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Many devices used daily by the civilian population have surprising origins in the military. GPS, which has become essential to many aspects of transportation, is a product of the space race of the 1950s and ’60s. Drones, which now prowl the skies surveying and filming, have roots in the first pilotless vehicles in World War…
The Dalai Lama has announced that his reincarnation and successor will be chosen without any role from China’s Communist Party. This decision goes against Beijing’s past claims of control over the process. While the Dalai Lama has confirmed he will reincarnate, he did not say when or where. His video statement was shown to senior…
South Korean lawmakers have voted to revise the rules around martial law, now barring any attempt to obstruct lawmakers from entering the National Assembly. This comes after former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s short-lived martial law order last December, which plunged the country into a political crisis. As military forces gathered in front of the the…
The United States and China have deployed aircraft carriers in the South China Sea—where the sovereignty claims of several countries overlap—as they compete for naval dominance. USS George Washington was patrolling the U.S. Seventh Fleet’s area of operations—which refers to the western Pacific and Indian Oceans—with a strike group, the U.S. Navy said. Meanwhile, CNS…
Mansur Abubakar BBC News, Abuja AFP via Getty/Reuters Political heavyweights Peter Obi (left) and Atiku Abubakar (right) have joined forces Nigeria’s two main opposition leaders have joined a new political party to challenge President BolaTinubu and his ruling party in the next election. Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi have chosen the African Democratic Congress (ADC)…
A Hong Kong court has quashed a government decision to refuse hire car permits to two prospective Uber drivers seven years ago, rejecting authorities’ contentions that the move could open the floodgates for ride-hailing services and private vehicles to operate as “pseudo-taxis”. In a written judgment handed down on Thursday, the High Court found the…
HONG KONG — China’s first domestically-built aircraft carrier arrived in Hong Kong on Thursday as part of a drive to drum up patriotism, days after the former British colony marked the 28th anniversary of its return to Chinese rule. The Shandong entered the city’s waters alongside another vessel from its battle group in the early…
Liverpool star Diogo Jota has died in a car crash. The 28-year-old Portuguese forward died in the accident in the early hours of Thursday morning near Zamora, in northwestern Spain. His brother, Andre, was also killed in the crash on the Rias Bajas Highway (A-52) near Palacios de Sanabria, heading towards Benavente. Please use Chrome…
China’s first domestically built aircraft carrier, the Shandong, sailed into Hong Kong waters on Thursday in its first visit to the Asian financial hub, accompanied by three People’s Liberation Army vessels including missile destroyers. Source link
Tens of thousands of passengers have been hit by a French air traffic control strike that has cancelled flights in France on Thursday and Friday and had a knock-on effect elsewhere in Europe. Budget airline Ryanair said it had been forced to cancel more than 170 flights and the holiday plans of more than 30,000…