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Pakistan has accused Afghanistan of becoming ‘a colony of India’ but India’s relations with Kabul predate the Taliban., Pakistan has accused Afghanistan’s Taliban of serving as a “proxy” for India, amid escalating hostilities between Islamabad and Kabul. Just hours after Pakistan bombed locations in Kabul early on Friday, Pakistan’s MinisterContinue Reading

“Retail is the nation’s largest private‑sector employer, contributing $5.3 trillion to the U.S. economy and supporting more than one in four American jobs,” explains Adam Lukoskie, National Retail Federation (NRF) Foundation Executive Director and NRF Senior Vice President. The skilled trades, which are engines of the retail industry, are facing a serious talent shortage withContinue Reading

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The White House confirmed that two Americans were involved in the shooting with Cuban forces along the country’s coast on Wednesday, USA Today reports. They have also confirmed the U.S.-registered speedboat used in the shooting was stolen.  Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the shooting “highly unusual,” especially given recentContinue Reading

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Pakistani defence minister says Pakistan is waging ‘open war’ against Afghanistan., Pakistan has launched air strikes on Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, and other cities, as clashes escalate along the two countries’ shared border. On Friday, Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said Islamabad’s patience had run out with the Taliban authorities inContinue Reading

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A round of negotiations in Geneva involving Ukrainian and US officials has concluded, Ukraine’s Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Rustem Umerov said, with preparations underway for the next substantive trilateral meeting that will also include Russian representatives. Umerov said talks in Switzerland took place in bilateral and trilateralContinue Reading

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Agents from the Atesh partisan group successfully carried out an operation against Russian electronic warfare (EW) equipment near Sevastopol, occupied Crimea, the group reported on 26 February.  Atesh is a pro-Ukrainian partisan group operating within Russia and Russian-occupied territories. The group regularly reports carrying out sabotage operations against Russian militaryContinue Reading