Studioportosabbia/Getty Images It can be annoying to deal with all the rules about lithium batteries on planes, but wouldn’t you know it, the airlines actually have good reasons for those rules. A recent KLM flight just showed us one of those reasons after a power bank caught…
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. A B-2 bomber left a smiley face made out of bomb craters on the ‘runway’ of a mock airfield during a test some two decades ago. This happened after personnel at the sprawling Utah Test and Training…
The White House is defending a decision by the U.S. Secret Service to have the Army Corps of Engineers raise the water level of a river in Ohio so Vice President JD Vance could kayak with his family for his 41st birthday. The Associated Press reports that on August 1, the Corps temporarily increased outflows…
Displaced repeatedly. Forced to live in tent camps or amid the ruins of their homes. Stricken by hunger and deprived of medical supplies. Now, 22 months into the war, around 1 million Palestinians are bracing for another catastrophe after the Israeli security cabinet’s decision to take control of the entire Gaza Strip. Such an offensive…
1 of 3 | German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said in a statement issued Friday that Germany “will, until further notice, authorize no military equipment exports that can be used in the Gaza Strip.” File Photo by Chris Kleponis/UPI | License Photo Aug. 8 (UPI) — Germany on Friday suspended further military exports to Israel over…
AUSTRALASIA by Christie Eliezer AUSTRALIA Harvest Rock Returns After Year Off Axed last year amidst rumours it was not returning, Harvest Rock is back in spring. Live Nation and subsidiaries Secret Sounds and Kick Entertainment are staging at its home at Adelaide’s Rymill (Murlawirrapurka) and King Rodney (Ityamai-Itpina) parks Oct. 25 and 26. It was…
Rushdi Abualouf, Tom Bennett & Adnan El-Bursh BBC News ‘A death sentence for us all’: Gazans’ fears over takeover plan Residents of Gaza City have told the BBC they are living in fear after the Israeli government announced plans to takeover the territory’s largest city. “We are peaceful civilians. We have nothing to do with…
LONDON (Reuters) -Hunger and disease are spreading in war-torn Sudan, with famine already present in several areas, 25 million people acutely food insecure and nearly 100,000 cholera cases recorded since last July, the World Health Organisation said on Friday. Sudan’s conflict between the army and rival Rapid Support Forces has displaced millions and split the…
BEIJING — At least 10 people died and 33 were missing after flash foods in Yuzhong County in China’s northwestern Gansu province, Chinese state media reported Friday. Heavy rains since Thursday had triggered flash floods and at least one landslide in mountainous areas near the city of Lanzhou, according to state broadcaster CCTV. The downpour…
Israel plans to take over Gaza City to pressure Hamas. Worries rise for civilians and hostages JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel says it plans to take over Gaza City. The decision to escalate its 22-month war with Hamas drew a dismissal from the militant group, renewed international calls to end the conflict and stirred fears for…