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Opinion The Editorial Board ThePresident’sArsenalIn the United States, only the president can decide whether to use nuclear weapons. On the campaign trail, Mr. Trump commented on the peril posed by the rest of the world’s growing nuclear arsenals. This article is part of the Opinion series At the Brink,about the threat of nuclear weapons in an unstable world. Now it will be the job of President Trump to pull the world back from the brink. Referring to Mr. Putin, Mr. Trump said in 2023, “He goes, ‘You know, we’re a great nuclear power.’ He says that publicly now.” Mr. Trump added, falsely: “He never said that when I was here.

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☆ New satellite images show the Russians packing up their stuff amid a flurry of activity at a key airbase in Syria
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-17 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

New satellite images show activity at Russia's Hmeimim Air Base in Syria. The images appear to show the movement of military equipment over the past few days. Newly captured satellite imagery seems to show the Russians moving military equipment out of a strategic airbase in Syria as its long-standing presence in the country remains in limbo. The heavy equipment is missing in this December 17 image. There is no mass gathering of heavy equipment visible on December 10.

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☆ Trump relishes wielding power without responsibility
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-17 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

“In this term, everybody wants to be my friend,” the president-elect said at his Mar-a-Lago resort Monday, relishing the outpouring of deference from foreign leaders, CEOs and Republican powerbrokers as he readies his second term. Since winning last month’s election, Trump has been far more visible than Joe Biden, and it would be easy to mistake him for the sitting president. Trump never looked quite as at ease or cheerful when he was saddled with the cares of the presidency. Trump’s unique chanceTrump is experiencing a chance that only one president in history — Grover Cleveland — has known: to start his second term from scratch. It seems unlikely, as the president-elect speculated in his freewheeling news conference in Florida, that “my personality changed or something.”Such turmoil is unlikely to erode the rock-solid loyalty of Trump’s political base.

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☆ Europe is taking on Elon Musk with its own Starlink rival
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-17 | by ( Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The European Union has finalized plans to build a satellite network to rival Elon Musk's Starlink. Elon Musk's Starlink could have a new rival after the European Union confirmed it will join the race to provide high-speed internet to remote locations. AdvertisementThe EU said Monday it had finalized plans to build a €10.6 billion ($11.1 billion) satellite network that will take on SpaceX's Starlink. In September 2023, Musk said he had denied a request to activate Starlink in Crimea, thwarting an attack on Russia's Black Sea fleet. The EU is not the only one building their own Starlink rival.

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The Storm Corps – the 11th Army Corps of the North Korean military – are “better trained, (have) better physique and (are) better motivated than your average North Korean soldier,” Chun said. KCNA/Reuters/File‘Fair game’Mental strength, however, may not be enough to overcome the worst challenges the North Korean soldiers could face. But some North Korean military units are well supplied, and “have regular food and logistical supply,” said 38 North’s Madden. “These North Korean units, their main mission is to disrupt,” said Chun, the former South Korean army officer. South Korean intelligence suggests North Korean soldiers in Russia could be receiving salaries of $2,000 a month.

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☆ Drones are buzzing around US military bases, even forcing one to close its airspace. They reflect a growing problem.
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-17 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

A US base briefly closed its airspace heading into the weekend due to heavy nearby drone activity. AdvertisementDrone sightings near US military basesWithin the past few weeks, there have been multiple confirmed drone sightings near two military installations in New Jersey, as well as reports of drones near US Coast Guard operations and critical infrastructure. AdvertisementUS Air Force F-16 Viper Demonstration Team members perform a show launch at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in June 2024. US Air Force photo by Senior Airman Meghan HuttonWright-Patterson hosts the Air Force Research Laboratory, the 655th Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Wing, and the 445th Airlift Wing, as well as other units. These came amid a string of reported drone activity along the East Coast over the past month.

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☆ Igor Kirillov: Bomb kills chief of Russian nuclear protection forces in Moscow
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-17 | by ( Nectar Gan | Maria Kostenko | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A Russian general who was wanted by Ukraine for using chemical munitions was killed by a remotely detonated bomb in Moscow on Tuesday, Russian authorities said. Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, who oversaw Russia’s nuclear, biological and chemical protection forces, was killed by an explosive device planted in an electric scooter outside an apartment building some 7 km (4 miles) southeast of the Kremlin, according to Russia’s investigative committee. The power of the explosive device, which was detonated remotely, amounted to some 300 grams of TNT, Russian state news agency TASS reported. Kirillov’s death came a day after Ukrainian prosecutors charged the general in absentia with the use of banned chemical weapons in the war on Ukraine. Kirillov had also been sanctioned by Britain for the “abhorrent use of inhumane chemical weapons” on the battlefield in Ukraine.

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☆ Ukraine kills top Russian general in Moscow it accuses of chemical weapons crimes
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-17 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Igor Kirillov, head of the Russian Defense Ministry's radiological, biological and chemical protection unit, speaks at a briefing over an alleged chemical attack on the Syrian city of Douma, at the Patriot park in the Moscow region on June 22, 2018. A top Russian general accused by Ukraine of being responsible for the use of chemical weapons against Ukrainian troops was assassinated in Moscow by Ukraine's SBU intelligence service on Tuesday morning in the most high-profile killing of its kind. An SBU source confirmed to Reuters that the Ukrainian intelligence agency had been behind the hit. "The liquidation of the chief of the radiation and chemical protection troops of the Russian Federation is the work of the SBU," the source said. Moscow holds Ukraine responsible for a string of high-profile assassinations on its soil designed to weaken morale and punish those Kyiv regards guilty of war crimes.

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☆ A severe oil spill shows the dangers of Russia's dark fleet
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-17 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Two Russian vessels were damaged during a heavy storm on Sunday, causing a massive oil spill. On Monday, the EU sanctioned 52 dark fleet ships. A massive oil spill involving two Russian tankers is underscoring the dangers of the dark fleet of ships that's been boosting President Vladimir Putin's war chest. About 30% of the shadow tankers carrying Russian oil were at least 20 years old, according to CREA. Related storiesOn Monday, the EU sanctioned 52 dark fleet ships.

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☆ Putin has been conspicuously silent about Syria since the collapse of Assad's rule
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-17 | by ( Tom Porter | Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Vladimir Putin has been quiet about Syria since the end of Bashir Assad's rule. During an annual televised meeting between President Vladimir Putin and Russia's top military officials on Monday, Putin was keen to keep the focus firmly on incremental successes in Ukraine. AdvertisementBut he was conspicuously silent about recent events in Syria — where longtime Kremlin ally Bashar Assad was deposed by rebels earlier this month. AdvertisementYet, with Russia's military stretched by its costly war in Ukraine, Putin appeared unwilling or unable to divert forces to save Assad. The collapse of Assad's government could have wider implications for Russia's global military footprint, which might help explain Putin's silence on the matter.

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☆ Justin Trudeau is facing a political crisis made worse by Donald Trump. Can he survive as Canada’s leader?
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-17 | by ( Lex Harvey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau soared to victory in 2015 on the promise of change and “sunny ways” for the country. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland arrive for a meeting with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyiv, Ukraine on June 10, 2023. On Monday, Finance Minister Freeland quit her post hours before she was due to deliver an annual fiscal update. Trudeau has so far been adamant that he will stay on as prime minister and has yet to directly acknowledge Freeland’s exit. “The Great State of Canada is stunned as the Finance Minister resigns, or was fired, from her position by Governor Justin Trudeau,” Trump said on his social media platform Truth Social.

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Gotham has Batman, but New York wants Robin. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said this weekend that the Department of Homeland Security should send special drone-detection technology made by Robin Radar Systems to New York and New Jersey following a series of mysterious sightings. Robin is part of a consortium developing small radar satellites that can measure water levels, according to the Netherlands Space Office. Follow along for live coverageRobin Radar Systems' drone detection system offerings: IRIS 3D 360° UAS Detection ELVIRA 2D 360° UAS Detection. Robin Radar SystemsIn early October 2023, Robin announced it had joined a group of organizations working on the development of the world’s most advanced weather radar, known as PHARA.

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☆ Russia braced for mammoth rate hike amid fears it's losing the battle against inflation
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-16 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesRussia's central bank is expected to carry out a mammoth rate hike later this week as inflation continues to soar in the war-focused economy. Russia's consumer price index continues to rise despite repeated rate hikes by the central bank designed to tame the rampant price rises. Economists now expect Russia's central bank, the CBR, to hike rates by 200 basis points at its meeting on Dec. 20 — taking the country's key interest rate to 23%. Price risesThe central bank enacted a 200 basis point rate hike at its last meeting in October, warning that inflation was running "considerably above" its summer forecast and that inflation expectations continue to increase. The government, however, blames the high cost of living on sanctions imposed on Russia by "unfriendly" countries.

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☆ Germany is heading for federal elections – here’s what you need to know
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-16 | by ( Sebastian Shukla | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

There will be seven major parties for which Germans will vote. Since 2021, Scholz’s SPD had governed in an uneasy coalition with the liberal Free Democrats Party (FDP) and the Green Party. The CDU/CSU this time around will be led by Friedrich Merz, and the SPD by the incumbent but deeply unpopular chancellor, Scholz. The far-right Alternative for Deutschland party (AfD) has seen strong performances in regional elections give it a national boost. Either way, the federal election looks likely to leave the SPD and Scholz deeply humbled, and entering into a period of self-reflection.

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☆ ‘They said we were American spies’: Priests describe Russia’s crackdown on Evangelicals in occupied Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-16 | by ( Ivana Kottasová | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

Kyiv, Ukraine CNN —Pastor Dmytro Bodyu said the Russians kept telling him they knew he was an American spy, specifically, a CIA agent paid by the US government to spread anti-Russian propaganda in occupied Ukraine. Since launching its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Russia has jailed dozens of Ukrainian faith leaders in occupied areas, according to Ukrainian prosecutors. In the territories occupied after February 2022, Russian tactics became bloodier and more violent,” he said. Ukraine created its own independent Orthodox Church of Ukraine in 2018, splitting from the Moscow-affiliated Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC). ‘American spies’Moscow has been cracking down on all non-Russian churches in occupied Ukraine, but Protestant and Evangelical groups have often been among the first to be banned.

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☆ Badly damaged Russian tankers carrying thousands of tons of fuel spill oil near Black Sea
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-16 | by ( Catherine Nicholls | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Two Russian tankers carrying thousands of tons of fuel were badly damaged in stormy weather near the Black Sea over the weekend, leading to an oil spill, according to Russian state media. The tankers were carrying more than 9,000 tons of oil, emergency services reported, according to TASS. Some of this oil spilled into the Kerch Strait, which specialists were preparing to clean up, it said. The region suffered a similar oil spill in November 2007, when five ships sank in storms in the Black Sea and the Azov Sea. In that incident, strong winds and high surf caused the Volgoneft 139 to split in two, spilling up 560,000 gallons, or approximately 1,000 tons, of fuel oil.

Persons: Paul Johnston Organizations: CNN, Russian Telegram, TASS, Greenpeace, Greenpeace Research Laboratories Locations: Kerch, Russia, Crimea, Russian, Greenpeace Ukraine, Azov

CNN —Ukraine said on Monday that North Korean soldiers fighting alongside Russian troops suffered heavy losses during fighting at the weekend in the Russian region of Kursk. North Korean units that arrived in Kursk last month were involved in assaults at the weekend near three villages, according to Ukraine’s defense intelligence service. Since the beginning of December, North Korean troops appear to have been playing a more prominent role on the front lines in Kursk, especially as infantry. Ukraine estimates that about 12,000 North Korean soldiers are in the region trying to assist Russian units in recovering parts of Kursk taken in a Ukrainian offensive in August. Butusov said that North Korean infantry was backed by “massive fire support” from Russian units, as well as electronic warfare against Ukrainian drones.

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☆ Oil eases from highest in weeks, investors eye Fed rate cuts
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-16 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Oil futures eased from their highest levels in weeks as investors awaited a meeting of the Federal Reserve later this week for indication of further rate cuts. Oil prices were bolstered by new European Union sanctions on Russian oil last week and expectations of tighter sanctions on Iranian supply, IG market analyst Tony Sycamore said in a note. Fresh U.S. sanctions on entities trading Iranian oil are already driving prices of the crude sold to China to the highest in years. Oil prices were also supported by key central bank interest rate cuts in Canada, Europe and Switzerland last week and expectations the Fed will cut rates this week, Sycamore said. Lower interest rates can boost economic growth and demand for oil.

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☆ The ‘next big thing’ for business to tackle? Forced migration, says leadership professor
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-16 | by ( Lucy Handley | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Hiring, educating, and housing refugees and asylum seekers is the "next big challenge" for businesses, according to a longtime leadership professor and UNICEF vice president. Low- and middle-income countries host 75% of the world's refugees, and around two-thirds of refugees live in poverty, according to the European Commission. "The corporate world is missing the next big challenge. We've grabbed it, but migration is the next big thing. "If somebody has a purpose that drives their thinking and therefore their action, it'll drive your spending, it'll drive your time, it'll drive your emotional commitments.

Persons: Michael Hastings, Hastings, CNBC's Tania Bryer, We've, You've, Let's Organizations: UNICEF, European Commission, SOAS University of London, of Oriental, Studies, Utah State University, Hastings, BBC, KPMG Locations: Afghanistan, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, Venezuela, Mexico, U.S, British, peacemaking, European, American

☆ North Korean soldiers attacked Russian forces by mistake due to a language barrier, Ukraine says
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-16 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ukraine said that North Korean troops had accidentally killed 8 Russian soldiers in Kursk. Eight Russian soldiers were killed by North Korean forces in a recent "friendly fire" incident in Kursk, according to Ukrainian intelligence. AdvertisementNorth Korean soldiers opened fire on Russian military vehicles, Defense Intelligence of Ukraine said on Saturday, attributing it to a language barrier between the two forces. He said a cumulative 100,000 North Korean soldiers could serve in Russia within a year. AdvertisementExperts on the relationship between the two states have previously said that the language difference between North Korean and Russian soldiers would be a key logistical issue.

Persons: Dmytro Ponomarenko, Joseph S, Bermudez Jr, —, Putin, Ramzan Kadyrov Organizations: North, Defense Intelligence, North Korean, Ukraine, Center for International, Strategic Studies, Audio, Reuters Locations: Ukraine, Kursk, Ukrainian, North Korean, North Korea, Russia, South Korea, America, Russian

Although Democrats were wrecked up and down the ballot in Pennsylvania, Casey doesn’t think the party needs to rip up its playbook. In fact, he thinks the factor that will help them the most is not having to face Trump on the ballot again. But obviously, for probably a variety of reasons, President Trump had his strongest performance ever in Pennsylvania of the three races and got about 50%. I don’t think that’s accurate, but that’s the perception that people had, and that if he was able to achieve that once, he could do it again. And at the time, President Trump was very clear about that.

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☆ Suspected sabotage of European undersea cables shows just how vulnerable these critical lines are to attack
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-15 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Undersea cables between Finland-Germany and Lithuania-Sweden were cut, potentially sabotaged. NATO is enhancing surveillance and coordination to protect critical underwater infrastructure. The damage to the cables, which European officials said appeared deliberate, highlights just how vulnerable these critical undersea lines are. AdvertisementIn May this year, NATO held its first Critical Undersea Infrastructure Network meeting and launched its Maritime Centre for the Security of Critical Undersea Infrastructure to better coordinate the capabilities of its members and increase collaboration between them. Yantar, one of GUGI's special-purpose spy vessels, which nominally acts as a survey vessel, has often been spotted near underwater cables.

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☆ Food prices are on the rise again. What’s behind the increase
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-15 | by ( Alicia Wallace | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

And more increases appear to be coming down the pike for the pulped-paper-packed protein: Wholesale prices for chicken eggs soared by nearly 55% last month, and wholesale food prices rose by 3.1% (their highest monthly increase in two years). “Overall grocery price inflation is relatively tame; it’s essentially in line with where it was before the pandemic … nothing alarming,” said Gregory Daco, EY Parthenon’s chief economist. Through November, grocery prices were up 1.6% from the year before, according to the latest CPI report. That breakneck pace resulted in grocery prices being 27% higher now than they were in February 2020, before the onset of the pandemic in the US. “That’s the difficult part — you’re unlikely to see food prices fall significantly and revert to 2019 levels,” Daco said.

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☆ How China's satellite megaprojects are challenging Elon Musk's Starlink
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-15 | by ( Magdalena Petrova | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

China faces a tall order in its efforts to catch up to Elon Musk's SpaceX satellite service. SpaceX's Starlink already has nearly 7,000 operational satellites in orbit and serves around 5 million customers in more than 100 countries, according to SpaceX. China is aiming for a similar scale and hopes to have around 38,000 satellites across three of its low earth orbit internet projects, known as Qianfan, Guo Wang and Honghu-3. Aside from Starlink, European-based Eutelsat OneWeb has also launched more than 630 low earth orbit, or LEO, internet satellites. "In certain countries, China could see this as almost like a differentiator.

Persons: SpaceX's Starlink, Guo Wang, OneWeb, Starlink, Steve Feldstein, Feldstein, Blaine Curcio, Juliana Suess, Suess Organizations: Elon, SpaceX, Carnegie Endowment, International, Orbital Gateway Consulting, German Institute for International and Security Affairs, Huawei Locations: China, European, U.S, Western Europe, Canada, Russia, Afghanistan, Syria, Africa, Ukraine

☆ Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt says human operators need to have 'meaningful control' of AI drones in warfare
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-15 | by ( Kenneth Niemeyer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt says human-directed AI-controlled drones are the future of war. AI drones are a growing trend in military innovation, as is tech to counter them. Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt says AI drones are the future of warfare but that human operators will need to ensure they don't go haywire. Schmidt's White Stork and Palmer Luckey's Anduril are at the forefront of developing autonomous drones for the US military. AdvertisementSchmidt said it's more important that the United States maintains the "human in the loop" rule for AI drones, meaning that a person will have "meaningful human control" of drones on the battlefield.

Persons: Eric Schmidt, Schmidt, Palmer, Strangelove, Scott Sacknoff, Sacknoff Organizations: Google, Stanford, PBS, Spade Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Saudi Arabia, United States

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