| Sun, 12 May 2024 15 years today - Another hospital shelled
To mark 15 years since the Sri Lankan military onslaught that massacred tens of thousands of Tamils, we revisit the final days leading up to the 18th of May 2009 – a date remembered around the world as ‘Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day’. | After providing an i... | To win the coming China war, the US Navy needs more missile firepower. Here’s how
After decades of breakneck growth, the Chinese navy now has more ships – nearly 350 – than the US Navy has: 290. | But the American fleet still has one key firepower advantage. All combined, its ships carry nearly 10,000 vertical cells for launching air-defense, ant... | Yough grad serves on USS Gerald R. Ford
A Yough High School graduate is part of a U.S. Navy crew that recently completed an eight-month deployment on a new aircraft carrier, according to the military. | Commander Doug Ivanac, a Herminie native, serves on USS Gerald R. Ford, which is based in Norfolk, Va. The ... | US and Israel’s Humanitarian Mission to Gaza
Recently the Biden administration elevated humanitarian aid to Gaza as a foreign policy priority amidst ongoing negotiations for hostages and an Israeli-Hamas ceasefire. The talking point of aid to Gaza is nothing new; international outcry from Israel’s adversaries, U... | Flooding forecast to worsen in Brazil’s south, where many who remain are poor
ELDORADO DO SUL, Brazil (AP) — More heavy rain is forecast for Brazil’s already flooded Rio Grande do Sul state, where many of those remaining are poor people with limited ability to move to less dangerous areas. | More than 15 centimeters (nearly 6 inches) of rain ... | Remember Pearl Harbor Streaming: Watch & Stream Online via Amazon Prime Video
Credit: Amazon Prime Video | Remember Pearl Harbor is a 2016 documentary film that throws light on the impact of one of the most dreadful incidents in US history. This time, the focus is not on the military strategies behind Pearl Harbor’s attack. Instead, the film e... | Gen Z students lead pro-Palestine demonstrations while their Boomer professors see parallels to past protest eras
Student protesters, like their predecessors, are being met with a heavy police presence. | Jeremy Hogan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images // Howard Ruffner/Getty ImagesStudents and their professors are asking universities to divest from Israel.At Indiana Universi... | Turner: Art, Industry and Nostalgia review – Fighting Temeraire sets Tyneside ablaze
JMW Turner’s The Fighting Temeraire might be the most famous painting in London’s National Gallery and in 2005 was voted The Greatest Painting in Britain, but it’s hardly cool. Its heady atmosphere of patriotic pride and supercharged sentiment is the quintessence ... | Exiting through the gift shop at Hezbollah’s Museums of Jihad and Resistance
The director of the Museum of Jihad patted a Soviet battle tank proudly as he surveyed the military hardware around him. “Ninety per cent of the equipment you see is still working and has even been improved by Hezbollah,” said Khalil Bazzal, who is a civilian member... | |
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