In a victory march across the makeshift bridge, the soldiers transported 140 Carthaginian elephants from Sicily to Rome’s Circus Maximus, according to the first-century historian Pliny the Elder.
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David Goldman,
CNN Money,
8 July 2026
All the gold is gone, and there’s barely enough to pay her soldiers, let alone throw a lavish coronation.
At the time, the Department of Justice argued that the president could sidestep the Insurrection Act to send armed troops into American streets over the objection of local leaders.
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Sonja Sharp,
Los Angeles Times,
10 July 2026
Trump is presumably referring to the deployment of NATO troops to the Nordic island in January following tense discussions with European members over Greenland's future.
This publication marks a rare instance of the Chinese military revealing technical information about its high-power microwave capabilities.
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Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
10 July 2026
Starlink has spawned several spinoffs for the US military, including a secure communications network called Starshield, a constellation of spy satellites based on the Starlink design.
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