Dec 3 () - Lockheed Martin said on Wednesday it has opened a ​hypersonics system integration lab at ‌its Huntsville campus as it pushes to develop ‌next-generation weapons. Hypersonic weapons, which can travel at more than five times the speed of sound and evade traditional defenses, are ⁠at the ‌centre of an arms race between the United States and China.

Swiss food giant Nestlé says about 12 tons, or 413,793 candy bars, of its KitKat chocolate brand were stolen after leaving its production site in Italy earlier this week for Poland. The shipment of the crunchy bars, made of waffles covered with chocolate, disappeared last week while en route between production and distribution locations. The chocolate bars were to be distributed throughout Europe.

Vietnam is rethinking how it copes with floods after a year of relentless storms collapsed hillsides and left vast parts of cities under water. From mapping high-risk areas to reimagining “sponge cities” that can absorb and release water naturally, Vietnam is investing billions to adapt to what experts call a new era of climate extremes. In smaller cities like Vinh in central Vietnam, these ideas are taking shape.

PARIS (Reuters) -The bird flu virus that has been spreading among wild birds, poultry and mammals could lead to a pandemic worse than COVID-19 if the virus mutates to transmit between ​humans, the head of France's Institut Pasteur respiratory infections centre said. The highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly called bird ‌flu, has led to the culling of hundreds of millions of birds in the past few years, disrupting food supplies and driving up prices, though human infections ‌remain rare.

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The Strait of Hormuz blockade is choking global fertilizer supply, threatening crop yields and food prices from India to Brazil.

NASA unveiled close-up pictures on Wednesday of the interstellar comet that’s making a quick one-and-done tour of the solar system. Discovered over the summer, the comet known as 3I/Atlas is only the third confirmed object to visit our corner of the cosmos from another star. Three NASA spacecraft on and near the red planet zoomed in on the comet as it passed just 18 million miles (29 million kilometers) away, revealing a fuzzy white blob.

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Traditional artful dance, with its stunning developments and charming narrating, has captivated crowds for quite a long time. From the elegant jumps to the

The UN high commissioner for human rights, Volker Türk, on Wednesday slammed Israel's threat to ban the operations of numerous international aid agencies in Gaza Strip. The Israeli authorities have demanded that non-governmental organizations (NGO) go through a new registration process in order to continue their work after January 1, 2026, in the largely destroyed Gaza Strip.

Some U.S. hospitals are starting to put seasonal visitor restrictions in place.

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An earthquake in Indonesian waters set off small tsunami waves Thursday morning, killed at least one person and damaged houses and buildings, officials said. The magnitude -7.4 earthquake was centered in the Molucca Sea at a depth of 35 kilometers (22 miles), the U.S. Geological Survey said. Tsunami waves were recorded at several monitoring stations less than half an hour later, including in Bitung with a height of 20 centimeters (8 inches) and in West Halmahera with a height of 30 centimeters

NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts have now traveled farther from Earth than any people in history, breaking the mark set by the Apollo 13 crew in April 1970.

At least 35 people were injured in a serious train accident in Russia after the Moscow to Chelyabinsk night train derailed and seven double-decker carriages overturned. No one was killed in the accident, according to state-run Russian news agency TASS, citing the authorities.