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☆ Hungary’s Orban says Russia stands to gain as ‘irrational’ West loses power
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-28 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Orban, a nationalist in power since 2010, made the comments during a speech in which he forecast a shift in global power away from the “irrational” West towards Asia and Russia. “In the next long decades, maybe centuries, Asia will be the dominant centre of the world,” Orban said, mentioning China, India, Pakistan and Indonesia as the world’s future big powers. “The EU needs to give up its identity as a political project and become an economic and defence project,” Orban added. The EU opened membership talks with Ukraine late last month, although a long and tough road lies ahead of the country before it can join the bloc. A declaration at the end of the NATO summit this month said the alliance will support Ukraine on “its irreversible path” towards membership.

Persons: Viktor Orban, Orban, ” Orban, ” Organizations: Reuters, European Union, NATO, “, EU, Ukraine Locations: Hungarian, Ukraine, Asia, Russia, China, India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Baile Tusnad, Romania, Beijing, Moscow, Kyiv, Crimea, EU

☆ Blinken chides Beijing's 'escalating actions' at sea, concerned over Taiwan
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-28 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken criticised Beijing's "escalating and unlawful actions" in the South China Sea at a summit on Saturday, while his Russian counterpart said Washington has stoked anxiety with its plan for a nuclear deterrence with ally Seoul for the Korean peninsula. Blinken singled out China over its coast guard's hostile actions against U.S. defense treaty ally the Philippines in the South China Sea. The Philippines' small troop presence on a grounded former U.S. navy ship at the Second Thomas Shoal has angered China for years. Blinken discussed Taiwan with Wang and concerns about Beijing's recent "provocative actions", included a simulated blockade during the inauguration of Taiwan President Lai Ching-te, a senior U.S. State Department official said. Wang told Blinken that although communications had been maintained between China and the United States, Washington had not stopped its containment and suppression of Beijing and had even intensified it.

Persons: Antony Blinken, Wang Yi, Beijing's, Blinken, Thomas Shoal, Wang, Lai Ching Organizations: China's, 57th Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Washington, Seoul, U.S, ASEAN Regional Forum, EU, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, ASEAN, Foreign, Taiwan, U.S . State Department Locations: Vientiane, South, China, Philippines, South China, Manila, Russia, India, Australia, Japan, Gaza, Ukraine, North, U.S, Laos, Beijing, Taiwan, United States, Washington

☆ Ukraine may have just scored its longest-range drone strike yet in Russian territory — a Tu-22M3 supersonic bomber around 1,100 miles away
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-28 | by ( Cameron Manley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewUkraine said it hit a Tu-22M3 supersonic bomber a record-breaking 1,100 miles from its borders, Ukrainska Pravda reported on Saturday, citing sources in the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. AdvertisementSatellite imagery of Olenya airfield, reviewed by Business Insider, shows a large number of bombers at the site. Google EarthUkraine's Ministry of Defense did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider. Related storiesBut the attack on Olenya, if confirmed, would suggest Russian aircraft are vulnerable even deep inside Russian territory.

Persons: —, Ukrainska Pravda, David Axe, Mick Ryan, Kyrylo Budanov, Ukraine.As, WarTranslated, Dmitri Organizations: Service, Ukrainska, Defence Intelligence, Business, Google, Ukraine's Ministry of Defense, Bloomberg, Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, AP, Ukraine, BBC, Main Directorate of Intelligence, Federal Security Service, Reuters Locations: Ukraine, Murmansk, Russia, Russian, Salavat, Russia's, Bashkortostan, Australian, BBC Ukraine

☆ US to announce military command revamp in Japan, official says
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-28 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

A dealer works behind U.S., left, and Japanese national flags at a foreign exchange brokerage in Tokyo, Japan. The United States will unveil a major revamp of its military command structure in Japan and other measures to deepen defense ties with its Asian ally at high-level security talks in Tokyo on Sunday, a U.S. official said. Forces Japan as a Joint Force Headquarters, reporting to the commander of U.S. INDOPACOM," the U.S. official told a briefing ahead of the talks. The command will be headed by a three-star general, the official said, not the four-star rank that Japan had requested. Prompted by China's growing military might, Japan is stepping back from decades of postwar pacifism.

Persons: Antony Blinken, Defence Lloyd Austin, Yoko Kamikawa, Minoru Kihara, Kihara, Shin Won, Austin, Fumio Kishida, Joe Biden, Biden, Blinken, Wang Yi Organizations: U.S, Defence, Japanese, Austin, South Korean, Forces Japan, Joint Force Headquarters, U.S ., Defense Industrial Cooperation, Sustainment Locations: Tokyo, Japan, United States, Washington, China, North Korea, United, Asia, U.S, Ukraine, Blinken, Austin, Philippines, Laos

☆ Russia is using Chechen 'TikTok soldiers' on the front lines and to train its troops, highlighting the 'desperation' in its military: UK intel
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-27 | by ( Cameron Manley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Pro-Russian Chechens are back on Ukraine's front lines, the UK's Ministry of Defence has said. Chechen units, once mocked as "TikTok" troops, are now filling gaps left by the Wagner Group. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementPro-Russian Chechens, famed for their social media appearances, have been "pressed back into frontline service" in Ukraine, the UK's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has said. The MoD estimated in May that there were around 9,000 troops fighting in pro-Russian Chechen units in Ukraine.

Persons: —, Ramzan Kadyrov Organizations: UK's Ministry of Defence, Wagner Group, Service, MoD, Business Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Russia, Crimea, Chechen Republic

☆ RIMPAC: US Air Force B-2 bomber used in exercise to sink surface ship with low-cost bomb
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-27 | by ( Brad Lendon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Earlier this month, the US and allies practiced taking out a large surface ship with long-range weapons, including, for the first time, a US Air Force B-2 bomber. It showed the US military can use one of its most survivable weapons platforms, the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber, to sink a major surface ship with a low-cost guided bomb. The Air Force says its stealthy characteristics allow it to penetrate heavily defended areas and also fly with a small chance of being detected by radar at high altitudes. Mating it up with relatively cheap and demonstrably effective precision-guided bombs with warheads of up to 2,000 pounds could give the Air Force bombers the “anti-ship lethality” of a submarine-launched torpedo without the liabilities of a submarine, according to a US Air Force website. The Air Force first tested QUICKSINK in 2022, when an F-15 fighter jet released a GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) that destroyed a full-scale surface target in the Gulf of Mexico, according to an Air Force statement.

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☆ Russia's efforts to copy Ukraine's wildly successful sea drones won't achieve much, expert says
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewRussian efforts to copy Ukraine's naval drone success won't help its invasion and may be a waste of resources, a drone warfare expert told Business Insider. Ukraine's homemade naval drones have been instrumental in helping contain Russia's Black Sea Fleet. Patton said Ukraine's drones have been successful as they've been launched against crewed Russian naval assets. AdvertisementA sea drone during a presentation by Ukraine's Security Service in Kyiv region, Ukraine. Even so, it's not clear how much of an advantage naval drones would be in such a war.

Persons: —, Yevhen, James Patton Rogers, Ukraine doesn't, Patton, they've, Russia's, Rogers, Evgeniy, Yerin, it's Organizations: Service, The Telegraph, Business, Ukrainian Defense Intelligence, Cornell Brooks Tech Policy Institute, intel, Directorate of Intelligence, Ministry of Defense, UK's Ministry of Defence, Fleet, Ukraine's Security Service, BI, NATO Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Ukrainian, Russian, Crimea, Kyiv region, Iran

☆ Russia is offering a $22,000 bonus to new military recruits, signaling its desperation to offset losses in Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Russia's offering a new $22,000 signing bonus to military recruits in Moscow. Russia's military has suffered a high rate of injuries and deaths in Ukraine. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementRussian authorities are offering a $22,000 payment to Moscow residents signing up to join the military in a new attempt to offset high rates of deaths and injuries among soldiers in Ukraine. The Moscow city administration said new recruits who sign a contract with the Russian Defence Ministry will receive a bonus of 1.9 million rubles, or about $22,000.

Persons: — Organizations: Service, Russian Defence Ministry Locations: Moscow, Ukraine

☆ The UK says it conducted a 'groundbreaking' trial of a laser beam weapon that can neutralize targets for $0.12 a shot
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

The UK said it test-fired a laser beam weapon in a "groundbreaking" trial. The Ministry of Defence said it could neutralize targets for just $0.12 a shot. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementThe UK says it test-fired a laser beam weapon that can track and take down multiple targets for just $0.12 a shot. In a press release on Monday, the UK's Ministry of Defence said the laser energy weapon, mounted on an armored vehicle, was able to neutralize targets more than a kilometer, or 0.6 miles, away.

Persons: — Organizations: Ministry of Defence, Service, UK's Ministry of Defence, Business Locations: England

☆ Hungary told it can't host EU gathering after the latest clash with Putin ally over Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Hungary has been stripped of the right to host a forthcoming gathering of European Union ministers due to its stance on the war in Ukraine. "We have to send a signal, even if it is a symbolic signal, that being against the foreign policy of the European Union ... has to have some consequences," Borrell told reporters in Brussels on Monday. Borrell said he had made the decision to hold the next gathering in Brussels after almost every EU foreign minister meeting on Monday was critical of Hungary's stated position on Kyiv, Russia and the war in Ukraine. Orban, who's seen as an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has since provoked fury in Brussels by describing EU policy on Ukraine as "pro-war." He nevertheless told reporters that the move was not a "boycotting" of Hungary and that the country would be present at the next gathering.

Persons: Josep Borrell, Borrell, Hungary's, Viktor Orban, Orban, who's, Vladimir Putin, Péter Szijjártó, it's Organizations: European Union, EU, Hungary's, Reuters Locations: Hungary, Ukraine, Brussels, Budapest, Kyiv, Russia, China

☆ Israeli jets strike Houthi targets in Yemen after Tel Aviv attack
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

A giant fire erupts at an oil storage facility following Israeli strikes in Yemen's Houthi-held port city of Hodeida on July 20, 2024. Israeli warplanes struck the Houthi-controlled Yemeni port of Hodeida on July 20, a day after a drone attack by the Houthi rebels killed a civilian in Tel Aviv, both sides said. Israeli fighter jets struck Houthi military targets near Yemen's Hodeidah port on Saturday, killing at least three people and wounding 87, a day after a drone launched by the Iranian-backed group hit Israeli economic hub Tel Aviv. Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said the Houthis "will not hesitate to strike vital targets of the Israeli enemy." On Friday, a long-range Iranian-made drone launched from Yemen hit the center of Tel Aviv in an attack claimed by the Houthis, killing one man and wounding four others.

Persons: Yemen's, Israel, Yahya Saree, Yoav Gallant Organizations: Reuters, Political, Hamas, Israeli Locations: Yemen's, Hodeida, Tel Aviv, Israeli, Iranian, Iran, Israel, Yemen, Gaza, Hodeidah

☆ Ukraine war: European nations turn to conscription as threat of wider war with Russia grows
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Radina Gigova | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Several European nations have reintroduced or expanded compulsory military service amid Moscow’s mounting threat, part of a range of policies aimed at boosting defenses that are likely to be scaled up even further. Compulsory military service was reintroduced on January 1 this year, after being abolished in 2006. In the UK, the Conservatives floated the idea of military service in their ill-fated election campaign. In Lithuania, for instance, opinions about military service among students vary, said Paulius Vaitiekus, president of Lithuania’s National Students’ Union. However as an alliance we do not prescribe mandatory military service,” Dakhlallah said.

Persons: ”, Robert Hamilton, Vladimir Putin “, Wesley Clark, we’ve, Clark, “, Arturs Pīlācis, Ints Kalnins, Jonas Gahr Støre, Jens Bartnes, ” Bartnes, Max Henrik Arvidson, Boris Pistorius, Thomas Frey, Sean Monaghan, Paulius Vaitiekus, Vaitiekus, Monaghan, Hamilton, it’s, ” Radebo, Mikael Sjoberg, Russia’s, Farah Dakhlallah, Dakhlallah, ” Dakhlallah, ” Monaghan, Donald Trump –, ” Clark Organizations: CNN, Foreign Policy Research Institute, US Army, Allied, Europe, NATO, ” Latvian, Reuters, European Union, Conservatives, Federal, of Defense, Eurasia Program, Center for Strategic, International Studies, Lithuania’s, ’ Union, Finnish Defence Forces, Swedish Armed Forces, Marinette, Ministry of Defense, Bloomberg, Getty Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Kyiv, Europe, Eurasia, Kosovo, Scandinavia, Latvia, ”, Riga, Norway, Norwegian, Germany, B'chel, Lithuania, Ukrainian, NATO, Finland, Soviet Union, Sweden, NATO’s, Swedish, Gotland, Visby, Moscow, Crimea

CNN —At least 13 people were killed in Israeli airstrikes on homes in the Nuseirat camp in central Gaza on Saturday, according to hospital officials and Gaza’s Civil Defense. The toll came from two separate strikes in the camp, the officials said. “A short while ago, one tower [block] was bombed,” Mahdi Abdullah, a man from northern Gaza displaced in Nuseirat, told CNN. The Israeli military has said its targets were Hamas compounds operating inside the schools. Israel launched its ground campaign in Gaza following Hamas’ October 7 attacks, which killed around 1,200 people.

Persons: “, ” Mahdi Abdullah, ”, Rahma Abu Hajjaj, Israel, ’ Organizations: CNN, Gaza’s Civil Defense, Israel Defence, Islamic Jihad, Civil Defense, UN, Ministry, Health Locations: Gaza, Israel, Nuseirat, Nuserirat

☆ Israeli airstrikes target Yemen’s Houthis day after deadly drone attack in Tel Aviv
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-20 | by ( Thom Poole | Sophie Tanno | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Israeli airstrikes targeted Houthi rebels in Yemen a day after the Iran-backed group claimed a deadly attack on the Israeli city of Tel Aviv. The statement came soon after the Houthi-run Al Masirah TV reported airstrikes targeting oil facilities in the western port of Hodeidah, adding that there had been deaths and injuries. According to Houthi spokesperson Mohammed Abdulsalam, the Israeli strikes hit oil tanks and a power station. The strikes on Hodeidah came a day after drone attack in Tel Aviv killed one man and injured at least 10 others. In May, at least 16 people were killed and a further 35 wounded by US-UK airstrikes in Hodeidah targeting Houthi rebels.

Persons: Al Hudaydah, Masirah, Mohammed Abdulsalam, Abdulsalam, Hodeidah Organizations: CNN, Israel Defence Forces, ”, US, Houthi Locations: Yemen, Iran, Tel Aviv, Port, Israel, Hodeidah, Gaza

☆ Russia is spending millions to create a new generation of militant Putin clones
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-20 | by ( Cameron Manley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewFor years, Russia's youth has been fed hardline nationalistic ideology as the Kremlin has sought to engineer a new generation of Putin clones. AdvertisementState-run youth groups have also dramatically increased in size since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The group's head said it had opened around 40,000 offices across Russia as of December 2023, per Russia's state-run TASS news agency. DMITRY KOSTYUKOV/AFP via Getty ImagesThe various Academics fraternity cells are largely similar in style, though some display more extreme behavior than others. It's all part of "a much bigger campaign to target the next generation of Russian youth."

Persons: —, Putin, Sergei Novikov, Vladimir Putin, Ian Garner, Garner, Mikhail Komin, frat, Nikita Izyumov, Konstantin Malofeyev, Izyumov, Komin, DMITRY KOSTYUKOV, David Lewis, Izymov, Lewis, ALEXANDER NEMENOV, Young Organizations: Service, Kremlin, Business, RBC, Russia, European Council, Foreign Relations, Fraternity, West, Academics, Getty, University of Exeter, Ministry of Defence, UK's MoD, Fraternity of Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Russian, Rome, Moscow, Constantinople, AFP, Chelyabinsk

☆ Russian inflation will soar even higher as sanctions spark another surge in gas prices, British intelligence says
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( Jennifer Sor | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Russian inflation will likely rise after the nation hiked its gas prices, British Intelligence said. Russia raised domestic gas prices 11% at the start of July. Inflation in Russia has remained elevated since the Ukraine war, clocking in at 8% in June. AdvertisementRussian inflation will worsen after a sudden spike in gas prices, according to a new report from the UK intelligence. Domestic gas prices in Russia spiked 11% at the start of July, likely to make up for industry losses stemming from Western sanctions, the note said.

Persons: — Organizations: British Intelligence, Service, British Ministry of Defence, Business Locations: Russia, Ukraine

☆ EU Commission head von der Leyen elected for second term
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Ursula von der Leyen reacts after being chosen President of the European Commission for a second term, at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, July 18, 2024. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was elected for a second term on Thursday after pledging to create a continental "defence union" and stay the course on Europe's green transition while cushioning its burden on industry. It will decide whether we shape our own future or let it be shaped by events or by others," von der Leyen said ahead of a secret ballot on her candidacy. Von der Leyen, a centre-right former German defence minister, pledged to create "a true European Defence Union", with flagship projects on air and cyber defence. Von der Leyen also promised a raft of climate policies including a legally-binding EU target to cut emissions 90% by 2040, compared to 1990 levels.

Persons: Ursula von der Leyen, von der, von der Leyen, Von der, Von der Leyen, Viktor Orban's, Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump Organizations: European Commission, Green, Russia, European Defence Union, Hungarian, Defence, NATO, U.S Locations: Strasbourg, France, Ukraine, Moscow, Europe, United States

☆ UK's Starmer aims to overhaul EU relations as Trump specter looms
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Karen Gilchrist | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

"We cannot let the challenges of the recent past define our relationships of the future," Starmer said in a Wednesday statement from Downing Street. It comes as the specter of a second presidency from Republican candidate Donald Trump looms heavy over Europe after an assassination attempt over the weekend buoyed support for the former president. Both Trump and his newly announced running mate JD Vance have indicated that continued support for Europe — and in particular Ukraine — are not guaranteed under a second Trump administration. The Republican presidential nominee has repeatedly lambasted the continent's lack of defense spending, and has threatened to pull out of NATO, while Vance has shown ambivalence over U.S. intervention in foreign affairs. In anticipation, European NATO members have been upping their defense spending, including a new commitment from Starmer to spend 2.5% of U.K. gross domestic product (GDP) on defense.

Persons: Keir Starmer, John Healey, George Robertson, Winston Churchill's, Starmer, Donald Trump, Trump, JD Vance, Vance Organizations: British, Defence, Downing, Labour, European Political, Republican, Europe —, NATO Locations: London, England, OXFORD, Europe, Winston, Blenheim, Oxfordshire, Ukraine

☆ China's Communist Party removes ex-foreign, defence ministers from top body
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

(Photo by Thomas Peter-Pool/Getty Images)China's Communist Party removed its former foreign and defence ministers, Qin Gang and Li Shangfu, from its Central Committee on Thursday during a meeting of its largest top decision-making body, state news agency Xinhua reported. Chinese President Xi Jinping has spearheaded a wide-ranging anti-corruption campaign since becoming leader of the Communist Party in 2012. Li Shangfu was ousted as defence minister last October without explanation, before being placed under a graft investigation. Agriculture minister Tang Renjian, 61, who has been under investigation for corruption since May, remains a member of the Central Committee. Three alternate Central Committee members were appointed as full members according to the communique: Anhui provincial Communist Party personnel boss Ding Xiangqun, Sichuan provincial Communist Party personnel boss Yu Lijun and Beijing Normal University President Yu Jihong.

Persons: Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell, Qin Gang, Thomas Peter, Li Shangfu, Qin Gang's, Li Yuchao, Qin, Xi Jinping, Wei Fenghe, Tang Renjian, Ding Xiangqun, Yu Lijun, Yu Jihong, Ding Xingnong, Sun Jinming Organizations: Foreign Affairs, Foreign, Communist Party, Xinhua, Central, Central Committee, PLA Rocket Force, Liberation Army, State Council, Rocket Force, PLA, Committee, Anhui provincial Communist Party, Beijing Normal University, PLA Rocket, Former Central Committee Locations: Beijing, China, Anhui, Sichuan

☆ 'God help Ukraine': How JD Vance's VP nomination will cause chills in Kyiv
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-16 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Gaelen Morse | ReutersRepublican presidential nominee Donald Trump's pick of Sen. JD Vance as his vice presidential running mate will have sent chills down spines in Kyiv Tuesday morning. Ash has previously questioned Vance's position on Ukraine and the suggestion that Europe should bear the responsibility of helping Ukraine to defend itself against Russia. Trump has always appeared ambivalent over the war in Ukraine and continuing aid. The comment was an ominous one for Ukraine, however, suggesting Trump could be tempted to pull the rug on further aid. "Donald Trump would mean a big break with a couple of NATO policies, in particular on the question of Ukraine and support to Ukraine.

Persons: JD Vance, Donald Trump, Gaelen Morse, Donald Trump's, Sen, Ohio Republican Vance, Volodymyr Zelenskyy's, Trump, Vance, Ukraine —, Vladimir Putin, Europe hasn't, Timothy Ash, Ash, Vance et, Volodymyr Zelensky, Mitch McConnell, Charles Schumer, Drew Angerer, Zelenskyy, Russia's Putin, Mikhail Klimentyev, Reuters Keen, ringfence, Guntram Wolff, Wolff, Putin Organizations: Republican, U.S, Reuters Republican, Kyiv Tuesday, Ohio Republican, Marines, Kyiv —, NBC News, Financial Times, NATO, BlueBay Asset Management, Russia, Capitol, Republicans, National Governors Association, Trump, Sputnik, Reuters, CNBC Locations: Youngstown , Ohio, Kyiv, Ukraine, U.S, Russia, Europe, Russian, United States, America, Washington ,, Utah, Osaka, Japan, Washington, Trump

☆ When a cruise liner-size asteroid zips by Earth, two spacecraft may follow it
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-16 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —When a cruise liner-size asteroid comes within 19,883 miles (32,000 kilometers) of Earth on April 13, 2029, it won’t be alone. The European Space Agency has announced that its new Ramses spacecraft may accompany the asteroid Apophis before and after its safe, albeit rather close, pass of Earth. Astronomers think that an asteroid this large comes within such proximity to Earth only once every 5,000 to 10,000 years. In September 2022, NASA’s DART mission intentionally slammed a spacecraft into Dimorphos, a moonlet asteroid that orbits a larger parent asteroid known as Didymos. “The Ramses mission concept reuses much of the technology, expertise and industrial and science communities developed for the Hera mission,” said Paolo Martino, spacecraft manager for Hera who will also work on the Ramses mission, in a statement.

Persons: won’t, Ramses, Apophis, Apophis doesn’t, ”, Patrick Michel, ” Michel, Richard Moissl, NASA’s, OSIRIS, REx, “ Apophis, Hera, Paolo Martino, “ Hera Organizations: CNN, European Space Agency, NASA’s Center, Studies, ESA, NASA, System, National Centre for Scientific Research, NSF, JPL, Caltech, ESA’s Planetary Defence Office, APEX Locations: Europe, Africa, Asia, Apophis, France

☆ Russia's navy pulled its last patrol boat from Crimea, Ukraine says, after getting pummelled for months
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-16 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewRussia has pulled its last Black Sea Fleet warship out from Crimea, according to a Ukrainian official. "The last patrol ship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet is leaving our Crimea right now. If true, it could mark the end of Russia's Black Sea Fleet presence around Crimea. Earlier this year, Ukraine's military claimed to have destroyed a third of Russia's Black Sea Fleet. Advertisement"Ukraine is slowly but steadily getting the upper hand in the Black Sea," he told BI, adding that Russia's Black Sea Fleet "has lost control of the Black Sea."

Persons: —, Dmitry Pletenchuk, Pletenchuk, Ukraine didn't, Basil Germond, Germond, Vladimir Putin Organizations: Service, Fleet, Naval Forces of, Armed Forces of, Business, Armed Forces, Ukrainian, Sevastopol Naval Base, Black, UK's Ministry of Defence, Kyiv Independent, Lancaster University, Montreux Convention, NATO Locations: Russia, Crimea, Armed Forces of Ukraine, Russian, Ukrainian, Ukraine, Sevastopol, Kerch, Feodosia, Novorossiysk, Kyiv, Baltic, Northern

☆ With odds of a Trump win rising, here's what it could mean for Europe's economy
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( Sophie Kiderlin | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Former US President Donald Trump during a campaign event at Trump National Doral Golf Club in Miami, Florida, US, on Tuesday, July 9, 2024. "Trump's re-election would thus pose a significant downside risk to our otherwise constructive growth forecast for the Euro area." Trade policy uncertainty, added defense and security pressures and spillover effects from U.S. domestic policies on, for example, taxes could impact Europe, they explained. Trade tensionsTrump's trade policy, and the uncertainty around it, could be one factor that impacts Europe's economy, just as it did during his last presidency, analysts Stehn and Moberly said. In 2018 and 2019, uncertainty about trade policy reduced industrial production in the euro area by around 2%, they estimated.

Persons: Donald Trump, Eva Marie Uzcategui, Goldman Sachs, Jari Stehn, James Moberly, Trump's, Trump, Joe Biden, Moberly Organizations: Trump National Doral Golf Club, Bloomberg, Getty, White, Trump, European Union, EU, . Defense, NATO, U.S, Stehn Locations: Miami , Florida, Europe, Pennsylvania, U.S, Germany, Stehn, Moberly, Ukraine

☆ Allied P-8 Poseidon crew shares what it was like hunting down and torpedoing a US Navy nuclear submarine in big Pacific drills
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewThe crew of a Royal Australian Air Force P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare aircraft shared their experiences tracking a US Navy nuclear submarine and dropping training torpedoes on it off the coast of Hawaii last Wednesday. The P-8A Poseidon, which succeeded the older P-3 Orion, usually serves in a surveillance and deterrence role. Australian Defence Force photo by Royal Australian Air Force Imagery Specialist Corporal Adam AbelaThe submarine targeted was the US Navy Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Topeka (SSN 754). 11 Squadron during an anti-submarine warfare training mission with a Royal Australian Air Force P-8A Poseidon as part of Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024, Hawaiian Islands. Australian Defence Force photo by Royal Australian Air Force Imagery Specialist Corporal Adam Abela"We dropped sonobuoys to determine the track of the submarine," No.

Persons: —, it's, CPL Brendan King, Zachary Sellman, Adam Abela, Adam Fraser, sonobuoys, Tristan Hull, Hull, Eric Morant Organizations: Service, Royal Australian Air Force, US, Business, US Navy, Air Force, Squadron, CPL, Joint Base, Australian Defence Force, Fleet, Hawaiian Islands . Australian Defence Force, Tactical, Squadron Tactical Locations: Hawaii, Australian, Hickam, US Navy Los Angeles, Topeka, Los Angeles, Hawaiian Islands, NATO, Russian, Baltic, Cuba

☆ Wimbledon final analysis: Carlos Alcaraz beats Novak Djokovic for second Wimbledon title
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-14 | by ( Matthew Futterman | Charlie Eccleshare | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +17 min

Follow live coverage of the 2024 Wimbledon men’s final and mixed doubles final hereWIMBLEDON — Carlos Alcaraz beat Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon final at the All England Club 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 on Sunday. That’s any match, against any ailing opponent — let alone a Wimbledon final against a 24-time Grand Slam champion. By the time he had raised his level to where it needed to be to hang with Alcaraz, Djokovic was down two sets. In Sunday’s final, Wimbledon got a glimpse of how irresistible he is when this area of his game clicks. As they were watching my final, I have to watch their final and support them.”What did Novak Djokovic say after the final?

Persons: Carlos Alcaraz, Novak Djokovic, Djokovic’s, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Bjorn Borg, Rod Laver, Alexander Zverev, Roland Garros, Andy Murray, Charlie Eccleshare, Matt Futterman, Djokovic, Alcaraz, Djokovic didn’t, Clive Brunskill, It’s, —, John Walton, Alex de Minaur, Doctors, Novak, Frances Tiafoe, Daniil Medvedev, Alexei Popyrin, Holger Rune, De Minaur, Arthur Fils, Lorenzo Musetti, Carlos, it’s, ” Alexander Zverev, Henry Nicholls, bamboozled Djokovic, volleyed, Max Purcell, Jordan Thompson, ”, “, I’m, “ I’ve, Daniil, Medvedev, I’ve, …, Alcaraz “ Organizations: Wimbledon, WIMBLEDON, All England, Djokovic, Alcaraz, Court, Getty, England, “ Locations: Wimbledon, Spain

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