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Japan PM wants defence budget to reach 2% of GDP by 2027
Japan PM wants defence budget to reach 2% of GDP by 2027
by  AFP

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has told his cabinet to increase defence spending to two percent of GDP by 2027, up from a longstanding level of around one percent. "We'll take budgetary measures to increase spending on defence and other outlays to two percent of current GDP by 2027," Defence Minister Yasukazu Hamada told reporters after talks with Kishida.

US charges three for supporting Cameroon separatists
US charges three for supporting Cameroon separatists
by  AFP

The US Justice Department announced charges Monday against three men who allegedly helped fund separatist fighters in Cameroon and supported the 2020 kidnapping of Catholic cardinal Christian Tumi. The funds also supported kidnappings by the separatists, including of Tumi and Sehm Mbinglo, a traditional chief in the troubled region.

Canada to summon Russian envoy over 'hateful' LGBTQ tweets
Canada to summon Russian envoy over 'hateful' LGBTQ tweets
by  AFP

Canada's foreign minister on Monday ordered her officials to summon Russia's ambassador in Ottawa, Oleg Stepanov, over a series of "hateful" anti-LGBTQ tweets including one aimed at an openly lesbian federal minister. Minister Joly has directed Global Affairs Canada to summon the Russian ambassador to tell him as much," she said.

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