Month: December 2019

Authorities in western Russia arrested a man accused of building fake border posts and tricking migrants into believing they marked the state borders between Russia and Finland, the Interfax news agency reported. The incident happened in Russia’s Vyborg region, which is about 15 miles from the actual border. The unidentified man from central Asia is…

Russian authorities have apprehended a man after he erected a fake border near Finnish territory in an alleged attempt to swindle desperate people looking to pass into the European Union. The man, who has not been named, promised to help a group through Russia and into Europe to find work and a better life. However…

NOGALES, Sonora – Lane closures, resulting in lengthier wait times to cross into the United States, have returned indefinitely to the ports of entry along the Arizona-Mexico border as asylum-seeking migrants are increasingly attempting to cross through car lanes at the ports.  Wait times to cross at one port of entry along the border dividing Arizona and Mexico increased to as much as…

Key point: Beijing wants more stealth fighters and Moscow wants more money. Perhaps a trade is in the offing? China should learn from Russia’s Su-57 stealth fighter, according to Chinese media. The article in Chinamil.com, the Chinese military’s English-language news site, was peculiar in that it both criticized and praised the Su-57, of which Russia has…

Key Point: The end result of a hypothetical battle would be up to a coin toss between two excellent machines. Russia’s official designation of the PAK-FA/T-50 jet as the Sukhoi Su-57 is just another reminder that the field of fifth generation fighters is about to get more crowded. The United States, China, Russia, Japan and Korea…

The U.S. Navy will need a new “sixth-generation” warplane eventually to follow the F-35C stealth fighter that’s just beginning to enter service. But no one has any idea what that new plane might look like. Not even the Navy. The Navy in February 2019 declared its first front-line F-35C squadron “ready for flight.” Strike-Fighter Squadron…

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An Indian guru facing rape and sexual abuse charges made headlines Wednesday after he emerged from hiding and announced the birth of a new cosmic country with its own cabinet and golden passports. Swami Nithyananda, a controversial self-styled godman with thousands of followers in southern India’s Karnataka and Tamil Nadu states, posted a video on…

President Donald Trump had a rough week both at home and abroad. World leaders were caught on video mocking Trump at a NATO summit in London as House Democrats simultaneously took major steps toward impeaching him back in the US.  In London, Trump publicly sparred on various issues with the leaders of close US allies…

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi on Thursday said President Donald Trump “leaves us no choice” except to move forward with impeaching him after he lobbied Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and Biden’s family. “The president has engaged in abuse of power undermining our national security and jeopardizing the integrity of our…