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US Navy F/A-18s would ‘destroy’ China’s J-15 carrier fighters in air-to-air combat today, but the future could be a different story
F/A-18E Super Hornets US Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Shannon Renfroe China’s carrier-based J-15 fighter jets have some advantages over the US Navy’s F/A-18s in air-to-air combat, but the limitations of China’s existing carriers negate them. “If you’re talking about the J-15 going up against the...
Russia has a secret chemical weapons program, and its scientists have been in contact with suspected Russian assassins, investigation says
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting of the State Council at the Kremlin in Moscow, April 21, 2014. Putin said on Monday he had signed a decree rehabilitating Crimea’s Tatars and other ethnic minorities, who suffered under Soviet dictator Josef Stalin. REUTERS/Alexei Druzhinin/RIA Novosti/Kremlin A year-long investigation by...
Master your Money Live Digital Bootcamp: Personal finance professionals share advice on how to take control of your money
Skye Gould/Business Insider In an upcoming Live Digital Bootcamp, two personal finance professionals will discuss steps and share ideas for taking control of your money once and for all. The conversation is part of the Master your Money series, delivering money advice, ideas, and inspiration to millennials. During BI’s Master your Money...
Hunter Biden emails were reportedly shopped around in Ukraine for $5 million, while Giuliani met with officials and businessmen there last year
Rudy Giuliani said he obtained the emails through a laptop that was left at a repair shop in Delaware last year. Charles Krupa, File/AP Photo The purported Hunter Biden emails shared by The New York Post last week were shopped around in Ukraine for $5 million last year, while Rudy Giuliani met with officials and businessmen there, Time Magazine...
FBI says it has ‘nothing to add’ to Trump’s spy chief’s claims about the Hunter Biden laptop controversy
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Director of National Intelligence nominee Rep. John Ratcliffe arrives to testify at his U.S. Senate confirmation hearing in Washington Reuters The FBI said in a letter to a top Republican lawmaker Tuesday that it has “nothing to add” to recent comments that President Donald Trump’s spy chief made about a laptop...
10 things in tech you need to know today
NASA has paid $14.1 million for a lunar 4G network. Handout/Reuters Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Tuesday. Sign up here to get this email in your inbox every morning.Have an Amazon Alexa device? Listen to this update by searching “Business Insider” in your flash briefing settings.The US charged six Russian...
The US charged 6 Russian hackers with a string of ‘destructive’ cyberattacks that shut down hospitals in Pennsylvania, crippled Ukraine’s power grid, and targeted the Olympics and French elections
Russian president Vladimir Putin. Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images The United States accused six Russian government officials of orchestrating a string of high-profile cyberattacks that caused billions of dollars in damage in indictments unsealed on Monday. The alleged cybercrimes include attacks that took down parts of Ukraine’s power...
Some journalists at the New York Post were reportedly skeptical of publishing ‘smoking gun’ stories about Hunter Biden
The New York Post Some New York Post journalists had doubts about publishing the “smoking gun” reports on the emails purportedly belonging to Joe Biden’s son Hunter, The New York Times and New York Magazine reported. The article is bylined by two reporters, Emma-Jo Morris and Gabrielle Fonrouge. The Times reported that at least...
Rupert Murdoch, whose media empire includes Fox News and the New York Post, is predicting a landslide Biden victory over Trump
US President Donald Trump (L) is embraced by Rupert Murdoch, Executive Chairman of News Corp, during a dinner to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Coral Sea during WWII onboard the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum May 4, 2017 in New York BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has told people close...
Russia could exploit its ties with US white nationalist groups to encourage election violence, experts warn
Russian right-wing ultranationalists hold a march in Moscow on November 4, 2009. The sign says “the desire of my blood is a call for action.” ALAEXEY SAZONOV/AFP via Getty Images Russia could exploit its influence with white nationalist groups in the US to foment election day violence, terrorism experts have told Business Insider. In...