North Korea has conducted another test of a nuclear-capable underwater attack drone, according to state media. The country tested the so-called Haeil-2 more than a week after it disclosed a new underwater drone system dubbed Haeil-1, which translates to “tsunami” in Korean, and is designed to undertake sneak attacks in enemy waters. Analysts are sceptical about whether the underwater vehicle is ready for deployment but say North Korea is eager to display its diverse weaponry against the United States and South Korea, which have been conducting large-scale military exercises in recent weeks. Th...
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China’s military has staged “simulated joint precision strikes on key targets in Taiwan” during a second day of drills launched near the island in the wake of Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen’s brief visit to the United States. The announcement on Sunday came as Taiwan’s defense ministry said it had detected 11 Chinese warships and 70 aircraft around the island. The ministry said it was responding to the Chinese drills “in a calm and composed manner”, adding that the warplanes detected until 4 pm local time (08:00 GMT) included a mix of fighter jets and bombers. China, which claims democratica...
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Elon Musk’s electric car maker Tesla says it is expanding in China as it builds a new factory to make its large-scale batteries. The plant in Shanghai will be able to produce 10,000 of its “Megapack” energy storage units a year, the firm says. A Megapack is a very large battery that can be used to help stabilise energy grids and prevent power outages. Tesla already has Megapack plant in California, which also produces 10,000 of the units each year. Mr Musk said on Twitter that the new Chinese plant will be in addition to Tesla’s US factory. Building work on the new Megapack plant in China is e...
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The gunfire erupted after an officer from the Chetek Police Department conducted a traffic stop in Cameron around 3:38 p.m. local time, according to a news release from the Wisconsin Department of Justice, CNN reported. A Chetek officer and an officer from the Village of Cameron Police Department were both pronounced dead at the scene, the state agency said. The “involved individual” was taken to a hospital and was later also pronounced dead, the news release said. Neither the officers nor the third person killed have been publicly identified. Authorities did not provide information on what pr...
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Four people, including a child, were shot dead inside a home in Florida. As per reports, the suspect shot three victims inside a home, before getting shot down by the police, who were responding to a domestic violence report early Sunday morning. As per the AP news agency, officers heard gunshots inside the home. Soon after the suspect exited and shot at officers around 2.25 am, the Orlando Police Department said in a statement. Inside the home, police found three gunshot victims, including one child. The victims were transported to the hospital where they died of their injuries, said the Orla...
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Police were called to the Christiana Mall in Newark around 6:43 p.m. local time Saturday, where they found three individuals with gunshot wounds in the area of the food court. They were all taken to area hospitals, two of them in critical condition, said Delaware State Police Senior Cpl. Jason Hatchell, CNN reported. Five other people were also taken to a hospital after they “sustained various injuries not related to gunfire,” the corporal said. No shooting suspect was in custody Saturday night, Hatchell said, adding that “it has not been confirmed how many suspects were involved. Investigator...
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Four people have died and a number of others have been injured in an avalanche in the French Alps, interior minister Gerald Darmanin said today. The avalanche occurred in the middle of the day on the Armancette glacier, he wrote on Twitter. Those caught up in the avalanche were hiking in the mountains, according to local media. President Emmanuel Macron wrote on Twitter that rescue services were continuing to search for further casualties and that his thoughts were with the victims and their families
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott promised Saturday to pardon the US Army Sergeant who was convicted of shooting a protester to death during a Black Lives Matter rally. The Republican said Sgt. Daniel Perry, 35, was acting in his own defense when he repeatedly fired his handgun on 28-year-old Garrett Foster as he marched in the 2020 Austin demonstration. “Texas has one of the strongest ‘Stand Your Ground’ laws of self-defense that cannot be nullified by a jury or a progressive District Attorney,” Abbott said in a statement. The governor blamed the Friday conviction on the county’s George Soros-backed Dem...
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The justice department of the United States announced on Saturday (April 8) to open a probe into a trove of leaked documents, many linked to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. It appeared that the leaked documents included assessments and secret intelligence reports with some details about the Ukraine war. It apparently had war-related data on Russia. The documents reportedly carried highly sensitive analyses of US allies. “We have been in communication with the Department of Defense related to this matter and have begun an investigation,” a Justice Department spokesperson told AFP. The source of...
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French President Emmanuel Macron was given a rousing reception at a top university in southern China on the last day of his trip where scores of students made a beeline to take selfies and shake hands. After his official motorcade arrived on the grounds of Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou on Friday, huge crowds of waiting students broke into ecstatic cheers and then mobbed the French leader. Screams of “I love you Macron” reverberated on the premises as the French president made his way amidst Chinese and French secret service officers guarding him. The scenes of cheers and jubilation witne...
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