This article was originally published by Radio Free Asia and is reprinted with permission. South Korean and Chinese authorities faced off at sea for two hours last month after Chinese authorities blocked the South’s attempt to investigate a steel structure set up by Beijing in their overlapping waters in the Yellow Sea, according to South…
A state bill introduced during this year’s legislative session seeks to punish distribution of AI-generated sexually explicit images of children with up to 15 years in prison, whether or not the child exists. Senate Bill 9 comes on the heels of similar bills in legislatures across the country to combat a crime getting attention: AI-created…
The Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration has led to a string of concerned reports from principals and parents to Chicago Public Schools officials, according to a review of internal communication from district security personnel. On Jan. 24, a mistaken CPS report of two U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers at Hamline Elementary School on the…
Between 200,000 and 250,000 Russian soldiers have died in the war unleashed by Russia against Ukraine and ongoing since February 24, 2022. This is the estimate of British intelligence, which believes that the Russian army has recorded 900,000 casualties, including dead and wounded, in clashes with Ukrainian military personnel. This is the worst death toll for Russia since World War II. British…
A bomb disposal expert from the UK has been injured in an explosion in Gaza. The unnamed 51-year-old was wounded at a UN facility in Deir Al-Balah on Wednesday. Four others were injured and a UN worker was killed in the incident. The Briton, who was working in Gaza as an explosive ordnance disposal expert for the Mines Advisory Group, was treated locally before being…
Russia and Ukraine exchanged mass drone attacks overnight, even as the two countries declared they’re ready to observe a moratorium on strikes against energy infrastructure sought by U.S. President Donald Trump. Russia sent 171 explosive-laden Shahed drones toward Ukraine, up from 145 and 137 in the previous two days, the Ukrainian Air Force command reported Thursday. “Russian strikes on Ukraine do not stop, despite their propaganda claims,”…
