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09/08/2022

TAIPEI - According to Lou Woei-jye, the spokesman for Taiwan's Eighth Army Corps, Taipei's drills began shortly after 00:40 GMT with the launching of target flares and artillery, and they stopped just under an hour later at 01:30 GMT.

Lou said on Monday that military exercises were planned exercises and weren't a direct reaction to Chinese posturing around the island. He made this statement to the AFP news agency.

The drills, according to Taiwan's army, will happen once more on Thursday and would involve the deployment of hundreds of soldiers and around 40 howitzers.

China expands its business
In response to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, China initially planned its drills to last from Thursday through Sunday. However, the Chinese military's Eastern Theater Command later announced continued military exercises.

01/08/2022

An auction in Scotland will feature a rare fossilized crocodile estimated to be 40 million years old.

The Eocene specimen will be offered for auction at Glasgow's McTear's next week as part of a private collection of natural history artifacts.

A retired geologist from the Highlands who does not want to be identified amassed the over 200 item collection after a lifetime of collecting. It might bring in tens of thousands of pounds.

According to the auction house, the fossilized crocodilian (Plalaysuchus Petroleum), which has a 92 cm-long skeleton, was discovered in China and is estimated to be 40 million years old.

Its stone mausoleum is said to be in "immaculate condition," and it is anticipated to sell for between £10,000 and

31/07/2022

NEWYORK, USA - As a public health emergency was declared, authorities identified New York City as "the epicentre" of the US monkeypox outbreak.

As many as 150,000 city residents may be at danger of illness, according to the announcement from mayor Eric Adams and health commissioner Ashwin Vasan. Officials will be able to implement measures to assist prevent the spread by amending the city health code and issuing emergency directives as permitted by the proclamation.

Governor Kathy Hochul of New York issued a state of disaster emergency in the previous two days, and the state health department referred to monkeypox as a "imminent threat to public health."

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's data showed that as of Friday, New York had 1,345 cases. Second-most had been in California,

27/07/2022

MANILA, PHILIPPINES
Operations of the Metro Rail Transit-Line 3, Light Rail Transit Lines 1 and 2, and the Philippine National Railways (PNR) were temporarily halted on Wednesday morning after a magnitude 7.3 earthquake rocked Abra and was felt in Metro Manila.

"At 8:44 a.m. today, earthquake was felt along the MRT-3 mainline. All trains were advised to stop. Assessment of all facilities and systems are on-going," the Department of Transportation (DOTr) said in an advisory.

11/07/2022

BARE-KNuckle Expansion Strategies Revealed by Leaked Uber Documents: Investigation
A combined media investigation revealed Sunday that a ride-sharing app Uber's morally questionable and maybe illegal strategies were utilized to fuel the company's rapid global expansion beginning nearly ten years ago.

The investigation, known as the "Uber Files," which involved numerous news outlets, discovered that company officials used the occasionally violent backlash from the taxi industry against drivers to gain support and elude regulatory authorities as it sought to expand into new markets early in its history.

The discoveries are the latest blow to a firm beset by scandal as it deals with the release of 124,000 records from 2013 to 2017 that were originally obtained by the British newspaper The Guardian and shared with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.

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20/06/2022

There is an alleged video about 14 Russian soldiers surrendered to Ukraine was captured on video and published online from the battlefront in Luhansk. As Vladimir Putin puts additional resources into the struggle for eastern Ukraine, the mass surrender of Russian servicemen is a terrible blow. The troops on the ground after giving up their guns were shown in the video, which was released on Telegram.

17/06/2022

KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Anti-military protests erupted in sections of Khartoum and neighbouring Omdurman on Thursday, a week after military leaders and the previous ruling civilian coalition met to break the political impasse that has plagued Sudan since the army's coup last year.

In a statement released last week, the Forces of Freedom and Change portrayed the meeting as a step toward ending what it called a "false" political process, in keeping with its goal of eliminating the military control through a political settlement.

Following President Omar al-ouster, Bashir's a power-sharing agreement with main civilian political parties was reached in 2019.

In advance of formal negotiations with military leaders, the alliance produced a document outlining its political ideology on Thursday.

08/06/2022

A fireproof copy of The Handmaid's Tale fetches £103,000 at auction (Sotheby's/PA).
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A fireproof copy of The Handmaid's Tale sells for £103,000 at auction.
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A one-of-a-kind "unburnable" copy of Margaret Atwood's best-selling novel The Handmaid's Tale sold for $130,000 (£103,000) at auction.

In a promotional film released ahead of the sale, the 82-year-old Canadian novelist wore black safety gloves and used a flamethrower to test the book's fire resistance.

The fireproof edition of the classic novel was auctioned off to raise money for PEN America, a non-profit organization that promotes freedom of speech.

The entire sale revenues will benefit the organization and its aim to combat human trafficking.

03/06/2022

MOSCOW, RUSSIA

The Russian President's health has been the subject of great conjecture, with some speculating that he may be suffering from cancer. While many have claimed it would be desirable for Putin to leave office, whether by choice or by force, "a power vacuum after Putin may be very dangerous for the world," a retired Air Force officer told Newsweek.

03/06/2022

KASHMIR, INDIA

A Hindu bank manager was slain in Kashmir amid a wave of violence.

In Kashmir, Indian paramilitary forces patrol.
Militants killed the bank manager and a manufacturing worker, according to Kashmir police. Hundreds of Hindu families have fled Kashmir as a result of a wave of deaths.
On Thursday, a Hindu bank manager was shot in a "terror event" in Indian-controlled Kashmir, according to police.

In Kashmir, where India has been battling an armed insurgency since the late 1980s, at least 16 people, both Hindu and Muslim, have been slain in a series of targeted attacks this year.

Both India and Pakistan claim the entire Himalayan region, yet they only control a portion of it.

Vijay Kumar, a bank manager, was assaulted.

02/06/2022

CHINA

At least four people have died in the earthquake in Sichuan, China.

On June 1, rescue workers will respond to the earthquake in Sichuan.
A powerful earthquake has struck southwest China. Officials said the tremor created a landslide that damaged a plant and homes.
On Wednesday, the Chinese Earthquake Bureau stated that a 6.1 magnitude earthquake shook parts of Sichuan province, followed by a 4.5 magnitude earthquake minutes later.

At least four people were killed and 14 others were injured, according to Chinese state media.

The epicenter of the tremor was near Ya'an city, some 110 kilometers (65 miles) southwest of Chengdu, the provincial capital. It struck at a depth of 17 kilometers, at a depth of roughly 5 kilometers.

01/06/2022

As part of its sixth sanctions package against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, the European Union finally agreed to a partial ban on Russian oil late Monday. After weeks of fighting, especially with Hungary, an agreement was reached. Hungary eventually consented, but only after effectively getting itself (and two other nations) out of the ban for the time being, thereby creating a loophole in the sanctions.

In the next six months, the majority of the European Union will impose a ban on Russian crude oil maritime supplies, and in eight months, refined oil products (such as gasoline and diesel). The EU agreed to a (theoretically temporary) exception for oil flowing via the southern Druzhba pipeline, allowing Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia to continue using the pipeline.

31/05/2022

According to a weather monitor, more than 318,000 homes in the Okinawa area of Japan have been ordered to evacuate due to flooding threats, with the great majority being urged to leave Naha City.

27/05/2022

China and Russia blocked a US-led UN proposal to toughen sanctions on North Korea over its missile launches on Thursday, exposing differences that Western envoys fear Pyongyang could exploit.

As a penalty for testing an intercontinental ballistic missile on Wednesday, the US proposed a Security Council resolution that would have limited the amount of oil North Korea could lawfully buy.

The resolution was supported by the other 13 Security Council members, while several US allies privately questioned whether Washington should have gone ahead with the vote despite Beijing and Moscow's adamant opposition.

China, North Korea's closest ally, and Russia, whose relations with the West have deteriorated since its invasion of Ukraine,

25/05/2022

TOKYO, JAPAN

The move by Beijing and Moscow, according to Japanese defense minister Nobuo Kishi, was likely timed to coincide with the Quad summit between Japan and its allies the United States, Australia, and India. Tokyo was holding the formal Quad Nations meeting, which drew the leaders of all four countries to the city: Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, US Vice President Joe Biden, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Australia's new leader Anthony Albanese.

25/05/2022

XINJIANG, CHINA

A cache of leaked documents and images throws new light on the Chinese government's cruel treatment of the Muslim Uyghur minority in Xinjiang's northern province.

China is suspected of running a network of reeducation facilities in the region, forcing Uyghurs to relearn their culture and religion. Over one million convicts are required to learn Mandarin Chinese and acquire a pro-Communist Party, secular viewpoint.

According to the released documents, China has a shoot-to-kill policy for Uyghurs who attempt to flee the camps. Furthermore, the records contradict Chinese officials' stated stance that the Uyghurs chose to attend the centers voluntarily.

24/05/2022

TEXAS, USA

According to Texas Governor Greg Abbott, an 18-year-old gunman opened fire at a school, killing 14 children and a teacher while hurting others.

It was the deadliest shooting at a US elementary school since Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, over a decade ago.

According to Mr Abbott, the gunman entered Robb Elementary School in Uvalde with a handgun and maybe a rifle.

Officials have not revealed a motive for the shooting, but say the gunman was a local. The community is about 85 miles west of San Antonio.

24/05/2022

Striking Ghanaian school cooks are demanding a year's back pay and a higher feeding allowance. Caterers attribute rising prices to the conflict in Ukraine. Until the concerns are rectified, millions of children will go hungry.
At the beginning of May, members of the Ghana School Feeding Program (GSFP) went on strike.

To protest unpaid wages and demand more government money to pay for school lunches, school cooks who make students' meals dumped their cooking instruments.

Because of the prolonged strike, millions of students are going hungry — at least until the government caves in to the demands of the striking caterers.

22/05/2022

NORTH KOREA-

For the fifth day in a row, North Korea reported more than 200,000 new people suffering from a "fever," as a coronavirus outbreak slammed the tiny Asian nation.

The majority of the people in the remote country are unvaccinated, and testing and medical facilities are rare.

20/05/2022

The streaming giant Netflix released a new image for Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area today (May 20), introducing the new TV series' premise.

PREMISE: After a TV anchor announces the united economic union of North and South Korea after pronouncing the end of a war, the clip opens with horrible pictures of victims strewn over a battleground.

Despite the good news, the only individuals who have received the benefits of the economic union so far have been the wealthy. As scenes of a gang of criminals preparing for a massive heist flash by, the speaker exclaims, "It's time for us, left with nothing, to collect our benefits." "We're going to pull out the world's biggest bank robbery."

18/05/2022

Despite Turkey's threats to prevent the Nordic countries from joining NATO, Finland and Sweden filed their applications on Wednesday.

The invasion of Ukraine has caused consternation in Finland and Sweden, which share a 1,300-kilometer (800-mile) border with Russia.

"I heartily welcome Finland and Sweden's petitions to join NATO; you are our closest partners," NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said after receiving the bids.

18/05/2022

A Filipina entrepreneur has started a company that pays students to learn using cryptocurrency.
Proof of Learn, according to co-founder and CEO Sheila Lirio Marcelo, aspires to make education accessible internationally and has raised $17 million so far.

"As you complete courses, we'll give you money," she told ANC's Headstart. "You can turn those rewards into cash or crypto to learn advanced courses."

MetaCrafters.io is Proof of Learn's first project, a "part game, half learning platform" in which student developers, or Crafters, are charged with learning Web3, or decentralized apps that run on blockchain, or a system of recording information that is impossible to hack.

16/05/2022

According to British military intelligence, Russia has likely lost a third of its ground forces in Ukraine, and its offensive in the Donbas region has "lost momentum and fallen far behind schedule."

"Despite some small-scale early triumphs, Russia has failed to secure major land gains over the past month while maintaining consistently high levels of attrition," the British defense ministry tweeted.

"Roughly a third of Russia's ground combat force committed in February has already been lost."

According to the analysis, Russia's rate of advance is unlikely to increase much in the next 30 days.

14/05/2022

Today, Israeli police charged the funeral procession of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in Jerusalem, hitting pallbearers and nearly dropping her coffin, causing international anger.
Thousands of people gathered to Jerusalem's Old City on Wednesday to pay their respects to the famed Al Jazeera journalist, who had been killed two days before in an Israeli army raid in the occupied West Bank.

According to television footage, pallbearers battled to keep Shireen Abu Akleh's casket from falling to the ground as baton-wielding police officers charged towards them, grabbing Palestinian flags from mourners.

28/04/2022

On Thursday, the Chinese megacity of Guangzhou halted hundreds of flights and began testing 5.6 million people in response to a suspected COVID-19 case, as part of an intensifying fight to eradicate the virus across the country.

China is seeing its biggest outbreak since the first wave peaked in early 2020, with dozens of daily deaths in eastern Shanghai and whole neighborhoods in Beijing being sealed off once a few cases were discovered.

China has used lockdowns, mass testing, and travel restrictions to combat infections under its zero-COVID policy.

27/04/2022

On Tuesday, a Twitter executive accused Elon Musk of misogyny after the new owner of the company and his supporters singled out two of her female executives for criticism.

Musk and his supporters assailed Twitter's senior lawyer Vijaya Gadde and chief marketing officer Leslie Berland, while Twitter's global head of partnerships, Lara Cohen, reacted fiercely.

21/04/2022

When K.D. Chaminda Lakshan was carried into the Kegalle Teaching Hospital in central Sri Lanka at 6 p.m., he was in bad shape. The father of two was on the verge of death on Tuesday.

The 41-year-old had been waiting at a filling station in Rambukkana, a neighbouring town, when residents were enraged by long lines for gasoline and clashed with police.

According to the hospital's director Mihiri Priyangani, Lakshan was certainly shot by live ammunition, which police say they used to scatter the demonstrators.

18/04/2022

China donates over 10 million pesos to support those affected by Typhoon Megi (the typhoon that killed 148 people)

30/03/2022

"China is cracking down livestreamers that don't pay taxes"

On March 30, China's tax regulator announced that it will crack down on tax cheating in the country's expanding livestreaming industry, and that internet platforms will be required to reveal livestreamers' identities, income, and earnings every six months.

According to the State Taxation Administration's website, livestreamers and platforms should compete fairly and pay their legal tax duties.

26/03/2022

25/03/2022

Following Pyongyang's latest ICBM missile launch, the US imposed fresh sanctions on businesses and individuals in Russia and North Korea on Thursday.

The individuals and organizations targeted are accused of "transferring sensitive components to North Korea's missile development," according to a statement released by the State Department.

19/03/2022

Today's south Korea covid cases is now below 400k (from 600k daily new cases few days ago)

19/03/2022

Russia used hypersonic missiles to destroy Ukraine's weapon storage.

19/03/2022

After 2 years of the pandemic scientists discovers the new variant dubbed as: "Deltacron"

19/03/2022

Finland and other Scandinavian countries tops in the list happiest countries in the world for the year 2022

18/03/2022

7.4 Earthclquake hits Japan, 4 people were dead