Biden finalizes crackdown on US military tech investments in China with one week to lame duck session
The Treasury Department finalized a crackdown that will prevent the U.S. from investing in the development of military technologies in China this week. Hawks say the rule is “long overdue” and not broad enough, while some are skeptical of taking U.S. investment power out of China. The rule prohibits U.S. financing of some China-based ventures and requires Americans to notify the government of their involvement in others. It restricts and monitors American investments in artificial intelligence, computer chips and quantum computing, all of which have a dual use in the defense and commercial sectors. ELON MUSK WANTS PEOPLE TO SUBMIT THEIR MEDICAL SCANS TO GROK, HIS AI CHATBOT The rule seeks to limit the access “countries of concern” like China, including Hong Kong and Macao, have to U.S. dollars to fund the development of high-level technologies like next-generation missile systems and fighter jets they could then utilize for their own military. It’s set to take effect Jan. 2. “Artificial intelligence, semiconductors and quantum technologies are fundamental to the development of the next-generation of military, surveillance, intelligence and certain cybersecurity applications like cutting-edge code-breaking computer systems or next-generation fighter jets,” said Paul Rosen, assistant secretary of the Treasury. “This final rule takes targeted and concrete measures to ensure that U.S. investment is not exploited to advance the development of key technologies by those who may use them to threaten our national security.” Existing U.S. regulations restrict the export of such products to China and other “countries of concern,” and the new regulation cracks down on U.S. dollars pouring into such countries. The rule, finalized after a public comment period, builds on President Biden’s 2023 executive order. In one category, it will allow the Treasury to investigate and ban transactions that pose “a particularly acute national security threat because of [their] potential to significantly advance the military, intelligence, surveillance, or cyber-enabled capabilities of a country of concern.” CHINA WILL DOUBLE ITS NUCLEAR ARSENAL TO OVER 1,000 WARHEADS BY 2030, ACCORDING TO US INTELLIGENCE It would also create a category of “notifiable transactions” that the government would monitor, those that “may contribute to the threat to the national security of the United States identified in the Order.” Blocking China’s ambitions for tech supremacy is one of few bipartisan priorities in Washington. But not everyone is on board with the new rule. “The most well-known proponent of restricting American investment in China is, of course, Xi Jinping,” said Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., chair of the House Financial Services Committee. “I remain skeptical of a sectoral approach to regulating outbound investment. U.S. outbound investment to acquire Chinese companies enjoys overwhelming bipartisan support, as proven most recently by congressional action to wrest control of TikTok away from ByteDance.” The chairman, who is retiring, added, “To have a strong, immediate and global impact on the CCP’s ability to wage war, policymakers in Congress and the administration must embrace our time-tested sanctions regime. I will continue to oppose efforts that unwittingly advance Chairman Xi’s crackdown on Western influence in China, and I look forward to examining this rulemaking in more detail.” But others argue the rule is not nearly strong enough. It allows Americans to invest in publicly traded Chinese companies or participate in venture capital or private equity funds with stakes worth up to $2 million. “I think that this was a step forward, but, at the same time, it was a missed opportunity to signal deterrence towards China that we will not continue to fund their economy when they’re going to use their economic and military strength to go after Taiwan, to go after the Philippines, to go after Japan, to go after all of our friends and even military allies,” Michael Lucci, founder of global security firm State Armor, told Fox News Digital. The rule “should be broader than just these three categories” of AI, quantum computing and semiconductors, said Lucci. CHINA GOING AFTER DOWN-BALLOT RACES: REPORT REVEALS WHICH LAWMAKERS ARE IN THEIR CROSSHAIRS He criticized McHenry’s stance on the rule and said it rang similar to Chinese President Xi Jinping’s calls for American investment in China. “Chairman McHenry’s limp-wristed approach to China’s economic warfare upon America is pathetic. He remains in thrall to the long-discredited idea that we will somehow turn China into a liberal democracy if we keep dumping our money into their economy and propping up their hard-core Marxist regime,” he said. “Now, China is once again courting investment because Xi Jinping desperately needs U.S. capital to bail out China’s stagnating economy. America needs to stop playing this game and instead broadly divest from the CCP.” But a House Republican aide familiar with outbound investments argued the U.S. should want Americans at the forefront of technology development in other countries. “You want Americans controlling a company. You want Americans on the board. You want Americans having insights into the technologies that are being developed. And these are the very same arguments behind wanting American investors to own shares and to acquire control over a company like Tiktok, which is also a Chinese technology company,” the aide said. “China is the world’s largest exporter of capital. It certainly does not need dollars, and if we are concerned about these technologies being developed, the proper response is to kill any company that poses a threat to America’s national security, and the way you do that is either through sanctions or through export controls.” U.S. investment in China has been on the decline for years amid a cooling of relations between the two world powers. U.S. venture capital in China reached a 10-year low of $1.3 billion in 2022, down from $14.4 billion in 2018, according to the Rhodium Group. Others criticized the Biden administration for waiting until the week before the election to finalize such a rule. Rep. John Moolenaar, R-Mich., the China select committee chair, called the new rule a “long overdue step.” “More must be done to ensure American money no longer fuels the Chinese Communist Party’s military build-up, its
Bulk of truckers back Trump and are wary of a Harris presidency, says big-rig big shot
EXCLUSIVE: Many big-rig truckers are backing former President Trump this cycle, amid worries surrounding how a Harris administration would affect the crucial auto industry, a trucking company executive admitted. The presidential election is just five days away, and Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris have presented different futures for the auto industry while on the campaign trail. Mike Kucharski, co-owner and vice president of JKC Trucking, Chicago’s largest specialty contract carrier, said that there are five reasons truckers are more in favor of a Trump presidency this cycle: costs, increased regulatory burdens, infrastructure, driving range of the trucks and less cargo capacity due to the battery. “I personally don’t vote along party lines, but I support candidates with policies. And I would say policies are the gateway to truckers’ vote — policies that help small business thrive,” Kucharski said in an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital. “Right now, a lot of small business owners in the trucking industry are seriously concerned about Kamala Harris’ impact on our industry if she takes office.” TRUCKING GROUPS, FARMERS FILE OPENING BRIEF IN LAWSUIT AGAINST EPA: ‘UNWORKABLE MANDATE’ The number one issue, according to Kucharski, is costs. “Truckers are already struggling to stay afloat due to issues like skyrocketing diesel costs. It’s pouring too much for diesel. Truckers are driving less miles, paying more for fuel,” he said. “Another blow to truckers is this increased regulatory burdens. Truckers are overregulated.” HARRIS TOUTS GROWING UP IN MIDDLE CLASS WHILE PUSHING MANDATE MOST ‘WON’T BE ABLE TO AFFORD’: ECONOMIST Kucharski added that truckers are supportive of electric trucks, but that the industry is not ready for mandates such as those being pushed under the Biden-Harris administration. Harris’ campaign told Fox News Digital that she does not support electric vehicle mandates. However, the Biden-Harris Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) introduced a final rule in March to require up to two-thirds of all new car sales to be electric by 2032. The agency also set a goal to require 40% of heavy-duty trucks to be zero-emissions by 2032. The EPA previously projected the standards could lead to 50% of vocational trucks, 35% of short-haul tractor-trailers and 25% of long-haul tractor-trailers produced in 2032 being electric. “The small trucking companies simply can’t absorb these extreme costs. And people are saying the larger companies could do it. But I think they’re going to have an issue. It’s a great idea, but I don’t think it’s going to work,” Kucharski said of the final rule. Many truckers are supporting Trump this cycle because he offers an energy-independent future, Kucharski said. “Trump has a little different perspective,” he added. “Donald Trump, during COVID, brought truckers to the White House and thanked them for being essential workers.” “Truckers really have hope that he’ll walk back on just some of these regulations, because we’re overregulating the trucking business,” he said. “Truckers are very excited because when Trump was talking about the economic plan, he brought up tariffs. And Trump is saying that he wants to bring more businesses, more production back into the U.S., which would be awesome.” Jeremy Kirkpatrick, spokesman for American Trucking Associations (ATA), told Fox that they will work with whichever candidate gets elected and will be an advocate for the industry. “The American Trucking Associations works with any officeholder who is willing to work with us. Regardless of the outcome, ATA will remain at the table and continue to advocate for commonsense, pro-trucking policies that strengthen the supply chain, grow the economy and deliver for the American people,” he said. Brian Pannebecker, founder of Auto Workers for Trump 2024, recently told Fox he thinks that many Rust Belt autoworkers, a traditional cornerstone of the blue voting base, will be voting Republican this cycle. “The Democrats have been shipping our jobs to Mexico and China for over 40 years, so this process has just come to a head now with Donald Trump, and he’s speaking our language. He knows what we want to hear, that he’s going to protect our industry before it completely disappears, and we’re going to vote for him in big numbers. I’m saying 65% to 70% of the UAW members are pulling the lever for Donald J. Trump,” Pannebecker told FOX Business’ “The Bottom Line.” Harris was endorsed by the United Auto Workers union in July, which said that “our job in this election is to defeat Donald Trump and elect Kamala Harris to build on her proven track record of delivering for the working class.” FOX Business’ Taylor Penley contributed to this report.
The fatal flaw in Kamala Harris’ speech, marred by Biden’s ‘garbage’ comment
The optics were perfect. The crowd was massive. The media reviews were glowing. But there was a fundamental contradiction at the heart of Kamala Harris’ speech on the Ellipse that virtually no one is talking about. First, I’ll give the vice president her due. It was a well-written address and strongly delivered. It contained a fair amount of policy, such as Medicare payments for home health care and aid to first-time home buyers. INTERVIEWING DONALD TRUMP: A LAST-MINUTE BLITZ AND NEW CLOSING MESSAGE Harris acknowledged that many voters were just getting to know her. She mentioned her mom and her middle-class upbringing, as she always does. She said she’s not perfect and makes mistakes. But the backbone of the speech was a two-fisted, no-holds-barred attack on Donald Trump. Harris likened him to King George III as a “petty tyrant.” She called him “unstable” and “consumed with grievance.” She said he’s seeking “unchecked power” and is “obsessed with revenge.” In short, after a 100-day campaign, Harris is still running as she did when she quickly seized the nomination, as the anti-Trump. Now such rhetorical assaults can be traced to the dawn of the republic. You may not love me, but that other guy is so much worse. That’s why she used the White House as a backdrop, standing at the spot where Trump gave his speech on Jan. 6, urging his supporters to go to the Capitol, where many proceeded to riot. Fine. Fair game. Especially for a candidate who’s trying to win some Republican votes, aided by Liz Cheney, a number of former Trump officials and, as of yesterday, Arnold Schwarzenegger. But then the veep tried to make the pivot, presenting herself as the candidate of unity. RACIST TALK AT RALLY MARS TRUMP’S MESSAGE, BUT HE SCORES ON JOE ROGAN PODCAST And therein lies the fatal flaw. You can’t beat the crap out of your opponent and, in practically the next breath, say you want to bring the country together. You can’t have it both ways. You can be an attack dog, but if you’re baring those teeth, you can’t suddenly be purring like a puppy. Not that Harris didn’t have some good lines. Trump has an enemies list and she’ll have a to-do list. And of political opponents: “He wants to put them in jail. I’ll give them a seat at my table.” The segue: “It is time to stop pointing fingers and start locking arms.” But, um, she just spent a good chunk of her speech pointing fingers. And then she kept circling back to Trump in the second half, such as when discussing abortion rights. Harris also went beyond political exaggeration. “He tried to cut Medicare and Social Security every year he was president,” she said. That is simply not true. But she gets very little fact-checking. Overall, the speech was a plus for her, despite its clashing ideas. But make no mistake, she’s running as the alternative to a man she paints as dangerous. As the Free Press put it: “This campaign is and always has been all about Trump. And it will be all about Trump all the way to the finish line now.” PLAYING THE HITLER CARD: WILL TRUMP BACKERS DISMISS JOHN KELLY’S ATTACK? But Harris’ big moment was marred by Joe Biden – the, ah, previous nominee – to the point where it almost seems like he’s trying to undermine her. Last week, the president said of his predecessor, “Lock him up.” Harris always says she’ll leave that to the courts. And now, referring to the racist comic at the Madison Square Garden rally who called Puerto Rico an island of garbage, Biden said: “The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters.” The president stumbled for a couple of seconds and added: “His–his demonization of Latinos is unconscionable, and it’s un-American.” Boom. Too late. There were instant comparisons to Hillary Clinton’s “basket of deplorables” swipe at Trump supporters in 2016. Biden posted a clarification, saying he was referring only to comic Tony Hinchcliffe. (Trump says he doesn’t know the performer and didn’t hear the so-called joke.) The White House put out a transcript that included an apostrophe, as in “his supporter’s,” trying to indicate that he was talking about one person. Who would have thought the campaign would turn on a lowly apostrophe? A reporter asked Harris about the Biden blunder yesterday before she boarded Air Force Two. “He clarified his comments, but let me be clear: I strongly disagree with any criticism of people based on who they vote for…I believe the work that I do is about representing people whether they support me or not.” Kamala finally broke with the boss, wisely distancing herself from the blunder. No wonder she’s resisted his suggestions that they campaign together. He’s doing enough damage on his own, with some pundits even suggesting it’s deliberate. And that gave Trump an opening: “Now, on top of everything, Joe Biden calls our supporters ‘garbage.’ You can’t lead America if you don’t love the American people.” It’s a distraction that Kamala Harris didn’t need in the final days of the campaign.
‘Divine festival of lights…’ PM Narendra Modi extend his wishes on festival Diwali
This Diwali is particularly significant as Ayodhya celebrated the festival for the first time since the inauguration of the Ram Temple in January.
Harris pledges to sign bill ‘to restore reproductive freedom’ as president in Wisconsin speech
Vice President Kamala Harris suggested she would sign federal abortion protections into law during a speech in Wisconsin on Thursday evening. “One does not have to abandon their faith or deeply held beliefs to agree, the government shouldn’t be telling her what to do with her body,” Harris said, referring to women. “When Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive freedom nationwide, as President of the United States, I will proudly sign it into law.” BIDEN CALLS TRUMP SUPPORTERS ‘GARBAGE’ DURING HARRIS CAMPAIGN EVENT AS VP PROMISES UNITY AT ELLIPSE RALLY Harris has made abortion rights a cornerstone of her 2024 campaign, and has spoken on the issue frequently in her capacity as President Biden’s vice president. Democrats are hoping that continued fallout from the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade in 2022 will be a potent political cudgel in November. In the previous midterm races, it was partially credited with aiding them in keeping the Senate and blunting Republicans’ margin of victory in the House. Harris said on Wednesday evening that Trump “would ban abortion nationwide” and likewise institute a ban on contraceptives – both stances the ex-president has explicitly denied. JON STEWART ADMITS HE FINDS WIDELY CRITICIZED TRUMP RALLY COMEDIAN FUNNY While Democratic lawmakers have rallied around federal abortion legislation to codify it into law, Republicans have insisted it’s an issue best left up to the states. Moderate GOP lawmakers facing tough re-election battles have emphasized that they would not support any federal abortion bans. Abortion-related issues are on the ballot in several states in the November elections, including the battleground states of Nevada and Arizona. Democrats hope it will be a motivator for people who are normally apathetic to elections to turn out and vote blue. PA GOV. JOSH SHAPIRO DISTANCES HIMSELF FROM BIDEN’S ‘GARBAGE’ COMMENT: ‘I’D NEVER INSULT’ TRUMP SUPPORTERS “Ours is a fight for the future, and it is a fight for freedom. Freedom, like the fundamental freedom of a woman to make decisions about her own body and not have her government tell her what to do,” Harris said Wednesday. The Republican National Committee (RNC) slammed Harris before her appearance in battleground Wisconsin, with Chairman Michael Whatley saying in a statement, “Harris’ vision for Wisconsin is an even more dangerously liberal version of the past four years. Kamala Harris broke Wisconsin’s economy, but President Trump will fix it.” Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more at our Fox News Digital election hub.
Prosecutors push for 17-year sentence for Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira
A low-level airman, Teixeira pleaded guilty to sharing hundreds of classified files on the social media site Discord. United States prosecutors will seek a 17-year prison term for an airman who admitted to leaking hundreds of highly classified military documents about the Ukraine war and other national security secrets. In a sentencing memorandum filed earlier this week, prosecutors said the crime by Jack Teixeira, 22, a member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, amounted to one of the most “consequential violations of the Espionage Act in American history”. “The defendant took an oath to defend the United States and to protect its secrets — secrets that are vital to US national security and the physical safety of Americans serving overseas,” prosecutors wrote. “Teixeira violated his oath, almost every day, for over a year.” The classified records were shared last year by Teixeira on the messaging app Discord. Authorities say Teixeira began by typing out copies that he then published online. Later, he photographed the files, some of which bore “SECRET” and “TOP SECRET” markings. Mossad details The leaked documents held highly classified information on allies and adversaries, with details ranging from troop movements in Ukraine to intelligence about Israel’s Mossad spy agency. The breach embarrassed the Pentagon and forced the administration of President Joe Biden to scramble to try to contain the diplomatic and military fallout. Unlike other leakers of US military secrets, Teixeira’s lawyers say he had no political goal and was not a spy working for a foreign government. The lawyers are pushing for a lighter sentence of 11 years, saying their client, who pleaded guilty in March, “made a terrible decision” but never meant to harm the US. “Instead, his intent was to educate his friends about world events to make certain they were not misled by misinformation,” said the lawyers. They also noted that Teixeira has autism and has never been convicted of a crime before. “Jack has thoroughly accepted responsibility for the wrongfulness of his actions and stands ready to accept whatever punishment must now be imposed,” wrote Teixeira’s lawyers. Prosecutors countered that Teixeira, who held a top-secret security clearance while working in cyberdefence operations, does not suffer from an intellectual disability that prevents him from knowing right from wrong. They argued that Teixeira’s post-arrest diagnosis as having “mild, high-functioning” autism “is of questionable relevance in these proceedings”. “Whatever developmental or social difficulties Teixeira may have experienced, his decision to illegally disclose national defence information and put the lives of other people at risk was a volitional choice that he made knowingly, wilfully, and with full awareness of the consequences time and time again,” prosecutors wrote. Teixeira, who is scheduled to be sentenced on November 12, cannot be charged with further Espionage Act violations under the terms of his guilty plea. Adblock test (Why?)
Military interaction with N Korea doesn’t breach int’l law: Russia UN envoy
Russia’s military interaction with North Korea does not violate international law, the country’s representative to the United Nations told the UN Security Council, calling reports that North Korean troops were present at the front lines in the war against Ukraine “barefaced lies”. “I would like to underscore that the Russian interaction with DPRK in the military and other areas is in line with international law and is not a violation of it. It’s not aimed against third countries,” Vasily Nebenzya said at a UN Security Council meeting on Wednesday, using the acronym of the country’s official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. This came on the same day the United States and South Korean defence chiefs called for North Korea to withdraw its troops from Russia, where Washington says some 10,000 of them have been deployed for possible use against Ukrainian forces. “I call upon them to withdraw their troops out of Russia,” US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said at the Pentagon, speaking alongside his South Korean counterpart, Kim Yong-hyun, who urged the “immediate withdrawal” of Pyongyang’s forces. Austin said the US will “continue to work with allies and partners to discourage Russia from employing these troops in combat”, but warned Moscow is likely to do so. The Pentagon said the previous day that a “small number” of North Korean troops have already been deployed in Russia’s Kursk region, where Ukrainian troops have been conducting a ground offensive since August. US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin meets with South Korea’s Defence Minister Kim Yong-hyun [Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters] Speaking at the UNSC meeting, Russia’s Nebenzya said: “These statements about the North Korean soldiers in our front should not surprise no one, because they’re all barefaced lies and they are trying to distract.” He later added: “Even if everything that is being said about the cooperation between Russia and North Korea by our Western colleagues is true, why is it that the United States and allies are trying to impose on everyone the flawed logic that they have the right to help the [Ukrainian President Volodymyr] Zelenskyy regime mobilise the military and intelligence of NATO, and Russia and its allies have no right to do a similar thing?” North Korea’s UN ambassador Kim Song told the UNSC that the DPRK and Russia “are entitled to develop bilateral relations in all fields”. He added that “the biggest threat to international peace and security at present is the acts of the United States and its allies against peace”. Russia and North Korea have boosted their political and military alliance over the course of the Ukraine conflict. Both are under sanctions – Pyongyang for its nuclear weapons programme and Moscow for its war against Kyiv. North Korea’s move to tighten its relationship with Russia has triggered alarms across the globe. Key concerns At the Pentagon, Austin said officials are discussing what to do about the troop deployment, which he said had the potential to broaden or lengthen the conflict in Ukraine. When asked if it could prompt other nations to get more directly involved in the conflict, he acknowledged that it could “encourage others to take action”, but he provided no details. South Korea’s Kim said he does not necessarily believe the deployment will trigger war on the Korean Peninsula but could increase security threats between the two nations. Ukraine’s UN ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsya told the UNSC that Russia’s moves with North Korea were “another step taken by Moscow to further escalate its war against Ukraine”. “Building the interoperability of the Russian and DPRK armies constitutes a threat to Europe, the Korean peninsula, its neighbours and beyond,” he added. A key concern is what North Korea will get in return for providing the troops. But officials have yet to say specifically what Pyongyang may have requested or what Moscow has offered. Experts have said that in return for these forces, North Korea is likely aiming to acquire military technology, ranging from surveillance satellites to submarines, plus possible security guarantees from Moscow. A Ukrainian official told The Associated Press news agency that North Korean troops are currently stationed 50km (31 miles) away from the Ukrainian border with Russia. The official was not authorised to disclose the information publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. At the UNSC meeting, Kyslytsya claimed up to 12,000 North Korean servicemen are stationed at five training grounds of the Russian Armed Forces. He added that between October 23 and 28, at least seven aircraft carrying up to 2,100 soldiers flew from the Eastern Military District to Russia’s border with Ukraine. North Korea has also provided munitions to Russia, and earlier this month, the White House released images it said were of North Korea shipping 1,000 containers of military equipment there by rail. A resident stands in front of an apartment building damaged by a Russian drone strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv [File: Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters] Fighting continues Meanwhile, on the ground, Russia and Ukraine exchanged scores of drone strikes on Wednesday. A Russian guided bomb struck the fourth floor of a high-rise apartment building in Kharkiv, causing casualties, regional governor Oleh Syniehubov said on Telegram. Earlier, Ukraine’s air force said that Russia launched 62 drones and one missile overnight, adding that 33 of them were intercepted and 25 were jammed. The attack injured nine people in Kyiv, according to the city administration. Russian attacks also targeted other regions of Ukraine, killing at least four and injuring about 30 others over the past 24 hours, authorities said. At the same time, Russian forces have pressed their slow-moving offensive in eastern Ukraine. The Russian Ministry of Defence announced the capture of the village of Kruhlyakivka in the Kharkiv region and said that air defences downed 25 Ukrainian drones over several regions in the country’s west and southwest. The new attacks come as North Korea’s Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui travelled to Russia for talks that South Korea’s spy agency said could involve discussions on sending additional troops to Russia. Adblock test (Why?)
North Korea fires suspected long-range ICBM towards sea, South Korea says
North Korea is believed to have test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile towards the sea, South Korea reports. North Korea launched a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) towards waters off its eastern coast, South Korea’s military said, in what is believed to be the longest flight-time yet for a North Korean missile. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said in a statement that the missile launch towards the East Sea, which is also known as the Sea of Japan, was detected at about 7:10am local time (22:10 GMT). “North Korea’s ballistic missile appears to be an ICBM fired on a lofted trajectory,” the JCS said in a text message, the country’s Yonhap news agency reports. North Korea’s launch of longer-range missiles in “lofted trajectory” means firing the missile almost vertically. This allows a missile to travel to a very high altitude but then land a short horizontal distance from the launch site. Such launches are said to enable Pyongyang to gather data sent back from missile tests to better understand the challenges faced when a long-range warhead re-enters the Earth’s atmosphere. Japan’s Defence Minister Gen Nakatani said the missile, which had been expected to land about 300km (190 miles) west of Japan’s Okushiri Island, off the country’s northern Hokkaido region, had flown the longest time of any of Pyongyang’s past missiles. “It was the longest time flying of any missile so far,” Nakatani told reporters. “I think it may be different from conventional missiles,” he said. North Korea has not test-launched ballistic missiles since September this year and has not launched an ICBM since December 2023, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reports. The latest reported missile launch comes a day after South Korea’s military intelligence agency told lawmakers that North Korea has likely completed preparations for its seventh nuclear test and was close to test-firing a long-range missile capable of reaching the United States. The launch also comes amid concerns about North Korea’s reported troop dispatch to Russia to support its war against Ukraine. Speaking at a news conference in Washington with South Korean Defence Minister Kim Yong-hyun on Wednesday, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said North Korean troops wearing Russian uniforms and carrying Russian equipment are moving towards Ukraine, in what he called a dangerous and destabilising development. South Korea reports that North Korea has sent more than 11,000 troops to Russia and that more than 3,000 of them have been moved close to fighting in western Russia. Adblock test (Why?)
Diwali 2024: Ayodhya Deepotsav sets Guinness World Records with over 25 lakh diyas lit, 1121 people performing…
The counting of diyas was done using drones. Pravin Patel, the adjudicator at Guinness World Records, who visited Ayodhya with Guinness Consultant Nischal Bharot for verification, announced the new records here on Wednesday evening.
Diwali 2024: When to perform Laxmi Pooja October 31, November 1, check here to know tithe timings, date of celebration
During Diwali, families across India come together to light lamps, exchange gifts, and perform prayers, particularly to Goddess Lakshmi, for blessings of wealth and prosperity