Category: 2. Editor’s Choice

  • Nato chief Mark Rutte jokes about ‘limping’ Russian submarine

    Nato chief Mark Rutte jokes about ‘limping’ Russian submarine

    Nato chief Mark Rutte joked about the condition of Russia’s naval fleet on Monday as Moscow denied one of its submarines had to surface because of technical problems.

    Russia’s Black Sea Fleet said the diesel-powered submarine Novorossiysk had…

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  • Exclusive | Russia, once home to chess, now home-breaker: ‘We can’t play as a team, players changing federation’ | Chess News

    Exclusive | Russia, once home to chess, now home-breaker: ‘We can’t play as a team, players changing federation’ | Chess News

    Chess players, like Denis Lazavik, bear the brunt of Russia-Ukraine (Photo by AP & chess.com Thomas Tischio)

    NEW DELHI: Long before Russia emerged from the shadow of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), the land was already a chess…

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  • China and Russia posing ‘significant threat’ to UK in cyberspace, NCSC warns

    China and Russia posing ‘significant threat’ to UK in cyberspace, NCSC warns

    The “significant threat” posed by Chinese and Russian hackers has contributed to a record number of serious online attacks, the UK’s cyber security agency has warned.

    The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), which is part of the GCHQ…

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  • With twin threats from Russia and China, U.S. military puts new focus on Alaska

    With twin threats from Russia and China, U.S. military puts new focus on Alaska

    Military personnel aboard the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier in the Gulf of Alaska perform a ceremonial greeting for U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who flew to the aircraft carrier in August to observe large-scale exercises called Northern…

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  • Fresh From Middle East Victory, Trump Sets His Sights on Peace in Ukraine

    Fresh From Middle East Victory, Trump Sets His Sights on Peace in Ukraine

    President Trump scored a major foreign-policy win in Gaza by brokering the release of hostages from captivity and securing an end to the fighting between Israel and Hamas.

    Now Europeans are hoping Trump can repeat the success with another knotty...

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  • Couple accused of spying on Russian opposition figures in Poland to face trial

    Couple accused of spying on Russian opposition figures in Poland to face trial

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    Notes from Poland is run by a small editorial team and is published by an independent, non-profit foundation that is funded through donations…

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  • The UN nuclear watchdog seeks a local truce to restore power to the Zaporizhzhia plant

    The UN nuclear watchdog seeks a local truce to restore power to the Zaporizhzhia plant

    VIENNA — VIENNA (AP) — The U.N. nuclear watchdog is pushing Ukraine and Russia to agree to local ceasefires so that external power can be restored to Ukraine’s huge nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia, two diplomats familiar with the plan…

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  • Syrian president says Assad to be held accountable without entering into conflict with Russia

    Syrian president says Assad to be held accountable without entering into conflict with Russia

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    Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa said Monday his government will use all available legal mechanisms to seek accountability for former leader Bashar al-Assad without entering into a conflict with Russia, which…

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  • Russia-Ukraine War Volunteer Works with U.S. Military To Develop Electronic Warfare

    Russia-Ukraine War Volunteer Works with U.S. Military To Develop Electronic Warfare

    This is the second of a two-part story.

    Drones have dramatically altered the global paradigm of modern warfare, providing militaries and personnel worldwide with myriad capabilities on and off…

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  • IAEA seeks a local truce to restore power to Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

    IAEA seeks a local truce to restore power to Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

    VIENNA (AP) — The U.N. nuclear watchdog is pushing Ukraine and Russia to agree to local ceasefires so that external power can be restored to Ukraine’s huge nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia, two…

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