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Henry Kissinger’s real triumph is as a businessman, not as a diplomat
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The centenary of Henry Kissinger, hailed as a genius or decried as a war criminal with equal fervour, unfolded on 27 May in a who’s who of hagiographic tweets, interviews and op-eds from across the esta…
Ethnic Serbs in Kosovo gather in northern town after clashes with NATO-led peacekeepers
Radul Radovanovic, The Associated Press
ZVECAN, Kosovo (AP) — Hundreds of ethnic Serbs on Wednesday gathered in a town in northern Kosovo, days after clashes that injured 30 soldiers from a NATO-led peacekeeping force and over 50 Serbs, provoking fears…
Analysts expect economic fears to cap oil prices below $90 a barrel through 2023, poll shows
Oil prices will creep up from current levels as major producer group OPEC+ maintains restrictions on supplies, but economic headwinds will keep them below $90 a barrel this year, a Reuters poll showed on Wednesday.…
This data comes from the China…
North Korea spy satellite launch fails as rocket falls into the sea
Hyung-jin Kim And Kim Tong-hyung, The Associated Press
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea’s attempt to put its first spy satellite into space failed Wednesday in a setback to leader Kim Jong Un’s push to boost his military capabilities as tensions w…
Ethnic Serbs gather in northern Kosovo town after clashes with Nato peacekeepers
People protest in front of the city hall in the town of Zvecan, northern Kosovo (AP)
Hundreds of ethnic Serbs have gathered in a town in northern Kosovo, days after clashes that injured 30 soldiers from a Nato-led peacekeeping force and more than 50 Se…
Morning Update: More than 150 Halifax-area homes lost to wildfire
Open this photo in gallery: A sign directs evacuees at a centre where food and shelter are being provided for those forced from their homes due to the wildfires burning in suburban Halifax on May 30, 2023.Darren Calabrese/The Canadian Press
Good morni…
China looks to Long March 8 rocket to help launch its answer to Starlink
HELSINKI — China is looking to greatly expand its satellite launch capacity by mass producing a medium-lift rocket to help build a communications megaconstellation.
China is developing its plans to deploy a 13,000-satellite low Earth orbit (LEO) broad…
Biden lauds leadership skills of his pick for top US general
[1/5] U.S. President Joe Biden announces his nomination of U.S. Air Force General Charles Brown Jr. to serve as the next chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, during an event in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, U.S.,…
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Ireland at the centre of a probe into a new money laundering scheme by crime gangs
IRELAND IS AT the centre of an international money laundering operation in which global criminal gangs are buying millions of euro of legitimate products to mask stolen money.
Detective Chief Superintendent Pat Lordan, the head of the Garda National Ec…
Factbox: What is Volt Typhoon, the alleged China-backed hacking group?
May 25 (Reuters) – Its name is redolent of an exotic electrical storm. But is the freshly christened hacking group “Volt Typhoon” an imminent danger to American infrastructure, or just a new crop of digital spies playing an old game?&…