The Russian military reported another successful test launch of a new hypersonic cruise missile on Monday. The Zircon missile is capable of flying at nine times the speed of sound and has a range of 1,000 km. AP

Dane who drew controversial Muhammad caricature dies

Helsinki: Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, whose image of the Prophet Muhammad wearing a bomb as a turban was at the centre of widespread anti-Danish anger in the Muslim world in the mid-2000s, has died. He was 86. Westergaard worked as a cartoonist for Jyllands-Posten. AP

Microsoft Exchange email hack caused by China: US

Washington: The Biden administration on Monday blamed China for a hack of Microsoft Exchange email server software that compromised tens of thousands of computers around the world earlier this year. The administration and allied nations also disclosed a broad range of other cyberthreats from Beijing. ap