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SEOUL: South Korea unveiled on Friday (Jun 26) a plan to acquire 20,000 military drones to fend off North Korean threats, citing lessons learned from wars in Ukraine and the Middle East.A small number of high-cost weapon systems dominated the battlefields of the past, but the mass deployment of low-cost drones is transforming the nature of warfare.”Recent conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East clearly demonstrate that drones have emerged as game changers on the battlefield,” Defence Minister Ahn Gyu-back told reporters in Seoul.South Korea remains technically at war with the North after their 1950-53 conflict ended in an armistice,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Three-time Team USA Olympic gold medalist women’s swimmer Nancy Hogshead has won a massive legal victory for athlete safety.A federal judge in Chicago has dismissed a $250 million lawsuit filed against Hogshead by Rick Butler, a prominent junior volleyball coach accused of sexually abusing underage players. The lawsuit was filed in December 2021 by Butler and his wife Cheryl, targeting statements Hogshead made in 2017 and 2018 regarding allegations that Butler sexually abused teenage girls that he coached in the 1980s. Jenna Johnson, Nancy Hogshead, Carrie Steinseifer and Dara Torres of the…

NewsFeedTwo powerful earthquakes have ripped through Venezuela in a rare ‘doublet’ shock – with magnitudes of 7.2 and 7.5 striking just seconds apart near the Caribbean coast. Al Jazeera’s @Lina_Serene explains.Published On 26 Jun 202626 Jun 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former Trump White House counselor and Fox News contributor Kellyanne Conway said Tuesday’s Democratic primary results do not signal a broader political shift, arguing the victories reflect the politics of only a handful of districts.She told Fox News Digital that candidates she characterized as “anti-America” may find success in “very curated, specific districts” but are unlikely to win over the country on a larger scale.The comments came after a slate of progressive and socialist candidates scored high-profile victories in Tuesday’s Democratic primaries. Those wins fueled renewed debate over whether the Democratic Party…

Samuel Boivin | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesMicron Technology’s shares tumbled on Friday, paring gains from earlier in the week after reporting blowout earnings. The memory chipmaker declined nearly 6% in premarket trading as other U.S. semiconductor firms also struggled. Intel was last down just over 3%, Sandisk fell 5%, Arm shed 4%, and Marvell declined 3.7%. Investors remain wary of the rising costs of artificial intelligence infrastructure, with the sell-off reverberating across global markets.In Europe, key chip stocks also saw losses. ASML was down 2.2%, Infineon fell 3.7%, ASM International dropped 2.8%, ST Microelectronics lost 3.3%, and Be Semiconductor fell 2%. Japanese conglomerate Softbank led losses in Asia and plunged more than 12%. Tumbling AI…

Soccer star Christine Sinclair is being promoted to a companion of the Order of Canada, with Rideau Hall calling her “one of the most influential athletes in Canadian history.” “She is a powerful advocate for the advancement of women’s sport and has inspired generations of athletes globally,” her citation from the governor general reads.Sinclair retired from the women’s national team after the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. She helped Canada win gold at the Tokyo Olympics and bronze at both the 2016 Games in Rio and the 2012 Games in London.Among the new officers of the Order of Canada is…

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SEPANG: Malaysian authorities foiled an attempt to smuggle advanced artificial intelligence chips through the country’s main airport, customs officials said on Friday (Jun 26), in a case worth nearly US$13 million.A team raided Kuala Lumpur airport’s free trade zone on Jun 5 and seized 72 servers that were reportedly bound for export to another Asian country, airport customs director Zulkifli Muhammad said.Malaysia tightened export and transhipment controls on chips from the United States last year, requiring a strategic trade permit and advance notification if there is suspicion of misuse or diversion.The Southeast Asian nation, as a growing data-centre hub, is…

A spike in potent synthetic drugs comes as manufacturers respond to geopolitical changes and look to increase profits.Published On 26 Jun 202626 Jun 2026The global drug trade is flourishing, with a surge of new synthetic drugs, as well as cocaine and methamphetamine, as traffickers exploit global instability to push into new markets, the United Nations has warned.In its World Drug Report released on Friday, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) warns that established and new narcotics are surging, and filling a gap left by the Taliban’s clampdown on heroin production in Afghanistan.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of…

6/25: CBS Evening News – CBS News Watch CBS News Hundreds dead in devastating back-to-back earthquakes in Venezuela; Europe swelters under heat dome.