NEW DELHI (AP) — Nearly 970 million people — or over 10% of the global population — are eligible to vote in India's general elections that start Friday and last to June 1. The mammoth exercise is the biggest anywhere in the world and will take 44 days before results are announced on June 4. []
Two former United Nations employees in Montreal have been charged with participating in a conspiracy to sell Chinese-made drones and other military equipment in Libya, Canadian police said Tuesday. RCMP spokesman Sgt. Charles Poirier said the alleged offenses occurred between 2018 and 2021, when the two men were working at the International Civil Aviation Organization, a U.N. agency headquartered in Montreal. Police identified the two men as Fathi Ben Ahmed Mhaouek, 61, and Mahmud Mohamed...
Three of Hidalgo's former staffers are accused of steering an $11 million COVID-19 vaccine outreach contract to a preferred vendor.
The supply of fresh water from Company 72 has made locals' daily lives less challenging
On GPS with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria, he shares his take on how the 2024 election will be defined by abortion and immigration.
The U.S. military’s ongoing embrace of the far-left culture war has drawn increased attention and ire from lawmakers. Despite Pentagon officials waving off concerns, a steady stream of evidence has shown that the most progressive ideas on race, gender and sexuality have become the norm, in particular within the administrative parts of the U.S. military.
A new iPhone MagSafe charger looks like a Game Boy, with Elago offering this retro goodie for you. Retro consoles and elements are great to display and use, but Elago takes it to the next level by designing a new MagSafe charging stand for the iPhone that resembles Nintendo's Game Boy Advance SP handheld.
Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) As has been documented by such authorities on U.S. military spending as Winslow T. Wheeler, Robert Higgs, and others, America spends each year around $1.5 trillion for its military but hides at least around $800 billion of it (so as for the U.S. not to be publicly recognized as spending […]
Though at a technological disadvantage, Iran’s military is thought to have a significant stockpile of missiles and cheap drones.
NBCUniversal-owned streamer Peacock has ordered wildlife reality competition show The Hungry Games: Alaska’s Big Bear Challenge. Coproduced by Ample Entertainment in the US and Canada’s Blue Ant Me
Imagine a large group of activists assembled outside the White House, peacefully protesting a recent decision by the president. They are waving signs denouncing the new policy, holding banners demanding change and chanting slogans about that president. As their numbers begin to swell, as their voices grow louder, the president issues an order to military commanders: Take them out. Our military leadership would then be faced with an impossible choice. They’d either have to follow the clearly...
Broadcasters TV2 in Hungary and 1+1 in Ukraine have picked up Magnum Media in the UK’s entertainment format The 1% Club. Both local versions will go into production this summer and premiere later thi