Sunday, November 17, 2024

In major reversal, Biden reportedly OKs use of U.S. arms by Ukraine to strike inside Russia

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The move, widely reported in the U.S. but not confirmed by the White House or State Department, follows months of pleas by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to allow Ukraine's military to use U.S. weapons to hit Russian military targets far from its border.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukraine-russia-us-arms-approval-1.7385817?cmp=rss

Bureaucratic mishap brings happy ending to ban on controversial Salman Rushdie book in India

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An Indian court has overturned a 36-year-old order banning the import of copies of Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses because nobody could find the original order.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/salman-rushdie-book-ban-court-1.7384820?cmp=rss