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Hungary takes EU presidency echoing Trump but likely to lack bite
Hungary’s nationalist government launches its presidency of the European Union on Monday with a Trump-like call to “Make Europe Great Again” after EU lawmakers questioned whether it should be allowed to take on the role.
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UK government, British Airways sued over 1990 Kuwait hostage crisis
Passengers and crew of a British Airways flight who were taken hostage in Kuwait in 1990 have launched legal action against the UK government and the airline, a law firm said Monday.
People on BA flight 149 were taken off the Kuala…
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North Korea blames South Korea, US and Japan ties as Asian version of NATO
North Korea criticized the trilateral “Freedom Edge” military exercise by South Korea, Japan and the United States held this month, state media said on Sunday, saying such drills show the relationship among three countries has developed…
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US tells China that Philippines support ‘ironclad’
A top US official on Thursday told a Chinese counterpart that Washington’s defense commitments to the Philippines were “ironclad” after a violent clash in the South China Sea.
Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell “raised serious…
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Over 150 migrants rescued in English Channel, France says
French authorities said Thursday that more than 150 migrants trying to reach Britain had been rescued from overloaded boats in the Strait of Dover and returned to France.
“Two migrant vessels in trouble” in the English Channel strait…
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Poland, Baltics call for EU defense line on border with Russia, Belarus
Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia called on Wednesday for the European Union to build a defense line along the bloc’s border with Russia and Belarus to protect the EU from military threats and other harmful activities from Moscow.
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China lunar probe to return to Earth with samples
A Chinese probe carrying samples from the far side of the Moon is expected to return to Earth on Tuesday, capping a technically complex 53-day mission heralded as a world first.
Beijing has not disclosed the spacecraft’s estimated…
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Taiwan president says China has no right to sanction Taiwan’s people
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said on Monday that China has no right to sanction Taiwan’s people or go after their rights, after China threatened to impose the death penalty in extreme cases for “diehard” Taiwan independence separatists.…
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Trump and Biden do battle in first US presidential debate
Joe Biden and Donald Trump square off for a historic US presidential debate this week, with the stage set for what could be a pivotal moment in the 2024 race as millions of potential voters tune in.
The showdown fires the starting gun on…
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Russian lawmaker warns Moscow may change timing for use of nuclear weapons
Moscow may change the timing for use of its nuclear weapons if threats against Russia increase, the RIA state news agency cited Andrei Kartapolov, the head of the Russian lower house’s defense committee, as saying on Sunday.
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