Taiwan shows off F-16 jets rapid response amid tensions with China-
Taiwan shows off F-16 jets rapid response amid tensions with China – CNA”Taiwan’s air force showcased its ability to rapidly replenish and get back in the air its most advanced F-16 fighter jets in a readiness drill on Wednesday (Jan 28), designed to demonstrate combat-oriented training. Taiwan’s air force scrambles on an almost daily basis... Read More
Famous Up Helly Aa festival sets Shetland’s skies ablaze”Vikings and hundreds of torchbearers have marched through the streets of Lerwick for Europe’s largest fire festival.
The world-famous event lights up the skies above Shetland’s capital every year on the last Tuesday in January when local “guizers” throw their torches at a replica of a Viking long ship until it is consumed by flames. A nod to Shetland’s Norse heritage, the parade is led by a group of Vikings, locally known... Read More
Famous Up Helly Aa festival sets Shetland’s skies ablaze”Vikings and hundreds of torchbearers have marched through the streets of Lerwick for Europe’s largest fire festival.
The world-famous event lights up the skies above Shetland’s capital every year on the last Tuesday in January when local “guizers” throw their torches at a replica of a Viking long ship until it is consumed by flames. A nod to Shetland’s Norse heritage, the parade is led by a group of Vikings, locally known... Read More
South Korea: Former First Lady sentenced to jail for bribery”A South Korean court has sentenced Kim Keon Hee, the wife of disgraced ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol, to 20 months in prison for corruption.
South Korea: Former First Lady sentenced to jail for bribery A South Korean court has sentenced Kim Keon Hee, the wife of disgraced ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol, to 20 months in prison for corruption. https://p.dw.com/p/57ZlLSouth Korea’s former first lady Kim Keon HeeSouth Korea’s former first lady Kim Keon HeeImage: Jung Yeon-je/AP Photo/picture allianceAdvertisement A court... Read More
Deputy chief minister of India’s Maharashtra dies in plane-
crash-The deputy chief minister of India’s wealthiest state of Maharashtra, Ajit Pawar, was killed on Wednesday, along with four people on board his charter aircraft that went down in flames, the aviation regulator said. Pawar, who hailed from a top political family, was en route to his home region to canvass in local body elections,... Read More
Frightening situation’: Bangladesh elections haunted by political violence: At least 16 killed –
Political activists have been killed since elections were announced in December, prompting fears of a return to a climate of violence many Bangladeshis had hoped was behind them. Dhaka, Bangladesh – When Kazi Shawon Alam learned that Azizur Rahman Musabbir, a fellow Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) activist, had been shot dead on January 7, it... Read More
US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday another US “armada” was floating towards Iran –
He hoped that Tehran made a deal with Washington. “There is another beautiful armada floating beautifully towards Iran right now,” Trump said in a speech. “I hope they make a deal.” Since Iran earlier launched the crackdown on protests accompanied by a blanket internet blackout, Trump has given mixed signals on intervention which some opponents... Read More
Trump says government will ‘de-escalate’ in Minnesota following Pretti shooting-
President Donald Trump said his administration was “going to de-escalate a little bit” in Minnesota, after the second fatal shooting of a US citizen by federal immigration officers there. “Bottom line, it was terrible. Both of them were terrible,” he said in a Fox News interview on Tuesday. In early January Renee Good was fatally... Read More
“Zelenskyy condemns ‘terrorism’ after Russia hits train”A drone struck a train carriage carrying nearly 200 passengers in Ukraine, in an attack authorities blamed on Russia.
A drone struck a train carriage carrying nearly 200 passengers in Ukraine, in an attack authorities blamed on Russia. https://p.dw.com/p/57ZcWA traine carraige on fire in UkraineThe Russian drone attack on the passenger train killed at least five people Russia targeted a passenger train in the Kharkiv region of eastern Ukraine killing five people, authorities said.... Read More
“Zelenskyy condemns ‘terrorism’ after Russia hits train “A drone struck a train carriage carrying nearly 200 passengers in Ukraine, in an attack authorities blamed on Russia.https://p.dw.com/p/57ZcWConflictsUkraineZelenskyy condemns ‘terrorism’ after Russia hits train
A drone struck a train carriage carrying nearly 200 passengers in Ukraine, in an attack authorities blamed on Russia. https://p.dw.com/p/57ZcWA traine carraige on fire in UkraineThe Russian drone attack on the passenger train killed at least five people Russia targeted a passenger train in the Kharkiv region of eastern Ukraine killing five people, authorities said.... Read More