TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Cabinet on Friday approved a record defense budget plan exceeding 9 trillion yen ($58 billion) for the coming year, aiming to fortify its strike-back capability and coastal defense…
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Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv hits Russian oil refinery with British Storm Shadow missiles | Ukraine
Ukraine used British Storm Shadow missiles to attack a Russian oil refinery on Thursday, the country’s military said. The Novoshakhtinsk refinery was hit by the missiles and “numerous explosions” were recorded, the Ukrainian armed…
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Should a top Russian archaeologist face trial for digging in occupied Crimea?
Grigor Atanesian & Investigations TeamBBC News Russian
t.me/kotovayanoraA selfie taken by Alexander Butyagin earlier this year at an ancient site in Crimea A Russian archaeologist detained in Poland is at the centre of an intense debate over the…
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Why Britain has a deer problem
NJ Convery
BBCBen Martill often gazes out of his window to watch the deer roaming below. “In the past few years there have been loads of them,” he says. Yet Ben doesn’t live in rural woodland but in a block of flats on a fairly busy road in the…
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‘Not for the people’: Myanmar junta prepares for elections designed to legitimise grip on power | Myanmar
Myanmar is preparing to go to the polls for the first time since its military seized power in a coup in 2021, but with its former leader behind bars, its most successful political party disbanded and roughly a third of the country either disputed…
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India’s renewable energy boom faces a hidden waste problem
AFP via Getty ImagesIndia gets plenty of sunlight throughout the year, which makes solar power highly efficient India’s rapid solar energy expansion is widely hailed as a success. But without a plan to manage the waste it will generate, how clean…
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Indonesians raise white flags as anger grows over slow flood aid
Kelly Ng,Singapore,
Riana Ibrahim,BBC Indonesian, Jakartaand
Raja Eben Lumbanrau,BBC Indonesian, Jakarta
AFP via Getty ImagesPeople in Indonesia’s Aceh province are raising white flags as a call for international solidarity For weeks now, angry and…
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Container Ship Turned Missile Battery Spotted in China
Earlier on Christmas Day of this year, images of a Chinese shipping vessel carrying several containerized vertical launch cells systems appeared online. The basis of the Vessel in question appears to be a standard civilian container…
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