Australian military mounts major airlift to evacuate flood-hit community

Dec. 19 (UPI) — The first group of about 20 people were airlifted to safety Tuesday from a remote flood-ravaged community in northern Queensland amid a major rescue operation by the Australian military. The Wujal Wujal evacuees arrived safely in Cooktown just before … Read More

US Steel, the 122-year old company that was once America’s biggest, is set to be sold to Nippon Steel

The U.S. Steel Corporation, once America’s largest steelmaker and most valuable company, is set to be acquired by Japanese company Nippon Steel for $14.9 billion. Nippon Steel — the world’s fourth-largest steel producer — clinched the deal with an all-cash offer, … Read More

Germany Will Deploy Troops for First Time Since World War II

A new agreement between Germany and Lithuania will lead to German troops’ first permanent foreign deployment since World War II. The announcement was made Monday in Lithuania, where Defense Minister Arvydas Anusauskas met with his German counterpart, Boris Pistorius, to … Read More

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – December 15, 2023

Greetings from Tyler,   It’s getting to where you can’t even watch anymore.  The scenes they’re showing you, the incidents they are describing are not fit for human consumption.  The “terrorists” committed atrocities reminiscent of the worst we’ve ever heard … Read More

EU agrees to open Ukraine membership talks in shock win for Kyiv

BRUSSELS, Dec 14 (Reuters) – European Union leaders granted Ukraine a major political win on Thursday by agreeing to start membership negotiations at a time when its counter-offensive against Russia’s invasion has failed to make major gains and U.S. military … Read More

South Korea scrambles jets as Chinese, Russian planes enter air defense zone

Dec. 14 (UPI) — South Korea scrambled fighter jets on Thursday after Chinese and Russian military aircraft flew into its air defense identification zone, Seoul’s military said. Two Chinese and four Russian aircraft entered and departed South Korea’s air defense identification … Read More

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