South Korea is beginning the mass production of a low-cost laser weapon that has successfully shot down small drones during testing, the country’s key arms agency said Thursday. The laser weapon, called Block-I, “can precisely strike small unmanned aerial vehicles and multicopters at close range,” a news release from South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) said. The release did ...
The Israeli military has expanded its evacuation order to the whole of Gaza City after sending tens of thousands of Palestinians fleeing from several of the city’s neighborhoods earlier this week. It has also issued a notice saying it will be suspending inspections along two roads in Gaza City to allow civilians to reach humanitarian zones more easily and quickly ...
A Spanish tourist was crushed to death by a herd of elephants inside South Africa’s Pilanesberg National Park after he left his vehicle to take a close-up photo of the breeding animals, local police said. Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia identified the tourist as Carlos Luna, whom it said was from Zaragoza. The Pilanesberg Game Reserve is South Africa’s fourth-largest park ...
At least 27 people have been killed and 53 have been injured in the strike, which hit the gate of the Al-Mutanabbi school complex, also known locally as the Al-Awda Schools, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza. “Part of the section is missing, showing a cutaway of the internals,” Ball tweeted. “Using any munition, even of this ...
The daughter of Cameroon’s president said she hoped that by coming out as a lesbian she can help change laws that ban homosexuality in the country. Brenda Biya, who lives between the United States and Switzerland, came out in an Instagram post on June 30. In an interview with the French newspaper Le Parisien published on Tuesday, the 27-year-old said ...
Two astronauts who have been stuck on the International Space Station (ISS) for over a month are talking to reporters for the first time on Wednesday afternoon. Commander Barry “Butch” Wilmore and pilot Sunita “Suni” Williams blasted off on 5 June in Starliner’s first mission to orbit carrying the astronauts. After docking on the ISS, the NASA astronauts were supposed ...
There are worse places to suffer a travel delay than on the International Space Station. At least astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams get to gaze at the planet rotating beneath them as they wait for engineers to work out what’s gone wrong with their spacecraft’s thrusters so they can fly home. In a news conference from the ISS, they ...
Night owls may be sharper than morning people, according to a new study, with those most active and alert in the evening performing better in cognitive tests. Researchers led by academics at Imperial College London examined data on thousands of people taking part in the UK Biobank study to investigate sleep patterns and cognition. They looked at the link between ...
Samsung has become the first tech giant to release a smart ring – which can track sleep, movement, periods and heart rate. The South Korean company released the Galaxy Ring on Tuesday as part of its latest wearable technology – also announced was the new Galaxy Watch Ultra. It said the £400 ring, which is scheduled to launch later this ...
President Biden’s performance at the NATO summit this week is under close scrutiny not only by leaders of the Western alliance but by Democratic lawmakers, as he has managed to slow calls for him to exit the presidential race and seeks to prove to his party that he is the best person to take on Donald Trump. Biden opened the ...