Britain's $3.7B aircraft carriers were meant to take a crowning role in a major NATO exercise — then failed to set sail, twice

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Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales moored in Portsmouth Harbour after its scheduled sailing was called off at the last minute on Sunday, February 11, 2024.

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A UN agency said it had no idea a Hamas nerve center was directly below its Gaza HQ

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Israeli soldiers operate in what the military described as a Hamas command tunnel running partly under UNRWA headquarters.
Israeli soldiers operate in what the military described as a Hamas command tunnel running partly under UNRWA headquarters.

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Russia appears to have built a bizarre, 18-mile fortification from disused freight trains to protect itself in Ukraine, analysts say

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A Russian defensive line with railway carriages between Olenivka and Mariupol, Ukraine, on May 10, 2023 (left) and February 6, 2024 (right).

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Mongolia's former president mocks Putin with a map showing how big the Mongol empire used to be, and how small Russia was

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Russian President Vladimir Putin sits on a gilded chair wearing a blue suit and a light blue tie
Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on February 6, 2024.

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A British man boarded a flight to NYC without a passport or a boarding pass by tailgating behind unsuspecting passengers, report says

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Passengers queue to go through security in departures at Terminal 5 of Heathrow Airport.
Passengers line up to go through security in departures at Terminal 5 of Heathrow Airport.

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Tunnel complex with rows of computer servers discovered under UN aid agency HQ in Gaza, reports say

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Israeli soldiers operate in what the military described as a Hamas command tunnel running partly under UNRWA headquarters.
Israeli soldiers in what the military described as a Hamas command tunnel running partly under UNRWA headquarters.

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A lone stingray mysteriously became pregnant in an aquarium. Scientists now think a male shark could be responsible.

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A trucker quit his job minutes after he and his wife both won lottery prizes

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A truck.

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Gaza girl, 6, who pleaded by phone to be rescued after an Israeli attack found dead along with paramedics sent to save her

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Hind Rajab.
Hind Rajab.

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Russian forces are using Elon Musk's Starlink in occupied areas, Ukraine army intelligence says

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SpaceX Starlink 5 satellite seen in the night passing in the sky above Svendborg on South Funen, Denmark, on April 21, 2020.

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