UN envoy no longer welcome in Sudan as both sides agree to brief cease-fire
Sudanese authorities say UN envoy Volker Pethes is no longer welcome in the country, after being a key mediator in Sudan’s brutal conflict.
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Opinion – Poland’s Territorial Defense Forces: A Solution for Revitalizing Canada’s Reservists
Establishing a territorial defense force could help Canada reclaim its international status as it would rejoin its partners in rebuffing hybridized threats.
US To Stop Giving Russia Some New START Nuclear Arms Data
New submitter terrorubic shares a report from Reuters: The United States said it will stop providing Russia some notifications required under the New START arms control treaty from Thursday, including updates on its missile and launcher locations, to r…
AI-Controlled Drone Goes Rogue, Kills Human Operator In USAF Simulated Test
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: An AI-enabled drone killed its human operator in a simulated test conducted by the U.S. Air Force in order to override a possible “no” order stopping it from completing its mission, the USAF’s Chief…
China’s Aggressive Maneuver Against U.S. Spy Plane Highlights Escalating Tensions
The military published video Tuesday of the latest in a series of incidents in the region between the two powers.
Malaysia investigates Chinese barge suspected of links to looting of British WW2 wrecks
Search of vessel registered in Fuzhou, China, reveals cannon shell suspected to date from second world warMalaysia’s maritime agency has said it found a cannon shell believed to be from the second world war on a Chinese-registered vessel and was invest…
After 78 Years, Autonomous Underwater Robots Locate Sunken WWII Destroyer
“Over the past 13 years, Tim Taylor and Christine Dennison have scoured the ocean floor using autonomous underwater robots,” according to a history writer’s commentary on CNN, “to discover and document the wrecks of seven US submarines lost in World W…
A Closer Look at Preventing Veteran Suicide
CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING — On September 17th, 1945, just weeks after the Japanese surrender that marked the end of the Second World War, a Connecticut […] More
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Are We Headed to a Future With Autonomous Robot Soldiers?
A CBS News video reports the U.S. military “is now testing an autonomous F-16 fighter jet, and in simulated dogfighting, the AI already crushes trained human pilots.” And that’s just one of several automated systems being developed — raising ques…
Refugees seriously injured on razor-wire fence UK helped build to keep asylum seekers out of EU
Government accused of backing ‘inhumane’ policies as 16 people are badly hurt by barrier blocking entry via Poland from BelarusRefugees and asylum seekers have been seriously injured by a “dangerous” razor-wire fence that the UK helped to build to keep…