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By Peter Hobson and Kirsty Needham CANBERRA (Reuters) – Australia needs to defend itself, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Wednesday when asked whether Donald Trump’s return as president of the United States meant Australia should review its defence strategy. Australia deepened its long-standing military alliance with the United States under Trump’s predecessor Joe Biden, …

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By Amina Ismail DAMASCUS (Reuters) – Early one evening in late January, 12 masked men stormed the Damascus home of Um Hassan’s family, pointed AK-47 assault rifles in their faces and ordered them to leave. When they presented ownership documents, the men arrested Um Hassan’s oldest brother and said they could only have him back …

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By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) – The New Zealand Air Force will establish a small space squadron to signal its growing commitment to space-based defence and international security, a senior military official said on Wednesday. Air Vice-Marshal Darryn Webb said the Air Force had a team already focused on space, but creating a squadron symbolized …

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By Phuong Nguyen HANOI (Reuters) – Much has changed in Vietnamese life in the 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War. The streets of the once-impoverished country now bustle with commerce and young people carry the latest iPhones and sing along to Taylor Swift songs. But one constant remains: the ubiquitous propaganda art …

‘Hello, spring victory!’ Vietnamese propaganda art flourishes 50 years after end of war Read More »