Russia is suspected in a plot to place incendiary devices in packages aboard cargo planes bound for the United States and other countries. Western intelligence agencies believe that Russian operatives orchestrated the scheme to plant incendiary devices in parcels bound for North America, according to officials. The plan appears to have targeted cargo planes and…
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian rocket on Tuesday blasted off successfully to carry a pair of Iranian satellites into orbit, a launch that reflected growing cooperation between Moscow and Tehran. The Soyuz rocket lifted off as scheduled from Vostochny launchpad in far eastern Russia and put its payload into a designated orbit nine minutes after…
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has fired defence minister Yoav Gallant, saying there is a “crisis of trust” between them. Netanyahu said in a statement his trust in Gallant had “eroded” in recent months and Foreign Minister Israel Katz would replace Gallant. Gallant posted on social media that the “security of the state of Israel…
It is a rare, almost non-existent thing, to hear someone articulate the Russia-Ukraine Conflict the way I do on my radio show. In the brief video below, Professor Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University outdoes even . . . me. While I relate my reporting from memory after having observed this conflict in the making, Professor…
MAUMERE, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s National Disaster Management Agency said Monday that at least 10 people have died as a series of volcanic eruptions widens on the remote island of Flores. The eruption at Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki around midnight spewed thick brownish ash as high as 2,000 meters (6,500 feet) into the air and…
Nov 4 (Reuters) – Some of the biggest Chinese-owned solar factories in Vietnam are cutting production and laying off workers, spurred on by the expansion of U.S. trade tariffs targeting it and three other Southeast Asian countries. Meanwhile, in nearby Indonesia and Laos, a slew of new Chinese-owned solar plants are popping up, out of…
Moldova’s pro-EU President Maia Sandu has claimed a second term after a tense election run-off seen as a choice between Europe and Russia. The Moldovan Central Electoral Commission confirmed Sandu’s victory on Monday morning. Sandu won 55% of the vote, according to preliminary results, and in a late-night speech on Sunday she promised to be…
Greetings from Tyler, They’re going all out now. We’ve entered the name-calling phase of the race. Not only are the candidates being called every rotten creature that has infested history, but they’re giving the rest of us trouble too. The dyed hair crowd is giving us what for. They’re calling us all Nazi’s, even shedding tears. …
Texas hospitals must ask patients starting Friday whether they are in the U.S. legallyand track the cost of treating people without legal status following an order by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott that expands the state’s clash with the Biden administration over immigration. Critics fear the change could scare people away from hospitals in Texas, even…
TBILISI, Nov 1 (Reuters) – Two U.S. pollsters commissioned by Georgian opposition forces called into question official results that showed the governing Georgian Dream party won last weekend’s parliamentary election in the South Caucasus country, as opposition parties prepared to hold a new protest next week. U.S. data and polling firm Edison Research, commissioned by…