America's new super jet crushes all foes in war game
The Week Mon, Jul 4 2:58 AM PDTMore on Politics
China says wants peace after newspaper warns on South China Sea clash
ReutersThe Philippine Communist Militia Has Joined President Duterte’s War on Drugs
TimeSAS soldier takes out 3 Isis jihadists 'armed only with Gurkha knife' in Fallujah
International Business Times UKChina has cordoned off 100,000 square kilometers of the South China Sea for military drills
Quartz
Show ad | +
WorldJapan's fighter jets 'light up' Chinese jets patrolling East China Sea
Beijing - China strongly criticized Japan over a scramble of military aircraft from the two countries on Monday amid a dispute over islands in the East China Sea. Two Japanese fighter jets took "provocative actions" at a high speed near a pair of Chinese fighter jets that were carrying out patrols in the East China Sea on June 17, China's defense ministry said in a microblog statement on Monday, without specifying where exactly the incident took place. The Japanese planes used fire-control radar to "light up" the Chinese aircraft, the statement added. Japan's senior military officer has acknowledged there was a scramble but has denied that any radar lock by the Chinese jet occurred or that theThe Christian Science MonitorYou may also like
You Must See These Dirty Embarrassing Family Pics
27 Of The Worst Family Photos That Are So Hard To Even Look At
SportsFootball: Heavy rain turns stadium into 'bathtub'
Uninterrupted rainfall has caused a football stadium to flood so much the goalposts are under water and it now looks like nothing more than a giant swimming pool. Mingtang Stadium, the city’s landmark, is now also full of floodwater, making it look more like a bathtub than football grounds. Reports said it is the first time in 30 years, since the stadium’s completion, that it has ever been flooded, with water covering the pitch and even reaching above the goal at either end.Yahoo Sport UK
BusinessCan You Spare a Nickel, Mr. Duterte?
The key ingredient in stainless steel, which topped $50,000 a metric ton in 2007, has barely risen above $10,000 in eight months. Between 60 percent and 70 percent of producers are losing money at current prices, Ivan Glasenberg, chief executive of the fourth-biggest producer, Glencore, told an investor call in December. In trying to deal a blow to a mining industry he accuses of "spoiling the land," Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, also known as the "Punisher," may have just done global producers a favor.BloombergYou may also like
Clinton interview didn't mean anything to FBI?
Fox Business VideosHere's what you should be doing to get fit instead of training for a marathon
Business InsiderThe Warriors recruited Kevin Durant with a pitch that should terrify the rest of the NBA
Business Insider
20 Beautiful Natural Wonders of Russia
Buzzlie.ComSponsored
WorldDozens killed in first four days of Duterte's drug war
At least 45 people with suspected links to drug trafficking have been killed in four days since Rodrigo Duterte was sworn in as president of the Philippines, according to authorities. ABS-CBN, the Philippines' largest TV channel, reported on Monday that at least 29 drug and robbery suspects were killed in Bulacan province, near the capital Manila, since June 30, when Duterte took over the presidency. Authorities said the suspects resisted arrest and shot at police officers. Nine other killings were reported in Manila. Duterte won the election in May on a platform of crushing crime. But his rhetoric has alarmed many who hear echoes of the country's authoritarian past. After his oathtaking onAl Jazeera
U.S.America's new super jet crushes all foes in war game
It's no secret that we at War Is Boring are skeptics when it comes to the F-35 Lightning II. The new, radar-evading, "fifth-generation" warplane is years late, over-budget and - by virtue of its many, sometimes contradictory missions - represents a design compromise, meaning it's okay at lots of tasks but excels at none of them. The U.S. Air Force, one of the F-35's main proponents, is understandably optimistic about the single-engine, supersonic fighter - at least in public. Perhaps the strongest recent endorsement came from William Redmond, the executive director of the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In an unclassified presentation, Redmond claimed he was worried that the F-35 - along with its heavier, twin-engine cousin the F-22 Raptor - would be too sophisticated and capable for the Air Force's existing test facilities to handle.The Week
A BREXIT Silver Lining For Home Buyers
Global unease caused by the BREXIT vote resulted in historically low mortgage rates. Lock in these low rates today, with Rocket Mortgage. NMLS #3030
WorldIran Stirs Up More Trouble in the Gulf
Qassem Soleimani, commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ external operations wing the Quds Force, issued a scathing condemnation last week against Bahrain’s revocation of the citizenship of a top Shia cleric. Soleimani proclaimed Sheikh Isa Qassim to be Tehran’s “red line,” and warned that any harm coming to him would spark an “armed intifada,” and “a fire in Bahrain and across the region.” Bahrain, a small island monarchy in the Persian Gulf, is a strategic nation to Washington, hosting the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet-responsible for the Gulf and surrounding areas. It is also, however, strategic to Tehran. The population is 70 percent Shia, but ruled by the Sunni Al Khalifa clan.The National Interest
ScienceWhat it’s like to chase Iceland’s biggest volcanic eruption in 200 years
In 2014, researchers captured stunning footage of Iceland’s biggest volcanic eruption in 200 years. The Bárðarbunga eruption spewed a Hiroshima atomic bomb’s worth of energy every two minutes for nearly six months. A group of seismologists from Cambridge University in the UK monitored it for two weeks, and witnessed the moment it began erupting. “It was absolutely spectacular,” said Robert Green, a seismologist at the University of Cambridge. “Seeing nature in its absolutely full power was something I will never forget.” Their work sheds light on how and where volcanoes erupt. “Most people think of a volcano as being a large mountain where molten rock comes straight up from under the ground andQuartz
U.S.Sen. Jim Inhofe Forced Landing Latest Incident for the Pilot
Severe weather forced U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe to land his airplane at a small airport in Oklahoma. The incident was the latest of several troubled landings for the avid pilot who at 81 shows no signs of leaving the cockpit. Donelle Harder, a spokeswoman for the Oklahoma Republican, said Monday that Inhofe was out flying Sunday evening when weather forced him to land in Ketchum, about 70 miles northeast of Tulsa. Harder says Inhofe "walked away" and went home to celebrate the Fourth of July holiday with his family. FAA spokesman Lynn Lunsford says there is no maximum age for pilots and some fly well into their 90s. He says it's "totally dependent on physical and mental ability."ABC News
Lifestyle2016 Nathan’s Famous 4th of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest
Joey “Jaws” Chestnut regained the Mustard Yellow International Belt on Monday, ousting Matt “The Megatoad” Stonie from the championship title at the annual July 4 hot dog eating contest at Nathan’s Famous in Coney Island.Chestnut, 32, downed 70 hot dogsYahoo News Photo
Enter Your Name and State, Then Brace Yourself!
Forget 'Googling' Your Name.. this site leaves NO stone unturned. Just type in a Name and select a State.. Then brace yourself for what you might find- World
China Completes World's Largest Radio Telescope
China has fitted the final piece on what will be the world's largest radio telescope. The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope, or FAST, is set to begin operations in September, China state media reported. Photo: Xinhua/APWSJ Live - World
The Philippine Communist Militia Has Joined President Duterte’s War on Drugs
As recently installed Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte escalates his war on the country’s drug problem, he has found willing allies in the country’s communists. The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) said in a statement on Saturday that it hadTime - U.S.
Plane Makes Emergency Landing After Hitting Bird Mid-Air
United Airlines flight 840 departed from Sydney, Australia but returned to the airport after colliding with the bird shortly after takeoff, a United spokesman said. "We were only in the flight maybe 30 minutes," passenger Anne Hankins told the Associated Press. She described the plane circling over the ocean burning fuel before flying back to Sydney.Good Morning America - World
AP Interview: NATO to End Central Europe's Fears of Russia
Poland's defense minister says decisions to be approved at this week's NATO summit in Warsaw will build a deterrence force that should make Russia "forget about threatening Poland" and other nations. Antoni Macierewicz spoke to The Associated Press on Monday, just four days before about 2,000 delegates from the 28 NATO members and some partners meet to approve decisions to station troops in Poland and the Baltic states. Their presence was requested by these countries, which are nervous about their security after Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine and supported separatists in eastern Ukraine. A dissident under communist times, Macierewicz said "we can forget about fear" even though, he said, RussiaABC News 
The TSA Found & Confiscated These Items, But Then
The TSA Confiscates Millions Of Items Per Day, But These Items Will Leave You Jaw Dropped!- World
Is China’s Mysterious New Satellite Really a Junk Collector-or a Weapon?
China just boosted a high-tech, mysterious new satellite into orbit. It might a weapon. It might not be a weapon. There’s no way to be certain, either way-and that’s a problem for all spacefaring countries. Especially the United States and China. Washington and Beijing are lofting more and more of these ambiguous satellites into orbit without also agreements governing their use. In failing to agree to the proverbial rules of the orbital road, the two governments risk ongoing suspicion, or worse-a misunderstanding possibly leading to war. The Roaming Dragon satellite rode into space atop a Long March 7 rocket that blasted off from Hainan in southern China on June 25. Officially, Roaming DragonThe Daily Beast - World
Japan's Ryukyu Islands brace for flooding rain, gusts over 160 km/h from strengthening Nepartak
Tropical Storm Nepartak is on track to become a powerful typhoon later this week, with the worst of the storm targeting Japan's Ryukyu Islands. Taiwan, eastern China and South Korea will also be threatened. Nepartak continues to gain strength after ending the record for longest stretch without a named tropical storm in the northwestern Pacific Ocean on Sunday. The environment is more than conducive for Nepartak to become a strong typhoon with its strength equal to that of a major hurricane in the Atlantic or eastern Pacific basins by Thursday. Lives and property will be severely threatened as Nepartak tracks across or dangerously close to the Ryukyu Islands of Yaeyama and Miyako on Thursday afternoonFox News - World
Political Standoff Threatens Taiwan's Crucial Trade Ties With China
Venerated credit rating firm Moody’s Investors Service sounded a warning this week about Taiwan because its biggest trading partner China officially killed dialogue last month. Talks between the political rivals of 70 years were zombie-like even before that as China tried in vain to make Taiwan accept its condition that both negotiate as parts of one country. Moody’s isn’t threatening to lower Taiwan’s credit rating of “Aa3 stable” at the moment but says silent treatment between the two sides will eventually hurt the export-reliant island’s trade. Taiwan’s trade with China reached a record $130 billion in 2014 after the governments signed a series of deals since 2008 to ease restrictions on imports and investment.Forbes
No comments:
Post a Comment