Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Putin tightens up his war machine Russian President Vladimir Putin’s post-inauguration Cabinet reshuffle and military purge has raised speculation that he’s looking to consolidate power as he prepares for a much longer war in Ukraine. © AP Putin
Updated guidelines strip bishops of power to recognise ‘supernatural’ nature of purportedly divine eventsApparitions of the Virgin Mary and weeping statues have been part of Catholicism for centuries, but the age of social media has prompted the Vatican to issue a crackdown against potential scams and hoaxes.New rules issued on Friday say that only a pope, rather than local bishops, can declare apparitions and revelations to be “supernatural”. The document, Norms for Proceeding in the...
The US government cranked up restrictions on Huawei's access to advanced chips, taking the unprecedented step of revoking export licences secured by Intel and Qualcomm.
At least 40,000 people die of tobacco-related diseases annually in the country
By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – “You take away all sense and rationale. And whatever is left, is the container shipping market,” said Peter Sand, Xeneta’s chief analyst, today. “It
The pro-Palestinian protests are expected to take place Thursday and Saturday, coinciding with the competition's second semi-final and the grand final.
Josh Hart played his third complete game of the playoffs, logging all 48 minutes, while Jalen Brunson, OG Anunoby and Donte DiVincenzo each played 42 or more.
The Biden administration is set to tighten access to asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border via a new regulation that could be issued as soon as Thursday, four sources familiar with the matter said, in a targeted move aimed at reducing illegal crossings. The regulation would require migrants to be assessed
The specter of inflation haunts the corridors of the West Wing, and the Biden administration's every attempt to exorcise the poltergeist of rising prices only deepens the grip of its possession.
How Ridiculous? Blade-Less Swiss Army Knife Debuts As Weapon Laws Tighten In a world that is fracturing into a multipolar state, with risks of world war erupting in either Eastern Europe or the Middle East, continued threats of conflict in the Pacific, and the migrant invasion across Western countries, the company behind the iconic half-century-old fold-up tool, the Swiss Army Knife, will soon debut a blade-less version because of regulations. Victorinox Chief Executive Officer...
While many of the migrants who reach Europe are escaping war, conflict and poverty, an increasing number are fleeing possible prison terms and death sentences because they are gay
By VERONICA ANDREA SAUCHELLI, MARIA GRAZIA MURRU and GIADA ZAMPANO Associated Press RIETI, Italy (AP) — Ella Anthony knew it was time to leave her native Nigeria when she escaped an abusive, forced marriage only to face angry relatives who threatened to turn her in to police because she was gay. Since Nigeria criminalizes same-sex