Month: December 2019

A 12-year-old boy named Cayden was experimenting with his new magnifying glass outside his Texas home on Christmas Day when the day took an unexpected turn. He accidentally lit his lawn on fire, according to a Facebook post from his mother.  “Christmas Day was memorable to say the least!” Nissa-Lynn Parson wrote in a Facebook…

TUCSON, Ariz., Dec. 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) was awarded the following contract as announced by the Department of Defense on December 27, 2019. Raytheon Missile Systems Co., Tucson, Arizona, has been awarded a $768,283,907 non-competitive fixed-price incentive (firm) contract for Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) Production Lot 33. This contract provides for the…

By Raphael Satter LEIPZIG, Germany (Reuters) – The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency has devised technology to restrict the use of anti-aircraft missiles after they leave American hands, a researcher said, a move that experts say could persuade the United States that it would be safe to disseminate powerful weapons more frequently. The new technology is…

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A Sri Lankan Court on Monday granted bail to a Swiss Embassy employee who was detained pending charges that she made statements to create disaffection toward the government and fabricated evidence. Before her arrest, the employee, a Sri Lankan national, had reportedly said she was abducted, held for hours, sexually…

New York (AFP) – At a Hasidic synagogue in Brooklyn, police, state troopers and civilian volunteers stand guard as Orthodox Jews mark the end of Hanukkah under heightened security following a spate of attacks. Worshippers express a mixture of fear and defiance, rushing into the Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters in Crown Heights two days after…

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s legislature on Tuesday passed a law aimed at blocking political interference from China, less than two weeks before presidential and legislative elections. The approval of the the Anti-Infiltration Law follows accusations that China is strongly backing candidates from the main opposition Nationalist Party, including providing campaign funds and mobilizing support…

Nemo, le chien du président, en fait voir de toutes les couleurs à ses maîtres Emmanuel et Brigitte Macron. Dernière frasque en date : il a mangé les chaussures du chef de l’Etat… Depuis son arrivée à l’Elysée, Nemo ne cesse de faire les gros titres. En cause : ses écarts de conduite. Le chien…

(Bloomberg) — Trailing in the polls weeks before election day, Taiwan’s opposition presidential candidate Han Kuo-yu was asked a straightforward question during an appearance on a late night talk show. “Which country poses the biggest threat to Taiwan?” the host asked. Instead of responding “China” — Taiwan’s only real military rival — Han gave a…

Key point: The world’s largest nuclear powers are all upgrading their arsenals. When one reads enough Chinese naval literature, diagrams of multi-axial cruise missile saturation attacks against aircraft carrier groups may begin to seem normal. However, one particular graphic from the October 2015 issue (p. 32) of the naval journal Naval & Merchant Ships [舰船知识]…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Forty million Californians will soon have sweeping digital-privacy rights stronger than any seen before in the U.S., posing a significant challenge to Big Tech and the data economy it helped create. So long as state residents don’t mind shouldering much of the burden of exercising those rights, that is. Come Wednesday…