Passport bros and Middle Eastern thugs: Tales from Thailand’s ‘Sin City’
I'm currently in Thailand and immersed in the rather brutal world of Muay Thai. For those unfamiliar with Muay Thai, it's a martial art that requires discipline, patience, and copious amounts of ice to soothe the daily bruises. Training here with seasoned Thai fighters is an experience like no other. Many of these athletes have […]
Bus crashes into students and parents in eastern China, killing 11 and injuring 13, police say
Eleven people were killed and 13 injured when a bus crashed into a group of students and their parents at a school in eastern China early Tuesday, police said. The students and parents were at the gate of the middle school in Tai'an city in the eastern province of Shandong just before 7.30am, Dongping county […]
Nerves rise over AfD threat as state elections in eastern Germany begin | Germany
Voters in two eastern German states will soon go to the polls in which the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party could win for the first time at local level and a new populist force on the left could gain ground. The results of the elections in Saxony and Thuringia, due to be announced on […]
A dam collapse in eastern Sudan kills at least 30 people following heavy rains, a UN agency says
A United Nations agency said at the weekend that the Albert Dam in Sudan's eastern Red Sea state had collapsed and caused heavy rains to flood nearby homes, killing at least 30 people. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said late Monday, citing local officials, that the actual death toll from […]
Russia has overrun 2 more eastern Donetsk villages, Ukrainian troops report
According to the Ukrainian military, Russian forces have seized the villages of Vovche and Prokhres in Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast. After Russia claimed to have thwarted a drone attack, Ukrainian security services targeted an electricity substation in Russia’s Kursk region, causing a blackout. The villages are about 20 miles northwest of Avdiivka, which Russia captured in […]
Trump-branded towers will rise in these Middle Eastern locales
The Trump Organization is partnering with Saudi Arabia’s luxury real estate giant Dar Global to develop Trump-branded properties in Dubai and Oman. The two projects are the latest undertakings for the company of former U.S. President Donald Trump, the Republican candidate in November’s election. Dar Global, the international arm of London Stock Exchange-listed Saudi Arabian […]
Eastern Bank lands a new chief financial officer, completes Cambridge Trust acquisition – The Boston Globe
It’s important to be good. Sometimes it’s even better to be lucky. That’s why Bob Rivers of Eastern Bank That might explain how the bank brought on board its new chief financial officer, David Rosato. Boston-based Eastern Bank has been working with headhunting firm Korn Ferry for about a year to find a successor to […]
Eastern Europe must quickly increase defense budgets, former Trump appointee warns
The Baltic nations lead European NATO countries in exceeding the alliance’s target of dedicating 2 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) to defense spending, but that may not be enough if former President Donald Trump is re-elected in November, a former administration official said. “The United States has an obligation to do its part to […]
US assault ship sent to eastern Mediterranean amid Israel-Hezbollah tensions
The Pentagon has deployed the Navy amphibious assault ship USS Wasp with Marines to the eastern Mediterranean amid rising tensions between Hezbollah and Israel along the Lebanese border, U.S. European Command confirmed on Friday. Wasp and the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, some 2,200 troops, entered the Mediterranean on Wednesday for a “scheduled deployment to the […]
Border Patrol sector told to release illegal aliens from most Eastern Hemisphere countries into US
San Diego-sector Border Patrol agents were recently instructed to release illegal immigrants from most Eastern Hemisphere countries into the U.S. interior, according to a memo first obtained by the Department of Justice. Washington Examiner. According to internal communications, single adults from more than 100 countries in the Eastern Hemisphere who entered the United States illegally […]