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Zelensky's Plane 'Almost Hit' By Drone After Take-Off From Moldova Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store has said that the Ukrainian government plane carrying President President Volodymyr Zelensky nearly struck an unidentified drone on Wednesday. Zelensky is in Oslo where he held talks with Store, chiefly focused on Norwegian assistance in the fight against Russia, and specifically about advancing a European anti-ballistic system. Zelensky also attended King Harald V of Norway's funeral, for which heads of state from around the world were present. President Of Ukraine/Flickr But the Norwegian PM describes that immediately after...

Alliance Fracture Is Now Global Authored by Gregory Copley via The Epoch Times, Western focus was, in 2026, on whether U.S. President Donald Trump would fulfill his threat to withdraw the United States from NATO. Eastern and Southern focus was on whether the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the BRICS alliance were even functioning. In the U.S.–NATO standoff, it may take more complex political maneuvering for Trump to achieve a breakup of the alliance. Certainly, he could withdraw the U.S. military from European basing, but Congress in 2023 approved legislation that would prevent...