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White House construction played role in Trump helicopter’s close call, says US transport safety board
WASHINGTON, Aug 28 — Construction work at the White House was a factor in the US presidential helicopter passing too close to a passenger plane in the skies over Washington earlier this month, investigators said Thursday. The close pass happened
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Tit-for-tat? Stars and Stripes staff sue Pentagon over sackings after Iran war report
WASHINGTON, Aug 28 — Three staff at the storied US military publication Stars and Stripes on Thursday sued the Department of Defense, saying it had fired them in violation of their constitutional right to free speech. In their lawsuit, seen by AFP,
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UK opens inquest into death of former Cambridge professor Jason Arday amid DEI, plagiarism controversy
LONDON, Aug 27 — An inquest into the death of former Cambridge University academic Jason Arday, who was found dead this month amid high-profile plagiarism allegations, opened in London yesterday. Arday, 41 — appointed the university’s youngest-ever black professor in
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Iran Guards say agreed with Oman to share revenues from Strait of Hormuz
TEHRAN, Aug 27 — Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said yesterday they had agreed with Oman to share any revenues earned from transit fees in the Strait of Hormuz. “During negotiations with Oman, some agreements were made regarding the share of each
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Harry and Meghan return with children amid royal reconciliation speculation
LONDON, Aug 27 — Prince Harry, his wife Meghan and their two children landed yesterday in Britain, UK media reported, after the shock news emerged last week they would be relocating from the US. The couple, who quit Britain for
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Netanyahu rules out diplomacy with Iran, backs Trump’s economic pressure campaign
JERUSALEM, Aug 26 — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a diplomatic deal was not possible with the “savages” who rule Iran as he hailed US President Donald Trump’s new campaign of economic pressure. Recounting a recent meeting with Trump,
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Night shifts, radiation, passive smoke: French flight attendant wins landmark breast cancer ruling
PARIS, Aug 26 — A former Air France flight attendant has succeeded in having her breast cancer recognised as an occupational disease, in what her lawyer and union said was a first for France’s aviation industry. A court in Bayonne
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Mudslide from Nepal causes ‘major casualties’ at Tibet border
BEIJING, Aug 26 — A mudslide originating in Nepal caused “major casualties” and left people missing today at a trade hub in Tibet near the countries’ shared Himalayan border, Chinese state media reported. State broadcaster CCTV said the disaster struck
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‘Extremely high’ security risks: China tells citizens to leave Eswatini after Taiwan president’s visit
BEIJING, Aug 26 — China has told its citizens to immediately leave Eswatini, citing security risks in the African nation that is one of Taiwan’s few remaining diplomatic allies. China claims Taiwan is part of its territory and opposes the
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Japan nuclear plants given more time to build antiterrorism facilities
TOKYO, Aug 26 — Japan’s nuclear watchdog today said it would revise regulations and extend the deadline to build antiterrorism facilities for nuclear power plants, moving the five-year start date to the beginning of operations rather than the approval of
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