The US military plans to buy nearly 2,500F-35 fighter jets for a staggering $1.7 trillion, but the aircraft have serious maintenance problems and a low mission success rate, a new report revealed on Thursday. FILEPHOTO. A F-35 fighter jet flies during a media day of NATO's "Air Defender 23" military exercise at Spangdahlem U.S ... ALSO READ ... ....
Singapore — The complete phasing-out of fossil fuels is not realistic, China’s top climate official said, adding that these climate-warming fuels must continue to play a vital role in maintaining global energy security ... Reuters obtained a copy of text of Xie’s speech, and a video recording of the meeting ... Reuters .
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is making his first visit to close ally Canada, where he is guaranteed a warmer welcome than he received from some US politicians sceptical about providing more military aid ... Mr Zelensky is due to address parliament in Ottawa and then hold a news conference with Mr Trudeau ... .
Buenos Aires, Sept 21 (EFE) – Argentina’s National Meteorological Service expects that between Thursday and Sunday, coinciding with the beginning of spring, temperatures could exceed 40 degrees Celsius (104°F ) in several provinces in the north of the country due to a heat wave affecting central South America... EFE. jgv/mcd/ar Tags ....
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The recent coups in Africa are attempts by militaries to save their countries from presidents' “broken promises," the head of Guinea’s junta said Thursday as he rebuffed the West for boxing in the continent of more than 1 billion people. Col ... experts ... “It is a demand for solutions to perennial problems.” .
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A fragile ceasefire is holding in Nagorno-Karabakh, after Armenian separatists this week capitulated to Azerbaijan's lightning offensive. Azerbaijan and the separatists from the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh held their first direct peace talks yesterday, after Baku claimed to have regained control over the breakaway region ... .
As pressure mounted on Canada to release evidence of an extraterritorial assassination on its soil, media reports indicated that the government is believed to be in possession of intelligence linking Indian officials and diplomats to the killing ...The Guardian could not independently verify the CBC’s reporting. Related ... “This is not about geopolitics ... .
Istanbul & Derna, Libya -- When protests whirled by his home early this week, Khalid Alkowash, 42, a local government worker in Derna, Libya was concerned but not surprised ....