Thursday 31 August 2017

London, UK: Man charged over Buckingham Palace incident

Buckingham Palace

Source: BBC, August 31, 2017

Mohiussunnath Choudhury, 26, of Luton, was charged under the Terrorism Act 2006 for "engaging in conduct in preparation for giving effect to his intention to commit an act or acts of terrorism."
He will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court later on Thursday.
It is alleged he drove at police and reached for a 4ft sword last Friday.

Tuesday 29 August 2017

Russia's Sakhalin Island Disappears From Online Maps As North Korea Fires Missile



 Source: THE MOSCOW TIMES. August 29, 2017

The Pacific island of Sakhalin has partially disappeared from Russia’s Yandex map service.
The Russian equivalent of Google Maps, Yandex Maps, does not show the Far Eastern island on either its website or app on maps zoomed between 180 and 3000 kilometers from the earth's surface.

South African minister Motsoaledi blasts African leaders' 'health tourism'

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari returned to office in August after three months' medical leave in the UK

Source: BBC August 29, 2017

Aaron Motsoaledi condemned "health tourism" while speaking in Zimbabwe.
President Robert Mugabe, who frequently receives treatment in Singapore, had left the meeting of health ministers when Dr Motsoaledi made the comments.
Mr Mugabe's spokesman has said that the president's doctor "is not only Zimbabwean, he is actually black… He is very, very, very black".