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A car in Delaware collided with a parked SUV of President Joe Biden’s motorcade. He and the first lady were not injured. This was reported by AP. The incident occurred as Biden was walking from his campaign headquarters in Wilmington to an armored SUV waiting for him. As the sedan was leaving the headquarters, it […]
The largest trial in the history of the Vatican ended on Saturday. For the first time in the history of the Catholic Church, the court sent a cardinal to prison. This was reported by DW. “Angelo Becciu, 75, has been sentenced to five and a half years in prison for participating in a criminal conspiracy, […]
A U.S. nuclear-powered submarine arrived in South Korea on Sunday, December 17, amid North Korea’s plans to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile this month. This is what writes Yonhap with reference to the Seoul Defense Ministry. According to the South Korean Navy, the Virginia-class attack submarine USS Missouri (SSN-780) has entered a key naval base […]
The Russian Ministry of Defense reported the destruction and interception of 33 drones over the territories of Lipetsk, Rostov and Volgograd regions by air defense forces on the night of December 17. The target of at least some of them was most likely a military airfield near Morozovsk, Rostov region, the newspaper Astra said . […]
Elon Musk has privately assured some of the bankers who lent him $13 billion to buy Twitter that they will not lose any money on the deal. This was reported by The Financial Times with reference to its sources. The billionaire had to give verbal guarantees to reassure creditors as the value of the social […]
According to a toxicology report from the Los Angeles Medical Examiner’s Office, the famous actor Matthew Perry, star of the TV series Friends, died as a result of “acute exposure to ketamine.” The method of administration of the drug remains unknown, but additional factors that contributed to the death include drowning, coronary heart disease, and […]
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers mistakenly killed three Israelis who were kidnapped by militants of the Hamas terrorist group. The IDF published a message about this on its official Telegram channel on Friday, December 15. According to the statement, the incident occurred during fighting in the Shejai area in the northern Gaza Strip – the […]
A Su-22 fighter jet crashes in Iran. The plane crashed in Fars province, there were no casualties, the pilot managed to eject. The Soviet airplane, now outdated, gained popularity in the early 1970s. Until now, Iran has had 8 vehicles of this type in service. Now there is one less. The Su-22 is an export […]
For now, it is an experimental plant, and in addition to humans and robots, there are also robopets working here. Inside, Hyundai’s Singapore electric car plant resembles scenes from some distant utopian future. Spot, a Boston Dynamics robot dog, walks around conducting quality checks, autonomous robotic arms carefully tighten bolts and install windshield wipers, and […]
There is no doubt that the DPRK has received all the necessary components from Russia, and the A-50 aircraft will allow Pyongyang to strengthen its air defense capabilities. Satellite images of an air base in the DPRK showed an Il-76 being converted into a long-range radar detection aircraft. In particular, we are talking about the […]