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The US Navy and the US Army successfully conducted a hypersonic weapon test yesterday, Reuters reported, citing a US Navy announcement.more

Americans are increasingly less optimistic about the future of youth. If in 2019 60 percent believed that young people would have a better life than their parents, today it is only 42 percent.more

Russia has informed the United States of plans to conduct nuclear force exercises, the Pentagon said yesterday, declining to provide further details on the tests, which are expected to include, among other things, test launches of ballistic missiles.more

In 2021, only 2.4 million tons of plastic, or about 5 percent of the 51 million tons produced by U.S. households, will be recycled, showing that recycling is a myth, according to a Greenpeace report released yesterday.more

Famed writer Salman Rushdie, author of "The Satanic Verses," among others, lost sight in one eye and power in his left hand as a result of a knife attack in August this year, in upstate New York, his agent Andrew Wylie reported yesterday.more

The heads of the foreign ministries of France, the UK and the US issued a joint statement reaffirming their support for Ukraine's sovereignty in the face of Russian aggression and rejecting Moscow's "blatantly false allegations" that Ukraine intends to carry out a provocation using a "dirty bomb" on its own territory.more

Rapp alleged that Spacey climbed on top of him at a New York City party in 1986, when Rapp was 14 and Spacey was 26. The jury of five men and six women deliberated for just under 90 minutes Thursday afternoon. more

Some 1.5 million lives could be saved each year if the world worked in a coordinated way to speed up the approval of new cancer drugs, according to an analysis published Tuesday in the Harvard Business Review.more

A 55-year-old resident of Longmeadow in the US state of Massachusetts unleashed a swarm of bees on sheriff's office officers executing an eviction warrant. She was arrested on suspicion of using a dangerous weapon, among other charges.more

As our knowledge of food products changes, so do the nutritional standards and recommendations of food organizations. One such change has just been made by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). It has recommended tightening the rules governing the use of the word "healthy" on food packaging. This primarily concerns popular breakfast cereals.more

The Defence Secretary has made an emergency trip to the US to discuss the security situation in Ukraine, including the threat of a nuclear attack. Ben Wallace cancelled his appearance in front of the Commons Defence Committee on Tuesday and flew to the US for summits in the Pentagon and White House.more

U.S. Air Force fighters intercepted two Russian Tu-95 bombers near the Alaskan coast on Monday, the U.S.-Canadian North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said yesterday.more

Iran will supply Russia with more drones and surface-to-surface missiles, with an agreement signed on October 6, Reuters reported yesterday, citing Iranian and Western diplomats. The agency estimates that this will increase tensions between Tehran and the West.more

Testifying in a Manhattan federal court trial yesterday, Kevin Spacey said he regrets his apology to actor Anthony Rapp for sexual assault. He denies that it took place.more

US President Joe Biden criticized the plan to cut taxes abandoned by British Prime Minister Liz Truss. He decided that the proposal that Truss later withdrew was a "mistake".more

The United States is determined to defend every inch of NATO territory if necessary, assured US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin before the start of the second day of NATO defense ministers in Brussels.more

After over 8 hours of fighting with the elements and covering a swimming distance of 49.5 kilometers, Piotr Biankowski has completed the New York "20 bridges around Manhattan" marathon. He is the third Pole in history to have done it - and for a good cause.more

More than a dozen airports in the United States fell victim to cyber attacks on Monday. U.S. media attributed it to Russian hackers, but the U.S. administration says it's too early to tell if the Kremlin is behind it.more

A British businessman who helped Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska evade sanctions has been arrested in London at the request of the U.S., the U.S. Justice Ministry said in a press release.more

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and US President Joe Biden spoke on the phone yesterday and agreed that Vladimir Putin's recent nuclear threats are "irresponsible" and that the partial mobilization ordered by the Russian leader is a "serious mistake," the German government said.more

Former film producer Harvey Weinstein, who is already serving a 23-year prison sentence for sexual harassment of women, faces new charges. His trial begins Monday in Los Angeles.more

Billionaire Elon Musk, who caused outrage recently with his proposal to end the Russian-Ukrainian war by, among other things, recognizing the annexation of Crimea, has now suggested that tensions between China and Taiwan could be resolved by giving Beijing some control over the island.more

Elon Musk has once again changed his mind and stated that he is ready to buy Twitter for the $44 billion price originally agreed with the service, Reuters reported yesterday.more

The average electricity user in Los Angeles spends $269 per month on electricity. In megadomes, the bill can run into the tens of thousands, and in extreme cases reach 50,000.more

Former US President Donald Trump came close to relieving his daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner from their advisory role and flushed papers in the White House toilet - that's one of the many pieces of information in journalist Maggie Haberman's book, Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America ".more