Five allied nations wrapped up the annual Medusa military exercise on a public beach outside Chania, Crete, complete with drone strikes, marine landings, and jets roaring overhead, while vacationers in swimsuits looked on from behind a police cordon. Greek and Egyptian forces led the hourlong finale on Friday, sending marines and special forces operators sprinting […] The post Greece and Egypt stage massive military drills on Crete beach — with sunbathing tourists watching from the sand appeared first on American Almanac .
Five allied nations wrapped up the annual Medusa military exercise on a public beach outside Chania, Crete, complete with drone strikes, marine landings, and jets roaring overhead, while vacationers in swimsuits looked on from behind a police cordon. Greek and Egyptian forces led the hourlong finale on Friday, sending marines and special forces operators sprinting through plumes of colored smoke onto a strip of coastline near the village of Maleme. Fast boats roared ashore. Helicopters banked low. Simulated fire crackled across the waterline. And a few hundred feet away, tourists clutched their phones and tried to figure out what, exactly, they had stumbled into. The exercise, which began September 10, drew military units from France,…Open
In South Africa and Mozambique, health care providers say cancellation or redirection of U.S. PEPFAR funding under the Trump administration have already endangered vulnerable people and cost lives.
In South Africa and Mozambique, health care providers say cancellation or redirection of U.S. PEPFAR funding under the Trump administration have already endangered vulnerable people and cost lives.Open
On my trip to Mozambique, I learned what real economic development can look like. The post Africa Offers More than Liberal Moralists Know appeared first on The American Conservative .
There are holiday discoveries that slip your mind, and then there’s the kind that follows you home and won’t leave you. This one started on a balmy evening in Maputo, the capital of the southeastern African nation of Mozambique, on the grand terrace of the Polana Serena Hotel—that dazzling colonial belle of the early 1920s, with her peach walls, elegant arches, and sweeping Indian Ocean views. The city hummed below, a charming mash-up of Portuguese heritage—tiled facades of old villas in disrepair, the railway station, a fortress, the currency museum—and raw, vibrant African rhythm. That night, the rhythm came live to Polana: a local band layering African tunes over sultry jazz. An energetic black singer stepped up to the mic.…Open
PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced a visa bond requirement for applicants from 12 countries, with bonds reaching up to $15,000.WHO WAS INVOLVED: Secretary of State Marco Rubio and applicants from Cambodia, Ethiopia, Georgia, Grenada, Lesotho, Mauritius, Mongolia, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Papua New Guinea, Seychelles, and Tunisia.WHEN & WHERE: The bond will take […] The post Trump Admin Imposes $15,000 Visa Bond on Foreign Nationals from 12 Countries. appeared first on The National Pulse .
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced a visa bond requirement for applicants from 12 countries, with bonds reaching up to $15,000. WHO WAS INVOLVED: Secretary of State Marco Rubio and applicants from Cambodia, Ethiopia, Georgia , Grenada, Lesotho, Mauritius, Mongolia, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Papua New Guinea, Seychelles, and Tunisia. WHEN & WHERE: The bond will take effect on April 2, as announced on Wednesday. KEY QUOTE: “The law gives us the right, and in fact I would argue the obligation, to remove people like that from our country. And we’re going to continue to do it. I mean, it’s as simple as that.” – Marco Rubio IMPACT: A total of 50 countries now face the visa bond requirement, impacting…Open
The bond will take effect on April 2 and affect applicants from Cambodia, Ethiopia, Georgia, Grenada, Lesotho, Mauritius, Mongolia, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Papua New Guinea, Seychelles, and Tunisia