As Ms Sturgess’ parents Stan and Caroline followed the proceedings from the front row of the inquiry’s public gallery, the hearing heard how their daughter had managed to turn her life around before she was cruelly struck down by the poison. Ms Sturgess had struggled with drink while Mr Rowley had problems with substance abuse,…
When Vem Miller was stopped, police said they discovered his black SUV was unregistered and his loaded firearms unknown to the state. There were also a fake passports, identity documents and press credentials. Chad Bianco, the Riverside County Sheriff, said the finds were typical of a “sovereign citizen” — someone who does not believe in…
Imagination designs microchip technology, specialising in graphics technology, used in billions of devices including smartphones, cars and data centres. Graphics processors have also proved integral to powering artificial intelligence (AI) software. The British technology company, which supplies semiconductor technology to companies including Apple, is currently owned by investment firm Canyon Bridge, which is linked to…
US policymakers were concerned by Iran’s ability on Oct 1 to break through the Iron Dome, Israel’s primary defence against missile attacks, by launching 180 ballistic missiles at the same time. A THAAD battery is operated from the ground, and uses radar detectors to identify an incoming ballistic missile, before launching a projectile to neutralise…
Rybar, a Russian military Telegram channel, said that Russian forces were producing tangible results in several sectors. A video posted on Russian Telegram channels under the title “Announcement from the 155th Guards Brigade of the Pacific Fleet” showed badly injured Ukrainian soldiers with blood running down their faces tied to chairs in what appears to…
Viktor Bout, the arms dealer who was sent back to Russia in a prisoner swap agreed by Joe Biden, is now reportedly supplying weapons to the Houthis. Bout, dubbed “the merchant of death”, is trying to broker the sale of arms to the Iran-backed group, which is attacking commercial ships in the Red Sea and…
“When everybody was saying that the Democrats, Hilary Clinton, was going to win, the index suggested otherwise,” Zoe Liu Zongyuan, of the US-based Council on Foreign Relations think tank, said. “It’s not the Chinese who are buying this stuff, it’s the Americans, the delegations, the rallies, those people, who buy it. Could that be an…
Chancay is typical of the “first civilian, later military” logic of hundreds of Belt and Road projects around the world, according to the Asia Pacific Policy Institute, a US think tank. “It’s an effort to be subtle and discreet while expanding the People’s Liberation Army’s ability to project power overseas,” Danny Russel, the institute’s vice…
A Russian missile touted as the “world’s deadliest weapon” failed to launch for the fourth time on Saturday, exploding as it was being refuelled at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome 500 miles north of Moscow. Satellite images showed that the nuclear-capable Sarmat RS-28 missile, nicknamed “Satan-2”, left a crater on the launchpad, with damage visible to surrounding…
Joe Biden lost his temper during a press conference, seeming to snap at staffers because he did not know which world leader he was supposed to be introducing next. The US president appeared on stage with the leaders of Japan, India and Australia on Saturday as part of a two-day summit of their Quad alliance….