1 Zelenskyy arrives in Japan as G7 ramps up pressure on Russia Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Hiroshima, Japan, on Saturday for the G7 summit, in a show of solidarity from the world’s seven largest economies. Zelenskyy’s trip comes just a day after the G7 nations issued a statement calling for global cooperation on…
1 Default deadline pushed to June 5 as Biden says deal is near Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen announced Friday that the deadline to reach a deal on raising the debt ceiling had been extended to June 5, bumping it back four days from the previous June 1 cutoff date. Yellen noted that during the first week…
One of the hallmarks of any traveler is a well-worn passport, but not every country’s passport is the same. Depending on the country of origin, a national passport could carry significant weight and influence at customs — or sometimes not so much. The strength of the world’s passports is measured by the International Air Transport Association…
While the headlines have recently been looking to the stars for the next iteration of military prowess, the United States is focusing on a different playing field to hone the next generation of war that may be just as foreign as outer space: the seabed. Less than 10% of the ocean floor has been mapped…
North Korea said Tuesday it would launch its first military spy satellite in June and described space-based reconnaissance as crucial for monitoring the United States’ “reckless” military exercises with South Korea. The statement came a day after North Korea notified Japan’s coast guard that the launch, sometime between May 31 and June 11, might affect waters in…
A Chinese court has sentenced a 78-year-old American citizen to life in prison on spying charges, CNN reports. The Intermediate People’s Court in the eastern city of Suzhou convicted John Shing-Wan Leung, also a permanent resident of Hong Kong, of espionage and handed down a life sentence on Monday, per the court’s statement. Leung was…
The NATO-led peacekeeping force in Kosovo, KFOR, on Tuesday raised the number of its troops injured in fierce clashes with ethnic Serbs to 30. The Serbs had tried to take over the offices of one of the municipalities in northern Kosovo where ethnic Albanian mayors took up their posts last week. A statement said that…
Chinese hackers have hit American targets again. U.S. authorities recently announced the discovery of Chinese malware in critical telecommunications systems in Guam, The New York Times reported. That’s alarming because Guam is home to an American air base that “would be a centerpiece of any American military response to an invasion or blockade of Taiwan.” Skip…
Chinese hackers have hit American targets again. U.S. authorities recently announced the discovery of Chinese malware in critical telecommunications systems in Guam, The New York Times reported. That’s alarming because Guam is home to an American air base that “would be a centerpiece of any American military response to an invasion or blockade of Taiwan.” Skip…
Serbian troops on the border with Kosovo were put on high alert Friday following clashes inside Kosovo between police and ethnic Serbs that injured more than a dozen people. Ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo, who are a majority in that part of the country, had tried to block recently-elected ethnic Albanian officials from entering municipal…