• ‘No one has the right to say that they are useless’: Combat queen Shevchenko defends UFC ring girls after Khabib criticism (VIDEO)
  UFC women's flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko issued a stirring rebuke of Khabib Nurmagomedov's quote that UFC ring girls are "useless" after she defended her world title against Lauren Murphy at UFC 266 in Las Vegas.
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• Iceland’s ruling coalition retains power as women win majority of seats in parliament for 1st time in European history
  Iceland’s ruling coalition has increased its majority in the general election, while the final tally shows that women will make up the majority of a country’s parliament for the first time in European history.
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• Plenty more subs in the sea: AUKUS nuclear deal could end up pushing Russia and China closer together but dividing Europe
  Former US president Barack Obama once said Russia was a mere “regional power.” Shortly afterwards, Moscow answered his charge by helping to defeat American regime-change efforts in Syria, located in a rather different region.
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• UK Labour leader says it’s ‘not right’ to claim only women have cervixes
  Keir Starmer, the leader of the opposition Labour Party, claimed on Sunday that people should not say only women have a cervix, calling it “not right,” after one of his MPs received threats online for making the statement.
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• ‘True warriors’: UFC standout Volkanovski heralded as he survives submission scares to defeat Ortega in thrilling bout (VIDEO)
  Alexander 'The Great' Volkanovski reasserted his dominance in the featherweight division with a thrilling win against Brian Ortega at UFC 266 in a fight which prompted a wave of fanfare from some of the UFC's biggest names.
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• Aussie PM offers lockdown-frustrated people ‘gift’ of getting their lives back, but with QR codes & other measures in place
  Prime Minister Scott Morrison has teased fellow Australians with a return to some normalcy by Christmas, provided they vaccinate in large enough numbers and pressure provincial governments to cooperate.
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• NBA legend Michael Jordan’s son accused of aggravated assault on hospital staff after ‘hitting head on table in bar fall’
  The eldest son of NBA icon Michael Jordan has been arrested over an alleged assault in hospital after police said he slipped and fell on a table in a bar.
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26 September 2021

• Is Brazil About to Face a Military Coup? Brian Mier on Brazil’s March Towards Fascism

  Whispers are turning into shouts about a military-backed coup in Brazil before next year, as the ailing Bolsonaro -- trailing

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• Eric Schmidt Cashes in on Artificial Intelligence Arms Race

  As the Pentagon drives a hi-tech arms race to maintain its global military superiority, ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt is the man

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• Havana Syndrome, Directed Energy Weapons, and the New Cold War

  While the jury is still out on who committed the attacks against U.S. officials, or even whether there were any attacks at

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• From Glorious Millennia to Death and Destruction: Zionists Rewrite Palestine’s Story

  The Zionist narrative is arguably responsible for the welcoming and forgiving attitude the entire world has towards the

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• How US Media Misrepresent the Wuhan Institute of Virology’s Laboratories and Safety Protocols

  Even if we were to accept all the accusations against the WIV regarding their alleged subpar safety standards, none of it has

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• Burned in Car Fire, Falsely Accused of Terrorism, Palestinian Mother Imprisoned without Medical Care

  “This is all part of the deliberate medical neglect policy that the Israeli occupation uses. They don't feel like they have

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• Grief and Anger After UAE Soldiers Torture and Kill Yemeni-American Student Trying to Visit Family

  Abdulmalek, who had never so much as belonged to a political party or group, was looted of what he had saved for his family,

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