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TAIPEI, Taiwan — The U.S. sent 2.5 million doses of the Moderna COVID 19 vaccine to Taiwan on Sunday, tripling an earlier pledge in a donation with both public health and geopolitical meaning. The shipment arrived on a China Airlines cargo plane that had left Memphis the previous
Barnaby Joyce's return as deputy prime minister could impact Australia's climate change policies. Source link
Fear has invaded the Mexican border city of Reynosa after gunmen in vehicles killed 14 people, including taxis drivers, workers and a nursing student, and security forces responded with operations that left four suspects deadBy ALFREDO PEÑA Associated PressJune 21, 2021, 5:09 AM•
The motivation for the attack is not yet known (Representational)Lagos: A Nigerian police inspector has killed five civilians and injured four in a shooting rampage, police said Monday, in the latest violence in the country's restive southeast.The incident happened on Sunday when
After the trials, the warship will undergo maintenance and repairs.Miami, United States: The US Navy has started a series of tests on its newest and most advanced aircraft carrier by detonating powerful explosions to determine whether the ship is ready for war.The first of the te
Sweden’s Prime Minister Stefan Lofven lost a confidence vote in parliament, toppling his minority coalition and plunging the largest Nordic economy into political chaos. Lofven says he’ll now talk to his allies in parliament to figure out whether he can still patch together a via
Police say the vehicle, driven by a 77 year old man, accelerated unexpectedly, hitting two people. Source link
A coalition spokesperson said the US drawdown will not affect Saudi air defences (Representational).Abha (Saudi Arabia): A downsizing of US military assets in Saudi Arabia will not affect its defence capabilities, the Riyadh led coalition said Sunday, after it intercepted the lar
OAKLAND, Calif. — A 22 year old man was killed and five others were wounded in a shooting in Oakland near the city’s Juneteenth celebration, though it wasn’t known whether the violence was connected with the event, police said. The unidentified man was pronounced dead at a hospit
The Department of Veterans Affairs provides a range of health care to those eligible, including routine care, hospital services like kidney dialysis, surgery and organ transplants, and emergency care. However, it says some services are not covered, including abortion and cosmetic
The world will have noted that women have been on the front lines of the revolution in Myanmar, with activists, elected officials, and journalists such as Ei Thinzar Maung, Thinzar Shunlei Yi, Wai Hnin Pwint Thon, Daw Myo Aye, Naw K’nyaw Paw, and Tin Htet Paing playing significan
Russian plane maker Sukhoi is developing a next generation single engine fighter, an industry source has told TASS news agency.According to TASS, Russian state aerospace company Sukhoi is now developing new light tactical fighter aircraft.“The Sukhoi company is developing a singl
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), in the presence of Commander in Chief Major General Hossein Salami, unveiled three new pieces of defense hardware developed in Iran.Among them is a new long range radar with the ability to detect and attack stealth aircraft. The new r
The U.S. Navy announced it has reached an agreement with America’s largest military shipbuilding company Huntington Ingalls for two REMUS 300 unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs).“REMUS UUVs have been used by the U.S. Navy for their defense operations for more than 20 years,” said
Poland has confirmed it will acquire Turkish made armed drones.“We have signed a contract for the purchase of four sets, that is, 24 aircraft armed with anti tank missiles,” Poland’s Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said on the air of Polish Radio 24, announcing the purchase of
Elbit Systems of America, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Elbit Systems Ltd., announced that its new mobile howitzer has completed the U.S. Army’s mobile 155mm howitzer shoot off evaluation at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona.The company officials confirmed that that Elbit System’s
North Carolina National Guard has announced that the 1st Battalion, 113th Field Artillery Regiment (1 113th FA), 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team (ABCT) conducted an artillery live fire exercise with the newly fielded M109A7 Self Propelled Howitzer System at Fort Bragg, North Car
The Czech Air Force has taken delivery of the latest version of the Airbus C295 medium airlifter on 19 May.According to the Czech Ministry of Defense, on the night of May 19, 2021, the first of two Airbus C295MW military transport aircraft ordered for the Czech Air Force (tail nu
Just this week, Pakistani General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) visited a Military Test Site in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine and witnessed field tests of various combat vehicles and systems.Chief of Army Staff had indicated strong interest in the test performance
While much of the world is moving beyond the pandemic, Taiwan, which for so long had kept the virus at bay, is unnerved by scenes countries have long forgotten: listless streets, shuttered shops, a run on toilet paper and untold empty seats on subways. The sudden reversal in Taiw
At least 6,000 people arrive in Ceuta from Morocco, many swimming in using rubber rings and rafts. Source link
Hong Kong’s incoming Roman Catholic bishop Stephen Chow has called for plurality to be respected, in a time of polarization in the city's Catholic communityByThe Associated PressMay 18, 2021, 5:11 AM• 3 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this articleHONG KONG Hong Kon
On April 27, 2021, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) eased its guidelines on wearing masks outside, saying fully vaccinated people did not need masks outdoors unless they were in a crowd of strangers. Public health experts largely supported the new guidance. SARS CoV 2,
A peace movement took hold in Los Angeles during the most deadly and destructive rebellion in American history. The uprising was a reaction to systematic injustice rather than a direct response to police violence. The acquittal of four police officers for the March 1991 beating o
When President Biden stepped to the microphone in the East Room on Monday, he wasn’t there to talk about the rising casualties in the conflict between Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza. He wasn’t there to talk about ways his Administration was working behind the scenes with Egyp
“In many ways, the COVID 19 crisis has shone a spotlight on international cooperation”, Secretary General António Guterres told a meeting of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on Operational Activities for Development. Among other things the pandemic has exposed shortcoming
GAZA CITY, Gaza Suzy Ishkontana hardly speaks or eats. It’s been two days since the 7 year old girl was pulled from the rubble of what was once her family's home, destroyed amid a barrage of Israeli airstrikes. She spent hours buried in the wreckage as her siblings and mother die
Opinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram (kuala lumpur, malaysia)Tuesday, May 18, 2021Inter Press ServiceKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, May 18 (IPS) Millions of people are expected to die due to delayed and unaffordable access to COVID 19 tests, treatment, personal protective equipment and vaccin
Pro Palestinian protesters marched to the heavily guarded U.S. Embassy in Indonesia’s capital to demand an end to Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza StripBy NINIEK KARMINI and FADLAN SYAM Associated PressMay 18, 2021, 1:39 PM• 3 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this art
Extreme weather associated to climate change has resulted in million of dollars in loss and damage in St. Vincent and the Grenadines over the past few years. Credit: Kenton X. Chance/IPS by SWAN (kingston / paris)Monday, May 17, 2021Inter Press ServiceKINGSTON / PARIS, May 17 (IP
In April, Spain allowed Sahrawi leader Brahim Ghali, 73, to be treated in hospital for Covid 19, reportedly in Logroño. He leads the Polisario Front, fighting for Western Saharan sovereignty against the claims of Morocco. The Moroccan government responded angrily and warned Spain
More than a week into their fourth war, Israel and the Hamas militant group already face allegations of possible war crimes in Gaza. Israel says Hamas is using Palestinian civilians as human shields, while critics say Israel is using disproportionate force.
JESSICA Alves is eyeing up potential suitors so she can have sex as a woman for the very first time and revealed he "doesn't need to be good looking or Prince Charming". The reality TV star, 37, has spent £75,000 on plastic surgeries in two years, including two boobs jobs,…
The World Health Organization says the trend may worsen due to the coronavirus pandemic. Source link
Working long hours is killing hundreds of thousands of people a year in a worsening trend that may accelerate further due to the COVID 19 pandemic, the World Health Organization said on Monday. In the first global study of the loss of life associated with longer working hours, th
China’s space agency says a core segment of its Long March 5B rocket reentered Earth’s atmosphere above the Maldives in the Indian Ocean and most of it had burned up early Sunday.Harvard astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell, who tracked the tumbling rocket part, said on Twitter, “An
The out of control Long March 5B rocket that so fascinated the Western media re entered Earth’s atmosphere over the Indian Ocean and burned up, the Chinese space engineering agency has said. The much covered piece of space junk from the Long March 5B Y2 rocket, which delivered pa
A huge piece of space junk is about to make an uncontrolled re entry back into Earth's atmosphere, threatening to drop debris on a number of cities around the world in the coming days. It's leftover from China's first module for its new Tianhe space station — and no one knows whe
Now, one commodity is almost single handedly keeping the trade relationship afloat: iron ore.Diplomatic relations between Australia and China fell into a deep chill one year ago, after Prime Minister Scott Morrison called for an independent investigation into the origins of the C
May 4 has a special meaning for Star Wars fans around the world each year. It is the day they celebrate Star Wars, its movies, series, video games, comics and all other aspects of the science fiction universe created in 1977 by filmmaker George Lucas. The reason Star Wars fans…
