Category: World

Investigators on Thursday recovered the black boxes from a passenger plane which was involved in a midair collision with a military helicopter over Washington’s Potomac River, killing 67 people on board. As rescuers worked to retrieve victims from the frigid waters, President Donald Trump criticised diversity and inclusion policies championed by his Democratic predecessors, linking them to the tragedy. The National Security Board (NTSB) confirmed the recovery of both the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from the Bombardier jet operated by an American Airlines subsidiary, which collided with…

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President Donald Trump has claimed, without evidence, that federal diversity efforts could be linked to a deadly crash on Thursday, after a regional jet collided with a US Army helicopter at the Washington airport, killing 67 people in the deadliest US air disaster in over 20 years. The investigation into the crash in the nation’s capital has just begun and it was not yet clear why the American Airlines Bombardier carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided with the Army Black Hawk helicopter as it prepared to land at…

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Former United States Senator Bob Menendez was sentenced on Wednesday to 11 years in prison for accepting bribes, including gold bars, in return for political favours for Egyptian and New Jersey businessmen. US Distrcit Judge Sidney Stein delivered the sentence during a hearing in Manhattan federal court, following Menendez’s conviction on all 16 felony counts last July, which included bribery, fraud, and acting as a foreign agent — a first for a US senator. At 71, Menendez, who represented New Jersey for over 18 years and chaired the Senate Foreign…

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DAMASCUS: Tightening his hold on power less than two months after he led a campaign that toppled Bashar al-Assad, Syria’s de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa has been declared president for a transitional phase in the country. As per an announcement made by the military command which led the offensive against Assad, Sharaa is also empowered to form a temporary legislative council for a transitional period and the Syrian constitution was suspended, The decisions emerged from a meeting of military commanders who took part in the assault, a campaign spearheaded by Sharaa’s Hayat…

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PRAYAGRAJ: A probe into the stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela Hindu festival that killed dozens of devotees on Wednesday has been ordered by the Indian authorities as millions gathered for a “holy dip” in sacred river waters as part of the six-week event, said officials. According to police, 30 people were killed in the crush at the world’s biggest gathering of humanity and 90 were injured, but sources told Reuters the death toll was nearly 40. Some witnesses spoke of a huge push towards the rivers that caused devotees…

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US officials reported that an American Airlines regional passenger plane collided mid-air with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday night close to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. On his X account, Texas Senator Ted Cruz stated that “we know there are fatalities,” but he did not specify the number of deaths. He requested for prayers as “the search and rescue [operation] is underway”. These are the last 10 deadly airline crashes to occur in the US, according to data from the US National Transportation Board and the Flight…

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Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by United States President Donald Trump in 2021 for $25 million, following claims that the tech company unfairly suspended his Facebook and Instagram accounts after the US Capitol riot. According to The Wall Street Journal, $22 million of the settlement will be directed towards funding Trump’s future presidential library, while the remaining amount will cover legal fees and payments to other plaintiffs involved in the case. Despite the settlement, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger will not admit…

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At least 18 people were killed when a passenger jet and a US Army Black Hawk helicopter collided midair over Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday night, according to Fox News. The passenger jet from Kansas crashed into Washington’s Potomac River after the tragic collision prompting a major emergency response and grounding all flights, according to officials. President Donald Trump “has been made aware of this situation and tragically it appears that a military helicopter collided with a regional jet,” Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Fox News. There was no…

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OTTAWA: The Canadian government has pledged to offer financial aid on the scale seen during the COVID-19 pandemic to support workers and businesses if US President Donald Trump imposes broad new tariffs, a move that could strain economic ties between the two countries, officials said Wednesday. Trump has said he would impose 25 per cent tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico as early as 1 February unless more action is taken to prevent migrants and illicit drugs from crossing into the United States. With about 20 per cent of…

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CNN anchor Jim Acosta disclosed on Tuesday that he is leaving the media network in which he had been working since 2007, a move which US President Donald Trump called “good news”. “You may have seen some reports about me and the show, and after giving all of this some careful consideration and weighing an alternative time slot CNN offered me, I’ve decided to move on. I am grateful to CNN for the nearly 18 years I‘ve spent here doing the news,” Acosta said at the end of his last programme, reported Anadolu. The anchor decided…

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