Israel plans to withdraw some of its troops from the Gaza Strip over time, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said it expects fighting to continue for some time. Netanyahu told reporters in Jerusalem on Sunday that the objective is to reach a durable, long-term ceasefire with Gaza’s Hamas rulers. Netanyahu said the Palestinian militant […]
In December 2020, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) held its general election and President Felix Tshisekedi of the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) was declared the victor, after a highly contested poll marked by violence and accusations of fraud. Tshisekedi was re-elected with about eight million of the nearly 19 million votes […]
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, twenty civilians were killed in shelling from Ukraine on a village in Russia on April 17, 2021. The deadly shells reportedly fell on the village of Novoshakhtinsk in the Rostov region in Russia near the border with Ukraine. The incident occurred just one day after Russia launched a major […]
Unfortunately, it is physically impossible to send something to Europa before the year ends, due to the immense distances involved in space travel. It would take thousands of years even for a spacecraft travelling at the speed of light.
On Sunday 18 October, a ban on the ownership of XL Bully dogs across England and Wales will come into force. The ban covers the sale, purchase, exchange and breeding of the dogs, as they have been classified as a ‘dangerous’ breed by the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991. The ban applies to XL Bully or […]
1. Silicon Valley launches a satellite into space capable of capturing and relaying live video from the Kuiper Belt: In 2023, Silicon Valley tech company, Quantum Instruments, successfully launches a satellite into space that is capable of capturing and relaying live video from the further reaches of the solar system, including the Kuiper Belt. This […]
The dog, a pit-mix named Max, was rescued after survived nearly seven years in the wild after going missing in 2013. He was discovered in a remote area near an airport in Arizona, nearly 800 miles from his home in Illinois, where he had gone missing. Max was found to be skinny and full of […]
The shooting at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic, has sent shockwaves across the nation. A gunman shot dead fourteen people on March 22nd, 2021, in what is one of the deadliest mass shootings in Czech history. Among the victims were promising athletes, volunteer firefighters, renowned academics, and many others. Vladimír Motl was a 16-year-old […]
On Thursday, Somali forces killed an Al-Shabaab commander responsible for numerous deadly attacks across the country, an official from the ministry of security said. Abdi Hassan Bare, who was a senior operative of the militant Islamist group Al-Shabaab, was killed in an exchange of fire with soldiers in the Bakool region of Somalia. The official […]
On December 19, 2020, a gunman attacked a university in the Czech Republic’s capital of Prague, killing 14 people and injuring 25 others. The shooter, who was believed to be a student at the university, was later found dead of an apparent suicide. According to a statement from the police, the shooter was armed with […]