MUNICH, Germany — German fighter jets were refueled mid-flight by a U.S. Air Force aircraft during a joint exercise to develop the refueling wing’s agile combat employment concepts. The video footage shows how U.S. aircraft refueled the German fighter jets mid-air during the training in Germany on March 18. “This is interoperability at its best. Multinational exercises remain important for us, especially during the continuing pandemic. Training together with our Allies is the best possible preparation for future missions,” said Lieutenant Colonel Richter, detachment commander of German Eurofighters, Estonia. During the Baltic Trident exercise, a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft assigned…
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MOSCOW, Russia — The Russian Navy shared a new Borei-class nuclear submarine video to commemorate the submarine’s day, which took place in the country on March 19. The video shows the Russian Navy firing missiles into the air from a nuclear submarine to mark Day of the Submariner before returning to shore to a hero’s welcome. The Borei class is a series of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines built by Sevmash for the Russian Navy. The submarines will eventually replace the Soviet-era Delta III, Delta IV, and Typhoon classes. Yury Dolgoruky, Alexander Nevsky, Vladimir Monomakh, and Knyaz Vladimir were the four commissioned submarines. These…
KURWONGBAH, Australia — Thousands of Australians have been evacuated from flooded homes after heavy rains and overflowing rivers submerged Australia’s New South Wales almost entirely underwater. Heavy rains have been pouring down since March 18, impacting the daily life of citizens. Still, the situation escalated over the weekend when rivers started overflowing and flooding roads and neighborhoods across the state. “38 different places across the whole state are regarded as areas of natural disaster. Along with that, we have issued 19 evacuation orders by now, but that number might potentially grow,” said Gladys Berejiklian, New South Wales Premier. Since March 18,…
SANTA CRUZ DE LA SIERRA, Bolivia — Deforestation, urban development, and bad omen prove to be the main reasons for the extinction of the rare pink armadillo in Bolivia and its adjoining regions. The species one of the top ten world’s rarest animals, but its child-like screams mean “an impending death in the family,” as per the locals. Biologist Huascar Bustillos Cayoja said the indigenous Guarani and Weenhayek people believe the ‘culotapado,’ the colloquial name for the mammal meaning covered bottom, brings wrong with its screams that resemble that of a crying baby. Owing to the superstition, the locals kill and burn the fairy…
BASEL, Switzerland — A Swiss pastry chef, a volunteer firefighter, and an animal rescuer spent a whopping $31,000 on tattoos and piercings so far. Andreas Stauffiger, 43, from the Swiss city of Basel proudly showed off his 60 tattoos and remembered how he was mesmerized with his first one at the age of 18. “I started my tattoo career a few days after my 18th birthday. I have no regrets about it. Nowadays, it’s more of an addiction. I don’t have an inspiration. Most of my tattoos have no meaning. The ones with meaning are from my childhood,” said Stauffiger. …
BOLZANO, Italy — In what can be described as a moment of rage, a man confessed to killing his parents because they asked him to walk the dog. The alleged murder took place in Bolzano in the northern Italian province of South Tyrol earlier this year when teachers Peter Neumair and Laura Perselli went missing. Laura’s dead body was later found in the Adige River with signs of strangulation while her husband’s body never surfaced, although traces of his blood were found on a nearby bridge. South Tyrol Fire Brigade Association searching for the missing couple’s body. (lfvsuedtirol/Newsflash)The victims’ son, the bodybuilder Benno Neumair, was taken…
EXCLUSIVE: Europe Must Close Huge Tech Gap, Says EU Digital Chief VIENNA — Europe lost the first round of the digital revolution to China and the U.S. and needs to take decisive action to fix its digital single market, according to European Commission Executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager, who heads the bloc’s digital strategy. “The timing to solve this problem is absolutely now, because we are now at the beginning of the next phase of digitalization,” Vestager stressed in an exclusive interview with Zenger News. She added Europe must better accommodate the growth of tech firms to capitalize on the next…
NAIROBI, Kenya — A stampede reportedly killed several people among the tens of thousands who poured into stadiums this week to mourn the death of controversial President John Pombe Magufuli. The 61-year-old Magufuli was officially reported to have died of heart disease on March 17, but media reports and opposition politicians claimed he was seriously ill from COVID-19. Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan was sworn in on March 19, becoming the country’s first female president. Magufuli, a pandemic skeptic, had once told his countrymen that “coronavirus, which is a devil, cannot survive in the body of Christ. It will burn instantly.” The late president…
KAMPALA, Uganda — Amid post-election tensions in Uganda and reports of the abduction and detention of hundreds of members of the opposition, several youths were arrested last week while demonstrating at the U.S. Embassy in Kampala against the disputed victory of President Yoweri Museveni. Holding signs that read: “Our lives are in danger,” “Bobi Wine is our president-elect,” and “Museveni, we are not your slaves,” the demonstrators sat on the ground at the embassy’s entrance in an attempt to get U.S. help in removing Museveni. The demonstration was in response to a call for peaceful protests against the election results by musician-turned-politician…
MUMBAI, India — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared the stage earlier this month at an election rally in the eastern metropolis of Kolkata with Mithun Chakraborty, a former leading man in Hindi and Bengali films and winner of several awards. In his typical style that is popular with fans, Chakraborty told the thousands of people who had come to rally: “I am not just any snake, I am a cobra. One bite and you will be finished.” This was supposed to a challenge to the incumbent government in the state of West Bengal, of which Kolkata is the capital. West…