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Vladimir Putin has been warned that his jet could be forced down and he be handed over to The Hague on his way to a summit with Donald Trump. The Russian president is expected to travel to Hungary in the next few weeks to meet his US counterpart to discuss a potential peace deal to bring the war with Ukraine …

Taku Yamamoto, husband of Japan’s first female Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, said he hopes to support his wife as a “stealth husband”, adding, “Unlike in the West, it is better for the partner to stay out of the spotlight here.” A former fellow Liberal Democratic Party member in the House of Representatives, Yamamoto said he was initially “drawn to the …

Russian officials say Ukraine’s backers in the EU are attempting to sabotage the event with media “infodumps” Russian officials have rejected media reports suggesting that plans for a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump have been suspended, saying Ukraine’s European backers are attempting to sabotage the talks. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told reporters on Tuesday …

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has begun a five-year prison sentence for accepting up to $50 million in laundered money from then-Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi. The 70-year-old was driven from his Paris home to high-security prison La Santé on Tuesday morning (October 21). Sarkozy, who became the first former French head of state to be put behind bars after wartime …

France’s ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy became the first former head of an EU state to be jailed Tuesday, proclaiming his innocence as he entered a Paris prison. France’s right-wing leader from 2007 to 2012 was found guilty last month of seeking to acquire funding from Muammar Gaddafi’s Libya for the campaign that saw him elected. The 70-year-old – who has appealed …

The word ‘BrahMos’ strikes fear in the minds of some people, the prime minister has said Numerous countries have shown interest in buying Indo-Russian BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles after seeing how they performed in India’s conflict with Pakistan earlier this year, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said. Addressing naval personnel on board the INS Vikrant during India’s annual Diwali …

British scientists are urging the Government to support malaria research as analysis shows a resurgence could claim almost one million more lives by 2030. Millions of deaths have been prevented over the last 25 years thanks to advances in preventing and treating the disease. But scientists fear a perfect storm of threats — including extreme weather, humanitarian crises and funding …

Civil servants’ vigilance in guarding against potential procurement scams falls short of public expectations, Hong Kong’s treasury minister has admitted, pledging to conduct site visits and prevent the process from becoming a “robotic” arrangement of “checking boxes”. But Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Christopher Hui Ching-yu stressed on Tuesday that the principle of “the lowest bidder wins” did …

Protesters clashed with federal agents and police outside a detention center for illegal immigrants in Portland, Oregon, over the weekend. An angry crowd that included black-clad Antifa members launched fireworks at officers, who responded with tear gas and pepper balls. For weeks, demonstrators have held rallies and blocked the entrance to a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility, denouncing …

OPINION — The use of artificial intelligence by adversaries has been the subject of exhaustive speculation. No one doubts that the technology will be abused by criminals and state actors, but it can be difficult to separate the hype from reality. Leveraging our unique visibility, Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has been able to track the use of AI by …