'Dangerous' Waltham Forest man found with guns and explosives inside his home A "dangerous" man from the Essex border has been locked up after explosives and guns were found inside his home in Waltham Forest. Ricky Anderson, 45, of Beechwood Drive, Woodford Green appeared at ... 05/14/2024 - 7:14 pm | View Link
Teens tricked with "bomb bonus" up to €2,000 to place explosives, but were rarely paid Criminals are recruiting teenagers from across the country to commit explosive attacks, the team leader of an ongoing investigation into 20 explosions in Alkmaar in less than a year told the Telegraaf ... 05/14/2024 - 5:59 pm | View Link
Insight: Jordan foils arms plot as kingdom caught in Iran-Israel shadow war Jordan has foiled a suspected Iranian-led plot to smuggle weapons into the U.S.-allied kingdom to help opponents of the ruling monarchy carry out acts of sabotage, according to two Jordanian sources ... 05/14/2024 - 5:03 pm | View Link
Key Bridge demolition: Explosives detonated, part of truss remains Crews are using explosives placed into precision cuts of the remaining Key Bridge truss that's resting on the Dali cargo ship in an effort to remove the wreckage. LIVE VIDEO ABOVE: Explosive precision ... 05/13/2024 - 3:37 pm | View Link
Workers set off explosives to free ship from fallen Baltimore bridge Seven weeks after a cargo ship was trapped under a Baltimore bridge, a salvage crew detonated a cluster of explosives Monday evening to free it. 05/13/2024 - 1:55 pm | View Link
PARIS — A massive manhunt was underway in France on Wednesday for armed assailants who ambushed a prison convoy, killing two prison officers, seriously injuring three others and springing the inmate they were escorting. The prime minister vowed the gang would be caught, saying, “They will pay.”
“We are tracking you, we will find you and we will punish you,” Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said in parliament, to applause from lawmakers.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Singapore’s deputy leader Lawrence Wong was sworn in Wednesday as the nation’s fourth prime minister in a carefully planned political succession designed to ensure continuity and stability in the Asian financial hub.
A U. S.-trained economist, Wong, 51, succeeds Lee Hsien Loong, 72, who stepped down after two decades at the helm.
As the summer climbing season approaches, local authorities in Japan have announced a new entry fee and daily visitor cap for their popular trail up Mount Fuji in an attempt to reduce congestion around the iconic mountain and curb the damaging effects of overtourism.
The paid reservation system, officially unveiled on Monday, kicks in for those wishing to ascend Mount Fuji between July 1 and September 10, and slots can be booked online starting May 20.
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A Yamanashi prefecture government official told CNN in 2023 that “overtourism—and all the subsequent consequences like rubbish, rising CO2 emissions and reckless hikers—is the biggest problem facing Mount Fuji.”
A booking, which costs 2,000 Yen (or about $13), covers entrance to the Yoshida Trail, which is used by about 60% of visitors and is one of four entrances to the mountain.
MANILA, Philippines — A flotilla of about 100 mostly small fishing boats led by Filipino activists sailed Wednesday to a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, where Beijing’s coast guard and suspected militia ships have used powerful water cannons to ward off what they regard as intruders.
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The Philippine coast guard and navy deployed one patrol ship each to keep watch from a distance on the activists and fishermen, who set off on wooden boats with bamboo outriggers to assert Manila’s sovereignty over the Scarborough Shoal.
mdash; The Biden administration has told key lawmakers it is sending a new package of more than $1 billion in arms and ammunition to Israel, two congressional aides said Tuesday.
It’s the first arms shipment to Israel to be announced by the administration since it put another arms transfer — consisting of 3,500 bombs — on hold earlier in the month.
(WASHINGTON) — Boeing has violated a settlement that allowed the company to avoid criminal prosecution after two deadly crashes involving its 737 Max aircraft, the Justice Department told a federal judge on Tuesday.
It is now up to the Justice Department to decide whether to file charges against the aircraft maker amid increasing scrutiny over the safety of its planes.