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Associated Press: China to raise defense spending by 7.1% to $229 billion

BEIJING (AP) — China on Saturday announced a 7.1% increase in defense spending in 2022 to $229 billion, continuing years of robust spending on its increasingly powerful military that is challenging the U.S. armed forces’ dominance in the Indo-Pacific region. © Provided by Associated Press Chinese military personnel march past the Forbidden City on Saturday, March […]

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USA TODAY: Prince Charles, Prince William and Prince Harry speak out against invasion of Ukraine, the queen makes a donation

|Top British royals are publicly condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in a departure from custom – carefully followed by Queen Elizabeth II – to avoid political commentary. Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales and the future king, touched on Ukraine in an otherwise routine speech Tuesday in southeast England that mostly focused on the murder of a local

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Analysis-Russian attacks spur debate about nuclear power as climate fix

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Russia’s takeover of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in Ukraine should spur companies and policymakers to be more careful in plans to build reactors to fight climate change, nuclear safety experts said on Friday. Russian forces seized the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine on Friday after heavy fighting sparked a huge blaze

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More Russians, Ukrainians seek asylum at U.S.-Mexico border

By Dasha Afanasieva, Ted Hesson and Kristina Cooke © Reuters/GO NAKAMURA FILE PHOTO: Migrants cross the border in Yuma, Arizona(Reuters) – A growing number of Russians and Ukrainians are traveling to Mexico, buying throwaway cars and driving across the border into the United States to seek asylum, a trend that could accelerate as Russia’s invasion of

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Alvi refuses to avail immunity in Parliament attack case

ISLAMABAD: President Arif Alvi refused to avail immunity in the Parliament attack case and opted to appear before an anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Friday. The president and several others were booked in the PTV and parliament attack case in 2014 during PTI’s sit-in against the then PMLN government. President Alvi appeared along with his lawyer,

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More than 400 Nigerians who fled Ukraine return home

A first batch of more than 400 Nigerians who fled Ukraine following the Russian invasion were flown home on Friday. © Kola SULAIMON Nigerian students who escaped from Ukraine’s conflict were flown back home on FridayThe group, most of whom were students, arrived shortly after 0630 GMT on a chartered flight from Romania’s capital Bucharest, one

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Cousins leads in Jokic’s absence, Nuggets beat Rockets

DENVER (AP) — DeMarcus Cousins, starting in place of ailing Nikola Jokic, scored a season-high 31 points and the Denver Nuggets bounced back from a loss to beat the struggling Houston Rockets 116-101 on Friday night. © Provided by Associated Press – Sports Houston Rockets guard Eric Gordon, center, passes the ball under pressure from Denver

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Carli Lloyd speaks out about culture of U.S. Women’s National Team: ‘I hated it’

Two-time Olympic gold medalist Carli Lloyd shared a scathing review of the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team on Wednesday on former teammate Hope Solo’s new podcast “Hope Solo Speaks.” Video Player is loading. Pause Current Time 0:00 / Duration 1:22 Loaded: 36.28% Unmute 0 LO Captions Fullscreen Briana Scurry on USWNT: Does program need to consider new blood?

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Soccer-City defender Zinchenko questions Russian players’ silence

(Reuters) – Manchester City’s Ukraine international Oleksandr Zinchenko has questioned the refusal of Russia’s leading footballers to speak out against their country’s invasion of his homeland. © Reuters/CHRIS RADBURN FA Cup Fifth Round – Peterborough United v Manchester City After Russia invaded Ukraine last week, FIFA and UEFA suspended the country from international tournaments, but none

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