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Can US carriers survive an all-out attack from China?

Asiatimes 2021-11-04

photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Daniel Barker

It’s the $64 question military analysts are pondering. Can high-tech lasers, improved missiles, better radar and improved networking better protect US carrier battle groups against advanced Chinese weapons? We know that carriers will need to operate effectively in extremely high-risk combat...

France’s Beaune, UK’s Frost discuss fishing row

Metro USA 2021-11-04

photo: WN / RTayco

PARIS (Reuters) – French European Affairs Minister Clement Beaune and British Brexit minister David Frost met in Paris on Thursday in what Beaune said was an effort to relaunch dialogue after weeks of rising tension over fishing rights. The dispute erupted in September after Paris accused...

2,700-Year-Old Assyrian Wine Press Found in Northern Iraq

Ancient Origins 2021-11-04

photo: Creative Commons / James Emery

A team of Italian archaeologists exploring ruins connected to the legendary Neo-Assyrian Empire have discovered an ancient industrial wine press. Dating to approximately 700 BC, the remains of the wine press were found at an archaeological site known as Khanis, which is in the Duhok governate in the...

China may have at least 1,000 nuclear warheads by 2030: Pentagon

The Telegraph India 2021-11-04

photo: AP / Mark Schiefelbein

China is sharply increasing its nuclear arsenal and could have up to 700 deliverable warheads by 2027 and at least 1,000 by 2030, as the Communist giant aims to surpass US global power by the middle of the 21st century, the Pentagon has warned in a new report. Advertisement China is investing in,...

Erdogan: Turkey investigates posts about president's health

BBC News 2021-11-04

photo: AP / Burhan Ozbilici

Turkish authorities have opened a legal inquiry against 30 people accused of tweeting disinformation about the health of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. They posted "manipulative content" on Twitter using the hashtag #olmus (dead in Turkish), police said. The hashtag started trending amid...

The woman defying the Taliban on girls' education

Business Ghana 2021-11-04

photo: AP / Bram Janssen

When the Taliban took power in Afghanistan they instructed girls and young women to stay home from school. With no resolution in sight, one member of the Afghan diaspora decided to act. Angela Ghayour's online school now has nearly 1,000 students and more than 400 volunteer teachers. Angela was...

After debt crisis, Greek economy faces climate change threats

Reuters 2021-11-04

photo: Creative Commons / Phelim

Summary Greece battered by financial crisis from 2010-2018Country most indebted in euro zone at almost double GDPTourism dependent economy vulnerable to climate changeImpact of coastal erosion, rising seas could hit growth NEA IRAKLEIA, Greece, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Strolling along the coast of Nea...

Israeli Parliament passes budget, clearing key hurdle

The Times of India 2021-11-04

photo: AP / Ronen Zvulun/Pool Photo

JERUSALEM: Israel's Parliament passed a national budget for the first time in three years early on Thursday, avoiding a November deadline that would have triggered fresh elections. The marathon overnight voting on budget bills in the Knesset, Israel's Parliament, was a major hurdle for the...

Gold Is Cheaper Now Than in 1980

FX Empire 2021-11-04

photo: WN / deniseyong

GOLD IS CHEAPER NOW Gold is currently priced at $1772 oz., somewhat lower than its peak in August 2020 at $2060 oz. In either case, the gold price has increased considerably since 1980. After forty years, though, one might be inclined to ask in all sincerity “Is that all there is?” The question has...

Damaged Amazon rainforest teetering on the brink

Urdu Point 2021-11-04

photo: Felipe Werneck/Ibama

Sao Felix do Xingu, Brazil, Nov 4 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 4th Nov, 2021 ) :Something is wrong. Holed up in her lab, Brazilian atmospheric chemist Luciana Gatti crunches her numbers again and again, thinking there is a mistake. But the same bleak conclusion keeps popping up on her screen:...

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