In September, Putin lowered the threshold to launch a nuclear strike in Russia’s military doctrine. Analysts said that Russia’s nationwide nuclear test on Tuesday had been expected and planned for several months although, with more nuclear test-firing, there was a sense of increasing nuclear danger. “Ten days after the US commenced Global Thunder nuclear exercise,…
With both Trump and Ms Harris neck-and-neck in the polls, the decision to not endorse a candidate by the Post has been seen by some as a move to protect Mr Bezos’s business interests. Sir William Lewis, the Post’s chief executive, wrote online that the newspaper would not endorse any candidates in future elections. “We…
Musk’s rocket company SpaceX, which launches the Starlink satellites, has extensive contracts with the US Department of Defence, and he has a security clearance which gives him access to classified information. Nasa relies on his Falcon rockets to carry astronauts to the International Space Station. Starlink is not available in Taiwan, with a map of…
The question that persists with Alexei Navalny, the Russian dissident who died in a prison camp in February, is: having managed to escape his homeland, what on earth persuaded him to return? A constant and effective critic of the tyranny Vladimir Putin has since the 2000s imposed on the Russian people, Navalny barely survived a…
Even so, it is possible to work out the sectors that will benefit if she wins. To start with: renewable energy. Harris may well have distanced herself from some of the lavish spending and generous subsidies of Bidenomics – and rightly so, given how unpopular that has proved with the voters and how much money…
How do parking apps work? They’re pretty straightforward presuming you have a smartphone and are comfortable using apps. You download the relevant app and input your payment and car details. Then when you want to park, you open the app, add the location number on the parking bay or a nearby signpost, input how long…
Another image released by the military was said to show the tunnel in Tel Sultan where Sinwar hid in recent months, along with the tissues the IDF used to identify his DNA. Rear Adm Hagari said the tunnel where Sinwar stayed was close to the underground passage where six Israeli hostages were held and later…
Mike Turner, a Republican member of the House of Representatives and chairman of its intelligence committee, wrote to Joe Biden complaining about the lack of further detail from the White House on North Korean troop movements. “The administration has not briefed the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence…of any assessments by US intelligence agencies or the department…
London Stock Exchange Group has sacked a US member of staff over a “concerning video” that allegedly shows him following a black man and asking him if he lives in the neighbourhood. The company, which operates the UK’s flagship stock market, said it had fired the employee following an investigation into a video that featured…
The hotel manager told officers they were concerned for the welfare of a guest, Associated Press reported. Police were called to the hotel at 5.04pm local time (9.04pm UK) and Payne was pronounced dead at 5.11pm. Local media in Argentina subsequently reported that drugs and paraphernalia were found in Payne’s room, along with damage to…