China’sPeople’s Liberation Army Eastern TheaterCommand said in a statement on Monday (August 8) that joint drills in the sea and airspace around Taiwan were continuing. The notice did not specify the precise location of the exercises or when they would end. Whether the six danger zones for the August 4-7 exercises remain in effect is unclear ...Photo.
. Russia informed the US on Monday that it is temporarily suspending American inspections of its nuclear weapons sites under the 2010Treaty on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic OffensiveArms (New START) ...The statement stressed that the measures had a "temporary character." ... .
Nagasaki marked the 77th anniversary Tuesday of the U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city during World War II, with MayorTomihisa Taue set to call for the abolition of nuclear weapons amid mounting concerns over their potential use following Russia's invasion of Ukraine...Photo shows Peace Park in Nagasaki on Aug ... (Kyodo) ... But some U.S.
An Iranian foreign ministry official has dismissed a Wall Street Journal report that a text for restoring the 2015 nuclear accord with Iran had been completed and that negotiations in Vienna were finished ... The negotiations to revive the deal through removing US sanctions on Iran have dragged on since April 2021 ... www.presstv.ir. www.presstv.co.uk ....
At least seven people have died and six were missing in and around Seoul, the South Korean capital, after torrential rain knocked out power, triggered landslides and flooded homes and the city’s metro system ... The Yonhap news agency said the downpour was the heaviest in 80 years ... They were later found dead. More sad news emerging ... .
A man touring a Dutch castle died after he was hit with a 22-pound metal ball thrown by a competitor at the OpenHighland Games. EastBrabantPolice said the 65-year-old Geldrop local died Sunday, “after being hit by a metal ball in use at a sporting event.” ... “It wasn’t a spectator so he didn’t see the ball coming at all.” ... We’re devastated.” ... ....
. Palestine urged the international community on Monday to provide protection in the wake of recent Israeli attacks on the besieged Gaza Strip that left 46 Palestinians dead. The Palestinian envoy to the UN told the UN Security Council that it was an ''unprovoked and unjustified'' aggression. ''It’s real reason is barely veiled ... .
The Finnish prime minister on Monday urged EU countries to impose additional sanctions to restrict Russian tourists’ entry into the Schengen countries. Speaking to Finnish state broadcaster YLE, SannaMarin said ...It's not right.” ... My personal position is that tourism should be restricted,” she said ... 24 ... .
KABUL. The Taliban stormed back to power a year ago as US-led forces withdrew from the country, two decades after first ousting the hardline Islamist regime. As the United States and its allies begin withdrawing their forces from Afghanistan, the Taliban launch a final offensive to win back control of the country they ran between 1996 and 2001... .
A study out of the United Kingdom has shown that health care workers who received multiple COVID-19 vaccine boosters after initially being infected with the original virus strain from Wuhan are more prone to chronic reinfection from the Omicron variant ...Robert Malone ... He added that this process is reinforced by multiple inoculations.
The killing became part of a larger national reckoning over racial injustice and killings of unarmed black people including George Floyd and Breonna Taylor... .
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has said that Israelis have sought to change the "balance of power and terror" since 2006 but they failed and accepted a ceasefire because they only understand the language of power ... .