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New York (AFP) - In his 101 years on Earth, Jack Hausman has seen a lot: eight decades ago he endured the battlefields of World War II before returning home and taking over the family business, all the while remaining a lifelong pacifist. But when he was honored recently in his small New York home with France's Legion of Honor for his wartime service, a flood of memories left him sobbing. His voice breaking with emotion and tears streaming down his cheeks, Hausman, surrounded by friends and family members in his home of 80 years, expressed the pain he felt "for those who are no longer here tod...
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Moscow (AFP) - Russia's Wagner paramilitary group on Monday claimed it had captured the city hall in Ukraine's eastern town of Bakhmut, giving it "legal" control, but Kyiv said its forces still held the town. The battle for Bakhmut has raged for months with Wagner supporting Russian troops and Ukraine warning the fall of the town would lead to the loss of huge swathes of its territory. Wagner head Yevgeny Prigozhin posted a video on his Telegram channel showing him holding a Russian flag, which he said his forces would plant on Bakhmut's city hall. "This is the Wagner private military company,...
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Paris (AFP) - Advancing Ukrainians have vowed to wrest back the southern city of Kherson from the Russians but analysts say Moscow may be reluctant to give up one of its biggest trophies since the February invasion. On March 3, barely a week into the cross-border assault, Russian troops captured Kherson, the regional centre of the southern Ukrainian province of the same name. It was the first major city to fall to Moscow's forces, providing them with a bridgehead on the western banks of the Dnipro river from which Russian troops could launch attacks for more territory further west. "It's a str...
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Washington (AFP) - Abortion bans enacted across America will be especially painful for women in the US military, one more hurdle they have to face in a man's world where sexual assault and unwanted pregnancies occur more often than in the rest of society. After Friday's tectonic decision by the US Supreme Court overturning constitutional protections for abortion rights, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin vowed to review Pentagon policies to "ensure we continue to provide seamless access to reproductive health care as permitted by federal law." However, Austin stopped short of announcing any new me...
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Helsinki (AFP) - Top US General Mark Milley on Friday met Finnish President Sauli Niinisto to pledge US support for Finland's and Sweden's NATO membership bids which Turkey is blocking. "It's clear, that from a military perspective, both Finland and Sweden, if their applications are approved, that they will bring a significant increase in the military capability of NATO," Milley told reporters travelling with him through Europe. The top US officer said he had come "to talk about the way ahead on their applications for NATO and what operations, activities, exercises... that we, the United Sta...
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Washington (AFP) - Back in 2006, US National Guard sergeant Heath Robinson oversaw the burning of waste at a military base in Iraq. Fourteen years later, he died of lung cancer, leaving his family to advocate for veterans like him who were exposed to toxic fumes while in uniform. These so-called burn pits have been commonly used by the US military in post-September 11 conflicts, and are lit to get rid of everything from plastic bottles to human waste to old tires -- all incinerated with the aid of jet fuel. But the fumes from these open fires are now suspected of causing a range of illnesses ...
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Washington (AFP) - The United States Navy said Thursday it had recovered a stealth fighter jet that sank in the South China Sea after crashing off an aircraft carrier while trying to land. A major recovery operation was launched to find the plane -- one of the most advanced in the US military -- after it was lost in an area of rising tensions between the United States and China. Seven sailors were injured in the January 24 "landing mishap" on the USS Carl Vinson, but the pilot ejected to safety and was rescued by helicopter. The F-35C Lightning II was retrieved on Wednesday from a depth of 12...
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Rome (AFP) - Pro-Ukraine demonstrations erupted across the world on Saturday, as thousands took to the streets from London to New York to Tehran to denounce Russia's assault on its neighbour. Moscow's invasion has a sparked global outcry and prompted punishing sanctions from the West, some directed against Russian President Vladimir Putin himself. On Saturday, rallies were held in cities across the world to join the chorus of condemnation and urge an end to the bloodshed. In Switzerland, thousands of people gathered across the country, including about 1,000 outside the United Nations' Europea...
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Washington (AFP) - A Texas man admitted to trying to smuggle two people into the United States in a coffin draped with an American flag -- like those that carry soldiers killed in combat -- the Justice Department said Wednesday. The suspect, 33-year-old Zachary Blood, was caught when in October he drove a van "modified to transport caskets" to a checkpoint near the US-Mexico border in Texas, federal prosecutor Jennifer Lowery's office said in a statement. When asked by agents what he was transporting, Blood responded "dead guy, Navy guy," according to the statement. "However, the coffin was ...
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Washington (AFP) - President Joe Biden on Thursday saluted the nation's troops as the "very spine of America" at a Veterans Day ceremony in Arlington National Cemetery -- the first since the end of military operations in Afghanistan. Biden also paid tribute to the late retired four-star general Colin Powell, a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and secretary of state who died last month of complications from Covid-19, after a battle with cancer. "Our veterans represent the best of America," Biden said at the ceremony, which also marked the 100th anniversary of the hallowed Tomb of th...
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