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Expert says stalled Kursk advance comes at high cost, Ukraine may need new strategy

Expert says stalled Kursk advance comes at high cost, Ukraine may need new strategy The Kursk operation was successful until early September when the Armed Forces of Ukraine expanded their controlled territory, but now they are “stuck,” former Ukraine’s Security Service officer Ivan Stupak told Suspilne. Ukraine’s operation in Russia’s Kursk Oblast, launched on August […]

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Ukraine’s Forces Are Dangerously Stretched. Will North Korean Troops Break Them?

Ukraine’s Forces Are Dangerously Stretched. Will North Korean Troops Break Them? Outmanned, outgunned, exhausted, Ukrainian troops are stretched to the breaking point by a Russian Army willing and able to throw more men and more weaponry to overrun Kyiv’s defenses. Now enter the North Koreans: more than 11,000 soldiers sent to Russia, a deployment that poses a serious

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Australia PM Albanese speaks to Trump as ambassador deletes comments after election win

Australia PM Albanese speaks to Trump as ambassador deletes comments after election win   SYDNEY — Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he had spoken with Donald Trump on Nov 7 after the Republican’s US election win, as Australia’s US ambassador deleted comments he previously made about Trump, saying they did not reflect the view of

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Two pilots rescued after military plane crashes in Vietnam

Two pilots rescued after military plane crashes in Vietnam   HANOI – Search teams in Vietnam have rescued two pilots who parachuted from their military plane before it crashed in the country’s mountainous Central Highlands during bad weather, state media said on Nov 7. The Russian-made Yak-130 aircraft went down during a training flight in

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Israel strikes on Lebanon kill 40 people around Baalbek, health ministry says

Israel strikes on Lebanon kill 40 people around Baalbek, health ministry says   BEIRUT — Israeli strikes on Lebanon killed 40 people around the eastern city of Baalbek in the Bekaa Valley on Wednesday (Nov 6), according to the country’s health ministry, and at dusk more strikes hit Beirut’s southern suburbs. Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah have

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Germany faces snap election as Scholz’s coalition crumbles

Germany faces snap election as Scholz’s coalition crumbles   BERLIN — Germany’s ruling coalition collapsed on Wednesday (Nov 6) as Chancellor Olaf Scholz sacked his finance minister and paved the way for a snap election, triggering political chaos in Europe’s largest economy hours after Donald Trump won the US presidential election. After sacking Finance Minister Christian Lindner

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Ash cloud hangs over Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki after 8 eruptions

Ash cloud hangs over Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki after 8 eruptions   JAKARTA — Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted eight times on Thursday (Nov 7), spewing a plume of volcanic ash up to 8,000m high, officials said, as the government scrambled to build homes for victims of a big eruption that killed nine. The Sunday night

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Ukraine says it fought N Korean troops for first time

Ukraine says it fought N Korean troops for first time   BBC North Korean soldiers have clashed with Ukrainian troops for the first time, Ukraine’s top officials have revealed. In an interview with South Korean broadcaster KBS, Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umerov said a “small group” of North Korean soldiers were attacked. US officials told

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