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Ukrainian women embrace combat roles as technology reshapes the battlefield

KHARKIV, Ukraine — When Russia’s full-scale invasion began nearly four years ago, a 26-year-old soldier known as Monka didn’t see a combat role she could do. But that changed as technology reshaped the battlefield and opened new paths. Last year, she joined the military as a pilot of short-range, first-person view, or FPV, drones after giving […]

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Hong Kong fire came after contractor safety breaches and a residents’ revolt

HONG KONG/SINGAPORE/BEIJING – Homeowners at the complex destroyed in one of Hong Kong’s deadliest fires were incorrectly told the contractor that authorities blame for the blaze had a clean safety record, documents viewed by Reuters show. Residents were given the assurances by Will Power Architects, which was retained by their homeowners’ corporation to evaluate bids

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Trump admin ‘immediately’ stops enforcing LGBT+ prison rape protections

In a memo obtained by the non-profit news outlet Prism, DoJ official Tammie M. Gregg told prison auditors across the nation to “immediately pause” all “compliance determinations” for key safety rules concerning LGBTQI+ inmates, and advise prisons to “disregard” them. Those rules include requiring trans and intersex prisoners to be allowed separate showers, banning body searches purely

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Virginia man charged with planting pipe bombs in DC on eve of Capitol riot appears in court

A Virginia man on Friday made his first court appearance on charges that he planted a pair of pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national parties in Washington on the eve of a mob’s attack on U.S. Capitol. U.S. Magistrate Moxila Upadhyaya ordered Brian Cole Jr. to remain in jail a day after his arrest on explosives charges. He

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Trump awarded inaugural FIFA Peace Prize for ‘extraordinary’ efforts to promote peace

WASHINGTON; US President Donald Trump was awarded the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize on Friday for what federation President Gianni Infantino said were his “extraordinary” contributions to global harmony. Infantino lauded Trump for “what you have obtained in your way. But you obtained it in an incredible way,” saying the new award was meant to honor

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PRESIDENT MUSEVENI PLEDGES SWIFT ACTION FOR 9,000 NTOROKO FLOOD VICTIMS

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, the National Resistance Movement (NRM) Presidential flag bearer, has today announced firm government action to resolve the plight of over 9,000 people displaced by floods in Ntoroko District. Addressing thousands of supporters at Karugutu Secondary School, Ntoroko during a campaign rally, the President said he had already instructed his Principal Private

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Pakistan appoints Asim Munir as first Chief of Defence Forces

PRESIDENT Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday approved the appointment of army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir as Pakistan’s first Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) for a five-year term. The President signed the summary sent by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who had formally recommended that Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) Munir be appointed as the

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French Military Reportedly Opens Fire on 5 Drones Over Nuclear Submarine Base

The French military launched anti-drone measures after detecting five unauthorized drones flying over a base housing nuclear ballistic submarines in northwestern France on Thursday. The base, located on the peninsular of Ile Longue off the coast of Brittany, is used to store France’s four nuclear ballistic submarines, according to AFP. The Atlantic Maritime Prefecture, a

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MTN and STI-OP in talks to Bolster Uganda’s Innovation Agenda

Friday 5th  December 2025- Johannesburg, South Africa:  In a move aimed at fast-tracking homegrown solutions for Uganda’s progress, a Ugandan delegation led by Paul Amoru, the Ugandan High Commissioner, held a strategic meeting with the MTN team led by MTN South Africa’s General Manager for Enterprise Solutions, Sudipto Moitra. The delegation included representatives from the

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Trump has adopted racist conspiracy theories in his extraordinary attack on Europe

It’s official. The US government believes that Europe faces “civilization erasure” and is already indulging in the “censorship of free speech and the suppression of opposition”. This is not the latest social media post from a crank in the White House. This is the assessment of its finest minds who have just produced the 2025 National Security Strategy.

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