The war between Russia and Ukraine is now largely being fought with drones. Ukraine is at the cutting edge of wartime drone innovation, producing over 2 million in 2024 — but Russia is close behind. Source link
Fighter Lennox Clarke has been jailed after being caught supplying drugs to a recognized dealer. Clarke returned to the UK after having been away on trips abroad to evade arrest. A former British boxing titleholder had fled on the run to Ireland, Thailand as well as Mexico in a bid to avoid drug charges was … Read more
Police arrested 11 people across Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland and Spain on Thursday in a major operation targeting organized drug crime, with raids on residential and commercial properties. A total of 32 properties have been searched, mostly in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), the office for the prosecution of organized crime in … Read more
NPR’s Juana Summers talks with Deanna Borshay Liem, who was born in South Korea and adopted into an American family, about the Korean government admitting adoption agencies engaged in malpractice. Source link
Romania can now shoot down foreign military drones that violate its airspace, after the country’s Constitutional Court approved a new law on Thursday. The legislation, passed by parliament earlier this month, comes amid ongoing fighting in neighbouring Ukraine. Three far-right parties — AUR, S.O.S. Romania, and POT — had challenged the law, arguing it grants … Read more
China has long been the world’s factory, but it’s economy is starting to face serious headwinds. Demand for Chinese goods has slumped, China is saddled with too much industrial capacity and heavy debt. And now a tariff war with the United States further darkens China’s economic outlook. We have two reports on reactions to China’s … Read more
For the third consecutive day, hundreds of Gaza residents took to the streets to protest against Hamas rule and the ongoing war with Israel, witnesses told dpa. The demonstrators called for Hamas to leave the territory, with protests taking place in several locations across the coastal territory on Thursday, according to local residents and Palestinian … Read more
March 27 (UPI) — A miniature dachshund who went missing while visiting South Australia’s Kangaroo Island with her owners has been seen alive 16 months later. Georgia Gardner said her dog, Valerie, escaped from her pen at a Stokes Bay campsite in November 2023, and she and her partner, Josh Fishlock spent a week searching … Read more
Six people have died after a tourist submarine sank in Egypt’s Red Sea. Local officials say 39 others were rescued after the vessel sank at around 10:00 local time. Unconfirmed reports suggested the vessel hit a reef and lost pressure. Two married doctors are among those who have died and their daughters remain in hospital, … Read more
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Prince Harry’s surprising resignation from an African charity he co-founded in memory of his mother, Princess Diana, came this week amid allegations of bullying, harassment, sexism and racism made by the organization’s chairperson against unnamed board members. Harry announced his resignation in a joint statement with Prince Seeiso of Lesotho, … Read more