Kim Jong Un said to order mass production of suicide drones

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un guided a test of suicide drones and ordered mass production of the aerial weapon, state media reported.

North Korea tests exploding drones as Kim calls for mass production

North Korea says it has tested exploding drones designed to hit targets and leader Kim Jong Un called for accelerating their mass production

World - ABC News - 14 hours ago

North Korea orders mass production of attack drones after seeing Russia's tactics up close

World - Yahoo News - 7 hours ago

Kim Jong Un is stepping out of big brother China's shadow

Suddenly, his actions are commanding the attention of the U.S., NATO, Japan, South Korea, Russia and China.

Politics - The Hill - October 30

Kim Jong Un is China's ally - but has become the 'comrade from hell'

Beijing is caught between its sanctioned neighbours, whose new alliance is causing concern.

Kim Jong Un's Risky Embrace of Russia Is AboutHis Regime'sSurvival

North Korea’s leader is forging an unproven—and even more brazen—path to achieve regime security, advance his country’s nuclear program and win economic relief.

World - The Wall Street Journal - November 4

Will Trump Rekindle a Bromance With Kim Jong-un? South Koreans Worry.

Donald J. Trump’s second term brings uncertainty to the Korean Peninsula as nuclear tensions run high. North Korea’s leader may see a chance to re-engage.

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North Korea’s Kim Jong Un calls South Korea a foreign, hostile country

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said South Korea is a foreign and hostile nation, state media reported Friday.

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un visits missile bases and cites U.S. nuclear threat

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has visited missile bases to examine their readiness to undertake actions of “strategic deterrence,” state media reported.

Cisco sees product orders accelerate in the AI era, and its outlook moves higher

Networking company sees a 20% boost in product orders for the latest quarter.

Business - MarketWatch - Yesterday

New wave of mass killings in Sudan alarms UN

Paramilitary fighters are accused of committing "atrocious crimes" in Gezira state.

New wave of mass killings in Sudan alarms UN

World - Yahoo News - October 27

UN concerned about increasing Russian drone attacks in Ukraine

World - Yahoo News - 7 hours ago

Mass production of genetically selected humans: inside a Pennsylvania pronatalist candidate’s fantasy city-state

Simone Collins espouses a philosophy in which voting rights would be linked to people’s contributions to society. When Simone Collins, a Republican running for a seat in Pennsylvania’s state ...

World - The Guardian - November 3

Trump draft executive order would set up board to oust generals en masse: Report

The transition team for President-elect Trump is working on an executive order that would speed up the firing of top military brass if signed, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. The draft ...

Politics - The Hill - 2 days ago

De Jong in Netherlands squad after 14 months

Midfielder Frenkie de Jong is back in the Netherlands squad and in line to play his first international in 14 months after being selected on Friday for this month's Nations League matches against ...

Sports - ESPN - November 8

Military suicide rates increased in 2023

Suicide rates in the military increased in 2023, a slight uptick from 2022 that adds to a larger, troubling rise over the past decade. The annual report shows 523 service members died by suicide in ...

Politics - The Hill - Yesterday

Dutch say De Jong to play after 14-month layoff

Netherlands coach Ronald Koeman expects Frenkie de Jong to make his long-awaited international comeback in Amsterdam on Saturday when they host Hungary in the Nations League.

Sports - ESPN - 3 days ago

Character.ai Faces Lawsuit After Teen’s Suicide

The mother of a 14-year-old Florida boy says he became obsessed with a chatbot on Character.AI before his death.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 23

Parents told us of suicide plan at Christmas due to lack of assisted dying law

Tom Marshall's parents took their own lives, but he says a law change may have helped them.

Lawsuit claims Character.AI is responsible for teen's suicide

A mom is suing Character.ai, accusing the company’s chatbots of initiating “abusive and sexual interactions” with her teen son and encouraging him to take his own life.

The Elon-ction + Can A.I. Be Blamed for a Teen’s Suicide?

The 2024 election has a new main character.

Tech - The New York Times - October 25

Dozens killed in suicide bombing at Pakistan train station

The attack happened when nearly 100 passengers were waiting for a train to travel to the garrison city of Rawalpindi from Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province.

World - CBS News - 6 days ago

Police review three cases recorded as suicide

It comes after a Police Ombudsman report into the death of County Armagh showjumper Katie Simpson.

The Untimely Death of Product Management

Tech execs ask: Why have product managers when you can just keep using AI?

Business - Inc. - October 22

The 27 best new products this month

The best new products this October are the Rhode Barrier Balm, Ninja Crispi, New Balance Fresh Foam X 1080v14 and Shark FlexFusion. Here’s how to shop them.

Ukraine attacks Moscow with 34 drones

Ukraine attacked Moscow with 34 drones, the Russian Ministry of Defense said early Sunday morning. “Between 7:00 and 10:00 Moscow time, an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack ...

Politics - The Hill - 5 days ago

Why North Korea Is Building Drones

Analysts say the low-cost weapons are attractive to Mr. Kim, who is intent on modernizing North Korea’s military.

Top stories - The New York Times - 12 hours ago

7 killed in suicide bomber attack at a cafe in Somalia's capital

Police said seven people died and six others were injured after a suicide bomber detonated an unidentified device at a café outside a police training school in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu

World - ABC News - October 18

Canadians with nonterminal conditions sought assisted dying for social reasons

Some people have asked to be killed due to non-medical reasons – including isolation and homelessness. An expert committee reviewing euthanasia deaths in Canada ’s most populous province has ...

World - The Guardian - October 17

Officer allegedly killed by husband who staged her murder as suicide

A Florida lieutenant was shot and killed by her estranged husband, who staged the murder to look like a death by suicide, her former colleagues said.

Character AI clamps down following teen user suicide, but users are revolting

As a result of these changes, Character AI appears to be deleting certain user-made custom chatbot characters abruptly.

Tech - VentureBeat - October 23

Mother of Teen Who Died by Suicide Sues AI Startup

The boy, 14, spent months talking to an artificial character on Character.AI before becoming depressed. His mother blames the company, saying the tech shouldn’t be accessible to minors.

Business - Inc. - October 24

A suicide attack kills 4 security personnel in northwest Pakistan

Pakistani police say a suicide attack at a checkpoint has killed four security personnel and injured five in the country’s northwest

World - ABC News - October 26

What made a celebrated Victorian Shakespeare scholar commit professional suicide?

John Payne Collier was at the height of his academic career. Then he was unmasked as a prolific and audacious forger

Business - Financial Times - October 26

Women raped in war-hit Sudan die by suicide, activists say

Several women raped by paramilitary fighters in Gezira state have taken their own lives, activists say.

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