Skip to main content

War Countries - SERIES 125 {11 articles}

South Sudan’s latest peace deal faces early test

9/15/2018, 11:02:45 AM
undefined ✔ Mr Ahmed, 41, reached his own historic peace deal with neighbouring Eritrea last month and is encouraging peace and greater economic integration in the Horn of Africa, a region plagued by conflict and insecurity for the last two decades ✔ Even before then it had taken eight months for Mr Machar to return to Juba to resume his role as vice-president after the deal was signed


Moon faces toughest challenge yet in third summit with Kim

9/15/2018, 9:23:49 AM
South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are scheduled to hold a third summit next week in Pyongyang. ✔ These projects are held back by the sanctions against North Korea ✔ The process can't have anything to do with a plan to denuclearize unilaterally ✔ A failure to get something more specific out of Kim could cause the diplomatic efforts to lose much of their force


RUSSIAN FEDERATION SITREP - September 13, 2018

9/15/2018, 8:14:39 AM
WHAT IS TO BE DONE? PCR asks. Martyanov and Saker answer. PCR responds. More,  ✔ If you wish wider war, Bolton has put you on the right path ✔ OPCW Report Destruction of declared Syrian chemical weapons completed 4 Jan 2016 ✔ As wannabe Russian poisoning cases pop up, remember Karinna Moskalenko ✔ The leader was killed in an indiscriminate restaurant bombing


Happy Birthday Prince Harry! All we know about the Duke of Sussex - age, height, wedding

9/15/2018, 9:55:13 AM
HAPPY Birthday, Prince Harry! Today is the Duke of Sussex’s 34th birthday, so here is everything we know about His Royal Highness. ✔ Sports featured include wheelchair basketball, sitting volleyball and indoor rowing ✔ However, he has ever since been involved with the armed forces through his founding of the Invictus Games, as well as with honorary military appointments and other official engagements


Putin flexes military muscles with Russian drills on the Sea of Japan

9/15/2018, 9:56:14 AM
Some 300,000 troops, more than 1,000 military aircraft and two naval fleets are taking part in the Vostok-2018 drills in Siberia and waters off Russia's east coast. ✔ Moscow showed off its military might today as Russian warships, tanks, planes and helicopters staged a mock invasion on a beach in the Kremlin's largest military drills since the fall of the Soviet Union ✔ Scores of paratroopers were seen leaping from a plane and descending from helicopters by ropes in the eastern Siberian territory of Zabaikalsk


Syrians caught between regime and rebels as Idlib offensive looms

9/15/2018, 11:03:45 AM
As a large-scale military campaign in Syria's last rebel stronghold looms, Syrians on both sides of the divide are bracing for a bloody battle. ✔ The hilltop artillery position in northwestern Hama held a cannon, weathered tanks and AK-47s ✔ CNN's Tamara Qiblawi, Frederik Pleitgen and Claudia Otto reported from northwestern Syria, Ben Wedeman reported from Beirut, Lebanon, Waffa Munayyer reported from Atlanta and Kareem Kadder reported from Amman, Jordan


'Idiotic' Ranger Rover driver goes wrong way down motorway hard shoulder

9/15/2018, 9:21:42 AM
Drivers were stuck on the motorway after five vehicles collided and one transporting cows overturned ✔ As a lorry driver you see some stupid things on the roads but this was another level ✔ Read More Top Stories from Mirror Online Hurricane Helene heading to UK Inside Kim's North Korea Terror victim's boyfriend's agony Spray-painted homeless man dies The hard shoulder is there for emergency services ✔ Driving the wrong way on a motorway is an offence in itself


Strangers, lovers and Rihanna in repose: Deana Lawson's intimate portraits

9/15/2018, 8:29:19 AM
From superstars to people in the street, the photographer captures black bodies in all their strength and vulnerability ✔ While her subjects frequently look into the camera, their bodies are more often side on, as if recently engaged in something else ✔ If you would like your comment to be considered for inclusion on Weekend magazine’s letters page in print, please email weekend@theguardian.com, including your name and address (not for publication)


Prince Harry birthday in pictures: ICONIC photos of royal growing up

9/15/2018, 9:16:12 AM
PRINCE Harry today turns 34, so what better time to take a look back at how the Duke of Sussez has celebrated previous milestones. ✔ DEBUT: Prince Harry is held in Princess Diana's arms outside Paddington's Lindo Wing (Image: PA Images) BABY: By the age of one, Prince Harry had mastered the art of crawling (Image: Tim Graham/Getty Images) NURSERY: Harry waves to waiting photographers at Mrs Jane Mynors nursery school (Image: GettyImages) ROYAL: Harry learns to ski on the slopes of Lech, Austria (Image: Getty Images) The nation wept when they saw the 12-year-old walk outside Westminster Abbey during the funeral service alongside the The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince William, Earl Spencer and Prince Charles He turned 18 and marked it both with a visit to West Ham United's Upton Park, where he was presented with personalised jersey, and also with a visit to Great Ormond Street Hospital, where he was photographed with 11-year-old leukaemia patient, Samantha Ledster


Refugees stranded in Bosnia report campaign of police brutality

9/15/2018, 11:13:36 AM
Croatian officers accused of physical and verbal abuse, along with harassment including theft, but deny all allegations. ✔ Shams, who worked as a lawyer in Syria, said Croatian policemen strip-searched her and her 13-year-old daughter Rahma on one occasion after they were arrested ✔ The information board at the camp in Velika Kladusa warns migrants of the dangers they face in the forests - mines and bears [Mersiha Gadzo/Al Jazeera] ABOUT THE AUTHOR Mersiha Gadzo Mersiha Gadzo is a journalist and online producer for Al Jazeera English


Graduate had no idea she was pregnant until two months before due date

9/15/2018, 10:06:55 AM
Zasha Whiteway-Wilkinson, 24, felt like she was "drowning" when a doctor told her she was pregnant ✔ Looking at that scan made the whole surreal experience very, very real ✔ There was my baby, my unwanted, unexpected, unbelievable little human baby ✔ It could happen to anyone, and rather than judgement or opinions, all they really need is a cup of tea and a cuddle


>>> Open This Series
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Autos - SERIES 232 {14 articles}

How to Add Bluetooth to Your Car: Three Methods to Stay Connected | Digital Trends 11/15/2018, 1:10:37 AM The best way to make an old ride feel young again is to upgrade its technology. Here's how to outfit your whip with Bluetooth, regardless of your vehicle's setup. ✔ Option No. 2: Aftermarket audio units Replacing your vehicle’s head unit is a great option for those that want the greatest range of audio functionality ✔ In addition to maintaining the stock aesthetic, these adapters are usually pretty cheap, with the average setup costing less than $100 ✔ Luxury automakers generally charge more for their devices, but hey, what else is new Subaru WRX STi 2014-onwards Used Car Review 11/15/2018, 12:54:37 AM David Morley looks at the latest Subaru WRX STi as a second-hand car, with values, features and common problems to look for ✔ So, to make it dynamically adept and to work with that constraint, the suspension was super-stiff ✔ You also need to ensure that the c...
Post a Comment
Read more

Fashion - SERIES 104 {35 articles}

Australian brands prepare for New York Fashion Week assault 9/7/2018, 6:59:21 AM Day one saw two cult street brands. ✔ The pair behind the brash, sequinned and sometimes offensive brand, Cami James and Nadia Napreychikov​, relocated to the US in early 2016 to be closer to their main fan base ✔ It's been a Australian-twanged start to the week-long frock fest, with comedian Celeste Barber emerging as one of the biggest stars of Tom Ford's opening-night show on Wednesday ✔ Follow more of Melissa Singer's NYFW coverage on Instagram @melly_singer Priyanka Chopra is a bombshell in black as she attends awards show 9/7/2018, 6:39:45 AM She is engaged to crooner Nick Jonas. But Priyanka Chopra was stag when she swung by the Daily Front Row Fashion Media Awards during New York Fashion Week this Thursday. ✔ Since Priyanka and Nick were last in Bombay, their schedule has been a swirl of travel, including stops in Los Angeles, Cabo San Lucas and Mammoth Mountain ✔ Lately: He...
Post a Comment
Read more

War Countries - SERIES 95 {15 articles}

Controversial actor Gerard Depardieu spotted in North Korea 9/9/2018, 10:31:07 PM The French actor was spotted among the thousands of spectators enjoying the festivities in Kim Il Sung square ✔ And there were no nuclear tests to mark the holiday, as has happened in each of the last two years, following North Korea's commitment to denuclearisation ✔ Kim Jong-un and his South Korean counterpart Moon will meet in Pyongyang on September 18 for the third time this year and discuss practical measures towards denuclearisation, officials in Seoul have said Rising Violence in Basra Highlights U.S.-Iran Fight for Influence in Iraq 9/9/2018, 8:37:01 PM The firing of rockets toward American diplomatic missions in Iraq after protesters torched the Iranian consulate in Basra raised tensions as the U.S. and Iran vie to shape the country’s next government. ✔ Workers clean the Basra governorate building on Sept ✔ In 2014, they became de factoif awkwardallies in the war against Islamic S...
Post a Comment
Read more

Autos - SERIES 177 {16 articles}

Berlin’s Emil launches pay-per-mile car insurance 10/23/2018, 6:09:00 AM Emil, a new startup from the founders of Movinga, has launched what it claims is Germany’s first pay-per-mile car insurance that measures miles in real-time. Aimed at drivers who do less than 6,200 miles per year on average (or roughly 120 miles per week) — which we’re told a… ✔ The insurance policy itself was developed in cooperation with General Reinsurance AG (a Berkshire Hathaway Company) and the German insurer Gothaer Allgemeine Versicherung ✔ They include Johannes Reck (co-founder of GetYourGuide), Lucas von Cranach (co-founder of Onefootball), Roland Grenke (co-founder of Dubsmash), Philip Petrescu (co-founder of Lendico), Verena Pausder (co-founder of Fox & Sheep), Arndt Ellinghorst (German automotive expert), and Oliver Mickler (co-founder Tillhub, co-founder MyDriver and the first angel backer of Movinga) Nvidia delivers its self-driving car safety report to the feds 10/23/2018, 10:22:47 ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Autos - SERIES 119 {16 articles}

The electric car is here — if you’ve got the money 10/2/2018, 3:06:13 PM The rest of us will have to wait a little longer ✔ That won’t come for a few years, though; instead, much like Tesla, Lucid plans to sell a more expensive (and therefore higher-margin) spec of the car at the outset to help fund its efforts going forward ✔ But as with most futuristic technologies, people with money will get the first crack at living with them The Latest: BMW getting ready for 'worse options' in Brexit 10/2/2018, 3:56:03 PM PARIS (AP) — The Latest on the Paris auto show (all times local): 1:25 p.m. BMW says its Mini and Rolls Royce factories in the U.K. will halt productio ✔ There will be a 4-week stoppage at the Mini plant from late March, when Britain officially exits the EU, and a two-week pause at the Rolls Royce factory ✔ Doubts about diesel, Brexit, trade worries, tighter emissions controls ✔ All-electric vehicles with zero local e...
Post a Comment
Read more