BEIJING. A Taiwanese warship on Friday "mistakenly" fired a supersonic "anti-ship missile" towards China as it celebrated 95th anniversary of the ruling Communist Party amid assertions by PresidentXi Jinping ruling out independence for Taiwan... "The missile was launched by operational error ... "We firmly oppose the 'Taiwan independence' secessionist activities," Xi said at the ceremony ... Stay updated on the go with Times of IndiaNews App....
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas DarlingPerhaps a more fundamental question than to why politicians change their positions on certain issues is what gives a person the right to make binding decisions on behalf of the future ... Indeed, what would the United States be like if politicians never changed their views on slavery, civil rights or economic policies that included more people ... (Dallas Darling is the author of Politics 501....
Unlike his fellow prisoners, Hamoud Saleh Hamed does not wear leg shackles when he is pushed on a spanking new wheelchair into the Syrian prison governor’s guest room at the Mezze military jail. Impossible, since his trousered right stump and the missing lower half of his left leg mean that the 37-year old Saudi maths teacher from Mecca cannot escape by throwing himself from the second floor window ... ....
The Conservative party has collapsed into accusations of betrayal and treachery as the party's first leadership contest in a decade gets under way. Tensions are high after Boris Johnson sensationally dropped out of the race at the first hurdle following a shock intervention against his leadership bid from Cabinet ministerMichael Gove. Share Go To ... "He's ripped the Tory party apart ... THERESA MAY ... She said. “My pitch is very simple....
“We’re seeing the beginning of a wave,” said Blaise Ingoglia, chairman of the Republican Party of Florida and a state representative from Spring Hill, who considers Obama’s back-to-back Florida victories as outliers ...Republicans have withstood the NPAwave and the party’s share of the electorate has remained relatively constant. It worries me....
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Bolton...Data from Juno’s Waves investigation indicate the spacecraft’s crossing of the bow shock just outside the magnetosphere on June 24 and the transit into the lower density of the Jovian magnetosphere on June 25. “The bow shock is analogous to a sonic boom,” said William Kurth of the University of Iowa in Iowa City, lead co-investigator for the Waves investigation ... Massive task ... — PTI. ....
Rajkot. As heavy rain lashed Bhavnagar district on Friday, rough weather in Rajkot forced the Mumbai-Rajkot flight of Jet Airways to be diverted to Vadodara airport ... However, fishermen have been advised to be cautious while venturing into the sea in wake of the high wave forecast for till July 3 midnight from Jakhau to Diu coast. Waves in the Arabian Sea will range between 3-4.9 metres, said weather department officials ... RELATED....
Protesters waved placards calling for Hong Kong's independence from China and signs with photos of the bookseller, Lam Wing-kee, whose revelations last month about his ordeal rekindled concerns about Beijing's tightening grip on the semiautonomous city ... ....
The United Nations said Friday it is investigating allegations that peacekeepers in the Central African Republic have sexually abused two minors, the latest in a wave of shocking cases to hit the UN mission ... ....
A Palestinian youth sneaked into a fortified Jewish settlement in the West Bank on Thursday, broke into a home and stabbed to death a 13-year-old Israeli-American girl as she slept in bed before frantic security guards arrived and killed him. The girl, identified as Hallel Yaffa Ariel, became the youngest Israeli victim of a nine-month wave of violence that has seen dozens of Palestinian attacks ... ....
Mining giant BHP Billiton says it will fight the suspension by the Brazilian Supreme Court of a settlement for damages caused by a dam burst at an iron ore mine. The flood down the Rio Doce in November sent a wave of waste water into the river valley and flattened two towns ... Prosecutors said the settlement favoured the mining companies ... ....
AttachedFiles. . ID. . 1467404764483945100. Publication Date. . Saturday, July 2, 2016. LAGOS ...Nigeria signed “MOUs with Chinese firms worth over $80 billion,” the NNPC said in a statement ... The oil-rich Niger delta region has been hit by a wave of attacks by militants who demand a greater share of oil revenue and more political autonomy ... Economy. ....
Just what will it take to cut off US funding for Palestinian terror?. That question has taken center stage amid the wave of murderous “lone wolf” attacks against Israeli civilians, egged on by Palestinian PresidentMahmoud Abbas. Thursday, a Palestinian killed a sleeping 13-year-old girl in the West Bank... Since September, the terror spree has left 40 dead and 430 injured ... for any reason ... ....