The United States will send nearly 3,000 extra troops to Poland and Romania to shield Eastern Europe from a potential spillover from the crisis over the massing of Russian troops near Ukraine, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.
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The United Arab Emirates intercepted and destroyed three drones that entered the Gulf nation's airspace over unpopulated areas early on Wednesday, the defence ministry said.
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- EuropeGerman vaccine commission to recommend fourth COVID-19 shot
- United StatesU.S. Army begins discharging soldiers who refuse COVID-19 vaccine
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