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The Israeli army has started adopting strange tactics to make Gazans more and more suspicious of Hamas. In one such attempt, the Israeli army dropped cigarette packs on Gaza’s Khan Yunis that read, “Smoking is bad, but Hamas is worse.”
The Israeli army has been accustomed to dropping pamphlets and handbills etc. in Gaza before operations. In these handbills, citizens are asked to vacate such and such area as action is going to be taken there.
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The Israeli military also drops handbills, or leaflets, with a phone number asking for information on the whereabouts of members and leaders of Hamas and other Palestinian resistance organizations and receiving a reward.
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Now they are trying to mistrust Hamas by giving gifts of cigarettes to the citizens of Gaza. It should be noted that as a result of the operations of the Israeli army in Gaza during the last ten months, there has been a severe shortage of food and beverages, as well as cigarettes, medicines and many other things.
According to the results so far, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has the lead in the final stage of the Turkish presidential election.
Voting in the final phase of the presidential election in Turkey continued from 8 am to 5 pm local time.
According to the Turkish media, the process of counting the votes after the polling is going on and so far 85.45 percent of the votes have been counted.
According to the results so far, President Erdoğan is leading with 53.15% of the votes, while the opposition candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu managed to get 46.85% of the votes.
According to the results so far, President Erdoğan has received 2 crore 35 lakh 2 thousand 589 votes, while the opposition candidate Kemal Kilic Daroglu has received 2 crore 7 lakh 17 thousand 317 votes.
It should be noted that the voter turnout in the presidential election held on May 14 in Turkey was 90%, but the president could not be decided as no candidate received 50% of the votes.
In the first phase, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan got a lead of 5 points over his opponent, but he could not get 50% of the votes, he managed to get 49.52% of the votes in the first phase. His opponent, the opposition candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu, was second with 44.89 percent of the votes and Sinan Oghnan was third with 5.17 percent of the votes, while Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s coalition bloc won a clear majority in the parliamentary elections.
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2024-08-16 06:10:37
The President of Argentina, Javier Mileyhas issued a peculiar message on August 15, in which he offers to adopt ‘Dylan’, a collie dog, whose owner is former president Alberto Fernández, who is being investigated for alleged gender violence against his ex-wife.
Milei’s message has been taken as a kind of sarcasm, since she assumes that Fernández will go to jail and will no longer be able to take care of her pet.
“Alberto, just as I offered to take care of Dylan when you went to Spain, I reiterate that he will be welcome for us to take care of him in the family of the forces of heaven.“, the Argentine president expressed on his social networks.
Milei’s love for animals, especially dogs, is well known; in fact, she has five English mastiffs.

Charged with gender violence
Former Argentine President Alberto Fernández was charged with gender-based violence following a complaint filed by his ex-wife Fabiola Yañez.
Fernández was charged with alleged serious injuries and threats. Following the scandal, the leftist resigned as president of the Justicialist Party, which he led.

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2024-08-16 05:49:33
“Contemplate the infinite sky and share the constellations together.” This poetic phrase is the theme of China’s National Space Day celebrated last April. Within the framework of the event, the first Space Cooperation Forum between China and the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) also took place.
China-LAC space cooperation can be traced back to 1988, when China and Brazil signed a satellite agreement. 11 years later, in 1999, this cooperation resulted in the launch into orbit of the first China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite (CBERS-1), also the first of China’s international satellite cooperation. For decades, China-LAC cooperation has not only promoted the development of space technology of both sides, but also brought tangible benefits to their people.

New dynamism for agricultural development
To develop agriculture well, it is essential to have complete and accurate information about the land. As an emblematic project of space cooperation between China and Venezuela, the Miranda satellite (also known as “VRSS-1”) launched by China, as the first remote sensing satellite of this South American country, has played a crucial role in calculating agricultural harvests and improve agricultural performance. Its successor, the Sucre satellite (also known as “VRSS-2”), has even more advanced capabilities, such as verifying the different states of land and crops, monitoring different pests and diseases and analyzing crop growth, inter alia. Thanks to these satellites, the efficiency of agricultural administration has been significantly improved. In this sense, space technology has given wings to the rapid and sustainable agricultural development of Venezuela.


Improving the well-being of the people
From bridging the digital divide to promoting social inclusion, China and LAC countries have been able to take advantage of space cooperation to raise the quality of life of people. In 2013, Bolivia’s Túpac Katari (TKSAT-1) satellite was launched into orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China. Since then, this satellite has allowed the people of the Andean country to have better access to telecommunications, the Internet and satellite television, while lowering the cost of these services to one-seventh of the previous price. With this satellite, Bolivian inhabitants, and even those from the most remote areas, can now watch programs from more than 30 television channels for free, including 2 educational channels. TKSAT-1, deservedly named after the nation’s hero, has made communications as accessible as water and air.
Better environmental conservation
The Earth is the common home for human beings. Protecting the environment is the challenge facing the international community, and also an important mission of China-LAC space cooperation. In 2007, the China National Space Administration joined the mechanism of the International Charter “Space and Major Disasters”, and has contributed to the global response to natural disasters with images provided by the CBERS series of satellites, launched through China and Brazil. Brazil, for its part, uses the data and images collected and transmitted by these satellites in a wide range of projects, such as identifying and reporting in real time cases of deforestation and forest fires, so that they can be monitored and protected. better the Amazon rainforest. Currently, the two countries are accelerating steps to develop CBERS-6, a satellite that with Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) will further improve the monitoring of Brazilian biomes, especially the Amazon.
Joint talent training
China and LAC always attach high importance to the training of talents in space matters. In 2013, the South American Astronomy Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CASSACA) began operating in Santiago, Chile, which has contributed greatly to the training of professionals from both countries. 2 years later, the Postdoctoral Program was established with the support of CASSACA and the National Research and Development Agency (ANID) of Chile. To date, this program has funded dozens of young astronomers from different countries, offering valuable research opportunities in their early careers. Such cooperation has also taken place between China and Venezuela. For more than ten years, China and Venezuela have jointly trained more than 220 specialists in the space technology sector. During the state visit of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to China in 2023, both countries agreed to send young Venezuelans to Chinese schools to receive training and training to prepare as astronauts. “What we are going for is to the Moon,” said President Nicolás Maduro.


China-LAC space cooperation is young but fruitful, and its palpable results extend from large national projects to small but indispensable services for people. There is so much space to develop China-LAC cooperation of broader perspectives and higher levels. As an old proverb says: “Not even the brightest stars shine alone in the dark.” So it goes to the stars (This is how you go to the stars).
Author: Yi Fan, international affairs observer in Beijing
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2024-08-16 05:45:33