Flight catches fire after rough landing at Halifax airport in Canada
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At least 85 dead as Jeju Air flight crash-lands in South Korea’s Muan airport
At least 85 people were killed after a plane with 181 people on board crashed at South Korea’s Muan airport as it skidded off the runway while landing and burst into a fireball on Sunday, media reports said. According to the Yonhap news agency, the crash was reported in the South Jeolla province when the […]
UNICEF assessment shows 2024 was one of the worst years in history for children in conflict
New UNICEF assessment shows 2024 was one of the worst years in history for children in conflict zone.
26/11 Mumbai attacks plotter Hafiz Abdul Rahman Makki dies of heart attack in Pakistan
2008 Mumbai attacks plotter Hafiz Abdul Rahman Makki dies in Pakistan after reportedly suffering heart attack
South Korean Parliament votes to impeach acting President Han Duck-soo
South Korean Parliament votes to impeach acting President Han Duck-soo
Global aviation in 2024: Kuala Lumpur-Singapore slides to No. 4 on world’s busiest flight routes list, as Hong Kong-Taipei seizes No. 1 spot
The majority of routes in the Top 10 Busiest International Routes for 2024 are in Asia, seven routes in total. From other regions, one route is from Africa (Cairo to Jeddah), one from Europe and North America (New York JFK to London Heathrow) and two operate within the Middle East (Cairo to Jeddah and Dubai to Riyadh).
Bangladesh: 17 Christian houses torched as minority plight worsens; interim govt blames rivalry
The incident took place in the absence of most of the locals, who were attending the midnight mass at a church in a nearby village in Bandarban district.
China approves Brahmaputra dam in Tibet, on a scale to surpass Three Gorges Dam, with security concerns for India
The dam is to be built at a huge gorge in the Himalayan reaches where the Brahmaputra river makes a huge U-turn to flow into Arunachal Pradesh in India and then to Bangladesh.
The total investment in the dam could exceed 1 trillion yuan (USD 137 billion), which would dwarf any other single infrastructure project on the planet, including China’s own Three Gorges Dam, regarded as the largest in the world, the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post reported.
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says he was at Yemen airport when Israeli airstrike targeted it
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was present at Yemen airport when Israeli airstrikes hit it
Japan Airlines recovers from cyber-attack; announces resumption of flights from Dec 27
Japan Airlines said that there was no virus in its system or any customer data leaks resulting from the cyber-attack. It had first noticed the problem this morning (around 7.25am in Japan) when snags began to crop up in its luggage check-in system. Acting quickly, the carrier suspended all ticket sales — domestic and international — for the rest of the day.
