China’s updated drone export rules will cover the engines in Russia’s Geran attack drones, Russia’s version of Iran’s Shahed, Ukraine’s sanctions commissioner Vladyslav Vlasiuk said on 27 October. He cited a clarification from China’s Commerce Ministry, Ukrainska Pravda’s defense desk Oboronka reported. The license requirement takes effect on 18 November.
Licensing itself isn’t new. China has required permits for some drone engines since September 2023. Even so, Chinese engines kept reaching Russian drone plants, some shipped as refrigeration units, Reuters reported. Russia’s jet-powered Gerans rely fully on Chinese turbojets, HUR deputy chief Vadym Skibitskyi has said. So the update’s value lies in enforcement, not in the list.
Beijing issued the update in a joint announcement by the Commerce Ministry, the General Administration of Customs, and the Central Military Commission’s Equipment Development Department. Announcement No. 49 bars exports of listed drone items without a license, including specially designed autopilots and certain drone engines. China will approve applications that comply with the rules, a Commerce Ministry spokesperson added.
Vlasiuk said the core of Russia’s long-range strike drones has formally come under control. He named engines for Gerans, turbojets for their jet versions, autopilots, and jam-resistant navigation. The announcement lists anti-jam navigation as a technology, not as hardware. He called the step an opening for Ukraine because Beijing now formally takes responsibility for these categories. Kyiv will press for the rules to be applied to known suppliers of Russia’s arms industry and, with partners, track licenses, transit routes, and re-exports, he said.
Licensing does not mean a ban, Vlasiuk stressed. Exporters China deems reliable can get general permits for up to three years, while the rules leave broad grounds for refusal. The new thresholds do not cover motors and speed controllers for FPV drones, batteries, cameras, or optical fiber, he added.
The rules do cover brushless motors that meet all of these: at least 48 volts, at least 3 kW, a power density of at least 3 kW per kilogram, and no more than 3,000 rpm. Their speed controllers are covered too, Militarnyi reported. Russia could still obtain parts with Beijing’s approval, the outlet noted. Ukraine, without such close ties, could face delays, inspections, and higher costs.
US health secretary falsely claims at Mike Rogers rally that Arabs have never won major prizes in science or literature
Robert F Kennedy Jr, the US health secretary, faced backlash on Wednesday for a “wildly racist tirade” during a campaign stop in Michigan in which he falsely asserted that Arabs never won major awards in science or literature.
Kennedy was speaking at the Monday night event in Grand Rapids in support of Mike Rogers, the Republican US Senate candidate who is trailing his Democratic midterms opponent Abdul El-Sayed, a Muslim, in polling.
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The Canadian prime minister’s reckoning with Trumpism in Davos clashes with his attacks on environmental, Indigenous and labour rights
The Canadian prime minister is a hero around the world for his Davos speech that reckoned with a reconfiguration of power in the shadow of Donald Trump.
But at home, Mark Carney is mirroring the US president by radically centralizing power within his office and cabinet and taking a hatchet to dozens of laws protecting environmental, Indigenous and labour rights, all in order to enact his economic agenda.
Shiri Pasternak is an associate professor in criminology at Toronto Metropolitan University and a member of the Infrastructure Beyond Extractivism research team, a collaboration between critical scholars and Indigenous land defenders across North America
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When Stiggers’ father died, he left college to help his mum and 12 siblings. He worked as a delivery driver and thought his football dream had ended. But he made it in the end
Qwan’tez Stiggers had only been in college for a few days when his world fell apart. Seven months after the car crash that put him in a coma, Stiggers’ father died. Stiggers quit college and returned home to support his mother, Kwanna, and 12 siblings. It was a huge blow to the 18-year-old. His partner, Cheyenne, was also processing a tragedy after her teenage sister had been killed by a stray bullet. Over the last six years, Cheyenne and Qwan’tez have helped each other off the bottom of an emotional well.
Working as a delivery driver and washing trucks while his old teammates progressed in their football careers could have driven him off the rails. “I wouldn’t necessarily say I was envious but I wanted better for myself,” says Stiggers. “I had a child, was living with my wife – my girlfriend at the time – and got those late-night delivery jobs to pay the bills.
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La Sûreté du Québec a procédé à l’arrestation d’un homme de 33 ans qui serait lié à plus d’une douzaine d’introductions par effraction et vols perpétrés dans des commerces au cours des derniers jours à Matane.
L’individu, originaire de Matane, a été interrogé par les enquêteurs.
Il devrait comparaître d’ici la fin de la journée, mercredi (28 octobre), en lien avec diverses accusations qui seront déterminées par le Directeur des poursuites criminelles et pénales.
Depuis le 22 octobre, des commerces de Matane ont été victime d’un ou de malfaiteurs.
Seulement dans la soirée de lundi soir, au moins quatre nouveaux établissements avaient reçu la visite du cambrioleur.
Les commerces ciblés se trouvaient notamment sur l’avenue du Phare et dans le parc industriel de Matane.
Le détail de ce qui a été dérobé dans les différents commerces n’a pas été dévoilé, mais de l’argent comptant a été volé dans certains cas.
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Dany Laferrière a reçu le prix Athanase-David et Bernard Émond, le prix Albert-Tessier.
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As Ukrainians seek to go about their everyday lives, train travel is still popular - even though passengers must weigh up the risk of being killed by Russian drone strikes
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Game moved to larger State Farm Arena in Atlanta
Hawks’ NBA game on same day could not be moved
The Atlanta Dream say their concerns about finding a suitable home venue for the WNBA finals went unheeded as they prepare to play the Golden State Valkyries in a crucial Game 6 on Thursday.
The Dream’s normal home, Gateway Center Arena, has a capacity of about 3,500 people. To accommodate the increased interest in the team during the finals, the Dream have played their two home games so far at the Atlanta Hawks’ State Farm Arena, which can seat more than 17,000 fans.
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L’incendie de l’ancien couvent de Trois-Pistoles, un bâtiment chargé d’histoire, laisse les Pistolois endeuillés. Parmi eux, l’auteur-compositeur-interprète Mathieu Barrette et l’écrivaine Myriam de Gaspé, qui se sont exprimés à l’émission.
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Both of these threats have the same roots: private entities seeking to cash in. We have the power to stand against them
A summer of extreme heat, entire villages obliterated in Nepal, a super El Niño breaking records, Exxon publicly saying we may reach 3C by 2050 – could it possibly be any worse?
How about throwing AI extinction in the mix?
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Increase will add strain on healthcare system already struggling amid cuts by Trump administration, experts say
The number of people with dementia in the United States is projected to increase dramatically over the next 25 years, which will place increasing strain on a healthcare system already struggling to help them amid cuts by the Trump administration, experts say.
According to a new study in Jama Neurology, the annual incidence of new dementia cases globally will more than double, from 11.4m in 2023 to 24.7m in 2050. In the United States, the number of adults diagnosed with dementia each year will increase from 514,000 in 2020 to 1m by 2060, according to a Jama study published in 2024.
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A small Russian cruise missile of an unconfirmed type came down almost intact in Odesa Oblast, Militarnyi reported on 27 October. Its box-shaped airframe looks unlike the Geran-5 variant whose name a presidential adviser gave it.
Militarnyi describes Russia’s work on the Geran-5 line as iterative: features tested on one version reappear in the next. A variant reported in late September can correct its route by images of the ground instead of satellite signals, which Ukraine jams, according to the monitoring channel Polkovnyk GSh. Official Ukrainian sources have not confirmed that system. The airframe found in Odesa Oblast looks shaped for a different problem: radar. Russia now builds 4,000 jet-powered Geran-4 and Geran-5 drones a month, Militarnyi says, most of them Geran-4. It is also building new launch sites for the Geran-5.
Local Telegram channel Odesa Info Live posted photos of the missile lying in open ground with little visible damage. Militarnyi described a compact cruise missile with a box-shaped fuselage, rounded edges, and a swept wing. The flat-sided body is probably meant to simplify production, the outlet said, and it may also cut radar visibility. A small turbojet engine exhausts through a V-shaped tail and draws air through intakes on both sides. Militarnyi read the dark composite skin as another measure against radar.
Serhii “Flash” Beskrestnov, the president’s adviser on defense technology, published the first photos of the new missile on 22 October. He wrote that it navigates optically and has greater range, speed, and flight altitude, and he labeled it the Geran-5 K5-K. However, Militarnyi noted that it looks substantially different from the K5-K variant already known by that name. In its 23 October overview, the outlet said Russia had started using two new small cruise missiles, probably developments of the Geran-5.
Russia first used the original Geran-5 against Ukraine in early January 2026, Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR) said, describing it as a jet-powered strike drone. Militarnyi now classes the whole line as small cruise missiles.
Until specialists open the airframe, its navigation, range, and speed rest on Beskrestnov’s word. What they find inside will show how much of the design is aimed at Ukraine’s radar.
Le premier Congrès de l’éducation de l’Est-du-Québec qui s’est tenu le 25 octobre dernier, à Rimouski, a connu un grand succès selon son organisatrice, Lyne Poirier, avec une cinquantaine de participants.
Ils ont pu visiter 22 kiosques tenus par une cinquantaine d’exposants qui ont tous réitéré leur intérêt envers l’événement pour l’an prochain.
« Il y a eu une grande qualité d’interactions humaines. La journée a été une réussite de A à Z. Une jeune élève de l’école Paul-Hubert, Livia Giguère, a offert un slam en lien avec les troubles d’apprentissage. Nous avons aussi eu la visite du député Yohann St-Pierre », souligne la fondatrice et directrice du Congrès de l’éducation.
L’événement s’adressait autant aux parents qu’à ceux qui travaillent dans le domaine de l’éducation. En plus des kiosques, des conférences et des ateliers étaient offerts.
« Nous avons eu de gros enjeux à partir du 21 octobre étant donné que plusieurs sites Web ont été fermés pour faire un suivi de sécurité. Ça a eu un impact sur la vente de nos billets », exprime Lyne Poirier.
Avec son événement, cette dernière souhaitait rassembler et permettre aux participants de connecter pour échanger leurs trucs et leur expertise.
« C’est pour s’élever entre nous. Je pense que nous étions dus pour être interpellés physiquement et pour nous rencontrer humainement. Depuis la pandémie, il y a beaucoup de formations sur le Web, mais je pense qu’il faut recréer un moment humain », avait-elle mentionné au début du mois d’octobre.
La clinique Réflexologie Claudia, Wendy Bourgoin massothérapeute, Jessica Gagné intervenante psychosociale, TDL Bas-St-Laurent, Pro-Jeune-Est, Diane Martel consultante en pédagogie et la clinique CEIMEA faisait notamment partie des exposants présents. L’anxiété et le niveau d’attention ont fait partie des thèmes abordés pendant la journée.
Madame Poirier souhaite que le Congrès de l’éducation de l’Est-du-Québec devienne un événement annuel et qu’il prenne de l’ampleur dès l’an prochain. Elle aimerait attirer des professionnels du domaine de l’éducation de la Gaspésie.
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