Venezuelan authorities say they have foiled a raid by “foreign mercenaries” trying to reach the Latin American nation by sea to launch terrorist attacks and assassinate government officials.
A group of mercenaries have tried to infiltrate Venezuela’s major port of La Guaira, located just north of the nation’s capital of Caracas, Interior Minister Nestor Reverol said in a televised address. The incident, which the minister called “an invasion by sea,” was part of preparations for another coup attempt, he added.
The US Navy sailed three destroyers into the Barents Sea off Russia’s Arctic coast Monday, the first time Navy ships have operated in the area since the mid-1980s, the height of the Cold War.
The purpose of the operation was “to assert freedom of navigation and demonstrate seamless integration among allies,” US Naval Forces Europe said in a statement.
The three destroyers — USS Donald Cook, USS Porter and USS Roosevelt — were joined by a UK Royal Navy frigate, HMS Kent.
The Barents Sea is part of the Arctic Ocean and borders northern Norway and Russia. The Russian port of Murmansk, which hosts the Russian Navy’s Northern Fleet, sits on the sea.
The US Navy said it had notified Moscow of the upcoming operation on Friday “to avoid misperceptions, reduce risk, and prevent inadvertent escalation.”
US officials have consistently said that Russia has boosted its military presence in the Arctic in recent years.
Jianchuan County, Dali, Yunnan Jianhu 云南大理剑川县剑湖 Wetland Management Bureau rangers monitored more than 10 chestnut-throated bee tigers 栗喉蜂虎 along with the gray-throated mountain pepper bird 灰喉山椒鸟 , blue-throated song robins 蓝喉歌鸲 , 3 new species . The chestnut-throated bee tiger is a bird of the genus Bee Tiger in the family Bee Tiger. In 2013, it was listed on the Red List of Endangered Species of the World Conservation Union (IUCN), which is also a national protected species in China, and belongs to the List of Terrestrial Wildlife of National Conservation Beneficial or Important Economic and Scientific Value. Most of the chestnut-throated bee tigers are in cluster of a few to dozens, can make gliding, hovering, rapid turning and pitching and other difficult movements to catch prey in the air. They live mainly in southeast Asia, as residents in southwest Yunnan and Hainan Island, and as summer migratory birds in other areas. They migrate in April and May to breed in the Jinshan River Valley each year and leave in September and October. In recent years, as the ecological environment of the Sword Lake wetland continues to improve, new species of birds continue to be discovered, the number of birds continues to increase, the birds in the protected area (established in 2006) has increased from 32 families, 62 genera and 94 speciesto the present 42 families, 94 genera and 149 species.
The Shenyang Institute of Automation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences 中科院沈阳自动化研究所 developed the “Exploration 1000” 探索1000 underwater robot to complete 35 hours in sea trial, obtained a number of polar ocean data. This is the first time an underwater robot has operated at high Antarctic latitudes for extended periods of time.
“Everest Portal” Tibet-China and Ali Grid Network Project 4R053 completed the construction of the power transmission line pylons at the junction of Rize Lazhi County 西藏日喀则拉孜县 , and Dingri County定日县, in Tibet. It sets a new record as the world’s highest ultra-high voltage grid construction at the altitude of 5259 meters. Gyatso La 嘉措拉山 is known as the “Gateway to Everest” because it is the pass between the Everest summits to reach the north slope. Yunnan Power Transmission and Transformation Network, the 500 kV transmission line pylons are part of the Ali network. The construction took more than 50 days from the excavation of foundation to the installation of the tower, the materials were all transported by horses, and the tower was set up by scaffolding. With a total length of 1689 kilometers. The line starts in Shigatse city in central Tibet and ends in Gar county in the Ali region. The average altitude is 4572 meters. It crosses the Yarlung Zangbo River three times and crosses over 5,000 meters of Kongtang Ram Mountain, Mayoumula Mountain. The line network consists of 66 towers, all situated above 5,000 meters above sea level. The environment is extremely harsh, with rocky hard pan, wind force reaching over 100 km/h, the temperature less than 20 degrees below zero, the thin atmosphere, makes it the most difficult section of the Ali network construction project. The tower was originally scheduled for completion on 5-1 “Labor Day”. With unexpectedly heavy snowfall, operations were suspended. The erection was finally complete by 11:30 a.m. on the 2nd. There were tens of thousands of workers involved in the construction, the overall project is now more than half completed. The main equipments delivered on-site, and more than 1,800 bases have been completed. Part of the “13th Five-Year Plan” to develope the unified power grid in Tibet,the operation is scheduled for 2021, to serve Zhongba, Saga, Jilong, Neramu, Puran, Kheuze and Zuoqin and other seven counties in the Ali region and western Rikaze. It will eventually interconnect with the national main grid.
