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2021-11-17 19:20:25 OFF THE GRID: Chinese shipping CHAOS as new data law adds to global disruption

A new law governing the collection of data has been blamed for ships in Chinese waters DISAPPEARING from tracking systems, throwing the supply chain further into crisis by preventing logistical shipping plans.

The Personal Data Protection Law allows domestic providers to refuse sharing data with foreign entities, which makes avoiding bottlenecks in Chinese ports impossible for shipping companies.

Market and valuations provider VesselsValue estimates the terrestrial shipping data across all Chinese waters, where 6 of the world’s 10 largest ports are found, has dropped by 90% within a fortnight of the Nov. 1 law being passed.

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2021-11-17 19:00:21 Police question armed man outside Kenosha courthouse as jury reconvenes for Rittenhouse trial

The Rittenhouse murder trial has been dubbed a crucial turning point for self-defense in the US. The 18-year-old is facing life behind bars if found guilty on all charges, as reports suggest there could be a mistrial over withheld footage from the prosecution.

His verdict is expected this Wednesday, as the authorities prepare for potential unrest in Wisconsin pending the jury's decision.

Even before the deliberations have concluded, the tension is vivid.

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2021-11-17 18:40:26 UK Suicide Bomber was Planning Attack for Months - Police

Counter-terror police say the man behind the bombing of a Liverpool hospital has been planning the attack since April, 2021 - after discovering that he had made “relevant purchases.”

Emad Al Swealmeen, who is understood to have failed in several attempts to claim asylum since coming to Britain in 2014 from Iraq, had rented a property in the city seven months ago and is thought to have gone through periods of mental illness.

The terror threat level in the country has since been upgraded to 'SEVERE' - meaning an attack is 'highly likely' after officials confirmed Swealmeen was not known to MI5.

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2021-11-17 18:24:13 British F35 jet crashes into the Mediterranean – pilot ejects safely (MoD)

An F35 fighter jet from the UK’s flagship carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth has crashed in the Mediterranean during “routine flying operations” with no hostile action believed to have taken place.

The $135mn aircraft is thought to still be in the sea unrecovered, with a comprehensive military investigation reportedly underway to look into possible technical or human error.

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2021-11-17 17:50:20 Rittenhouse prosecutors WITHHELD HD drone footage from defense – sparks mistrial motion (Daily Mail)

Rittenhouse prosecutor Thomas Binger apparently only supplied low-definition drone footage of the Kenosha shooting to the defense team, leading them to file for a mistrial that could potentially see the teen walk free.

The footage allegedly showed Kyle Rittenhouse aiming his weapon at people and was central to the prosecution’s case, but the version they handed over was less than three times the file size.

The papers filed listed over 20 separate grounds for a mistrial, including further examples of “clearly intentional” and “prejudicial… prosecutorial misconduct” from Binger.

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2021-11-17 17:19:34 US Debt Disaster: Fed Govt Unable to Pay Bills by mid-December, warns Yellen

US Treasury sec. Janet Yellen has written to Congress in a desperate bid to urge lawmakers to either raise or suspend the borrowing limit to avoid a potential recession describing the situation as “critical.”

Yellen stated the Fed govt could be unable to meet payments by as soon as Dec. 15. The Bipartisan Policy Center estimated last month that If action was not taken social security payments and military paychecks could be at risk.

Congress recently raised the statutory debt limit by $480 billion, but this appears to have been a short-term fix, Republicans are now calling for Biden to act to find a long-term solution.

Maybe someone needs to start looking behind the sofa?

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2021-11-17 17:02:12 Unknown persons set fire to Embassy of Belarus in Brussels (TASS)

The fire forced consular issues to be suspended, the press service of the diplomatic mission reports.

Unverified images show the embassy door burnt.

UPDATE: The Belarusian Embassy in Brussels has denied the information about the arson at the diplomatic mission - stating the incident occurred in August. (TASS)

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2021-11-17 16:44:36 Belarus suspends electricity supplies to Ukraine from Nov. 18 (Ria Novosti)

The Ministry of Energy of Belarus has reported that electricity supplies to Ukraine will be stopped from November 18, with the possibility of a renewal to be considered "taking into account technical capabilities.”

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2021-11-17 16:20:24 NATO members splurge on Russian “secret exports” - inc. arms and military aircraft

According to Federal Customs Service figures, six of the top 10 buys of classified exports - which include weaponry and military aircraft - from Russia are NATO nations, including the US.

In the first 9 months of 2021, the Czech Republic has massively upped spending from $102mn to $706mn in the same period this year, while Washington has increased secret purchases from $706mn to $841mn.

Germany, the UK, Estonia and Netherlands are the other top NATO buyers, while Turkey has also supplied Turkey and India with anti-aircraft and missile defense systems.

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2021-11-13 03:01:06 Pharmacy in Virginia 'knowingly' gave 112 children wrong doses of Covid vaccine

Ted Pharmacy “incorrectly administered” partial doses of adult Coronavirus vaccines to kids after reportedly trying to make up for not having enough shots. (New York Post)

According to the NY Post, there’s a chance the pharmacy could have given too much of the vax or even too little of the jab.

“Because they did not have the children’s formulation they used the adult formulation but only gave a third of the amount to the children,” the Loudon County health dept. director told WaPo.

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