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The Suez Canal Authority is highlighting the transit of the CMA CGM Osiris (15,536 TEU) through the Suez Canal on June 18 as the first large containerships through the canal in more than a year. The authority is calling it a new phase in its efforts to restore mega containership traffic through the…

What happened As part of an investigation that has been ongoing since early 2024, researchers uncovered 30 separate data sets, each containing tens of millions to more than 3.5 billion records. Among the compromised data are logins and passwords from social networks, VPN services, developer…

In early 2024, Russian engineers modified the Russian air force’s KAB glide-bombs with more channels for their satellite radios. This made them harder to defeat by electronic means, as a jammer would have to interfere with each Controlled Reception Pattern Antenna channel to send the bomb off…

According to Ukrinform, this was reported by the Kyiv City State Administration, citing Deputy Head of the Kyiv City State Administration Valentyn Mondriyevskyi. In the near future, the municipal enterprise Kyivexpertiza will calculate the damage caused to the educational institution. After that,…

A new study overturns the long-standing belief—popularly known as “Darwin’s Paradox”—that coral reefs are nutrient-rich oases thriving in oceanic deserts. Credit: Shutterstock Most coral reefs do not thrive in nutrient-poor “marine deserts” as once believed, but instead flourish in nutrient-rich…

en Мистецький поїзд Унікальний виставковий потяг з виділеними галерейними просторами. Цей проект був створений, щоб наблизити мистецтво до кожного українця та зробити його по-справжньому доступним. Реалізовано за підтримки Фонду Говарда Баффета. Виставка Courage of the Nation Ця надзвичайна…

Hundreds of turtle doves are being released this summer as conservationists race against the clock to save the species from extinction in England. The cooing doves, which mate for life, are the fastest-declining bird species in the country. Just 2,000 pairs are left, a decline of 98% since the…

May 24 (UPI) -- Dozens of employees were reportedly relieved from their positions with the National Security Council, with an eye towards downsizing the agency's workforce. Over 100 staffers received a memo earlier this week from Secretary of State Marco Rubio, informing them they were being put on…

June 17, 2025, 08:25 AM 85 Share: The train was sent for repairs following the attack. (Photo: Ukrainian railways) Author: A Ukrainian Intercity+ train recently decorated by world-renowned American artist Barbara Kruger was damaged during a massive Russian missile strike on Kyiv on June 17, state…

Defense News Army 2025 According to information published by BAE Systems on June 18, 2025, the company has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center (DEVCOM-AC) to accelerate modernization of the M109…

Radio Taiwan International-Programs-EP033: Beneath the Surface: The Silent War on Undersea Infrastructure / Programs EP033: Beneath the Surface: The Silent War on Undersea Infrastructure 26/05/2025 Beyond the Reefs Back in January, we welcomed a Dr. Benjamin Schmitt to Beyond the Reefs for an…

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By - The Washington Times - Thursday, June 19, 2025 Chinese technology companies are smuggling electronic warfare gear into the United States, posing a danger to civil aviation and public safety, the Department of Homeland Security said in a warning notice. Smuggling of Chinese-made signal jammers…

US, Chinese strategic reserve buys may offset oil surplus, Russia's Gazprom Neft says | Reuters

US, Chinese strategic reserve buys may offset oil surplus, Russia’s Gazprom Neft says June 20, 20251:00 AM Reuters U.S. and Chinese purchases for strategic oil reserves are expected to offset any potential global surplus, keeping oil prices in check, the head of the Russian oil producer Gazprom Neft…

Israel’s strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities have alarmed none more than Russia, the country that first brought nuclear power to Iran in defiance of Western objections. We’re “millimeters from catastrophe,” said Kremlin spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on June 18 in response to a bombing campaign that…

News Foreign Affairs Riga also wants prohibition on Kremlin soldiers from entering the Schengen Area. Share options Copy Link EMail Twitter WhatsApp Linkedin The newly passed law forbids Russian and Belarusian citizens, as well as companies that are at least 25 percent owned by them, from acquiring…

In the early days of the war in Ukraine, Western-made smart weapons were heralded as game-changers. Excalibur shells, JDAM kits, HIMARS rockets — all boasting pinpoint accuracy thanks to one shared superpower: GPS. But that superpower? It’s fading fast. And the battlefield is the brutal proof.…

news Nepo babies and Kremlin Labubu dolls The stranger sights at this year’s St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 12:40 pm, June 20, 2025 Source: Meduza The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum is taking place from June 18 to 20. Once considered one of Europe’s most prestigious…

Pro-Palestinian activists break into RAF Brize Norton 7 minutes ago Ruth ComerfordBBC News Palestine Action Pro-Palestinian activists have broken into RAF Brize Norton undetected and sprayed two military planes with red paint. Footage posted online by Palestine Action on Friday morning shows two…

A Przewalski's horse, an animal listed in Ukraine’s Red Book of endangered species, has been blown up by a mine in the Chornobyl exclusion zone. Its body was found near former Russian positions. Source: State Border Service (Northern Border) Details: The explosion, which occurred near the border…

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This was reported on Telegram by the former advisor to the Mariupol mayor, head of the Center for the Occupation Study, Petro Andriuschenko. “Tokmak. The invaders’ base was hit last night. There is confirmation from our sources on the ground. According to HUMINT data, groups of UAV operators were…

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Kh-101 cruise missiles under the wings of a Russian air force Tupolev Tu-95. Via Wikimedia Commons After some desperate trial and error in the months following Russia’s wider invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Ukraine’s 10-person Night Watch electronic warfare team—volunteers working mostly…

Summer 1975 was a glorious time to be young on the Massachusetts island of Martha’s Vineyard. “We had the beaches to ourselves – nobody else wanted to go in the water, not even a lot of people who’d lived there all their lives,” recalls Chris Lowe. “I was 12, and my friends and I thought it was…

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Virtually all of the top officials at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have departed the agency or will do so this month, according to an email obtained by Cybersecurity Dive, further widening a growing…

Special Envoy for Situation of Children of Ukraine at an event in Reykjavik: “Without prospect of justice for children, any promise of rebuilding Ukraine will be empty” Special Envoy of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe on the Situation of Children of Ukraine Thórdís Kolbrún Reykfjord…

Old maps contain many intriguing place names: strange spellings for recognizable places, rumors of lands which once existed, and mysterious unknowns. One such enigmatic toponym which appeared on European and American maps from the 13th to the 19th century is “Tartary” – no Tartary can be found on a…

Reuters Published on: 20 Jun 2025, 6:57 pm The Netherlands has launched operation Orange Shield to protect next week's NATO summit, deploying combat sea patrols, helicopters, over 10,000 military and police personnel, bomb squads and air defence systems. About 6,000 delegates and leaders from 32…

MILITARY Spain rejects Trump’s NATO spending demands By Jordi Bou June 24, 2025 - June 25, 2025 - Spain’s resistance to Donald Trump’s demand that allies boost their defence spending to 5% of GDP risks disrupting a high-stakes NATO summit aimed at placating the U.S. president. Leaders of the…

LYMAN, DONETSK REGION- “I don’t need your f***ing American shells,” Vadim Adamov muttered as he packed the Pringles can full of sulphate and plastic explosive. It was early 2024, and he had been fighting outside Avdiivka, a small town near the occupied city of Donetsk that had been a major Russian…

The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. Residents of the Tucson, Arizona area were startled earlier this week by a group of helicopters, including at least one Russian-made Mi-17 Hip, making very low nighttime…

NATO defense spending tracker How are allies contributing to collective defense? SCROLL TO EXPLORE Top takeaways The Atlantic Council’s Transatlantic Security Initiative has launched a real-time NATO Defense Spending Tracker to offer a clearer and fuller picture of how allies are contributing to…

Gimme a fix Radio navigation set to make global return as GPS backup, because cyber GPS killed the radio nav in 2010, but a high-def version is set to return. Sean Gallagher – Aug 7, 2017 2:40 pm | 139 This is the way we used to find our way around. Credit: National Air and Space Museum This is the…

A Wide-Area Multi-Application PNT Resiliency Solution By Stephen Bartlett, Gerard Offermans and Charles Schue INNOVATION INSIGHTS with Richard Langley WHERE HAVE ALL THE SYSTEMS GONE, long time passing? Radionavigation systems, that is (and apologies to Pete Seeger). If we look at the 1990 Federal…

We found it nostalgic to watch [ve3iku] fire up an old Loran-A receiver and, as you can see in the video below, he got it working. If you aren’t familiar with LORAN, it was a common radio navigation technique before GPS took over everything. LORAN — an acronym for Long Range Navigation — was a US…