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US condemns North Korean missile tests

US condemns missile testing in North Korea

The United States considers North Korea “unstable” by re-testing missiles after a one-year ceasefire. The U.S. State Department said tonight that North Korea had fired two copies of a new type of ballistic missile the previous day. Missiles were also fired last weekend. North Korea says the objects hit a target about 600 kilometers off Japan. According to South Korea …

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Ships sail around Africa instead of the Suez Canal

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The first ships choose to sail around Africa instead of sailing through the Suez Canal. That important shipping lane for world trade is currently blocked by the container ship Evergreen. Due to uncertainty about how long the canal congestion will last, some ships are now choosing the long route via the Cape of Good Hope. This provides additional sailing time …

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Georgia elections are important for the whole of America

Georgia elections are important for the whole of America

The U.S. state of Georgia will elect two senators on Tuesday. Those seats define what the U.S. Senate will look like and are important to the administration of incoming President Joe Biden. Until the last moment, the campaign, including President Donald Trump, has been going on. “It will continue,” said Willem Post, an American expert in the Netherlands. “In his …

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US and Canada bury cap in aluminum conflict | Economy

US and Canada bury cap in aluminum conflict |  Economy

The governments of the United States and Canada have been resolving their trade dispute for the past few months. The Trump administration announced Tuesday that the 10 percent import tax on Canadian aluminum will be repealed if it imports aluminum from Canada. Canada later announced that it would not act on previous retaliatory threats. The U.S. government said it had …

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US wants to improve relations with NATO after difficult Trump years | Now

United States wants to improve relations with NATO after difficult years with Trump |  NOW

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken attended the NATO meeting on Tuesday and spoke in a moderate and conciliatory tone. This contradicts former President Donald Trump’s attitude towards NATO. Former President Trump considered NATO an outdated, divided and crisis club. On Tuesday, Blinken spoke in Brussels about rebuilding and reviving the Atlantic military alliance. He came to “ask and consult.” …

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Bulgaria expels Russian diplomats for engaging in intelligence

Bulgaria expels Russian diplomats for engaging in intelligence

Bulgaria has given two Russian ambassadors 72 hours to leave the country, claiming they were involved in a rolled-up spy network. Last week, 6 (former) employees of the Military Intelligence Service were arrested for leaking classified information to Russia. A former Bulgarian official was the head of a secret organization. His wife is Russian He maintained contact with the Russian …

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Automobielmanagement.nl> China sees Tesla as a spy

Automobielmanagement.nl> China sees Tesla as a spy

China sees Tesla as a spy China has temporarily banned military personnel and some government officials from driving Tesla. Tesla has also been banned from military installations, other important locations and some residential areas. Root base Send email March 22, 2021 9:41 am According to Chinese officials, eight Tesla’s external cameras can always transmit information collected via sentry mode to …

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Bulgaria expels Russian diplomats for engaging in intelligence

Bulgaria expels Russian diplomats for engaging in intelligence

Bulgaria has given two Russian ambassadors 72 hours to leave the country, claiming they were involved in a rolled-up spy network. Last week, 6 (former) employees of the Military Intelligence Service were arrested for leaking classified information to Russia. A former Bulgarian official was the head of a secret organization. His wife is Russian He maintained contact with the Russian …

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Can Pita bring Iran to the table?

Can Pita bring Iran to the table?

Sometimes you have the feeling that you are seeing a complicated session of relationship therapy where both parties are willing to admit that they are wrong, the other being the first to say so. Both parties in this case: the United States and Iran. Countries have been circling each other for weeks, and they have been giving each other clear …

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Russia angry over planned expansion of British nuclear weapons | Now

Russia angry over planned expansion of British nuclear weapons |  Now

Russia’s ambassador to the United Kingdom on Saturday reacted angrily to a British decision to expand the country’s nuclear arsenal from 215 to 260. In conversation with LBC Andre Kellin has accused the UK government of violating the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). According to the NPT, which has been in force since the 1970s, countries with nuclear weapons must reduce their …

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