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NATO’s .1B innovation fund invests in AI, robots and space tech

The NATO Innovation Fund, backed by 24 of NATO’s 32 member states, invested directly in four European tech companies it said would help address challenges in defense, security, and resilience.The companies are London-based computer chipmaker Fractile, Germany’s ARX Robotics, British manufacturer iCOMAT, which makes lighter materials for vehicles, and Welsh…

Record number of NATO members reach defense spending goal as Ukraine war persists

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said that 23 of NATO’s 32 member states are hitting the alliance’s goal of spending at least 2% of their gross domestic product on defense.Stoltenberg visited the White House ahead of next month’s Washington NATO summit, which is expected to address what the alliance should do…

Greece denies report alleging coast guard’s widespread abuse of migrants

Greece on Monday denied a new report that accused its coast guard of brutally preventing migrants from reaching Greek shores, which also alleged that the practice had resulted in dozens of deaths.A BBC report said it had been ascertained that 43 migrants drowned — including nine who were thrown into…

64 missing, at least 11 dead, after 2 shipwrecks off Italian coast

Sixty-four people were missing at sea after a shipwreck off the Italian southern coast on Monday, while 11 were rescued and taken ashore to a Calabrian town, United Nations’ agencies said in a statement.In a separate shipwreck, rescue workers found 10 bodies of suspected migrants trapped below the deck of…

Man killed after getting electrocuted in seaside resort hot tub

An El Paso, Texas, man vacationing at a private resort in Puerto Peñasco, Mexico, has died after getting electrocuted in a hot tub on Tuesday, according to reports.A local NBC station in El Paso reported that the Mexican State of Sonora General Prosecutor’s Office said the man, only identified as 43-year-old…