China's plan to be the dominant power in space is moving at breathtaking speed. The US needs to wake up, officials say.

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A rocket carrying China's second module for its Tiangong space station lifts off from Wenchang spaceport in southern China on July 24, 2022.

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Former Amazon exec alleges she was told to ignore the law while developing an AI model — 'everyone else is doing it'

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Disgraced former congressman George Santos says he's bringing his drag-queen alter ego 'out of the closet' on Cameo

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George Santos leaving the Alfonse M. D'Amato federal courthouse in Central Islip, New York, in October.

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Ukraine is defying the US over strikes on Russian oil refineries. Experts say it's a necessary risk.

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Video taken through a windshield shows a plume of fire and smoke against a darkening sky at energy facilities after a Ukraine-launched drone attack in Yartsevo, Smolensk region, Russia in this still image from social media video released April 24, 2024
A Russian energy facility after a drone attack in Smolensk, Russia, in a still from a video released April 24, 2024.

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US buys 81 Soviet-era combat aircraft from Russia's ally costing on average less than $20,000 each, report says

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Three aircraft flying in a triangle formation.
Ukrainian SU-27 fighters escorting an SU-24 front-line bomber during an air-force exercise on Starokostyantyniv military air base in October 2018.

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Exhausted Ukrainian soldiers need more troops on the front line, not just more artillery, says former US general

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Soldiers practice clearing a trench in Ukraine at a training area in the Zhytomyr region, northern Ukraine, on April 23, 2024.

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A man was arrested after Mint Butterfield, whose dad cofounded Slack and mom cofounded Flickr, was found in the back of a van

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Mint Butterfield, center, is the child of Stewart Butterfield and Caterina Fake.

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iPads are helping Ukraine's pilots flying Soviet-era planes in combat missions against Russian forces, said a US defense official

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Ukrainian pilots using an iPad for Wild Weasel missions

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Gold pocket watch owned by the richest man on the Titanic, who died when the ship sank, fetches record $1.5 million

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The gold plated pocket watch belonging to an ill fated passenger on the Titanic, which stopped as the ship sank in April 1912, which is to be auctioned along with other artifacts today by Henry Aldridge & Son at the British Titanic Society Convention, Southampton. *The item was rescued from the body of passenger John Gill, 24, from Somerset and is expected to fetch 25,000.

Russia to introduce drone training classes for schoolchildren in occupied areas of Ukraine, reports say

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The drone unit of the 108th Territorial Defense Brigade of the Ukrainian Army continues its combat training as heavy clashes continue on the Zaporizhzhia frontline in Ukraine on November 04, 2023.
A soldier from the drone unit of Ukraine's 108th Territorial Defense Brigade.

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