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North Korea tests biggest missile since 2017, U.S. calls for talks
North Korea confirmed on Monday it had launched a Hwasong-12 ballistic missile, the same weapon it had once threatened to target the ...Portugal’s PM Costa stuns with majority win in snap election
Defying all odds, Portugal’s centre-left Socialists won an outright parliamentary majority in Sunday’s snap general election, securing a strong new mandate for ...Britain considering major NATO deployment amid Ukraine crisis
Britain is considering making a major NATO deployment as part of a plan to strengthen Europe’s borders in response to Russia massing ...North Korea caps month of tests with longest-range missile since 2017
North Korea conducted its largest missile test since 2017 on Sunday, sending a suspected intermediate-range ballistic missile soaring into space, seen as ...Russian buildup at Ukraine border includes blood for wounded, U.S. officials say
A Russian troop buildup along its border with Ukraine includes supplies of blood for the wounded, three U.S. officials told Reuters, a detail reinforcing ...In Italy, COVID wards filled with unvaccinated elderly people as Omicron swept nation
As the Omicron variant swept Italy late last year, it was unvaccinated elderly people and those who had not had a booster ...Thousands of flights canceled as Eastern U.S. braces for snowstorm
Residents of New York and New England hunkered down on Saturday for a fierce Nor’easter bringing high winds, deep cold and up ...Brace for Russian cyber attacks as Ukraine crisis deepens, Britain says
Britain warned big business on Friday to bolster defences against possible Russian cyber attacks as Western fears deepened that President Vladimir Putin ...Finland moves up planned easing of COVID restrictions
Finland will begin gradually easing COVID-19 restrictions from Feb. 1 instead of mid-February as initially planned as the burden on its hospitals ...U.S., China confer on Ukraine, urge de-escalation and calm
China has told the United States it wants to see all sides involved in Ukraine remain calm and avoid increasing tension while ...