aleppo International Airport in Syria this evening.
Damage reported by Syrian authorities.
THE EUROPEAN UNION'S FOREIGN POLICY CHIEF JOSEP BORRELL SAYS HE'S HOPEFUL OF A NUCLEAR DEAL WITH IRAN IN THE COMING DAYS...AFP FRANCE-TIMES OF ISRAEL
SUCH A DEAL WOULD BRING THE UNITED STATES BACK INTO THE 2015 JCPOA NUCLEAR AGREEMENT WITH IRAN.
ISRAEL OPENLY EXPRESSING ITS CONCERNS TO THE UNITED STATES PRIME MINISTER YAIR LAPID SPEAKING WITH JOE BIDEN...TIMES OF ISRAEL
CANADIAN CONNECTION TO GIRLS SMUGGLED TO ISIS
TRUDEAU DEFENDS CANADIAN INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
It's been revealed that an intelligence agent for Canada smuggled people into Syria to join the Islamic State.
That according to files shown to BBC News.
It's part of the story involving Briton Shamina Begum then a teenage girl from the UK who travelled to Syria with two other girls in 2015.
A man providing intelligence information to Canada helped to facilitate the girls journey to Syria when they arrived at the Istanbul bus station in Turkey.
Lawyers for Begum want to get her British citizenship back following her involvement with ISIS and contend she was trafficked into Syria...BBC NEWS...
In Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau defending the country's intelligence agency and saying there will be an investigation...CBC NEWS CANADA
RUSSIA'S GAZPROM ANNOUNCING THE SUSPENSION OF NATURAL GAS SUPPLIES TO FRANCE'S ENGIE OVER NON-PAYMENT.
CUSTOMERS LIKE ENGIE WERE ASKED TO PAY FOR NATURAL GAS IN RUSSIAN ROUBLES FOLLOWING THE IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA OVER UKRAINE...TASS RUSSIA...
The Nord Stream pipeline that sends natural gas from Russia to Europe is now shut down.
This is a scheduled shut down for maintenance that began at 9 pm Eastern US Time Wednesday and will last until 9 pm Eastern US Time Friday...TASS RUSSIA
The Solomon Islands announcing a hold on naval visits by foreign countries following an incident where a US Coast Guard cutter was unable to get immediate approval for a port visit.
The country's Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare speaking Tuesday as he welcomed the US Navy Hospital Ship "USNS Mercy" to the capital city of Honiara on the island of Guadalcanal...RADIO NEW ZEALAND
RUSSIA-UKRAINE DRAMA
INTERNATIONAL NUKE TEAM REACHES POWER PLANT
France's AFP news agency reports that an international team has reached the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine.
The plant has come under repeated shelling attacks from Ukrainian forces...TASS RUSSIA
The European Union deciding to tighten visa entry requirements for Russia. The EU stopping short of a total ban on entry of Russian citizens...BBC NEWS
In other news....
POLITICS IN THE USA THE REPUBLICAN TRAFALGAR GROUP OUT WITH POLLS SHOWING THE GOP CANDIDATES IN GEORGIA'S MAIN STATEWIDE RACES LEADING.
INCUMBENT GOVERNOR BRIAN KEMP LEADING STACEY ABRAMS 51 TO 44 PERCENT AND HERSCHEL WALKER AHEAD OF DEMOCRAT INCUMBENT US SENATOR RAPHAEL WARNOCK 48 TO 47 PERCENT...REAL CLEAR POLITICS
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responding to the simmering controversy over government money going to an "anti-racism" organization whose consultant is said to have made anti-Semitic and or racist posts.
Trudeau now saying it's "unacceptable" with a government grant withdrawn from the organization...BBC NEWS...
Meanwhile drama over shouts aimed at Canada's Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland in Alberta last weekend.
The woman who froze bank accounts that supported the Ottawa Freedom Convoy earlier this year was called a "traitor" among other things.
A phrase coined to describe opposition to politicians like Freeland whose ancestry includes Ukrainian Nazi's "dangerous politics"...BBC NEWS
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