NATO’s Largest Artillery Exercise Underway In Finland

Finland is hosting its first large-scale NATO artillery exercise since the Nordic nation joined the military alliance last year, with live fire drills starting on Sunday. The exercise conducted in the northern Lapland region in November is part of Dynamic … Read More

Philippines, United States sign military intelligence-sharing deal

MANILA, Nov 18 (Reuters) – The Philippines and the United States signed a military intelligence-sharing deal on Monday, deepening defence ties between the two nations facing common security challenges in the region. U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin signed the agreement … Read More

Biden authorizes Ukraine to use US-supplied longer range missiles for deeper strikes inside Russia

MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — President Joe Biden has authorized Ukraine to use U.S.-supplied missiles to strike deeper inside Russia, easing limitations on the longer range weapons as Russia deploys thousands of North Korean troops to reinforce its war, according to … Read More

Kim Jong Un calls for nuclear arsenal expansion ‘without limit’

SEOUL, Nov. 18 (UPI) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for strengthening the country’s nuclear weapons capacity “without limit” and completing war preparations against what he claimed was a “frantic” military buildup led by the United States, state … Read More

Nordic neighbours release new advice on surviving war

On Monday, millions of Swedes will start receiving copies of a pamphlet advising the population how to prepare and cope in the event of war or another unexpected crisis. “In case of crisis or war” has been updated from six … Read More

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – November 15, 2024

Greetings from Tyler, I don’t think we can even envision what lies just ahead in our immediate American future.  Having listened to most of the Trump rallies, it’s going to be a joyride.  How long have we been quiet about … Read More

The ‘morphing’ wheel from South Korea that may transform lives and robots

DAEJEON, South Korea, Nov 14 (Reuters) – Imagine a wheelchair equipped with wheels flexible enough to navigate all manner of obstacles from kerbs to humps and even staircases. Or perhaps an unmanned delivery vehicle using the same wheels that takes … Read More

Rand Paul to target ‘COVID cover-up’ as head of Senate Homeland Security committee

Sen. Rand Paul will take over the chairmanship of the upper chamber’s Homeland Security Committee starting in January after two years as the panel’s top Republican — and he’s told The Post he wants to uncover the truth about the … Read More

China’s president will inaugurate a megaport in Peru, but locals say they’re left out

CHANCAY, Peru (AP) — On the edge of Peru’s coastal desert, a remote fishing town where a third of all residents have no running water is being transformed into a huge deep-water port to cash in on the inexorable rise … Read More

One man dead, evacuations ordered after explosions near Brazil’s Supreme Court

Nov. 13 (UPI) — Two explosions near Brazil’s Supreme Court and Congress forced evacuations Wednesday night with one man found dead in what some authorities are calling a suicide attack. The Three Powers Plaza, which houses all three branches of … Read More

Russia suffers its deadliest day of the war as it fails to retake region held by Ukrainians

Russia suffered its deadliest day in the war Monday — losing 1,950 soldiers in a failed attempt to retake Kursk from Ukrainian troops, Kyiv officials said. The Russian forces saw their assault whipped out by Kyiv troops who continue to hold onto most … Read More

FBI arrests CIA official in document leak of Israeli military plans against Iran

Nov. 13 (UPI) — CIA official Asif W. Rahman was arrested by the FBI Tuesday in Cambodia on two counts of violating the Espionage Act in classified documents leaks about Israeli military plans. He will appear Thursday in a Guam court. … Read More

Cold War bomber enhances China’s ability to strike U.S. bases

HONG KONG (Reuters) – In a series of war games in the seas and skies around Taiwan last month, China deployed some of its newest strike aircraft, warships and missile forces. However, one of the most menacing weapons used in … Read More

The Guardian stops posting on Elon Musk’s ‘toxic’ X

British newspaper group the Guardian has announced it will no longer post on X, formerly Twitter, saying it has become a “a toxic media platform”. In a message to readers, it said the US presidential election “underlined” its concerns that … Read More

OpenAI And Others Seek New Ways For Smarter AI

Companies that specialise in artificial intelligence, such as OpenAI, are working to overcome unforeseen obstacles and delays in their quest for ever-larger language models by creating training methods that employ more human-like ways for algorithms to “think.” TakeAway Points: Artificial … Read More

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