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The Polish commander of the Eurocorps military unit has been recalled by the Polish Defense Ministry amid a counter-intelligence investigation into his security clearance. Lieutenant General Jaroslaw Gromadzinski had been serving as commander of Eurocorps, a joint military group of some EU and NATO states, since June 2023, but has been ordered back to Warsaw. “The Military Counter-Intelligence Service initiated inspection proceedings regarding the personal security clearance of Lieutenant General Jaroslaw Gromadzinski in connection with obtaining new information about the officer,” read a ministry statement on Wednesday. It said another officer has already been assigned to “ensure continuity” in the post “with…

Hamas’s deputy political commander, Marwan Issa, was “eliminated” in a military strike earlier this month, Israel has said.If the intelligence is correct, he would be the highest-ranking Hamas leader to have been killed in Gaza since the start of the current conflict between Israel and Hamas in October. Fighter jets struck an underground compound in central Gaza between 9 and 10 March.Another Hamas commander, Aziz Abu Tamaa, was believed to be with Issa.The Israel Defence Forces said it had confirmed preliminary reports. “We have checked all the intelligence,” Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said.”Marwan Issa was eliminated in the strike we…

Slovakia’s government on Wednesday said a bear that wounded five people in the country earlier this month was shot dead. Dangerous bear was identified by biometric drone Slovakian Environment Minister Tomas Taraba announced on Facebook that the animal had been killed on Tuesday evening.  “A biometrics drone was used to identify it,” Taraba said. The bear attack occurred in the center of Liptovsky Mikulas, a town nestled in the foothills of the Tatra mountains near popular ski resorts. The victims between ages of 10 and 72, suffered bites and scratches, and one of them almost lost an eye, it was reported at the time.…

Strikes by Israeli forces and Hezbollah fighters killed people on both sides of the Israel-Lebanon border on Wednesday as tensions and fear of a wider conflict continue. An overnight strike on the southern Lebanese village of Hebbariye killed at least seven people. On Wednesday, Hezbollah fired a salvo of rockets at the Israeli border town of Kiryat Shmona, killing at least one individual. Israel says it took out militants in Lebanon Lebanese media reported that the overnight strike hit a medical center belonging to the Sunni militant group al-Jamaa al-Islamiya. State-run news agency NNA said that “enemy fighter jets had…

A Spanish prosecutor is reportedly seeking a prison sentence for the former football boss who kissed a female player after Spain won the women’s World Cup.Luis Rubiales, 46, kissed Jenni Hermoso on the lips following Spain’s 1-0 final win over England last August in Sydney. Hermoso, 33, has testified in court that the kiss was not consensual.Marta Durantez, a prosecutor at Spain’s High Court, has charged Rubiales with one count of sexual assault and one of coercion for his alleged actions in the aftermath of the kiss, Reuters reported.The offences carry jail terms of one year and one-and-a-half years respectively,…

Prosecutors in Spain on Wednesday demanded a 2 1/2-year prison sentence for former Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) President Luis Rubiales following his forced World Cup kiss. Rubiales faces charges of sexual assault and coercion in the case of the nonconsensual kiss he gave to the player Jenni Hermoso after the tournament final in Sydney in August. What the prosecutor’s office said In a document sent to Spain’s National Court in Madrid, the prosecution noted that Rubiales had held the player’s head. Then, it said, “with both hands, and in a surprising manner and without the player’s consent or acceptance, he…

It wasn’t a concert — Taylor Swift was nowhere to be seen. Still, thousands of people packed an arena in San Jose, California, to listen and cheer on March 18. The star of this show was Jensen Huang, who was on stage showing off a new chip that would be launched later in the year. His two-hour performance has since been watched by nearly 27 million people on YouTube. Huang, CEO and co-founder of Nvidia, presented in his customary black leather jacket at the company’s annual developer conference. Though still not a household name beyond the tech community, Nvidia caused waves recently after…

France said Wednesday that it has evacuated 170 citizens and 70 other EU citizens out of Haiti as the security situation worsens there. “More than 170 French nationals and around 70 people of European and other nationalities in a vulnerable situation” were airlifted out, the French Foreign Ministry said in a statement.Haiti’s recent history of turmoil explainedTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video About 1,100 French citizens live in Haiti, many of whom hold dual nationality, according to the Foreign Ministry. Haiti has been engulfed in chaos since February, canceling commercial flights to the country.…

Investigators are focusing on whether dirty fuel caused a ship to lose power before it crashed into Baltimore’s Key Bridge.The collision in the early hours of Tuesday morning resulted in a large part of the structure collapsing into the water with six construction workers presumed dead. The data recorder has been recovered from the Singapore-flagged ship and will be analysed, US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) chair Jennifer Homendy said.What do we know about the moments before the crash?The operators of the Dali cargo ship issued a mayday call that the vessel had lost power moments before the crash, but…

03/27/2024March 27, 2024Ukraine calls for more Patriot missiles to beef up its defenseKyiv has made renewed calls for its backers to send more shipments of Patriot missiles as the country fends off a new wave of Russian airstrikes.  “The peculiarity of the current Russian attacks is the intensive use of ballistic missiles that can reach targets at extremely high speeds, leaving little time for people to take cover and causing significant destruction,” Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said during an online press conference. “Patriot and other similar systems are defensive by definition. They are designed to protect lives, not take…