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The wreckage of Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 lays on the ground near the airport of Aktau, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2024
Military expert says Azerbaijan Airlines plane likely downed by anti-aircraft missile
BAKU — A Russian military expert has said it appears that the Azerbaijan Airlines flight that crashed in Kazakhstan was brought down by "something very similar to an anti-aircraft missile."Azerbaijan Airlines flight 8432 took off from the Azerbaijani capital Baku on Wednesday morning bound for Grozny in Chechnya."The plane was damaged by something very similar to an anti-aircraft missile. And it is really very, very difficult to assume anything else without some serious evidence," said military expert, Yan Matveyev."But overall, it looks like the tail section of the plane was damaged by some missile fragments, probably a Pantsir S-1 missile, or some anti-aircraft system with the same small missiles that carry a not very large warhead."Those comments come...
December 27, 2024

Military expert says Azerbaijan Airlines plane likely downed by anti-aircraft missile

Dozens of boats are involved in the annual race
Two die in Sydney to Hobart yacht race
SYDNEY — Two people taking part in Australia's annual Sydney to Hobart yacht race have died in separate incidents, according to police.Both crew members died in separate incidents after being hit by a boom — the large pole attached horizontally to the bottom of a sail.The event's organizers said the incidents happened on the Flying Fish Arctos and Bowline.The first boats are expected to arrive in the city of Hobart, in Tasmania, later on Friday or early on Saturday. Several have already retired due to bad weather.New South Wales (NSW) police said the first incident was reported to officers just before midnight on Thursday local time (12:50 GMT) by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority in the country's capital, Canberra.Just over two hours later, at 02:15 on Friday, NSW...
December 27, 2024

Two die in Sydney to Hobart yacht race

Manmohan Singh
Manmohan Singh, Indian ex-PM and architect of economic reform, dies at 92
NEW DELHI — Former Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh has died at the age of 92.Singh was one of India's longest-serving prime ministers and was considered the architect of key liberalizing economic reforms, as premier from 2004-2014 and before that as finance minister.He had been admitted to a hospital in the capital Delhi after his health condition deteriorated, reports say.Among those who paid tribute to Singh on Thursday was Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who wrote on social media that "India mourns the loss of one of its most distinguished leaders".Modi said that Singh's "wisdom and humility were always visible" during their interactions and that he had "made extensive efforts to improve people's lives" during his time as prime...
December 27, 2024

Manmohan Singh, Indian ex-PM and architect of economic reform, dies at 92

The Afghan Defense Ministry condemned the airstrikes by Pakistan, saying the bombing targeted civilians, including women and children
Pakistani airstrikes on Afghanistan kill 46 people, Taliban official says
KABUL — The Afghan Taliban said bombardment by Pakistani military aircraft in Afghanistan’s eastern Paktika province on Tuesday killed at least 46 people, most of whom were children and women.Six people were also injured in the bombing at four locations in Afghanistan, Reuters quoted Taliban deputy spokesman Hamdullah Fitrat as saying on Wednesday.Pakistani government and military officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment.Afghanistan’s foreign office said it had summoned Pakistan’s head of mission in Kabul to deliver a formal protest note to Islamabad on the bombing by Pakistani military aircraft, warning the diplomat of the consequences of such actions.“Afghanistan considers this brutal act a blatant violation of all international principles and an obvious...
December 26, 2024

Pakistani airstrikes on Afghanistan kill 46 people, Taliban official says

Japan Airlines aircraft are parked at a terminal as another takes off from the Haneda international airport in Tokyo
Major cyber attack disrupts holiday season flights at Japan Airlines
TOKYO — Japan Airlines said it was hit by a cyberattack on Thursday, causing delays to more than 20 domestic flights but the carrier said it was able to restore its systems a few hours later.JAL said the problem started on Thursday morning when the company's network connecting internal and external systems began malfunctioning. But airline officials insist that the attack had no impact on flight safety.The carrier said it was able to identify the cause as an attack intended to overwhelm the network system with massive transmissions of data. Such attacks flood a system or network with traffic until the target cannot respond or crashes.The attack did not involve a virus or cause any customer data leaks, JAL said. It said that as of late morning, the cyberattack had delayed 24 domestic...
December 26, 2024

Major cyber attack disrupts holiday season flights at Japan Airlines

Han Duck-soo has stepped in as caretaker president since lawmakers voted to impeach Yoon Suk Yeol earlier this month
South Korean MPs file motion to impeach acting president
SEOUL — South Korea's opposition lawmakers have filed a motion to impeach the country's prime minister and acting leader Han Duck-soo, less than two weeks after parliament voted to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol.This comes after Han refused to appoint constitutional court judges nominated by the main opposition Democratic Party (DP)."Han has revealed himself to be an acting insurrectionist, not an acting president", DP's floor leader Park Chan-dae said on Thursday.The opposition has also accused Han of aiding Yoon's martial law attempt on 3 Dec. Han earlier apologized for failing to block it.Han also vetoed several opposition-led bills, including one that proposed a special investigation into Yoon's short-lived martial law declaration.The impeachment motion...
December 26, 2024

South Korean MPs file motion to impeach acting president

Ko Wen-je was a dark horse in January's presidential election
Taiwan's ex-presidential candidate charged with corruption
TAIPEI — Ko Wen-je, once a rising star in Taiwanese politics and a presidential contender, was indicted Thursday on corruption charges.The 65-year-old is accused of accepting half a million dollars in bribes involving a real estate dealing during his term as mayor of Taipei, as well as misreporting campaign finances during his run for president in January.Prosecutors are seeking up to 28.5 years in prison.Ko's indictment deals a crucial blow to the political movement he represents, which has struck a chord with voters looking for an alternative to the ruling Democratic People's Party and main opposition Kuomintang.Ko, who denied the corruption allegations, was arrested in September and held in detention.Prosecutors said Thursday that he was among 11 people who were being...
December 26, 2024

Taiwan's ex-presidential candidate charged with corruption

MT Vasudevan Nair has won several awards throughout his career, including India's highest literary honour, the Jnanpith.
Celebrated Indian author MT Vasudevan Nair dies at 91
KOCHI — MT Vasudevan Nair, a legendary writer from the southern Indian state of Kerala, has died at the age of 91.Nair died in a hospital in Kerala's Kozhikode district, where he was admitted a few days ago with breathing difficulties.Apart from being a celebrated writer, MT, as Nair was popularly known, was also an acclaimed film director and screenwriter.Tributes have begun pouring in for the writer, who was considered the doyen of Malayalam-language literature.Born in 1933 in Kerala's Palakkad district, Nair was a voracious reader — though reading was not encouraged in his family — and began writing from a young age, with his work being published in magazines."Unlike other boys of my age I was not very interested in playing. There was only one game I could play alone...
December 26, 2024

Celebrated Indian author MT Vasudevan Nair dies at 91

Commuters disembark from a train at a train station in Seoul on December 6, 2024
South Korea becomes ‘super-aged’ society, new data shows
SEOUL — South Korea has become a “super-aged” society with one in five people aged 65 or older, official data showed Tuesday, underscoring the country’s deepening demographic crisis.The number of people aged 65 and older stands at 10.24 million, accounting for 20% of South Korea’s population of 51 million, according to new data released by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety.The United Nations classifies countries with more than 7% of the population 65 or older as an “aging society,” those with over 14% as an “aged society” and those with more than 20% as a “super-aged” society.South Korea has been grappling with infamously low birth rates, dropping to just 0.72 in 2023, the world’s lowest, after years of decline.Countries need a fertility rate of 2.1 to...
December 25, 2024

South Korea becomes ‘super-aged’ society, new data shows

Authorities have warned that conditions in the coming days could mirror Australia's worst fire seasons on record
Australian towns evacuated over Christmas as fires rage
SYDNEY — Residents in an Australian region engulfed by bushfires were given two hours to return home to collect their belongings before Christmas on Tuesday, as emergency crews try to contain the blaze.Communities around the Grampians, in Victoria, have been evacuated amid warnings from authorities that conditions there in the days ahead could be the worst since Australia's most severe fire season on record, the so-called "Black Summer" of 2019-20.The bushfires have already burnt over 41,000 hectares (101,000 acres) of land in the past week, however there have been no deaths or loss of property.Intense heat forecast for Boxing Day has also prompted a string of fire warnings across the country.Throughout Victoria, temperatures are expected to reach 40C (104F) and be...
December 24, 2024

Australian towns evacuated over Christmas as fires rage

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