Protests have erupted in the Venezuelan capital Caracas against President Nicolás Maduro’s claim of victory in the country’s disputed election. Crowds of people have been making their way, by foot, to Miraflores – the presidential palace – in protest. Others posted pictures of the crowds on social media with captions including “knock down the dictator”…
PARIS, July 29 (Reuters) – Vandals sabotaged France’s telecoms networks overnight, piling pressure on French security services trying to secure the Olympics after authorities said they suspected left-wing groups of attacking rail lines ahead of the opening ceremony in Paris. The cuts to long distance telecoms cables at five sites early on Monday “look like…
Greetings from Tyler, Kamala’s campaigning amid the new reality, we don’t know what the pretender’s circumstances are. Mr. Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel is going to Mar-a-Lago to commiserate with Trump. I don’t know if you heard the Netanyahu speech before Congress. It was more pro-American than anything this side of a Donald Trump rally….
Everything was in place. Streets in the centre of Paris have been blocked off, metro stations closed and thousands of police, soldiers and other guards deployed to maintain security on the big showpiece day to kick off the Olympics. But the saboteurs struck away from the capital, at five apparently unguarded places. France’s state-owned rail…
LONDON, July 26 (Reuters) – Russia has begun including new, cheaply-made drones in its long-range attacks on Ukraine, to try to identify air defences, film any damage and act as decoys, a Ukrainian military spy official said. The two new types of drone, which Russia has used in five drone attacks in the last two…
Labour government announces its biggest step yet in overhauling the UK’s approach to the Middle East Labour has announced its biggest step yet in overhauling the UK’s approach to the Middle East, dropping its opposition to an international arrest warrant against Benjamin Netanyahu despite pressure from Washington not to do so. Downing Street announced on…
Typhoon Gaemi has made landfall in mainland China after wreaking havoc in Taiwan and the Philippines. More than 150,000 people living in the south-eastern Chinese province of Fujan have been relocated to safer areas in anticipation of the storm. It comes after widespread flooding and landslides across Taiwan and the Philippines, killing at least 21…
Seoul, South Korea CNN — Trash-laden North Korean balloons were found on the grounds of South Korea’s presidential office compound, officials said Wednesday, the latest in a series of incidents that have raised tensions and rhetoric on the Korean Peninsula. More than 3,000 North Korean balloons, often filled with garbage such as cigarette butts, discarded batteries and…
SINGAPORE, July 25 (Reuters) – China’s shadowy, uncrewed reusable spacecraft, which launches atop a rocket booster and lands at a secretive military airfield, is most likely testing technology but could also be used for manipulating or retrieving satellites, experts say. The spacecraft, on its third mission, was in June observed releasing an object, moving several…
The last 4 junta camps in the gem-mining center fell on Wednesday, the Ta’ang National Liberation Army said. Insurgent forces in Myanmar’s Mandalay region have captured the gem-mining town of Mogoke from military junta forces, a Ta’ang National Liberation Army spokeswoman told Radio Free Asia on Wednesday. The TNLA is part of an alliance of…