DeSantis Grounds Chinese-Made Drones

In the latest salvo against foreign influence in Florida, the administration of Gov. Ron DeSantis banned government agencies from using unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, that were made in China.

Body Cam Video Shows Louisville Police Under Fire

Police body camera video released Tuesday showed the chaotic moments when police arrived at the scene of a mass shooting at a bank in downtown Louisville, as the shooter they couldn’t see from the street rained bullets down on them.

Video purporting to show Ukrainian soldier’s beheading under investigation

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is calling on world leaders to react immediately Wednesday after a video emerged purportedly showing a Ukrainian soldier being beheaded by Russian-speaking men in a gruesome scene one official says proves Moscow is “worse than ISIS.” The disturbing clip appears to show a man in green fatigues, who is wearing a […]

2023 has been deadly for migrants crossing Mediterranean Sea, according to UN report

The first three months of 2023 were the deadliest first quarter in six years for migrants crossing the central Mediterranean Sea in smugglers’ boats, the U.N. migration agency reported Wednesday, citing nations’ delays in initiating rescues as a contributing factor. The International Organization for Migration documented 441 migrant deaths along the dangerous sea route between […]

Former British PM blames ‘woke culture’ for Western economic woes

Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss’ speech to an American think tank on Wednesday will slam “woke culture,” among other factors, for economic troubles in the U.K. and U.S. “The sad truth is that we have seen stagnation, redistributionism and woke culture taking hold in businesses and the economy in the U.K. and the U.S.,” […]

3 Mount Everest climbers go missing after falling into deep crevasse

Three Sherpa climbers were missing Wednesday after they fell into a deep crevasse on a treacherous section of Mount Everest just above the base camp, a Nepalese mountaineering official said. They fell into the crevasse, thought to be about 160 feet deep, on Wednesday morning as they were moving toward the first camp on the […]

Japan Signs Contracts With Mitsubishi to Mass-Produce Long-Range Missiles Amid China Threat

Read More Japan on April 11 signed contracts with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to mass-produce long-range missiles as the country seeks to acquire “counterstrike capabilities” amid communist China’s growing military threats. Japan’s defense ministry awarded Mitsubishi with four contracts worth 378 billion yen ($2.8 billion), including mass production of ground-launched Type 12 guided missiles and a […]

3 Sherpa Climbers Missing After Falling on Mount Everest

Read More The summit of Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world at 8,848 meters, in Nepal’s Himalayas range on March 7, 2023. (Sebastien Berger/AFP via Getty Images) KATHMANDU, Nepal—Three Sherpa climbers were missing Wednesday after they fell into a deep crevasse on a treacherous section of Mount Everest just above the base camp, […]

SA desperately needs a regulatory framework for coalitions

Read More (John McCann/M&G) Twenty-four hours can be a long time in politics. The abrupt changes in the political landscape currently illustrate this political truism. Of late, South Africans have witnessed a spectacle of coalition tragicomedies unfolding in the local government sphere.  In Tshwane, a disgraced mayor, who had hardly been in office for a […]

Galaxy S23 – Innovation that opens possibilities

Read More ‘It is truly competing with DSLR-like camera technology’ Samsung’s S23 trio of devices is the pinnacle of flagship smartphones. A leader in its field, it offers the fastest Snapdragon processor currently; next-level photography and video; and an upgraded battery makes it the ultimate mobile gaming machine.  A photographer’s dream The S23 Ultra camera […]