US Marines cut religious codes from over 200 to 30
US Marines have until September 30 to update their religious affiliation records under a new system that reduces available codes from more than 200 to 30. The Marine Corps says the revision…
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US: Ex-NFL reporter Michele Tafoya wins Minnesota GOP Senate primary
Former NFL sideline reporter Michele Tafoya, a four-time Emmy winner, won the Republican primary for Minnesota's open Senate seat on August 11. She secured about 51% of the vote with roughly one-fifth…
DARPA seeks hypersonic cruise missile with longer range, survivability
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is seeking to develop a new hypersonic scramjet cruise missile, the Next Generation Hypersonic Cruise Missile (NGHCM), designed to penetrate increasingly sophisticated enemy air-defence…
India plans critical mineral parks, pushes Latin America ties
The government will set up four critical mineral processing parks in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha, with an initial focus on lithium and nickel for the battery sector. Mines secretary Keshav…
Three dead in Minnesota daycare stabbing, suspected murder-suicide
Three people, including a child, were found dead after a stabbing at an in-home daycare in Hopkins, Minnesota, on Wednesday. Police say the incident appears to be a domestic murder-suicide: the adult…
Trump sued over $100,000 Truth Social early access plan
Two US media groups, The Intercept and the Freedom of the Press Foundation, sued President Donald Trump on Wednesday over Trump Media and Technology Group's paid service that gives subscribers seconds-early access…
Sri Lanka eases refugee return, adds intelligence check
Sri Lanka's cabinet decided on August 10 to let refugees who fled during the civil war return even if they left without a valid passport or through an unauthorised port. However, returnees…
DNA test reveals adopted Indian women in Netherlands are biological sisters
Meena Geltink, 43, and Minal Tijssen, 44, adopted as infants from separate Indian orphanages and raised in the Netherlands, have discovered they are biological sisters through a DNA test. The two met…
Zhu Rongji, former Chinese premier and reform architect, dies at 97
Zhu Rongji, the former Chinese premier who drove the country's economic transformation, died on Wednesday in Beijing after an illness, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported. He was 97. Zhu served as…
RSF launches largest drone attacks on Khartoum in months
Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces launched coordinated drone strikes on the capital Khartoum and other Army-controlled cities on Wednesday, in what appeared to be their largest attack in months. The RSF targeted…
