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The United Arab Emirates’ ‘Hope’ probe has sent back its first image of Mars, capturing the largest volcano in the solar system, Olympus Mons. The national space agency made the announcement on Sunday, days after the spacecraft successfully entered the Red Planet’s orbit. The image will be followed by many similar such views of Mars … Read more
MPs call on Government to stamp out Chinese and Russian involvement in defence industry By Alex Lawson, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 13 February 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 13 February 2021 MPs have called on the Government to stamp out Chinese and Russian involvement in the defence industry. A defence committee study … Read more
China refused to give raw data on early COVID-19 cases to a World Health Organization-led team probing the origins of the pandemic, one of the team’s investigators said. The lack of data potentially complicating efforts to understand how the outbreak began over a year ago, after it was first detected in China’s Wuhan. The team … Read more
The head of WHO today insisted that the theory Covid-19 emerged in a laboratory in Wuhan has not been dismissed following a controversial fact-finding mission to China. The investigation to Wuhan, where the first cases were detected, failed to identify the source of the virus but appeared to disregard the theory that it leaked from a … Read more
David Beckham has shared a video speaking Mandarin – China’s official language, to mark the start of Lunar New Year. The former footballer, 45, posted the video on his Instagram for his 65.3million followers on Friday. He donned a red jumper to mark the occasion as he shot a goal into the net at the … Read more
China today has shared the first video of Mars recorded by Tianwen-1 after the probe entered orbit, the latest step in Beijing’s ambitious space programme. Incredible footage captures the Martian landscape and atmosphere out of a pitch black sky as the Chinese spacecraft flew past the Red Planet. Launched last July around the same time … Read more
China has banned BBC World News claiming it is not ‘truthful and fair’ a week after Beijing’s propaganda channel was kicked off British TV screens. The Communist regime accused the BBC of ‘seriously violating’ broadcasting regulations, harming Chinese interests and undermining national unity. Beijing has previously accused the British public broadcaster of ‘fake news’ on … Read more
China today has shared the first video of Mars recorded by Tianwen-1 after the probe entered orbit, the latest step in Beijing’s ambitious space programme. Incredible footage captures the Martian landscape and atmosphere out of a pitch black sky as the Chinese spacecraft flew past the Red Planet. Launched last July around the same time … Read more
President Joe Biden is launching a new Defense Department task force on China that will take an overall look at the growing military and strategic rival of the U.S. – putting in place a scheme that could lead to a new national military posture. He announced the move at the Pentagon – a signal to … Read more
How easily we slip into the unimaginable! Think back to before the pandemic — I know it’s hard. If you had been told then that travellers might be sentenced to ten years in prison for lying about which country they had recently visited, you wouldn’t have believed it. All right, you might have said, such … Read more