[ad_1] The 150th Kentucky Derby produced one of the most dramatic finishes in its storied history — three noses at the wire. Mystik Dan desperately fought to hang on with two challengers coming to him in the closing strides. He did, too, after a delay of several minutes while the closest three-horse photo finish since 1947 ...

[ad_1] Photography Courtesy of Guerlain Plus, M.A.C Cosmetics reformulates their iconic matte lipsticks. By Lauren Knowles Date February 2, 2024 Guerlain unveils a new fragrance “Picture kilometers of orange tree fields,” says perfumer Delphine Jelk over a video call. “The sky is blue, the sun is shining, and there’s a freshness in the air.” Jelk is ...

[ad_1] Amid the recent catastrophes in the Middle East—the renewed Israel-Hamas war; widening violence in Lebanon, Iraq, the Persian Gulf, and the Red Sea—one player counts the past year a success: China.  Beijing stacked up strategic win after win, not just expanding its economic presence, but convening leadership summits, brokering peace deals, and even holding ...

[ad_1] For at least the second night in a row, dozens of Russian drones targeted the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv, damaging apartment buildings and injuring at least two people, Reuters reported Friday.  The Ukrainian military says it shot down 24 of 28 drones launched overnight Thursday. Another 34 out of 35 Shahed-131/-136 drones were ...

[ad_1] L3 Harris Technologies is selling its commercial aviation business to private equity firm TJC for $800 million as it retools the company to better focus on national security and technology.  Under the terms of the deal, TJC will pay $700 million up front and another $100 million “based on the achievement of certain 2023 ...

[ad_1] NEW DELHI—The Pentagon’s innovation arm is going international.  Doug Beck, the new head of the Defense Innovation Unit, arrived in New Delhi to co-host an event with his Indian counterpart, Vivek Virmani, the chief operating officer for Innovations for Defence Excellence in the Indian defense ministry on Nov. 8. The India-U.S. Defense Acceleration Ecosystem, ...

[ad_1] As the Army rushed to send weapons and munitions to Ukraine in February last year, it had some helpful factors in its favor: ample equipment already stored in Europe, civilian transportation companies eager to help, and relatively short distances to move the gear.  In the Pacific, it’s another story.  From how the Army gets ...

[ad_1] As the United States begins another presidential campaign season and conditions worsen in China, Russia, and Iran, this is a good time to step back and reconsider some of the conventional wisdom undergirding U.S. defense policy. Perhaps most flawed and underexamined is the concept of deterrence by denial.  The idea, which gained favor after ...