China’s military shake-up may hint at corruption — or Xi Jinping’s weakness
China’s Xi Jinping reshuffled the People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force, which oversees nuclear and missile programs critical to the goal of taking over Taiwan.
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Foreign nationals evacuate Niger as regional tensions rise
Citizens lined up in the airport before sunrise in the hopes of getting on an flight following a military coup in the country,
HK Tesla Crashes Into Stacked Pallets at 230AM
If there’s one thing we’ve learned over and over from Tesla’s “camera” strategy of collision avoidance marketing, in the real world it’s regularly unable to avoid collisions into trees, buildings, poles and other sta…
U.S. State Dept says Russia has failed to create strategic imbalance between countries
The U.S. Department of State assessed in an annual report that Russia has failed to create “a strategic imbalance” between the world’s two largest nuclear weapons possessors. In a new report on the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), the D…
Norden buys a share in biofuel production firm in race to decarbonise
Bulker and tanker owner wants to use more biofuel in future but said it cannot rely on traditional offtake agreements to decarbonise
Force posturing: North Korea threatens action against US reconnaissance flights
For over a decade, North Korean air power has suffered from a decline in capability and availability. However, the isolated country is now touting the importance of its…
‘Our country is more important than one man’, says Mike Pence as Trump indicted
Former vice president is now gunning for the top job as presidential nominee from the GOP side
Singapore in a mess as PM admits politics not as clean as country’s image
The city-state places as much stock in the cleanliness of its politics as it does in its spotless streets, but recent events have threatened to sully that reputation.
In Brief: The Black Sea Grain Initiative
A lot happens every day. Alliances shift, leaders change, and conflicts erupt. With In Brief, we’ll help you make sense of it all. Each week, experts will dig deep on a single issue happening in the world to help you better understand it. *** On July 1…