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...Meanwhile, Putin is reconstituting the Russian army faster than many expected, after much of it was shredded in Ukraine....
...Some of the groundwork for a better relationship was already being laid by James Cleverly, a jovial former Army reservist appointed as foreign secretary during Liz Truss’s brief premiership, who quickly...
...Janet Yellen is the US Treasury Secretary Janet Truncale CEO-elect by Brooke Masters Janet Truncale thinks of herself as a trust builder....
...On Sunday, Nato secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg warned of “severe consequences for Russia”....
...There’s the horse secretary in charge of, “trying to keep the horses under control”....
...It is bang in line with the approach of armies of young men in the City of London. The Daily Mail assures me the clothes come from “expensive tailors”, which is probably true....
...“Our formation in Donbas is the most capable part of our forces,” said Oleksandr V Danylyuk, a security and defence adviser to Ukraine’s government, and veteran of the 2014 battle to recapture Slovyansk....
...When the offer came from George W Bush to be secretary of state, the temptation was irresistible....
...Winston Churchill, secretary of state for the colonies, was the dogged son of Lord Randolph Churchill, a legendary champion of Ulster....
...I think if you look at the careers of people with my sort of similar educational background, like the former deputy secretary of state under Clinton, Strobe Talbott....
...US defence secretary Mark Esper breaks with Donald Trump on sending the army to clamp down on protests, and his predecessor James Mattis joins the president’s critics....
...three deputy assistant secretaries of state....
...A meeting of G7 foreign ministers in March failed to agree on a statement after Mike Pompeo, the US secretary of state, insisted they brand it the “Wuhan virus”....
...Every year heads of state and diplomats rub shoulders with army officers, attachés and spies....
...(FT) Walmart v Amazon Few retailers are coping better with the relentless rise of Amazon than the country’s largest retailer Walmart....
...Freedom of expression v national security But it also underscores the dilemma governments face in drawing the line between freedom of expression and matters of national security....
...Mike Pompeo, the US secretary of state, has called it “a transformative opportunity”. A senior US official said: “This is far more than a protocolary visit....
...(FT) Video of the day Electric future for Philippine jeepneys Filipinos have been riding retooled US army jeeps around Manila since the end of the second world war, but now the government wants to replace...
...Two months later, Russia reached the semi-finals of the European Championship, prompting Moscow’s largest spontaneous street celebrations since 1945. Weeks later, Russia’s army invaded Georgia....
...Corruption has even been found in the Communist party’s disciplinary mechanisms, the security services and the People’s Liberation Army. These are all core institutions of the party-state itself....
...In the military, at least 100 generals and a number of admirals have been detained, including the commander of the second army, which is responsible for securing the porous 800km border with Syria....
...The US secretary of defence’s deputy assistant Michael Carpenter agrees with the assessment of the think-tank Rand Corporation that the Russian army could seize the Baltic republics within 60 hours and pledges...
...In 1926, the Financial Times published a brief notice on the birth of King George V and Queen Mary’s first grandchild, adding the important detail that the “newly arrived little lassie” was the niece of...
...Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes (Naafi) during the war....
...The US secretary of state is seeking to pave the way for a third round of world power talks on Syria, with a meeting pencilled in for Friday in New York....
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