Russia launches military satellite — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union

The rocket took off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the northern Arkhangelsk Region Russia’s Aerospace Forces successfully launched a military satellite into space on Thursday morning, the country’s Defense Ministry has announced. According to a statement, a Soyuz-2.1a carrier blasted off at 9:40am local time (06:40 GMT) from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the northern Arkhangelsk … Read more

UK war crimes probe launches with call for evidence — RT World News

The investigation into extrajudicial killings by British troops in Afghanistan was announced last year An independent inquiry into alleged illegal killings by the British military in Afghanistan officially opened with a call for evidence on Wednesday. Investigation chairman Lord Justice Haddon-Cave promised to “do everything in our power” to “get to the bottom” of the … Read more

LOT Polish Airlines launches flights to Uzbekistan’s Tashkent

LOT Polish Airlines launches flights to Uzbekistan’s Tashkent

BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 22. LOT Polish Airlines has launched flights to Uzbekistan’s Tashkent city, Trend reports via Uzbekistan Airports JSC. According to the source, on March 21, 2023, at 18:03 (GMT+5), a plane from a Polish airline arrived at the international airport of Tashkent. The air carrier plans to operate direct regular flights in this … Read more

Armach Robotics Launches Everclean Hull Cleaning

Armach Robotics, Inc. announced the launch of EverClean – a new service delivering always clean hulls for ship owners and operators, with the added value of perpetual hull condition monitoring. Following a successful period of demonstrating the effectiveness of its hull cleaning robots with commercial shipping operators, EverClean enters the market amid heightened demand for … Read more

China’s ruling party launches political campaign likely to lead to purges — Radio Free Asia

The ruling Chinese Communist Party looks set to embark on a Mao-style political campaign to tease out opposition to Xi Jinping and his personal brand of ideology, calling for nationwide opinion-gathering with a view to “rectification,” analysts said on Monday. The Central Committee’s general office, which runs the party on a day-to-day basis, called on … Read more

Vietnam launches digital bank similar to Azerbaijan’s Leobank

Vietnam launches digital bank similar to Azerbaijan

BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 21. A digital bank similar to Azerbaijan’s Leobank has been launched in Vietnam, Co-Founder of the UK Fintech Farm (FF) Nick Bezkrovnyy told Trend. According to Bezkrovnyy, the Vietnamese Liobank digital bank was launched in partnership with Orient Commercial Joint Stock Bank (OCB). “The official launch of the Liobank solution for users … Read more

Azerbaijan launches oil delivery from Kazakhstan’s Kashagan field along new route (PHOTO)

Azerbaijan launches oil delivery from Kazakhstan

BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 20. Transportation of oil produced from Kazakhstan’s Kashagan field across the Caspian Sea along the Aktau-Baku route has been launched for the first time, Trend reports via the Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company (ASCO). According to the company, the oil is transported along the new route by the “Academician Khoshbakht Yusifzade” tanker. In … Read more

North Korea launches missile into sea as US, South Korea conduct military drills

Pentagon says deterrence of North Korea

North Korea launched a short-range ballistic missile toward the sea on Sunday, testing activities that appear to be in response to ongoing U.S.-South Korean military drills. The North continuing its missile tests shows the country is not deterred by the U.S.-South Korea exercises it views as an invasion rehearsal, although many experts suggest the tests … Read more

North Korea presumably launches ballistic missile

North Korean missile falls down outside Japan’s exclusive economic zone

North Korea launched what is presumed to be a ballistic missile on Sunday, Japanese coast guards said, Trend reports citing TASS. Vessels in the region were advised to stay away from potential debris and immediately contact the authorities if they come across any of them. Later in the day, the government of Japan expressed its … Read more