Russia Expels 20 Czechs After Blast Blamed on Skripal Suspects
MOSCOW/PRAGUE Moscow expelled 20 Czech diplomats on Sunday in a confrontation over Czech allegations that two Russian spies accused of a nerve agent poisoning in Britain in 2018 were behind an earlier explosion at a Czech ammunition depot that killed two people.
Prague had on Saturday ordered out 18 Russian diplomats, prompting Russia to vow on Sunday to “force the authors of this provocation to fully understand their responsibility for destroying the foundation of normal ties between our countries”.
Moscow gave the Czech diplomats just a day to leave, while Prague had given the Russians 72 hours.
DAVAO CITY – A soldier and one civilian were wounded in a roadside explosion of an improvised explosive device (IED) in Tipo-Tipo, Basilan Monday morning, April 12.
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April 13, 2021 | 10:24 pm
LRT-1 operations to be suspended for 2 weekends
LIGHT Rail Manila Corp. (LRMC), the private operator of Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT-1), announced on Tuesday that it would suspend train operations for two weekends in April to continue its maintenance works. “The shutdown on April 17–18 and April 24–25, 2021 will allow LRMC to complete the remaining maintenance and rehabilitation works started during the Holy Week,” the company said in an e-mailed statement. It said the works to be carried would cover the maintenance of trains, stations, and various systems including the scheduled replacement of overhead catenary wires. “The additional days will also accelerate the preparations needed for the commercial use of the new Generation-4 train sets in Q4 2021,” it added. On April 5, LRMC said it had started increasing the speed of LRT-1 from 40 kilometers per hour (kph) to 60 kph after improvement activities. The 36-ye
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A joint army and police team killed a sub-leader of the local chapter of the Islamic State (IS) group during fighting Monday in the southern Philippine city of Marawi in which eight government forces were also injured, authorities said.
Filipino militant Usop Nasif (also known as Abu Asraf) exploded an improvised bomb to thwart a platoon of soldiers and four teams of police in the Guimba section of Marawi, said Brig. Gen. Jose Maria Cuerpo, the commanding general of the 103rd Infantry Brigade.
“Nasif fired at the team, forcing the soldiers and policemen to shoot back and execute close-quarter battle maneuvers to get near him,” Cuerpo said, adding, “Nasif was killed.”
Railroading is in Mike Tilleyâs blood.
âMy daddy used to take me over to Erwin a lot to watch trains years ago, and I just said âHey, I wanna do that.ââ
Thatâs one of the reasons why, after a 40-year career with the railroad, Tilley continues to explore his interest in trains with the Watauga Valley Railroad Historical Society and Museum.
The society repairs and restores vintage train cars, sponsors passenger excursions on them and leases them out. The societyâs most recent restoration project is the 110-year-old Clinchfield 100, which served as Santaâs car on the Santa Train from the 1950s until the early 1980s.