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Sweden moves one step closer to NATO membership

Sweden moves one step closer to NATO membership

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Turkish parliament’s foreign affairs committee gave its consent to Sweden’s bid to join NATO on Tuesday, drawing the previously nonaligned Nordic country closer to membership in the Western military alliance. Sweden’s accession protocol will now need to be approved in the Turkish parliament’s general assembly …

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World celebrates Christmas in shadow of war

World celebrates Christmas in shadow of war

Women, wearing traditional Ukrainian clothes, walk in a snow-covered street as they take part in Christmas celebrations in the Pyrogove village near Kyiv yesterday. (AFP) People donned Santa caps on beaches, ski slopes and streets around the globe yesterday to celebrate Christmas, with Israel’s war on Hamas and Russia’s invasion …

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