Palestinian reports say more than 50 killed in Gaza Strip on Saturday
At least 51 people have been killed by Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip since dawn, 27 of them in Gaza City, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported on Saturday. The Israeli military reported that military operations against “local terrorist organizations” had continued across the coastal region, with the offensive in Gaza City extended. Israeli…
Read MoreDrones seen over Danish military bases in latest air disruption
Drones have been seen near military facilities including Denmark’s largest, following a series of incidents that caused air disruption earlier this week. The devices were observed above Karup airbase, among others, forcing it to briefly close its airspace to commercial traffic. Possible sightings were also reported in Germany, Norway and Lithuania. It is the latest…
Read MoreGermany planning stricter rules on downing illegal drones
Germany is to enhance its capabilities in countering the threat of illegal drone overflights, Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt has said following a week of scares in northern Europe. “I aim to lay down in the air security law that the military will be able to provide domestic assistance to the police,” Dobrindt told the Rheinische…
Read MoreTwo women die during failed Channel crossing attempt
Two women died attempting to cross the English Channel on Saturday morning, French officials have told AFP news agency. The incident happened overnight off the coast of northern France, when about 100 people set off by makeshift boat to try to get to the UK, authorities said. Sixty people from the attempt were rescued and…
Read MoreNATO military leaders meet to discuss Russian airspace violations
NATO chiefs-of-staff gathered in Riga on Saturday for talks on recent airspace violations by Russian forces. “Today, I express full and unequivocal solidarity with all allies whose airspace has been breached. The alliance’s response has been robust and will only continue to strengthen,” Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, chairman of the 32-member organization’s Military Committee, said…
Read MoreThe James Dean Deification of Charlie Kirk
If you worked for a movie magazine and wanted to write about James Dean in 1956, you needed to toe the Warner party line or lose access to Warner Bros.’ movies and stable of stars, the lifeblood of any entertainment publication. It was very much akin to the media campaign we see Turning Point USA…
Read MoreHow To Spot a One-Sided Friendship Before It Drains You
Friendship is often described as one of life’s greatest buffers against stress and loneliness. But when the balance tips and you find yourself giving far more than you receive, the relationship can shift from a source of strength to a steady drain. Experts told Newsweek that the earliest warning signs of a one-sided friendship are…
Read MoreDoctors Without Borders suspends work in Gaza City, citing risk to staff
MSF claimed that the Israeli offensive in Gaza City posed an elevated risk to staff, and that airstrikes and tanks were currently less than half a mile from the organization’s facilities. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) announced on Friday that it had suspended its work in Gaza City, citing risks to its healthcare workers. MSF claimed…
Read MoreOn the trail of black jaguars in Cerrado, Brazil
This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). I’m face to face with a black jaguar. With the unhurried, nonchalant gait of a predator at the top of its food chain, the feline ambles closer to our quad bike, which we parked at a distance along a dirt path. It’s about to overtake us,…
Read MoreApple builds a ChatGPT-like app to help test the revamped Siri
The software, code-named Veritas, Latin for “truth”, is meant for internal use, at least for now [LOS ANGELES] Apple has developed a ChatGPT-like iPhone app to help test and prepare for a long-anticipated overhaul of Siri coming next year, according to sources familiar with the matter. The company’s artificial intelligence (AI) division is using the…
Read MoreFaced with Russian threat, NATO flexes military muscle in North Sea
NATO flexed its muscles in the North Sea this week in a display of military might, as Russia allegedly tested the alliance’s defences on its eastern flank. F-18 fighter jets lined up on the world’s largest aircraft carrier, flanked by 20 ships and with some 10,000 military personnel from 13 countries. US destroyers and French…
Read MoreMoldovans to vote in critical parliamentary election fraught with Russian interference claims
CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Moldovans head to the polls Sunday to cast ballots in a tense parliamentary election fraught with claims of Russian interference. The vote could decide the country’s geopolitical future: a stark choice between East and West. Landlocked between Ukraine and European Union member Romania, Moldova has spent recent years on a westward…
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