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Unidentified drones spotted over three UK airbases, US air force confirms
Nov 23, 2024 - World
Unmanned aerial systems seen over RAF bases in Suffolk and Norfolk but US air force does not know if they were hostileUnidentified drones were spotted over three airbases in Britain used by the US air force (USAF)“Small unmanned aerial systems” were seen between 20 and 22 November over RAF Lakenheath and RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk, and RAF Feltwell in Norfolk. Continue reading...
John Bolton rips into Trump’s pick for counter-terrorism chief Sebastian Gorka
Nov 23, 2024 - World
Trump’s former national security adviser says Gorka is the ‘worst cabinet appointment in recent American history’Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton has laid into Sebastian Gorka, the president-elect’s pick for counter-terrorism chief, as a “conman” whose selection is not “going to bode well for counter-terrorism efforts when the [national security council’s] senior director is somebody like that”.Trump praised Gorka, an immigrant from Hungary, as a “tireless advocate for the America First Agenda and the MAGA Movement”. Continue reading...
Stolen shoe mystery solved at Japanese kindergarten when security camera catches weasel in the act
Nov 23, 2024 - World
Police thought a shoe thief was on the loose at a kindergarten in southwestern Japan, until a security camera caught the furry culprit in action
The week that upped the stakes of the Ukraine war
Nov 23, 2024 - World
This past week has seen the most significant escalation in hostilities Ukraine has witnessed since Russia's full-scale invasion and marks a new chapter in the nearly three-year war
Nations at UN climate talks agree on $300B a year for poor countries in a compromise deal
Nov 23, 2024 - World
United Nations climate talks adopted a deal to inject at least $300 billion annually in humanity's fight against climate change, aimed at helping poor nations cope with the ravages of global warming in tense negotiations in the city where industry first tapped oil.