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Russia-Allied Forces to Intervene as Unrest Sweeps Kazakhstan

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MOSCOW — A Russian-led military alliance said late Wednesday that it would send peacekeeping forces to Kazakhstan at the invitation of the country’s president to help put down a growing protest movement there.

The current chairman of the alliance, the Armenian prime minister, Nikol Pashinyan, said in a statement that the troops would be stationed there only “for a limited time period,” until order could be restored.

He did not elaborate on how many soldiers could be mobilized or how long they might stay. Russia is notorious for sending in troops under the guise of peacekeeping missions that go on to establish a permanent presence in the host countries.

The Kazakh president, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, issued the invitation earlier in the evening. Calling the demonstrators “a band of international terrorists,” he said he was turning to Russia’s version of NATO, called the Collective Security Treaty Organization, to “help Kazakhstan overcome this terrorist threat.”

The revolt began on Sunday in western Kazakhstan as a protest against a surge in fuel prices. Four days later, with government buildings, TV stations, the airport and numerous businesses stormed by thousands of anti-government protesters, the uprising has expanded into a full-throated attack on an entrenched Kazakh elite widely reviled as autocratic and corrupt.

Footage posted online on Wednesday showed thousands of people storming the main government building in the country’s largest city, Almaty.

Smoke billowed from the building that afternoon as the crowd began to disperse. The regional branch of the governing Nur Otan party was also set on fire, local news outlets reported, as was the former presidential residence.

News services reported renewed clashes between protesters and the police, who used stun grenades and tear gas to quell the crowd. Protesters also set fire to the prosecutor’s office in Almaty before heading for the president’s residence.

The Almaty police said that protesters burned 120 cars, including 33 police vehicles, and damaged about 400 businesses, and that more than 200 had been detained. The country’s Internal Affairs Ministry said that eight members of law enforcement had died in the…

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Lightsense Technology and ICN Group Join Forces to Bring “DrugDetect” to Market

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TUCSON, Ariz., Nov. 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Lightsense Technology, a pioneer of developing multi-spectroscopic solutions to address large problems in public health—from the opioid crisis to the pandemic, food safety and quality assurance in the pharmaceutical supply chain, —announced today a new channel partnership to launch its DrugDetect-M1 device for law enforcement organizations into relevant channels in the US.

DrugDetect M-1 Product Image
DrugDetect M-1 Product Image
Lightsense Analysis Representation
Lightsense Analysis Representation

“We are very excited to partner with Lightsense Technology with an innovative solution for illicit drug detection for law enforcement, and, later, bringing future pathogen detection products to market,” said Robert Danese, CEO of the ICN Group. “DrugDetect-M1 serves as compelling evidence of the power of new light-based detection technology. We are happy to be a part of their efforts.” 

The DrugDetect platform provides a solution that is easy to operate and offers great sensitivity with high levels of accuracy at an inexpensive price point. This platform can help with the difficult opioid epidemic by providing a new tool for law enforcement to tell quickly if a white powdery substance inside a thin plastic bag could be a threat, helping them do their job efficiently and safely.

“We are pleased to team with the ICN group to bring unique, valuable solutions to broader channels within the US,” said Terje Skotheim, Founder & CEO of Lightsense Technology. “This is the beginning of a new and ongoing path to turn our advanced efforts in R&D into solutions into various channels, creating more access to our products, boosting shareholder value and providing better solutions for various problems in public health.”

About Lightsense Technology
Lightsense has developed a groundbreaking multi-spectral technology platform, such as the patented “Enhanced Photodetection Spectroscopy” (EPS), a radical new spectroscopy architecture, for chemical, molecular and pathogen identification. Their advanced miniaturized high-sensitivity spectrometer designs also enable new lightweight and inexpensive handheld devices to support solutions such as for law enforcement organizations, and beyond. These…

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International community joins forces as ransomware attacks create major disruptions

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Nick Schifrin:

Just in the past six months, ransomware hackers debilitated one of the U.S.’ largest meat producers and a crucial pipeline. They disrupted Ireland’s national health system, and they are currently wreaking havoc in an Israeli hospital system, which had to cancel all non-emergency procedures.

At this week’s virtual conference, the countries pledged to improve cooperation in law enforcement, inhibit, trace and interdict ransomware payments, and harden infrastructure.

Anne Neuberger is the deputy national security adviser for cyber and emerging technology. She organized the conference and joins me now.

Anne Neuberger, welcome to the “NewsHour.”

So, talk about this conference. This was the largest multinational gathering to discuss ransomware. What specific commitments did you get from these 30 countries?

Anne Neuberger, U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser for Cyber and Emerging Technology,: Really great question, Nick.

Ransomware is a transnational threat. I will unpack that with the example that you used, the Israeli hospital. In that case, you could have the human attackers in one country, the exchanges that they used to facilitate the movement of illicit currency in a second, registered in one country, operating in a third country, and the infrastructure from which they conducted an attack in yet a fourth, fifth or sixth country.

So, we brought countries together to really coordinate our fight against ransomware. And the key takeaway was, countries talked about what’s working today in that cooperation, where the gaps are, and committing to working together to — across those gaps to fight ransomware more effectively.

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S. Korean armed forces demonstrate readiness with joint landing operationNews

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A South Korean Air Force P-3C maritime patrol aircraft flies over the coastline of Yeongilman along with an E-737 Peace Eye.
The operation code is “Peacemaker.”
Soon, the Air Force’s aerial refueling aircraft KC-330 will make its way above the coastline guarded by military fighter jets– F-35A and F-15K.
With purple smoke RF-16 Global Hawk aircrafts soar into the sky followed by the loud noise of a sonic boom.
Their mission is to hit the Air Force’s main target.
Now, it’s the turn of the Korea Assault Amphibious Vehicle.
With yellow and white smoke shooting out of the sea 48 KAAVs and 48 IBS inflatable boats land along the coastline while Apache attack helicopters along with several Surions, Chinooks, and Black Hawks, which provide airborne firepower support.
Soon after landing with loud shouts some 8-hundred marines fully equipped with military gear run forward from the KAAVs.
Their unit target is secured.

(STANDUP) ed: Steve
“One of the highlights from this year’s event: joint forces from the Army, Navy, and Air Force demonstrated their amphibious operations.”

For the first time in history, the South Korean Marine Corps was the host for this year’s Armed Forces Day taking place in the southeastern port of Pohang– the home of the Marine Corps since 1959.
More importantly, Pohang is where UN forces initiated its first amphibious mission during the Korean War which became one of the war’s most pivotal areas.

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“To prepare for the 73rd Armed Forces Day, the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps trained and practiced together. The whole process was a chance to be able to check our military’s readiness for joint operations.”

Finally, the joint landing mission is completed. with the raising of the South Korean flag.
The country’s armed forces vow to develop an integrated air defense systemand to prepare for a modernized military defense as well as a cyber warfare system based on Artificial Intelligence.
Choi Won-jong, Arirang News, Pohang.

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