North Korea claims ‘radioactive tsunami’ weapon test at sea
Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency said the new weapon, which can be deployed from the coast or towed by surface ships, is built to “stealthily infiltrate into operational waters and make a super-scale radioactive tsunami through an underwater explosion" to destroy enemy naval strike groups and ports.
Bordeaux town hall set ablaze as French pension reform unrest grows
Unrest - now in its ninth day - was sparked by French President Emmanuel Macron's attempt to increase the retirement age from 62 to 64. He claims the reform is necessary to make the system economically viable, with increasing numbers of pensioners putting a burden on the state. Polls suggest up to 70% of French citizens reject the reform.
U.S. and China wage war beneath the waves – over internet cables
U.S.-China relations are at the lowest they’ve been in decades. The two countries have clashed on a host of issues, including China’s tacit support for Russia’s invasion of democratic Ukraine, its crackdown on Hong Kong, and the future of Taiwan, which Chinese President Xi Jinping has pledged to bring under Beijing’s control. In February, the United States shot down a Chinese spy balloon that floated into American airspace. China has claimed it was a weather balloon that got blown off course and accused the Americans of overreacting.
Do Kwon, wanted in $40 Billion crypto crash, arrested in Montenegro
TerraUSD was designed as a “stablecoin,” which are pegged to stable assets like the U.S. dollar to prevent drastic fluctuations in prices. However, around $40 billion in market value was erased for the holders of TerraUSD and its floating sister currency, Luna, after the stablecoin plunged far below its $1 peg in May.
Saudi Arabia, Syria may restore ties as Mideast reshuffles
Contacts between Riyadh and Damascus had gathered momentum following a landmark agreement to re-establish ties between Saudi Arabia and Iran, a key ally of President Bashar al-Assad, a regional source aligned with Damascus told Reuters.
The re-establishment of ties between Riyadh and Damascus would mark the most significant development yet in moves by Arab states to normalise ties with al-Assad, who was shunned by many Western and Arab states after Syria’s civil war began in 2011.
The re-establishment of ties between Riyadh and Damascus would mark the most significant development yet in moves by Arab states to normalise ties with al-Assad, who was shunned by many Western and Arab states after Syria’s civil war began in 2011.
Trans women banned from female athletics: World Athletics
World Rugby, in 2020, was the first international sports federation to rule that transgender male-to-females could not compete at the elite and international level of the women's game.
World Athletics also amended regulations covering athletes classified as DSD, in other words having "differences of sexual development".
The most high-profile DSD athlete is double Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya of South Africa.
World Athletics also amended regulations covering athletes classified as DSD, in other words having "differences of sexual development".
The most high-profile DSD athlete is double Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya of South Africa.
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