#BREAKING : Hong Kong's appeal court has granted the government's request to ban 'Glory to Hong Kong', an anthem popularised during the city's massive democracy protests in 2019.

The ban is the first of its kind since Hong Kong was handed over to China in 1997. More to follow🧵

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Super kicked to be a small part of this story by Gerry Doyle
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ballistic missiles, including some weapons portrayed as difficult or impossible to defeat, have been shot down over and over during the past 18 months or so. here's what that means globally reuters.com/world/missile-…

this is much less innocent than it sounds

poster says this was photographed near eglin afb in florida and I, a big airplane nerd, have no idea what it might be. it doesn't match any flying planform I've ever seen

(heading this off: it's not aliens)

the best part of this is an officer whose name is maj. gen. j. dam

I am not making that up, watch the video

Sky News witnesses confrontation in disputed #SouthChinaSea in dangerous game of brinksmanship w/the #Philippines
#China 's coastguard says it 'expelled' a Philippine coastguard ship & another vessel from waters adjacent to the Scarborough Shoal. news.sky.com/story/sky-news…

Not now Japan

interesting look at british anti-flash gear here

The glitch in Japan's plans to bolster U.S. defence reut.rs/44fg3zO

Today and tomorrow is the NASA Europa Clipper “Pre-Ship Review”: a board of experts will comment on whether the spacecraft is ready to be packed up and shipped to Kennedy Space Center! Our baby is preparing to move away to Florida….
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Airlines quickly changed flight paths over Iran, diverted to alternate airports or returned planes to their departure points in response to airspace and airport closures after an Israeli attack on Iran, flight tracking data showed reut.rs/4d2jMEQ

pouring some out for James, who has both mideast missile strikes and a new t-swift album to contend with today

WASHINGTON, April 18 (Reuters) - Israeli missiles have hit a site in Iran, ABC News reported late on Thursday, citing a U.S. official.

if you were wondering about iron dome, wonder no more. it's the innermost layer of israel's integrated air/missile defense systems, custom made for the country's needs reuters.com/graphics/ISRAE…

Cannot imagine anything more terrifying than having my work judged by a panel of teenage girls on a quarterly basis

All that hard work and one of the most amazing & decorated collegiate basketball careers of all time and Caitlin Clark’s reward is being forced to move to Indiana.