Astana: Azerbaijani and US officials believe a Russian surface-to-air missile caused the deadly crash of an Azerbaijani passenger jet, media reports and a US official said Thursday, as the Kremlin cautioned against “hypotheses” over the disaster. The Azerbaijan Airlines jet crashed near the Kazakh city of Aktau, an oil and gas hub, on Wednesday after…
Teenage actor Hudson Meek has died after falling from a moving vehicle in Alabama, authorities confirmed. Meek, 16, was injured on December 19 while on a street in Vestavia Hills, a suburb of Birmingham. He succumbed to his injuries two days later, according to the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office. The Vestavia Hills Police Department is…
Seoul, South Korea: South Korea’s spy agency said Friday it had confirmed that a North Korean soldier sent to back Russia’s war against Ukraine had been captured by Ukrainian forces. Pyongyang has deployed thousands of troops to reinforce Russia’s military, including in the Kursk border region where Ukraine mounted a shock border incursion in August….
CNN — Israeli forces unleashed a series of strikes on the Yemeni capital Sanaa and the western city of Hodeidah on Thursday, killing at least six people and injuring dozens more, the Houthi militant group said in a statement. An assault on the capital’s airport hit as a “high-level UN delegation,” led by World Health Organization (WHO)…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved a military-focused budget for 2025-2027, a document published on the official legal acts website showed on Sunday. The state budget for next year includes a 25 per cent hike in military spending but will be the most secretive in post-Soviet history, with almost a third of all spending closed…
Walmart has announced plans to cut back on some of its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, a spokesperson said on Monday. The move comes amid growing pressure from conservative groups. The US retail joint will no longer consider race and gender when granting supplier contracts, according to Bloomberg. The company will also scale back racial…
Islamabad: As the situation worsened in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad amid fierce protests demanding the release of former prime minister Imran Khan, the government asked the army to intervene. As a sea of protesters flooded the streets of Islamabad, clashes with the police left at least four cops and a civilian dead. According to a Bloomberg…
Hong Kong: Nearly four years after his death, LGBTQ activist Edgar Ng was vindicated by Hong Kong’s top court Tuesday as judges ruled in his favour on housing and inheritance rights for same-sex couples. The outcome is a major step forward for Hong Kong’s LGBTQ community, but one Ng will never see. In 2020, aged…
Warren Buffett, philanthropist and multi-billionaire CEO of American multinational conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway, has donated another $1.2 billion of his wealth to foundations, serving his 2006 pledge to steadily donate his $150 billion wealth during his lifetime and beyond. In his letter to the shareholders, the 94-year-old CEO reflected upon life and how “fickle” it can…
CNN — John Tinniswood, the world’s oldest man, has died at the age of 112. Tinniswood died on Monday at a care home in Southport, England, according to a news release from Guinness World Records (GWR) on Tuesday. “His last day was surrounded by music and love,” his family told GWR in a statement, according to the release….