60 Minutes Archive: Race to save the tortoise The race to save the tortoise | 60 Minutes Archive 13:06 A woman from China pleaded guilty on Friday to attempting to smuggle 29 eastern box turtles, a protected species, across a Vermont lake into Canada by kayak. Wan Yee Ng, 41, was arrested on the morning … Read more
Israel Air Force fighter jets struck a 3.5-kilometer-long underground tunnel on Thursday, which crossed from Lebanon into Syria and was used for smuggling and storing large quantities of weapons, the IDF reported the following day. According to the IDF, the tunnel was operated by Hezbollah’s 4400 Unit, which is responsible for the transportation of weaponry … Read more
JOHOR BARU: Police have smashed a syndicate responsible for smuggling in Bangladeshi nationals from Singapore to the Bangunan Sultan Iskandar (BSI) Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) Complex following a raid at a housing area in Taman Daya here. Johor police chief Comm Datuk M. Kumar said the raid conducted around 5.30am on Sept 9 was … Read more
A prominent gun control group fears the Liberal government has abandoned its commitment to enact a comprehensive ban on assault-style firearms, citing “no tangible progress” on key steps to fulfil the pledge. In an open letter to Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc, PolySeSouvient spokesperson Nathalie Provost expresses concern that “we won’t see these measures materialize in … Read more
Last Updated: July 03, 2024, 17:40 IST The accused, identified as a national of Cameroon, was apprehended after customs officers. (Image for representation) The seized contraband was confirmed to be cocaine, with an estimated street value of Rs 22.09 crore. Vigilance at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport led to the arrest of a passenger … Read more
Police in Jordan said on Saturday they had uncovered and detonated explosives stored in a residential area of the capital and were investigating the incident. The explosives, found in a home in the Marka neighborhood northeast of the capital, were detonated onsite after the area was evacuated, according to a brief statement by public … Read more
China is the top producer of rare earth elements, a group of 17 metals essential to modern technologies in sectors ranging from defence to clean energy. The country is also ahead on technologies for rare earths, which require intense processing to produce usable material. In December, Beijing banned the export of rare earth extraction and … Read more
Pakistan’s intelligence agencies have disclosed in their joint report a notable surge in the smuggling of Iranian oil within the country. For more stories from The Media Line go to themedialine.org The report, submitted to the Ministry of Petroleum on Thursday, sheds light on the alarming escalation of this illicit activity. “There was a … Read more
SAPS recovery of stolen cars over the Mozambique border has seen 64 vehicles returned to South Africa. While the South African Police Service celebrates this, it acknowledges there’s still plenty of work to do in the fight against hijacking. As The South African reported last month, the South Africa-Mozambique border is plagued with outlaw towns … Read more
Where Love Lies Bleeding ends up — full of psychedelic visions, blood-covered bodies and more than a fair amount of screaming — is very different from where the movie starts out. That’s because the Kristen Stewart-led, Rose Glass-directed bodybuilding crime epic is a genre send-up in just about every way. The film follows Lou (Stewart), a 20-something gym manager … Read more
