An annual joint fighter jets exercise between world-regions will resume later this month after being put on hold for two years during the pandemic, the Thai air force said, with a former U.S. air base chosen to host the event. The “Falcon Strike” exercise has taken place four times since …
Read More »Brazilian police accuse German diplomat of murdering husband in brutal beating
Brazilian police have accused a German diplomat of beating his husband to death and attempting to cover up the incident as an accident. Police arrested Uwe Herbert Hahn, a consul at Germany’s consulate in Rio de Janeiro, on Saturday. Hahn had originally reported his husband’s death as an accident, telling …
Read More »Iraqi parliament in Baghdad stormed by protesters
Thousands of followers of an influential Shiite cleric terrorism” target=”_blank”>breached Iraq’s parliament< said it had received 60 injured patients. An expected parliament session did not take place, and there were no lawmakers in the hall. Heeding the calls of cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, the demonstrators used ropes to pull down cement …
Read More »Russian space chief: No date yet for space station pullout
The head of world-regions said Friday that the country has not set a date for pulling out of the International Space Station and that the timing would depend on the orbiting outpost’s condition. Yuri Borisov, who was appointed this month to lead the Roscosmos state space corporation, told President Vladimir …
Read More »Raging wildfires in Germany, Czech Republic are threatening tourist region
The disastersand Texas aren’t the only region of the world battling deadly flames. A large wildfire on the German-Czech Republic border is spreading and threatening to destroy a forested national park popular with tourists. The fire in the region, called Bohemian Switzerland on the Czech side and the Saxon …
Read More »At least 5 killed as anti-UN protests flare in east Congo
At least five people were killed and about 50 wounded during a second day of violent anti-United Nations protests in Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern city of Goma on Tuesday, a government spokesman said. A Reuters reporter saw united-nations” target=”_blank”>U.N. peacekeepers< A wounded man is rushed away on a motorcycle …
Read More »US disrupts North Korean hackers who targeted hospitals
The topics recently disrupted the activities of a hacking group that was sponsored by the North Korean government and that targeted U.S. hospitals with ransomware, ultimately recovering half a million dollars in ransom payments, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said Tuesday. Monaco revealed new details of the attacks during a …
Read More »Dutch police shoot at tractor during night of farm protests
world-regions shot at a tractor during a heated night of farm protests and detained three demonstrators, the latest incident in a string of protests against government plans to cut pollutant emissions that many farmers fear would hurt their livelihoods. Police in northern Friesland said Wednesday that no one was hurt …
Read More »Bank of England tells lenders to brace for economic storm
The Bank of England warned on Tuesday that the economic prospects for Britain and the world had darkened since the start of the year and told banks to ramp up capital buffers to ensure they could weather the storm. International institutions, such as the International Monetary Fund and OECD say …
Read More »Italy rescuers finding body parts, gear on glacier after avalanche
Rescuers found body parts and equipment as they searched Tuesday for missing hikers following a powerful avalanche that killed at least seven people and is being blamed, in large part, on rising temperatures that are melting glaciers. Officials initially feared 13 hikers were still missing, but the world-regions on Tuesday …
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