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Speaking at a meeting of top military officials on Tuesday, Sergey Shoigu said that trials of the Zircon missile are now finishing up, and that they will begin to be shipped to the military in 2022. He reported that the country would be investing 258 billion rubles ($3.5 billion) into …

Diana Toebbe and her husband Jonathan were arrested in October and face espionage charges. Prosecutors have argued against freeing them on bail, citing a text message from Diana saying the couple would be “welcomed and rewarded by a foreign [government].” At a hearing on Wednesday, her lawyers presented additional messages …

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“The world is undoubtedly more prosperous today and yet our security outlook is far more complex and dangerous than at any time over the past 30 years,” the admiral said in a speech Tuesday, his first as the head of the armed forces.   Radakin named Russia, China, Iran, and North …

The CNN host was suspended by the channel earlier this week after texts released by NY Attorney General Letitia James shed light on his attemps to do damage control for his brother as the former was fighting multiple allegations of sexual harassment. In a statement on Saturday, CNN said that …

CNN announced the move in a statement on Tuesday, saying that newly released documents from the New York Attorney General’s office raised “serious questions” about Cuomo’s conduct. The network claimed that while it was aware Cuomo had given his brother “advice” during the harassment controversy, it did not realize the extent of his involvement. …

Smollett’s attorney Nenye Uche rejected accusations that Smollett had masterminded a fake racist attack against himself in January 2019, claiming the actor was innocent and “a real victim” as the trial kicked off in Chicago, Illinois, on Monday. Uche argued that Abimbola and Olabinjo Osundairo – two Nigerian brothers who …

After the 18-member jury was seated on Monday, Assistant US attorney Lara Elizabeth Pomerantz laid out the government’s opening arguments with a story of Jane – a reference to three minor victims named in the complaint only as “Jane Doe” – who met “dangerous predators” Epstein and Maxwell at the …

An Australian court agreed to award $25,000 (AU$35,000) to Defense Minister Peter Dutton on Wednesday over the brief Twitter post, far below the maximum limit allowed under the law, as the judge determined the official had been libeled, but not in a way that impacted his day-to-day life. Though the …

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) vehicle was mounted on one of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rockets and launched starting at 22:20 Pacific time on Tuesday (01:20 Eastern on Wednesday). This is NASA’s first ‘planetary defense’ mission in the $330 million program, and the first time SpaceX launched a spacecraft to …