ZURICH, Dec 27 (Reuters) – Switzerland cannot defend itself against a full-scale attack and must boost military spending given rising risks from Russia, the head of its armed forces said.
The country is prepared for attacks by “non-state actors”…
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The U.S. sank the alleged narco-terrorists’ boat — and let them go
QUITO, Ecuador — The police arrived at the airport prepared to arrest a drug trafficker — a mariner whose crewmates the U.S. military had just killed.
Andrés Fernando Tufiño Chila was one of only two people known to have survived a U.S….
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Opposition anger as Guinea’s junta leader is frontrunner to be elected president | Guinea
In September 2021, a tall, young colonel in the Guinean army announced that he and his comrades had forcibly seized power and toppled the longtime leader Alpha Condé.
“The will of the strongest has always supplanted the law,” Mamady Doumbouya…
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Poland scrambles fighter jets in the wake of Russian attacks on Ukraine
Civilian airports in Rzeszów and Lublin were temporarily closed in the early hours of Saturday. After several hours, air traffic at both airports was resumed.
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Poland scrambles fighter jets in the wake of Russian attacks on Ukraine
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China sanctions 20 American defence companies and 10 executives over arms sales to Taiwan
China has imposed sanctions against 20 US defence-related companies and 10 executives, a week after Washington announced large-scale arms sales to Taiwan.
According to the Chinese foreign ministry, the sanctions entail freezing the companies’ assets in China and banning individuals and…
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Massive pileup on expressway in Japan kills 2, injures 26
TOKYO (AP) — A massive crash involving 67 vehicles in snowy weather killed two people and injured 26 on an expressway in Japan late on Friday as the country kicked off its end-of-year holiday season.
The…
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the east coast villages lost to the sea
Eleanor MaslinEast Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
Christopher Furlong/Getty ImagesHoliday chalets on the edge of the coast at Withernsea in 2020 East Yorkshire has one of the fastest eroding coastlines in the UK. Dozens of towns and villages have been…
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The Ashes Briefing: England win in Australia for the first time since 2011 as Melbourne Test lasts two days
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After 18 fruitless Test matches, almost 15 years, three captains and two days of utterly madcap action at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, England have finally won a Test…
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