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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
A wildfire burning out of control on the island of Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands. Some villages have been evacuated...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
The Economic Organization of West African States activating its rapid intervention force over the new government in Niger following the military coup.
ECOWAS defense chiefs set to meet in Ghana in the next two days to discuss "final deployment" of the force...TASS RUSSIA
THE US FIFTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS SUPPORTING RESTRICTIONS ON DISTRIBUTION OF ABORTION DRUGS.
THE COURT'S RULING WILL BE REVIEWED BY THE US SUPREME COURT BEFORE IT CAN TAKE EFFECT...REUTERS-INDIA TODAY
27 people are now dead in Monday's explosion in the Dominican Republic.
The blast in the commercial center of San Cristobal caused a fire that is still being extinguished.
THE DEMOCRAT ATLANTA PROSECUTOR FANI WILLIS SEEKING TRIAL OF PRESIDENT TRUMP AND 18 CO-DEFENDANTS ON MARCH 4TH NEXT YEAR.
THAT'S ONE DAY BEFORE THE 'SUPER TUESDAY' PRIMARIES IN THE REPUBLICAN CONTEST FOR PRESIDENT...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
THE EUROPEAN UNION CALLING ON THE CONFLICTING SIDES IN LIBYA'S CAPITAL CITY OF TRIPOLI TO SETTLE THEIR DIFFERENCES.
40 MORE PEOPLE HURT TODAY.
THE FIGHTING BETWEEN RIVAL MILITIAS BEGAN WHEN THE COMMNDER OF ONE GROUP WAS CAPTURED BY ANOTHER.
In Scotland junior doctors agreeing to a deal that includes a 12.4 percent pay raise for 2023-24 along with a 4.5 percent pay raise for 2022-23.
The strike-averting agreement also includes additional talks to provide pay raises to bring salaries to "2008 levels"...BBC NEWS
RETAIL OUTLET 'TARGET' HIT HARD OVER ITS LGBTQ FRIENDLY MERCHANDISE.
SALES DOWN FIVE PERCENT IN THE QUARTER ENDING IN JUNE, THE FIRST QUARTERLY SALES DECLINE IN SIX YEARS...BBC NEWS
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Indusrial Average down 180.65 points.
The NASDAQ fell 156.42 points or 1.15 percent.
At 440 pm New York Time the price of oil at 79 dollars and 22 cents a barrel down one dollar and 77 cents...MARKETWATCH
In Argentina the slide of the peso following Monday's currency devaluation the unofficial "Blue Dollar" at 800 pesos to the dollar at one point 780 pesos to the dollars by late afternoon.
IN THE UK THE RATE OF INFLATION FELL TO 6.8 PERCENT LAST MONTH...BBC NEWS
THE RUSSIAN GENERAL IN CHARGE OF RADIATION, CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL FORCES SAYS THE US IS PLOTTING ANOTHER PANDEMIC.
LT. GENERAL IGOR KIRILLOV POINTING TO THE NEW OFFICE OF PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE POLICY.
AMONG OTHER THINGS KIRILLOV SAYS THE US MAY OPT FOR OFFENSIVE USE OF NEW VIRUSES AND USE THEM FOR 'GLOBAL GOVERNNANCE' BY CREATING 'CRISIS SITUATIONS'...TASS RUSSIA
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres wants immediate action to deploy an armed international force to Haiti.
Guterres calling for a force that won't operate under UN auspices as he spoke to the United Nations Security Council.
He spoke of a police force from multiple nations "enabled by military assets" to help Haiti's police stop gang violence...VOICE OF AMERICA
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S FORMER CHIEF OF STAFF MARK MEADOWS SEEKING TO MOVE THE CHARGES AGAINST HIM BY ATLANTA DEMOCRAT PROSECUTOR FANI WILLIS TO FEDERAL COURT.
MEADOWS CITING HIS FEDERAL ROLE AS PREVENTING LOCAL PROSECUTION FOR HIS ACTIONS.
IT IS EXPECTED THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL MAKE A SIMILAR ARGUMENT IN FEDERAL COURT...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA
FOUR SABOTEURS KILLED IN SOUTHWESTERN RUSSIA
UKRAINIAN DRONES SHOT DOWN IN REGION CLOSE TO MOSCOW
The Russian FSB security agency says four Ukrainian saboteurs were killed trying to infiltrate the southwestern Bryansk Region...TASS RUSSIA
The Russian Defense Ministry says that three Ukrainian drones were shot down today attempting to attack in the Kaluga Region some 90 miles southwest of Moscow...TASS RUSSIA
In other news...
Population figures for New Zealand show an increase in overall population to 5,223,100 people in the last year.
Migration the main driver in the higher population total with 86,800 more people arriving in the country than leaving.
57,543 live births for 2023 as opposed to 60,009 last year.
38,346 deaths recorded in 2023 an increase from 36,723 last year...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND
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