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The Pentagon is considering whether to send four additional M142 HIMARS rocket launcher systems to Ukraine, Politico reported on Saturday. The US has already pledged four such systems to Kiev’s military, but Ukrainian officials want far more. The US announced at the beginning of June that it would send four …

In an update on Saturday, the WHO said Omicron had so far been reported in 89 countries and the number of cases was doubling in 1.5 to 3 days. It said this was “significantly faster than Delta in countries with documented community transmission.” However, the organization said it was unclear …

Over the weekend the Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited Syria during a trip to the Middle East and met with President Bashar Assad. Yang is known for his highly proactive diplomacy, often dashing across multiple regions of the world to meet his counterparts, but this particular visit was particularly …

During the 2020 campaign, Biden pledged to “reverse” Trump’s “failed” Cuba policies. Upon taking office, Biden immediately reversed numerous Trump policies, but he’s played it close to the vest on Cuba – until now. For the 29th consecutive year, the United Nations General Assembly last month voted overwhelmingly in favor …

Over the first three months of national lockdown, 205 cases were reported in Leicestershire in the midlands, in which police were targeted by offenders spitting and coughing at officers, according to the PA news agency. It marked a 102 percent hike compared to the 101 such episodes in the past …

The budget for 2017 provides increased funding of the defense Ministry to 64.5 billion. Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman called for the doubling of the defense budget of the country. He said this, speaking in Parliament during hour of questions to the government. “Today we have 130 billion budget of the …