Ukraine's defense minister pushes for fighter jets, even as training begins on tanks

KYIV — Ukraine's Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov says he's optimistic Western allies will eventually supply his country with advanced fighter jets, including U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets, and adds that Ukrainian forces are poised to start training on newly committed advanced battle tanks "as soon as possible." go here.

Britain wants Challenger tanks in Ukraine by end of March - minister

Reuters LONDON, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Britain hopes the Challenger 2 tanks it is supplying to Ukraine will arrive in the country at the end of March, defence department minister Alex Chalk said on Thursday.

Pepsi’s new Gen Z soda and the futile quest to be the brand of a generation

With the release of Starry, Pepsi’s new lemon-lime soda, cola makers are once again gripped with generational angst. click here

What is it like to survive an execution by lethal injection?

Alabama’s corrections department has bungled the procedure on three recent occasions, with IV teams failing for hours on end, adding immense distress to a difficult situation go here

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Mexican capo's arrest a gesture to US, not signal of change

Yahoo! MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s capture of a son of former Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán this week was an isolated nod to a drug war strategy that Mexico’s current administration has abandoned rather than a sign that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s thinking has changed, experts say.