LONDON: The global vaccine group Gavi will buy 500,000 doses of Bavarian Nordic’s mpox vaccine, its first purchase of the shot to help battle an outbreak in parts of Africa, the group said on Wednesday. In 2024, there have been more than 25,000 suspected mpox cases and 723 deaths in Africa, mainly in the Democratic […]
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BRUSSELS: The European Union on Wednesday began the process of clawing back hundreds of millions of euros in funds meant to go Hungary after its ant-migrant government refused to pay a huge fine for breaking the bloc’s asylum rules. In June, the EU’s top court ordered Hungary to pay 200 million euros ($223 million) for
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KYIV: Ukrainian drones struck a large military depot in a town deep inside Russia overnight, causing a huge blaze and prompting the evacuation of some local residents, a Ukrainian official and Russian news reports said Wednesday.Meanwhile, a senior US diplomat said that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky recently said he has a plan for winning
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Ukrainian drones struck a large military depot in a town deep inside Russia overnight, causing a huge blaze and prompting the evacuation of some local residents, a Ukrainian official and Russian news reports said Wednesday. Meanwhile, a senior US diplomat said that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s recently announced — but still confidential — plan for
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Beirut: Israel’s Mossad spy agency planted explosives inside 5,000 pagers imported by Lebanese group Hezbollah months before Tuesday’s detonations that killed nine people, a senior Lebanese security source and another source told Reuters. The operation, with a trail running from Taiwan to Budapest, was an unprecedented Hezbollah security breach that saw thousands of pagers explode
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Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday said an attack on Hezbollah and others using exploding pagers was an act of hybrid war against Lebanon in which thousands of innocent people had been hurt. A senior Lebanese security source and another source told Reuters that Israel’s Mossad spy agency planted explosives inside 5,000 pagers imported by Hezbollah
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The U.S. Army’s 203rd Reconnaissance Battalion recently participated in Northern Strike 24, showcasing a rarity from the Soviet era: the T-72AG tank. It’s not the first time this tank has joined American military exercises. Photo credit: Top War Originally unveiled at the IDEX exhibition in 1997, the T-72AG has had limited international orders. The U.S. Army procured
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A host of reports from Algerian sources suggest that the Algerian Air Force is poised to start receiving Russian Su-35 fighter jets. This acquisition would position Algeria as the third operator of these advanced aircraft, following China and Russia. Historically, Algeria has been the second-largest buyer of Russian military hardware, just behind India, despite the rising popularity
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Italy is gearing up to boost its air force’s might and efficiency by acquiring more fighters. U.S. reports highlight that owing to Rome’s beefed-up defense budget, 25 new F-35 stealth fighters and additional Eurofighter Typhoons are on the cards. Photo by Aijaz Rahi / AP As reported by Defense News, Italian defense procurement spending is surging by
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Russian forces launched three Kh-59/69 missiles and 52 Shahed drones overnight on Sept. 18, with Ukrainian air defense destroying 46 Shaheds, Ukraine’s Air Force reported on Telegram. Russian Kh-59/69 missiles were launched from occupied Kherson, while Shahed drones were fired from Russia’s Kursk and Yeysk oblasts, Ukraine’s Air Force reported. Due to electronic warfare measures, five
