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France Unveils Design for Nuclear-Powered Supercarrier to Replace Aging Warship De Gaulle

Thu, 10/12/2020 - 07:19
The new warship will be the largest France has ever built, just as the UK Royal Navy’s new aircraft carrier, the HMS Queen Elizabeth, is its largest ever. However, Paris’ newly announced carrier isn’t expected to enter service for nearly 20 years.
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France to build new nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, says Macron

Thu, 10/12/2020 - 07:19
France will replace its Navy's flagship Charles de Gaulle with a new nuclear-powered aircraft carrier by 2038, President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday.
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Democracy Icon’s Myanmar Holds ‘Not a Small Number’ of Political Prisoners

Thu, 10/12/2020 - 07:18
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi – for decades arguably the world’s most admired prisoner of conscience -- is facing calls to strike down harsh laws that have kept the population of political prisoners embarrassingly high for an emerging democracy run by a Nobel laureate. is facing calls to strike down harsh laws that have kept the population of political prisoners embarrassingly high for
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Pakistan Rebukes US on Religious Freedom Designation

Thu, 10/12/2020 - 07:18
Pakistan has criticized the United States for designating the South Asian nation as a violator of religious freedom, saying the move was “arbitrary” and the outcome of a “selective assessment.”
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Russia Opens Criminal Case Into 'Doomsday' Plane Theft

Thu, 10/12/2020 - 07:17
Russian authorities say they have opened a criminal case into the theft of equipment from a military aircraft dubbed the "doomsday plane" that was designed to shield top officials from the effects of a nuclear explosion.
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Russia's State Duma Approves Bill Giving Ex-Presidents And Their Families Lifetime Immunity

Thu, 10/12/2020 - 07:14
Russia’s lower house of parliament has approved the final reading of a bill that would grant sweeping lifetime immunity to former presidents.
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Putin signs law on imprisonment for attempts to split Russia

Thu, 10/12/2020 - 07:14
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on Tuesday in a move that provides imprisonment for those that attempt to alienate Russian territories or incite the public to such acts.
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US judge orders partial disclosure of Khashoggi's murder files

Thu, 10/12/2020 - 07:12
A US judge has ordered the partial disclosure of murder files related to dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, in a ruling hailed by rights activists as a victory against "the shameful cover-up" of the killing by the US administration.
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Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Chairs Cabinet's Virtual Session

Thu, 10/12/2020 - 07:11
The Cabinet held here today its session via visual communication under the chairmanship of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the Prime Minister.
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PM Boris Johnson arrives in Brussels in combative mood

Thu, 10/12/2020 - 07:11
Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has arrived in the Belgian capital, Brussels, for what have been widely billed as “make or break” talks with European Commission boss, Ursula von der Leyen.
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Britain, EU Down to Wire on Trade Deal

Thu, 10/12/2020 - 07:11
The European Union had hoped to have been finished with Brexit months ago. But when leaders of the 27 member countries meet Thursday for a summit, they will have to once again consider what kind of future trade and security relationship they are prepared to have with Britain.
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Post-Brexit trade talks "very difficult" at the moment: UK PM

Thu, 10/12/2020 - 07:11
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Tuesday that the post-Brexit trade talks between Britain and the European Union (EU) are "very difficult" at the moment.
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Turkey’s president downplays EU sanctions threat

Thu, 10/12/2020 - 07:11
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has downplayed any economic sanctions the European Union might impose on Ankara over the dispute in the eastern Mediterranean.
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US Developing New Nuclear Systems to Power Space Missions, New Bases, Energy Chief Says

Thu, 10/12/2020 - 07:09
The United States is developing different versions of nuclear power to use on lunar and other space bases and for long-range interplanetary manned and unmanned probes, Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette told the National Space Council.
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Russia Deployed Ground-Based Laser to Blind American Space Sensors, US Intelligence Chief Says

Thu, 10/12/2020 - 07:09
Russia has already deployed a ground-based laser weapon which could disable or blind US space-based sensors on orbiting surveillance satellites, Director of National Intelligence (DNI) John Ratcliffe said on Wednesday.
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U.S. House passes defense bill with provisions supporting Taiwan

Thu, 10/12/2020 - 07:09
The United States House of Representatives on Tuesday passed an annual defense policy bill, which contained sections supporting continued arms sales to Taiwan and establishing an initiative to bolster the U.S. military's presence in the Asia Pacific region.
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Taiwan authority ‘persecutes mainlanders, pro-reunification activists’

Thu, 10/12/2020 - 07:09
The local authority of Taipei, in the island of Taiwan, has investigated a Chinese mainland woman, who is the head of a pro-reunification female NGO on the island, with the excuse of "threatening national security."
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Moscow decries Denmark’s ‘groundless’ spy charges against Russian citizen

Thu, 10/12/2020 - 07:09
The Russian Foreign Ministry has denounced the detention and investigation of a Russian citizen in Denmark over espionage charges as "anti-Russian hysteria" on the part of Copenhagen.
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Denmark Charges Russian Citizen With Espionage

Thu, 10/12/2020 - 07:09
Authorities in Denmark say they have charged a Russian citizen living in the Scandinavian country with espionage for allegedly providing information about Danish energy technology to Russia.
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