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Helicopter carrying Iranian President Raisi crashes, search under way
Reuters, Published on 20/05/2024
» DUBAI: A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister crashed on Sunday as it was crossing mountain terrain in heavy fog, an Iranian official told Reuters, and rescuers were struggling to reach the site of the incident.
Hundreds arrested, roads barricaded in New Caledonia as riots continue
Reuters, Published on 16/05/2024
» SYDNEY - Armed forces were protecting New Caledonia's two airports and port after a third night of violent riots that have killed four people, the Pacific Island's top French official said on Thursday morning, adding at least four alleged instigators were under house arrest.
Putin meets Xi to seek support for war in Ukraine
Published on 16/05/2024
» BEIJING - Russian President Vladimir Putin met Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing for the first time in his new term, seeking to ensure support for his government with the war in Ukraine now in its third year.
Ukraine under drone attack on Easter night, downs Russian jet
Published on 05/05/2024
» Russia marked Orthodox Easter on Sunday with a drone attack across much of Ukraine, hours after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Kyiv’s forces had shot down another Russian fighter jet.
Thousands evacuated after latest Indonesian eruption
Published on 02/05/2024
» TAGULANDANG, Indonesia - Antelmus Paulus, 67, is in despair after the eruption on Tuesday of Mount Ruang rendered his home on Tagulandang island uninhabitable and prompted authorities to evacuate more than 12,000 people.
Ragtag Myanmar resistance sees tide turning in forgotten war
Published on 21/04/2024
» LOIKAW, Myanmar — The night Suu Kyi thought she would die of her wounds on the front lines of a forgotten war, a crescent moon hung overhead. A pendant of the Virgin Mary dangled around her neck. Maybe those augurs saved her. Or maybe, she said, it was not yet time for her to die.
Israel’s Iran attack ‘carefully calibrated’
Published on 19/04/2024
» Israel’s apparent strike on Iran after days of hesitation was small and appeared calibrated to dial back risks of a major war, even if the sheer fact that it happened at all shattered a taboo on direct attacks that Tehran broke days earlier.
Tributes flow for 6 victims killed in Australia mall stabbing
Reuters, Published on 14/04/2024
» SYDNEY: Tributes flowed on Sunday for the six people killed in a random stabbing attack carried out on Saturday in a busy shopping centre in New South Wales capital Sydney.
Seven dead after Sydney mall stabbing spree
Published on 13/04/2024
» SYDNEY - A man who fatally knifed six people in a Sydney mall was shot dead by a policewoman in the beachside suburb of Bondi on Saturday, Australian authorities said, as hundreds fled the scene.
China aims for upgrades: domestic aircraft engines, larger planes
South China Morning Post, Published on 11/04/2024
» China expects to make progress on an advanced aeroplane engine, a bigger commercial jet, and an amphibious search-and-rescue aircraft under a government plan to upgrade production equipment across industries through 2027 and improve the economy.