Create your page here
We cannot find results, please try another search request.
photo: WN / RTayco
Exposing Shady Gold Traders, Illegal Gun Traffickers and Government Lies
New York Times 02 Mar 2021
Three new books by investigative journalists tackle unsavory and dangerous spheres of human activity ... .
photo: AP / Alberto Pezzali
Chinese embassy voices opposition to British foreign secretary's remarks about Hong Kong
Xinhua 02 Mar 2021
The Chinese embassy in Britain on Monday expressed grave concern over and strong opposition to British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab's wrong remarks about Hong Kong. "The UK side's remarks confuse right and wrong, and interfere in China's internal affairs and judicial sovereignty ... "China upholds the rule of law ... Enditem. .
photo: Creative Commons / Spielvogel
Volocopter Will Start Its Air Taxi Service 'Within Two Years'
Interesting Engineering 03 Mar 2021
Founded in Bruschal, Germany in 2011, Volocopter looks set to be the company to get flying taxi services off the ground. The eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing) company has just announced, via , that it has raised €200 million in its Series D funding round. Cumulatively, the company has raised €322 million ... Advertisement.
photo: AP / Zik Maulana
SOS call to local paper saves 81 Rohingya at sea, but no country says welcome
Metro USA 03 Mar 2021
(Reuters) – Denis Giles, the editor of a small Indian newspaper, received a phone call as he sat typing in his one-room office in Port Blair overlooking the languid waters of the Andaman Sea. The caller, Mohammed Siddiqui, was frantic and largely incoherent. Giles said he was about to hang up until he heard, in broken Hindi ... Schneps Connects ... 19.
photo: Creative Commons
Wisconsin Hunters Kill Over 200 Wolves in Less Than 3 Days
New York Times 03 Mar 2021
The gray wolf lost Endangered Species Act protections last year, prompting a recent hunt that killed at least 216 wolves — far exceeding a quota set by state wildlife officials ... .
photo: Creative Commons / Marco Verch
Germany to spy on far-right AfD party, reports say
BBC News 03 Mar 2021
Germany's intelligence services have designated the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as a suspected extremist group, according to local media. The nationalist party is already under surveillance in a number of German states, but the decision means its activities can be observed nationwide ... You may also be interested in.. Related Topics. .
photo: AP / Turkish Presidency, Pool
Ankara threatens to export its Syria strategy to Iraq
Asiatimes 03 Mar 2021
The killing of 13 Turkish citizens inside Iraq in February has sparked a far-reaching political row that now stretches all the way from Washington to Tehran – and shows no signs of stopping ... In response, Iran summoned Ankara’s ambassador ... “You are with them and behind them, pure and simple,” he thundered ... And no ordinary diplomat, either ... ....
photo: Creative Commons / International Rivers-CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
Chinese water diversion project moves 22 bln cubic meters of water
People Daily 03 Mar 2021
BEIJING, March 2 (Xinhua) -- The middle route of China's South-to-North Water Diversion Project has transferred over 22 billion cubic meters of water to Beijing, Tianjin Municipality and Hebei Province ... It began supplying water on Dec. 12, 2014 ... .
photo: WN / Julie Adnan
Missile defenses did not stop rocket attack in Iraq
Asiatimes 03 Mar 2021
At least 10 Katyusha-type rockets slammed into the Ain al-Asad airbase located in Anbar province in Western Iraq on the morning of March 3. Since the earlier attack in January 2020 by heavier Qiam-2 advanced tactical ballistic missiles launched from Iran, the airbase has been reinforced with air defenses that proved unable to stop the rocket attack.
photo: AP
Who is Myanmar’s U.N. envoy? Coup opponent or representative
Asahi News 03 Mar 2021
UNITED NATIONS--Myanmar’s U.N. ambassador, who strongly opposed the military coup in his country, insists he remains the permanent representative to the United Nations, but the foreign ministry has informed the U.N. that the ambassador has been terminated and his deputy is now in charge ... members have seats. U.N ... 4, 2020 ... Dated Feb ... General Assembly ... .
photo: Creative Commons
How to Build Your Own Arduino-Based Bobbin Winding Machine
Interesting Engineering 03 Mar 2021photo: AP / Raad Adayleh
![A Syrian refugee receives the Coronavirus vaccine, at a medical center in the Zaatari refugee camp, 80 kilometers (50 miles) north of the capital, Amman, on February 15, 2021.The number of vaccinations is estimated at 193 In two days.(AP Photo / Raad Adayleh) /// [EXTERNAL]](http://ecdn2.wn.com/ph/img/c7/7e/a76b3ebba80683dff9bbeade9a9b-medium.jpg "A Syrian refugee receives the Coronavirus vaccine, at a medical center in the Zaatari refugee camp, 80 kilometers (50 miles) north of the capital, Amman, on February 15, 2021.The number of vaccinations is estimated at 193 In two days.(AP Photo / Raad Adayleh) /// [EXTERNAL]")
Denmark becomes first European country to tell Syrian refugees to return home
Metro UK 03 Mar 2021
A girl looks out of her apartment on the southern outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus, which the Danish government says is a safe zone (Picture. AFP). Denmark has been criticised for telling Syrian refugees that it is safe for them to go home ... Advertisement. Advertisement ... ‘They will not be forced onto a plane’, he explained ... Getty Images) ... More ... .
photo: AP / Frank Franklin II
Dominican Republic plans wall to keep out Haitian migrants
Urdu Point 03 Mar 2021
Santo Domingo, March 3 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 3rd Mar, 2021 ) .Experts have hit out at a plan by the Dominican Republic government to build a wall on its border with Haiti to reduce illegal immigration, claiming it won't work unless accompanied by development ... They are separated by a 380-kilometer border ... ....
photo: AP / Matias Delacroix
Venezuela's Juan Guaido spoke with US Secretary of State Blinken
The Jakarta Post 03 Mar 2021
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido spoke with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday, four people familiar with the matter said, the highest-level US contact with Guaido since President Joe Biden took office on Jan. 20. "Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke with Venezuelan Interim President Juan Guaido today ... ... .
photo: AP / Photo
Myanmar security forces shoot dead 13 anti-coup protesters despite calls for restraint
Toronto Sun 03 Mar 2021
Myanmar security forces opened fire on protests against military rule on Wednesday, killing at least 13 people, witnesses and media reported, a day after neighbouring countries called for restraint and offered to help Myanmar resolve the crisis ... 1 coup that ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi ... Try refreshing your browser, or ... .
