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FEATHER-brained pigeon Bob flew 5,000 miles to the US after taking a wrong turn in a race. Owner Alan Todd thought his prize-winning bird was a goner when he failed to arrive home three weeks ago. But Bob turned up in a garden in Mexia, Alabama, and was handed to an animal shelter when he refused to fly away. Carers bought him food, scanned his microchip and realised he belonged to 60-year-old Alan, of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear. Alan, who confirmed his identity via a Zoom call, said: “I couldn’t believe it. "He’s looking thin but OK for what he’s gone through. I can’t wait to get him back.” Bob had set off from Guernsey on June 11 and was supposed to race the 380 miles homes in a day. Married dad-of-two Alan, who keeps 120 pigeons, wonders if Bob ended up on a ship. READ MORE UK NEWS GLITCH IN THE MATRIX Man uncovers 'secret lair' UNDER train station in jaw-dropping find GORY END Yoga teacher, 23, found dead in … [Read more...] about Racing pigeon heading to Gateshead takes wrong turn….and ends up 5,000 miles away in Alabama

American forces used weather warfare during Vietnam War Sign up for our news briefing, including a daily special Russia-Ukraine edition SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info The famous photograph of Kim Phuc Phan Thi running in agony, severely burned and naked, from US incendiary bombs was used on newspaper front pages all over the world. Horror...Kim, nine, runs from the napalm bombing in South Vietnam in 1972 (Image: Bettmann/Getty) Related articles Chechen fighter declare 'Ukraine won't exist anymore' – VIDEO Hundreds of tractors block the German/Netherlands border The Pulitzer Prize-winning picture by photographer Nick Ut overnight became a defining image of the Vietnam war. Kim, … [Read more...] about ‘Napalm Girl’ Phan Thi Kim Phuc has final surgery after 50 years

Truong Quang Viet, the chief of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and Le Thi Bich Tuyen, head of its finance-accounting department, reportedly took VND1.1 billion (US$47,200) from Viet A Technologies JSC to help it win two bids to supply the test kits in 2020. They were arrested last month for "violating regulations on bidding, causing serious consequences." According to the police, their violations caused the city a loss of VND9 billion. In January this year Phan Quoc Viet, general director of Viet A, admitted he had inflated the price of Covid test kits by 45 percent and sent around VND800 billion ($35.2 million) as "bonuses" to the company’s partners. Viet said the bribes helped him earn over VND500 billion. So far almost 70 people have been detained, including former Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long and former Hanoi chairman Chu Ngoc Anh. … [Read more...] about Hanoi CDC officials pocketed $47,200 in Covid test kit scandal: police

Filipinas celebrate during a victory over Myanmar in women’s football at the 31st Southeast Asian Games. PWNT/ Raymond Braganza MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Football Federation (PFF) is opening the games of the Asean Football Federation (AFF) Women’s Championship 2022 to the fans in a limited seating capacity. The selling of tickets for the 11-nation competition began on Friday at all SM Ticket outlets nationwide and online. All the Philippine women’s football team matches will be held at Rizal Memorial Football Stadium , which will host an international tournament for the first time since the 2019 Southeast Asian Games. It will be the Filipinas’ first home tournament since making history with a first-ever qualification to the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand last January and winning their first bronze medal since 1985 in the 31st SEA Games last May. The historic venue has three categories with the Grandstand Category 1 selling at Php … [Read more...] about Fans allowed at AFF Women’s Championship; tickets go on sale Friday