Japan announces plans for new stealth fighter

Japan announces plans for new stealth fighter

The Ministry of Defense this week told members of the Diet, the country’s parliament, that the new sixth-generation fighters would begin production in fiscal year 2031 and replace the country’s aging fleet of almost 100 F-2 jets, single-engine fourth-generation fighters modeled after American F-16s, according to Japan’s national broadcaster NHK News. The country’s fiscal 2020 … Read more

Japan announces plans for new stealth fighter

Japan announces plans for new stealth fighter

The Ministry of Defense this week told members of the Diet, the country’s parliament, that the new sixth-generation fighters would begin production in fiscal year 2031 and replace the country’s aging fleet of almost 100 F-2 jets, single-engine fourth-generation fighters modeled after American F-16s, according to Japan’s national broadcaster NHK News. The country’s fiscal 2020 … Read more

PM Modi’s 2018 Singapore visit enhanced India’s presence in ASEAN: Indian diplomat

PM Modi’s 2018 Singapore visit enhanced India’s presence in ASEAN: Indian diplomat

SINGAPORE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s three-day visit to Singapore in 2018 went a long way in enhancing India’s presence in the ASEAN region, outgoing Indian High Commissioner to Singapore Jawed Ashraf has said. The 56-year-old career diplomat who served in Singapore for 43 months will leave on Sunday for his next posting to France. “PM … Read more

KingComposer patches XSS flaw impacting 100,000 WordPress websites | ZDNet

KingComposer patches XSS flaw impacting 100,000 WordPress websites | ZDNet

A reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability impacting 100,000 websites has been patched in the KingComposer WordPress plugin.  KingComposer is a drag-and-drop page builder for WordPress-based domains that removes the need to program or directly code websites powered by the content management system (CMS).  See also: Researchers connect Evilnum hacking group to cyberattacks against Fintech firms The … Read more

The roughneck US cowboys who drilled Britain’s secret WWII oil wells

The roughneck US cowboys who drilled Britain’s secret WWII oil wells

When rambunctious Oklahoman oilmen were billeted alongside English monks, the two groups were quickly nicknamed the “rogues and robes.” Richard Trenholm/CNET Sherwood Forest, home of England’s legendary outlaw Robin Hood, was a long way from the front lines of World War II. But that’s where, amid the sun-dappled woods, I encountered one of the war’s … Read more

US sees another record daily rise in COVID-19 cases

US sees another record daily rise in COVID-19 cases

Healthcare workers move a patient in the Covid-19 Unit at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas, on July 2. Mark Felix/AFP/Getty Images The US saw a record number of new coronavirus cases in a single day Thursday, with 60,646 new cases reported, according to Johns Hopkins University. There are at least 3,115,345 cases of coronavirus in the US and … Read more

Coronavirus: Morning update

Coronavirus: Morning update

Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus outbreak this Friday morning. We’ll have another update for you at 18:00 BST. 1. Quarantine rules end for dozens of destinations Travellers arriving in the UK from dozens of countries and overseas territories no longer have to self-isolate for two weeks. France, Italy, Belgium, … Read more

Vikas Dubey: The gangster and his political story

Vikas Dubey: The gangster and his political story

Gangster Vikas Dubey is dead, shot by police. Whether it was an encounter as police have said or a targeted killing in the view of anticipated long wait of judicial process, is now a matter of speculation. A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court over staged encounters. The popular sentiment, however, is of … Read more