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Who is paying for Christa Pike’s medical care? What we know as Tennessee inmate remains hospitalized with pneumonia, blood cot, swelling in arms

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Christa Pike is escorted from Knox County Criminal Court in Knoxville, Tennessee, US, on March 30, 1996, after being sentenced to death for the murder of Colleen A. Slemmer. (Joe Howell/Knoxville News-Sentinel/USA TODAY NETWORK via REUTERS) (via REUTERS)

Christa Pike has woken up and begun speaking from her hospital bed almost a week after her failed execution in Tennessee, her lawyers said, per the BBC. Experts and her lawyers have said that the new development is “medically unprecedented.” Christa Pike is escorted from Knox County Criminal Court in Knoxville, Tennessee, US, on March … Read more

‘Swollen, burned and blistered arms’: 5 chilling details from Christa Pike’s botched execution

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Death row inmate Christa Pike, held at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution (RMSI) in Tennessee and convicted of murdering a schoolmate three decades ago. (Reuters)

Christa Pike, a death row inmate in Tennesseesurvived an attempted execution after two doses of the lethal drug pentobarbital failed to kill her. The botched execution has left her with severely ‘swollen, burned and blistered’ arms and questions remain over whether improperly placed IV lines prevented the drug from entering her bloodstream. Death row inmate … Read more

Lithuania ready to cover cost if US establishes military base; parliament votes to host foreign arms

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Lithuania ready to cover cost if US establishes military base; parliament votes to host foreign arms

Lithuanian Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevicius (Photo: Reuters). Lithuanian Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevicius on Tuesday said the country would cover the cost if the US decides to establish a military base.“Our partners only need to make the political ⁠decision to permanently station troops, and Lithuania is ready to cover the costs involved”, Sinkevicius said.The Lithuanian PM … Read more

‘Would like to buy some?’: Trump offered Xi US weapons as Washington sought to downplay Taiwan arms sale

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'Would like to buy some?': Trump offered Xi US weapons as Washington sought to downplay Taiwan arms sale

Trump and Xi continued to discuss future US arms sales to Taiwan. US President Donald Trump sought to downplay Washington’s pending arms sale to Taiwan by telling Chinese President Xi Jinping that the US sells weapons to countries around the world, and even asking whether China would like to buy some, according to US ambassador … Read more

Trump-Xi summit: $14 billion Taiwan arms deal hangs over Washington talks

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Trump-Xi summit: $14 billion Taiwan arms deal hangs over Washington talks

File photo: US president Donald Trump with Chinese premier XI Jinping Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to press US President Donald Trump to halt arms sales to Taiwan when the two leaders meet in Washington this week. Sources have informed Reuters that Beijing is likely to invoke a 1982 US-China agreement that commits Washington … Read more

Five British schoolgirls aged 14 and 15 built a robot with five-metre folding arms designed to create wildfire firebreaks; their two-year-old robotics club is now representing Great Britain globally

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Five British schoolgirls aged 14 and 15 built a robot with five-metre folding arms designed to create wildfire firebreaks; their two-year-old robotics club is now representing Great Britain globally

Five schoolgirls from Kent, aged between 14 and 15, have built a robot with five-metre folding arms to help fight wildfires. Their work has earned them the chance to represent Great Britain at an international robotics competition in South Korea. The team from The Folkestone School for Girls, known as Team Meglabyte, designed the robot … Read more

US admits weapons are in orbit — Why China is warning of a new space arms race

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US Space Force weapons in orbit spark China warning over a possible space arms race. (Unsplash/ Representational)

China has warned the US against expanding its military presence in space after Washington publicly acknowledged that the US Space Force has operational weapons in orbit. Beijing said the move could increase the risk of an arms race in outer space. US Space Force weapons in orbit spark China warning over a possible space arms … Read more

Türkiye’s 2026 Ramadan midnight anti-drug operation: 346 people arrested, drugs and weapons seized in 5 provinces

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Türkiye’s 2026 Ramadan midnight anti-drug operation: 346 people arrested, drugs and weapons seized in 5 provinces

During Ramadan in 2026, Türkiye launched a large-scale anti-drug operation and arrested 346 suspects in five provinces Turkish authorities launched a massive anti-narcotics operation, detaining 346 suspects and seizing large amounts of illegal drugs and weapons in coordinated operations across five provinces. Turkey’s Gendarmerie General Command led the raids, which targeted drug trafficking networks in … Read more