Monthly Archives: September 2020

Russia claims bombers set world record flight

Russia is claiming a pair of their supersonic bombers recently set a world record for longest non-stop flight. According to the Russian TASS news agency, the Tupelov Tu-160 bombers – known in NATO as Blackjack – set a new record for distance and duration by flying more than 25 hours …

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Preparing for a World Without the World Trade Organization

The World Trade Organization is dying. We’ll miss it when it’s gone, for many reasons. But one stands out in particular: The WTO helps keep national leaders from doing economically harmful things for domestic political reasons. Without that constraint, we can expect governments to take more and more actions that …

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Aoun tells the Lebanese, if no agreement, they are ‘going to hell’

The Lebanese President blames Mustapha Adib and the Shia duo for the failure to form the government. Lebanese President Michel Aoun assured the Lebanese that they’ll be “going to Hell” if no agreement is reached soon enough on solutions to form a new government. Aoun was speaking at a press …

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Battles and airstrikes in Syrian desert | Nearly 30 regime soldiers and ISIS members killed in 24 hours

SOHR activists have reported ongoing attack by ISIS members on regime positions in Al-Rasafah desert in Al-Raqqah countryside, near Aleppo-Hama Al-Raqqah triangle. Fierce clashes are underway between both sides, amid intensive airstrikes by Russian jets since morning in an attempt to repel ISIS attack. Meanwhile, regime forces have sent military …

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