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NEWSBYTE: Pro Maduro military leaders have declared that they have crushed an attempted coup by opposition leader Juan Guaidó after he said he was in the throws of finishing Maduro´s rule. Mr Guaidó , who declared himself interim president in January, called for more members of the military to help him end Mr Maduro's "usurpation" of power, however, military leaders continue to appear to be standing behind Maduro.

The UK government's policy to insist that by 2040 all new cars and vans sold in the UK should be "zero emissions capable" [Electric, Hybrid or Hydrogen] at the same time banning the sale of all petrol and diesel by that date, is wholly inadequate according to Energy Analysts with the Committee on Climate Change pointing out that this would lead to older petrol and diesel vehicles still being on the road after 2050.

NEWSBYTE: President-elect, Volodymyr Zelensky , may have been profiled as a buffoon during the Ukrainian elections, however, he went on to secure a landslide victory. Since the elections he has immediately stood up to Russian leader Vladimir Putin, one of the world´s most geopolitically aware leaders, who recently signed a decree simplifying Russian citizenship for Ukrainians living in the breakaway Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine.

The Chinese drone manufacturer DJI is deploying an advanced system in 32 European countries designed to prevent drones entering airport flight-paths. The Chinese firm says that its state of the art "geofencing" will be implemented into drones' GPS systems, using complex shapes and three-dimensional "bow tie" zones around runways. The announcement comes on the back of the massive disruption to the UK´s Gatwick airport.DJI will apply its Geospatial Environment Online (GEO) 2.0 system to 19 new countries, in addition to the 13 that already had existing "geofencing" systems in place.

GEO´_Insights™ IS Unbeaten & Unabashed as they firm alliance with Boko Haram  Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Leader: Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi Founder: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi Founded: 1999 Headquarters location: Ar Raqqah, Syria Motto: baqiya wa tatamadad (remaining and expanding) Originated as: Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad (1999) Officially known as the Islamic State and also by its Arabic language acronym Daesh, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant is also widely referred to as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, ISIL and more commonly IS. It is a Salafi jihadist militant group and former unrecognised proto-state that follows a fundamentalist, Salafi doctrine of Sunni Islam. The group has been designated a terrorist organisation by the United Nations and many individual countries. IS is widely known for its videos of beheadings and other types of executions of both soldiers and civilians, including journalists and aid workers, and its wide-scale destruction of cultural he...

Image Credit: Creative Commons New satellite images of North Korea suggest it is restoring a rocket launch site it had pledged to dismantle, say analysts.The images were taken two days after talks between the leaders of the US and North Korea ended without them reaching a deal on denuclearisation.  The Tongchang-ri site has been used for satellite launches and engine testing, never for ballistic missile launches. Work to dismantle it began last year but stopped as the US talks stalled.The pledge to dismantle it had been seen as a confidence-building measure between Pyongyang and Washington.

GEO´_Compass™ - Country Report Myanmar 2020 ... Belize is an independent and sovereign country located on the north eastern coast of Central America. Belize is bordered on the north-west by Mexico, on the east by the Caribbean Sea, and on the south and west by Guatemala. It has an area of 22,970 square kilometres (8,867 sq mi) and a population of 387,879 (2017).[5] Its mainland is about 180 mi (290 km) long and 68 mi (110 km) wide and currently has the lowest population and population density in Central America.  To receive the full Report direct to your inbox please Click Here to Register Free