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Ukraine war live: Poland scrambles jets as Putin attacks Kyiv with jet-powered drones

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Tensions along the eastern flank of NATO reached a fever pitch early Tuesday morning as Poland scrambled fighter jets in response to a wave of Russian jet powered drones targeting Ukraine. The aerial assault forced Ukrainian authorities to issue urgent shelter warnings across the entire country, but the danger quickly extended beyond Ukrainian borders. In […]

Russia hits Ukrainian train shortly after Boris Johnson and top European officials leave station

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A tense atmosphere gripped the Ukraine-Poland border this week after a Russian drone struck a train engine in Yahodyn, just moments after several high-profile Western dignitaries had departed the area. Among those traveling through the station were former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and various top European security advisors returning from the Yalta European Strategy […]

Yemen’s Houthis seize strategic Red Sea city of Mocha

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Iran backed Houthi forces have captured the strategic Red Sea city of Mocha, marking a significant escalation in the Yemeni conflict and granting the group expanded control over the Bab al Mandeb Strait. Government forces were forced to withdraw on Thursday following intense military pressure, a move described by officials in the internationally recognized Presidential […]

U.K. defends sanctions on Israeli settlements after 30-day consulate closure order

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The British government is standing firm on its decision to impose strict new sanctions on Israeli settlement goods despite a sharp diplomatic escalation that includes an order for London to shut down its consulate in east Jerusalem within thirty days. Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband announced the measures on Tuesday, confirming a ban on imports from […]

Australian social media users to be offered choice to opt out of algorithms

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Australian social media users may soon have the power to silence the invisible hand guiding their digital experiences. Under a new set of proposed laws announced Tuesday in Canberra, the government plans to mandate that platforms provide users over the age of 16 with genuine options to opt out of recommendation algorithms. This shift aims […]

Russia launches deadly strikes on Kyiv as pause during US envoy visits ends

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The fragile silence that settled over the capitals of Russia and Ukraine has vanished, replaced once again by the sound of sirens and explosions. After a brief three day window where both nations pledged to halt strikes on each other’s seats of power, Russia launched a series of deadly air raids on Kyiv early Tuesday […]

Israeli air attacks on Lebanon kill at least four

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At least four people were killed and twenty others wounded in southern Lebanon following a series of Israeli air strikes that broke out early Sunday morning. According to the Lebanese National News Agency, the attacks targeted several locations including Nabatieh, Arab Salim, Nabatieh al-Fawqa, and Kfar Reman. In Arab Salim, two women lost their lives […]

Neura Robotics, Seco Partner on Physical AI, Robot Compute and Industrial Automation

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Insider Brief Neura Robotics and Seco formed a strategic partnership spanning robot compute hardware, industrial data collection and physical AI automation, with plans to develop and manufacture key computing components for Neura robots in Europe. Seco will design, engineer and manufacture Qualcomm Dragonwing-based compute modules for Neura’s cognitive robots, including the 4NE1 humanoid, while the […]

These Cyborg Cockroaches Could Save Your Life

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The injection mechanism is a small device that deploys a syringe using a spring system. That triggers a process that breaks the seal between a chamber containing citric acid and another containing baking soda. The resulting chemical reaction—basically the same one you might’ve done as a kid to make a volcano with baking soda and […]