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2020 saw the Guard used the most since World War II. Is a retention crisis looming? December 13, 2020 Soldiers from the U.S. Army National Guard and U.S. Army Reserve participate in a reenlistment ceremony Sept. 26, 2020, near Ferizaj/Urosevac, Kosovo. (Spc. Miguel Ruiz/Army National Guard) In the halls of the National Guard Bureau’s headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, many have been calling 2020 “The Year of the Guard” due to an unprecedented level of high-profile domestic activati...

The Arctic is warming up at near-record speed, twice as fast as the rest of the planet due to climate change, according to the recently-released Arctic Report Card 2020. Shrinking sea ice opens up the inhospitable far North to more human activity and old Cold War rivalry. Special Correspondent Benedict Moran and video journalist Jorgen Samso report on the ‘new cold war’ from Nunavut, Canada. Read the Full Transcript Hari Sreenivasan: This week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administr...

Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel has waded into security hiccups bedevilling some parts of the State lately. He expressed his decision to

Punch Newspapers Sections Patrick Odey, Uyo Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel, has reactivated the state Joint Task Force to tackle the growing incidences of insecurity in the state. The governor also donated 30 utility vehicles to different security services to combat crime and criminality in the state during the yuletide season. The state Commissioner of Information and Strategy, Ini Emem Obong, in a statement after an enlarged meeting of the State Executive Council on Thursday, said th...

Despite President Trump's order to remove U.S. troops from Somalia, top generals say that pressure on al-Shabaab terror groups must continue.

Dec 11, 2020 Cities are home to 3,5-billion people, half of humanity, and this figure is projected to rise to 5-billion by 2030. Government, industry, academia and civil society are working together to accelerate the digital transformation of cities and communities to meet today’s challenges and challenges to come. A new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) highlights their mut...

Vanguard News Gov Emmanuel tackles insecurity in Akwa Ibom On … Reactivates Joint Security Team Governor Udom Emmanuel has taken decisive steps to tackle pockets of insecurity in Akwa Ibom state ahead of the Christmas by donating 30 new utility vehicles to the security agencies for use in combating crime. The vehicles are the first batch of 100 patrol trucks earmarked for presentation to the security agencies. The Governor who also presided over the security council meeting attended by all s...

U.S. forces in Africa carried out two airstrikes in Somalia on Thursday, killing bombmakers working with the Al-Qaeda affiliated Al-Shabaab terror group.

ReCAAP: 11 Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships In Asia During November In November 2020, 11 incidents of armed robbery against ships¹ were reported in Asia. No piracy² incident was reported. With these incidents, the total number of incidents from January to November 2020 was 95 incidents, which represents an increase of 36% compared to the same period of 2019 (70 incidents).The ReCAAP ISC is concerned with the overall increase of incidents in Asia, particularly the continued occurrence of...

The U.S. military flew a pair of B-52 bombers to the Middle East Thursday from Barksdale AFB in Louisiana