Florida’s rightwing Republican governor Ron DeSantis will deploy state troops to help with crowd control during the spring break season, warning that the Sunshine state will not “tolerate lawlessness”. About 140 state troopers will be sent across Florida to assist 17 law enforcement agencies, as thousands of college students make their way en masse to […]
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) – A longtime San Francisco business is trying something new to curb what it says has been “rampant shoplifting.” Fredericksen’s Hardware and Paint in Cow Hollow is now offering a one-on-one shopping experience. The idea is to separate actual customers from those looking to steal from the store. During certain hours, Fredericksen’s […]
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia announced on Wednesday a defense deal with Turkey that includes support for the Horn of Africa nation’s sea assets and appears aimed at deterring Ethiopia’s efforts to secure access to the sea by way of the breakaway region of Somaliland. Ethiopia signed a memorandum of understanding with Somaliland on Jan. […]
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia announced on Wednesday a defense deal with Turkey that includes support for the Horn of Africa nation’s sea assets and appears aimed at deterring Ethiopia’s efforts to secure access to the sea by way of the breakaway region of Somaliland. Ethiopia signed a memorandum of understanding with Somaliland on Jan. […]
The Biden administration is considering taking executive action to deter illegal migration across the southern border, according to two U.S. officials. As passing legislation on border security in Congress appears unlikely, the plans under consideration signal that the White House wants to take action before numbers at the border, which have dropped in the past […]
PUYALLUP, Wash. – The City of Puyallup spent over $7,000 on hundreds of rocks now strategically placed along Spring Street. Initially, the city justified the purchase by saying the obstructions were meant to protect damaged vegetation. Many locals argue that’s nothing more than a white lie—the strip of city-owned land where the boulders were placed […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Thursday that U.S. military strikes against Iranian-back Houthi rebels in Yemen will continue, but he acknowledged that the American and British bombardment has yet to stop shipping attacks by the militants on vessels in the Red Sea. Biden said the U.S. would continue the strikes in an exchange […]
Nato members will send 90,000 troops to the alliance’s largest military exercise since the Cold War. Britain is deploying 20,000 soldiers to Operation Steadfast Defender 2024, which starts next week and will continue until the end of May. Gen Christopher Cavoli, Nato’s most senior commander, said the exercises would demonstrate the alliance’s ability to quickly […]
Within the last 24 hours, the Defence Forces of Ukraine continued to deter the Russians near the settlement of Marinka. The Russians carried out most assaults on the Avdiivka front, and 49 combat clashes occurred in the combat zone in total. Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of […]
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military’s air strikes on Monday in Iraq aimed to deter Iran and Iran-backed militia groups from conducting or supporting attacks on United States personnel and facilities, President Joe Biden said on Wednesday. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT The U.S. military carried out retaliatory air strikes on Monday in Iraq […]
The Institute for the Study of War has estimated that the suspension of Western assistance would probably result in Ukraine losing its ability to deter the Russian army. Source: Institute for the Study of War (ISW) Details: The ISW said the current positional war in Ukraine is not a stable stalemate as the current balance […]
Top Biden administration officials are actively weighing options to strike back at Houthis in Yemen after the Iran-backed group launched new attacks on naval and commercial ships in the Red Sea on Saturday, according to two U.S. officials. The Pentagon has in recent days moved the Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group from the Persian […]