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Moscow says it has arrested a French citizen accused of collecting information about Russia’s military activities and failing to register as a “foreign agent.” “Such information, if obtained from foreign sources, could be used against the security of the state,” Russia’s Investigative Committee (SK) said. It also posted footage purporting to show the arrest of […]

(Bloomberg) — When a guard patrolling Poland’s eastern border was attacked last month by a migrant trying to cross illegally from Belarus, Prime Minister Donald Tusk rushed to the scene. Most read from Bloomberg Standing in front of camouflaged army vehicles alongside soldiers in fatigues in the village of Dubicze Cerkiewne, Tusk vowed to use

Alibaba.com, a cross-border business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce platform owned by Alibaba Group Holdingpredicts $60 billion in gross merchandise value (GMV) by 2024, which would be a 20 percent increase from last year’s $50 billion, said the platform’s president, Zhang Kuo. The sourcing platform’s revenue growth slowed after a sevenfold increase in GMV over the past five

Tesla’s Cybertruck electric vehicle (EV)which is not yet available in mainland China, caused a stir at an industrial fair in Shanghai as Chinese consumers remain keenly interested in the US automaker’s new products despite declining sales of its Model 3 and Model Y. Dozens of visitors to the Carbon Neutrality Expo flocked to the event

Seals don’t wear baseball caps. At least not on purpose, but seals are curious creatures, so every now and then a seal will accidentally find some sort of discarded material, poke around in it and, if they’re unlucky, get stuck in it. That’s exactly what happened to a seal in Namibia, just a stone’s throw

A White House official says Ukraine needs a consistent flow of capabilities, not one decisive weapon, to defeat Russia. Russia is believed to produce artillery shells three times faster than Ukraine’s NATO partners. The US is producing together with Kiev to boost the defense industry and compete with Russia. Deputy National Security Advisor Jonathan Finer

Stink bugs, recognizable to most by the gnarly, unpleasant odor they emit after being unceremoniously crushed, are actually one of the major agricultural pests that plague farmers in North America and Southern Europe. The pesky invasive species, which may have hitchhiked from Asia to the US via shipping containers in the 1990s, has reportedly contributed

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Dozens of civilians were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a U.N. Agency for Palestine Refugee (UNRWA) school in central Gaza, Palestinian medics and the militant group Hamas said, a claim Israel denies. Gaza’s Hamas-controlled health authority said at least 30 people were killed in the attack on Wednesday evening and most of the victims

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — United Nations Special Representatives for Human Rights have called on Belarusian authorities to investigate the torture and deaths of political prisoners. Five people who died in custody in Belarus have been convicted on politically motivated charges, according to a report by the UN Special Rapporteur on Belarus. The report noted that