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Russia condemns US mosey to promote weapons to Ukraine

Russian officials said the US decision to supply weapons to Ukraine was dangerous and will encourage Kiev to use force in eastern Ukraine. The US state department said on Friday the United States will provide Ukraine with « enhanced defensive capabilities » as the country battles Russian-backed separatists in the east. Russia’s RIA state news agency quoted…

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Iraq’s paramilitary troops deployed at Syrian border

Iraq’s Shia paramilitaries have deployed fighters to the Syrian border to support security forces after multiple attacks from within Syria. « After several Iraqi border guard positions came under several attacks by missiles, and backup from security forces was late, the 13th brigade of the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) was deployed and targeted the origins of…

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Korea: Die stille Zone

Der Koreakrieg zwischen 1950 und 1953 endete nie mit einem formalen Friedensvertrag. Bis heute gilt ein Waffenstillstandsabkommen zwischen Nordkorea und den UN von 1953. Die Grenze zwischen dem diktatorischen Norden und dem Süden der Insel, der heute eine Demokratie ist, besteht aus einer vier Kilometer breiten entmilitarisierten Zone. Der Fotograf Park Jongwoo aus Seoul durfte…

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‘The sphere needs peace no longer death’: Trump on UNSC vote

US President Donald Trump said the « world wants peace not death » following the latest bout of UN Security Council sanctions placed on North Korea. His comments came as the US secretary of defence told American soldiers to be « ready to go » if war breaks out on the Korean Peninsula.  The sanctions – which order North…

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Can minimum pricing abet address alcoholism in Scotland?

Glasgow, Scotland – At the height of his addiction to alcohol, Graham Wilson had resorted to drinking weedkiller in order to experience the « boozy feeling » that he felt was on the wane after years as a chronic alcoholic. « I remembered a friend of mine had said to me that one tablespoon of weedkiller could kill…

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How the U.S. Frail Jazz as a Chilly War Secret Weapon

Almost exactly 60 years ago, in the crisp, early spring of 1958, a young boy from California named Darius shuffled through the streets of Warsaw. He shivered; it still felt like winter, and snow frosted the bullet holes that peppered the city’s buildings, a stark reminder that the Second World War had concluded little more…

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Republicans gamble that they’ll promote their tax cuts

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Drivers facing absolute most life like petrol-pump costs in four years staunch as Britons expend to the roads for Christmas

Drivers are facing the highest prices at petrol stations for four years, just as Britons prepare to take to the roads for the busy Christmas period. It comes after travel chaos struck the UK on what was dubbed “frantic Friday”, as the last of the year’s commuter traffic clashed with the festive getaway. At Bristol…