Amazon is facing a federal probe after one of its delivery drones downed an internet cable in central Texas last week. The probe comes as Amazon vies to expand drone deliveries to more pockets of the U.S. The incident occurred on Nov. 18 around 12:45 p.m. Central in Waco, Texas. After dropping off a package, one of Amazon’s MK30 drones was ascending out of a customer’s yard when one of its six propellers got tangled in a nearby internet cable, according to a video of the incident viewed and veri

Pentagon spokesperson Kingsley Wilson holds a briefing after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he expects to hear from U.S. negotiators as soon as they finish their meetings in Moscow on a peace deal to end Russia's war in Ukraine. #russiaukrainewar #russia #ukraine #war #pentagon Keep up with the latest news from around the world: https://www.reuters.com/ | Reuters

President Vladimir Putin hailed what his commanders told him was the full Russian capture of the city of Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine as an important victory after a prolonged campaign, saying it would help Moscow fulfil its wider war aims. Russia, which uses the Soviet-era name of Krasnoarmeysk to refer to the city, has faced fierce Ukrainian resistance in its battle since mid-2024 to capture Pokrovsk, once a strategic logistics hub for the Ukrainian army. The city’s fall, if confirmed, gives Mo

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with US envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner at the Kremlin to discuss the peace plan, following his accusations that Ukraine’s European allies were trying to “block the entire peace process.” | Al Jazeera English