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Azerbaijan’s President claims plane that crashed was shot at from Russia
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev stated on Sunday, December 29 that the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in Kazakhstan this week, killing 38 people was damaged by gunfire from the ground in Russia.…
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South Korea plane crash: Acting Prez declares 7 day mourning period
South Korea’s Acting President Choi Sang-mok announced a national mourning period until January 4, following a devastating plane crash that claimed at least 179 lives. This marks the deadliest aviation disaster in…
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Tornadoes hit US’ Texas
Houston: At least one person died and six others were injured after multiple tornadoes and severe storms ripped through the Greater Houston metropolitan area in the US state of Texas, authorities said.…
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Eight illegal Bangladeshi immigrants deported: Delhi Police
New Delhi: The Delhi Police has deported eight Bangladeshi nationals who were residing in the Rangpuri area of the national capital, an official said on Sunday. Those deported are Jahangir, his wife…
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Baba Vanga’s predictions include start of end of world in 2025
Hyderabad: Blind Bulgarian clairvoyant Vangelia Gushterova who is popularly known as Baba Vanga has made chilling predictions for 2025. The predictions include the beginning of the end of the world in that…
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Video: South Korea plane crash: 179 dead, two rescued
Seoul: A passenger jet carrying 181 people erupted in flames after going off the runway and hitting a wall at an airport in South Korea’s southwestern county of Muan on Sunday, likely…
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Trump says he’s ‘believer in H-1B’ visas
New York: President-elect Donald Trump has declared that he is a “believer in H-1B” visas, quashing the opposition to the programme for qualified professionals to work in the US that pitted the…
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28 dead as plane crash-lands at South Korean airport
Seoul: At least 28 passengers died after a plane carrying more than 170 people, caught fire on landing at the airport in southern South Korean city of Muan on Sunday, the emergency…
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Vladimir Putin apologises for Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, December 28, apologised to Azerbaijan’s President for the passenger plane crash that happened in Russian airspace in Kazakstan on December 25. What Putin described as…
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South Korea: Rallies for, against President’s impeachment held 1 km apart
Seoul: Tens of thousands of people gathered downtown in the national capital here on Saturday to rally for or against the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol in the wake of his…
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Donald Trump urges Supreme Court to delay TikTok ban Washington
Washington: US President-elect Donald Trump has urged the Supreme Court to delay the TikTok ban in order to allow time for a negotiated solution, according to a legal document. The document was…
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Magnus Carlsen disqualified from top chess meet for violating dress code
New York: Five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen was first fined and then disqualified from the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship here for his refusal to comply with FIDE’s dress code after…
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Flydubai suspends flights to 2 Russian cities after Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash
Flydubai, a United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based budget airline, has suspended flights from Dubai to two Russian cities—Sochi and Mineralnye Vody—starting December 28 to January 5, 2025, because of security concerns. The announcement…
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‘External interference’ led to plane crash in Kazakhstan: Azerbaijan Airlines
A plane crash in Kazakhstan on December 25 was reportedly caused by “external physical and technical interference,” according to Azerbaijan Airlines. The Embraer 190 aircraft operated by Azerbaijan Airlines took off from…
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Throwback to PM Singh saying ‘People of India deeply love you’ to Bush
New Delhi: “The people of India deeply love you.” This was how visiting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh spoke of US President George W Bush while praising him effusively after their 40-minute meeting…
