Service members of pro-Russian troops drive an armoured vehicle along a street past a destroyed residential building during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the town of Popasna in the Luhansk Region, Ukraine May 26, 2022. The writing on the vehicle reads: “Valkyrie”. (REUTERS) KYIV/POPASNA, Ukraine – Ukraine said on Friday its forces may need to retreat from their last pocket of … [Read more...] about Ukraine says troops may retreat from eastern region as Russia advances
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China imposes voluntary fishing moratorium in northern Indian Ocean after being linked to illegal catches
China has launched a voluntary fishing moratorium covering international waters in the northern Indian Ocean for the first time. A notice issued by the agriculture ministry said fishing bans on the high seas of the southwest Atlantic and north Indian Ocean would be in effect between July 1 and September 30, while the fishing moratorium in the eastern Pacific open seas will … [Read more...] about China imposes voluntary fishing moratorium in northern Indian Ocean after being linked to illegal catches
In Utopia and elsewhere in Texas, school teachers carry guns
Michael Derry, superintendent of the Utopia School District, where teachers carry guns with the goal of warding off school shootings UTOPIA (UNITED STATES) - In a tiny Texas town called Utopia, a sign at the entrance to its only school warns that staffers are packing guns -- a measure designed to prevent shootings like the one that left 19 kids and two teachers dead down the … [Read more...] about In Utopia and elsewhere in Texas, school teachers carry guns
Gambling suspects arrested at northeast Thailand resort
Police arrested 18 gambling suspects at a resort in Thailand’s northeastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima yesterday. The suspects reportedly used all 10 rooms of the Lake Pine resort to operate 2 gambling websites. Officers seized 10 desktop computers, 5 notebook computers, 30 mobile phones, and 12 bank account books, according to Police Colonel Wiwat Jitsophakul from the Crime … [Read more...] about Gambling suspects arrested at northeast Thailand resort
Grandaunt and mum held over abuse of two children
GEORGE TOWN: Two woman have been arrested in Air Itam after pictures of two abused children went viral. George Town OCPD Asst Comm Soffian Santong said the two women, aged 28 and 52, were the mother and grandaunt of the kids. “A police report was lodged by a local man at the Air Itam police station at 8am in relation to a Facebook post with pictures of the two children who … [Read more...] about Grandaunt and mum held over abuse of two children