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Asia flood death toll surpasses 1,500 as calls grow to fight deforestation

PADANG, Indonesia (AP) - Deaths from last week's catastrophic floods and landslides in parts of Asia surged past 1,500 Thursday as rescue teams raced to reach survivors isolated by the disaster with hundreds of people still unaccounted for across the region. The tragedy of so ...
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UK and Norway will mount joint naval patrols to protect undersea cables and hunt Russian submarines

LONDON (AP) - Britain and Norway will mount joint naval patrols to protect undersea cables from Russia, the U.K. said Thursday, as Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Norwegian counterpart Jonas Gahr Støre held talks on defense. The U.K. government says a combined fleet of at ...
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Norway donates a Christmas tree to London every year. Here’s how the tradition began

LONDON (AP) - London's Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square will be lit up Thursday as part of a British tradition with roots in the Norwegian forest. The tree symbolizes the friendship between London and Oslo in an annual ceremony that highlights the history of ...
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Aid workers stand trial in Greece on migrant smuggling charges

ATHENS, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Two dozen aid workers went on trial in Greece on Thursday on charges including migrant smuggling, in a case that rights groups have dismissed as a baseless attempt to outlaw aid for refugees heading to Europe. The trial on ...
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Putin says Russia will take all of Ukraine’s Donbas region militarily or otherwise

MOSCOW, Dec 4 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said in an interview published on Thursday that Russia would take full control of Ukraine's Donbas region by force unless Ukrainian forces withdraw, something Kyiv has flatly rejected. Putin sent tens of thousands of troops into ...
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Turkey building a sub as it ramps up homemade defence industry

ANKARA, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Turkey's defence ministry said on Thursday construction work had started on its first indigenous submarine (MILDEN), adding that Ankara had also completed its first sale of a corvette warship to a NATO ally by inking an agreement with Romania. NATO ...
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Iraq freezes funds of Hezbollah and Houthis, official gazette says

BAGHDAD, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Iraq will freeze the money of Iran-backed armed groups, including Lebanon's Hezbollah and Yemen's Houthis, the official gazette said. The move will likely be welcomed by Washington, which has long sought to reduce Iran's influence in Iraq and other countries ...
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UK to report on woman’s death after 2018 Novichok poisoning of ex-Russian spy

LONDON, Dec 4 (Reuters) - A British public inquiry will deliver its findings on Thursday into the death of a woman who was unwittingly killed by the Novichok nerve agent following the attempted murder of former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal seven years ago. British ...
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Italy says Germany and other countries may be interested in GCAP jet programme

ROME, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Italy's defence minister on Thursday said other countries, including Germany and Australia, may be interested in entering the GCAP fighter jet programme in the future, with requests also coming from Saudi Arabia and Canada. The GCAP, which currently involves Italy, ...
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Exclusive-China massing military ships across region in show of maritime force, sources say

By Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard TAIPEI, Dec 4 (Reuters) - China is deploying a large number of naval and coast guard vessels across East Asian waters, at one point more than 100, in the largest maritime show of force to date, according to four ...
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Russia’s Medvedev says EU seizure of frozen assets could be tantamount to justification for war

MOSCOW, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, said on Thursday that if the European Union takes frozen Russian assets, then it may be considered by Moscow as tantamount to an act justifying war. "If the crazy European Union ...
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China’s Xi and France’s Macron pledge cooperation on global crises and trade

BEIJING (AP) - China and France pledged deeper cooperation on global issues like the war in Ukraine and trade, as France prepares to take on the presidency of the Group of Seven next year. French President Emmanuel Macron met with China's Xi Jinping on ...
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