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Singapore: Indian-origin economist, Tharman Shanmugaratnam was sworn in as the ninth Singapore President on Thursday, two weeks after his landslide victory in the polls, The Strait Times reported.Tharman (66) took the oath on Thursday evening at his inauguration ceremony after completing an inspection of the guards at the Istana.Tharman, an economist and a civil servant served mainly at the
Gilgit-Baltistan: Amid sectarian tensions between Shias and Sunnis in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan, the local administration continues to suspend all internet services in the region causing inconvenience to the residents.It has been over a fortnight since the sectarian tensions between the Shia majority in Gilgit Baltistan and the Sunni community boiled into massive protests against
Karachi: Amid a major financial crisis, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) cancelled several domestic and international flights, ARY News reported on Thursday.The flights scheduled to take off from/to the Karachi airport were cancelled after the national airline failed to pay Pakistan State Oil (PSO) for fuel supply.The Pakistan-based media outlet reported that the cancelled flights include
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Ministry of Finance has failed to pay the salaries of staff employed in certain diplomatic missions for the last three months due to the dollar liquidity crunch in the country. This has led to a massive hue and cry, The News International newspaper reported.The News International, published in broadsheet size, is one of the largest English-language newspapers in
Japan has appointed a serving government official as its de facto defence attaché in Taiwan, a move likely to anger China. This elevates security ties between Japan and Taiwan and demonstrates Japan’s support for the island. Japan does not have formal diplomatic representation in Taiwan, but this appointment signifies a strengthening of bilateral relations.Japan has appointed a serving government
Mike Gold, a former NASA official and member of the study team, told Breaking Defense that if any UAP was found to be extraterrestrial proves to be extraterrestrial, “that would probably be the best case scenario, because of these systems are fro…
$55 million would be bound for Taiwan and $30 million for Lebanon.
Lockheed CEO Jim Taiclet also said that TR-3 upgrade delays for the Joint Strike Fighter stemmed from late hardware, compressing the schedule for software testing.
“My brigade combat team was responsible for a third of Iraq, hell, everything from drinking chai to chasing Iranians. That’s not the future,” said Army Futures Command Gen. James Rainey.
The unclassified strategy communicates “our commitment to protect the Joint Force from adversary hostile uses of space,” said DoD Space Policy czar John Plumb.