2023.04.16 21:54More than 6,000 British military personnel will take part in the coronation of King Charles III, the UK forces’ biggest ceremonial deployment in seven decades, the government said on Sunday.The Ministry of Defence said thousands of soldiers, sailors and aviators will escort the king and Camilla, the queen consort, between Buckingham Palace and Westminster Abbey on their way to and from the May 6 ceremony.Gun salutes will ring out from British warships and army bases across the country, and later military aircraft, from World War II Spitfires to modern fighter jets, will perform a fly-past over the palace.Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said it would be “a spectacular and fitting tribute” to the monarch, who is also commander-in-chief of the UK armed forces.Admiral Tony Radakin, chief of the defence staff, said the military side of the coronation “reflects centuries of tradition, but is indicative of the integral role the armed forces play in modern Britain and the extraor
2023.04.17 02:01Russian President Vladimir Putin met China’s Defence Minister Li Shangfu in Moscow on Sunday and hailed military cooperation between the two nations, which have declared a “no limits” partnership.Footage of the meeting posted by the Kremlin showed Putin shaking hands with Li and then sitting down at a table. Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu was also present.“Development of relations between our two nations is going well in all areas – in the economy, social, cultural and educational sectors, and in military departments,” Putin said in opening remarks.Beijing had announced Li’s visit to Moscow last week, saying he would meet defence officials, but made no mention of a meeting with Putin.Chinese President Xi Jinping travelled to Moscow last month for meetings with Putin. Russia and China have moved to further strengthen their economic, political and military ties since Moscow sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine in February 2022.Ukrainian forces are finding
2023.04.16 22:00Airbus doubled down on its investment in China during a state visit by French President Emmanuel Macron, as the European aerospace firm seeks to widen its lead over rival Boeing in the critical aviation market.At the start of April on the sidelines of a meeting between President Xi Jinping and Macron, Airbus said it would double the capacity at its A320 family assembly plant in Tianjin and strengthen access to the world’s second-largest aviation market as domestic travel in China nears a return to pre-pandemic levels.Airbus has three other A320 family final assembly sites worldwide: Hamburg, Germany; Toulouse, France; and Mobile, US.China also agreed to buy 150 A320 and 10 A350-900 widebody commercial aircraft from Airbus.The announcements came amid worsening trade relations between China and the US that have essentially locked American aerospace manufacturer Boeing out of the world’s second-largest economy.Airbus expects huge growth in the Chinese aviation market in th
The People’s Liberation Army has sent 10 of its female members to join the garrison guarding the Nansha Islands in the South China Sea, according to the PLA Navy.
2023.04.15 21:50Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva concluded his visit to China on Saturday by urging the United States to stop “encouraging” war in Ukraine.“The United States needs to stop encouraging war and start talking about peace. The European Union needs to start talking about peace,” Lula told reporters in Beijing.In that way, the international community will be able to “convince” Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky that “peace is in the interest of the whole world”, he said.A joint statement by China and Brazil on Friday called on more countries to play a constructive role in promoting a political resolution to the Ukraine crisis, and said both countries will maintain communication on this issue.Lula’s four-day visit also included a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Friday and saw the signing of 15 deals covering areas such as satellite technology, the digital economy, renewable energy, the automotive industry an
2023.04.16 22:00Hong Kong police have arrested four people on suspicion of using fake identity documents to register more than 7,300 SIM cards to help scammers open social media accounts, marking the first crackdown since a real-name registration rule launched last year.The group comprising three local jobless men aged 24 to 28 and a 35-year-old Indonesian woman were arrested during a police raid on industrial and residential buildings in Cheung Sha Wan and Sau Mau Ping, the force on Sunday said.Superintendent Wilson Tam Wai-shun, of police’s cybersecurity and technology crime bureau, said the three men were believed to have started acquiring a large number of mobile phone SIM cards from March last year.Since last February, all SIM cards in the city were required to be registered using a Hong Kong ID card. The initiative was proposed to combat criminals using anonymous pay-as-you-go SIM cards to evade detection.Using computers and modem-pool devices to connect online intermediaries, th
Bend it like ... Antony.The Brazilian winger helped lift Manchester United to a 4-1 win over Real Betis in the first leg of their Europa League last-16 tie Thursday with a sumptuous goal, taking up his favorite position on the edge of the penalty area and curling a pinpoint strike into the far corner.(Available to view in U.S. only)
ANTONY CARESSED THE BALL INTO THE FAR CORNER.
Bend it like ... Antony.The Brazilian winger helped lift Manchester United to a 4-1 win over Real Betis in the first leg of their Europa League last-16 tie Thursday with a sumptuous goal, taking up his favorite position on the edge of the penalty area and curling a pinpoint strike into the far corner.(Available to view in U.S. only)
ANTONY CARESSED THE BALL INTO THE FAR CORNER.