By Kevin Zhang A U.S. military MQ-9 surveillance drone has crashed into the Black Sea on Tuesday after being intercepted by a pair of Russian fighter jets, in the first incident of its kind since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year. The …
Read More »Silicon Valley Bank Collapses After a Capital Crisis
By Kevin Zhang Silicon Valley Bank collapsed on Friday morning after a 48-hour period in which a bank run and capital crisis led to the second-largest failure of a financial institution in American history. California regulators closed down the technology-focused lender and …
Read More »Al-Qaeda Says Top Leader Killed In US Strike
By Kevin Zhang Terrorist group al-Qaeda confirmed on Sunday, March 5th, that a senior member of the jihadist group in Yemen has been killed in air strikes, said the SITE Intelligence Group. According to AFP, local security and government sources have stated …
Read More »Russia Withdraws From START Nuclear Treaty
By Kevin Zhang Russian President Vladimir Putin declared on Tuesday that Moscow was withdrawing from the New START treaty, the last remaining nuclear arms treaty with the United States, in a bold move igniting tensions with Washington over the war in Ukraine. …
Read More »North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile Over Sea of Japan
By Kevin Zhang North Korea has just fired a suspected long-range ballistic missile on Saturday, according to South Korea’s military. Pyongyang’s first test in seven weeks comes just days prior to military exercises between Seoul and Washington. Seoul has said that its …
Read More »U.S. Jet Shoots Down “Unidentified Object” In Canadian Airspace
By Kevin Zhang Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a press release on Saturday that an “unidentified object” had been shot down by an American fighter jet over Canadian airspace with his authorization. “I ordered the take down of an unidentified …
Read More »Death Toll of Turkey Earthquake Reaches 3,400
By Kevin Zhang The death toll from a strong earthquake in southeast Turkey near the Syrian border has reached 3,400. Confirmed deaths have increased rapidly since the first earthquake early on Monday morning. Around 12 hours later, another powerful quake hit a …
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