Russia is manning its defensive line with 'poor-quality' troops, report says, and only switching in competent ones after Ukraine attacks

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Ukrainian soldiers fire grenades towards Russian forces from a trench on the frontline near Donetsk, Ukraine,on September 9, 2023.

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NASA scientists calculated the exact date an asteroid could hit Earth with the force of at least 24 nuclear bombs. Thankfully, it's a long way off.

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An asteroid Bennu, a city-killer sized cosmic object, has a 1/2700 chance of hitting us in 2182.

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Russian officers beat up their soldiers for drinking, despite drinking themselves, per intercepted audio from Ukraine

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Russian troops ride a military vehicle at an undisclosed location in a still taken from video released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service in July 2023

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A Korean woman in Japan says she was hospitalized after being served a cup with bleach in it. She's accusing the restaurant of a hate crime.

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Young Asian woman eating freshly made sushi with side dish and green tea in a Japanese restaurant.
Young Asian woman eating freshly made sushi with side dish and green tea in a Japanese restaurant.

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Russian commanders are ordering troops to make 'hysterical' and 'ill-conceived' counterattacks with shoddy artillery shells: report

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A building burns after shelling in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, on December 4, 2022, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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Ukraine breached Russia's fearsome defenses with vehicles for the first time, analysts say — a major milestone in its fightback

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An infantry fighting vehicle type Marder of the German Army.
A Marder infantry fighting vehicle in the German army.

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Russia is barely training its troops, probably rendering them incapable of going on the offensive, UK intel says

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Russian soldiers in St. Petersburg on August 25, 2022.

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Family sues Google, saying it's responsible for a man's death after Maps told him to drive over a bridge that collapsed 9 years ago

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A view of the broken bridge at Hickory, North Carolina, where Philip Paxson died.

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Spanish teens say people are making AI-generated nudes of them and passing them around their schools

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Artificial intelligence.

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Russia's army is impossible to outflank so you have to go 'straight up the middle,' a US veteran training Ukrainian forces says

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In this handout photo taken from video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on January 13, 2023, Russian soldiers prepare to fire at an undisclosed location in Ukraine.

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