The Chinese government is testing out a new solution to falling birth rates: making sex more expensive. Consumers will pay a 13% value-added tax on contraceptive drugs and products, including condoms, beginning Jan. 1, as part of China’s newly revised Value-Added Tax Law. Those products have been…

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has reported the probable cause of the container ship strike that took down the Francis Scott Key Bridge: a loose wire buried inside a switchboard. The agency has now released its complete report, detailing the findings of its forensic team - and the…

WASHINGTON DC – The Western alliance may finally have a clear roadmap for dismantling Russia’s much-hyped air defense juggernaut, the S-400 Triumf, without firing a single shot. A new research paper, released Friday by a leading London think tank, lays bare the structural weaknesses behind Russia’s…

RUSI: Russia is Unable to Replenish Stockpiles of Anti-Aircraft Missiles Due to Massive Attacks by Ukraine #Air Defense #Europe #Rocket Building #Russia #SAM #War with Russia #World S-400 SAM launchers. Photo credits: Dmitry Vinogradov/RIA Novosti The Russian industry is unable to timely replenish…

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Belarus released 123 political prisoners on 13 December, including Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski and opposition leader Maria Kalesnikava, hours after the United States agreed to lift sanctions on Belarusian potash, according to state news agency Belta. The mass release followed two days…

Scouts of Freedom of Russia Legion Infiltrated Russian Rear and Destroyed UAV Control Center #Donetsk region #Europe #Russia #Saboteurs #Ukraine #War with Russia Soldiers of the Freedom of Russia Legion. March 2024 A reconnaissance group of the Freedom of Russia Legion penetrated 8 kilometers into…

Hungary Officially Receives All Ordered Leopard 2A7HU Tanks #Armored vehicles #Europe #Germany #Hungary #Tank #World The new Hungarian Leopard 2A7HU. Photo credits: Hungarian Ministry of Defence. The Hungarian Army has officially received the last of 44 Leopard 2A7HU main battle tanks. The…

Rare An-26KPA Kalibrovschik Laboratory Aircraft Hit in Kacha: What is this Aircraft for? #An-24/26/30/32 #Aviation #Aviation incidents #Crimea #Defence intelligence #Russia #Ukraine #War with Russia An-26KPA RF-46873 of the Russian Navy. Photo credits: Artem Starkov In Crimea, the DIU’s strike…

North Korea sent troops to clear mines in Russia’s Kursk region earlier this year, leader Kim Jong-un said in a speech carried on Saturday by state media, a rare acknowledgement by Pyongyang of the deadly tasks assigned to its deployed soldiers. According to South Korean and western intelligence…

Entire Greek villages near Mariupol, including Sartana, have relocated to Cyprus. Our compatriots quickly find work on the island and integrate into the community while preserving their national identity, UATV English informed. This was reported by Serhiy Nizhynskyi, Ukraine’s ambassador to Cyprus,…

Having already breached global treaties by moving nuclear arms to Belarus, Russia is now signaling plans to deploy powerful ballistic missiles to Venezuela that can reach the US. Nov 21, 2025 13:17 Updated Dec 10, 2025 17:38 3 min read Authors Feature Writer From the very beginning of Russia’s…

Update now warning issued for all users. SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Welcome to Dangerous December. Emergency updates have been released for all iPhone and Android users. Google and Apple issued attack warnings to users around the world, before deploying updates for billions of…

VOLODYMYR Zelensky filmed himself standing tall in a frontline warzone town that the Russians claimed to have captured just hours ago. The Ukrainian president was seen inside Kupiansk, standing just a few miles away from the Russian position. Sign up for The US Sun newsletter Thank you! Volodymyr…

Listen to this content 0:00 0:00 Shipborne Measurements Near the Kaliningrad Border A major new report by GPSPATRON gathered data between June 23 and Oct. 14, aboard a vessel routinely leaving the Port of Gdańsk and performing extended maneuvers in open water. The vessel conducted multiple offshore…

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Russian An-22 Military Transport Breaks Apart Mid-Flight — Crash Footage #Antonov #Aviation #Russia Russian An-22 crash. Photo credits: Supernova+ Footage has emerged showing the crash of an An-22 military transport aircraft, Antey, in Russia’s Furmanovsky district near the Uvodsky reservoir.…

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz believes that Russian ruler Vladimir Putin will not stop at Ukraine in his aggressive foreign policy. Source: Merz at a party congress of the Christian Social Union in Munich, as cited by DW and reported by European Pravda Details: Merz said that Putin is interested…

On GPS: Former Swedish Prime Minister on how to end the Ukraine war Fareed Zakaria, GPS Link Copied! Bianna Golodryga speaks with former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt about how Ukraine can achieve a fair end in the war against Russia – and whether Europe can sustain its support for Kyiv without…

European leaders, Ukraine's president to meet in Berlin on Monday for US-backed peace negotiations Melike Pala | 14.12.2025 - Update : 14.12.2025 BRUSSELS French President Emmanuel Macron said Sunday that France stands "with Ukraine" and will continue supporting its sovereignty and security as the…

14 December, 2025 Alternative Perspectives Senior Editor, Under/Cover, The Cipher Brief Bill Harlow served on active duty in the United States Navy for 25 years – retiring as a Captain. He has served as Assistant White House Press Secretary, spokesman for the Secretary of the Navy and as chief…

Tensions between the US and Venezuela are soaring after American forces seized an oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea. The White House has said the vessel captured on Wednesday was part of a "shadow fleet" used to carry "black market" oil. Reports have suggested the seizure could be the first of many,…

Ukraine's Special Operations Forces (SOF) have struck a train carrying fuel and lubricants for Russian troops and an oil depot in occupied Crimea, as well as targets in occupied parts of Donetsk Oblast. Quote: "Units from the Special Operations Forces used FP-2 attack UAVs to strike enemy targets in…

According to Ukrinform, the HUR reported this on Facebook. On December 13, 2025, as part of their systematic operations in temporarily occupied Crimea, the Prymary unit destroyed two expensive enemy radar systems, delivering precise strikes against Russia's 39N6 Kasta-2E2 radar and the 96L6 radar,…

The Ukrainian Library Association (ULA) has become a laureate of the Carl Proysker Medal by the Federal Association “Library and Information Germany,” one of the highest honors in Germany’s library sector. According to Ukrinform, as reported by Chytomo. The awards ceremony took place on December 11,…

According to Ukrinform, the SBU reported this on its website. "Four launchers of Kalibr cruise missiles, which the enemy uses to strike Ukrainian territory, were located on board the submarine," the SBU stated. The operation was a joint effort of the SBU's 13th Main Directorate of Military…

A security check at the entrance to a military base in Nakhon Ratchasima province. (File photo/ Prasit Tangprasert) NAKHON RATCHASIMA - All police stations in Muang district have been ordered to closely monitor Russian nationals staying in the area, amid concerns they could be mercenaries hired to…

A historic moment for the Ukrainian Navy: underwater drones “Sub Sea Baby” have, for the first time in history, destroyed a Russian Project 636.3 “Varshavyanka” submarine, neutralizing its missile threat, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) reports. The Russian submarine carried four “Kalibr”…

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Up Next This is the moment Ukraine obliterated Putin’s £300million ‘Black Hole’ with a naval blast leaving it permanently out of action. In an operation hailed by the country’s intelligence agency, an underwater ‘sea baby’ drone blew up a multi-million-dollar Russian submarine in a Crimean port.…

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Key Points Ukrainian sources say underwater “Sub Sea Baby” drones attacked Russia’s Novorossiysk naval base and disabled a Project 636.3 Kilo-class submarine carrying Kalibr cruise missiles.The operation was conducted jointly by Ukraine’s Security Service military counterintelligence and the…

Dec 15, 2025 There is more than a little irony in the fact that Ukrainians are bleeding and dying for Western democracy and the European Union at a time when so many are losing faith in both. But they are – and they have shown that they can win. TORONTO – For over a decade, much of the West has been…

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In her first speech as head of Britain’s Security Intelligence Service, MI6, Blaise Metreweli is to push for the need to invest in technology to tackle threats to UK security. In pre-released remarks, the agency’s first-ever female head is set to say: “Mastery of technology must infuse everything we…

Ukraine said it carried out an underwater drone attack on a Russian submarine. Security Service of Ukraine/Screengrab via Telegram 2025-12-15T16:55:27.442Z Facebook Email X LinkedIn Reddit Bluesky WhatsApp Copy link Impact Link Save Saved Read in app Add us on This story is available exclusively to…

Commissioned in 1995, the JS Asuka was specifically designed as a testbed vessel for advanced maritime defense technologies. As an experimental ship within the JMSDF, Asuka plays a unique role in bridging research and operational deployment. It allows the integration of non-standard equipment, such…