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39 Chinese warplanes around the island
full screenTaiwanese soldiers during an annual military exercise in the country earlier this summer. Archive image. Photo: Chiang Ying-Ying/AP/TT Taiwan’s Ministry of Defense says a total of 39 Chinese warplanes,…
39 Chinese warplanes around the island
22 of the planes reportedly crossed the so-called median line in the Taiwan Strait that separates mainland China from self-governing Taiwan. “The military is closely monitoring the situation and has…
The Taiwanese president in Eswatini, the last African country to recognize the island
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing Wen has embarked on a four-day trip to Eswatini to celebrate “the friendship between the two countries”. This visit should allow the head of state, who…
Thunderstorms paralyzed the tourist island – see the progress of the hurricane in Mallorca
Several roads were flooded and videos from the island show chaotic scenes with chairs and other loose objects being blown away. In Palma, the British cruise ship Britannia broke loose…
Susijengi plays the World Cup on such a paradise island – a huge difference in the price of beer compared to the hockey World Cup
Several hundreds of Susijeng fans have made a long journey to the island of Okinawa in Japan to cheer on Finland for the World Cup. The island is beautiful, but…
32 Chinese fighter planes at the island
Updated 08:42 | Published at 08:27 full screen China has intensified its military exercises around Taiwan over the past year. Archive image. Photo: Taiwan Military News Agency Via AP/TT China…
“The Abbey Bookshop”, an island of Canadian literature in the heart of Paris
Passionate about novels, the Canadian Brian Spence opened his bookstore The Abbey Bookshop in 1989, which he dedicated to English-language works, in the Latin Quarter of Paris. A tiny haven…
Susijeng’s MM island received a nocturnal evacuation request due to a possible ballistic missile from North Korea
According to the Japanese Ministry of Defense, the North Korean missile would have flown over the southern side of Okinawa. The first two groups of the World Basketball Championships will…
Now it’s back to the Teide area in Tenerife, familiar even to Finns – “That area is our lungs”, says a Finn living on the island
The devastating wildfires in Tenerife are suspected to have been started deliberately. The police are investigating. A wildfire has been raging in Tenerife in the Canary Islands for the fifth…
fire still in progress in the Canary Islands, 26,000 evacuations on the island of Tenerife
On the Spanish archipelago of the Canaries, Tenerife is still plagued since Wednesday by gigantic forest fires. Some 26,000 people had to be evacuated. It is especially the north of…