RUSSIA RECEIVING LARGER CONSIGNMENTS OF IRANIAN DRONES BY SHIP, SAYS UK

An image shows Iranian drone transfer to Russia, as evidence of new Russian-Iran cooperation, in this handout acquired June 9, 2023. White House/Handout via REUTERS Tue 13 June 2023: UK’s defence ministry says “Russia has likely moved from receiving small deliveries of Iranian OWA-UAVs [one-way attack unmanned aerial vehicles] by air transport, to larger consignments by […]

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FIRST COURT HEARING ON ALLEGED SIDE EFFECTS OF BIONTECH’S COVID VACCINES POSTPONED

Tue 13 June 2023: Following a petition by a plaintiff’s lawyer, the first court hearing in Germany on the alleged side effects of BioNTech’s COVID vaccine was postponed on Monday, Anadolu Agency reported. According to a representative for the Hamburg Regional Court, the plaintiff’s counsel requested that the court be heard by a panel of […]

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NEARLY TWO MILLION PEOPLE IN UK SKIP MEALS REGULARLY DUE TO COST OF LIVING

Tue 13 June 2023: Almost two million Britons skip meals for a whole day three times a month due to the rising cost of living, research suggested. A YouGov poll of more than 6,000 people also found 9.6 million Britons live in households classed as in “serious financial difficulties”, PA news agency reported. Among this […]

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CHECHEN SPECIAL FORCES SIGN CONTRACT WITH RUSSIAN DEFENCE MINISTRY AFTER WAGNER’S REFUSAL

Mon 12 June 2023: The paramilitary Akhmat group of Chechen special forces, who are waging the Kremlin’s attack close to the town of Mariinka in the Donetsk area of eastern Ukraine, and the Russian defense ministry have signed a contract. The signing followed an order that all “volunteer units” should sign contracts by 1 July […]

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FOURTH VILLAGE RECAPTURED FROM RUSSIAN TROOPS, SAYS UKRAINE

Ukrainian servicemen of the 35th Separate Brigade of Marines pose for a photograph with the Ukrainian flag in the liberated village of Storozheve, in Dontesk region, Ukraine, in the still image taken from a social media video released on June 12, 2023. Photograph: 35th Separate Brigade of Marines/Reuters A number of claims and counterclaims are being […]

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THE GLOBAL NUCLEAR ARSENAL GREW LAST YEAR, SIPRI SAYS

Mon 12 June 2023: The number of operational nuclear weapons rose slightly in 2022 as countries implemented long-term force modernisation and expansion plans, a leading conflict think-tank said on Monday, warning that the world was entering a dangerous phase. The estimated number of warheads in military stockpiles for potential use rose by 86 to 9,576, […]

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