The head of Canada’s largest crypto company, WonderFi, is free after being kidnapped in Toronto on Wednesday. After electronically paying a ransom of $1 million Canadian dollars, or $720,660, Dean…
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Heed the generals who call Trump unfit to lead
by Blake Brooksby Blake BrooksAs a coda to two decades covering the post-9/11 conflicts as a correspondent, I wrote a book in 2021 profiling the 25 Medal of Honor recipients from the nation’s longest wars. Theirs…
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Russian Population “Filtration” Operations
Washington 6 Nov (50). Russian officials and proxy authorities in Russia-controlled areas of Ukraine are undertaking a monumental effort to “filter” the population as a means of suppressing Ukrainian resistance…
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The heated US-China cable competition under the seas
by Thomas Burkeby Thomas BurkeLast week, eight US senators urged President Joe Biden to order a security review of the global network of undersea communications cables, citing the “threat of sabotage” by Russia – and China.…
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AUKUS experiment shows how allies with autonomy will speed up naval operations
by Koby Johnby Koby JohnU.S., Australian, British, and Japanese defense officials converged on Australia’s Jervis Bay this week for a weeklong experiment to test how to integrate new, developmental tech from different countries in…
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Russian bomber pilot linked to missile strikes on civilians killed with hammer in Russia
by Blake Brooksby Blake BrooksDmitry Golenkov served as chief of staff of an aviation squadron, and was found dead with head injuries likely “caused by hammer,” per HUR. The Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) of…
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Man on trial in NYC subway death went ‘way too far,’ prosecutors say in opening statements
by Eli Barkerby Eli BarkerDaniel Penny went “way too far” when he put Jordan Neely in a chokehold on a New York City subway train last year until he died, a Manhattan prosecutor told…
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Ukrainian capture North Korean
Kiev 1 November 2024. The Ukranian army eliminated a troop concentration of newly arrived North Koreans on the battlefield. About 40 soldiers were killed in an exchange with only one…
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The Russian Fantasy Of Infallibilty
London 30 October (20). In 2014, Russia annexed the Crimean Peninsula. That same year, Russian special operation forces captured Donetsk and Luhansk, two of the main cities in the Donbas…
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Ukraine’s ‘I Want to Live’ project posts Korean-language video message, calls on North Korean soldiers to surrender
by Eli Barkerby Eli BarkerThe Ukrainian project “I Want to Live” on Oct. 23 called on North Korean soldiers to surrender to Ukrainian forces in a new Korean-language video. Launched in September 2022 by…