Denmark planned to blow up Greenland runways if US invaded, reports say
Denmark’s public broadcaster reports that the US operation to seize Venezuela’s leader sparked fears it would act against Greenland.
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Missile lands next to presenter during live report
Footage from Russian state broadcaster RT has captured the moment a missile lands just a few feet from where its reporter was broadcasting in southern Lebanon. RT, formerly Russia Today, said Steve Sweeney, its Lebanon bureau chief, and his cameraman had “miraculously survived” and were being treated in hospital. The BBC has verified the footage. […]
Continue ReadingAre US and Israel in lockstep in Iran war? Deciphering Trump’s post after gas field attacks
While the US has concentrated much of its military effort on degrading Iran’s missile and drone capability, sinking its Navy and, in recent days, attacking targets along Iran’s long Gulf shoreline, Israel has gone to great lengths to assassinate Iran’s leaders and attack elements of state control, including paramilitary Basij units responsible for much of […]
Continue ReadingAfghanistan evacuees in Qatar transit camp accuse US of betrayal
The US state department has clarified that it is not forcibly returning any evacuees to Afghanistan, but that some have voluntarily returned. It did not confirm whether it was paying those returning to Afghanistan, but sources have told the BBC that evacuees were offered $4,500 (£3,338) for the main applicant, and $1,200 for each of […]
Continue ReadingForty years after the last one was poached rhinos are back in the wild in Uganda
Hunting for the horns and meat, Ugandan poachers once wiped out the southern white rhinos from the country.
Continue ReadingIran’s intelligence minister Esmail Khatib killed in air strike
Israel said it had killed Khatib, whose death was confirmed by Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Wednesday.
Continue ReadingRussian archaeologist can be sent to Ukraine for trial, Polish judge rules
Archaeologist Alexander Butyagin is accused of conducting illegal excavations in Crimea – Ukraine’s peninsula annexed by Russia.
Continue ReadingHittler faces Zielinski as French town election contest goes viral
There are only a few of his tribe left in France, he says. His Hittler cousins in Alsace all had girls, so the name is disappearing there. One of his sons pronounces the name “Hit-lay”, in order to escape embarrassment, and his grandchildren have taken their mothers’ names.
Continue ReadingUS judge orders Trump administration to reopen Voice of America
Just weeks after returning to office as president, Donald Trump issued an executive order to close the broadcaster which his officials accused of left-wing bias. Trump also ordered outlets such as Radio Free Europe and Radio Free Asia to be “eliminated to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law”.
Continue ReadingIndia’s cheap weight-loss drugs could reshape global obesity fight
With India’s semaglutide patent expiring on 20 March, about 50 branded generics are expected to enter the market.
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