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Havana says it is dismantling network seeking to recruit Cubans as mercenaries as Moscow attempts to boost its forces Cuba has uncovered a human trafficking ring aimed at recruiting Cubans to fight as mercenaries for Russia in its war in Ukraine, its foreign ministry has said, as Moscow seeks to increase the size of its…
COUNTER-TERROR cops are leading the investigation into a suspected hate attack which saw masked arsonists torch four Jewish ambulances. The charred vehicles – belonging to volunteer emergency service Hatzola – were set ablaze in the early hours in Golders Green in North London, one of Britain’s biggest Jewish communities. Terrified residents were awakened by a…
A BRICS currency to facilitate de-dollarization remains a distant dream, but a digital currency alternative to SWIFT is nearly here As India prepares to host the BRICS summit later this year, the focus will be on a payment system linking national digital currencies. By prioritizing this infrastructure over launching a new currency, the bloc makes…
(Bloomberg) — Venezuela ordered the arrest of presidential candidate Edmundo González, an escalation of the government’s crackdown on dissent in the wake of a disputed election The move is likely to draw further outcry from the US and other countries that have concluded González was the winner of the July 28 vote. Venezuelan authorities have…
BERLIN/PARIS, Nov 18 (Reuters) – France, Germany and Spain have reached agreement on starting the next phase of development of a new fighter jet dubbed FCAS, Europe’s largest defence project at an estimated cost of more than 100 billion euros ($103.4 billion), Berlin said on Friday. Germany’s Defence Ministry said in a statement that an…
In one of its most explicit statements yet, China pledged to set boundaries on its increasingly-close relationship with Russia, vowing not to sell weapons to either side of the war in Ukraine. During a Friday news conference, Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang said, “China will not provide weapons to relevant parties of the conflict, and…