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Austin, Speaking by Video, Reiterates U.S. Support for Ukraine
[ad_1] Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III, speaking by video, told defense ministers meeting in Brussels Wednesday that the United States would maintain its support for Ukraine, but he made no mention of a multibillion-dollar aid package that has yet to gain Congressional approval. Mr. Austin delivered his remarks in a five-minute address via video link to a meeting of…
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Nicolas Sarkozy’s Prison Sentence Halved to 6 Months
[ad_1] A Paris appeals court upheld on Wednesday the 2021 conviction of former President Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal financing an election campaign but cut his sentence from one year to six months with a further six months suspended. Mr. Sarkozy’s lawyer, Vincent Desry, immediately said that Mr. Sarkozy would appeal to France’s highest court. “Mr. Nicolas Sarkozy is fully innocent,”…
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Three Climate Takeaways From Indonesia’s Presidential Election and the Vote for Subianto
[ad_1] Coal, nickel, palm oil, rainforests. The riches of Indonesia matter to the rest of the world. Therefore, so does its presidential election. Early results on Wednesday in the world’s third-largest democracy signaled the victory of Prabowo Subianto, a former army general linked to human rights abuses, as the country’s next president. The new government’s approach on the management of…
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Britain Confronts Fears of a (Gasp!) Tea Shortage
[ad_1] For a country of morning-and-night tea drinkers, even the suggestion of a shortage of the household staple can elicit a nervous gulp. So there might have been more than a few people spooked when signs in some Sainsbury’s grocery stores this week warned customers that supply issues had affected the “nationwide” availability of black tea, as Houthi attacks on…
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Ukraine, Struggling on Land, Claims to Deal Blow to Russia at Sea
[ad_1] As outgunned Ukrainian soldiers struggle to hold back bloody Russian assaults on land, Ukraine said on Wednesday that its forces had struck yet another powerful blow against the Russians at sea, sinking a large Russian landing ship off the coast of Crimea before dawn. The Ukrainian military released footage of the strike, which it said had resulted in the…
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Europe Wants to Stand on Its Own Militarily. Is It Too Little, Too Late?
[ad_1] As Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany broke ground for a new ammunition factory this week, he celebrated a move that should enable the country to restore its almost entirely depleted arsenal of artillery shells. But despite his portrayal of the groundbreaking as another German response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which began two years ago this month, it was…
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Israeli Minister Blocks Flour From Reaching UNRWA in Gaza
[ad_1] The Israeli finance ministry has blocked deliveries of food for Gaza because the shipments were intended to reach the main U.N. agency for Palestinians, Israel’s finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, said on Tuesday. Mr. Smotrich, a hard-right settler leader, said in a statement that he had issued a directive not to transfer flour shipments to the agency, known as UNRWA,…
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Israel-Hamas War: Live Updates – The New York Times
[ad_1] Israeli forces have ordered Palestinians sheltering at one of the last functioning hospitals in Gaza to evacuate from the complex, raising fears that troops will attempt to storm a facility crowded with thousands of people, some of whom have been shot at as they tried to flee, according to doctors there. The Israeli military accused Hamas on Wednesday of…
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South Korea Court Convicts Three People in Case Tied to Itaewon Crush
[ad_1] A South Korean court on Wednesday found three former police officers guilty of destroying evidence indicating that the police had been aware of the safety risks at Halloween festivities in Seoul before a deadly crowd crush that took place in 2022. The officers were the first officials to be convicted of crimes related to the event, in which nearly…
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Chasing Indonesia’s Massive Youth Vote
[ad_1] Gen Z and millennials make up 52 percent of the registered voters in Indonesia. Here’s how the three presidential candidates wooed young voters, including with a viral TikTok dance and K-pop themed events. [ad_2] Source link
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