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Russia touts first Su-57E fighter export contract

Russia touts first Su-57E fighter export contract

Rosoboronexport, the agency that oversees the exports of Russian defense material, has announced the signing of the first export contract for the Su-57E, the international version of Russia’s fifth-generation fighter jet, the Su-57 Felon.   During the Zhuhai Airshow 2024, China’s largest aviation event, Rosoboronexport CEO Alexander Mikheev revealed to the Russian news agency TASS that negotiations with […]

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Air Force buying more drone wingmen to develop operational tactics

Air Force buying more drone wingmen to develop operational tactics

The Air Force is buying more drone wingmen known as collaborative combat aircraft to experiment with, the service’s acquisition chief said Wednesday. Andrew Hunter, the assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition, technology and logistics, said at Defense One’s State of Defense Business forum that he recently approved the purchase of more CCAs for

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NASA Goddard Lidar Team Receives Center Innovation Award for Advancements

NASA researchers Guan Yang, Jeff Chen, and their team received the 2024 Innovator of The Year Award at the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, for their exemplary work on a lidar system enhanced with artificial intelligence and other technologies. Like a laser-based version of sonar, lidar and its use in space exploration

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Educating Your Guests About Their Property While Communicating Positive Messages

Educating Your Guests About Their Property While Communicating Positive Messages

Guest education is often overlooked in hospitality, but it is an integral aspect of the guest management experience. This education process offers significant benefits that go beyond simply informing them about the physical property, its amenities and outlets, and the surrounding destination. Education serves as a powerful tool for enhancing the guest experience, by building

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Multilateral banks urged to boost funding for Africa's methane reduction

Multilateral banks urged to boost funding for Africa’s methane reduction

As methane emissions across Africa continue to rise and existing financing falls short of meeting international climate goals and fulfilling the Paris Agreement, the role of multilateral development banks (MDBs) is becoming increasingly important in supporting methane-reduction initiatives across the continent. A new study by AfriCatalyst reveals that Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) would need to

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Africa: French-Speaking African Nations Bartering Natural Resources for Russian Arms

Africa: French-Speaking African Nations Bartering Natural Resources for Russian Arms

Moscow — At the first ministerial conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum in the southern coastal city of Sochi, seeking to deepen political and business ties with African countries, Russian President Vladimir Putin in his message and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in his powerful speech underlined Russia’s security support to fight terrorism and extremism across

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Sri Lankan president's coalition wins majority in snap election

Sri Lankan president's coalition wins majority in snap election

COLOMBO, Nov 15 (Reuters) – Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s leftist coalition won a thumping victory in a snap general election, gaining power to push through his plans to fight poverty in the island nation recovering from a financial meltdown. Dissanayake’s Marxist-leaning National People’s Power (NPP) coalition won 137 seats of 196 for which

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COP29: President of COP cautiously optimistic about reaching goals despite calls for reform

COP29: President of COP cautiously optimistic about reaching goals despite calls for reform

A letter signed by global leaders and renowned climate scientists calls for reform of the COP process. ADVERTISEMENT On its fifth day, COP29 hosted a high-level panel on climate and peace. It is the debate around the need to reform the COP process, however, which has very much taken centre stage in Baku. In an

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Inside Capitol Hill's Latest UFO Hearings

Inside Capitol Hill’s Latest UFO Hearings

Americans had a pandemic on their minds back in 2020 when then-President Donald Trump signed a $2.3 trillion COVID-19 relief bill that stimulated the slack economy and averted a government shutdown. Tucked inside the bill, however, was another bit of business entirely—a provision requiring the Pentagon to investigate more than 120 sightings by military pilots

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The Hypocrisy of Matt Walsh Submitting 'Am I Racist?' to Oscars

The Hypocrisy of Matt Walsh Submitting ‘Am I Racist?’ to Oscars

In a twist as predictable as a Hollywood sequel, conservative media and alt-right commentators have made it their mission to ridicule the entertainment industry’s awards circuit. It’s an annual ritual from the Oscars to the Emmys and the Grammys: commentators use YouTube, podcasts and op-eds to denounce Hollywood as a “cesspool of liberalism” and a

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