National security commission led by ex-Google CEO urges US to ignore calls to ban autonomous weaponsAn official report created for President Biden and Congress has urged the US government to reject calls for a global ban on AI-powered autonomous weapons, as any commitments from Russia or China "likely would be empty ones." The recommendation was made by US National Security Commission for AI, a ....
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ICE Is Also Using Utility Databases Run By Private Companies To Hunt Down Undocumented ImmigrantsICE has always had a casual relationship with the Fourth Amendment. Since it's in the business of tracking foreigners, it has apparently decided the rights traditionally extended to them haven't actually been extended to them. Anything not nailed down by precedential court decisions or federa....
S. Korea, China agree to establish two more military hotlines South Korea and China agreed Tuesday to set up two more military hotlines to prevent incidents and enhance trust, Seoul's defense ministry said. The defense ministries of the two neighbors signed a revised memorandum of understanding on the....
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Military to overhaul Army division following NK man's border crossingThe military will overhaul an infantry division in charge of guarding the heavily fortified border separating South and North Korea, the defense ministry said Tuesday, following a series of security failures in the eastern region. Officials from the....
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Iran overhauls types of choppers, planes despite sanctionsIran’s defense ministry has delivered nine military and transportation planes, 10 choppers and tens of engines repaired at Iran Aviation Industries Organization to the Iranian Armed Forces.
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China: national defense policy is to 'never seek hegemony'China is pursuing a path of peaceful development and an independent foreign policy of peace, a spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense said on Monday, stressing that China will never seek hegemony, or expand its sphere of influence.....
Military extends antivirus scheme; off-base travel under controlThe defense ministry decided to maintain the current social distancing rules for the military, which allow service members to vacation in a limited manner, for another two weeks, while banning one-day off-base trips, officials said Tuesday. In mid-F....
Kristi Noem was a hit at CPAC 2021 — but her 'Face the Nation' interview didn't go so wellSouth Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem had a busy weekend, speaking at the 2021 Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida and talking to host Margaret Brennan for CBS News' "Face the Nation." Noem, a loyal ally of former President Donald Trump, was a hit at CPAC 2021 — where the Republic....
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Pakistani court grants bail to Christian in blasphemy caseLAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani court on Monday granted bail to a Christian man convicted in 2018 while still a teenager of insulting Islam by posting a picture of Islam's holiest site on social media, a defense lawyer said. The court order in the eastern city of Lahore came more than four ....
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Navy urged to spell out W2tr weapon projectSouth Korea’s Navy saw a 15-year journey take off on Feb. 22, when the Ministry of National Defense approved a plan to build the nation’s first light aircraft carrier by 2033. But experts say that the Navy has yet to convince taxpayers an....
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S. Korea to roll out prototype of first homegrown fighter jet next monthSouth Korea will showcase a prototype of the country's first indigenous fighter jet in April, the arms procurement agency has said. Jung Kwang-sun, heading the KF-X program at the Defense Acquisition Program Administration, said the planned rollout....
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Bale scores 2 as Tottenham routs Burnley in Premier LeagueLONDON (AP) — Gareth Bale scored twice to lift Tottenham to a 4-0 rout of Burnley on Sunday in a morale-boosting victory for a Tottenham team which had lost five of its previous six Premier League games. Bale gave Tottenham the lead after just 68 seconds, knocking in a cross from Son Heung-min ....
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'Utter BS': Human rights advocates outraged Biden won't punish MBS over gruesome Khashoggi murderPresident Joe Biden's decision not to punish Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman despite the Friday release of a declassified intelligence report concluding that the Saudi leader approved the 2018 assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi outraged human rights and press freedom advocates within and b....
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Don't bully Riyadh, Saudi columnists tell Biden administrationSaudi Arabia's sovereignty is a red line, Saudi columnists said on Sunday, ramping up rhetoric in defense of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman after a U.S. intelligence report implicated him in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.....
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Russian helicopter crash-lands in northern Syria, casualtiesBEIRUT (AP) — A Russian military helicopter made an emergency landing for technical reasons in northeast Syria on Sunday, Russia's Defense Ministry said.Read more on NewsOK.com....
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COVID-19 vaccines transported to Ulleung Island via military helicopterThe defense ministry said Sunday it transported a batch of COVID-19 vaccines to Ulleung Island in the East Sea to help inoculate local residents, where access through commercial transportation is relatively time consuming and difficult. The ministry....
Four-time champions Jeonbuk blank FC Seoul to kick off new K League seasonFour-time reigning champions Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors launched their South Korean football title defense with a victory on Saturday. Jeonbuk edged out FC Seoul 2-0 to kick open the K League 1 season at Jeonju World Cup Stadium in Jeonju, 240 kilometer....
Reuters cited a US defense official as saying that the ship, the MV HELIOS RAY, was hit by an explosion above the water line overnight on Thursday.
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A broken promise: Biden's Syria bombing is a reckless mistakeThe February 25 U.S. bombing of Syria immediately puts the policies of the newly-formed Biden administration into sharp relief. Why is this administration bombing the sovereign nation of Syria? Why is it bombing "Iranian-backed militias" who pose absolutely no threat to the United States and are act....
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Chuck Hagel: There have to be consequences for thisIn an interview with CNN's Christiane Amanpour, Former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel says that it's important President Biden imposes harsh consequences on Saudia Arabia after the US intelligence report on the murder of Jamal Khashoggi stated that Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman w....
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Oklahoma high school boys basketball: Roundup of Friday's regional actionBy Cameron JourdanBasketball was in full swing Friday across the state. Many teams were making their final pushes for the state tournament while others were beginning their playoff journeys. Here's a roundup of Friday's action:MOORE 55, WESTMOORE 48Dylan McDougal had three Westmoore defend....
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Facebook extols personalized ads with creative push ahead of Apple changesYou may not be anywhere near the office water cooler right now, but we still want to spotlight creative that should be on your radar. Today, we look at Facebook's very public defense of personalized advertising ahead of a privacy update from Apple, in which the social media giant says 'Good Ideas De....
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Israel charges Arab citizen with spying for HamasIsrael's Shin Bet security agency said Friday it has arrested an Israeli Arab with family ties to Gaza for allegedly passing missile defense information to the Palestinian territory's Hamas rulers.....
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Biden launches strikes on Syria to send a message to IranSparking swift criticism of U.S. imperialism, the United States on Thursday carried out an airstrike ordered by President Joe Biden on a structure in Syria that government officials told reporters belonged to an Iran-backed militia—retaliation for a trio of recent rocket attacks on bases in Iraq t....
The US may reach herd immunity before summer as vaccine supply increasesPfizer and Moderna this week pledged to ship 140 million vaccine doses to the US over the next five weeks. Coupled with the EUA recently issued to Johnson & Johnson for their single-dose COVID vaccine, some health experts believe the US could reach herd immunity before summer. 45.2 mil....
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Columnist explains how Trump acolyte Stephen Miller is waging a 'shadow war' against BidenAlthough former President Donald Trump is no longer in the White House, his allies are trying to undermine President Joe Biden's agenda. One such ally, according to liberal Washington Post opinion columnist Greg Sargent, is 35-year-old Stephen Miller — who, Sargent writes, is operating a "shadow ....
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Jamshedpur ends ISL season with 3-2 win over BengaluruJamshedpur FC finished their Indian Super League (ISL) season with a 3-2 win over Bengaluru FC at the Tilak Maidan Stadium in Vasco on Thursday. The result meant that Jamshedpur finished the ISL season in 6th spot with 27 points from 20 games. Bengaluru finished their season one place below on 7th ....
Supreme Court Rolls Back Another Horrible Qualified Immunity Decision By The Fifth CircuitThe Supreme Court has done a lot over the years to shield law enforcement officers from accountability. It has redefined the contours of the qualified immunity defense to make it all but impossible for plaintiffs to succeed. Appeals Courts have been hamstrung by Supreme Court precedent, forced to ....
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With general heading Petrobras, military will command one-third of state companies in BrazilRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Luna was Defense Minister in the last year of Michel Temer's administration and has been general director of Itaipu Binacional since early 2019, the first year of the Bolsonaro administration. Should the appointment of a reserve general to the presidency of Petrobras be co....
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Notifica app expands resources for immigrant youth and their familiesYouth-led immigrant network United We Dream announced an updated version of its "first-of-its-kind" app that connects immigrants to on-demand emergency resources to use when faced with possible deportation by immigration enforcement. The advocacy group launched the Notifica app in 2017 amid c....
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Lebanon, France ink 3 defense agreementsBeirut and Paris signed on Monday three defense agreements in the framework of a joint cooperation plan between the Lebanese....
Oshkosh Defense wins USPS contract to modernize postal delivery vehicle fleetThe United States Postal Service has announced that it has awarded a contract to Oshkosh Defense worth multiple billions of dollars to modernize the postal delivery vehicle fleet. We’ve all seen the vehicles that the USPS uses currently as they deliver mail around cities all over the country. ....
US Postal Service gets a military tank-maker to create 'ugly' new delivery EVsYeah, you read that headline correctly. Even though it seems to make absolutely no sense, it's 2021 and the world is on fire, so let's see what's happening. The United States Postal Service announced yesterday that it has signed, sealed, and delivered a 10-year-long, multi-billion dollar contract to....
Joint Chiefs of Staff officer tests positive for new coronavirusA military officer of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) tested positive for the new coronavirus, the defense ministry said Wednesday. It is the second COVID-19 case among JCS members so far, after a civilian employee was confirmed to have been infect....
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US missile defense 'clearly focused' on N. Korea: Gen. HytenWASHINGTON -- The United States' missile defense capability is "clearly" focused on North Korea and must continue to advance to meet evolving threats from the country, the vice chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff said Tuesday. Gen. Jo....
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