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Manila (AFP) - The United States will provide $500 million in military funding to the Philippines, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday, as Washington boosts ties with Manila in the face of China's growing assertiveness. Blinken was in Manila with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin as part of an Asia-Pacific tour to strengthen Washington's latticework of alliances aimed at countering Beijing. "We're now allocating an additional $500 million in foreign military financing to the Philippines to boost security collaboration with our oldest treaty ally in this region," Blinken told a jo...
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Tokyo (AFP) - The United States and Japan issued scathing verbal attacks on China and Russia on Sunday after high-level discussions on enhancing already close defence collaboration between Tokyo and Washington in an increasingly unstable region. A joint statement issued after "2+2" talks in Tokyo between US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and their Japanese counterparts said China's "foreign policy seeks to reshape the international order for its own benefit at the expense of others". They also reiterated their "strong objections" to China's "unlawful maritime...
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Almost two-thirds of citizens of EU countries are concerned about the security of the European Union, according to a newly released poll conducted on behalf of the European Commission. Around 47% of EU citizens surveyed said they were "fairly worried" about the security of the bloc over the next five years, while another 17% said they were "very worried." According to the results, people in Portugal (77%) have the greatest security concerns. In Germany, 54% of respondents said they were "fairly" or "very" concerned about the security of the EU. More than 25,000 EU citizens aged 15 and over wer...
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Almost two-thirds of citizens of EU countries are concerned about the security of the European Union, according to a newly released poll conducted on behalf of the European Commission. Around 47% of EU citizens surveyed said they were "fairly worried" about the security of the bloc over the next five years, while another 17% said they were "very worried." According to the results, people in Portugal (77%) have the greatest security concerns. In Germany, 54% of respondents said they were "fairly" or "very" concerned about the security of the EU. More than 25,000 EU citizens aged 15 and over wer...
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Almost two-thirds of citizens of EU countries are concerned about the security of the European Union, according to a newly released poll conducted on behalf of the European Commission. Around 47% of EU citizens surveyed said they were "fairly worried" about the security of the bloc over the next five years, while another 17% said they were "very worried." According to the results, people in Portugal (77%) have the greatest security concerns. In Germany, 54% of respondents said they were "fairly" or "very" concerned about the security of the EU. More than 25,000 EU citizens aged 15 and over wer...
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Germany and the UK have signed a joint declaration, aiming to cooperate more closely on defence and security. On Wednesday, German Defence Minister, Boris Pistorius, met with his British counterpart, John Healey, who was welcomed with military honours in Berlin. Pistorius emphasised the desire for a closer partnership between the two countries. “We want to put our relationship on a new footing,” he said. “And that is why we have signed the Joint Declaration today. We want to strengthen our defence industry, firstly. Secondly, we want to cooperate more closely in the development, production and...
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French defence giant Thales reported its half year 2024 results on Tuesday, with the company seeing record orders due to steadily increasing military budgets. For the first half of the year, Thales’ order intake shot up 26% to €10.8 billion, with the company’s order book also coming up to €47 billion, which was a new record high. Sales for H1 jumped up 8.9% to €9.5 billion, whereas earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) surged 10.4% to €1,096 million. The EBIT margin inched up from 11.7% in HQ 2023 to 11.8% during the first half of 2024. The adjusted net income, group share rose 6% to €866 ...
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The Israeli military authorities plan to send conscription orders to about 1,000 ultra-Orthodox men between the ages of 18 and 26, public broadcaster Kan reported on Thursday, citing Defence Minister Yoav Gallant. The draft notices are to be sent out as of Sunday, it said. For decades, ultra-Orthodox Jews have been exempt from military service, but the government was unable to pass a law extending the exemption after it expired earlier this year. The Supreme Court ruled last month to the effect that the men should be conscripted. The Israeli military, which is under strain from the war in the ...
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The Israeli military authorities plan to send conscription orders to about 1,000 ultra-Orthodox men between the ages of 18 and 26, public broadcaster Kan reported on Thursday, citing Defence Minister Yoav Gallant. The draft notices are to be sent out as of Sunday, it said. For decades, ultra-Orthodox Jews have been exempt from military service, but the government was unable to pass a law extending the exemption after it expired earlier this year. The Supreme Court ruled last month to the effect that the men should be conscripted. The Israeli military, which is under strain from the war in the ...
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