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These drones — used widely in the war in Ukraine — are small, hard to track and potentially lethal. Many drones are susceptible to electronic jamming by air defenses. Jamming can cause a drone to crash or return to its point of origin. But fiber-optic drones are not controlled remotely. They have a thin cable …
BEIRUT, April 30 (Reuters) – In a parking lot strewn with rubbish near Beirut’s Mediterranean coast, Hassan Yahya has taped a cardboard sign to a traffic signal pole beside the tarp tent that now serves as his home. “Kfar Kila welcomes you,” read the lines scrawled in thin pen. The flimsy board recalls a signpost …
LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England is expected to announce Thursday that it is keeping interest rates on hold as policymakers assess the economic impact of the Iran war and Tehran’s effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world’s crude passes in peacetime. Economists said the nine-member panel …
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Vegas’ Pavel Dorofeyev’s 6-on-5 goal with 52.7 seconds left in regulation gave him the sixth playoff hat trick in franchise history and forced overtime Wednesday night between the Golden Knights and Utah Mammoth with the teams tied at 4 in Game 5 of their series. Neither team scored in the first …
CLEVELAND (AP) — James Harden garnered the most attention in the series of moves the Cleveland Cavaliers made near the NBA trade deadline. However, the Cavaliers would have been in dire straits Wednesday night without Dennis Schroder. “This guy’s played in huge games in the NBA and then on the international scene, so this type …
David Allan Coe, the country singer-songwriter who wrote the working class anthem “Take This Job and Shove It″ and had hits with “You Never Even Called Me By My Name” and “The Ride” among others, has died. He was 86. Coe’s wife confirmed his death to Rolling Stone on Wednesday. Whether he was labeled outlaw …
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Rapid military adoption of artificial intelligence is becoming essential to Ukraine’s survival, even as full integration across the battlefield may still be several years away, according to a senior AI official. Danylo Tsvok said AI is already helping Ukraine hold territory, while reducing risks to its soldiers as it faces a …
HAVELTE, Netherlands (AP) — Their faces daubed with camouflage, the troops emerge almost silently from a forest with Colt C7 rifles slung across their chests. They scan their surroundings for potential threats. The soldiers are members of the 10th Infantry Battalion Guard Security Corps National Reserve on a weekend exercise to hone their skills as …
April 30 (Reuters) – Russian drones attacked Ukraine’s southern city of Odesa overnight, for the second time this week, wounding at least 18 people and damaging residential buildings, officials said on Thursday. The strikes caused the worst damage in the central Prymorskyi district, where high-rise and five-storey residential buildings were damaged, said Serhiy Lysak, the …
STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man convicted of beating and choking his 13-year-old step-niece to death nearly 50 years ago is set to be executed Thursday evening. James Ernest Hitchcock, 70, is scheduled to receive a three-drug injection starting at 6 p.m. at Florida State Prison near Starke. Hitchcock was initially sentenced to death …