China on Thursday imposed trade and investment sanctions on Lockheed Martin and a unit of Raytheon for supplying weapons to Taiwan, stepping up efforts to isolate the island democracy claimed by the ruling Communist Party as part of its territory.
Russia Has Lost Half Its Tanks in Ukraine War, Report Says
A report by the International Institute for Strategic Studies said Russia’s tank and artillery fleets had suffered “significant attrition” in the war.
Splunk Enterprise Updates Patch High-Severity Vulnerabilities
The most severe vulnerabilities are CVE-2023-22939 and CVE-2023-22935 (CVSS score of 8.1), two issues that could lead to the bypass of search processing language (SPL) safeguards for risky commands.
UK Policing Riddled with Chinese CCTV Cameras
Security and ethical concerns raised by surveillance commissioner
Ben Yedder in terrific form as Monaco chases PSG
Monaco striker Wissam Ben Yedder has quickly recovered from the disappointment of being left out by France coach Didier Deschamps for the World Cup.
Key developments in the aftermath of Turkey, Syria quakes
Turkey’s disaster management agency has raised the number of fatalities in in the country from two quakes that struck nine hours apart last week to 36,187.
Reforms to address France’s ‘medical deserts’ pit doctors against nurses
The French Senate has passed a bill intended to address a lack of medical services that has divided nurses and private practice doctors, several thousand of whom protested in Paris this week.
Study: Don’t blame climate change for South American drought
Scientists say climate change isn’t to blame for the nasty three-year drought still devastating Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil and Bolivia.