Archive for January, 2020
Wildfires Are Raging Outside Every Major City in Australia
January 2nd, 2020Via: Time: Australia has deployed military planes and ships to provide aid as hundreds of wildfires rage across Australia, forcing residents to flee and destroying homes. The Australian Defense Force is sending ships to the Victoria town of Mallacoota on a two-week supply mission and using helicopters to bring in more firefighters since roads were […]
Taiwan Military Chief Among Eight Dead as Helicopter Makes Forced Landing
January 2nd, 2020Via: Reuters: Taiwan’s top military official was among eight people killed on Thursday after the helicopter carrying them made a forced landing in a mountainous area near the capital Taipei, the defense ministry said. … The chief of general staff, Air Force General Shen Yi-ming, died in the incident, while five of the 13 people […]
Exploring Ruins of Coal Fired Power Plant in Chicago
January 1st, 2020They don’t mention it in the video, but you can clearly see that this is Crawford Generating Station: Crawford Generating Station is a decommissioned coal?fired power plant built in 1924. It is located in South Lawndale community of the West Side district, in Chicago, Illinois. It was closed in 2012 after a long battle with […]
Medical Student Tried to Smuggle Cancer Research to China
January 1st, 2020Just another day at the office. Via: AP: A medical student from China who U.S. authorities say tried to smuggle cancer research material taken from a Boston hospital out of the country has been held without bail by a judge who ruled he was a flight risk. Zaosong Zheng, 29, who last year earned a […]
