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  Last update: 17:42 GMT 18.06.2021

  17:42 GMT 18.06.2021

  World

  White House Reportedly Freezes $100 Mln Military Package to Ukraine

  Originally, the package was planned as a response to what the US viewed as an aggressive Russian military build-up along Ukraine's border.

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  Last update: 16:59 GMT 18.06.2021

  16:59 GMT 18.06.2021

  World

  America’s Top General Brushes Off Colleagues’ Claims About Imminent Chinese ‘Invasion’ of Taiwan

  In March, then-US Forces Pacific commander Admiral Philip Davidson told lawmakers that China might invade Taiwan. His successor, Admiral John Aquilino, concurred with the assessment, and said the "Chinese threat" to Taiwan was “much closer to us than most think.”

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  Last update: 16:19 GMT 18.06.2021

  16:19 GMT 18.06.2021

  Latin America

  How Failure of Peru's Neoliberal Model & Need for Industrial Growth Created Castillo's Phenomenon

  On 15 June, the National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE) of Peru announced that Pedro Castillo of the left-wing Peru Libre (Free Peru) party won the presidential election after all electoral voting records had been counted in the second round. How did the schoolteacher manage to rise to prominence and how could he change the face of Peru?

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  Last update: 14:33 GMT 18.06.2021

  14:33 GMT 18.06.2021

  Middle East

  Yemen’s Houthis Vow to Help ‘Defend Jerusalem’ in Regional Conflict With Israel

  The Yemeni Shia militia is known for its extreme hostility to the Jewish State, with its oft-touted four-part slogan including the lines "Death to Israel" and "A Curse on the Jews."

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  Last update: 13:09 GMT 18.06.2021

  13:09 GMT 18.06.2021

  World

  Russia to Withdraw From Open Skies Treaty on 18 December

  MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia will officially withdraw from the Open Skies Treaty on 18 December, the Foreign Ministry said on Friday, adding that Moscow has notified the signatories of the agreement about its withdrawal.

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  Last update: 12:46 GMT 18.06.2021

  12:46 GMT 18.06.2021

  India

  Alarm Bells Ring as COVID-19 Found in River and Lakes in India's Gujarat State

  Concerns have been mounting in India over the contamination of rivers after more than a 100 dead bodies, presumed to be of COVID-19 victims, were found floating in the Ganges in the states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.

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  Last update: 11:05 GMT 18.06.2021

  11:05 GMT 18.06.2021

  UK

  British Airways Plane Collapses Onto Nose at Heathrow Airport - Photo, Video

  Eyewitnesses captured the consequences of an incident at London's best-known international airport involving a plane which had arrived from Moscow.

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  Last update: 10:21 GMT 18.06.2021

  10:21 GMT 18.06.2021

  India

  Photos of Indian Cops Using Plastic Stools as Helmets During Uttar Pradesh Riots Spark Probe

  Law and order in India's Uttar Pradesh has been a matter of concern for the successive state governments. As many as 2,317 rape cases were recorded in 2020, making it one of the most unsafe for women. As India's most populous state, it witnessed nearly 9% of all crimes registered nationwide.