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...Chinese coast guard ships have used increasingly violent means such as water cannons to disrupt Manila’s regular resupply missions to a Marine outpost on a former warship it stranded on Second Thomas Shoal...
...Tired of the “crunchy water” they were finding in London, university friends Sam Cole and Ross Cannon set out to have “Ottolenghi-type salads at Pret A Manger availability and price”, they say....
...Then in walks Jack Cannon, the wanted man — as it soon transpires — in every sense of the word....
...It was the morning of June 22 1741, and two young Englishmen, William Windham and Richard Pococke, set out with their retinue from Chamonix in search of glaciers....
...There’s a reason the lens looks like a cannon trained on an enemy. And if the man has removed the cap, it means he’s taking a photograph: of the artist — and of us....
...The Squadron deal for CWP has been completed by Tattarang, his private investment vehicle, which has invested in a range of industries including seafood, metals and boot maker RM Williams....
...Second, online gambling: it is a global hub boasting the headquarters of Betfred, William Hill-owner 888, and Lottoland....
...The US has already pledged dozens of American-made 155mm howitzers, which have a longer range and are more accurate than standard Russian cannons....
...Letter in response to this article: British army reforms must be stopped in their tracks / From William Cook, Director, Cook Defence Systems, Stanhope, County Durham, UK...
...One, by Pennycook, Cannon and Rand, showed people various news headlines — some true, some false, but all spotted in the wild....
...says Steven Pifer, a former US ambassador to Ukraine and William Perry Fellow at Stanford University....
...It was named after Dr William Butler, a court physician to King James I whose specialities included shooting pistols to shock patients out of epilepsy....
...The use of human “cannon fodder” fired against the gates of Europe — poor migrants who yearn for a better life — is a despicable act....
...base complete with crocodiles, and a French cannon taken by Wellington near Salamanca and mounted on a (slightly preposterous) dragon....
...Babur, a young Timurid poet-prince from Fergana, in what is now Uzbekistan, descended the Khyber Pass with a small army of hand-picked followers; with him he brought some of the first modern muskets and cannon...
...A spectacular double-cube space designed by William Kent, this was once the entrance hall of the house — before, as story has it, Walpole’s grandson sold off a glorious front staircase in stone to settle...
...Hong Kong’s police force has received growing criticism for its use of tear gas, rubber bullets and most recently water cannon trucks to disperse crowds....
...Others were lethal (gilded gunner’s levels made the job of decimating a city with cannon fire more efficient) or mysterious (a “mechanical paradox” makes a wheel appear to roll up an incline)....
...The first concert they went to was an extravagant staging of Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture, complete with cannon and mortar effects. “It got to me. Once that started, the rest was simple....
...(FT) Reconsidering Venus Williams The elder Williams sister is ranked 52nd in the world. She last won a Grand Slam tournament 11 years ago. So why does Venus Williams keep competing?...
...The day ahead Impeachment public hearings begin The impeachment investigation against Donald Trump enters a new phase on Wednesday with televised hearings from William Taylor, former ambassador to Ukraine...
...“Stop offering us up as cannon fodder and making martyrs out of us in vain,” added María Hernández, another of Mr Guaidó’s 2m Twitter followers. “We need concrete actions.”...
...The website Party Pieces, run by the Duchess of Cambridge’s mother, Carole Middleton, sells a huge range of this rubbish, including golden “gender reveal cannons”....
...Thundering like distant cannon fire, random cracks cleave open and slam shut in the frozen, floating crust....
...2018 version of William Makepeace Thackeray’s redoubtable heroine, Becky Sharp....
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