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☆ If you thought the planet Neptune was a deep blue color, turns out you're wrong
  + stars: | 2024-01-05 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Neptune, long believed to be dark blue, is actually very pale like Uranus, scientists say. Related storiesFor decades, famous images from NASA's Voyager 2 mission have circulated showing Neptune in a deep azure tone. Side-by-side comparison of the Voyager 2 images of Neptune and Uranus as reprocessed by scientists at the University of Oxford. Voyager 2's images of Uranus, from 1986, however, were published in a form closer to "true" color, he added. Neptune is just a touch bluer, which the researchers attribute to a thinner haze layer on the planet.
Persons: —, Patrick Irwin, Neptune, Irwin Organizations: NASA's, Service, University of Oxford, Oxford, NASA, JPL, Caltech, Handout, Reuters, Guardian, Hubble, Southern
☆ Ukraine launched a barrage of attack drones at Crimea overnight, Russia says
  + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Russia says Ukraine sent a wave of 41 drones over Crimea targets overnight on Monday. AdvertisementUkraine sent a wave of attack drones across Crimea overnight on Monday, Russian officials said, amid multiple unconfirmed reports of explosions on the peninsula. AdvertisementIn accounts cited across mainstream Ukrainian media, various prominent Telegram accounts reported explosions over eastern Crimea. The Kerch Bridge, which connects Russia to the Crimean peninsula, is a prime target for Ukraine. Meanwhile, Crimean Wind also reported explosions being heard there, and said that a Pantsir-S1 antiaircraft missile system was fired from the oil depot.
Persons: —, Russia's, Ukrainska, Andriy Yusov, Yusov, It's, Baza Organizations: Service, Russian Ministry of Defence, MOD, Astra, Ukrainian Telegram, Ukrainska Pravda, Defense, Ukrainian Defense Forces, UK's Ministry of Defence, Russian Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Crimea, Azov, Kerch, Ukrainian, Feodosia
☆ A US tourist died after being attacked by a shark while paddleboarding at a Sandals resort in the Bahamas
  + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
A Boston woman was killed by a shark off the coast of the Bahamas on Monday, police said. There have been 32 confirmed shark attacks in the Bahamas since 1749, according to experts. AdvertisementA tourist was killed by a shark as she paddleboarded off the coast of the Bahamas on Monday, officials said. Police officers walk on the beach after what police described as a fatal shark attack against a tourist at Sandals Royal Bahamian resort, in Nassau, Bahamas December 4, 2023 Dante Carrer/ReutersThose nearby were left in shock. AdvertisementThere have been a total of 32 unprovoked shark attacks documented and confirmed in the Bahamas since 1749, it said.
Persons: —, Desiree Ferguson, Dante Carrer Organizations: Service, Royal Bahamas Police Force, Police, Nassau Guardian, Reuters, Authorities Locations: Boston, Bahamas, Royal, Cable Beach , New Providence, Nassau
☆ Maersk quietly settled its $44 million lawsuit against the companies behind the Ever Given, the ship that blocked the Suez Canal
  + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Shipping giant Maersk has settled a case over the grounding of the Ever Given in the Suez Canal. When the lawsuit was first reported by Danish news site Shipping Watch in February, Maersk had sought about $44 million from several entities connected to the ship. According to Shipping Watch, Maersk had estimated that about 50 of its ships had been severely delayed by the blocking of the Suez Canal. Both Evergreen and Bernhard Schulte Ship Management have denied having any responsibility for damages, Shipping Watch reported. According to shipping news outlet Maritime Executive, the Maersk case was being closely watched by relevant companies worldwide as a potential roadmap for further litigation.
Persons: —, Moller, Bernhard Schulte, Janina von Spalding, Shoei Kisen Organizations: Shipping, Maersk, Service, Shipping Watch, Bernhard Schulte Ship Management, Bloomberg, Evergreen, Authority, Maritime Locations: Suez, Danish, Denmark, Rotterdam, Netherlands
☆ A local politician lost his election by one vote after he decided not to vote for himself
  + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
A local council candidate in Washington State decided not to cast a ballot. AdvertisementA Washington State political candidate decided not to vote for himself, and then lost his election by a single vote, according to local officials. Damion Green ran for a council seat in the city of Rainier, located in Thurston County about 25 miles south of Tacoma. But voting for himself would have been like "stacking a deck in your favor," Green told local newspaper The Seattle Times. A coin toss ultimately decided the race, as local newspaper The Chronicle reported at the time.
Persons: —, Damion Green, Tacoma . Green, Ryan Roth, pipped, Green, Roth, King Organizations: Washington State, Service, Tacoma ., The Seattle Times, MSNBC Locations: Rainier, Thurston County, Tacoma, Tenino
☆ Russia's navy could be open to a sea-drone attack after a huge storm
  + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
A big storm over occupied Crimea damaged Russia's naval defenses there, a report said. Satellite images showed damage to booms and barges meant to defend from sea drones. AdvertisementSevastopol is Russia's main naval base in Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula it has occupied since 2014. UK intelligence officials also said last month that Russia had moved some naval operations away from Crimea as Ukraine continued its attacks. AdvertisementUkraine has also been using sea drones to target the fleet, including an attack earlier this month which Ukraine said hit two Russian vessels.
Persons: —, Basil Germond, Insider's Mia Jankowicz Organizations: Service, Planet Labs, Reuters, Ukraine ramped, Lancaster University, Elite Ukrainian Locations: Crimea, Ukraine, Sevastopol, Russia
☆ A Ukrainian soldier is claiming the world's longest sniper kill, using a gun named 'Horizon's Lord'
  + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Ukraine claims one of its soldiers made the world's longest sniper kill shot. AdvertisementUkraine's Special Forces are claiming the world's longest sniper kill, saying that a Ukrainian soldier took out a Russian combatant from 2.36 miles away, according to Interfax-Ukraine. The sniper involved used the Ukraine-made Volodar Obriyu rifle — translating as "Horizon's Lord" — for the shot, according to Interfax, citing Special Forces. There is no universally verified list of longest sniper kills, though there are several generally accepted contenders. In 2022, another Ukrainian soldier was credited by the country's armed forces with the world's second-longest kill, from almost 1.7 miles away from its target.
Persons: —, It's, Insider's Alia Shoaib Organizations: Service, Forces, Special Forces, Business Locations: Ukraine, Ukrainian, Canadian, Iraq
☆ Pro-Kremlin news outlets quickly deleted articles saying Russia was moving troops away from a frontline hotspot
  + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
A drama in Russian media saw articles about troop movements in Ukraine quickly deleted. Two state news agencies retracted articles saying Russia was moving troops away from Dnipro. It could be a genuine mistake — or a Russian information operation, experts said. AdvertisementReports in Russian news media about troop movements on the Ukrainian frontline were swiftly deleted on Monday, with the outlets involved saying they were released in error. AdvertisementUkrainian troops were, as of last week, pressuring Russian forces at several locations along the river, establishing bridgeheads and attempting to connect them up.
Persons: — Organizations: Service, RIA Novosti, TASS, Post, Novosti, Russian, for, Alliance of News Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Dnipro, Kherson, Kyiv, Kherson Oblast
☆ Russia is trying to buy back weapons it sold other countries because it needs them in Ukraine: report
  + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Russia is secretly trying buy back military tech that it sold other countries, the WSJ reported. The report comes as Russia ramps up domestic military production for its war in Ukraine. AdvertisementAdvertisementRussia has approached several countries asking to buy back weapons it sold them, hoping to deploy them in Ukraine, The Wall Street Journal reported. Russia also asked for four engines it sold to Pakistan, six from Belarus, and 12 from Brazil, the outlet reported. While Pakistan denied being approached, two unnamed sources told the outlet that Belarus — a strong ally of Russia — had agreed.
Persons: —, Russia —, Chris Murphy, Vladimir Putin ramped, Katherine Tangalakis Organizations: Service, Street Journal, Russian Ministry of Defense, US, Egypt Independent, Washington Post, Senate Foreign Relations Locations: Russia, Egypt, Ukraine, Belarus, Brazil, Pakistan, North Korea, Syria, Estonia
☆ A court artist covering Trump's trial had the perfect response to a Fox commentator calling her work a 'travesty'
  + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Kayleigh McEnany poked fun at a courtroom sketch of Trump on "The Five" on Monday. The artist, Elizabeth Williams, said that "dumping on court artists" is becoming more and more common. AdvertisementAdvertisementA courtroom sketch artist has responded to a Fox News commentator who called her drawings of Donald Trump a "travesty." Although other artists' work had been shown in the segment, an image by courtroom sketch artist Elizabeth Williams was displayed on screen at the time. AdvertisementAdvertisementWilliams has been a courtroom artist for decades, and recapped her coverage of Trump going back to the 1980s.
Persons: Kayleigh, Trump, Elizabeth Williams, Williams, —, Donald Trump, Kayleigh McEnany, Letitia James, Dana Perino chimed, Greg Gutfeld, Louis CK, Trump's, Colin Jost, YouTube Jost, Donald Trump Jr, Judge Arthur Engoron, Laura Italiano Organizations: Service, Fox, White House Press, Fox News, New York, Trump, USFL, NFL, SNL, YouTube, Team Trump Locations: Miami
☆ Ukraine's strike on a brand-new missile carrier could force Russian shipbuilders further away from the war, UK intel says
  + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Ukraine's strike on a Crimean shipyard poses a problem for Russia's fleet, UK intel said Monday. Ukraine said the Askold, a brand-new cruise missile carrier, was badly damaged in the attack. The strike may force Russia to move its shipbuilding to safer waters, the UK MOD said. A spokesperson for Ukraine's air force, Yuriy Ihnat, named the damaged ship as the Askold, one of Russia's most advanced corvettes. A Ukrainian air force commander hinted that it was struck by a French-supplied SCALP missile, also known as a Storm Shadow missile .
Persons: —, Saturday's, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Yuriy Ihnat, Ihnat Organizations: intel, MOD, Service, UK's Ministry of Defence, Zaliv Shipbuilding Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Crimea, Ukrainian, Crimea's Kerch, Zaliv, Kerch
☆ Mike Johnson said he and his 17-year-old son use an app that alerts each other if they look at porn
  + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Newly-resurfaced footage shows House Speaker Mike Johnson touting an app called "Covenant Eyes." The app discourages porn use by alerting an "accountability partner" — in this case his son. AdvertisementAdvertisementRecently-unearthed footage shows Mike Johnson, now the Speaker of the House, promoting an app that enables "accountability" between him and his son over any porn use. "Covenant Eyes is the software that we've been using a long time in our household," he said. Johnson said he wasn't making any money off the Covenant Eyes app, saying: "I'm endorsing it because I'm a user."
Persons: Mike Johnson, It's, Lamar Odom, —, Johnson, ake, lear Organizations: NBA, Service, Cypress Baptist Church Locations: Benton, Cypress
☆ Ukraine says it struck a brand-new Russian cruise missile carrier before it even got a chance to fight
  + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
AdvertisementAdvertisementUkraine struck a new Russian missile carrier over the weekend, causing significant damage to the vessel before it had even had the chance to join the Black Sea Fleet, military officials said. Oleshchuk added that Russia was keeping one of its most modern warships, which is capable of carrying Kalibre cruise missiles, at Zaliv. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe vessel was undergoing testing in the Black Sea and was intended to officially join the fleet's operations this year, the Black Sea Fleet site said. Russia regularly uses its Black Sea Fleet to target Ukrainian infrastructure with cruise missiles. AdvertisementAdvertisementAttacks like these have put the Black Sea Fleet high on Ukraine's hit list.
Persons: —, Mykola Oleshchuk, Oleshchuk, Anton Gerashchenko, bDJJjWoUgZ — Anton Gerashchenko, Oleschuk, Andriy Ryzhenko, Ryzhenko, Askold, Yuriy Ihnat Organizations: Black, Service, Fleet, Air Force, Ministry of Defence, RIA Novosti, Planet Labs, Radio Free, Maritime, Ukrainian Air Force, Sea Locations: Russian, Crimea, Russia, Ukraine, Zaliv, Kerch, Ukrainian, Sevastopol
☆ Video seems to show Hamas fighter running up to an Israeli tank, planting an explosive on it, then shooting it
  + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Hamas' fighters released footage purporting to show an Israeli tank under attack. AdvertisementAdvertisementHamas released footage that appears to show the guerrilla-style destruction of an Israeli tank in Gaza. In what appears to be helmet-cam footage, the fighter spies a number of tanks from behind bushes. That video did not align with that — there were no visible infantry or other forces who acted to stop the Hamas fighter. Analysts have predicted that Israel's fight in Gaza — which has seen massive civilian destruction — would not be a lightning offensive.
Persons: —, — Levent Kemal, Al, Muhammad A'sar, Hisham Ibrahim, Ibrahim, Israel wouldn't, Israel, Shlomo Brom Organizations: Service, Qassam Brigade, Sky News, CNN, Economist, Analysts, Guardian Locations: Gaza, Al, Yassin, Gaza's, Zaytoun, Russia, Ukraine, Israel
☆ Russia is promising prisoners a $31,000 payout if they get injured, soldier says. It's likelier than they realize.
  + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementAdvertisementRussia is paying convicts as much as $2,000 a month if they fight in Ukraine, with a promise $31,000 if they are injured, a soldier said. The remarks were made by a Russian "Storm Z" soldier — the unofficial designation for units often made of formerly incarcerated fighters. But, it said, in reality they are staffed by Russia's worst soldiers — convicts and regular soldiers marked for punishment. The BBC also reported that the units are formed mostly of convict soldiers, or soldiers re-assigned there as a punishment.
Persons: —, dory, Vsevolod Vukolov, Olga Romanova Organizations: Wagner, Service, Sever, UK's Ministry of Defence, BBC, Storm, Team, Reuters, Wagner Group, Washington Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Russian
☆ A luxury cruise liner bound for Europe got diverted to a cargo-ship crash where several people likely died
  + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Numerous rescue ships and a cruise liner rushed to the scene of a cargo ship crash on Tuesday. Two cargo ships collided, with one sinking, in the early morning. AdvertisementAdvertisementA fatal crash between two cargo ships in the North Sea on Tuesday saw multiple vessels brought in for a rescue attempt. One was a luxury cruise liner headed for the major European port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe P&O cruise liner the Iona seen at port in Lisbon., Portugal, on January 12, 2022.
Persons: —, Verity —, Verity, CMME, twitter.com/sji, tim e, hal, tod, meg Organizations: Service, Germany's Central Command, Maritime Emergencies, Guardian, wea, ue, P&O Locations: Rotterdam, Netherlands, Helgoland, British, Polish
☆ Be very wary of the Telegram account claiming Putin was found convulsing from a heart attack
  + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
The Kremlin has issued a denial after a prominent Russian Telegram account said Putin had a heart attack. The anonymous account, General SVR, regularly pumps out fascinating claims about Putin. There's good reason to be highly skeptical of the account, experts have told Insider. They originated in a post by the anonymous Russian Telegram account General SVR, an infamous source of juicy but unsubstantiated tales about Putin and his circle. The General SVR Telegram account, with more than 390,000 followers across three accounts, is a major purveyor of such rumors.
Persons: Putin, —, breathlessly, Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Peskov, General SVR —, pooped, Lucy Birge Organizations: Russian Telegram, SVR, Service, Kremlin, TASS, General SVR Telegram, Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, General SVR, New York Times Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Russia
☆ Trump praised Hungary's prime minister Viktor Orbán as 'the leader of Turkey'
  + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Trump appeared to mix up two different countries while talking about Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. AdvertisementAdvertisementFormer President Donald Trump mistakenly referred to Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán as "the leader of Turkey" during a rambling speech. "Viktor Orbán, did anyone ever hear of him, he is probably one of the strongest leaders anywhere in the world. He is the leader of Turkey," said Trump, adding that Orbán shares a "front" with Russia. AdvertisementAdvertisementX user @Acyn captured part of the speech:Trump: I was very honored, there’s a man, Viktor Orbán.
Persons: Trump, Viktor Orbán, Orbán, —, Donald Trump, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Victor Orbán, doesn't, there’s, Joe Biden, Tucker Carlson Organizations: Hungary's, Service, Fidesz, Fox News, Conservative Locations: Hungary, Russia, Turkey, Derry , New Hampshire
☆ The first Ukrainian F-16 pilots are finally moving from training on flight simulators to real combat aircraft: report
  + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
The first Ukrainian F-16 pilots-in-training are in the process of moving from simulators to the real thing. Ukraine's Air Force spokesperson Yuriy Ihnat announced this on Sunday, per local media. There's still a long path to getting the aircraft into Ukrainian skies in the war with Russia, however. AdvertisementAdvertisementUkraine's F-16 pilots are in the process of moving from using flight simulators to training in real combat aircraft — another development in allowing the US-made fighter jets to be used against Russia's air force. "We're currently in the process of transitioning to combat aircraft," he added, per the outlet.
Persons: Yuriy Ihnat, —, We're, Chris Panella, Jake Epstein Organizations: Ukraine's Air Force, Service, Air Force, New, Reuters, US Air Force's, Politico Locations: Ukrainian, Russia, Ukraine, Denmark, Tucson , Arizona
☆ Trump and Ivanka's relationship was 'severely damaged' after he found out she was friends with Christopher Steele, the former MI6 agent says
  + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Former MI6 agent Christopher Steele said that his friendship with Ivanka Trump hurt her relationship with her dad. AdvertisementAdvertisementFormer President Donald Trump's relationship with his daughter Ivanka broke down "severely" when the somewhat awkward news emerged that she had an undisclosed friendship with Christopher Steele, the former MI6 agent said on Tuesday. AdvertisementAdvertisement"I informed them that I had in fact had a friendship and professional relationship with Ivanka Trump . AdvertisementAdvertisementBut in his witness statement on Tuesday, Steele said that revealing this had led to trouble with the then-president. Ivanka Trump served as a presidential advisor during the Trump administration and took to the stage in 2020 to introduce him at the RNC.
Persons: Christopher Steele, Ivanka Trump, Steele, —, Donald Trump's, Ivanka, Trump, Sonam Sheth, General Michael Horowitz, Steele's, Ms Trump, Trump's, Mr Steele, Jared Kushner — Organizations: Service, Trump, Associated Press, Business Intelligence, FBI, DOJ, The Times, Guardian, Trump Tower, Times, RNC, DC Locations: London, Trump, Russia, Scotland
☆ Israel won't make the same blunders with heavy armor as Russia did in Ukraine, commander says, as the country mobilizes 1,000 tanks
  + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
"We saw how the Russians fought in Ukraine and the mistakes they made," Brigadier General Hisham Ibrahim told The Economist. "They fought there in a single-corps fashion, instead of using combined arms tactics," he said of Russia's tank deployments. But Israel's tanks, Ibrahim said, have been trained on combined-arms tactics for several years now. Ukraine's tactics of using cheap drones and Next Generation Light Anti-Tank Weapons (NLAW) exacted a high price on Russia's tanks. As of July this year, Russia is estimated to have lost 2,000 tanks in Ukraine, The Moscow Times reported.
Persons: they've, Israel, —, Hisham Ibrahim, Ibrahim, he's, Ukraine's, Sem Fellman, Mattathias Schwarz Organizations: Service, Armored Corps, Israel Defense Force's, Hamas, The Moscow Times, NLAWs Locations: Ukraine, Gaza, Russia, Israel, Ukrainian
☆ Ukrainian partisans say they killed dozens of Russian soldiers by poisoning their food
  + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Ukrainian resistance fighters say they've conducted a mass poisoning of Russian soldiers. Partisans in occupied Mariupol say they killed 26 soldiers, according to the Kyiv Post. Mariupol, in the south of Ukraine, has been under Russian occupation since May 2022. AdvertisementAdvertisementUkrainian resistance fighters in occupied Mariupol say they've killed 26 Russian soldiers, the majority of whom died by poisoning, according to the Kyiv Post. In a post on Telegram, he added that over the summer more than 40 Russian soldiers had been killed by Mariupol's resistance fighters.
Persons: they've, —, Vladimir Putin, Petro Andriushchenko, Andriushchenko Organizations: Service, UK's Ministry of Defence, Russian Navy Locations: Kyiv, Mariupol, Ukraine, Russian, Russia
☆ Ukraine claims it hit a Russian ship with a 'Sea Baby' drone. Russia is fast running out of space to repair them.
  + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
AdvertisementAdvertisementUkraine doubled down on claims on Friday that it had damaged a Russian patrol ship near Sevastopol with "Sea Baby" drones. If confirmed, the strike could add to long-term pressure on Russia's ability to maintain and repair its Black Sea Fleet, experts say. Russia is already barred from bringing reinforcements to its Black Sea Fleet. AdvertisementAdvertisement"Consequently, the Black Sea Fleet will have to be increasingly prudent with its remaining assets," he added. AdvertisementAdvertisementThis squeeze on the Black Sea Fleet ultimately hampers some of its ability to project power over those waters, Germond said.
Persons: —, Basil Germond, Pavel Derzhavin, Pavel, Sutton, rove, ake Organizations: Service, Fleet, Lancaster University, Crimean Telegram, Crimean, Russian Telegram, Black, Russia's Ministry of Defense Locations: Ukraine, Russian, Sevastopol, Russia, Russia's, Ukrainian
☆ Israel can't yield to Hamas threat to kill hostages, says Henry Kissinger
  + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Henry Kissinger said that Israel should not give in to Hamas' threat to hostages. Hamas recently said it would kill hostages if Israel strikes Gaza homes without warning. AdvertisementAdvertisementFormer US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said that Israel cannot give in to Hamas' threats to kill Israeli hostages, but called it a "heartbreaking decision" for any leader to have to make. Asked by Döpfner how he would handle Hamas' threat to hostages, Kissinger said: "Sitting on the outside, it is not possible for me to state a complete answer." AdvertisementAdvertisementSpeaking of the threat to hostages, Kissinger said that "there has to be some penalty, there has to be some serious limitation of their capability of taking this kind of action."
Persons: Henry Kissinger, —, Israel, Mathias Döpfner, Axel Springer, Abu Ubaida, Döpfner, Kissinger, Richard Nixon, Anwar Sadat, aren't Organizations: Israel, Service, Welt, Palestinian Ministry of Health, State Locations: Israel, Gaza, Nazi Germany, Egypt, Syria, Hamas, Ukraine
☆ Ukraine claims to have invented a new radio that's immune to Russian jamming
  + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Ukraine says it's devised a radio that's resistant to Russian radio jamming. According to Ukrainian media, the Himera radio has already reached the front lines. A Ukrainian Himera radio in images shared by Mykhaylo Fedorov on October 11, 2023. A Ukrainian team of engineers exhibited the Himera radio at an expo in London in September. Not quite echoing Fedorov's claim of total immunity to Russian radio jamming, the exhibit's notes say that the device has "a Low Probability of Detection, Low Probability of Interception, a high degree of data encryption, and protection against communication jamming."
Persons: it's, —, Mykhailo Fedorov, Fedorov, Mykhaylo Fedorov, Michael Peck Organizations: Service, Digital Transformation, Himera, Motorola, Royal United Services Institute Locations: Ukraine, Ukrainian, Russia, London, Russian
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