PARIS — MBDA UK won an order to supply the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy with the DragonFire drone-zapping laser in a £316 million ($414 million) deal, with the first of the direct-energy weapons for drone defense to be fitted on a navy…
Category: 4. World
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‘Fake’ carbonara sauce causes outrage in Italy
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Italians have very strict rules when it comes to making carbonara. The classic combination of Italian pasta, pork and cheese are mixed with egg yolks and pepper preferably…
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Nigerian court sentences separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu to life in prison
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AP) — A court in Nigeria on Thursday convicted separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu of all seven terrorism-related charges brought against him and sentenced him to life imprisonment.
Kanu founded…
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Putin, 73, Says Living to 150 Won’t Be Enough After Meeting ‘Beautiful’ Robot
Russian President Vladimir Putin lamented that he would not live forever after being serenaded by an AI-powered dancing robot at an exhibition in Moscow.
Putin, 73, became transfixed by the boogying robot, named Green, who wiggled its body parts…
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Video. Germany’s Magdeburg Christmas market reopens a year after deadly car attack
Magdeburg’s Christmas market opened on Thursday morning, nearly a year after the car attack that killed six people and injured hundreds. There was no ceremony, just traders switching on their lights and getting to work.
More than…
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Spain suspends attorney general for two years after personal data leak in tax fraud case
Spain’s Supreme Court found the country’s Attorney General Álvaro García Ortiz guilty on Thursday of leaking confidential information about the boyfriend of a leading conservative politician and government rival.
The court banned García Ortiz from his post for two years in a 5-2 split.
The…
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Nigeria faces its third attack in three days
Africa’s most populous country deals with three attacks—two on Christian communities and one on a secondary school. The Nigerian president postpones a trip to South Africa and Angola to monitor the situation.
By Kielce Gussie
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