Russia has repeatedly hit us with cyberattacks, France claims

France’s foreign ministry explicitly accused Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency on Tuesday of mounting cyber attacks on a dozen entities including ministries, defense firms and think tanks since 2021 in an attempt to destabilize France. The accusations, levelled at GRU unit APT28, which officials said was based in Rostov-on-Don in southern Russia, are not the first by a Western power, but it is the first time Paris has blamed the Russian state on the…

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China’s Shenzhou-19 spacecraft lands in country’s north

HONG KONG — China’s Shenzhou-19 crewed spacecraft landed in the north of the country on Wednesday, state broadcaster CCTV reported, after a one-day delay due to weather conditions at the landing site. The spacecraft and its three crew were sent into space in October last year to work on China’s “Tiangong” permanently inhabited space station. Shenzhou crewed spaceflights…

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Hundreds of North Korean troops killed while fighting Ukraine, Seoul says

SEOUL, South Korea — About 600 North Korean troops have been killed fighting for Russia against Ukraine out of a total deployment of 15,000, South Korean lawmakers said Wednesday, citing the country’s intelligence agency. North Korea has suffered some 4,700 casualties so far, including both injuries and deaths, though its troops have shown signs of improved combat capabilities over about six months by using modern weapons…

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The lights are back on in Spain and Portugal, but nobody knows why they went out

Portugese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro said Monday he did not know what caused the blackout but said “everything indicates” that it originated in neighboring Spain. His Spanish counterpart, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, said Monday he was also not sure what caused the problem. “It is better not to speculate,” Sanchez said Monday. Videos on social…

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