Since last week, the Russian state has been discreetly gathering employee lists and acquiring equipment in preparation for a possible mobilisation in the fall.
The Chinese Communist Party considers the BRICS summit that begins tomorrow in Johannesburg too soon to welcome a country like France. But it has accepted that a small French delegation attend.
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France's supreme court of administrative justice has rejected a last-ditch appeal filed by Senate President Gérard Larcher against the return to service of Benoît Quennedey, whom the DGSI once accused of spying for North Korea.
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Touted as a circumstantial decision, Washington's 7 August announcement that it is lifting restrictions on commercialising high-resolution satellite images is actually a move to shake up the trade and technology rivalry between the US and China in the sector.
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