Putin could use 'tactical nukes' in 'win-win' scenario against NATO, warns expert Earlier today, the head of Nato said the alliance is deciding whether to take its nuclear warheads out of storage and put them on standby amid surging tensions with Russia and China ... 06/17/2024 - 3:06 am | View Link
Putin May Use Tactical Nukes if Defeated, Kyiv’s Security Chief Says Oleksandr Lytvynenko, Secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, suggested that Vladimir Putin might resort to tactical nuclear weapons if Russia faces a catastrophic defeat in the ... 06/17/2024 - 3:00 am | View Link
Ukrainian security chief: Tactical nukes a risk if Russia faces disaster at the front We cannot rule out anything if Russia is on the verge of a catastrophic defeat," which could provoke a collapse of the Russian front, army desertions, and protests in Moscow, he said, describing ... 06/16/2024 - 9:07 pm | View Link
Nukes spending rises amid growing global tensions — studies The US is leading the way in massively increased spending over the past few years.The world's nine nuclear-armed states spent altogether $91.4 billion on their arsenals in 2023, a $10.7 billion ... 06/16/2024 - 8:03 pm | View Link
What Happens if a Nuke Goes Off in Space? Now, some six decades after the last nuclear detonation in Earth orbit, the threat of another has emerged with the Department of Defense warning about a potential Russian program to place a nuke in ... 06/13/2024 - 9:12 am | View Link
Explainer: What are tactical nuclear weapons and what is Russia's ... Academics and arms control negotiators have spent years arguing about how to define tactical nuclear weapons (TNW). They are nuclear weapons used for specific tactical gains on the... 06/16/2024 - 9:49 am | View Website
Tactical Nuclear Weapons (TNW) Tactical (nonstrategic) nuclear weapons (TNWs) typically refer to short-range weapons, including land-based missiles with a range of less than 500 km (about 300 miles) and air- and sea-launched weapons with a range of less than 600 km (about 400 miles). 06/15/2024 - 3:45 am | View Website
Tactical nuclear weapons | Cold War, Arms Race, Deterrence Tactical nuclear weapons, small nuclear warheads and delivery systems intended for use on the battlefield or for a limited strike. Less powerful than strategic nuclear weapons, tactical nuclear weapons are intended to devastate enemy targets in a specific area without causing widespread destruction. 06/13/2024 - 11:14 pm | View Website
What are tactical nuclear weapons? Security expert explains and ... Tactical nuclear weapons, sometimes called battlefield or nonstrategic nuclear weapons, were designed to be used on the battlefield—for example, to counter overwhelming conventional forces... 06/13/2024 - 2:10 pm | View Website
What are tactical nuclear weapons? An international security expert ... Tactical nuclear weapons, sometimes called battlefield or nonstrategic nuclear weapons, were designed to be used on the battlefield – for example, to counter overwhelming conventional forces... 06/13/2024 - 2:03 pm | View Website
What makes a perfect movie to watch on a flight? A few core traits come to mind: something bright and easy to see on a small screen, fast-paced and entertaining enough to make you forget about how uncomfortable that cramped chair is. Today, it’s easier than ever to watch your pick of the endless options for viewing material; besides movies available through airlines, most streaming services include the option to download content ahead of time for offline viewing on phones, computers, or tablets.
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Here are 15 of the best movies to watch on a plane—mostly lighthearted, funny fare to pass the time that doesn’t rely on a big screen to make it worth a watch.
Hit Man
We’re not even technically at summer yet, but this romantic crime comedy (inspired by a true story) will surely end up in my favorite movies of the year.
Jonestown, the experimental settlement that existed for four years in Guyana, South America, initially sounded like a utopia, with all medical care, rent, and food taken care of.
Instead, it was “a living nightmare,” Yulanda Williams, who briefly lived in Jonestown when she was a college student, tells TIME.
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Williams says that women had to take showers in one big room with no curtains between them.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore ordered more than 175,000 pardons for marijuana convictions on Monday, saying the “most sweeping state-level pardon in any state” will help reverse harms from the past caused by the war on drugs.
During a news conference, Moore said the executive order will affect “tens of thousands of Marylanders” convicted of misdemeanors.
WASHINGTON — The IRS plans to end a major tax loophole for wealthy taxpayers that could raise more than $50 billion in revenue over the next decade, the U. S. Treasury Department says.
The proposed rule and guidance announced Monday includes plans to essentially stop “partnership basis shifting” — a process by which a business or person can move assets among a series of related parties to avoid paying taxes.
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Biden administration officials said after evaluating the practice that there are no economic grounds for these transactions, with Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo calling it “really just a shell game.” The officials said the additional IRS funding provided through the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act had enabled increased oversight and greater awareness of the practice.
“These tax shelters allow wealthy taxpayers to avoid paying what they owe,” IRS commissioner Danny Werfel said.
Read More: How Giant Corporations Can Still Get Out of Paying Taxes
Due to previous years of underfunding, the IRS had cut back on the auditing of wealthy individuals and the shifting of assets among partnerships and companies became common.
The IRS says filings for large pass-through businesses used for the type of tax avoidance in the guidance increased 70% from 174,100 in 2010 to 297,400 in 2019.
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The actual roadmap for 2024 might have moved when you were not looking. Maybe—and it’s a big maybe, admittedly—the biggest detour in politics right now is parked in the driveway.
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In ways subtle and overt, the electric vehicle has become the avatar for clean energy in the minds of voters, which may prove to be a political clunker for Democrats, despite having the stronger story to tell.
LOS ANGELES — The way the NFL can distribute its package of out-of-market games could be decided in federal court as the result of a class-action lawsuit.
Subscribers to the NFL’s “Sunday Ticket” package are claiming the league broke antitrust laws by selling its package of out-of-market Sunday afternoon games airing on CBS and Fox at what the lawsuit says was an inflated price.