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The suspected surveillance balloon sent by the Chinese government that was shot down in early February over the Atlantic Ocean had the capability to collect communication signals, a State Department ...

U.S. forces shot down an airborne object over Michigan's Lake Huron on Sunday afternoon, the fourth such downing in the past eight days. The big picture: The chain of events — perhaps based on ...

More than 5.4m passengers travelled through airport in January, double the 2.6m from 2022
Heathrow airport had its busiest start to the year since before the coronavirus pandemic lockdowns in 2020 as travel restrictions continued to ease, according to data published on Monday.
More than 5.4 million passengers travelled through the UK’s and Europe’s busiest airport in January, double the 2.6 million from 2022, Heathrow said in a statement to the London Stock Exchange.

Disney Plus has revealed most of the regular cast members and guest stars of the upcoming TV series adaptation of Gene Luen Yang’s 2006 graphic novel “American Born Chinese.” A 40-second teaser ...

Military general says he will not rule out any explanation as fourth object is downed over North America this month
The US military has shot down over North American airspace in three days, as the air force general overseeing the airspace said he would not rule out any explanation for the objects yet.
The high-altitude unidentified object, described as an “octagonal structure” with strings attached to it, was shot down over Lake Huron in Michigan on Sunday.

citing imagery from American U-2 spy planes. Part of the reason for the repeated shootdowns is a “heightened alert” following the alleged Chinese spy balloon, Gen. Glen VanHerck, head of NORAD and the ...

Daniel Duggan – held since October – will fight extradition and says US charges he trained Chinese fighter pilots are politically motivated, court hears
The wife of detained Australian citizen and former US Marines fighter pilot Daniel Duggan has described his ongoing incarceration – now at 115 days - as “inhumane” and an “affront to Australia’s rule of law”.
Saffrine Duggan will petition the United Nations human rights committee to intervene in her husband’s detention. He is confined to a 2x4m cell in Sydney’s Silverwater prison and classified as an “extreme high-risk restricted inmate” without justification, she says.

Downing of Chinese balloon off the US coast has been followed by three incidents, raising questions about North American security
The shooting down of a Chinese balloon suspected of spying on the US had the makings of a one-off spat. But with security agencies on heightened alert, more incursions soon came to light. On Friday and Saturday, two smaller objects were downed over Alaska and Canada. A on Sunday over Michigan. The flurry of incidents has led officials to talk of a fleet operating over several continents.

The University of Georgia Asian American Student Association celebrated the year of the rabbit on Saturday, Feb. 11 at Tate Grand Hall with their annual Lunars event. A catered dinner, photo ...

‘Chinese were caught lying',’ says Senate majority leader as US and Canadian military scramble to recover pieces
US and Canadian military are continuing to search by sea and land amid hostile weather conditions in a scramble to recover portions of three flying objects shot down over North American airspace in the past week.
The Democratic majority leader of the US Senate, Chuck Schumer, told ABC’s This Week on Sunday that he had been briefed by the White House and that officials were now convinced that all three of the flying objects brought down by air-to-air missiles this week were balloons. He put the finger of blame firmly on China.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he and President Biden had ordered the object violating Canadian airspace to be taken down, a day after another object was shot out of the sky near Alaska.