After several missiles were fired at targets in western Ukraine’s Lvov region, the Russian Defense Ministryconfirmedon Friday morning that its formidable new Oreshniks had been used – for only the second time. Reports indicate that the Stryigas fieldandgas storage facilitywere among Ukrainian targets that were hit. Thefirst useof the hypersonic Oreshniks, featuring hard-to-defend-against MIRV payload,…
EPA/Shutterstock Jacques and Jessica Moretti, French owners of Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, were questioned by Swiss prosecutors One of the two co-owners of the Swiss bar where 40 people died in a fire on New Year’s Eve has been detained. Swiss prosecutors said Jacques Moretti, a French national, was a potential flight risk. He…
Watch: Nicolás Maduro and wife flown to New York court Gordon CoreraSecurity analyst A week on from the dramatic raid that seized Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro, details of the intelligence surrounding the operation are becoming clearer, but some mysteries still remain. The intelligence The mission took months of planning and intelligence gathering. In August the CIA…
Thousands of passenger and cargo air taxis could be flying across Hong Kong within a decade as the low-altitude economy takes off, according to one of mainland China’s largest drone makers, which hopes to launch operations in the city. AutoFlight senior vice-president Kellen Tse told the Post the electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft…
The new Dell XPS at CES 2026. Kyle Kucharski/ZDNET Follow ZDNET:Add us as a preferred sourceon Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways Dell executives have been disappointed by the response to AI PCs. Dell’s head of product said AI features are likely confusing consumers. Microsoft’s CEO has become the company’s “most influential product manager” to try to…
The number of jobs created in the US grew only modestly in December, as a weak year for the employment market in the world’s largest economy drew to a close. Employers added 50,000 jobs in the final month of 2025, according to Labor Department data, which was fewer than expected. But the unemployment rate dipped…
Getty Images As Ugandans go to the polls next week they are faced with a choice of propelling a leader into his fifth decade in power or backing a candidate seeking to capitalise on the desire for change from some quarters. President Yoweri Museveni, 81, in office since 1986, is aiming for a seventh successive…
Getty Images The British Medical Association union is recommending members accept a ew pay deal Scotland’s resident doctors have called off a planned four-day strike over pay. They had been set to go on the first national walkout staged by NHS workers on Tuesday, having accused ministers of going back on promises over pay. But…
There are no recruitment ads for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) running on Spotify at the moment, the streaming service has told Variety. A spokesperson has confirmed the news after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Good in Minneapolis, but they also clarified that the ads stopped running in late 2025. “The advertisements mentioned were…
