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Sending tanks to Ukraine to leave UK army temporarily weaker: Senior military official
Jan 17, 2023 12:10A senior British army commander warns that sending tanks and artillery guns to Ukraine would leave the UK army "temporarily weaker."
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Storm Gerard leaves over 70,000 households without power in France
Jan 17, 2023 05:52Tens of thousands of households in France have suffered power outage after storm Gerard swept across large parts of the European country, power grid company Enedis says.
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Russia says tanks UK plans to send to Ukraine ‘will burn’ there
Jan 17, 2023 05:37Russia says the tanks Britain plans to send to Ukraine "will burn" there, warning the West against sending more advanced weapons to the ex-Soviet republic since such consignments will not "change" the outcome of the war.
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UK teachers, nurses set to stage more strikes, amid sweeping wave of industrial actions
Jan 17, 2023 05:17Britain's largest teaching and nursing unions have announced major strikes again amid the government's efforts to limit the British workforce's ability to stage industrial action.
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South Koreans question arms sales to UAE
Jan 17, 2023 05:14South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol visited the United Arab Emirates this week to boost trade ties. South Korea is constructing four nuclear reactors for the UAE, as President Yoon supports a return to nuclear energy.
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House Speaker says Democrats should cap spending to avoid US debt default
Jan 17, 2023 05:12House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy said on Sunday he believes Democrats would agree to cap government spending to avoid a US debt default and he wants to discuss the idea with President Joe Biden.
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Putin slams Kiev’s ‘destructive’ policies, Western arms deliveries to Ukraine
Jan 17, 2023 05:08Russian President Vladimir Putin has lambasted the Ukrainian government’s "destructive" policies and growing Western arms supplies to Kiev as the conflict in the former Soviet republic drags on for more than 300 days.
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US begins expanded training of 500 Ukrainian troops in Germany
Jan 16, 2023 12:06The US military has launched an expanded training program of Ukrainian troops in Germany, in an effort to get a battalion of about 500 troops back on the battlefield to fend off Russian forces in the next five to eight weeks.
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Germany’s defense minister steps down after series of errors
Jan 16, 2023 11:45Germany’s much-criticized Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht has resigned as her department was under pressure for supplying Ukraine with lethal package of armaments.
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Thousands of Spanish protesters slam govt.'s 'destruction of public health system'
Jan 16, 2023 11:33Tens of thousands of Spanish health workers have rallied in the country's capital, Madrid, decrying what they called the regional government's destructive public health policies.