Donald Trump‘s win in Tuesday’s presidential election comes on the back of a heated campaign for the United States election, dominated by his trademark incendiary rhetoric, and it is likely to leave…
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Attack by al-Qaeda linked group in Mali killed more than 70 people
by Koby Johnby Koby JohnAttack on police training academy and nearby airport one of the worst since unrest began more than a decade ago. More than 70 people are thought to have been killed…
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Surge in exploits of zero-day vulnerabilities is ‘new normal’ warns Five Eyes alliance
by Thomas Burkeby Thomas BurkeThe cybersecurity agencies of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance (the U.S., U.K., Australia, Canada and New Zealand) issued a warning on Tuesday that hackers were increasingly exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities to…
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It was bitter cold, but I don’t remember freezing or being cold. Hemingway wrote that the air was so cold when you took a breath it was like drinking water.…
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Crypto CEO safe after being kidnapped and held for $1 million ransom
by Koby Johnby Koby JohnThe 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…