Russia Today: New Zealand is not typically considered a major colonial power, but the country’s recent defense policy statement revealed hidden aspirations of expansion in one geostrategic area in particular: Antarctica. “It is often not known,” according to New Zealand’s Defense Minister Ron Mark, that its military’s “biggest deployment is to Antarctica, consisting of up…
Hossen Sohel: China’s film authorities have denied a release to Disney’s new Winnie the Pooh film, reports BBC. Winnie the Pooh, also called Pooh Bear, is a fictional anthropomorphic teddy bear created by English author A. A. Milne. No reason has been given for the decision, but it is believed to be part of a…
MEMO: A delegation from the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement arrived in Moscow yesterday at the invitation of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Arab48 reported. In a statement, Islamic Jihad said that the delegation is led by the deputy leader of the movement Ziyad Al-Nakhalah and membership of Mohammad Al-Hindi and Anwar Abu Taha. They will meet…
BBC: If Usain Bolt is going to make it as a footballer, as he is determined to do, his career will begin in Australia. Later this month the eight-time Olympic gold medalist will embark on a “indefinite training period” with the A-League’s Central Coast Mariners. The 31-year-old Jamaican will begin training on August 18, with…
BBC: Police in Seoul have raided the offices of a South Korean company which claimed to have found a sunken Russian warship with billions of dollars of gold on board. Shinil Group attracted global attention when it claimed last month to have discovered the Dmitri Donskoii, a 5,800-ton warship that had sunk during the 1905…
Kabir Humayun: A suspected drug dealer was killed in a reported shootout with the members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Sundarganj upazila of Gaibandha early yesterday. The deceased was identified as Abdus Salam alias Thosa Salam, 48, a top and listed drug dealer, said RAB-13 Gaibandha Camp Assistant Commander ASP Habibur Rahman Habib, reports…
Hossen Sohel: Brazil re-opened its northern border with Venezuela to those fleeing economic and political turmoil there, after briefly closing it. The Supreme Court overturned an earlier order to shut the frontier until Brazil could put in place the right conditions to receive the huge influx of people, reports BBC. Authorities in the state of…
AFP: North Korea on Tuesday released a South Korean who was arrested after crossing the border last month, Seoul’s unification ministry said, welcoming the “humanitarian” gesture. The North told the South Monday of its decision to release the man, who was detained for crossing into the country on July 22, the ministry said in a…
Reuters: Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday that any future NATO decision to admit Georgia to its ranks could trigger “a terrible conflict” and questioned why the alliance would consider such a move. Medvedev’s comments come weeks after President Vladimir Putin warned NATO against cultivating closer ties with Ukraine and Georgia, saying such…
M Humayun Kabir: The High Court yesterday asked the jail authorities to immediately send photographer Shahidul Alam to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) for his treatment. A day after Shahidul Alam was placed on a seven-day remand, the High Court bench of Justice Syed Muhammad Dastagir Husain and Justice Md Iqbal Kabir passed the…