"There was a lot of yelling and protests," said Sergei -- a gaunt, mustachioed bookstore owner -- in his apartment in Tashkent. "I never thought they'd be back." ... SEE ALSO ... ....
The Pentagon announced on Thursday it had received approval for a potential sale of $650 million worth of air-to-air missiles to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia... .
Earlier on Wednesday OLA spokesman Odaa Tarbii said his group intended to topple Abiy's government, calling his removal "a foregone conclusion". "If things continue in the current trajectory, then we are talking about a matter of months if not weeks," he said, referring to OLA's move on Addis Ababa.
The Lebanese judge leading investigations into last year's Beirut port blast was forced to stop work Thursday over a lawsuit filed by an ex-minister he had summoned for interrogation ... .
A team of Italian archaeologists exploring ruins connected to the legendary Neo-Assyrian Empire have discovered an ancient industrial wine press ... ( University of Udine ) AssyrianWinePress and the Assyrian Love of Wine ... Boutique Wine for Byzantines ... The so-called “Palace without Rival” was said to measure 1,500 feet (500 m) from end-to-end ... Top image.
China is also supporting this expansion by increasing its capacity to produce and separate plutonium by constructing fast breeder reactors and reprocessing facilities, it said ...The PRC likely intends to have at least 1,000 warheads by 2030, exceeding the pace and size the Department of Defense projected in 2020," the report said.
"Frankly speaking, they have internally debated this before," Chen said, referring to China but without elaborating or mentioning when such a discussion occurred. "We obviously have some understanding," he said ...Taiwan has repeatedly said it wants to maintain the status quo with China, but vows to defend its freedom and democracy.
Blue Origin, created by Amazon.com founder Bezos, has said its lawsuit was "an attempt to remedy the flaws in the acquisition process found in Nasa's HumanLandingSystem." ... Nasa said the pause was part of an agreement among the parties to expedite the litigation schedule, which culminated in Thursday's ruling.