Month: August 2020

Categories Asia & Pacific

17 dead, 173 hospitalized after Air India Express flight skids off runway in Kerala with 191 people on board, splits in two

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An Air India Express passenger flight en route from Dubai with 191 people on board overshot the runway during landing at Kerala’s Kozhikode airport. Police officials confirmed 17 deaths with another 173 injured. … Read More >17 dead, 173 hospitalized after Air India Express flight skids off runway in Kerala with 191 people on board, splits in two

Categories Asia & Pacific

Deadly crash-landing of Air India Express flight renews concerns over ‘dangerous’ TABLETOP location of Kozhikode airport

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The crash of an Air India Express plane in Kerala, killing 14 and injuring dozens more, has renewed concerns over the airport’s location on a raised plateau that would seem to invite accidents like the one that befell the flight. … Read More >Deadly crash-landing of Air India Express flight renews concerns over ‘dangerous’ TABLETOP location of Kozhikode airport

Categories Middle East

‘Scene from a post-apocalyptic movie’: Russian rescue operations begin at the very epicenter of Beirut explosions

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Rescue teams from Russia have begun their search operations at the ruins left by two massive explosions in Lebanon’s capital Beirut, while survivors seek medical care in newly set-up emergency hospital tents. … Read More >‘Scene from a post-apocalyptic movie’: Russian rescue operations begin at the very epicenter of Beirut explosions

Categories USA

BLM protesters attacking police precinct douse elderly woman with paint, harass another using walker (VIDEOS)

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More Black Lives Matter protests turned to rioting in Portland as two elderly women were targeted by demonstrators as the pair tried to stop them from attacking a police precinct and setting a fire. … Read More >BLM protesters attacking police precinct douse elderly woman with paint, harass another using walker (VIDEOS)

Categories Op-ed

The US bombed Japan in 1945 to demonstrate its power to the USSR. Intimidation, NOT deterrence was, is and always will be the goal

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As the world reflects on the decision by the US to drop two atomic bombs on Japan at the end of World War II, the reality is that the US nuclear enterprise remains the greatest threat to world peace. … Read More >The US bombed Japan in 1945 to demonstrate its power to the USSR. Intimidation, NOT deterrence was, is and always will be the goal

Categories Asia & Pacific

US imposes sanctions on Hong Kong’s chief executive among other Chinese officials

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The US Department of the Treasury has issued personal sanctions against eleven Chinese officials, including Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam. Washington blasts each as responsible for the “degradation of Hong Kong’s autonomy.” … Read More >US imposes sanctions on Hong Kong’s chief executive among other Chinese officials

Categories Russia

US State Department ‘Russian disinformation’ report aims to stop normalisation of relations, discredit alternative media – embassy

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Donald Trump speaks of “the swamp,” and now Russia’s embassy in Washington believes apparatchiks at the State Department have put together a hysterical report on “Russian propaganda” to prevent politicians improving relations. … Read More >US State Department ‘Russian disinformation’ report aims to stop normalisation of relations, discredit alternative media – embassy