D.C. targets ‘porch pirates’ with sting operations and tougher penalties With package and retail thefts on the rise in D.C., police and prosecutors are cracking down with new tactics and penalties, which critics say are excessive. 04/13/2024 - 3:00 am | View Link
Oneil Cruz's bat and Jared Jones' ascendance highlight four reasons why the Pirates are impressing early The algorithm overlords love Jones. Pitch models like Stuff+ use velocity, spin, movement and the like to grade a pitcher's arsenal, and it puts Jones out on his own little island early this season. He's rated very well in both the quality of his stuff and his location: 04/12/2024 - 2:28 am | View Link
Piracy Piracy is an act of robbery or criminal violence by ship or boat-borne attackers upon another ship or a coastal area, typically with the goal of stealing cargo and other valuable goods. Those who conduct acts of piracy are called pirates, and vessels used for piracy are called pirate ships. 04/12/2024 - 3:06 am | View Website
The Real Pirates of the Caribbean The real pirates of the Caribbean operated during the Golden Age of Piracy (1690-1730) terrorizing merchant ships and colonial ports to grab gold, liquor, and any cargo they fancied during their adventurous but almost always short careers in crime. 04/12/2024 - 12:29 am | View Website
The History of Pirates: From Ancient Sea Peoples to the ... Jul 18, 2023 5:20 PM EDT. The history of pirates is often romanticized, but real piracy has existed since ancient times and continues in the modern era. Did Pirates Exist? Myth vs. Reality. Few legends ignite our imagination as readily as the history of pirates. 04/12/2024 - 12:00 am | View Website
8 Famous Pirates From History | HISTORY 8 Famous Pirates From History. From state-sponsored privateers to outright outlaws, these pirates made their reputations as fearsome raiders. By: Jesse Greenspan. Updated: July 13, 2023 |... 04/11/2024 - 9:23 pm | View Website
10 Facts About Pirates and What They Do The so-called “Golden Age of Piracy” lasted from about 1700 to 1725. During this time, thousands of people turned to piracy as a way to make a living. It is known as the “Golden Age” because conditions were perfect for pirates to flourish, and many of the individuals we associate with piracy, such as Blackbeard, “Calico Jack” Rackham, and “Black Bart” Roberts, were active ... 04/11/2024 - 6:10 pm | View Website
Decorated Chinese athlete He Jie had been stripped of his Beijing half-marathon win Friday after an investigation found that the three African runners who competed alongside him had “actively slowed down” to let him cross the finish line first during the race on Sunday, April 14.
He won the 21 km.
ISLAMABAD — An important ally of Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif demanded the government lift a two-month-old ban on the social media platform X, saying on Friday that it violates citizens’ right to speech and expression.
The ban on X has been in place since February, when the party of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan announced a nationwide protest against alleged election rigging ahead of the Feb.
BEIJING — San Francisco is the latest U. S. city preparing to receive a pair of pandas from China, in a continuation of Beijing’s famed “panda diplomacy.”
San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced the panda loan in Beijing on Friday, alongside officials from China Wildlife Conservation Association, or CWCA. It will be San Francisco’s first time hosting the beloved animals long-term—the result of a yearlong advocacy campaign, Breed said.
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San Diego previously announced it was receiving two pandas back in February.
China is home to the only natural habitat for pandas and owns most of the black-and-white bears in the world.
Earlier this month, two Indian writers published an ode to their Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. Written in lyric form and titled “Forever In Our Hearts,” it recounts his achievements while singing his praises in highly effusive language. “With courage and wisdom/you show citizens the way,” it gushes. “Oh Modi, oh Modi/their hopes never sway/A people’s beacon, in whom they see light/Oh Modi, oh Modi, guiding day and night.”
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Such reverence captures the essence of Modi’s popularity.
The U. S. blocked on Thursday a draft resolution that would have allowed the United Nations General Assembly to vote on allowing a Palestinian state to become a full member state of the U. N. The move has triggered backlash from other states and pro-Palestinian groups, as global divisions continue to sharpen over Israel’s war on Gaza.
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Apple Inc. said that it removed Meta Platforms Inc.’s WhatsApp and Threads from its China apps store after an order from the country’s internet regulator, which said the services pose risks to the country’s security.
The order comes on the heels of a cleanup program Chinese regulators initiated in 2023 that was expected to remove many defunct or unregistered apps from domestic iOS and Android stores.