The UK foreign secretary Yvette Cooper tells ITV that the government is increasing defence spending too slowly, and that it is imperative to move “further faster” than current plans towards hitting a target to spend 3% of national income
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The UK foreign secretary Yvette Cooper tells ITV that the government is increasing defence spending too slowly, and that it is imperative to move “further faster” than current plans towards hitting a target to spend 3% of national income
Indonesia's Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics reported a 6.8 magnitude earthquake off North Sulawesi, Indonesia
Magnitude 6.49 strikes Mindanao, Philippines, Gfz reports
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