◎◎◎ take measures ⪢⪢
China says it will take measures against unnamed US
officials following new US visa restrictions for Chinese
officials whose policies are linked to human rights abuses.┆a step planned or taken as a means to an end
"took strong measures against the rebels"
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=12137
○○○ Kathy Larsen ⪢⪢
This song was written by Bart Howard in 1954. And it was first name, 'In Other Words', and for some reason it didn't take
off at all. But in 1962 it was renamed the first five words of the lyric, 'fly me to the moon'. And it was an overnight success.
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=6843
○○○ desperate ⪢⪢
Bangladesh says it is struggling to build camps for the huge number of Rohingya fleeing violence in Myanmar. An
official with the United Nations said the refugees are arriving in Bangladesh in desperate conditions.
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=7100
○○○ was to ⪢⪢
Ashamed he decreed that the prince was use a special hat that would cover his ears and that he was never to take it
off. The prince was not to know about his donkey ears.
→ decree
#be
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=4042
○○○ offer ⪢⪢
North Korean media says leader Kim Jung Un exchanged letters with South Korean president Moon Jae-in and
offered thanks for his attempts to improve relations. 2022-04-22
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=8218
○○○ flank ⪢⪢
Flanked by
officers, Kim strolls slow-mo out of a military installation like they are Peaky Blinders and Reservoir Dogs.
→ peaky, blinders, plank, frank
#bookmark
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=5637
○○○ cover ⪢⪢
In the West Bank, a Palestinian reporter is shot and killed covering an Israeli raid. Israeli and Palestinian
officials exchange blame for the death. 2022-05-11
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=20410
○○○ get-rich-quick ⪢⪢
The only free cheese is in the mousetrap.
Be careful of those
offering you a _____ scheme or a system or a miracle cure because it's most definitely a trap.
You are the mouse and they are holding up the free cheese.
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=9909
○○○ all but guaranteed ⪢⪢
A trip to the Bahamas is all but guaranteed to satisfy your desire for the quintessential Caribbean experience. White sand beaches, palm trees swaying in the breeze, it's like something right
off a postcard.
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=10330
○○○ Tuesday ⪢⪢
Tuesday is Mars day. But the Anglo-saxons had their own sky god of war named Tiw or Tyr in Norse Mythology known as the one-handed war god (due to his hand having been bitten
off by a wolf). #front #Greece
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=10356
○○○ Angela Merkel ⪢⪢
German
officials say a gunman killed 9 people near Frankfurt Wednesday. Chancelar Angela Merkel says there are signs the gunman acted for "right-wing, extremist, racist" reasons. 2020-02-20
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=10500
○○○ flee ⪢⪢
The Ethiopian government again warns people to flee the capital of the Tigray area as its forces prepare to launch an
offensive against local leaders there.
2020-11-24
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=11807
○○○ be to blame ⪢⪢
In Afghanistan, gunfire and explosions killed at least 40 civilians at a wedding party Sunday night. United States and Afghan
officials are studying reports that Afghan forces and the U.S. airstrikes were to blame.
2019-09-23
#be
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=12389
○○○ raid ⪢⪢
In the American state of Mississippi, immigration
officials release some of the over 600 undocumented migrants arrested on Wednesday. The raid happened at meat processing factories.
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=6821
○○○ procession ⪢⪢
In Japan, the funeral procession of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe travels through Tokyo as people
offer their final respects to the nation's longest serving leader.
2022-07-12
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=13570
○○○ Cambodia ⪢⪢
In Cambodia, Chinese and Cambodian
officials mark the start of a project to expand a naval base that U.S.
officials fear could be used by China's military.
2022-06-08
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=20792
○○○ 2017.01 ⪢⪢
An IT engineer is looking at the servers in this building and something seems
off. The engineer notices that often in the middle of the night these servers are connecting to some server in Shanghai and uploading Emails and audio files.
#bookmark
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=15417
○○○ shover ⪢⪢
That's when the dogs' owner runs out and pushes the big bear there
off the wall with her own 2 hands. The bear shover is Hailey Morinico and she's just 17 years old.
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=15551
○○○ hypersonic ⪢⪢
U.S.
officials now believe the objects are mostly likely not secret U.S. technology but they worry they could be advanced systems by another country, potentially Russia or China, both known to test hypersonic systems.
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=15561
○○○ founder ⪢⪢
A ship
off the coast of Japan split in two spilling oil into the ocean. The two halves of the Crimson Polaris could be seen foundering in the water near Japna's Aomori prefecture.
2021-08-13 #bookmark
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=16458
○○○ bust ⪢⪢
A woman is in handcuffs busted by two law enforcement
officers. But you may be surprised at the charge. Her
offense; she was walking her two dogs
off leash. #bookmark
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=16459
○○○ marvel ⪢⪢
They battled their way onto civilion planes which took
off with hundreds of passengers jammed inside. One air traffic controller marveled as a pilot ferry 800 people to Dubai in a plane designed for 150.
2021-08-17
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=16470
○○○ DARPA ⪢⪢
Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency, abbreviated DARPA or the
Office of Advanced Research Projects of the United States Department of Defence was established in 1958, almost immediately after the launch of the USSR's Sputnik-1.
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=1057
○○○ drift ⪢⪢
More than that, the sun is what holds the solar system together. It's massive gravity is what keeps the earth and all the other planets circling around it instead of drifting
off into space.
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=19742
○○○ Ottawa ⪢⪢
In Ottawa, streets near Canada's parlament were quiet after a weekend police operation ended weeks of protests against pandemic restrictions. A police
official said at least 191 people were arrested.
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=19117
○○○ record ⪢⪢
And the U.S. government is selling wind energy development rights for areas of the East Coast. Companies have
offered to pay a record $1.5 billion so far.
2022-02-24
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=20152
○○○ turmoil ⪢⪢
An extraordinary situation in Seattle; Calls for racial justice and turmoil across the country have resulted in a takeover of one part of Seattle as the stand
off continues there's now a war of words between the President and local
officials.
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=20171
○○○ 2022.03.02 ⪢⪢
While ordinary people stand ready to fight
off their invaders on their home territory, the international community is
offering support, weapons and sanctions against Russia hoping to get President Putin to back down.
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=20232
○○○ 2022.03.02 ⪢⪢
A top Chinese banking
official says China will not join the United States and the European governments in placing financial restrictions on Russia for its actions in Ukraine.
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=20240
○○○ close ⪢⪢
Voting ends in South Korea's close presidential election.
Officials say counting may take longer than usual because of COVID-19 measures.
2022-03-09
→ take measures
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=20244
○○○ Shenzhen ⪢⪢
And in China, the southern manufacturing center of Shenzhen enters a 4th day of lockdown and closures after
officials reported 92 coronavirus cases Tuesday.
2022-03-16
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=11687
○○○ 0989 ⪢⪢
After his baptism and wedding, Christianity of the Byzantine Rite becomes the
official religion of the Kievan Rus', under the authority of the Patriarch of Constantinople.
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=11856
○○○ 1200 ⪢⪢
In Western Europe, the Catholic religion is more and more on the
offensive. The Pope launches the Baltic crusades intended to convert the pagan peoples around the Baltic sea. Germans arrive in Riga and begin their conquest.
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=17647
○○○ 2022.04.13 ⪢⪢
And the presidents of four nations close to Russia travel to Kyiv to show support for Ukraine. The trips came after Russian President Vladimir Putin promised his country's
offensive will continue to its full completion.
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=17470
○○○ restrict ⪢⪢
In China, people in Shanghai ask
officials to ease strong anti-COVID-19 measures as the city reports 23,000 cases daily while millions are restricted to their homes. 2022-04-15 → measure #China
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=18017
○○○ elaborate ⪢⪢
When stars with masses a bit bigger than our own sun reach the end of their life and begin to collapse to form light hot dwarf stars, they will throw
off their outer layers of matter. This matter will spread and form an elaborate cloud of gas which ...
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=19940
○○○ Sri Lanka ⪢⪢
In Sri Lanka, protesters occupy the president's
official home as opposition parties continue talks to replace the government that collapsed during the country's economic crisis.
2022-07-11
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=21295
○○○ condemn ⪢⪢
U.S. government
officials and human rights groups condemn the executions in Myanmar of four political prisoners. The military government had accused the activists of carrying out "terror acts."
2022-07-25
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=21707