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- A worker assembles mortar shells at a factory in Ukraine, on Wednesday, January 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
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Ukraine ramps up spending on homemade weapons to help repel Russia
By HANNA ARHIROVA - Associated Press
Mon,03/25/24-11:05PM , 311 Reads
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine needs any edge it can get to repel Russia from its territory. One emerging bright spot is its small but fast-growing defense industry, which the government is flooding with money in hopes that a surge of homemade weapons and ammunition can help turn the tide.
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- Britain's Defense Minister Grant Shapps, right, Italy's Defense Minister Guido Crosetto, left, and Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara, center, shake hands after a signing ceremony for the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) at the defense ministry, Dec. 14, 2023, in Tokyo, Japan. Japan’s Cabinet on Tuesday, March 26, 2024, approved a plan to sell future next-generation fighter jets that it’s developing with Britain and Italy to other countries, in the latest move away from the country’s postwar pacifist principles. (David Mareuil/Pool Photo via AP, File)
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Japan approves plan to sell fighter jets to other nations in latest break from pacifist principles
By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press
Mon,03/25/24-7:20PM , 717 Reads
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Cabinet on Tuesday approved a plan to sell future next-generation fighter jets that it’s developing with Britain and Italy to other countries, in the latest move away from the country’s postwar pacifist principles.
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Indonesia's military arrests 13 elite soldiers who are accused of involvement in a torture video
By NINIEK KARMINI - Associated Press
Mon,03/25/24-11:11AM , 519 Reads
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia's military said Monday it has arrested 13 elite troops accused of involvement in a video showing the torture of an indigenous Papua man believed to be a member of a separatist group.
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Today in History: March 31, Ferdinand and Isabella expel Jews from Spain
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Mon,03/25/24-7:22AM , 29 Reads
Today in History

Today is Sunday, March 31, the 91st day of 2024. There are 275 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:

On March 31, 1492, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain issued an edict expelling Jews from Spanish soil, except those willing to convert to Christianity.

On this date:
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