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Named Wagardi, the new capability was delivered in collaboration with Leidos Australia. Australia’s Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy has  announced  that a new computer data interface is being introduced into service to keep defence personnel well informed.   The new intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) integration capability, which is named Wagardi after the Larrakia word for dilly bag, provides users with access to a wide range of ISR data. The interface enables the collection of ISR information across databases as well as the delivery of accurate data in a short time span. Conroy said that the new capability is being introduced into service following the completion of its final operational capability in June. The interface was developed under the first tranche of Joint Project 2096 Phase I. Leidos Australia was the prime system integrator for the interface. The company will also work on delivering tranches two and three of the project.  A m...

The heavy downpour in Karachi has damaged homes, roads, five bridges and power stations across the city, and is reported to have claimed more than 25 lives in the Sindh province. Former Pakistan PM  Imran Khan  on Tuesday hit out at the Bilawal Bhutto’s Pakistan Peoples Party for "14 years of corruption", and held its "mismanagement in governing Sindh" responsible for the flood-like situation in Karachi, which has been triggered by record-breaking rain across the country. The heavy downpour has also damaged homes, roads, five bridges and power stations across the country, and is reported to have claimed more than 25 lives in the Sindh province. “Flooding of Karachi because of rain, again a reflection of PPP's 14 years of corruption and mismanagement in governing Sindh,” the PTI (Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf) chief tweeted. “My government had given Rs35 bn to clean & reconstruct major nullahs but prov govt failed to perform it's task of improving solid waste ...

With the Rajapaksa clan still clinging to power, the task of restoring peace and economic recovery in Sri Lanka becomes very difficult and is a matter of concern in New Delhi. The political flux in Sri Lanka continues with former finance minister Basil Rajapaksa, the youngest brother of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, blocked from boarding an Emirates flight to Dubai on Monday evening as protestors surrounded the Colombo international airport. According to diplomatic sources in Colombo, Basil, who holds dual citizenship of the US and Sri Lanka, was en route to Dubai but was not cleared by the immigration under pressure from the protestors who surrounded the airport. The protestors have currently put-up check posts to ensure that none of the political leaders especially the Rajapaksa clan are allowed to flee the country. Basil’s elder brothers Mahinda and Gotabaya are both under security protection in Colombo with the latter to resign from the post of President tomorrow. At an all-party m...

  Abe was delivering a stump speech at an event ahead of Sunday's upper house elections when the apparent sound of gunshots were heard, national broadcaster NHK and the Kyodo news agency said. LIVE UPDATES:   Japan’s former   Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot   during a campaign speech Friday in western Japan and was airlifted to a hospital but he was not breathing and his heart had stopped, officials said. Local fire department official Makoto Morimoto said Abe was in cardio and pulmonary arrest after being shot and was taken to a prefectural hospital. Global leaders have expressed shock  and concern over the news of attack on Abe. A  suspect has also been arrested  by the Japanese law enforcement agencies for attempt to murder, the report further added. The man appeared to be in his 40s and a gun had reportedly been confiscated.

  Gustavo de Arístegui is a Spanish politician, diplomat and an international analyst. He comes from a long-standing diplomatic background, his father and grandfather were both senior diplomats posted as ambassadors in Latin America, Europe and the Middle East. Gustavo de Arístegui was elected to Parliament from the Basque region for three terms and served as Shadow Foreign Minister from 2008–2012. He is currently a member of the Board of the European Council of Foreign Relations and has authored four books on Arab politics and Islam. Gustavo de Arístegui   have had the opportunity to speak with many Saharawis and they continue to maintain their desire for family reunification, to be reunited with their relatives who are living badly in Tindouf, and with the commitment that Morocco can offer them access to decent housing, health care, etc., and to normalise a situation that, in addition to the geopolitical interests that you have described, has a fundamental human side. Accord...

  The price of the metal used in batteries for electric cars has risen six-fold since the start of the year. Lithium, the highly reactive silver-white metal that is a crucial ingredient in batteries used in electric vehicles (EVs), is becoming much more expensive – and fast. In April, as prices hit a record $78,000 a tonne, Tesla CEO Elon Musk floated the idea of the electric carmaker mining and refining the lightweight metal itself due to the “insane” increase in costs. For governments ranging from China to the European Union that have pledged to  phase out combustion engines  in the near future, the soaring cost and growing scarcity of the metal raise questions about how they will meet their deadlines, many of which come due as soon as 2035. With combustion engines accounting for one-quarter of carbon emissions, according to the United Nations, a delay in transitioning away from petrol and diesel cars would deal a serious blow to efforts to reduce carbon emissions and a...

  Discussions on energy and food security are on the agenda in the two-day meeting, with Russia accused of stoking a global food crisis and worsening inflation. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has flown into Indonesia’s resort island of Bali for a meeting of G20 foreign ministers, which is set to be overshadowed by tensions triggered by the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Ukraine’s military says it has so far staved off any significant Russian advance into the north of its Donetsk region, but the pressure is increasing with heavy shelling on the city of Sloviansk and nearby populated areas. The mayor of the port city of Mykolaiv stresses there are “no safe areas” left in the city and urges residents to leave. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Western artillery is “finally” helping his forces “inflict very noticeable strikes” on Russian weapons depots and logistics routes. Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong asks China to exert its influence on Russia to halt the war ...