[ad_1] HOUSTON — On a Tuesday in August, one day before the official start of the school year, the halls of Jefferson Early Learning Center were filled with the tinkling chatter of pre-K students who were escorted by their parents to meet the teachers. But to reach those classrooms, families had to traverse the parking ...

[ad_1] LONDON—Hours after Ukraine destroyed a Russian Kilo-class submarine sitting in dry dock, Britain’s top naval officer hailed a new era of naval warfare.  Uncrewed vessels and automation have delivered a “dreadnought moment,” said Adm. Sir Ben Key, alluding to advances in propulsion, gunnery, and armor that led the British and German navies to overhaul ...

[ad_1] The early morning traffic jam of commuters slowly making their way across the 14th Street Bridge was a not-so-welcome reminder of what I feel is one of Washington’s busiest weeks of the year. Now begins the four-week sprint to see if Congress can pass a spending measure to keep the government open past Sept. ...

[ad_1] The White House just approved an arms sale to Taiwan under terms typically designed for sovereign countries. “The package is modest—only $80 million of what Congress had set aside as a potential $2 billion—but the implications of using the so-called Foreign Military Financing program to provide it infuriated China,” the Associated Press reported Thursday.  ...

[ad_1] Photography via instagram.com/dualipa“She’s like if Mykonos was a person.” By Stephanie Davoli Date August 31, 2023 We’re not sure what we’re more jealous of, Dua Lipa’s seemingly endless beach vacation or her perfectly chill seaside style.  RELATED: Dua Lipa Puts a Mermaidcore Spin On the Exposed Underwear Trend When she hasn’t been busy at ...

[ad_1] The State Department says Americans should probably leave Belarus pronto. That warning comes just days after Lithuania closed two border crossings with Belarus, and it comes amid a “buildup of Russian military forces in Belarus,” according to the U.S. Embassy in Minsk.  Advice: “U.S. citizens in Belarus should depart immediately,” and possibly via “the ...

[ad_1] Logistics moved to center stage in a giant Army exercise in Australia this summer, a nod to the Pacific region’s vast distances and rough weather. But another age-old hurdle also popped up: government regulations. “Probably our most significant obstacle was the agricultural inspections” in Australia, said Col. Daniel Duncan, assistant chief of the logistics ...

[ad_1] Ukrainian forces attacked a Russian warship with a naval drone boat Friday in the relatively distant Black Sea port city of Novorossiysk, which is about a three-hour drive south of the Kerch Bridge, at the eastern edge of Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Crimean peninsula.  The target was Russia’s landing ship, Olenegorsky Gornyak. And after the apparent ...