Russia has reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N2 bird flu on a farm in the Kostromskaya Oblast region, the Paris-based World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Friday. The disease was detected on December 17 and led to the culling of more than 660,000 birds, the OIE said, citing a report from the Russian ministry of agriculture. It did not specify the type of birds that were infected
Australian government has spent more than billion on weapons and military equipment from the US in the past four years.(In Picture: Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull) The Australian government has spent more than $8 billion on weapons and military equipment from the US in the past four years, a report has found. More than half of the money was spent on Information Technology (IT), telecommunication, broadcasting, engineering and research contracts, Xinhua news agency reported. The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) analysis, released on Thursday, found that from 2012-13 through 2016-17, $8.01 billion were spent by the Australian Defence Force (ADF) on US Foreign Military Sales (FMS). The sales were administered by the US Department of Defence which has responsibility over the transfer of American equipment and weapons. Andrew Davies, a defence expert from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), said the figure was not surprising considering technological advance
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