
‘Ghosts of Bakhmut’: Ukraine’s snipers on the ‘zero line’
Donetsk Region, Ukraine (AFP) Oct 11, 2023 - Kuzya, a sniper with a Ukrainian elite unit, selected one of a series of long rifles laid out on the living-room floor.
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Donetsk Region, Ukraine (AFP) Oct 11, 2023 - Kuzya, a sniper with a Ukrainian elite unit, selected one of a series of long rifles laid out on the living-room floor.
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Brussels (AFP) Oct 11, 2023 - Brussels is demanding that X and Meta crack down on disinformation, as fake and misleading online posts proliferate in the wake of Hamas's deadly assault in Israel.
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Brussels (AFP) Oct 11, 2023 - Israel's Defence Minister Yoav Gallant will hold video talks Thursday with his NATO counterparts, after the surprise Hamas attack on his country, alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg said.
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New York (AFP) Oct 11, 2023 - The former partner and girlfriend of Sam Bankman-Fried told a New York courtroom on Wednesday that she constantly worried that clients of their FTX crypto platform would discover they were being defrauded.
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Tokyo (AFP) Oct 11, 2023 - A recent open day at a Japanese military base near Tokyo was a fun family outing but, despite the games and snacks, the army recruitment stand was bereft of visitors.
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Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (AFP) Oct 11, 2023 - Kyrgyzstan's parliament on Wednesday ratified an agreement for a common air defence system with Russia, a day before a planned visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Central Asian country.
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Washington DC (UPI) Oct 11, 2023 - In the wake of recent Hamas attacks on Israel, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., introduced a new bill Wednesday to immediately freeze $6 billion in Iranian funds.
Oct 11, 2023

Colorado Springs CO (SPX) Oct 11, 2023 - Space Systems Command (SSC), the United States Space Force (USSF) field command responsible for acquiring, developing, and delivering resilient space capabilities, is now accepting applications for
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Brussels (AFP) Oct 11, 2023 - Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said Wednesday that the United States will provide a new $200 million military assistance package for Ukraine, as opposition from hardline Republican lawmakers puts future aid for Kyiv in doubt.
Oct 11, 2023

Washington DC (UPI) Oct 11, 2023 - The U.S. State Department is urging Americans to reconsider travel to Israel and the West Bank, as it raised its Travel Advisory Level for the region to Level 3.
Oct 11, 2023

Brussels (AFP) Oct 11, 2023 - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday urged allies to step up weapons supplies, on his first visit to the military alliance headquarters since the start of Russia's all-out war.
Oct 11, 2023

Brussels (AFP) Oct 11, 2023 - President Volodymyr Zelensky urged Ukraine's allies on Wednesday to arm his country to survive the winter, on his first visit to the alliance's headquarters since Russia's all-out invasion.
Oct 11, 2023

Hong Kong (AFP) Oct 10, 2023 - Equities mostly rose Tuesday after top Federal Reserve officials suggested the recent spike in US Treasury yields could act as a substitute for further interest rate hikes.
Oct 10, 2023

Aboard A Us Military Aircraft (AFP) Oct 10, 2023 - The United States has no evidence of direct Iranian involvement in the devastating attack by Palestinian militant group Hamas on Israel, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Tuesday.
Oct 10, 2023

United Nations, United States (AFP) Oct 10, 2023 - The UN General Assembly on Tuesday rejected a bid by Russia to regain a seat on the Human Rights Council, from which it was ousted after invading Ukraine.
Oct 10, 2023

New York (AFP) Oct 10, 2023 - Disgraced crypto wunderkind Sam Bankman-Fried was the mastermind behind a scheme to defraud FTX clients of billions of dollars, the star witness in his US trial testified on Tuesday.
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