Greg Abbott makes ‘huge’ announcement on fate of the border
Russian forces continue to advance in the Pokrovsk direction and appear to be operating with increasing comfort within Pokrovsk itself. Geolocated footage published on November 3 indicates that elements of the Russian 5th Motorized Rifle Brigade (51st Combined Arms Army [CAA], formerly 1st Donetsk People’s Republic Army Corps [DNR AC], Southern Military District [SMD]) recently…
The U.S. has rejected China’s “unilateral attempts” to claim over Arunachal Pradesh, weighing in on a spat between New Delhi and Beijing after Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a tunnel in the northeaster Indian state. It is the latest in an escalating dispute between neighboring India and China, which share a 3,500 kilometer border. China,…
Ukraine looks to withdraw from a major international treaty on anti-personnel landmines to bolster its defense on the battlefield, where its troops are trying to hold off Russia’s intensifying offensive. President Volodymyr Zelensky, on June 29, had requested that Ukraine withdraw from the 1997 Ottawa Treaty that banned the production and use of indiscriminate anti-personnel…
LONDON/WASHINGTON, Jan 24 (Reuters) – The aviation industry will press regulators this week for urgent action to help tackle GPS “spoofing” amid a surge in such activity, which can send commercial airliners off-course, due to conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East. International trade body IATA and European regulator EASA have organised a meeting in…
Germany is stuck in a deep economic crisis amid a structural break that the country’s leading industry lobby predicts will lead to the most protracted downturn since reunification nearly 35 years ago. The Federation of German Industries (BDI) forecasts the German economy to contract by 0.1% in 2025. That would follow a 0.2% decline in 2024…
The Pentagon’s pricing error adds surplus of funds for future security packages The Pentagon said an accounting error resulted in an overestimation of the value of weapons being sent to Ukraine by $6.2 billion over the last two years, and as a result, there is a surplus of money available for future security packages. Pentagon…