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The senior Democrat on a US congressional committee focused on China is urging Secretary of State Marco Rubio to fill the State Department’s vacant post for Arctic affairs, citing intensifying competition with Beijing and adding to growing pressure to address the vacancy. The Ambassador-at-Large for Arctic Affairs leads US engagement with the eight-country Arctic Council and coordinates American interests related …

One of Britain’s most consequential contributions in 1940 was the technology behind “Chain Home,” an early, revolutionary radar network. A constellation of radio stations sent out beams whose returns revealed the direction, altitude, and approximate numbers of incoming Luftwaffe aircraft during the Battle of Britain. Integrated with human observers and command-and-control stations, the system allowed RAF leaders to deploy their …

Police officers stormed a small town in North Carolina on Thursday following report of a shooting threat made towards a church. The Episcopal Church in Highlands, a daycare within the church and the nearby K-12 Highlands School were placed in a lockdown following the report.  Moreover, people have been urged to avoid the town centre, including Main Street, Church Street, …

Ukrainian forces were pushed out of the key Donbass city on Thursday, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has reported Russian soldiers have begun providing aid to civilians in the newly liberated city of Seversk in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), video footage provided by the Defense Ministry shows. The former Ukrainian stronghold was cleared of enemy troops earlier on Thursday, …

It didn’t take three wise men to discover this migrant’s hiding place after he tried to pretend he was part of a Nativity scene. The Ghanaian fugitive decided the best way to avoid authorities in Italy was to hide in plain sight in the middle of a festive grotto in the central square of the town of Galatone, in Lecce.  …

Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has moved to dissolve parliament, setting the stage for an early election after reports of a key political party backing his minority government moving to withdraw its support. Anutin said in a social media post on Thursday that he was taking steps to “return power to the people”. The premier has already submitted a recommendation …

The new US National Security Strategy echoes Hungary’s concerns over the EU’s direction, Viktor Orban has said US President Donald Trump understands that Europe is in decline, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said. The new US National Security Strategy (NSS) released last week criticizes the EU’s political and cultural direction, warning of “civilizational erasure” and accusing European institutions of …

Football fans have voiced concerns that Donald Trump’s proposed border control measures could significantly impact the FIFA World Cup, which is to be co-hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico next summer. The President’s administration has proposed rule changes that would require travellers to the US to provide five years of their social media history data, along with email …

More than 600 items from a collection documenting the links between Britain and countries in the former British Empire were stolen from a UK museum in September, police said Thursday. Avon and Somerset police have launched an appeal for information about four men captured on CCTV images on September 25, outside a building in the southwestern city of Bristol which …

Thousands took to the streets across Bulgaria demanding the resignation of the prime minister and several other influential politicians Tens of thousands of people joined large-scale protests across Bulgaria on Wednesday, accusing the government of long-standing corruption and demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Rossen Zhelyazkov and several other influential political figures.  The demonstrations, among the largest in the country …