🇧🇪 #Belgium, De Panne. Seagull impersonation contest held for the 6th annual year as contestants screech for the best bird call, in an attempt to change the negative stigmatization of the birds.Claude Willaert, the event’s organizer, said, “When you are on holiday, you always remember the waves of the sea and the calls of the seagulls… So be positive about them.”What do you think about such con...
Trump said Putin wants a settlement in Ukraine, does not want Iran to get nuclear weapons, and told him he was more interested in seeing Moscow help end the war than weigh in on Iran’s uranium issue. Trump added he proposed a small ceasefire and thinks Putin may agree.
🙃 Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said Putin told Trump Russia is ready to declare a Victory Day truce on May 9, and that Trump supported it. Ushakov said Trump told Putin a deal to settle the war in Ukraine is already close.
🇺🇸 A passenger opened an emergency exit door on a delayed Delta flight at Atlanta amid severe thunderstorm disruptions. An enraged passenger shouted at crew members and grabbed the emergency exit door while the plane was on the ground. The aircraft, carrying 168 passengers, was returned to the gate at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, where the man was removed by security. The flig...
Shanghai’s new public lawn invites office workers to lie down and nap 🌱For years, public lawns in many Chinese cities were strictly off-limits — beautiful to look at, but forbidden to touch. Signs, fences, and watchful guards ensured that people admired the grass from a distance only.That mindset is quietly changing in Shanghai.In 2024, a specially designed tiered lawn near Yunjin Road in Xuhui Di...
Although mirrors have been around for thousands of years, a German chemist made a breakthrough in 1835 that would make the modern manufacture of them possible. Add some sugar to ammoniated silver nitrate, pour it onto glass: you’ve got yourself a mirror.Science and facts💡
Ukraine struck Russian air defense assets, an ammo depot, the TES oil depot in Simferopol, and multiple UAV control points overnight. Hits included the MR-10 radar, a Tor system, a PVO command post, and drone command nodes in Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, Kursk, and Crimea.
Ukrainian SBS operators struck Russian Mi-28 and Mi-17 helicopters at a field landing site in Voronezh region, 150 km from the line of battle. The drones hit the rear central engine section, and at least one helicopter maintenance specialist was killed.
❗️ Germany approved the main targets for its 2027 budget, including €11.6 billion in support for Ukraine and a jump in core defense spending to €105.8 billion from €82.7 billion in 2026. Total 2027 spending is set at €543.3 billion.
The 429th Achilles brigade struck a Russian Nebo-M radar in Ukolovo at the junction of Belgorod and Kursk regions, almost 100 km from Ukraine’s state border. The hit reached deep into Russia’s rear air surveillance zone.
Ukraine said drone operators from the 475th Assault Regiment Code 9.2 detected, struck, and destroyed a Russian P-18 Terek radar south of Zaporizhzhia. The station was located 150 km behind the line of contact, deep in the rear.
Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office has asked Israel to arrest the vessel PANORMITIS and its cargo, saying the ship is carrying grain partly taken from occupied Ukrainian territory and is heading to Haifa after a ship-to-ship transfer.
Ukraine said SBS deep-strike units hit 27 fixed targets and more than 20 mobile targets over April 27-28, including a Tor-M2, Kasta radar, Ai-Petri radar site, Bars-Sarmat special forces base, ammo depots, and drone production hubs in occupied territory and Russia.
Ukraine’s General Staff said Defense Forces struck the sanctioned tanker MARQUISE while it was drifting with its AIS signal off, waiting at sea to load Russian oil from another vessel.
The most extraordinary mountain road in China—the Lingpaishi Zigzag Highway in Wuxi, Chongqing.Spanning just 450 meters, this mountain road features 18 hairpin turns, each at a sharp 180° angle.Did you know? 🎓