The United Kingdom will increase its ability to deal with threats posed by Russia and China in space as part of a government foreign, security and defense policy review, Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said. “This week has reminded us of the threat Russia poses to our national security with provocative …
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ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey and Greece exchanged harsh words on Saturday about the conversion of Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia church to a mosque, a day after Islamic prayers were held at the ancient site for the first time in nine decades. FILE PHOTO: Worshipers attend afternoon prayers and visit the Hagia …
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A volunteer’s attorney at A gothic cathedral in the city of Nantes in western France. He has said that he confessed to burning the building that severely damaged his seventeenth-century organ and blew stained glass. The 39-year-old defendant, a Rwandan asylum seeker who has lived in France for several years, …
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GIGLIO ISLAND, Italy (AP) – Stranded on a small Italian island, a cancer researcher became increasingly alarmed to hear that, and then three more visitors became ill with COVID-19. Paola Muti prepared for a rapid spread of the coronavirus to the 800 close-knit islanders, many of whom she knows well. …
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – The world’s largest cosmetic companies have been selling a fairy tale that often goes something like this: if your husband loses interest in you, if his colleagues fire him at work, if your talents are ignored, whiten your skin to change your love life, …
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