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Yulin dog meat festival set to see thousands slaughtered over 10 days The 10-day gathering, which takes place in southern China’s Guangxi province, is officially known as the Lychee and Dog Meat Festival, in reference to the fruit that is also commonly consumed during the festivities. Thousands of visitors flock to the Yulin festival every year to eat dishes such as dog meat stew and crispy dog meat . But the slaughter of dogs and animal welfare practices at the festival have been criticized in China and abroad. When the event was launched more than a decade ago, an estimated 10,000-plus dogs were slaughtered during its core days, according to Humane Society International (HSI).

  Iran’s only nuclear power plant has undergone an unexplained temporary emergency shutdown, state TV reported on Sunday… Relying more on the official ‘government’ word about this:  An official from state electric company Tavanir, Gholamali Rakhshanimehr, said on a talk show that the Bushehr plant shutdown began on Saturday and would last “for three to four days.”Without elaborating, he said that power outages could result.  Here is more we know from official reporting: This is the first time Iran has reported an emergency shutdown of the plant, located in the southern port city of Bushehr. It went online in 2011 with help from Russia. Iran is required to send spent fuel rods from the reactor back to Russia as a nuclear nonproliferation measure… Most of the media is still not reporting much on  Bushehr ..  BUT they also have not reported on another still developing incident at the Taishan nuclear plant in China.. Just as some are beginning to speculate...

 At this point.. ANY are possible..

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From  CNN Drama in Alaska  A first face-to-face meeting between US and  Chinese officials  got off to a heated start in Anchorage, Alaska, on Thursday as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's statement that the Biden administration would bring up "deep concerns" about some of China's actions around the world was met with immediate pushback from Chinese counterparts, sparking an unusually public exchange of diplomatic barbs. By evening, the Chinese had accused the US delegation of being "condescending" in its tone, while a US official said the representatives from Beijing seemed "intent on grandstanding." The meeting quickly veered away from the usual diplomatic throat clearing that takes place in front of the cameras before the real meetings get underway. As the two sides traded the unusually intense remarks, Blinken called the cameras back to counter the Chinese officials' comments -- particularly their slights about US democracy -- setting o...