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NATO to boost presence in Baltic Sea after cable outages
NATO will strengthen its presence in the Baltic Sea following the outage of the Estlink 2 submarine power cable, Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Friday after speaking to Finnish President Alexander Stubb. "I expressed my full solidarity and support," the head of the 32-country military alliance wrote on X after their talks. Earlier, Estonian Defence Minister Hanno Pevkur said his country would secure the Estlink 1 power line with patrol ships following disruptions to cables in the Baltic Se
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Osamu Suzuki, who led Japanese automaker into India, dies at 94
Osamu Suzuki, an ingenious penny pincher who led Japan’s Suzuki Motor for more than four decades and played a key role in turning India into a flourishing auto market, has died aged 94.
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Brazil bridge collapse death toll rises to 9, with 8 other people unaccounted for
A woman's body has been found after a bridge linking two northern states in Brazil collapsed, bringing the death toll so far to nine. Brazil’s navy said on Friday that the body was found 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) from the Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira Bridge. Police operating on the border of the northern states of Maranhao and Tocantins said four trucks, two cars and two motorcycles entered the river.
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German rail operator records around 4.9m passengers over Christmas
Around 4.9 million passengers travelled on long-distance trains in Germany over the Christmas holidays, the country's national rail operator Deutsche Bahn told dpa on Friday. This was 8% more than during the same period last year, it said. It evaluated booking data for the period from December 18 to December 28. Germany's InterCity Express (ICE) and InterCity (IC) trains were booked to 60% of their capacity during the period, it said. "My special thanks go to the colleagues who worked around the
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Finland seizes Russia-linked tanker suspected of cutting vital undersea cables
Finland has seized an oil tanker suspected of having severed undersea power and internet cables, with Finnish authorities saying the vessel may have been part of Russia's "shadow fleet" of ships aimed at skirting Western sanctions.
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NATO will step up Baltic Sea patrols as Finland probes the possible sabotage of undersea cables
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said Friday that the military alliance will step up patrols in the Baltic Sea region as Finnish investigators work to establish whether a ship linked to Russia sabotaged undersea cables there this week. Finnish authorities seized control of the ship, the Eagle S, on Thursday as they tried to establish whether it had damaged a power cable linking Finland and Estonia and several data cables. In a post on X, Rutte said that he had spoken to Finland’s President Al
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Germany's former central banker Schlesinger dies at 100
The former president of Germany's Bundesbank, Helmut Schlesinger, has died at the age of 100, the central bank in Frankfurt said on Friday. The native Bavarian passed on Monday, the institution said, honouring Schlesinger's commitment to a stable Deutschmark in the post-war years and the international recognition this earned him. Helmut Schlesinger's actions always followed clear and firm lines with the goal of monetary stability, Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel said in a tribute to his prede
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