The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.----------Finland joins NATO as 31st member amid fears of Russia threatBRUSSELS - Finland officially became the 31st member of NATO on Tuesday, marking an end to its decades-long military neutrality in the face of fears about the threat posed by Russia following its invasion of Ukraine a year earlier.Finland, alongside Sweden, applied to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in May last year, seeking security against its powerful neighbor through NATO's collective defense guarantee.---------…READ FULL ARTICLE
