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The military alliance should also consider recruiting South Korea, Australia and New Zealand, according to former Nato supreme allied commander James Stavridis.

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Russia’s daily losses on the Ukrainian battlefield have been ticking upwards – from 400 in 2022, to 693 in 2023, to 913 through the first quarter of 2024 – according to UK intelligence.

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Liu Kuei Liang, 33, accumulated debts at ‘diao hua’ clubs, where punters tip female dancers by buying them sashes and garlands of flowers, court records showed.

The flight, due to arrive from Tel Aviv, was forced to land after what the Federal Aviation Administration said was a “passenger medical emergency,” CNN reported.

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Showing North Korean soldiers gazing across an icy river towards China and occasionally descending from looming watchtowers to prowl border paths, the photos present a unique look into life in one of the world’s most secretive communist states.

President Vladimir Putin hailed the ‘return’ to Russia of annexed Ukrainian territories, after winning an election slammed as illegitimate by Western powers.

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Tesla owners raised concerns for years about design flaws and seeming malfunctions that caused them to accidentally drive in reverse before the death of US shipping magnate Angela Chao.

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One victim travelled from his home in northern India in the hopes of working for a consultancy in UAE. Instead, the 31-year-old science graduate was shipped off to a military base in Russia and given weapons training.

US President Joe Biden launched his re-election bid last year and has the backing of most elected Democrats. Biden is committed to the race, but there’s public speculation on whether he’ll stay in the contest.

A video taken by one passenger shows a plane wing with a dark blue tip descending onto a runway, and the slat of the wing appeared to have broken off, leaving it looking jagged.

Former US president Donald Trump calls the California governor ‘bull****’ after speculating that he might not face President Joe Biden in the November election.

The Tokushima Prefectural Government bought the sex doll as part of a tourist exhibition at an airport, believing it would be more effective at pulling tourists than mannequins.

Nathy Odinson had sneaked up to the 29th floor of a condo to perform a jump, according to local media, but was killed when his parachute failed to open.

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Musk’s wealth is down US$30 billion this year to just under US$200 billion, as Tesla’s stock tanked 26 per cent. Jeff Bezos is just US$15 billion behind Musk, threatening his crown as the world’s richest person

Marks were visible on one of former US president Donald Trump’s hands on Wednesday as he left his New York residence to attend a nearby trial.

Trump was accused of receiving at least US$7.8 million in foreign payments to his businesses during his presidency, per a report published by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee.

Russia’s forces have become “a low quality, high quantity mass army” the UK Ministry of Defense said, and on course to have lost half a million soldiers by the end of the year.

The pastor was arrested after he ‘attacked a cook’ at a North Carolina McDonald’s. Police said the minister was called to the restaurant by his wife, a manager-in-training, who claimed staff were disrespecting her.

Russia could face over half a million troop losses by 2025, according to projections based on UK Ministry of Defence intelligence reports. The average number of Russian casualties has increased to nearly 300 per day.

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As more Russians are sent to fight in the Ukraine war, soldiers’ wives and mothers have become a powerful force of dissent, arguing that their loved ones deserve to return home.

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It was a heartbreaking year: from trailblazing hometown hero Coco Lee to Friends star Matthew Perry, we pay tribute to the stars who left us too soon