Myanmar rulers claim they gave Aung San Suu Kyi $500,000 cash

Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi faces new corruption charges from the country’s ruling generals after a businessman claimed on military TV that he had given her $550,000 in shady donations.  Suu Kyi’s lawyer says the claim is ‘groundless’ but it adds to a growing list of charges against the pro-democracy leader as the … Read more

Why is Britain getting doses of AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine from India?

No10’s unofficial targets that Britain’s vaccine roll-out could move onto over-40s by Easter were seemingly based on the hope of getting an extra shipment of Covid vaccines from India, it emerged today.  Ministers were expecting another 5million doses to arrive from the Serum Institute of India, the largest jabs manufacturer in the world, this week … Read more

British firm develops ultra-quiet bioelectric hybrid aircraft

A hybrid triplane is being created by a British company which uses battery-powered electric motors for take-off and landing, ensuring the process is no louder than a household vacuum cleaner.  The three-wing design is reminiscent of World War One fighter planes like the famed Fokker Dr. I machine flown by German ace Manfred von Richthofen, better … Read more