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Headless “robot dogs” are being tested to be deployed along the U.S.-Mexico border. The robots are designed to help Border Patrol agents combat drug smuggling … Show more   DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY “Robot dogs” — four-legged headless machines mounted with cameras and sensors — may one day be prowling along the Southwest border, spotting undocumented migrants or sniffing […]

Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra has denounced the African Union’s decision to grant Israel an observer status as a “double mistake.” “We were not the ones who initiated the granting of observer status to anyone,” Lamamra said in an interview with Radio France International and France 24 satellite channel in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, […]

Just six months ago, Vladimir Putin opened a 7,000-word manifesto on the historical ties between Ukraine and Russia with the claim that Russians and Ukrainians were “one people”, part of “a single whole”. But to the “common misfortune and tragedy” of both countries, Putin said, in recent years “a wall has emerged” between Russia and […]

Russia won China’s backing in its showdown with the West over Ukraine on Friday, as Beijing agreed with Moscow that the U.S.-led NATO military alliance should not admit new members. The demand for NATO to stop expanding came after a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing that saw […]

On Friday night, as a “big snowflake” symbolizing human unity lifted an environmentally friendly Olympic torch, Beijing, the world’s first “double Olympic city,” once again welcomed old and new friends from all over the world with open arms within a span of 14 years. The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games, the first major global sports […]

Gunmen opened fire on people enjoying a last night out at Vienna’s cafes and restaurants before a coronavirus lockdown Monday in what authorities said was a terrorist attack that left at least two dead — including one of the assailants — and 15 wounded. “We are victims of a despicable terror attack in the federal […]

A day ahead of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin told Chinese media that the meeting of the heads of state plays a crucial role in the close cooperation between Moscow and Beijing on the basis of mutual political trust. President Putin noted the two nations will play […]

Sweden’s state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell. Photo: Jessica Gow/TT Find out what’s going on in Sweden today with The Local’s short roundup of the news in less than five minutes. New battery factory set to create 3,000 jobs in western Sweden Northvolt and Volvo Cars will build their joint battery factory at Torslanda in Gothenburg, which […]

The United States has accused Russia of fabricating an attack by Ukrainian forces as a pretext to invade. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Washington has credible intelligence about an elaborate Russian plot, amid heightened tensions. Russian army’s self-propelled howitzers fire during military drills near Orenburg in the Urals, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021.   –   Copyright  AP/Russian Defense […]

The latest attack comes after three separate missile attacks on the UAE in the last two weeks, which the Iran-backed Houthis claimed. The latest attack comes after three separate missile attacks on the UAE in the last two weeks, which the Iran-backed Houthis claimed. Screenshot from a video shared by the UAE Ministry of Defense […]