Month: December 2019

Categories Asia & Pacific

F-35’s troubled present & uncertain future: Japan eyes local assembly of the fighter jet that faces new problems in the US

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The F-35 program continues along its rocky path to full-rate production, facing new challenges such as a persistent lack of spare parts, poor repair capacity, and what is most dreaded – grumpy lawmakers reluctant to foot the bill. … Read More >F-35’s troubled present & uncertain future: Japan eyes local assembly of the fighter jet that faces new problems in the US

Categories USA

‘Disrespect to our sovereign decisions’: Ankara hits back after US Senate committee greenlights Turkey sanctions bill

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US senators delivered a serious blow to relations between the two nations when they backed a bill that would allow Turkey to be sanctioned over a weapons deal with Russia and its operation in Syria, Ankara said. … Read More >‘Disrespect to our sovereign decisions’: Ankara hits back after US Senate committee greenlights Turkey sanctions bill

Categories EU

‘It makes a mockery of people!’ French protesters not ready to back down in the face of Macron’s controversial pension reform

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With mass protests against Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform plan entering their seventh day, French workers and unions signaled that they are not ready to back down in their efforts to have the new scheme completely scrapped. … Read More >‘It makes a mockery of people!’ French protesters not ready to back down in the face of Macron’s controversial pension reform

Categories USA

If you seek truth about 2016 ‘Russian election meddling,’ check secret Obama cables, which US REFUSED to release – Lavrov

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said he did not discuss ‘election meddling’ with his US hosts, but that Moscow is willing to publish communications with the Obama administration showing that nothing happened in 2016. … Read More >If you seek truth about 2016 ‘Russian election meddling,’ check secret Obama cables, which US REFUSED to release – Lavrov

Categories Russia

Bomb plot by supporter of radical Ukrainian nationalists thwarted in Russia’s major port city of Murmansk – FSB

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The Russian security service FSB said it has arrested a man, linked with radical Ukrainian nationalists, who was plotting to carry out a bomb attack near a government building in the northern Russian port of Murmansk. … Read More >Bomb plot by supporter of radical Ukrainian nationalists thwarted in Russia’s major port city of Murmansk – FSB