Alaska plane recovery efforts hindered by "difficult conditions" as wreckage stuck on moving ice floe

Alaska plane recovery efforts hindered by “difficult conditions” as wreckage stuck on moving ice floe

Recovery efforts for the remaining victims inside an aircraft that went missing near Nome, Alaska, are being dampened by “difficult conditions,” according to investigators. The wreckage of the Bering Air Flight 445 is on an ice floe that’s moving approximately 5 miles a day, National Transportation Safety Board chair Jennifer Homendy said at a news…

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Fighter jets scrambled from Alaska and Canada as Russian warplanes spotted in the Arctic, NORAD says

Fighter jets scrambled from Alaska and Canada as Russian warplanes spotted in the Arctic, NORAD says

A combat air patrol of American and Canadian fighter jets was scrambled this week after multiple Russian warplanes were spotted in the Arctic, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said Thursday, marking the latest military incident to unfold in a region that is drawing increasing scrutiny. The Russian aircraft, which remained in international airspace, were…

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Bans, Fees, Taxes. Can Anything Stop Overtourism?

Bans, Fees, Taxes. Can Anything Stop Overtourism?

For years, Dubrovnik, Croatia, has been a poster child for overtourism, with summer visitors vastly outnumbering the local population and the municipal government repeatedly introducing measures to diminish the size and impact of a flood of tourists that turns the historic center into a crowded parking lot of selfie-snappers. But you would never know about…

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How China is reaching into the Indo-Pacific with hypersonic missiles

How China is reaching into the Indo-Pacific with hypersonic missiles

The Chinese military has “the world’s leading” hypersonic missile arsenal, weapons that are helping it to operate “deeper into the Indo-Pacific region”, according to the Pentagon’s latest assessment of its rival’s armed forces. In its annual report to the US Congress on Wednesday, the Department of Defence said the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) remained focused…

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