Ukraine News

02 Dec: Ukraine claims some Russian units are withdrawing from Zaporizhzhia

03 Dec: Ukraine provides evidence of dummy warheads fired by Russia using nuclear-capable missile

03 Dec: People try to steal Banksy mural of gas-masked woman in Ukraine

03 Dec: New images show Russian army facility built in occupied Mariupol

04 Dec: US intelligence expects slower pace of Ukraine war to continue

05 Dec: Explosions rock 2 military airbases deep inside Russia

07 Dec: U.S. did not encourage or enable Kyiv to strike within Russia, Blinken says

07 Dec: Ukraine war is going to ‘take a while,’ Putin says as he warns nuclear risk is increasing

07 Dec: Scholz: Risk of Russia Using Nuclear Weapons Has Diminished, for Now

08 Dec: Crimea bridge: How Russia is rebuilding its vital link

10 Dec: Ukraine war: US says Iran now Russia’s ‘top military backer’

12 Dec: Russia’s Wagner mercenaries targeted in hotel attack: Governor

12 Dec: Odesa port reopens after energy network hit

14 Dec: Ukraine forces shoot down drones as Kyiv hit by explosions

14 Dec: How are ‘kamikaze’ drones being used by Russia and Ukraine?

14 Dec: What the U.S. sending a Patriot missile defense system to Ukraine could mean for Putin’s war

16 Dec: Russia ‘may try to take Kyiv again’ in major new year offensive, say Zelenskyy and army

17 Dec: Putin sounds out military commanders on Ukraine

21 Dec: Russia’s military set to expand as Putin vows to continue fighting in Ukraine

23 Dec: North Korea sold arms to Russia’s Wagner Group, says US

24 Dec: Ukrainian President Condemns Latest Russian Strikes On Kherson

26 Dec: Russian Air Base Is Attacked, as Ukraine Discounts Escalation Threat

29 Dec: Russia fires barrage of missiles on Ukraine cities, energy grid

29 Dec: Ukraine fighting is deadlocked, spy chief Kyrylo Budanov tells BBC

29 Dec: Belarus summons Ukraine envoy over stray air defence missile

30 Dec: UK spy agency had to ‘pre-bunk’ Russian propaganda over Ukraine war, GCHQ boss says

News

01 Dec: US sees surge in children under five hospitalized for respiratory viruses

01 Dec: Spain boosts security as prime minister and US embassy targeted amid series of letter bombs

02 Dec: Veterans exposed to sarin at Porton Down demand bravery medals

02 Dec: China’s plans for giant new London embassy unexpectedly rejected by local officials on security grounds

02 Dec: Welsh primary school pupil dies after contracting invasive Strep A

03 Dec: Sixth child dies of Strep A infection as scarlet fever cases surge

05 Dec: Londonderry: Man held over bomb left outside police station

07 Dec: Germany arrests 25 people over alleged far-right coup plot

08 Dec: ‘Zero Covid,’ Once Ubiquitous, Vanishes in China’s Messy Pivot

10 Dec: Serbia Will Ask KFOR For Permission To Intervene In Kosovo, Vucic Says

12 Dec: What is Germany’s ‘Reichsbürger’ movement?

13 Dec: US charges seven with military technology plot on Russian orders

13 Dec: French court convicts all eight suspects over 2016 truck attack in Nice

14 Dec: Ethiopian professor was murdered by a mob. A lawsuit alleges Facebook fueled the violence

15 Dec: US Space Force launches base in South Korea likely to monitor threats from North Korea, Russia, China

14 Dec: Australia: ‘Hallucinogenic’ spinach recall widens as Woolworths warns about salads

17 Dec: Record Number of Guns Confiscated at U.S. Airports, T.S.A. Says

18 Dec: Co. Antrim pair sentenced over attempt to import gun and ammunition from USA

18 Dec: Grenade launcher gifted by Ukraine wounds Polish police chief

18 Dec: Daesh group gunmen kill several Iraqi police officers

19 Dec: Former soldier accused of having explosives, gun and silencer linked to east Belfast UVF granted bail

20 Dec: Derby ‘Doomsday prepper’ cleared of terrorism charges after Old Bailey trial

22 Dec: Suspected Russian spy arrested in German intelligence agency

23 Dec: Diphtheria cases discovered among asylum seekers housed at Humber hotel

24 Dec: Nuclear power: Radioactive waste to be buried at Gwynedd plant

26 Dec: COVID R number: UK to stop publishing virus modelling data after nearly three years

26 Dec: Man arrested in connection with Seán Rooney killing in Lebanon

26 Dec: Taiwan reports China’s largest incursion yet to air defence zone

27 Dec: Backpack Prompts Bomb Scare in Brasilia Ahead of Lula Inauguration

27 Dec: South Korea fires warning shots after North Korean drones enter its airspace

27 Dec: World War Two: Thousands of bombs still left unexploded in Wales

27 Dec: Ten civilians killed in Burkina Faso after bus hits landmine

27 Dec: Serbia places troops on ‘highest’ alert amid Kosovo tensions

27 Dec: Russian sausage tycoon who criticised Ukraine invasion falls to death from hotel window

28 Dec: Flight PS752: Demands Iran settle dispute over Ukrainian jet downing

28 Dec: CDC Announces Negative COVID-19 Test Requirement from Air Passengers Entering the United States from the People’s Republic of China

29Dec: Worcester: South Quay World War One bomb controlled explosion in field

31 Dec: Strep A: At least 30 children in UK killed by bacterial infection since September

Technology

01 Dec: Royal Navy awards contract for Europe’s largest crewless submarine

01 Dec: Canoo Delivers Electric Light Tactical Vehicle to Army for Analysis & Demonstration

02 Dec: COVID can live on groceries for days, scientists find in new study

02 Dec: Northrop Grumman and the US Air Force Introduce the B-21 Raider, the World’s First Sixth-Generation Aircraft

05 Dec: The off-patent drug that could protect us from future COVID-19 variants

05 Dec: Textron’s Bell V-280 Valor Chosen as New U.S. Army Long-Range Assault Aircraft

06 Dec: Researchers harness bacteria-eating viruses to create a powerful new weapon against contamination and infection

07 Dec: Severe COVID Linked with Evidence of Brain Aging, Harvard Study Finds

07 Dec: Low-cost battery built with four times the capacity of lithium

08 Dec: Heat-activated hydrogel could stop battlefield bleeds

09 Dec: New Stealth Fighter Will Be Developed Jointly By Japan, Britain, Italy

9 Dec: Life-saving light beam to detect malaria in 10 seconds

12 Dec: US hypersonic missile makes first successful operational flight test

12 Dec: Pollution clean-up method destroys toxic “forever chemicals”

13 Dec: ‘Breakthrough’ as fusion experiment generates excess energy for the first time

13 Dec: Scientists develop long-life electrode material for solid-state batteries ideal for EVs

14 Dec:  Tuskegee and Henrietta Lacks: Using my family’s dark history to teach about vaccines

14 Dec: Kent team create protein-based armour material that can stop supersonic impacts.

14 Dec: Clever device efficiently splits hydrogen and lithium out of seawater

15 Dec: Hungary’s risky bet on Russia’s nuclear power

14 Dec: Team overcomes obstacles to commercializing next-generation batteries by moving electrolytes remotely

16 Dec: Cranberry-boosted lipstick inactivates viruses and bacteria on contact

19 Dec: TerraPower: Nuclear demonstration project in Wyoming delayed because Russia was the only fuel source

21 Dec: Super-absorbent towel soaks up liquids better than cloth or paper

22 Dec: Study: Merck’s COVID pill hastens recovery, but does not cut hospitalisation, death rates in many vaccinated adults

25 Dec: Get Ready to Play ‘Guess the Viral Variant’

29 Dec: High-efficiency water filter removes 99.9% of microplastics in 10 seconds

30 Dec: Scientists discovered an organism that hunts and eats viruses