Barbie’s designer made missiles for Raytheon first as ‘Barbenheimer’ rocks box offices

[ad_1] The first Barbie Doll from 1959 is displayed at the interactive exhibition “The World of Barbie” on June 28, 2023, at Santa Monica Place in Santa Monica, California. Robyn Beck | Afp | Getty Images A weapons engineer turned doll maker is the unexpected link to “Barbenheimer,” the affectionately dubbed duo from Warner Bros.′ “Barbie” … Read more

Rebellion in Russia reveals ‘cracks’ in Putin’s regime, Secretary Blinken says

[ad_1] Russia’s President Vladimir Putin delivers a video address, on June 24, 2023, as Wagner fighters stage rebellion. Gavriil Grigorov | AFP | Getty Images U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said much remains unknown about the chaos that unfolded in Russia on Saturday, but that the internal clash exposed “cracks” in the nation that … Read more

Chaos in Russia works to Kyiv’s advantage, Ukrainian officials say

[ad_1] Members of the Wagner Group prepare to depart from the Southern Military District’s headquarters and return to their base on June 24, 2023 in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. Feodor Larin | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Chaos in Russia works to Kyiv’s advantage, Ukraine officials said on Saturday, but it remains to be seen whether President … Read more

Turkey at a crossroads: Will it turn to the East or West?

[ad_1] Turkey celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2023. For centuries, Turkey has straddled two worlds – Europe and the Middle East. In the early 2000s, the country was hailed as a “model democracy” for Muslim-majority countries. However, Turkey was rated as “not free” by the Freedom House 20 years later a label it shares with … Read more

DHS task force will examine how to use AI to protect homeland security

[ad_1] Alejandro Mayorkas, secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, speaks during a new conference in Brownsville, Texas, U.S., on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021. Veronica G. Cardenas | Bloomberg | Getty Images WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security will establish a new task force to examine how the government can use artificial intelligence … Read more

Ukraine awaits U.S. missile system after latest Russian strike

[ad_1] The death toll from Russian missile strikes on eastern Ukraine’s city of Sloviansk rose to 11 Saturday as rescue crews tried to reach people trapped in the rubble of an apartment building, Ukrainian authorities said. Ukraine’s air force said the country would soon have weapons with which to try to prevent attacks like the … Read more

U.S. searches for source of highly classified intel leak

[ad_1] Highly classified military and intelligence documents that appeared online, with details ranging from Ukraine’s air defenses to Israel’s Mossad spy agency, have U.S. officials scrambling to identify the leak’s source, with some Western security experts and U.S. officials saying they suspected it could be someone from the United States. Officials say the breadth of … Read more