Poland is to send Ukraine four MiG-29 fighter jets in the coming days. Polish President Andrzej Duda said literally within the next few days, Poland will hand over four aircraft to Ukraine in full working order while the rest are being prepared, serviced. It makes Poland the first NATO member country to fulfil the Ukrainian government’s increasingly urgent requests for warplanes.
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Tajikistan: Regime Talibanization of schools, education, and hospitals
The government of Tajikistan’s campaign against the operations of a charitable organization funded by the Agha Khan, the spiritual leader of the country’s Ismaili minority, has intensified over the past few weeks. In the most recent development, the authorities have revoked the license of the Aga Khan Lycée in Khorog, the capital of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, or GBAO.
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Owners of a coal mine Criticized For Violating Safety Rules After Deadly Fire in Central Kazakhstan
Kazakh Prime Minister Alikhan Smaiylov on August 19 blamed the owners of a coal mine for a deadly fire that took the lives of four miners this week in Shakhtinsk, a city about 60 kilometers from Temirtau, central Kazakhstan. Smaiylov said the company’s noncompliance with the rules of the industry was the main cause of the fire.
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Bear Attacks in Japan Are At A Record High
Japan’s Bears are increasingly venturing out of their traditional habitats and into urban areas in search of food. Some suggest this is because climate change is interfering with the animal’s traditional sources of food.
