BEIJING – China successfully landed a spacecraft on the moon’s surface on Tuesday in a historic mission to retrieve lunar surface samples, Chinese state media reported. — Jonathan Amos (@BBCAmos) December 1, 2020 China launched its Chang’e-5 probe on Nov. 24. The uncrewed mission, named after the mythical Chinese goddess of the moon, aims to […]
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‘Embodiment of Peace’: First Israeli Commercial Flight Lands in Dubai
An Israir Airbus 320. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. The first commercial flight by an Israeli airline from Tel Aviv to Dubai took place on Tuesday — another manifestation of the normalization agreement signed by Israel and the UAE earlier this year. Israir Flight 6H333 — an Airbus 320 carrying 170 passengers — took off from Ben-Gurion […]
Plane with first doses of CoronaVac vaccine lands in Brazil
Brazil has received its first batch of the Chinese-made CoronaVac vaccine despite a political and diplomatic row over whether to use it. The vaccine arrived in Brazil through an agreement with the Butantan Institute, attached to the São Paulo government, and became the subject of a dispute between the far-right president Jair Bolsonaro and Sao […]
Pompeo lands in Israel; set to make unprecedented visit to West Bank settlement
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Israel on Wednesday for a trip that is expected to include a tour of a West Bank winery, the first time a top American diplomat has visited an Israeli settlement. Pompeo — who has backed US President Donald Trump in refusing to concede defeat to President-elect Joe […]
First Plane with Israeli Tourists Lands in UAE After Peace Deal
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The first flight carrying Israeli tourists to the United Arab Emirates landed Sunday in the city-state of Dubai, the latest sign of the normalization deal reached between the two nations. FlyDubai flight No. FZ8194 landed at Dubai International Airport just after 5:40 p.m., bringing the tourists to the skyscraper-studded […]
Israel to allow Palestinian farmers more access to their lands near Green Line
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Private lands are being targeted for 1080 drops by Ospri, DOC and Regional Councils with questionable means of obtaining consents of only one or two owners among the many
This is an excerpt from a recent article from coranz.org.nz which deserves its own highlighting I felt. Bribery & targeting of the one or two owners is a time worn tactic of the authorities. EWR _____________________________________________________________________ “Private lands, which often have numerous owners, are being targeted for 1080 drops by Ospri, DOC and regional councils. […]
El Al flight lands in UAE after becoming 1st Israeli plane to cross Saudi Arabia
In a historic milestone, an Israeli passenger plane flew through Saudi Arabian airspace Monday on the first direct non-cargo flight between Israel and the United Arab Emirates. El Al Flight 971, carrying high-level Israeli and US delegations, flew southeast down almost the entire length of Saudi Arabia to reach its destination in Abu Dhabi. It […]
Kushner lands in Israel for UAE talks with Netanyahu, Gantz
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The way to the ‘occupied lands’
For many of us who are Palestinians, we fight and sacrifice for those things we have yet to touch, experience, or see. Myself, in the 27 years of my life I have never smelled or gazed upon land that was once Palestinian and now part of Israel, especially al-Majdal. It was my family’s village whose […]
Photos: Pres. Rouhani lands in Istanbul to attend OIC summit
IRNA | Mohammad Reza Ali Mohammadi: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani landed in Istanbul on Friday afternoon to attend OIC extraordinary summit on the latest serious developments in the State of Palestine. Source Article from https://theiranproject.com/blog/2018/05/18/photos-pres-rouhani-lands-in-istanbul-to-attend-oic-summit/ Views: 0
‘We want to return to our lands without bloodshed or bombs’
by Maram Humaid In the early hours of Friday, 85-year-old Umm Khattab Dolah and her grandsons headed towards Gaza’s eastern border with Israel. Once there, they joined masses of Palestinians who set up tents along the border, looking out at the other side, where the Israeli army was deployed. Like our page on Facebook Follow us […]
Photos: Sokhoi Superjet 100 lands in Tehran
Mizan | Rouzbeh Fouladi: A Sukhoi Superjet 100 along with the engineers team landed in Tehran’s Mehrabad airport on Monday, Secretary of Association of Iranian airlines Maqsoud Assadi Samani said. The plane is worth 20-25 million dollars and there is no need for Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) permit to rent or purchase it, […]
Putin calls on Israel to end occupation of Arab lands, proclaims solidarity with Palestine
Putin calls on Israel to end occupation of Arab lands, proclaims solidarity with Palestine Russian president Vladimir Putin made the statement in a congratulatory letter marking the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People SEE ALSO TASS: Russian Politics & Diplomacy – Putin favors Palestinian state Putin Calls On Israel To End Occupation Of […]
Gay BDSM-themed music video lands Russian aviation cadets in hot water
The video, uploaded on YouTube on Monday by user Aleks Jigurdinski, shows muscular young men dressed in underwear and occasional accessories like ties and leather straps dancing to the tune of 2002 hit ‘Satisfaction’ by Italian DJ Benni Benassi. The actors twerk, eat bananas, hug each other and otherwise mimic the original music video, which […]
UK Cop’s Obsession With ‘Breaking Bad’ Lands Him Behind Bars
London – A police patrolman who ‘revelled’ in his double life as head of a cannabis gang was behind bars on Tuesday night. PC Daniel Aimson was said to have been obsessed with TV drama Breaking Bad, in which a chemistry teacher turns to manufacturing drugs in a makeshift laboratory. University graduate Aimson, 36, even […]
Extramarital sex chat lands Egyptian TV host with 3yr jail term (VIDEO)
Doaa Salah asked viewers on her Al-Nahar TV show ‘With Dody’ if they had considered having sex before marriage. She then suggested that women who wanted kids, but didn’t necessarily want to be married, could marry briefly and then once pregnant get a divorce. “You simply need to have the money and then separate,” she said, reports Al […]
Bum note: ‘Bad singing’ lands Canadian motorist with $149 fine
Taoufik Moalla, 38, was cruising down Montreal’s Saint-Croix Avenue, singing along to ‘Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)’ by American dance group C+C Music Factory, when a cop car started blaring its siren behind him. “I was thinking they wanted to pass, but they called on the speaker, ‘Please go to the right side’,” Moalla […]
Israeli settlers continue to attack Palestinian lands in Nablus
As the olive harvest season begins, Israeli Jewish settlers have continued to assault Palestinian farmers in the southern villages of the occupied Nablus, north Jerusalem. The anti-settlement activist, Bashar Al-Qaryouti, said that a group of Israeli settlers from the illegal settlements of Shiloh and Elite attacked today many Palestinian farmers from in the occupied village of […]