Abbott provides update on Operation Lone Star – 1 April 2021
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G7 Foreign Ministers Condemn Atrocity Crimes In Tigray
On April 2, 2021, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States, issued a statement condemning atrocity crimes in Tigray and called for comprehensive responses: “We condemn the killing of civilians, sexual and gender-based violence, indiscriminate shelling and the forced displacement of residents of Tigray and…
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U.S. Concerned Over Reported Russian Troop Movements Amid Heightened Tensions In Eastern Ukraine
Ukrainian servicemen take up positions on the front line with Russia-backed separatists in the eastern Donetsk region last month. The United States is expressing concern about what it called ongoing Russian aggression against Ukraine amid reports of a buildup of Russian troops along Ukraine’s border and in Crimea. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke by…
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Brexit: Retail investors continue flight from UK equities
According to data from the Investment Association, retail investors have withdrawn roughly £18bn from UK funds over the past five years. Photo: Reuters/Yuriko Nakao Retail investors fled UK equity funds in February to the tune of £1bn ($1.4bn) — a continuation of a trend that was initially triggered by Brexit in 2016. According to data…
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Catch-and-Bus: Thousands of Freed Border-Crossing Immigrants Are Dispersing Across America
Lorenzo Ortiz, a volunteer with the El Buen Samaritano Migrante church, loading a van to drive Haitian immigrants in Del Rio, Texas. Photo by Todd Bensman. DEL RIO, Texas — On a recent evening with the night ahead-looking long, an idling charter bus parked on a lot prepared to disperse a new kind of import…
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US, Japan, South Korea agree to keep up pressure on North Korea
North Korea has long sought a lifting of international sanctions over its weapons programmes.PHOTO: REUTERS WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – The United States, South Korea, and Japan agreed in high-level security talks on Friday (April 2) to work together to keep up pressure on North Korea to give up its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes. In a joint…
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Biden’s halt of border wall construction sends migrants streaming into US
Biden’s halt of border wall construction sends migrants streaming into US Thousands of tons of steel and heavy equipment stand idle along the U.S.-Mexico border as legions of migrants exploit holes in the fence left by President Biden’s decision to halt construction. From Texas to California, unfinished sections of the wall have become convenient gateways for migrants…
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‘Russia-U.S. ties worst in 41 years’: How much worse could it get?
Russian President Vladimir Putin said in June 2019 that relations between Moscow and Washington were going downhill and getting worse. Experts believe that Putin’s gloomy assessment is now coming true, and Spain’s media El Mundo said it’s the worst moment for the Russia-U.S. relationship in 41 years. Does the renewal of New START signal a…
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French Armed Forces Prepare for High Intensity War
In the forests and plains of the Champagne-Ardenne region, where the great powers once clashed, the French armed forces begin to prepare for the return of a great conflict. Scheduled for 2023, Exercise Orion is a large division-level exercise that will last several days and probably based on the Suippes, Mailly, and Mourmelon camps. It…
