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Conflicts spur 'unprecedented' rise in military spending
AFP, Published on 28/04/2025
» STOCKHOLM - Worldwide military expenditure saw its steepest rise in 2024 since the end of the Cold War, reaching US$2.7 trillion as wars and rising tensions drove up spending, researchers said on Monday.
An anxious Asia arms for a war it hopes to prevent
The New York TImes, Published on 26/03/2023
» TINIAN, Northern Mariana Islands: The tiny island of Tinian was the launch point for U.S. planes carrying atomic bombs to Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. Now a new runway is being carved from the jungle, just south of World War II ruins.
War in Ukraine: Latest developments
AFP, Published on 13/07/2022
» KYIV, Ukraine: Here are the latest developments in the war in Ukraine:
Russia and Ukraine seek to break grain impasse in Turkey
AFP, Published on 13/07/2022
» ISTANBUL: Russia and Ukraine were due Wednesday to hold their first talks with UN and Turkish officials aimed at breaking a months-long impasse over grain exports that has seen food prices soar and millions face hunger.
Macron urges European army to defend against Russia, US
AFP, Published on 06/11/2018
» PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron called Tuesday for a "real European army" as the continent marks a century since the divisions of World War I, to better defend itself against Russia and even the United States.