68 h. ago How China’s leadership purge could raise the military threat for Taiwan

China’s most senior army figures are under investigation – with potential repercussions for the island nation Beijing claims

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4 d. ago Xi takes sole operational control of army as China probes military leaders

Two generals are being investigated for ‘serious discipline violations and violations of the law’

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4 d. ago China probes last two military leaders to have survived previous purges

Investigation leaves Xi Jinping in sole operational control of the People’s Liberation Army

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5 d. ago IMH 2026 brings global military helicopter leaders to London

IMH 2026 brings global military helicopter leaders to London  AirMed&Rescue

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6 d. ago Team GB target record Winter Olympics medal haul as sliding team announced

Double world champion Matt Weston will head to Italy as a major medal hope

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7 d. ago Minneapolis leaders call the ICE surge a ‘siege’. My reporting from there concurs

After covering Trump’s immigration policies from Chicago and LA, the Twin Cities operation feels like a marked escalationThe Minneapolis Star Tribune editorial board described the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement operation in the Twin Cities as “a military occupation”. Local leaders have used words like “siege” and “invasion”. After a week of reporting in Minneapolis and St Paul, I wouldn’t know how else to describe the scene.I’ve been covering the administration’s immigration policies since Donald Trump’s inauguration on 20 January last year. I was in Chicago in January last year, when the administration assigned hundreds of federal agents to conduct “enhanced targeted operations” in the city. I was in Los Angeles last summer, when agents began seizing workers at car washes and garment warehouses, grabbing bicyclists and raiding churches. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Russia declares ‘Keir Starmer is preparing for WW3’ in new warning to NATO

Sergey Lavrov claimed European leaders are openly planning military action and cited their support for Ukraine as a catalyst for escalating tensions

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9 d. ago UK should consider expelling US forces from British bases, says Zack Polanski

Exclusive: Green party leader advocates leaving Nato and says Britain should wean itself off its reliance on the USThe UK should consider expelling the US from British military bases, the leader of the Green party has said, as he advocated leaving Nato and spending less on American weapons as part of a wider dismantling of the two countries’ defence alliance.Zack Polanski told the Guardian he believed Britain should wean itself off its reliance on American military cooperation, though would not say whether he supported spending more money to replace that capability. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Venezuelan Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado gives her medal to Donald Trump

In a social media post, Trump wrote: ‘Maria presented me with her Nobel Peace Prize for the work I have done. Such a wonderful gesture of mutual respect. Thank you Maria!’

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1 week ago Postal Service unveils new Muhammad Ali stamp in champ's hometown

Postal officials have unveiled a commemorative stamp of boxing legend Muhammad Ali in Louisville, Kentucky

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1 week ago General tapped to lead US operations in Latin America grilled over presence in region

The Marine Corps general tapped to lead U.S. military operations in Latin America says he's ready to oversee an expanded presence but isn't sure what the Trump administration has planned

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1 week ago Billy Connolly's aunt awarded World War 2 service medal days before 104th birthday

Rene MacLean, 103, served with the RAF in the Middle East during the Second World War.

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2 w. ago Winter Olympics snowboarding medallist Ueli Kestenholz, 50, tragically dies after being swallowed by avalanche

SNOWBOARDING legend Ueli Kestenholz died after a tragic accident in Switzerland. Kestenholz, who represented Switzerland at the 1998 and 2002 Winter Games, passed away at the age of 50. The Swiss Ski Federation announced the sad news on Tuesday and said the 1998 Olympic bronze medallist got trapped in an avalanche in the Lotschental valley on Sunday....

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2 w. ago Olympic medalist snowboarder dies after getting caught up in avalanche in the Alps

Ueli Kestenholz, an Olympic bronze medalist and decorated Swiss snowboarder, has died in his native country after being trapped by an avalanche.

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2 w. ago Muhammad Ali will be honored with a commemorative US postage stamp

Muhammad Ali is being honored with a commemorative U.S. postage stamp

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2 w. ago Trump’s other Latin American feud: why Colombia’s Petro is not Maduro

Leftwing leader rallies his supporters as US president accuses him of drug trafficking and threatens military actionA leftwing South American firebrand calls for his followers to rally in public squares nationwide to defend his country’s sovereignty and decry verbal attacks from Donald Trump. The US president accuses the leader of personally flooding American streets with illegal drugs and imposes sanctions against him and his wife. Threats of military action are followed by a phone conversation between the two leaders.One might imagine that this is a description of the buildup of tensions that led to the 3 January special forces raid on Caracas to capture the Venezuelan leader, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife, Cilia Flores, to face several criminal charges in New York. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago 'Spineless Starmer is turning UK into a military pygmy': Farage blasts PM as Iran's leader in exile pleads for British support and top brass warn of £28bn funding crisis

The Reform UK leader said it was 'terrifying' that the UK faced a £28 billion shortfall in defence funding.

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3 w. ago Denmark 'will shoot first and ask questions later' if the US invades Greenland

Tensions have been escalating this week over the Trump administration's threats to use the US military to seize Greenland, despite furious warnings from Europe's leaders.

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3 w. ago POLL OF THE DAY: Was the US 'morally right' to capture Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro, as Kemi Badenoch claims?

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch cited her upbringing in military-ruled Nigeria as she backed the raid by the US to snatch Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro.

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3 w. ago POLL OF THE DAY: Was the US 'morally right' to capture Venezuela's Nicholas Maduro, as Kemi Badenoch claims?

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch cited her upbringing in military-ruled Nigeria as she backed the raid by the US to snatch Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro.

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