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Tax Russia to rebuild Ukraine and increase defence spending, Estonia says
TALLINN - Estonia will propose that the leaders of the United Kingdom-led alliance of northern European NATO countries spend no less than...
Dec 17, 20242 min read
Exclusive-Britain pares back secretive China strategy review, seeking closer ties
LONDON - Britain's Labour government has pared back an audit of relations with China, four sources with knowledge of the matter said,...
Dec 17, 20243 min read
'Chai and samosas': US hotels welcome Indian tourist boom to revive revenue
U.S. hotels and travel companies are aiming to tap a surge in Indian tourists to boost revenue as domestic leisure spending falters and...
Dec 17, 20242 min read
2024 in photos: the world under water
A drone view shows flooded houses in Venek, Hungary, September 17, 2024. Fedja Grulovic In 2024, it often felt like it was flooding...
Dec 17, 20242 min read
As Bolivia's big state economic model slowly implodes, fear of 'total crisis'
LA PAZ - Housewife Yola Chura worried about high food prices while shopping at a market in Bolivia's highland city of El Alto, where she...
Dec 17, 20243 min read
Facts-Germany's election in polls, parties and policy debates
BERLIN - Chancellor Olaf Scholz will call on Germany's parliament on Monday to declare it has no confidence in him, taking the first...
Dec 17, 20244 min read
US case against India's Gautam Adani appears strong but extradition unlikely, experts say
NEW YORK -The U.S. fraud case against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani appears to be backed by documents that will help prosecutors make...
Dec 17, 20243 min read
Analysis-Case against Brazil coup plotters could end decades of impunity
SAO PAULO - The arrest of a four-star general in Brazil over the weekend shows courts are ready to play hardball with those accused of...
Dec 17, 20244 min read
Norway to provide $242 million to strengthen Ukrainian navy
COPENHAGEN - Norway said on Monday it would provide 2.7 billion crowns ($242 million) to strengthen the Ukrainian navy and help it deter...
Dec 17, 20241 min read
India's Zakir Hussain, the tabla maestro with 'dancing fingers', dies
MUMBAI - Zakir Hussain, whose "dancing fingers" made him one of the greatest players of the tabla or Indian drums and who became a major...
Dec 17, 20241 min read
Malaysia PM appoints Thai heavyweight Thaksin his adviser on ASEAN
KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Monday appointed Thailand's billionaire political heavyweight and former premier...
Dec 17, 20242 min read
Leader of Russia's Chechnya says he is ready to ensure wheat supplies to Syria if necessary
MOSCOW - Chechnya's Kremlin-backed leader Ramzan Kadyrov has said he is ready to step in if necessary and ensure that Syria gets the...
Dec 17, 20242 min read
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