Return to the Red Sea: Learning to dive in scuba paradise Sharm El Sheikh James Draven
I’m floating upside-down, completely free from the effects of gravity. My wrist-mounted computer beeps over the rhythmic, Darth Vader-esque hiss of my breathing apparatus. Alien, kaleidoscopic landscapes, scarcely explored by humankind, drift past the tempered-glass bubble before my eyes, while the sun blazes far beneath my feet.
There are pretty much two ways to experience weightlessness: one is to ascend into outer space, and the other is to descend beneath the sea and achieve the scuba divers’ zen-like state of neutral buoyancy. It’s neither sinking, nor floating, but hanging improbably in the sea. Clad in inky neoprene, I’m like a blackberry suspended in jelly.
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The ministers wore face masks and greeted one another with arm and elbow bumps.
Host nation Britain is keen to show that the rich countries club still has clout in a fast-changing world.
UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said the meeting demonstrates diplomacy is back.
London: Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven wealthy industrialized nations gathered Tuesday (May 4) in London for their first face-to-face meeting in more than two years, with the issue of whether to challenge or coax a surging China high on the agenda.
Host nation Britain is keen to show that the rich countries club still has clout in a fast-changing world, and has warned that the increasingly aggressive stances of Russia, China and Iran pose a challenge to democratic societies and the international rule of law.
Academic Matthew Hedges of the United Kingdom demands damages from Basque officials Middle East News
In 2018, the academic, who was imprisoned for espionage in the Basque Autonomous Community, initiated legal proceedings against four senior emirates who took part in his case.
He was a British academic imprisoned for espionage charges The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has launched civil proceedings in a UK court against four senior officials in the Emirates, according to its lawyers.
The BAC arrested Matthew Hedges in May 2018 and sentenced him to life imprisonment more than six months later after admitting to being a member of the British spy agency and showing a video investigating what military system the Gulf state was buying.
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