As the Taliban continues to expand its military might, a new assessment from U.S. intelligence agencies predict that Afghanistan capital Kabul could fall within six months after American forces withdraw from the country. The Wall Street Journal reported that the Taliban has been taking control of large swaths of land without much of a fight. Security...
Tag: jun 29 2021
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ETHIOPIAN MILITARY CRISIS CONTINUES TO WORSEN
The conflict in northern Ethiopia has shown no signs of slowing and last week included the bombing of a bustling market followed by the downing of a C-130 military transport plane by Tigrayan rebels. The New York Times reported that Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s aggression in Tigray has led to unfathomable conditions for those living there....
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UK RAMPS UP CONFRONTATION WITH RUSSIA
The Russian military said its navy fired warning shots at a British destroyer in the Black Sea followed by fighter jets dropping bombs in its path, which led to the United Kingdom quickly refuting the claim. Russia said the H.H.S Defender entered its territorial waters near Crimea and retreated after the shots were fired. Britain...
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CHINA: BIRTH LIMITS OUT, EDUCATION LIMITS IN
China, the country known for imposing strict limits on the number of offspring produced, is relaxing those limits in order to deal with a demographic imbalance, while at the same time exercising more control over children’s education. The Wall Street Journal, in an article appearing 25 June, reports that a once-in-a-decade census published in May...
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CHINA KILLS HONG KONG NEWSPAPER, U.S. SEIZES IRANIAN PRESS SITES
Last Thursday, the Apple Daily, the 26-year-old Hong Kong newspaper published its last edition, as well as stopped updating its website, citing “employee safety and staffing issues” for the shutdown. The newspaper had become known for its pro-democracy stance and had expressed unbridled criticism of the Beijing regime until authorities began a crackdown on dissent,...
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THE BLINKEN AND MACRON SIDESHOW
Circa 1959, The Kingston Trio had a hit song called “Raspberries, Strawberries.” It started with the line, “A young man goes to Paris, as every young man should,” and later contains the line, “An old man returns to Paris, as every old man must.” An article in The New York Times might have included those...
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BOMBS AWAY: BIDEN RAMPS UP WAR
Without congressional approval and in clear violation of America’s Constitution, President Biden on Sunday ordered two bombing raids on Syria and one in Iraq killing soldiers and civilians. The Pentagon mouthpiece, John Kirby, said the strikes were “necessary, appropriate, and deliberate” and essential to protect U.S. troops stationed in Iraq. He also said, “the United...
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SMARTER THAN YOUR AVERAGE TIRE
Step aside, smart highways and smart traffic lights. Tires are getting wise, too. Goodyear Tire & Rubber and Bridgestone are introducing tires with sensors that communicate with algorithms trained up on machine learning to monitor tires’ wear, air pressure, temperature, vibration, the condition of the roads a tire has been rubbing against, and other factors. ...
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GREEN HYDROGEN FOR YOUR GREEN CAR
Electric and hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles (EVs and HVs) operate on different power trains but share a common problem: a lack of infrastructure to refuel. Hydrogen’s problem is worse. EVs can plug into a wall socket at home or a kiosk connected to the electric grid but HVs have to find a tankful of the gas. ...
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PROTEIN FOUND THAT COMBATS AGE-RELATED MEMORY LOSS
Scientists at the University of Texas have discovered that a protein in red blood cells can be a powerful foe of the loss of hearing and memory, and also brain inflammation, that too often accompany aging. The protein is called ADORA2B and is known to release more oxygen from red blood cells when people are...