On Saturday, a 3.2-magnitude earthquake was reported on the island. It was followed by four tremors on Sunday morning, with the most powerful said to have reached 3.8 magnitude. Fearing an eruption and landslides, local authorities had begun to evacuate people with reduced mobility and farm animals from nearby areas …
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Read More »UK mulls introduction of vaccine passports at large venues to avoid another Covid-19 lockdown, vaccines minister says
Demanding proof of vaccination before concerts, festivals and other crowded events is “the sort of right thing to do,” Zahawi insisted in an interview on Sky’s Trevor Phillips on Sunday program. According to the minister, those who didn’t get both shots of the jab must be barred from public gatherings …
Read More »Covid vaccine passports to be required in Scotland for large events from later this month, Sturgeon reveals
Addressing the Scottish parliament on the Covid situation on Wednesday, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced that her party will hold the vote to “help to control the spread of the virus, as we head into the autumn and winter.” The measure would mean all over-18s would have to show proof …
Read More »Large oil spill off Russia’s southern Black Sea coast prompts criminal investigation
The country’s Investigative Committee opened a case on Wednesday, saying it would investigate the incident following massive public uproar in Russia. The oil spill was first noticed off the coast near the port city of Novorossiysk on August 7. According to preliminary data, the oil leaked into the sea from …
Read More »Photos of senior Russian traffic policeman’s large luxurious palace go viral after local cop ‘mafia’ arrested over bribery charges
Alexey Safonov, the head of the southern Stavropol region’s traffic police, was detained on Tuesday. The authorities believe he was the head of a criminal organization. The news was announced by State Duma MP Alexander Khinshtein, who revealed on Telegram that the police and national guard conducted a huge operation …
Read More »Russia’s Pacific Fleet kicks off large-scale drills in international waters as ships practice maneuvering far from home (VIDEO)
The training is taking place in international waters and will also be supported by around 20 planes, including long-range anti-submarine aircraft and high-altitude interceptors. The exercises, led by Pacific Fleet commander Sergey Avakyants, are taking place around 4,000km away from the ships’ home bases in the Far East of Russia, …
Read More »NATO’s latest large-scale European exercise will only reveal that it is not up to the task of defending itself
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the 29-member transatlantic military alliance borne from the geopolitical realities of post-Second World War Europe, decided last year, in the face of what it deemed a threat from a resurgent Russia, that it needed to reinstitute the kind of large-scale military exercises centered on …
Read More »Japan to hold 1st large-scale military drills with US and France amid South China Sea tensions
The announcement of the joint exercise was made by the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) and the defense minister on Friday, as the nation aims to strengthen its military cooperation with allies in the region. “By strengthening cooperation between Japan, the United States and France, we’d like to further improve …
Read More »Large blue UFO startles Hawaii residents while appearing to plunge into ocean (VIDEO)
Multiple witnesses reported the strange sighting to local law enforcement on Tuesday night but officials from the United States’ Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) say there were no incidents or accidents involving aircraft in the area at the time. Some of the bystanders managed to capture footage of the peculiar occurrence, …
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