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NATO is ramping up its presence in eastern Europe
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — With fighter jets roaring overhead, NATO has inaugurated a military center in the Lithuanian capital amid growing regional concerns over Russia's military presence, sparked by...
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The world's largest military just threw a massive parade to celebrate the end...
China held an extravagant military parade on Thursday in Beijing's Tiananmen Square to mark the 70th anniversary of Japan's surrender to Allied powers and the end of World War II.Though there was a...
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A 'perfect demographic storm' is crippling Russia
Like Japan, Russia is in a demographic crisis.The men are dying too young; the women aren't having enough kids; the country has more immigrants than it knows what to do with; and it's running out of...
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The White House is monitoring reports that Russia is carrying out military...
The White House is closely monitoring reports that Russia has begun military operations in Syria, according to a tweet from Agence France-Presse's White House reporter, Andrew Beatty. While there is no...
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The US government is not spending enough on cybersecurity
In the past 12 months, the US government has not fared well against cyberattacks, and the budget may give an insight why.Cyberattacks from China and Russia have infiltrated everything from President...
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Gorgeous footage of a Russian Su-30sm fighter jet performing aerial stunts
The Su-30SM is a special variant of the thrust-vectoring Su-30MKI and MKM produced by the Irkut Corporation for the Russian Air Force (that should operate 60 jets of this type by 2016).It’s a 4+...
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Ford just opened a $275 million engine plant in Russia
MOSCOW (Reuters) - U.S. carmaker Ford's Russian venture, Ford Sollers, opened a $275 million engine plant on Thursday, which will help make its Russian-produced vehicles less dependent on imported...
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White House says it is 'monitoring' reports Russian military is in Syria
Washington (AFP) - The White House on Thursday said it was closely monitoring reports that Russia is carrying out military operations in Syria, warning such actions, if confirmed, would be...
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Putin confirms Russian military involvement in Syria's civil war
Russia is providing “serious” training and logistical support to the Syrian army, Vladimir Putin has said, in the first public confirmation of the depth of Russia’s involvement in Syria's civil...
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China thinks Putin's idea of developing Russia's Far East is a perfect idea
Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang said on Saturday that Russia's push to revamp its run-down Far East region coincided with Beijing's strategy, backing President Vladimir Putin's drive for new sources of...
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Here's how Facebook kicked off Ukraine's Euromaidan revolution
This excerpt comes from Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan's "The Red Web," which comes out on September 8. This passage describes the role of social media in the outbreak of the Euromaidan protests in...
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Putin is upping the ante in Syria
Evidence is emerging that Russia may be ramping up its military involvement in Syria in a bid to help the ailing regime of President Bashar Assad stave off ISIS and other rebel groups.American...
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Bears have besieged a small town in Russia
Dozens of hungry bears have besieged a small town in Russia’s far east, roaming the streets and attacking residents.In the past month, more than 30 bears have entered inhabited areas in Russia’s...
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The US is not happy about reports of Russia's military build-up in Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State John Kerry expressed U.S. concern over reports of Russia's enhanced military build-up in Syria in a telephone call on Saturday with his Russian counterpart,...
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Syrian military official: There’s been a ‘big shift’ in Russian military...
While the desperate flight of Syrians from their country's war was dominating news bulletins this summer, yet another diplomatic push to end the four-year-old conflict was quietly running into the...
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Russia and Saudi Arabia are 'sending signals to each other' about what...
The OPEC oil cartel cannot withstand the pain of low crude prices indefinitely and may be forced to abandon its pugnacious bid for market share within months, Russia's chief energy official has...
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A 'perfect demographic storm' is crippling Russia
Like Japan, Russia is in a demographic crisis.The men are dying too young; the women aren't having enough kids; the country has more immigrants than it knows what to do with; and it's running out of...
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Putin has already won his war in Ukraine
The war in Ukraine has slipped off the front pages.Eighteen months ago, when Russian President Vladimir Putin seized Crimea and then instigated a pro-Russian rebellion in the Donbas region, Ukraine was...
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This chart shows how miserable the major global economies are
It's hard to get by when you don't have a job and the price of goods keeps rising.That maxim is behind economist Arthur Okun's dramatically named "Misery Index," which adds together a country's...
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The US is upping its intelligence game in the Arctic
With the Arctic ice melting and Russia aggressively fortifying its northern coast, the US has begun to up its spy game in the far north, the Los Angeles Times reports. Hearkening back to the days of...
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