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Britain Is Preparing for Attacks on Its Soil. Critics Say It Must Move Faster.

19 décembre 2025 à 06:01
As military officials sound the alarm over Russian hybrid attacks, the chair of Parliament’s defense committee said the government’s progress on ramping up home defense was “glacial.”

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British soldiers during an exercise in Smardan, Romania, in February. In June, the British government published a strategic defense review that said the country must move to “war-fighting readiness.”

Putin’s Year-End News Conference Set for Friday

18 décembre 2025 à 19:48
The annual news conference sets the Kremlin’s tone for the next year and highlights President Vladimir V. Putin’s grip over Russia.

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A digital screen in Moscow promoting President Vladimir V. Putin’s year-end televised phone-in and news conference.

Suspect in Brown University shooting committed suicide, officials say

Man discovered dead in storage facility also believed to have killed an MIT professor at his Boston-area home

A man suspected in the shooting at Brown University this weekend that killed two people and injured nine committed suicide Thursday night, authorities said.

The man was discovered dead at a storage facility on Thursday evening. He is also believed to have killed a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor at his Boston-area home, the AP said, citing a law enforcement official.

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© Photograph: Brian Snyder/Reuters

© Photograph: Brian Snyder/Reuters

‘Better off with Taiwan’: Honduras joins other Latin American countries rethinking ties with China

US pressure, broken promises by China and corruption scandals have halted Taiwan’s slide to diplomatic irrelevance in the region

After weeks of technology failures, accusations of fraud and complaints about US President Donald Trump’s interference, the outcome of Honduras’ 30 November election is yet to be called. But there is a clear winner beyond the Central American nation’s borders: Taiwan.

Both leading candidates say they will cut diplomatic ties with Beijing and re-establish relations with Taipei, reversing the March 2023 decision by the then president, Xiomara Castro, to sensationally end Honduras’ 82-year relationship with Taiwan.

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