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LONDON – Britain will spend 4.5 billion pounds ($5.7 billion) to provide its armed forces with drones over the next decade after the Ukraine war showed the importance of uncrewed systems in conflict, the government said on Thursday. Drone warfare has opened up as a key battlefront two years into Russia’s war with Ukraine and […]

On March 5, San Franciscans will have the opportunity to vote on a ballot measure that would decide whether or not to make them into guinea pigs for surveillance experiments by the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD). Proposition E purports to streamline the SFPD, with sections on community engagement, recordkeeping, and the department’s vehicle pursuit […]

By Nathan Layne and Gram Slattery GREENVILLE, South Carolina (Reuters) – Bill Lyons disapproves of Republican frontrunner Donald Trump‘s mockery of rival Nikki Haley‘s military husband for not joining her on the U.S. campaign trail. But it won’t shake Lyons’ support for the former president. “He should not be disparaging our military. I don’t agree […]

MOSCOW – Alexei Navalny’s wife Yulia said on Thursday that she and her daughter Dasha were together and comforting each other following the opposition politician’s sudden death last week in a Russian penal colony. Yulia Navalnaya posted a photograph on X showing her and Dasha, huddled together – Yulia looking into the camera with her […]

Albania has agreed to host two migrant processing centres on its territory that will be fully run by Italy, under a deal that worries many human rights activists. The European Union, however, sees the agreement as a possible future template. Italy has long complained about not getting enough help from its EU partners in dealing […]

JERUSALEM – Israel is seeking Palestinians who are not affiliated with Hamas to manage civilian affairs in areas of the Gaza Strip designed as testing grounds for post-war administration of the enclave, a senior Israeli official said on Thursday. But Hamas said the plan, which the Israeli official said would also exclude anybody on the […]

The proverbial “Last Call” for a popular Akron brewery will be March 3. But truth be told the end of the line for R. Shea Brewing in Akron’s Merriman Valley and Canal Place came months ago. The smell of beer and the fermenting process still lingers in the air inside R. Shea’s cavernous manufacturing facility […]

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A group of United States Congress members met with Taiwan’s president Thursday in a show of bipartisan support that’s certain to draw scrutiny from China, which opposes such visits and sees them as a challenge to its claim of sovereignty over the self-governing island. A visit by then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi […]

NORTH AUGUSTA, South Carolina — Nikki Haley has found her closing message in South Carolina: Russia, Russia, Russia. In interviews, on social media and on the stump, the former U.N. ambassador has repeatedly seized on the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to launch a fusillade against former President Donald Trump. Haley jabbed Trump […]

One of the world’s most decorated footballers who played for Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain during a storied career, Alves, 40, went on trial earlier this month on charges of raping a woman at the Sutton nightclub in the early hours of December 31, 2022. Dani Alves’ lawyer Ines Guardiola speaks outside the court, where Alves […]

A 35-year-old Charlotte man was sentenced to serve time in prison after fraudulently obtaining $720,000 in COVID relief funds from the federal government. Evan Agustin Perez helped submit fraudulent applications for coronavirus aid relief loans through the Paycheck Protection Program and the Economic Injury Relief Disaster Loan, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a […]

LONDON – Britain is backing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte to succeed Jens Stoltenberg as the next secretary-general of the NATO alliance, the Foreign Office said on Thursday. Rutte, who is considered the favourite to take over when Stoltenberg stands down in October, signalled his interest in the job last year. REUTERS EMEA Tribune is […]