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Sweden to sell Ukraine 20 new Gripen jets, donate older ones
Sweden to sell Ukraine 20 new Gripen jets, donate older ones

UPPSALA, Sweden: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said that Ukraine will buy 20...

WWII allies, then Cold War foes: U.S. & Russia’s rivalry
WWII allies, then Cold War foes: U.S. & Russia’s rivalry

Washington's relationship with Russia appears likely to continue its decades-long decline, with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio...

Record May heat grips Europe, triggers deaths and warnings
Record May heat grips Europe, triggers deaths and warnings

LONDON/PARIS: An unusually early heat wave swept across parts of Western Europe this week, breaking temperature records in Britain...

Song Yadong submits Deiveson Figueiredo in Macau
Song Yadong submits Deiveson Figueiredo in Macau

(Photo credit: Stephen R. Sylvanie-Imagn Images) China's Song Yadong forced Brazil's Deiveson Figueiredo to tap out, giving Song...

Gripens: What Impact Will The Swedish Fighter Jet Have In Ukraine
Gripens: What Impact Will The Swedish Fighter Jet Have In Ukraine

Following the May 28 announcement that Sweden will donate 16 older-generation Gripen fighter jets to Ukraine, industry experts say...

Bulgaria facing EU punishment months after joining eurozone
Bulgaria facing EU punishment months after joining eurozone

The country is facing sanctions due to a budget deficit, with PM Rumen Radev accusing his pro-EU predecessors of massaging economic...

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Trump’s plan for $1.8 billion 'weaponization' fund blocked by judge
Trump’s plan for $1.8 billion 'weaponization' fund blocked by judge

WASHINGTON, D.C.: A U.S. judge on May 29 temporarily stopped President Donald Trump's administration from creating a nearly US$1.8...

Slavery-era laws repealed by French parliament
Slavery-era laws repealed by French parliament

PARIS, France: French lawmakers voted on May 28 to officially cancel old slavery-era laws that treated enslaved people as property...

US accuses Iran of attacking Kuwait, violating ceasefire
US accuses Iran of attacking Kuwait, violating ceasefire

DUBAI, U.A.E.: The U.S. military said on May 28 that Iran broke a fragile ceasefire after Kuwait reported being attacked following...

Rescuers find five people trapped in Laos cave, two still missing
Rescuers find five people trapped in Laos cave, two still missing

VIENTIANE, Laos: Five people who were trapped inside a cave in Laos for about a week were found alive on May 27. Rescue teams from...

Aide of attacker in Berlin Holocaust Memorial stabbing arrested
Aide of attacker in Berlin Holocaust Memorial stabbing arrested

BERLIN, Germany: A man suspected of helping a convicted attacker carry out a stabbing at Berlin's Holocaust Memorial was arrested in...

WWII allies, then Cold War foes: U.S. & Russia’s rivalry
WWII allies, then Cold War foes: U.S. & Russia’s rivalry

Washington's relationship with Russia appears likely to continue its decades-long decline, with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio...