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Kim Jong-un spotlights drones and defence AI at a weapons display

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North Korea's leader urged scientists to speed up military artificial intelligence and unmanned aircraft, state media reported Friday. The exhibition featured strategic, tactical and suicide attack drones.

Russian state bodies spent over 17 billion roubles on drone defence

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Since the full-scale war began, state companies and agencies have spent more than 17 billion roubles on drone protection, according to an analysis of procurement data.

Evgeni Dinev from Burgas, Bulgaria · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Container ship hit by drones off Bulgaria has sunk, all crew rescued

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All 18 crew members of the Contship Jet were rescued by Bulgarian vessels and taken to Varna for medical checks.

ДИП МИД РФ (фотограф Эдуард Песов) · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Lavrov arrives in the US for the G20 foreign ministers' meeting

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov landed in Atlanta, Georgia, for a two-day visit to the meeting hosted by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

West Bengal and Assam on flood alert after a glacial lake bursts in Bhutan

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Bhutanese media reported an outburst at Shintaphu glacial lake in Gasa district, and people were asked to move to safer locations. The scale of the outburst and its impact downstream were not immediately known.

Volunteers bring hot meals to quake-hit Xizang

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After the earthquake that struck Baqen County on Oct 22, volunteers reached the snow-covered plateau to serve hot meals at temporary shelters in Maru Township.

kremlin.ru · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Putin says Russia is ready for war with Europe but does not want one

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First of all, we are ready, but we do not want a war with Europe. If things go too far, there will be no winners at all.

Jan Engelhardt · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

US sanctions 11 over North Korean IT worker scheme

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The US Treasury sanctioned 10 people and one entity for helping North Korea place IT workers at companies under false identities. It says the regime keeps most of their wages to fund its weapons programs.