Turkey will oppose a NATO planto defend Baltic countries unless the alliance backs it in recognizing a Kurdish militia as a terrorist group, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday. The threat underlined the mounting challenges to a bloc hailed by backers as the most successful military alliance in history just as its leaders, including U.S. President Donald Trump, gather in London to celebrate its 70th anniversary.
The leak and distribution of classifiedBritish-U.S. trade documents online resembles a disinformation campaign uncovered this year that originated in Russia, according to experts who say it could signal foreign interference in Britain’s election. Researchers said the way the documents were first shared online mirrored a campaign called Secondary Infektion, which was uncovered by the Atlantic Council in June and stemmed from a network of social media accounts which Facebook said “originated in Russia.”
North Korea has celebratedthe completion of leader Kim Jong Un’s signature construction project, a new city near the sacred mountain where his family claims its roots, with state media on Tuesday calling it the “epitome of modern civilisation”.
Japan’s Astellas Pharma is buying U.S. drugmaker Audentes Therapeutics for about $3 billion in cash, in a high-priced push to make genetic medicines a key area of growth.
Question: How do you predict the outcome of a snap election when so many polls have been so wrong, half of voters haven’t made up their minds and the crucial factor may not be who wins, but how much they win by?
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed legislation requiring all smartphones, computers and smart TV sets sold in the country to come pre-installed with Russian software.
