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‘Nowhere to hide’: Truss to pave way for tougher Russian sanctions amid Ukraine tensions – video
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The UK foreign secretary, In caso contrario, potrebbe, said plans to allow for tougher economic sanctions against Russia would be announced ahead of a diplomatic trip to Ukraine and Russia over the next two weeks. The UK has offered to...
‘Putin only understands strength’: Estonian PM on Ukraine tensions
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Europe needs to end its reliance on Russian energy and Germany should accept that the Nord Stream 2 pipeline was never just a commercial project, the Estonian prime minister has said in an interview conducted against ...
‘Real thuggery’: Cornwall boats vandalised amid ‘incomer’ tensions
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The spot could hardly be more idyllic. A Cornish creek fringed by apple trees where boats bob at high tide and dogs and children frolic in the mud at low. But there is trouble in the parish of Feock after a string of ...
‘Two sets of laws’: racial tensions simmer in the town where police shot Jacob Blake
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As a wind swept leaves past the steps of the Kenosha county courthouse last week, the streets were sparsely trafficked as another day of proceedings came to a close in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, who shot three peo...
Australia wants deeper energy ties to help Taiwan decarbonise, amid China tensions
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The Australian government says it wants to help Taiwan decarbonise its economy, flagging this as the next area of cooperation with the democratically ruled island, amid ongoing tensions with China. The trade minister,...
Belarus military drills to begin as Russia ratchets up Ukraine tensions
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Russia and Belarus will begin 10 days of joint military drills on Thursday, setting in train one of the most overtly threatening elements of the Kremlin’s buildup of forces around Ukraine’s borders. Valery Gerasimov, ...
Biden and Putin exchange warnings during phone call amid rising Ukraine tensions
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Joe Biden and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have exchanged warnings over the crisis in Ukraine during a 50-minute phone call that did little to lower the political temperature, according to their governments. Rus...
Biden’s Taiwan vow creates confusion not clarity – and raises China tensions
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The somewhat routine press conference in Tokyo was winding down when the question came. “Are you willing to get involved militarily to defend Taiwan if it comes to that?” Many past American presidents would have defle...
Canada and US announce Arctic military exercises amid Russia tensions
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Canada and the US have issued a rare public notice over planned military exercises in the Arctic amid growing concern over Russian aggression. The North American Aerospace Defense Command said on Tuesday that it would...
Canada to ban Huawei and ZTE from 5G network, risking China tensions
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Canada says it will ban Huawei and ZTE from the country’s 5G network, a move that puts it in line with intelligence-sharing allies, but risks further chilling relations with China. The federal government made the anno...
Case of missing spy aggravates tensions among fractious Somali leadership
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The Somali prime minister, Mohamed Hussein Roble, has fired the head of the country’s intelligence unit over the disappearance of a female spy. Roble accused the spy chief, Fahad Yasin Haji Dahir, a former close ally ...
Chinese diplomat calls Justin Trudeau ‘running dog of US’ as tensions escalate
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A Chinese diplomat has dismissed Canada’s prime minister Justin Trudeau as a “boy” in a social media attack marking a new low in the fractured relationship between the two countries. China and Canada have clashed rep...
Covid Australia live news update: tensions high as national cabinet meets; first Afghanistan evacuees arrive in Perth
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ACT chief minister Andrew Barr calls on colleagues to stop presenting 70% o 80% vaccination targets as ‘freedom day’ ahead of meeting. Segui gli ultimi aggiornamenti
Covid vaccine dip spotlights tensions between Matt Hancock and NHS
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Analisi: was NHS England letter deliberately leaked just before health secretary’s press conference?Matt Hancock’s press conference in Downing Street on Wednesday evening felt at times as if it were being delivered f...
Deadly traffic: the fuel drivers caught up in Pakistan-Iran border tensions
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Karim Jan* spent the festival of Eid al-Fitr sitting in the scorching May sun as he had spent the previous five days, waiting in a long queue of traffic to get into Iran. Like hundreds of other drivers, Jan came to th...
European lockdown worries and rising China-west tensions weigh on markets – business live
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