| Sun, 24 Nov 2024 Ukraine: A week of escalation and Russian nuclear threats
This week has felt like Ukraine and the rest of eastern Europe were on the edge of a precipice, with each day bringing a different degree of escalation. | Russian President Vladimir Putin's reaction to the Biden administration's decision to allow Ukraine to use long-ran... | VICTOR JOECKS: America’s ‘Chicken Little’ elites
The people who drove America’s institutions into the ground are upset that Donald Trump isn’t leaving the “experts” in charge. | Following his convincing victory, Trump has announced his nominees for Cabinet secretaries and other key roles. His s... | Two men arrested for flying drones near PLA warship in Sai Wan
Two men were arrested on Friday and Saturday, respectively, for flying drones near warships in a flight-restricted area in Sai Wan, with two drones being seized during the arrests. | The Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy fleet, which includes the Hainan am... | Holiday homecoming for 1,300 Camp Pendleton Marines brings smiles
With Thanksgiving less than a week away, 1,300 Marines came ashore Saturday at Camp Pendleton, wrapping up a deployment to the Indo-Pacific that included the first overseas testing of a new personnel carrier. | Big, billowy air-cushioned landing craft shuttled the Marin... | Holiday homecoming for 1,300 Camp Pendleton Marines brings smiles
With Thanksgiving less than a week away, 1,300 Marines came ashore Saturday at Camp Pendleton, wrapping up a deployment to the Indo-Pacific that included the first overseas testing of a new personnel carrier. | Big, billowy air-cushioned landing craft shuttled the Marin... | I’m obsessed with a historic shipwreck: it’s murky and dangerous but diving in the Thames, I feel like a detective
When I dive to the shipwreck of the London, a warship which was accidentally blown up in the murky waters of the Thames estuary in 1665, I dive in darkness. I can barely see six inches in front of me. And if I turn my torch off, I cannot see anything at all. | But I lov... | The Ukraine missile crisis: Putin’s shadow war against the west finally breaks cover
The unprecedented firing by Ukrainian forces of British-made long-range Storm Shadow missiles at military targets inside Russia last week means the UK, along with the US, is now viewed by Moscow as a legitimate target for punitive, possibly violent retaliation. | In a s... | Wire cutters: how the world’s vital undersea data cables are being targeted
The lead-clad telegraphic cable seemed to weigh tons, according to Lt Cameron Winslow of the US navy, and the weather wasn’t helping their attempts to lift it up from the seabed and sever it. “The rough water knocked the heavy boats together, breaking and almost cru... | Letters for Nov. 24: Chesapeake officials should restore curbside recycling services
Recycling | For more than two years, Chesapeake Recycles lobbied Chesapeake City Council to reinstate curbside recycling using a fraction of the $160 million surplus logged last year. More than 13,000 emails were sent to City Council. Hundreds of volunteer hours were co... | |
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