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May 05, 2025
SPACE TRAVEL
Astronauts complete needed tasks during 6-hour ISS space walk



Washington DC (UPI) May 1, 2025
Two NASA astronauts have completed a nearly six-hour spacewalk to perform maintenance and upgrades on the International Space Station, the agency announced Thursday. Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers relocated a space station communications antenna and improved the ability to generate power on the ISS. "Additionally, the astronaut pair completed a pair of get-ahead tasks, including installing a jumper cable to provide power from the P6 truss to the International Space Station's Russian segm ... read more

MISSILE DEFENSE
Patriot defense system headed for Ukraine as ceasefire hopes dim
Washington DC (UPI) May 4, 2025
An Israel-based Patriot air defense system is being moved to Ukraine to help in its ongoing battle against a three-year long Russian invasion, officials announced Sunday. ... more
SUPERPOWERS
Chinese president to visit Russia on May 7-10: Kremlin
Moscow (AFP) May 4, 2025
Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Russia on May 7-10 and join his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at commemorations of the Allied victory against Nazi Germany, the Kremlin said on Sunday. ... more
AEROSPACE
US approves F-16 training, parts to Ukraine
Washington (AFP) May 2, 2025
President Donald Trump's administration on Friday approved a deal with Ukraine for training and equipment on F-16 jets, whose delivery former president Joe Biden green-lighted following Russia's invasion. ... more
MILPLEX
Boris Pistorius, party soldier in charge of Germany's defence
Berlin (AFP) May 5, 2025
Germany's Defence Minister Boris Pistorius - who has led the push to make the military "ready for war" so it doesn't have to fight one - is the only cabinet member set to survive a change of government this week. ... more
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Togo nationals captured with Russian forces on Ukraine front: govt
Lome (AFP) May 2, 2025
People from the small west African nation Togo have been "captured and detained" by Ukrainian armed forces after taking part "in military operations alongside Russian armed forces", Togolese authorities said Friday. ... more
MISSILE NEWS
At least 2 killed after Russia bombards five regions of Ukraine with missiles, drones
Washington DC (UPI) May 1, 2025
Russia launched aerial attacks against five Ukrainian regions in the east, southwest and center of the country overnight, launching balllistic missiles and more than 100 drones that killed at least two people and injured more a dozen. ... more
FLOATING STEEL
Russia may have helped North Korea with new warship, Seoul says
Seoul (AFP) May 1, 2025
North Korea's newly unveiled warship could have involved Russian help, South Korea's military said on Thursday while cautioning it was still conducting "a more detailed analysis". ... more
MILPLEX
16 EU states seek budget concessions to lift defence spending
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) April 30, 2025
Sixteen European Union countries will seek exemptions from the bloc's public debt rules so they can ramp up defence spending, the EU said Wednesday. ... more

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AFRICA NEWS
Burkina junta rallies supporters after claimed coup plot
Abidjan (AFP) April 30, 2025
Several thousand people rallied in support of Burkina Faso's junta Wednesday, days after the military rulers said they had uncovered a "plot" to overthrow the government. ... more
SUPERPOWERS
India defence minister to attend Russia's Victory Day parade
New Delhi (AFP) April 30, 2025
India said Wednesday that Defence Minister Rajnath Singh would attend Russia's annual Victory Day parade in Moscow, taking up an invitation that had been also extended to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. ... more
NUKEWARS
North Korea confirms its troops are fighting for Russia in war against Ukraine
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 28, 2025
North Korea gave the first official confirmation Monday that its troops were fighting in the ranks of the Russian Army in its war against Ukraine. ... more
SUPERPOWERS
Zelensky calls for fair peace with no 'rewards' for Putin
Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) April 29, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called Tuesday for a "fair" end to the war with Russia without "rewards" for Vladimir Putin, pushing back against demands for Kyiv to make territorial concessions. ... more
MISSILE NEWS
US approves $1.33 bn missile sale to Poland
Washington (AFP) April 29, 2025
The United States on Tuesday announced the approval of a $1.33 billion sale of 400 medium-range air-to-air missiles and related support to Poland, a NATO ally that borders Russian territory. ... more
NUKEWARS
Nobel laureates urge Trump, Putin to meet on denuclearisation
Geneva (AFP) April 28, 2025
Three Nobel Peace Prize-winning groups campaigning to eliminate nuclear weapons joined forces on Monday to urge the US and Russian presidents to meet and agree on significant denuclearisation. ... more
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UN experts demand probe of reported mass killings in Mali
Geneva (AFP) April 30, 2025
UN experts on Wednesday demanded investigations into the alleged summary executions of dozens of people in Mali and the enforced disappearance of others, warning of possible war crimes and crimes against humanity. ... more
ICE WORLD
Thawing permafrost dots Siberia with rash of mounds
Churapcha, Russia (AFP) April 30, 2025
In the vast white expanse around Churapcha in eastern Siberia, the ever more rapid thaw of the permafrost is changing the landscape, cracking up houses and releasing greenhouse gases. ... more
OIL AND GAS
'Bombshell' OPEC+ output hike hits oil price
Hong Kong (AFP) May 5, 2025
Oil prices slumped on Monday after eight OPEC+ members announced a sharp increase in production, while Asian stocks treaded water in thin trade with major markets closed. ... more
ENERGY TECH
ITER completes record breaking superconducting magnet system for fusion energy
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 01, 2025
In a major milestone for the future of fusion power, ITER has finalized assembly of the world's largest and most powerful pulsed superconducting magnet system, with key components contributed by the ... more
TRADE WARS
BRICS blast 'resurgence of protectionism' in Trump era
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil (AFP) April 29, 2025
China, Brazil and other members of the BRICS grouping on Tuesday slammed the "resurgence of trade protectionism" at a meeting in Rio de Janeiro dominated by US President Donald Trump's tariffs blitz. ... more
SUPERPOWERS
Confidence in NATO security guarantees plunges in Finland: survey
Helsinki (AFP) April 29, 2025
Finns' confidence in the security guarantees of the NATO alliance, which their country joined two years ago, has significantly weakened with return of Donald Trump as US president, a survey showed Tuesday. ... more
MISSILE NEWS
'Destroyed a whole family': Kyiv teens mourn friend killed in Russian strike
Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) April 28, 2025
At Kyiv's towering crematorium, baby-faced teenagers wept over the coffin of their friend, a 17-year-old killed with his parents by a Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian capital last week. ... more
WAR REPORT
Putin touts 3-day cease-fire for annual WII parade, then launches major drone attack
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 28, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday announced a three-day cease-fire in its war with Ukraine is set to take place in May, but Ukrainian officials question its timing and validity. ... more
MISSILE NEWS
Russian missiles kill nine in Kyiv: Trump blames Zelensky for Putin being angry
Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) April 24, 2025
A "massive" Russian missile attack on Kyiv on Thursday killed at least nine and wounded dozens in one of the deadliest strikes on the Ukrainian capital since Moscow launched its invasion more than three years ago. ... more
SUPERPOWERS
'Vladimir, STOP!': Trump tells Putin after deadly Kyiv strike
Washington (AFP) April 24, 2025
Donald Trump called Thursday on Vladimir Putin to halt attacks on Ukraine, in a rare rebuke of the Russian leader after Moscow fired missiles and drones at Kyiv in the deadliest attack on the capital in months. ... more
SUPERPOWERS
Crimea, territory at heart of US-Ukraine tensions
Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) April 24, 2025
Crimea, the focus of fresh tensions between US President Donald Trump and his Ukranian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, was illegally annexed by Russia in 2014 in the first act of the countries' ongoing war. ... more
SUPERPOWERS
Trump's policies will create Russian, Chinese strategic, economic coups
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 23, 2025
If one consults any AI source such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Deepseek or Grok and asks these questions, the answers are sobering. ... more
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Ukraine calls in Chinese envoy to express 'serious concern' over war activities
Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) April 23, 2025
Ukraine's foreign ministry called in China's ambassador on Tuesday to raise "serious concern" over claims that Chinese fighters were in the Russian army and Chinese companies were helping Russia make military hardware. ... more
UAV NEWS
Russian drone strike kills 9 in Ukraine bus, governor says
Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) April 23, 2025
A Russian drone struck a bus transporting workers in the central Ukrainian region of Dnipropetrovsk early Wednesday, killing nine people and wounding dozens more, the region's governor said. ... more
WAR REPORT
UK hosts new Ukraine talks after Russian strikes shatter brief truce
London (AFP) April 23, 2025
Envoys from Washington, Kyiv and European nations gathered for talks in Britain on Wednesday amid a new US push to end Russia's war in Ukraine, where a brief Easter truce was shattered by fresh air strikes. ... more
WAR REPORT
Vladimir Putin says he's open to holding direct, 'limited', cease-fire talks with Ukraine
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 22, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday held out the prospect of direct peace talks with Ukraine for the first time since the early days of the war amid mounting pressure on both Moscow and Kyiv from the United States to move swiftly to bring an end to the three-year-long conflict. ... more
MILPLEX
Spain to hike defence spending to 2% of GDP in 2025: PM
Madrid (AFP) April 22, 2025
Spain will invest more than 10 billion euros to increase its defence spending - proportionally NATO's lowest - to two percent of annual economic output this year, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Tuesday. ... more
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