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Taiwan’s push to build a modern counter-drone shield has come under renewed scrutiny after an official audit uncovered technical shortcomings and a key procurement programme collapsed following repeated testing failures.
The developments have fuelled concerns that Taipei’s efforts to match Beijing’s rapidly evolving drone technology are being undermined by capability gaps, procurement failures and delays in building an integrated counter-drone network.
According to a recent report by Taiwan’s…

Hong Kong authorities have conducted a counterterrorism drill at the revamped Huanggang border crossing and used a new “crowd flow” test to simulate an unexpected surge in passenger numbers, with about 5,000 civil servants taking part.
The counterterrorism exercise on Saturday was the first such drill to be held at the redeveloped checkpoint building.
A Security Bureau spokesman said civil servants from around 30 bureaus took part in the drill, which aimed to test authorities’ management of…

In 1968, a California landowner demanded $100 an acre for land inside Pinnacles that officials valued at $17; A long legal and property dispute between the US federal government and Utah businessman Dean Brimhall over commercial activities on protected land ended with a $400,000 buyout and the demolition of several private facilities near the park boundary.According to historical land-management records in the National Park Service Fact Guide for Capitol Reef National Park, federal authorities bought Brimhall's private property and later ordered the demolition of a tourist lodge and petrol station. Commercial stone quarrying on the site was also ended.The settlement closed a period of conflict in southern Utah, where private property rights came into direct conflict with conservation efforts during the mid-twentieth century.Commercial enterprise caused federal conflictThe dispute began in 1964, when Brimhall built a modern service station and visitor lodge along Utah State Route 2..

Prince Edward and Sophie’s son James is set to begin university this autumn after receiving his A-level results. Buckingham Palace has seemingly confirmed that James, Earl of Wessex, the youngest grandchild of the late Queen Elizabeth II, will not be taking on his royal titles as an adult. The 18-year-old son of Prince Edward and Sophie, the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, has earned the necessary grades from his A-level exams to take the next steps towards his future career, but it appears that won’t be as a working senior royal.On Thursday, August 13, the palace announced that James is set to attend the Royal Agricultural University in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, beginning this fall. A palace spokesperson said, “The Earl of Wessex will be going to the Royal Agricultural University to study Rural Land & Property Management. He will head straight there without taking a year out.”The palace’s decision to refer to James as simply the “Earl of Wessex” in an official announcement about hi..

At least eight workers have died following a toxic gas leak at a ship-breaking yard in the southeastern Bangladeshi district of Chattogram, officials said on Friday.
The incident occurred at the Ferdaus Steel Shipbreaking Yard in Sitakund subdistrict, an area that hosts many ship-breaking yards where old vessels mostly imported from around the world are dismantled.
Soon after the leak, many workers lost consciousness and were rushed to a local hospital.
Six out of seven people taken to…

After almost four decades of international cooperation in space affairs, Brazil and China have unveiled details of a new project to launch a powerful meteorological and environmental satellite.
It will be capable of monitoring the whole of South America, according to the space sciences department at Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research (INPE).
Adenilson Roberto da Silva, general coordinator of engineering and technology with the INPE, said the satellite would provide “improved weather…

Trump administration has described prosecuting sex trafficking as a priority, but there has been a 22% decrease in them The Trump administration has repeatedly described the fight against sex trafficking as a priority, but federal prosecutions have slowed this year amid staffing shortages, funding cuts and a shift in law-enforcement resources toward immigration enforcement, a Reuters review found.Federal prosecutors charged 73 people with sex trafficking through June, about 22% fewer than the average for the same period over the previous three years. Reuters based its findings on interviews with 25 former prosecutors, current agents and victims’ advocates, as well as a review of federal court records.Former prosecutors and agents told Reuters that experienced personnel have left the Justice Department, while some Homeland Security Investigations agents previously involved in trafficking cases were reassigned to immigration duties. In some offices, remaining investigators have struggled..

A Washington man is facing federal charges after allegedly shooting and killing a bald eagle that was found near chickens on his property in Clark County. The case began on February 5, 2026, when wildlife officers responded to a report of a dead bald eagle in the Hockinson area of Brush Prairie. A witness had reportedly heard a sound resembling a gunshot or firecracker earlier that morning. Officers found the bird with a head wound and sent it for examination. X-rays reportedly revealed two shotgun pellets lodged in the eagle's head, while a veterinary examination identified the injuries as fatal. Months after the investigation began, federal prosecutors charged 66-year-old Benjamin G. Allen in connection with the eagle's death. The allegations remain unproven in court.Washington man accused of shooting bald eagleThe investigation began on February 5, 2026, when Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Police received a report about a dead bald eagle at a residence in the H..

Poland has ⁠arrested a ⁠Russian man who was ⁠hired by Moscow to kill a Ukrainian-American citizen in Warsaw, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Thursday.
The Russian was detained on August ‌7 and had been recruited to kill a man who was “inconvenient to the Putin regime”, Tusk told journalists.
The Russian embassy in Warsaw did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment. Moscow has regularly ⁠dismissed accusations by European powers of attacks, saying the West ‌is stoking…

The F-35 and F-22 may be among the world’s most advanced stealth fighters, but they cannot hide one thing: heat.
When heat-seeking missiles lock onto aircraft, fighters release flares to confuse infrared sensors and break missile tracking.
But the infrared signals produced by fighters, including heat from engine exhaust and air friction over the fuselage, are different from those generated by flares.
These heat signatures could provide valuable infrared information for target detection and…