MUNICH (Reuters) – The European Union aims to join forces with the bloc’s defence industry to speed up and scale up the production of ammunition badly needed on the battlefield in Ukraine and to replenish military stocks at home, its chief said on Saturday. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, European Commission President Ursula von …
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18 feb (Reuters) – La agencia espacial rusa comunicó que el domingo desacoplará un módulo de la Estación Espacial Internacional que sufrió una despresurización, un día más tarde de lo previsto inicialmente, informaron agencias de noticias locales. Las investigaciones sobre la pérdida de presión en la nave de carga espacial Progress MS-21 han retrasado el …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) – A balloon that came down on a remote Taiwanese-held islet close to China’s coast was used for weather monitoring and had no audio-visual recording equipment on board, Taiwan’s Defence Ministry said on Saturday after analysing the remains. Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory, has complained of increased harassment by Beijing’s …
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Por Hyunsu Yim y Josh Smith SEÚL, 18 feb (Reuters) – Corea del Norte lanzó el sábado un misil balístico de largo alcance al mar frente a la costa occidental de Japón, después de que Pionyang advirtiera de una respuesta contundente a los próximos simulacros militares de Estados Unidos y Corea del Sur. Según las …
By Tarek Amara SFAX, Tunisia (Reuters) – Thousands of members of Tunisia’s powerful UGTT trade union took to the streets of eight cities on Saturday to protest against President Kais Saied’s policies, accusing him of trying to stifle basic freedoms including union rights. The protests in eight cities marked an escalation in the union’s confrontation …
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(Reuters) – China has “neither stood by idly nor thrown fuel on the fire” regarding the crisis in Ukraine, and continues to call for peace and dialogue, top diplomat Wang Yi said at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday. “I suggest that everybody starts to think calmly, especially friends in Europe, about what kind of …
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(Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak stressed the need to consider strengthening Ukraine’s long-term defences in a meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the Munich Security Conference, Sunak’s office said on Saturday. “The Prime Minister stressed the need for allies to think not just about securing peace in the short term, but about …
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CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) on Saturday announced a tender for the purchase of wheat funded by the World Bank. The tender seeks cargoes of 30,000, 40,000 or 50,000, 55,000, or 60,000 tons plus or minus 5% from the last crop for supply C&F, GASC said. Shipment is sought for …
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By Vladyslav Smilianets and Barbara Lewis KYIV (Reuters) – The bombs fall and the sirens blare but, in a Kyiv basement, rehearsals for the show – about a German town relentlessly attacked during World War Two – go on. The ProEnglish Theatre’s next performance of “The Book of Sirens” is on Feb. 21, three days …
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VILNIUS (Reuters) – Estonia is set to order a “significant quantity” of so-called loitering munitions, to be delivered in 2024 to increase the distance of its attacks, defence ministry said on Saturday. The NATO and European Union member said on Feb. 8 it believed Russia still had the strength to exert “credible military pressure” on …
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