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Zelenskyy says 10,000 North Koreans could join Russian forces in Ukraine as he pushes 'victory plan'
BRUSSELS (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday his government has intelligence information that 10,000 troops from North Korea are being prepared to join Russian forces fighting against his country, warning that a third nation wading into the hostilities would turn the...
US warns of growing North Korean military support for Russia's war
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The U.S. and its allies are “alarmed” by North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats as well as its increasing military support for Russia’s war in Ukraine, a senior U.S. official said Wednesday, but couldn’t confirm Ukrainian claims that North Korean soldiers...
In global game of influence, China turns to a cheap and effective tool: fake news
WASHINGTON (AP) — When veteran U.S. diplomat Kurt Campbell traveled to the Solomon Islands to counter Beijing's influence in the South Pacific country, he quickly saw just how far China would go to spread its message. The Biden administration’s Asia czar woke up one morning in...
Pacific leaders' summit erases mention of Taiwan after Chinese anger, fracturing a shaky accord
NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga (AP) — Turmoil over China’s push for influence in the South Pacific has overshadowed the region’s most important diplomatic summit after a Pacific island leader apparently pledged to erase an affirmation of Taiwan’s involvement in the meeting from its closing statement, at...
