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Lockheed 'accelerating' delayed F-16 deliveries for Taiwan
Reuters, Published on 04/11/2025
» TAIPEI — Lockheed Martin said on Tuesday it was working to accelerate delayed deliveries to Taiwan of new F-16Vs, after the island's defence ministry said the programme had been pushed back due to supply chain issues.
Snakebite surge as Bangladesh hit by record rains
AFP, Published on 08/10/2025
» RAJSHAHI (BANGLADESH) - In the swamplands along Bangladesh's mighty Padma River, snakes slithering through villages have become an unrelenting menace, leaving residents terrified and hospitals overwhelmed with bite victims.
New species teem in Cambodia's threatened karst
AFP, Published on 08/08/2025
» PHNOM PROEK (CAMBODIA) - A biologist might go a lifetime without discovering a new species. It took a team exploring Cambodia's limestone karst a single night to find three.
Scientists have overlooked the snake clitoris, until now
By Alex Fox of the New York Times, Published on 14/12/2022
» NEW YORK: You’ve probably seen a snake’s forked tongue, but it’s not the slithering animal’s only forked body part. Male snakes sport forked genitals called hemipenes that look a bit like pink cactuses and often have spines to match.
Secrets of Hoxha's henchmen still poison Albania
AFP, Published on 14/10/2022
» TIRANA - Three decades after the fall of communism, the files held by Albania's infamous secret police on "enemies of the state" are slowly revealing their secrets.
NASA selects Moon site for ice-hunting rover
AFP, Published on 21/09/2021
» WASHINGTON - NASA on Monday announced it would land an ice-seeking rover on a region of the Moon's south pole called the Nobile Crater in 2023.
Harry-Meghan book lifts lid on bitter split with family
AFP, Published on 25/07/2020
» LONDON: Prince Harry and wife Meghan blamed "viper" courtiers for widening their rift with the royal family, according to extracts from a new book published in The Times on Saturday.
On US-Mexico border, militia vow to patrol until 'wall is up'
AFP, Published on 10/04/2019
» SUNLAND PARK (UNITED STATES) - In the southeasternmost pocket of the US state of New Mexico, with El Paso, Texas, to the east and Mexico a stone's throw south, there is a small camp: a few tents and a weathered trailer.
Attache says New York hooker sting 'a mix-up'
Online reporters & Post reporters, Published on 18/04/2018
» Thailand's most famous jet fighter pilot Gp Capt Rawin "Hollywood" Thanomsingha was detained in a Saturday night New York City prostitution sting but says it was a misunderstanding.
World's hottest chilli pepper gives man headaches
AFP, Published on 10/04/2018
» PARIS: Doctors issued a chilli warning Tuesday after an American man who ate the world's hottest pepper was struck by excruciating "thunderclap" headaches.