Informing, engaging & connecting the people of the world. OCTOBER 24, 2019

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Chinese-manufactured drones purchased by the Pentagon months after their use was prohibited because of cybersecurity concerns are being used as “targets” and are not being deployed with elite U.S. forces on missions, the Pentagon official in charge of acquiring military equipment said.

ON THIS DAY IN AMERICAN HISTORY On October 24, 1861, during the U.S. Civil War, 39 counties in Virginia start the process to secede to form their own state, West Virginia. It is the only state created by breaking away from a Confederate state to form a Union state.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump continue to have a “special” relationship despite stalled nuclear talks, North Korean state media said Thursday, blaming other U.S. officials for poor relations.

Pakistan and India signed a landmark agreement Thursday on the opening of a new border crossing for Indian Sikh pilgrims to visit one of their holiest sites in Pakistan.

VIDEO: When astronauts orbit the moon, or live on its surface in the decades ahead, they will probably live inside inflatable space lodges now in development. Dozens of NASA officials and veteran astronauts are wrapping up a review of five space habitat mock-ups built by different companies.

Prabhu Singh has made Hong Kong his home for 25 years, selling Indian sweets and milky masala tea from his tiny stall. He’s one of the 8% of residents of this semi-autonomous Chinese city who are not ethnically Chinese. As such, they don’t have all the same rights as their Chinese counterparts, regardless of whether they were born there or how long they’ve been there.