This article was originally published by Radio Free Asia and is reprinted with permission. Canadian naval vessel HMCS Ottawa successfully completed a joint exercise with U.S. Navy destroyer USS Higgins amid tension in the South China Sea, the Canadian Joint Operations Command said. During the Jan. 8-11 drills, codenamed Noble Wolverine, both ships “navigated through…
This article was originally published by Radio Free Asia and is reprinted with permission. A mudslide at a Myanmar jade mine swept over a village on Monday and 12 people were confirmed killed with dozens missing, residents of the area in Kachin state said — the latest disaster in the unregulated sector in which scores…
The mother of a 22-year-old man fatally shot by an FBI agent in Philadelphia in 2023 has sued, saying her son was unarmed when the agent and others chased after him and then used deadly force while seeking to arrest him. Tahiem Weeks-Cook was shot in the early afternoon hours of Aug. 4, 2023 as FBI agents in the Nicetown-Tioga neighborhood were attempting…
Firefighters continued to boost containment overnight of the Palisades and Eaton fires ahead of dangerous winds that began blowing through the region early Tuesday. Officials are concerned the strong winds paired with dry fuel and low humidity could result in new fire starts in Southern California or the expansion of the existing blazes. The Palisades…
A nurse practitioner and LGBTQ activist recently pleaded guilty to federal child sex crime charges after sending child pornography to an undercover agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). In a December press release, the U.S. Justice Department wrote, “Lucas Allen Fussell, 42, of Onley, Virginia, pleaded guilty yesterday to federal charges arising out…
