China: Defense boost to meet ‘complex security challenges’
China says increases in its defense budget have been “appropriate and reasonable” and are aimed at “meeting the complex security challenges and for China to fulfill its responsibilities as a major country.”.
Colombia plans to send 70 ‘cocaine hippos’ to India and Mexico, governor says
Colombia plans to fly dozens of its “cocaine hippos” — the descendents of drug trafficker Pablo Escobar’s private menagerie — to new homes in India and Mexico in a bid to control their booming population, according to the local governor.
China: Defense boost to meet ‘complex security challenges’
Increases in China’s defense budget have been “appropriate and reasonable” and are aimed at meeting “complex security challenges,” a spokesperson for the country’s rubber-stamp parliament said Saturday.
Alex Murdaugh sentenced to life in prison
Alex Murdaugh has been sentenced to life in prison without parole over the murders of his wife and son.
UN Chief Condemns “Vicious” Tactics Of Wealthy Nations Against Poor
UN leader Antonio Guterres on Saturday slammed the world’s rich countries and energy giants for throttling poor nations with “predatory” interest rates and crippling fuel prices.
Top scientist behind Russia’s Sputnik V Covid vaccine strangled
Andrey Botikov, one of the scientists who helped to create the Russian Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V, was strangled to death with a belt at his apartment here and police have arrested a suspect in connection with the murder, according to a Russian media r…
Russian Conscripts Who Complained to Putin, Decrying Their Lack Of Training, Wiped Out in Battle
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Cambodia gov’t rejects concern over opposition leader’s sentence
Opposition leader Kem Sokha, 69, was sentenced to 27 years on charges of treason and is currently under house arrest.
Southeastern Louisiana University ‘Likely’ Suffered Cyber Attack
Southeastern Louisiana University suffered a week-long outage of its website, email, or system for submitting assignments after a “potential incident” last week caused the university to shut down its network.