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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
Six civilians hurt in Ukrainian shelling of the town of Shebekino in Russia's Belogorod Region.
Houses and apartment buildings damaged in the shelling...TASS RUSSIA...
Russian military contractor Wagner Group claiming battlefield success in the Donetsk Region.
Wagner's chief Yevgeny Prigozhin says the entire city of Soledar is under Wagner control with urban fighting underway. He will announce a count of prisoners taken from the Ukrainian side tomorrow...TASS RUSSIA
In Brazil the latest following the January 6th type incident at key government buildings in the capital city of Brasilia.
727 of those arrested in the aftermath of the incident sent to prison with 599 others released on humanitarian grounds.
The controversial Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordering Colonel Fabio Augusto Vieira arrested.
Colonel Vieira was replaced in his post as Military Police commander of the Federal District yesterday.
Vieira is accused of responsibility in causing the events of Sunday afternoon with it being said they could not have occurred by chance.
A former Minister of Security for the Federal District Anderson Torres is to turn himself in to face charges in connection with the incident...
Australian Cardinal George Pell is dead at the age of 81.
He died in Rome of complications following hip surgery.
Cardinal Pell was known as a conservative voice in the Roman Catholic Church defending traditional teaching.
Pell was a top cleric in Australia as well as holding the top financial post at the Vatican from 2014 to 2019.
Pell faced allegations of child sex abuse and of covering up child sex abuse.
His convictions for child sex abuse thrown out on appeal in the Australian court system...
CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS RELATED TO UKRAINE, IRAN AND THE UK DISCOVERED IN THE OFFICE OF THE 'BIDEN CENTER' IN WASHINGTON DC...ANADOLU AGENCY-TURKIYE (TURKEY)
"...he and two Trump companies have been convicted of felonies and Weisselberg will serve a jail sentence"
That's some of the bragging coming from Democrat District Attorney Alvin Bragg in New York today.
A former CFO of the Trump Organization, Allen Weisselberg, given a five month jail sentence in a tax case...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
(Updated) In Peru 18 now reported dead after yesterday's clashes between police and protesters in the southeastern city of Juliaca.
A decree imposing a curfew in the Puno region of Peru on Bolivia's border from 8 pm to 4 am for the next three days.
Protesters opposing last month's ouster of Leftist President Pedro Castillo in favor of current President Dina Boluarte.
THE NEW YORK TIMES REPORTS 46 KILLED SO FAR IN THE PERUVIAN PROTESTS.
Political tensions high in the country with questions in the National Assembly and the government seeking a vote of confidence there.
Tonight the vote 73 to 43 in favor of the government with six abstentions.
A government delegation traveling to the southeastern region to engage in dialogue but insisting that yesterday's clashes were a "riot"...
THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT PUBLICLY REVEALING ITS 'PENSION REFORM' PLAN TONIGHT.
PRESIDENT MACRON'S PLAN AS ANNOUNCED BY HIS PRIME MINISTER ELISABETH BORNE SETS A NEW RETIREMENT AGE OF 64 IN 2030.
FRENCH UNIONS ANNOUNCING A STRIKE ON JANUARY 19TH TO PROTEST THE PLAN.
BOTH THE 'LEFT' OF JEAN-LUC MELENCHON AND THE 'RIGHT' OF MARINE LE PEN IN FRANCE'S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OPPOSE THE PLAN.
THE "MAINSTREAM RIGHT" LES REPUBLICANS, WHO HOLD THE BALANCE OF POWER IN THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, SPEAK OF THEIR SUPPORT FOR A COMPROMISE POSITION.
GROUPS ON THE 'LEFT' CALLING FOR MASS PROTESTS TO OPPOSE THE PLAN.
THE OPTION EXISTS FOR THE MACRON GOVERNMENT TO USE ARTICLE 49.3 OF THE FRENCH CONSTITUTION TO FORCE PENSION REFORM THROUGH WITHOUT APPROVAL OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY...
(BFM-TV France Information Used In Connection With This Story)
THE MARKETS RISING TODAY.
THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE UP 186.45 POINTS.
THE NASDAQ UP 106.98 POINTS OR 1.01 PERCENT IN VALUE.
THE PRICE OF OIL ROSE SLIGHTLY TO 74 DOLLARS AND 71 CENTS A BARREL BY 530 PM TODAY NEW YORK TIME...MARKETWATCH
The Kremlin warning of consequences for those nations who intend to seize Russian assets.
Spokesman Dmitry Peskov singling out Estonia where the government is moving towards a seizure of Russian assets followed by a transfer of money in seized bank accounts to Ukraine...
CHINA SUSPENDING SOME VISAS FOR TRAVELERS FROM JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA.
IT'S A DIRECT RESPONSE TO COVID TESTING RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED ON TRAVELERS FROM CHINA TO THOSE US-ALIGNED NATIONS...TIME
Iran says its broken up an Israeli spy ring.
At least 13 arrested in connection with what Iran's intelligence ministry says is an operation by Israel's Mossad...TIMES OF ISRAEL
An "anomaly" causing a British attempt to launch a rocket into space to fail...BBC NEWS BLOG
The Secretary of Russia's National Security Council taking aim at the George Soros founded and chaired Open Society Foundations.
Nikolay Patrushev says OSF is the source of "color revolutions" in the world backed by rich and powerful business interests.
Patrushev saying real political power in the West is centered in major corporations.
He adds that their wealth claims to be a supernational mechanism for governing humanity...TASS RUSSIA
RUSSIA-UKRANE DRAMA
BOUNTIES FOR DESTROYING ARMORED VEHICLES SUPPLIED TO UKRAINE
Russian civic groups offering bonuses for destruction of Ukrainian weapons to Russian soldiers.
Now one group setting the prize money for destroying German and US armored vehicles that will soon arrive in Ukraine.
The River Side Of The Medal organization will give 28,000 dollars for destruction of German Leopard tanks (none have been sent to Ukraine yet) and 14,000 dollars for destruction of the US Bradley vehicles which are soon to be delivered to Ukraine...SOUTHFRONT
In other news...
The British Government-Media Complex fully mobilized in recent days ahead of the release of Prince Harry's autobiography "Spare".
The book came out today and is said to be a record seller in the UK.
The BBC taking the opportunity through its royal correspondent to paint the book in a negative light...
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