The British arms manufacturing giant BAE Systems intends to “localize in Ukraine” the production of British L119 and US M777 howitzers, as well as Swedish CV90 infantry fighting vehicles, Ukrainian president Vladimir Zelensky announced on Thursday. There are also plans to “open an office of BAE Systems in Ukraine,” …
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Daimler AG has warned some 800,000 owners of its luxury Mercedes-Benz cars of a defect that could lead to a fire, but admitted it currently has no parts with which to repair the fault. The news was first reported by the German tabloid Bild and then by Reuters on Tuesday, …
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The gaming giant caused anger among the Muslim community this week over ‘Call of Duty: Vanguard’, the newly released 18th installment of the popular first-person shooter series. The Stalingrad map in the game’s Zombies mode featured pages from the Koran scattered on a floor, with some of them soaked in …
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Just as it looked as if Russian champions Zenit might hold out for a worthy point, Lukaku drifted off the shoulder of defender Dmitri Chistyakov in the 69th minute to head home an inch-perfect cross from Chelsea skipper Cesar Azpilicueta. Lukaku headed in Chelsea’s winner. © Reuters Up to that …
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Moscow’s sovereign wealth fund, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), which finances the vaccine, announced the production partnership with the SII on Tuesday. The product will be known simply as “Sputnik” in India, without the original “V” suffix. The technology transfer process in order for India to begin producing doses …
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On Tuesday, researcher Christopher Rufo published screenshots of documents he obtained from inside Raytheon, with details of their “anti-racist” campaign. Dubbed ‘Stronger Together’ – same as Democrat Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign slogan – it was reportedly launched by CEO Greg Hayes last year, amid the riots following the death of …
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KAI is a major aircraft manufacturer with close ties to the South Korean military, which is currently developing the KF-21 Boramae, a 4.5-generation fighter jet. On Tuesday, local media revealed that the company’s servers may recently have been hacked. KAI responded with a short statement, confirming that, on Monday, it …
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“We’re watching closely, waiting for EMA (European Medicines Agency) and FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) reviews and monitoring the global database of adverse event reports to see if there have been cases anywhere else,” the WHO said in a statement to Reuters. On Tuesday, the FDA announced the suspension …
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The pharma firm publicized the results of its 32,000-person US trial in the early hours of Thursday morning, reporting that the immunization is 76% effective overall and 100% effective in staving off “critical disease and hospitalization” from Covid-19. For adults over the age of 65, the company put the figure …
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Dear Mr. (Andrey) Lipov, A year ago, I couldn’t even imagine that I would be writing this letter with my own hand. Back then, I would not have believed that it could be true. I’d have assumed it was all just propaganda targeting a ‘free’ Western company. Unfortunately, after spending …
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