Elon Musk’s SpaceX has signed its first contract with the Pentagon to provide satellite services, part of its new ‘Starshield’ program Read Full Article at RT.com
The dollar was used in nearly half of all global payments via SWIFT in August, while the share of the euro slumped, data shows
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Taiwan has revealed its first domestically produced submarine, dubbed a “magical weapon in asymmetric warfare” Read Full Article at RT.com
Police and criminal justice systems in the United States require urgent reform to eradicate “systemic racism” against people of African descent, UN-appointed independent rights experts said on Thursday .
Over 220 individuals and 25 organisations across the world faced threats and retaliation for cooperating with the UN on human rights, according to a UN report on reprisals issued Thursday.
An online video appears to depict drone strikes targeting a Ukrainian-operated Swedish Stridsvagn 122 main battle tank. Read Full Article at RT.com
Budapest will ensure Ukraine doesn’t get “a single penny of new aid” from the EU, the head of the Hungarian Prime Minister’s Office has said Read Full Article at RT.com
LAGOS, Sep 28 (IPS) - Bukes Saliu wakes up very early every workday to beat the gruesome Lagos traffic to head to a job quite unusual for a woman to engage in Nigeria. She is a forklift operator in one of the busy depots in the coastal city, a task traditionally meant for men in the West African country.
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NEW YORK, Sep 28 (IPS) - As it did last year, the 2023 United Nations General Assembly has been debating what role the United Nations and its members should play in the crisis in Ukraine.
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More than 16,000 children are displaced in eastern Libya following Africa’s deadliest storm in recorded history the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Thursday, highlighting the urgent need for psychosocial care.
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