Biden says US would defend Taiwan if attacked by China | Politics News
US President suggests he would intervene in a Chinese invasion in apparent break with decades-long policy. US President Joe Biden has said he would use force to defend Taiwan if it was attacked by China, appearing to signal a shift away from Washington’s decades-long policy of so-called strategic ambiguity...
Canada storms: Nearly a million homes lose power in high winds ZiuaMea
Five people die due to falling trees and high winds across southern Ontario and Quebec. Sursa...
Iran: IRGC Quds Force member assassinated in Tehran: State media | News
BREAKINGBREAKING, Hassan Sayyad Khodayari was a member of the Quds Force, IRGC’s foreign arm, who served in Syria in the past years. Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says one of its members has been assassinated in the capital Tehran by gunmen riding on two motorcycles, according to...
Roger Angell: Baseball’s reluctant poet laureate dies at 101 ZiuaMea
Whether it was describing a particular team as „a troupe of gazelles depicted by a Balkan corps de ballet” or referring to the „habitual aura of glowering intensity” of a favourite pitcher, Roger Angell’s colourful language brought his reports to life, especially in his regular end-of-season essays. Sursa...
Erdogan speaks to Stoltenberg over Finland, Sweden NATO bid | NATO News
Turkey’s President tells NATO chief Sweden and Finland must address Ankara’s concerns before it could support their membership bid. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday said Ankara would not look “positively” on Sweden and Finland’s NATO bids unless its concerns were addressed, despite broad support from other allies,...
Boeing docks Starliner capsule to ISS for the first time | Space News
Boeing’s astronaut capsule reaches International Space Station in uncrewed test do-over after several failed attempts. With only a test dummy aboard, Boeing’s astronaut capsule pulled up and parked at the International Space Station (ISS) for the first time, a huge achievement for the company after years of false starts....
Biden plan to end US migrant expulsion policy blocked ZiuaMea
A US judge says the policy that allows migrants to be expelled over Covid fears must stay in place. Sursa...
Expert Perspective on the Russian President’s Next Move
“The Cipher Brief has become the most popular outlet for former intelligence officers; no media outlet is even a close second to The Cipher Brief in terms of the number of articles published by formers.” – Sept. 2018, Studies in Intelligence, Vol. 62 No. Access all of The Cipher Brief’s...
California wildfires: Man gets 24 years for setting blaze that killed condors ZiuaMea
Prosecutors say he set the Big Sur Dolan fire while illegally cultivating cannabis in the forest. Sursa...
Chariots of Fire, Blade Runner composer Vangelis dies aged 79 | Obituaries News
Vangelis, the Oscar-winning composer of the music for Chariots of Fire and Blade Runner, and a pioneer of electronic music, has died. He was 79. According to several media outlets in the musician’s native Greece, Vangelis died of coronavirus in France, where he lived part-time. He also had homes...