Israeli police have fired rubber bullets and stun grenades at rock-hurling Palestinian youths during protests over West Bank settlements. Clashes grew increasingly violent outside the Al-Aqsa Mosque on Friday amid Palestinians’ growing anger over potentially being evicted from their homes to make way for Jewish settlers. At least 178 Palestinians and six Israeli officers were … Read more
Israeli police have fired rubber bullets and stun grenades at rock-hurling Palestinian youths during protests over West Bank settlements. Clashes grew increasingly violent outside the Al-Aqsa Mosque on Friday amid Palestinians’ growing anger over potentially being evicted from their homes to make way for Jewish settlers. At least 178 Palestinians and six Israeli officers were … Read more
Police in Myanmar fired tear gas and rubber bullets to scatter protesters gathered to oppose a military coup in the fourth weekend of demonstrations. Terrified pro-democracy activists were seen sprinting away from riot police as gas canisters fizzed around them and rubber bullet flew through the streets of Rangoon on Saturday. Myanmar has been shaken … Read more
Police in Myanmar fired tear gas and rubber bullets to scatter protesters gathered to oppose a military coup in the fourth weekend of demonstrations. Terrified pro-democracy activists were seen sprinting away from riot police as gas canisters fizzed around them and rubber bullet flew through the streets of Rangoon on Saturday. Myanmar has been shaken … Read more
Armed police guarding nuclear bomb factory lose 1,000 bullets which fell out of the back of an MOD van while driving down a 60mph road Around 1,000 rounds of live ammunition fell off back of a MoD van in Berkshire 9mm bullets rolled from the unmarked vehicle Monday whilst being transported Passerby alerted police after spotting spill … Read more
A coating to make body armour impervious to bullets, lasers, microbes and even poison gas is being developed in the US from the same material as shrimp shells. Chitin is a robust natural material which forms the shells of crustaceans, protects butterfly wings and is found in mushroom cells. The material is a naturally occurring, and … Read more
Minneapolis cops in riot gear have fired rubber bullets at thousands of defiant protesters who took to the streets to demand justice for George Floyd, the black man who died after a white officer was filmed kneeling on his neck during his arrest. Demonstrators carrying placards reading ‘I can’t breathe’ and ‘Justice 4 Floyd’ surrounded a … Read more
Minneapolis cops in riot gear have fired rubber bullets at thousands of defiant protesters who took to the streets to demand justice for George Floyd, the black man who died after a white officer was filmed kneeling on his neck during his arrest. Demonstrators carrying placards reading ‘I can’t breathe’ and ‘Justice 4 Floyd’ surrounded a … Read more
Spanish conquistadors in Mexico had to ask indigenous smelters to make ammunition for them after running short of supplies, archeologists discover Researchers in Mexico studied copper slag samples at an old Spanish outpost The slag came from improvised smelting operations used to process copper The smelting operations were run by indigenous people to keep the … Read more