Despite growing international pressure to send weapons to Ukraine, Switzerland is instead destroying decommissioned air-defense systems rather than hand them over to Kyiv.
China has a "stunning lead" in 37 out of 44 critical and emerging technologies as Western democracies lose a global competition for research output, a security think tank said on Thursday after tracking defense, space, energy and biotechnology.
A transgender author who signed the recent petition protesting the New York Times‘ reporting on the debate over transgender children recently threatened to slit the throat of Harry Potter novelist J.K. Rowling.
The White House and the CIA have denied journalist Seymour Hersh's allegations that the US was involved in the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines, calling the report "complete fiction" and "completely and utterly false," while the UN said it was unable to verify the claims.
Nevertheless, before the program officially closes, the health body did still "strongly encourage everyone who is currently eligible for a first booster and is yet to come forward" and receive one.
17,381 deaths were registered in England and Wales during the seven days ending January 13, which is 2,837 more deaths than the average for this time of year.