Former White Stripes frontman Jack White has gifted his hometown of Detroit an early Christmas present: its very own branch of his Third Man Records shop. Located in the Cass Corridor area, it is the second opening for…
The US Department of Defence (DOD) is undergoing a public call for new training ammunition. The US Army shoots hundreds of thousands of training rounds every year, which are left scattered and take centuries to decompose…
Defence officials in South America’s largest country are busy designing the soldier of the future. Since 2007, Brazil’s army chiefs have been quietly poring over successful soldier-modernisation programmes around the world…
The day after a terrorist attack on the home of British democracy there was a minute’s silence at the House of Commons. Then MPs got back to business, including a debate on whether there should be a waste incinerator in the…
We were promised flying cars but instead we got drones – a whole lot of them. The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) claims that up to one million will be sold domestically leading up to the holiday season. The pro…
The Israeli military is making some tweaks to support a growing contingent of vegans in the army. Israel has the most vegans per capita in the world with 5 per cent of the country not eating meat or using animal products…
The New Year’s holiday is a busy time for Japan’s postal workers. While most of the country takes a well-deserved break, an army of mail carriers will fan out in trucks and vans, as well as on scooters and bicycles, to…
Heritage preservation in Hong Kong has a chequered past; as recently as last year some signature tong lau tenement houses were bulldozed in the name of development. The government has, however, enjoyed some success with a…
Is it significant that Turkey has lifted the ban on women in the military wearing headscarves? Yes – but for very subtle reasons. In one sense it ruptures the longstanding fierce secularism that has underpinned the armed…
The flight debut of China’s latest fighter jet was the highlight of the opening of Airshow China in Zhuhai. The fifth-generation Chengdu J-20 is one of about 60 aircraft on display at the nation’s most important gathering…
The publication of BlackBerry’s quarterly results today will be a crucial moment for the company’s CEO John Chen. A year ago Chen vowed to make BlackBerry’s hardware division profitable again or ditch it entirely. Its…
After a tiring two-year stalemate, Lebanon has finally elected a head of state. While some Lebanese doubt that the ageing Michel Aoun, who was an army general during the country’s civil war, is the best man for the job –…
The jury is still out on whether Russian athletes will be on the starting line at the Rio Olympics this Saturday. But that isn’t stopping the country from competing in a very different olympiad. This year’s International…
Over the course of eight decades, shoe-polish company Famaco has built a reputation as an expert in shoe and leather care and today has a client base that includes shoe shops, cobblers, the French army and the fire brigade…
A fresh breeze has been blowing through Marimekko since Anna Teurnell took over the creative direction of the cult Finnish brand last summer. Coming from H&M’s sister brand & Other Stories, she was appointed to boost Mar…
